Development of Healthy Food and Drink Products from Germinated and Fermented Soybean
Investigators: Paul Nam, Virgil Flanigan, Yinfa Ma, Honglan Shi and Shubhen Kapila
Funding source: Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
Project Period: 03/01/2004 – 02/28/2006; Funding: $44,000

A Program for the Development and Evaluation of Multi-spectral Obscurant Materials, Improved Vehicle Engine Exhaust Smoke Systems, Computer Modeling and Simulation Tools for Analyzing Obscurant Cloud
Investigators: Virgil J. Flanigan and Shubhender Kapila
Funding source: U.S. Department of Army
Project Period: 08/28/2003-09/30/2006; Funding: $1,341,000

Development of Advanced Sensors, Obscurants and Robotic Obscurant Platform
Investigators: Virgil J. Flanigan and Shubhender Kapila
Funding source: Army Research Office
Project Period: 07/26/2002-12/26/2005; Funding: $1,582,333

Fuel Preporator Evaluation
Investigators: Virgil J. Flanigan, Shubhen Kapila and James Drallmeier
Funding source: U.S. Department of Army
Project Period: 09/23/2004-04/22/2006; Funding: $1,332,950

Endocrine Modulators and Excess Nutrients in Little Medicine Creek and West Locust Creek
Investigators: Yue-wern Huang, Paul Nam, Dev Niyogi, and Roger Brown
Funding source: EPA Region 7 through Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Project period: 2003-2007. Funding: $293,266

Development of Soy Hull - Glycerol Derived Urethane Foams and Evaluation of Their Mechanical Properties
Investigators: Shubhender Kapila and Virgil Flanigan
Funding source: Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
Project Period: 03/01/2002-02/28/2006; Funding: $53,670

Characterization and Biological Effect Study of Endocrine Disruptors in Indian Creek, Newton County, Missouri.
Investigators: Yue-wern Huang and Paul Nam.
Funding source: U.S. Geological Survey and Missouri Water Resources Research Center.
Project period: 2005-2006. Funding: $22,000

Role of Selenocystine in Lead Toxicity
Investigator: Nuran Ercal
Funding source: NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award Grant (AREA, R15).
Project period: 2004-2006. Funding: $146,750 ($35,000 match from UMR)

Bacterium-bacterium communication in the Bradyrhizobium japonicum Soybean Symbiosis,
Investigator: David Westenberg
Funding source: US Department of Agriculture
Project period: 2004-2006; Funding: $52,421

Molecular Visualization and Modeling of Proteins at Interfaces
Investigator: Daniel Forciniti
Funding source: NSF (award number BES-0091542)
Project period: 04/2002-03/2006; Funding: $270,000

Lincoln University Subcontract
Investigators: Virgil Flanigan and Shubhender Kapila
Funding Source: Lincoln University by way of Army Research Lab (ARL)
Project period: 06/01/2005-12/31/2005; Funding: $162,500

Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers
Investigators: Shubhender Kapila, Virgil Flanigan and Paul Nam
Funding source: Los Alamos National Laboratories
Project Period: 12/29/2003-12/29/2006; Funding: $226,383.10

Mobile Lab
Investigators: Virgil Flanigan and Shubhen Kapila
Funding source: Los Alamos National Laboratories
Project Period: 12/22/2003-12/21/2013; Funding: $17,950