UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Research contracts
Dr S Bond, Pounds 622,862 from Department of Health (organisation and delivery of direct patient care services): Professor J Burn, Pounds 74,869 from Wellbeing (investigation of relationship between confined placental mosaicism, uniparental disomy, high and low birthweight infants, and adverse pregnancy outcomes); Professor S R Larter Pounds 54,000 from Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (PhDs: characterisation of petroleum NSO compounds & adsorption of methane by coal): Professor S R Larter, Pounds 120,000 from Shell UK Limited (linking geochemistry to reservoir engineering. a detailed geochemical characterisation of a shell reservoir to assess the impact of fluid heterogenities on reservoir performances); Dr J C Bathurst Pounds 675,395 from Overseas Development Administration (river basin management project: Chile); Professor B T Golding, Pounds 68,8 from the Chemical & Biological Defence Establishment (synthesis & reactions of therapeutic nucleophiles): Professor KD Glazebrook, Pounds 115,124 from EPSRC (a mathematical programming approach to the optimal scdeduling control of stochastic systems): Professor P J Fowler, Pounds 91,510 from English Heritage (the landscape archaeology of Fyfield & Overton Downs).
Professor A J Morris, Pounds 99,747 from ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd (teaching company programme with ICI C&P Ltd): Dr A A Awotona, Pounds 331,208 from Overseas Development Administration (integration & urbanisation of existing townships in South Africa): Dr R Virden, Pounds 139,958 from the Wellcome Trust (mechanisms of catalysis, inhibition and folding of staphylococcal B-lactamase studied by mutagenesis, NMR and optical spectroscopy): Professor P D Home, Pounds 66,993 from Novo Nordisk (clinical trial of analogue X14): Professor C J Hull, Pounds 51,900 from UCB SA Pharma Sector (mivazerol multicentre study of perioperative cardiovascular) Research grants
Dr A R Hawkins, Pounds 76,916 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (crystallographic studies of dehydroquinate synthase and related structures); Professor N J Robinson, Pounds 86,031 from the BBSRC (metal-reductases and metal efficiency): Professor C E Hormaeche, Pounds 50,544 from Medical Research Council (Immunity and pathogensis in gonococcal infection); Professor B T Golding, Pounds 129,040 from BBSRC (mechanistic studies pertaining to the toxicity of muconaldehydes): Professor B T Golding, Pounds 111,389 from Natural Environment Research Council (oxidation mechanisms for aromatics and assessment of their contribution to the formation of tropospheric ozone and other photooxidants): Professor J R O'Callaghan, Pounds 6,350 from NERC (support for the land use strategy programme): Dr M G H Bell, Pounds 95,708 from Enginering and Physical Sciences Research Council (travel time prediction in urban road networks): Professor C J F P Jones, Pounds 94,506 from EPSRC (research into new forms of geosynthetic materials): Dr KZ Karam, Pounds 119,077 from EPSRC (J-L Automation Ltd): Dr C R Allen, Pounds 99,372 EPSRC (ROPA: force & posture measurement of human assembly tasks in manufacturing): Mr J N Coleman, Pounds 162,235 from EPSRC (a composition approach to the specification of systems using ITL and tempura) to be continued