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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices4-2-2008NH Scientists Receive $1.6 Million In DefenseGrantsMichelle GregoireUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationGregoire, Michelle, "NH Scientists Receive $1.6 Million In Defense Grants" (2008). UNH Today. 401.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/401NH Scientists Receive $1.6 Million In Defense Grantshttp://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2008/April/mg2grants.cfm.html[9/8/2016 1:31:07 PM] NH Scientists Receive $1.6 Million In Defense GrantsMedia Contact:  Michelle Gregoire 603-862-0126NH EPSCoRApril 2, 2008DURHAM, N.H. -- The U.S. Department of Defense has announced its intention to award threeresearch grants to New Hampshire scientists. The grants, totaling nearly $1.6 million, willfund separate three-year projects at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College.Recipients are:Joseph Klewicki, UNH professor of mechanical engineering and dean of the College ofEngineering and Physical Science. His project, funded by the Office of Naval Research,will study physical phenomena associated with rough-wall turbulent boundary layerflows which can critically affect the performance of vehicles such as submarines andtransport aircraft.Laura Ray, associate professor at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering. Herproject, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, will employ wirelesssensor networks to develop and test a theory that could improve the interpretation ofsound by humans in remote or battlefield environments.Eugene Santos, Jr., professor at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering, andJoseph Rosen, professor of surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Theirproject, funded by the Office of Naval Research, will develop advanced cognitive-basedcommunication protocol for medical teams to improve decision making and problemsolving in trauma environments.The grants were awarded March 26 under the fiscal 2008 Defense Experimental Program toStimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR), which released a total of $15.7 million toacademic institutions in 18 states. EPSCoR is a federal opportunity for rural and historicallyunder-funded states to improve their ability to receive federal grants.Since New Hampshire became an EPSCoR state in 2004, more than $14 million in grants havebeen awarded to universities, colleges, or industrial firms by the National Science Foundation,the departments of defense and energy, and the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration.“EPSCoR helps states invest in the infrastructure that will support future research anddevelopment, in the private sector as well as in our university labs,” said Robert Dalton, statedirector of the New Hampshire EPSCoR program.“EPSCoR is a catalyst for partnerships between academia, industry and government. Thesemost recent DEPSCoR grants are leveraged by matching funds by UNH, Dartmouth, and asmall company, raising the combined value to $2.4 million,” said Dalton.The research projects funded by the grants will support six graduate students and severalNH Scientists Receive $1.6 Million In Defense Grantshttp://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2008/April/mg2grants.cfm.html[9/8/2016 1:31:07 PM]undergraduate internships.Martin Wybourne, vice provost for research at Dartmouth College, said, “Securing theseDEPSCoR awards demonstrates the strength and importance of the research being carried outat both Dartmouth and UNH. Student support that is part of these awards will providevaluable opportunities to help develop the next generation of scientists in topics ofconsiderable national interest.”More information is available on the NH EPSCoR website (www.epscor.unh.edu) regardingparticipating federal agencies, and the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center whichfunds Research and Commercialization Partnerships with state and EPSCoR dollars.- 30 -

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