Disaster Preparedness and the Use of the Incident Com-
<br />mand System for Responding to Hurricane Katrina,
<br />$12,200, David Neal, Oklahoma State University
<br />Electric Utility Damage from Hurricane Katrina, $9,719,
<br />Dorothy Reed, University of Washington
<br />Emergency Response and the Impact of Hurricane
<br />Katrina on Texas Public Schools, $5,909, Kenneth Meier,
<br />Texas A &M University
<br />Estimating Damage to Urban Buried Infrastructure in the
<br />Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, $20,000, Erez Allouche,
<br />Louisiana Tech University
<br />Factors Associated with Compliance to Katrina Manda-
<br />tory Hurricane Evacuation Orders in Seven Louisiana
<br />Parishes, $28,000, Bimal Paul, Kansas State University
<br />How Soon is Soon Enough? Understanding National Pub-
<br />lic Perception of the Need to Act on Very Long Term
<br />Threats as a Result of Hurricane Katrina, $29,972, Jack
<br />Kartez, University of Southern Maine
<br />Hurricane Katrina — Documenting Damage to Multistory
<br />Commercial Structures along the Gulf Coast Using Ro-
<br />tary -Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, $29,453, Robin
<br />Murphy, University of South Florida
<br />Hurricane Katrina Debris Removal Operations: The Role
<br />of Communication and Computing Technologies, $14,591,
<br />David Mendon�a, New Jersey Institute of Technology
<br />Hurricane Katrina and Lessons for Responding and Re-
<br />pairing Catastrophic Levee Failures Applicable to Other
<br />Similarly Threatened Areas in the U.S., $29,729,
<br />Raymond Seed, University of California - Berkeley
<br />Identification of Structural Damage in Tanks and Indus-
<br />trial Facilities Due to Hurricane Katrina, $20,000, Luis
<br />Godoy, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
<br />Impacts of Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge on the Human
<br />and Built Environments, Marc Levitan, $29,988, Louisiana
<br />State University
<br />Performance of Glass /Cladding of High -Rise Buildings in
<br />Hurricane Katrina and Its Impact on the Viability of Ver-
<br />tical Evacuation, $15,000, Ahsan Kareem, University of
<br />Notre Dame
<br />Electrical and Communications Systems
<br />Damage Assessment of Power Infrastructure for Distribu-
<br />tion, Telecommunications, and Back -Up, $30,000, Patrick
<br />Chapman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
<br />Data Collection following Katrina: Interdependencies
<br />across Time, Space, and Subsystems Characterizing Bulk
<br />Energy Transportation, $21,756, James McCalley, Iowa
<br />State University
<br />Data Collection for Estimating Disruption and Its Causes
<br />of Power Quality by Hurricane Katrina, $29,990, Bei
<br />Gou, University of Texas at Arlington
<br />Hurricane Katrina Power and Telecommunication System
<br />Failure Modes, $30,000, Robert Henry, University of Lou-
<br />isiana at Lafayette
<br />Mapping the Coverage Islands of Wireless Base Stations,
<br />$30,000, Prasun Sinha, Ohio State University
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<br />Measurements and Learning for Network Damage As-
<br />sessment, $30,000, Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Institute of Technol-
<br />ogy
<br />Robotic Assessment of Incipient Faults in Underground
<br />Cable Systems, $30,000, Alexander Mamishev, University
<br />of Washington
<br />Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
<br />Bioaerosol Exposure Hazard Assessment to Emergency
<br />Response and Reclamation Personnel, $30,000, Mark
<br />Hernandez, University of Colorado at Boulder
<br />Decontamination of Flood Waters through Modified Fen -
<br />ton's Reaction, $15,000, Vishal Shah, Dowling College
<br />Isolation and Characterization of Dissolved Organic Mat-
<br />ter in Katrina Flood Waters in New Orleans, $14,700,
<br />Robert Cook, Louisiana State
<br />Development of a Novel Membrane Process for the Im-
<br />mediate Production of Drinking Water from Varying
<br />Quality Aqueous Sources, $10,000, Sudipta Seal, Univer-
<br />sity of Central Florida
<br />Ecotoxicological and Functional Genomic Responses of
<br />Killifish in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, $29,870,
<br />Andrew Whitehead, Louisiana State University
<br />Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Water Quality and Bac-
<br />terial Communities in Southeastern Louisiana, $22,517,
<br />Michael LaMontagne, McNeese State University
<br />Isolation and Characterization of Dissolved Organic Mat-
<br />ter in Katrina Flood Waters in New Orleans, $14,700,
<br />Robert Cook, Louisiana State University
<br />Rapid Assessment Techniques in Support of Soil /Sediment
<br />Removal Strategies for Katrina Cleanup, $19,700, James
<br />Ranville, Colorado School of Mines
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