August 2024 New Grants and Contracts
We are pleased to share the success of 91ÁÔÆæ's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during August 2024:
Monthly Awards at a Glance
35 Awards Received: Valued at $15,138,630.
Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.
Connie L. Lurie College of Education
Maffini-Pham, Cara / Dao, Michael, Child & Adolescent
Development
Promoting and Protecting Health Equity in the Cadillac Community
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $150,000.
Visintainer, Tammie, Teacher Education
CAREER: Transforming Science Teaching & Learning in K-12 Schools: Empowering Teachers
& Students as Climate Justice Action Researchers & Change Agents
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $178,787.
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
Jiang, Lin / Elahi, Behin / Luo, Yue / Papa, Lesther, Mechanical Engineering
CISE MSI: RDP: IIS: HCC: Demonstrating Mixed Reality and Edge Computing in Human-Robot
Interaction and Collaboration Considering Human Factors
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $599,969.
Kao, Katy, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Adaptive Evolution of Candida Biofilms
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $146,500.
Oh, Dahyun, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Center for High Precision Patterning Science (CHiPPS)
Sponsor: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories – $112,000.
Wong, Hiu Yung, Electrical Engineering
Collaborative Research: Elements: Empowering Semiconductor Device Research and Education
through Integrated Machine Learning Models and Database
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $215,931.
Faculty Affairs
Liu, Yingjie / Wu, Wencen / Eirinaki, Magdalini, Academic Affairs
HSI Pilot Project: CollaborAIte: Empowering Faculty to Enhance Belonging, Retention,
and Collaborative Learning Skills through AI Literacy Education
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $200,000.
College of Health and Human Sciences
Lee, Peter Allen, Social Work
Title IV-E Child Welfare Training 2024-2025
Sponsor: UC, Davis – $2,362,253.
College of Humananties & The Arts
Miller, Shannon / Agee, Ann / Mune, Christina, Humanities & the Arts, Dean's Office
Grounding the Digital Humanities at San Jose State University
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities – $49,043.
College of Science
Aiello, Ivano W., Moss Landing Marine Lab
ESNERR History and Topography to Improve Decision-making for Estuary Restoration (HiTIDER)
Sponsor: Elkhorn Slough Foundation – $417,080.
Cargill, Shelley, Science, Dean's Office
MESA College Prep Program AY 2024-2025
Sponsor: Regents of The Univ of California – $260,000.
Carroll, Dustin, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Closing the Carbon Cycle Loop: Quantifying Land-to-Sea Carbon Fluxes
Sponsor: NASA – $96,478.
Clark, Ross P, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Building Capacity for Assessing Wetland Recovery Efforts in Supporting Regional Wetland
Health and Resiliency
Sponsor: State Coastal Conservancy – $6,104.
Clements, Craig B. / Gaudinski, Julia, Meteorology & Climate Science
FireSense Implementation Team: Drs. Clements and Gaudinski from the Wildfire Interdisciplinary
Research Center at San Jose State University
Sponsor: NASA – $166,910.
Connolly, Thomas / Grand, Maxime / Bowers, Holly A., Moss Landing Marine Lab
CeNCOOS Partnership: Information Solutions to Power Healthy and Prosperous Oceanic,
Coastal and Estuarine Communities
Sponsor: Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Institute – $69,206.
Dirlam, Philip, Chemistry
Broadening Accessibility & Training To Emerging Researchers for Innovative Energy
Storage (BATTERIES)
Sponsor: CSU, Chico – $187,500.
Feinholz, Michael E. / Yarbrough, Mark, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) Operations and Technology Refresh
Sponsor: University of Miami – $2,128,277.
Hambrook, Kyle, Mathematics & Statistics
RUI: Fourier Restriction and Fourier Dimension for Fractals
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $150,000.
Harvey, James, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Estuarine Wetland and Nearshore Ecology Studies along the Pacific Flyway
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey – $27,200.
Harvey, James, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Suisun Marsh Waterfowl Science Investigations: Data Synthesis and Manuscript Preparation
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey – $20,000.
Hurst, Hilary, Physics & Astronomy
IPA
Sponsor: IPA – $479,586.
Madden, Elizabeth, Geology
IPA
Sponsor: IPA – $30,000.
Madden, Elizabeth / Blisniuk, Kimberly, Geology
Enhancing Research and Education in High Resolution Active Remote Sensing Technology
and Landscape Modeling
Sponsor: Department of Defense – $771,657.
Maloney, Deborah, Moss Landing Marine Lab
NSF GRFP - MHess
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $4,000.
Portner, Ryan, Geology
Collaborative Research: Hunga Temporary
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $95,701.
Radlauer, Madalyn / Dirlam, Philip / Miller Conrad, Laura C. / Muller, Gilles, Chemistry
MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer to Enhance Research and Student
Training Capabilities at 91ÁÔÆæ and Neighboring Institutions
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $811,965.
Smith, Sarah, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Do Rhizosolenia Mats Obtain N from Cryptic Nitrogen-Fixing Microbes?
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $205,943.
Stimpert, Alison, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Data Management for the US Animal Telemetry Network
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research – $50,273.
Wood, Michael, Moss Landing Marine Lab
IS2AD: Using ICESat-2 Observations to Reduce Uncertainty in Future Ice Sheet Model
Projections
Sponsor: Dartmouth College – $36,954.
College of Social Sciences
Haverfield, Marie, Communication Studies
IPA
Sponsor: IPA – $45,000.
Laraway, Sean P., Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Coll. Human Factors Research to Improve Safety, Efficiency
& Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics & Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $4,423,748.
Rampini, Costanza / Alexander, Serena E., Environmental Studies
Resilient and Equitable Urban Stream Corridors
Sponsor: UC, Davis – $247,303.
Snycerski, Susan M., Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control,
Autonomous Rotorcraft, and Human-Systems Interface Design: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $317,628.
Snycerski, Susan M. / Padthe, Ashwani, Psychology
Dragonfly Collaboration
Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University – $5,679.
Stevenson, Margaret, Justice Studies
Digital Literacy Class Support Request
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $69,955.
