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A s one of the nation's most com-
prehensive research institutions,
the University of Florida is a leader in
research at the boundaries between
disciplines. With 20 colleges and
schools on a single campus, UF has
unprecedented resources to attack
problems from many different angles.
On a campus where researchers need only cross
the street to collaborate with colleagues in fields as
diverse as medicine, engineering and agriculture, the
opportunity for unique new research projects is great.

KNEES IN NEED
Mechanical and aerospace engineering
Assistant Professor B.J. Fregly has teamed up
with orthopedic surgeon Richard Vlasak to
apply computer simulation to the development
of artificial knees.
Fregly recognized that artificial knee
advances were hindered by outdated and costly
testing processes, so he developed computer
simulations to model and predict the forces
knee replacements undergo in the body. Fregly
relies on Vlasak to help him understand exactly
how surgeons put the knee in so he'll do the
same with his "virtual" knee.
"We have to balance the ligaments, or
make sure that the inside ligaments are

not too tight compared to the outside liga-
ments," Vlasak says. "My input allows him to
know what muscles and tendons are important,
which ligaments we preserve and which ones
we cut."
While medical colleagues may appreciate
the work engineers like Fregly do, apparently
many other people don't. When Fregly asked
elementary school children to say some words
related to medicine, not one said "engineering."
So Fregly teamed up with UF's Digital
Worlds Institute to create a revolutionary new
kiosk at the Museum of Science and Industry
(MOSI) in Tampa. The kiosk allows visitors to be
a biomedical engineer, formulating a diagnosis
about a patient's knee problem and simulating
different surgical solutions.
Fregly says the Digital Worlds Institute was
critical to bringing his scientific ideas down to a
level children can understand.

"We're good at telling stories in a
Hollywood-type manner, and in this case we're
telling a story about biomedical engineer-
ing research," says Digital Worlds Associate
Director Andy Quay.
Digital Worlds also designed and built a
virtual environment where UF aerospace engi-
neers can "fly" tiny airplanes called micro air
vehicles without worrying about crashing and
destroying them.

WATER WISDOM
Dozens of UF researchers have joined
together to form the UF Water Institute, where
they are studying the physical, chemical and
biological processes of various aquatic systems,
the water management policies that affect these
systems, and the people who use them.
While geological sciences Associate
Professors Jon Martin and Mark Brenner seek
to understand the geology of Florida's springs

and lakes, environmental law specialist
Richard Hamann of the College of Law's
Center for Governmental Responsibility is
helping rewrite springs protection legisla-
tion. Agricultural and biological engineering
Professor Wendy Graham studies how nutri-
ents and water management practices impact
groundwater quality and crop yield.
Martin's team is "developing a natural
chemical fingerprint for the water" in the Santa
Fe River as it travels underground through
O'Leno State Park in High Springs.
Brenner analyzes sediment from lakebed
cores to better understand the lake's historic
trophic state.
Hamann helped write model legislation
that ultimately evolved into the "Florida Springs
Protection Act" that is currently making its way
through the legislative process.
The data Graham and her colleagues have
gathered have resulted in "best management
practices" that reduce the amount of nitrates
farmers use, protecting the water supply and
saving the farmers money.

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SEA To BRAIN
Researchers at UF's Whitney Laboratory
for Marine Bioscience study the physiological
structures of sea creatures like the giant sea slug
for insights into human anatomy.
With the aid of a nearly $11 million federal
grant from the National Institutes of Health,
neuroscientist Leonid Moroz is studying the sea
slug's unusual brain to try to unmask the role
genes play in its higher functions.
The sea slug has the largest brain cells in
the animal kingdom measuring up to about
one-twenty-fifth of an inch visible to the
human eye, making the slug cells simpler to
examine and manipulate in the laboratory.
Moroz is working with chemistry Professor
Steven Benner on biochemical sensors called
molecular beacons that will be used to iden-
tify genes associated with injury, learning and
memory. The slug has only about 10,000 neural

cells, compared with 100 billion
in people, greatly simplifying the task
of mapping the connections between
cells and learning how cell networks determine
behaviors.
"Three large nerve cells from this animal
placed in a Petri dish will do all the jobs a
neuroscientist can dream of: They will learn,
forget and show us all the genes that make it
happen," says Moroz.

AGING GRACEFULLY
Occupational therapists are teaming up with
computer engineers through UF's Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center on Technology
for Successful Aging to help America's aging
population live independently longer.
The centerpiece of the RERC's current
research is a "smart house" at the university's
Oak Hammock Continuous Care Retirement
Community that features state-of-the-art

appliances and prototypical smart-home
elements. Built into this cozy living space is a
mind-bending array of experimental assistive-
living devices, ranging from a microwave that
recognizes entrees and automatically deter-
mines how long to cook them to sensors that
track an elderly person's whereabouts in the
home. With voice commands delivered to a
mobile phone, a resident can turn on the lights,
stereo, television, and open and close the
window curtains.
"What this home demonstrates is the
evolution from assistive devices to assistive
environments," says computer science Associate
Professor Sumi Helal.

William Mann, director of the center and
chair of the occupational therapy department in
the College of Health Professions, says elderly
people who obtain and use assistive devices
tend to decline more slowly than those who
remain unassisted.
The same holds true for older drivers,
so Mann and colleagues like occupational
therapist Desiree Lanford developed the
National Older Driver Research and Training
Center to help seniors remain independent by
prolonging safe driving abilities. Supported by
$1.6 million in federal funding, the center is the
nation's only program dedicated exclusively to
older drivers.

A s science and scholarship become
increasingly interdisciplinary, the
University of Florida's graduate programs
are keeping pace through innovations in
curriculum and research. Today's grad-
uate students learn to navigate expertly
within their disciplines, to interact across Ln
disciplinary boundaries, and to know --Gj*
how their discipline fits into the broader landscape
of research and scholarship that defines great
research institutions.

DIVISION OF SPONSORED RESEARCH

SUMMARY OF SPONSORED RESEARCH ACTIVITY

RESEARCH AWARDS BY SPONSOR

Proposals Submitted

Awards Received

New Awards Received

Continuations or Supplementals

Grant and Contract Dollars Awarded

Gifts for Research

Total Sponsored Research Funding

Projects Active During the Fiscal Year

Faculty Receiving Awards

Sponsors

4,903

5,178

2,049

3,129

$478,427,417

$15,497,723

$493,925,140

6,107

1,802

863

Other
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11%

State/Local
$62.OM
13%

SPONSORED RESEARCH AWARDS 1996-2005

$500 $470M $494M
S$458.1 M
NON-FEDERAL $437.2M

FEDERAL
$400 $379.5M

$339.4M
$300.9M
S$300- $279.8M
z
O $254.3M
J
Ss20 $205M
$200

$100

95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05

FISCAL YEAR

GRADUATE APPLICANTS 1995-2004

11,784

3.000 r-

94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04

GRADUATE ENROLLMENT 1995-2004

MASTER'S DEGREES AWARDED
1995-2004

10,089

11,000
0,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
S6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000

94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04

3,200
3,000
2,800
2,600
2,400
2,200
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1 000

94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04

NIH $130.4M NASA $9.1 M
NSF $46.6M Veteran's Affairs $8.2M
USDA $31.4M Commerce $5.8M
DOD $22.5M DOT $4.2M
HHS $14.3M Interior $3.6M
Energy $12.2M EPA $3.3M
Education $10.7M Other Federal $3.2M
HRSA $10.0M SAID $1.1M

FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005

RESEARCH AWARDS BY ACADEMIC UNIT

College of Liberal
Arts & Sc. i..
$47. ,.1-
100 Ad

All Other Units
-_ ._ .. I

ALL OTHER ACADEMIC UNITS
TOTAL $41.7M

Academic Affairs $7.3M Design, Construction &
Business Administration $6.1M Planning $2.6M
Health & Human Journalism &
Performance $5.7M Communications $1.9M
Florida Museum of Continuing Education $429K
Natural History $5.1M Libraries $334K
Research & Graduate Fine Arts $71 K
Programs $4.6M Law $61 K
Education $4.4M Finance & Administration $37K
Centers & Institutes $3.0M

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INCOME 1997-2005

$50 --

"FACULTY AND

GRADUATE STUDENTS

ARE THE INTELLECTUAL

ENGINES BEHIND OUR

SPONSORED RESEARCH

SUCCESS."

WIN PHILLIPS
Vice President for Research

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$40.3M

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4:91 KA

$19.1M

1 3.8M

96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05
Fiscal Year

DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
1995-2004

ENROLLMENT OF MINORITIES ENROLLMENT OF WOMEN
1995-2004 1995-2004

*includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and Au.D.

RESEARCH & GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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P.O. Box 115500
Gainesville, Florida 32611
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DIVISION OF SPONSORED RESEARCH
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Director
(352) 392-1582
twalsh@ufl.edu

Program Information
(352) 392-4804

Proposal Processing
(352) 392-9267

Awards Administration
(352) 392-5991

UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Frank Ward
Business Manager
(352) 392-5221
fward@ufl.edu

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING
David Day
Director
(352) 392-8929
dlday@ufl.edu

RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Joseph M. Kays
Director
(352) 392-8229
joekays@ufl.edu

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

Kenneth J. Gerhardt, Ph.D.
Interim Dean
(352) 392-6622
gerhardt@csd.ufl.edu

Graduate Records
(352) 392-4643

Theses and Dissertations
(352) 392-1282

Graduate Minority Programs
(352) 392-6444

Data Management
(352) 392-6623
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