2007-2008

APPLIED SCIENCES

MOMARISP: MOLECULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SIMULATION AND PROCESSING
Hugues Benoit-Cattin, INSERM, Lyon
John Pauly, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Grant: $15,000

ECOLE CENTRALE COLLABORATION ON THE NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA STABILIZATION OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES 
Mark Cappelli, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Christophe Laux, CNRS/Ecole Centrale, Paris
Grant: $12,760

NUMERICAL MULTILINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Gene Golub (†), Computer Science, Stanford University
Pierre Comon, CNRS, University of Nice
Grant: $4,500

BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES OF MAJOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS IN THE OCEANS
Arthur Grossman, Carnegie Institution
Francis-André Wollman, CNRS, Paris
Grant: $13,500

COMPUTATIONAL STIMULATION AS A TOOL TO AID IN UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING POST-INTERVENTION HEMODYNAMICS FOR CONGENITAL INTERVENTIONS
Irène Vignon-Clémentel, INRIA, Rocquencourt
Charles Taylor, Bioengineering, Stanford University
Grant: $13,800

ENGINEERING 

PSYCHOACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING TO IMPROVE IMPAIRED LISTENING EXPERIENCES
Ryan Cassidy, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Laurent Daudet, Université Paris 6, Paris
Grant: $9,000

IMPACT OF SURFACE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON MEMS PERFORMANCES
Roger Howe, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Lionel Buchaillot, CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Grant: $6,000

MINIATURE MEMBRANELESS BIOFUEL CELL
Nicolas Mano, CRPP, Pessac
Edward Solomon, Chemistry, Stanford University
Grant: $8,400

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 

CONTEXT, COMMUNICATION AND MEANING 
Kenneth Taylor, Philosophy, Stanford University
Isidora Stojanivic, CNRS, Institut J. Nicod, Paris
Grant: $10,000

EARTH SCIENCES

FRANCE-STANFORD COLLABORATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY AND GEOMICROBIOLOGY
Gordon Brown, Synchroton Radiation Lab, Stanford University
Georges Calas, Université Paris 6&7, Paris
Grant: $10,500

LINKS BETWEEN TECTONICS CLIMATE AND EROSION IN AN ACTIVE OROGEN: CASE STUDY OF THE EASTERN HIMALAYA (KINGDOM OF BHUTAN) 
Isabelle Coutand, CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq
George Hilley, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Grant: $9,000
Grant VPUE: $6,000

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTS OF GEOMETRIC METHODS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE STUDY OF MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES
Frédéric Cazals, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis
Michael Levitt, Structural Biology, Stanford University
Grant: $11,110