Following are the Principal Investigators, their institutions, and the titles of their proposals 
which have been accepted for funding under NRA 96-OLMSA-01A and 96-OLMSA-01B.


Norman I. Badler, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, "Performance 
Assessment Using Simulation and Human Factors Analysis in IVA & EVA"

David P. Cadogan, ILC Dover, Inc., Frederica, DE, "Space Suit Survivability 
Enhancement"

Richard Cohen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, "NASA 
Center for Quantitative Cardiovascular Physiology, Modeling, and Data Analysis"

Bob V. Conger. Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, "Gravitational Effects on 
Embryogenesis in Poaceae"

Joel Cuello, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, "Harnessing Solar Irradiance for 
Space Life Support"

Richard Cyr, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, "Regenerating 
Protoplast as a Single-Cell Model System for Studying the Gravitropism in Plants"

Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D., Brigham and Womenıs Hospital, Boston, MA, 
"Evaluation of Intermittent Bright Light Exposure as a Spaceflight Countermeasure"

Stephen B. Doty, Ph.D., Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, "The Effect of 
Spaceflight on Cartilage Cell Cycling and Differentiation"

Pauline J. Duke, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, 
TX, "Relationship of Morphogenesis and Mineralization to Gravitaxis in Spaceflown 
Algae"

Elisa M. Durban, Ph.D., University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX "Gravity and the 
Regulation of a Central Growth Factor Pathway"

Nina V. Fedoroff, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, "The Use 
of Arabidopsis Transposon Mutants in the Study of Gravitropism"

John A. Frangos, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA,  
"Microgravity In Vitro Model of Bone: Flow Effects"

Alan S. Gevins, Ph.D., EEG Systems Laboratories, San Francisco, CA, "Physiological 
Monitoring of Mental Workload"

Craig A. Grimes, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, "In Situ, Remote 
Chemical Sensors Based on Thin Magnetic Films"

Alan D. Grinnell, Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 
"Regulation of Vesicular Neurosecretion by Mechanical Stress on Integrins in Nerve 
Terminal Membranes"

Bernard P. Halloran, Ph.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 
"Intermittent Administration of Parathyroid Hormone: Countermeasure for the Loss of 
Bone Mass and Strength During Spaceflight"

Alan Hargens, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, "Noninvasive 
Intracranial Diameter and Pressure Measurements Using Ultrasound"

Deborah L. Harm, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, "Bioavailability 
and Performance Effects of Promethazine During Space Flight"

Ross Philip Holmes, Ph.D., Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 
"Dietary Oxalate and Stone Risk"

Jean B. Hunter, Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, "Cost Optimization of Menus and 
Food Preparation for Lunar and Planetary CELSS Stations"

Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Childrenıs Hospital, Boston, MA, "Mechanotransduction 
Through the Cytoskeleton"

Clifford D. Jolly, Environmental & Life Support Technology, Inc., Lakewood, CO, 
"Enhanced Oxidation Catalysts for Water Reclamation"

Timothy A. Jones, Ph.D., University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 
"Vestibular Ontogeny, Adaptation, and the Effects of Gravitational Loading in the Rat"

Nick A. Kanas, M.D., University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA "Crew 
Member and Crew-Ground Interactions During International Space Station Missions"

Horacio C. Kaufmann, M.D., The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, "Vestibular 
Influence on Autonomic Cardiovascular Control"

William J. Landis, Ph.D., Childrenıs Hospital, Boston, MA, "The Effect of Hypergravity 
on Bone Cell Cultures"

Adrian LeBlanc, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, "Prevention of Bed 
Rest Osteoporosis: Resistive Exercise"

Benjamin Levine, M.D., Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX, "The Role of 
Cardiac Mechanics in Blood Pressure Regulation During Orthostatic Stress: The Effect of 
Duration of Exposure to Simulated Microgravity"

Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Ultrastructural, 
Neurochemical and Developmental Responses to Hypergravity"

Rocco L. Mancinelli, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, "Control 
Systems Integration in Closed Ecological Systems Using Denitrification as a Model"

Michael R. McGinnis, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch and Galveston, 
Galveston, TX, "Space Flight Effects on Fungal Growth, Metabolism and Sensitivity to 
Antifungal Drugs"

Karen Murdoch, Hamilton Standard Space Systems International, Inc.,Winsor Locks, CT, 
"Membrane Based Thermal Control Development"

Charles M. Oman, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 
"Human Orientation and Sensory-motor Coordination in Prolonged Weightlessness"

Lawrence A. Palinkas, Ph.D., University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 
"Antarctic Space Analog Program (ASAP)"

Duane L. Pierson, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Flight-Induced 
Changes in Immune Defenses, " 

Duane L. Pierson, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Incidence of 
Latent Virus Shedding During Space Flight," 

Duane L. Pierson, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Automated Use of 
DNA Probes for Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Water"

B. W. Poovaiah, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, "Calcium/Calmodulin-
Mediated Gravitropic Response in Plants"

Lakshmi Putcha, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Gastrointestinal 
Function During Extended Duration Space Flight"

Peter B. Raven, Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, 
TX, "Carotid Baroreflex Function During Prolonged Exercise"

A. S. N. Reddy, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, "Gravity-Induced 
Changes in Gene Expression in Arabidopsis"

Clinton T. Rubin, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, 
NY, "Optimization of a Biochemical Countermeasure for Disuse Osteopenia"

Fred D. Sack, Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, "Development of Gravity 
Sensitive Plant Cells (Ceratodon) During Early Utilization of Space Station"

Todd T. Schlegel, M.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Vestibular-
Autonomic Interactions During and After Prolonged Gravitational Changes"

Cyle D. Sprick, Oceaneering Space Systems, Houston, TX "Cryogenic PLSS Design 
Study"

L. Andrew Staehelin, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, "Integrated Analysis 
of Columella Cell Structure and Function"

Gary W. Stutte, Ph.D., Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 
"Photosynthesis and Metabolism of Super Dwarf Wheat in Microgravity"

Gerald E. Voecks, Ph.D., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, "New Technology 
for Optically Based Multifunctioned Chemical Sensors"

Charles E. Wade, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, "Effect of 
Gravity on Energy Expenditure by Rats"

Peggy A. Whitson, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Renal Stone Risk 
During Space Flight: Assessment and Countermeasure Validation"

Janice Yelle, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX "Individual Susceptibility to 
Post-Spaceflight Orthostatic Intolerance: Contributions of Gender-Related and 
Microgravity-Related Factors"