TIEHH to Receive $850,000 in Federal Funding to Study High-Energy Explosives
November 27, 2006
By: John Davis
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University will receive
$850,536 in federal funding to help researchers continue studying the impact of high-energy
explosives on the environment.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: Nov. 27, 2006
CONTACT: John Davis, john.w.davis@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2136
LUBBOCK – The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University
will receive $850,536 in federal funding to help researchers continue studying the
impact of high-energy explosives on the environment.
Congressman Randy Neugebauer will announce the funding at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Lecture
Room at TIEHH, located at Reese Technology Center.
“This outstanding support that Congressman Neugebauer has facilitated for TIEHH’s
continued research on residues from high-energy explosives, particularly as related
to U.S. Department of Defense Live Fire Training Ranges, will assist the Department
of Defense in maintaining mission readiness while at the same time limiting impact
to the environment,” said Ron Kendall, director of TIEHH.
The money comes from the Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program. Funding for the research and development of new technology
in part came as a result of allocations that Neugebauer secured in the FY06 Department
of Defense appropriations bill.
CONTACT: Ryan Bounds, assistant director, The Institute of Environmental and Human
Health, Texas Tech University, (806) 885-4567, ryan.bounds@tiehh.ttu.edu.