Grants and Contracts: 1-“Large-Scale Air Layer Drag Reduction,” ONR, Co-PI with S. Ceccio, D.R. Dowling, two Post-Docs (2006-2007). 2-“Short-Term Forecasts of Evolving Nonlinear Wave Fields – Physical Experiments,” PI, ONR MURI, Optimum Vessel Performance in Evolving Nonlinear Wave Fields, May 2005-2008. 3-“Exploration of Micro-Bubble and Air-Layer Drag Reduction,” ONR extension to DARPA Friction Drag Reduction Program. Co-PI with S. Ceccio and D.R. Dowling. 4-“Assessment of Blast Panel Design,” Office of the Vice President for Research, UM, to conduct drop tests to simulate blasts, and evaluate our fluid-structure interaction panel design. Co-PI D.G. Karr. May 2005-April 2006. 5-“High Reynolds Number Micro-bubble and Polymer Drag Reduction Experiments”, DARPA Friction drag-reduction program. Co-PI with S. Ceccio, D.R. Dowling, and M.J. Solomon. One integrated set of results and work effort. , Sep 2003. Two Ph.D. students and one Post-Doc. 6-“Design of a High-Speed Friction Drag Reduction Experiment Using the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel,” ONR BAADRX program. Co-PI with S. Ceccio, D.R. Dowling, and R.F. Beck. One integrated set of results; work effort and funding split equally for Phases I and II (latter by competition: Awarded to us), includes several subcontractors. One Post-Doc. 7-“Microbubble and Polymer Drag Reduction at High Reynolds Numbers and Large Scales,” DARPA/ONR Friction drag-reduction program. Co-PI with S. Ceccio and D.R. Dowling. One integrated set of results; work effort and funding divided equally, March, 2001. Two Ph.D. students, one MSE student. 8-“Workshop on Improving Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics,” National Science Foundation, Chemical & Transport Systems and Division for Undergraduate Education, Co-PI W.W. Schultz, ME, and M.K. Smith, GaTech, 1 year, $90,325 Aug 2000. 9-“Using Nonlinearity and Contact Lines to Control Fluid Flow in Microgravity,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Program in Microgravity Fluid Physics, May 2000 through Nov 2004, PI with W.W. Schultz, One Ph.D. student and one MSE student funded. Funds and effort equally divided. 10-“Hydrodynamics of Thin Plates,” Joint Industry Project (six major Petrochemical Corps), Co-PI with Armin Troesch, 1998 - 1999, One Ph.D. student. 11-“A Comprehensive Study for Great Lakes Shorelines,” Great Lakes Protection Fund, Co-PI with G.A. Meadows and T. Ozkan-Haller, 1998 - 2000, (no-cost extension through 2001),(UM, UW, OSU). UM NAME portion: One Ph.D. student. 12-“Prediction of the Low Frequency Wave Field on Open Coastal Beaches,” Office of Naval Research, assumed contract of H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, now at Oregon State University). One Ph.D. student. 13-“On the Boundary Conditions at an Oscillating Contact Line,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Program in Microgravity Fluid Physics, PI with W.W. Schultz, 1996 - 2000. One Ph.D. student. 14-“Wind Addition to Gravity Wave Facility,” Office of Naval Research, University Research Initiative: Program in Ocean Surface Processes and Remote Sensing, PI, 1995 - 1997. One Ph.D. student (partial funding). 15-“Short-wave/Surfactant Interactions,” Office of Naval Research, PI, 1993 - 1995. One Post-Doctoral Research Associate and one Ph.D. student (partial funding). 16-“Radar Backscatter from Nonlinear Surface Waves,” Office of Naval Research, University Research Initiative: Program in Ocean Surface Processes and Remote Sensing, PI, 3-year to 5-year project, 1992 - 1997. One Ph.D. student. 17-“Experiments on Breaking Waves and Incipient Vorticity Generation,” Office of Naval Research, PI, 1993 - 1995. One Ph.D. student (partial funding). 18-“Cross-shore Length Scales of Longshore Bars and Associated Forcing,” NOAA Michigan Sea Grant, PI, 1991 -1993. One Ph.D. student. 19-“Experiments on the Mechanics of Steep/Near-Breaking Capillary and Gravity-Capillary Waves,” Office of Naval Research, PI, 1990 - 1993. One Ph.D. student. 20-“Experiments on Gravity-Capillary Waves,” Office of Naval Research, University Research Initiative, PI, 1990 - 1991. 21-“Experiments on Gravity-Capillary Waves,” Office of Naval Research, University Research Initiative, PI, 1989 - 1990. New Research Programs Planned 1-Hydroplastic blast panel research is in its initial stages. Provisional Patent received. Proposal preparation has begun for ONR (as DARPA recommended). Research with D.G. Karr, NAME. 2-Fluid dynamics of sloshing in LNG carriers. Discussions are underway with ExxonMobil regarding an investigation of this phenomenon. Research with W.W. Schultz, ME. Also, sloshing in enclosed ship containers to replace conventional locks. Talks with Dalian University, Dalian, China. 3-Nature-assisted erosion-accretion dredging program is an initiative by Perlin, Meadows, Choi, and Nwogu to obtain funding to investigate using gas or liquid injection to resuspend sediment to reduce dredging requirements in harbors, bays, estuaries, and ports, and to reduce the need for beach fills and hard structures on open coastlines. This effort has been proposed to the US Army Corps of Engineers who said it held promise; however, they had no funds to support it. I have sent it to NSF Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics, Chemical & Transport Systems Div., and I received positive response for submission to them and to the Physical Oceanography Div.