Supported projects since January 2004

APA: Affective Pedagogical Agents

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André
University of Augsburg
Lehrstuhl für Multimediakonzepte und ihre Anwendungen

Prof. Dr. Lewis Johnson
University of Southern California, Marina del Rey
Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE)


Cellular approaches to the kinetics of neuronal degeneration

Prof. Dr. Cord-Michael Becker
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Dr. Ken Buechler
Biosite Incorporated
Research of Development


New materials for Spintronics

PD Dr. Martin S. Brandt
Technische Universität München
Walter Schottky Institut

Prof. Dr. Martin Stutzmann
Technische Universität München
Walter Schottky Institut

Prof. Dr. E. E. Haller
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Collaborative Research on Humanoid Aware Robots

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Buss
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik (LSR)

Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaal
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Department of Computer Science and the Neuroscience Program


Development of a teaching course on seismic requalification of existing structures

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dimitris Diamantidis
Technische Hochschule Regensburg

Prof. Dr. Allin Cornell
Stanford University
John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center

Dr. Paolo Bazzurro
Stanford University
John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center


THz photomixer, based on InGaAs

Prof. Dr. Gottfried Döhler
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair of Applied Physics

Dr. Stefan Malzer
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair of Applied Physics

Prof. Dr. A. C. Gossard
University of California, Santa Barbara
Materials Department


Dynamic Deformation Behavior

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. G. W. Ehrenstein
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Polymer Technology


Protecting Large Research Institutions against Internet Attacks

Prof. Dr. Anja Feldmann
Technische Universität München

Dr. Vern Paxson
University of California, Berkeley
International Computer Science Institute


Intracellular Micro-Electroperturbation

Prof. Dr. Klaus Frank
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Dipl. Phys. I. Petzenhauser
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prof. Dr. Martin Gundersen
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics, Physics and Astronomy


Implementing of small Cantilevers for high resolution force spectroscopy

Prof. Dr. Hermann Gaub
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich

Dr. Jason Cleveland
University of California, Santa Barbara
Asylum Research

Prof. Dr. Paul Hansma
University of California, Santa Barbara
UCSB Physics Department


What makes the Copper-Oxides to High-Temperature Superconductors?

Prof. Dr. Werner Hanke
University of Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Shoucheng Zhang
Stanford University
Department of Applied Physics


Development of a High-Intensity, Trap-Based Positron Beam for Surface Studies of Metals and Positron Scattering Experiments

Dr. Christoph Hugenschmidt
Technische Universität München
FRM-II

Prof. Dr. Clifford M. Surko
University of California, San Diego
Department of Physics


Structure and dynamics of RNA molecules - a combined NMR/FRET approach

Dr. Dagmar Klostermeier
University of Bayreuth
Spectroscopy of soft Matter

Dr. Mirko Hennig
The Scripps Research Institute California


Doping in ZnO

Dr. Stefan Malzer
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair of Applied Physics

Prof. Dr. Gottfried Döhler
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair of Applied Physics

Dr. Peter Kiesel
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Research Areas


Simulation of Structure Formation in Thin Particulate Films

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Peukert
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Feststoff- und Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik

Prof. Dr. J. F. Brady
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH)
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH)


Numerical Simulation of Lasers

Prof. Dr. Christoph Pflaum
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 10 (Systemsimulation)

Dr. Robert Falgout
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Center of Applied Scientific Computing


Efficient Smart Antenna Architecture For High-Altitude-Platform Communication Systems

Prof. Dr. Peter Russer
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik

Prof. Dr. Tatsuo Itoh
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of Electrical Engineering - Microwave Electronics Laboratory


Neutron Reflectivity Study of lipid/protein Interaction

Prof. Dr. Erich Sackmann
Technische Universität München

Prof. Dr. Robijn Bruinsma
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. William Gelbart
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry


Geographical Information System (GIS) - Processing Model Development for Environmental Planning and Management

Prof. Dr. Jörg Schaller
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Landschaftsökologie

Prof. Dr. Karen K. Kemp
University of Redlands, California
Geographic Information Science


Using Internet Protocols in Space - A Case Study with Pico Satellites

Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling
University of Würzburg
Lehrstuhl für Informatik VII

Prof. Dr. Bob Twiggs
Stanford University
Space Systems Development Laboratory

Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Aerospace Engineering Department


Establishment of Neutron Computed Tomography for scientific and industrial use

Dr. Wade Richards
University of California, Davis
Department of Geology

Dr. Martin Wilding
University of California, Davis
Department of Geology

Dr. Burkhard Schillinger
Technische Universität München
FRM-II


Porous InP: A New Host Material for Biosensing Applications

Prof. Dr. Patrik Schmuki
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair für Surface Science and Corrosion

Dr.-Ing. Thierry Djenizian
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chair für Surface Science and Corrosion

Prof. Dr. M. J. Sailor
University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry


Design of inorganic porous Catalysts - Structure-Working Relationship in the oxidation/hydroxylation catalysis

Prof. Dr. F. Wilhelm Schwieger
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Prof. Dr. Alexis T. Bell
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemical Engineering


Numerical Simulation and Design Optimization of SMA Actuators

Prof. Dr. Bernd Simeon
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Numerische Mechanik

Prof. Dr. Linda Petzold
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dept. of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering


Development of a Comprehesive Database to Be Coupled with Microarray Approaches to Alternative Splicing

Prof. Dr. Stefan Stamm
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu
University of California, San Diego
Department of Cellular und Molecular Medicine


Acquisition and Compression of Image-based Scene Representations

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckehard Steinbach
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationstechnik

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Girod
Stanford University
Department of Electrical Engineering


Mechanism of Antiinflammatory Effects of Natriuretic Peptides

Prof. Dr. Angelika M. Vollmar
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie - Zentrum für Pharmaforschung

Prof. Dr. Bruce Zuraw
The Scripps Research Institute California
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine


Role of cytomegalovirus in atherosclerosis after heart transplantation

PD Dr. Michael Weis
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich

Prof. Dr. John P. Cooke
Stanford University
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine


Library for Scientific Computing on Graphics Hardware

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Westermann
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Informatik 15 - Computer Graphik und Visualisierung

Prof. Dr. Peter Schröder
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH)
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH)