Research Grant Recipients
2017-2018
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
School(s) |
Boaz Ilan |
Computational modeling for nonimaging solar concentrators |
SNS |
Stephanie Woo |
Investigating the role of sept9a in inflammatory bowel disease |
SNS |
Liang Shi, |
Accelerating Molecular Dynamics Simulation with Modified Short-Range Interactions |
SNS, SOE |
Chris Amemiya, |
Vertebrate chitin and its underlying biology and biophysics |
SNS, SOE |
Patti LiWang |
Reactivation of latent HIV reservoirs using Tat targeting |
SNS |
Christine Isborn, |
Applying Deep Learning Methods to Develop New Models of Molecular Charge Transfer |
SNS |
Rudy Ortiz, |
Functional Effects of Cannabidiol in Diabetes |
SNS |
Jeffrey Jenkins, |
Sense of Place in California National Parks – What is shaping it and how is it changing? |
SOE |
Ahmed Sabbir Arif |
Miniature Predictive Keyboards to Enable Eyes-free Text Entry on/with Smartwatches |
SOE |
Valerie Leppert |
Investigation of a Facile, Scalable Synthesis Route for Bismuth Oxyhalide 2D Structures for Photocatalytic Water Treatment |
SOE |
Chih-Wen Ni |
The Role of STAB2 in Vascular Development in Response to Blood Flow |
SOE |
Jennifer Lu |
Investigating polymer membrane for high selectivity and throughput |
SOE |
Wan Du, |
Online Training and Inference of Machine Learning Models on IoT Devices for Emerging IoT Applications |
SOE |
Arvind Gopinath, |
Biophysical Properties of Candida albicans Biofilms on Mucus |
SOE, SNS |
Shawn Newsam |
Acquisition of low-cost particulate sensors to support various research efforts on monitoring air pollution and studying its public health effects |
SOE |
Sandie Ha |
Prenatal and Early Life Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution and Childhood Development |
SSHA |
ShiPu Wang |
The Brush of Swords: U.S. Cold War Cultural Diplomacy and Taiwan's Postcolonial Visuality |
SSHA |
Justin Cook |
Mapping and Digitizing Historic Civilization Borders |
SSHA |
Andrew Johnston |
Children of War: The Long-run Impact of War-time Deployments on Children |
SSHA |
Aditya Dasgupta |
Book Conference for Manuscript “Why Parties Collapse” |
SSHA |
Maria DePrano |
Craftsmen’s Possessions in Renaissance Florence |
SSHA |
Heather Bortfeld, |
Embodied Bilingualism |
SSHA |
Stephen Wooding |
Amazonian agriculture: The origins of cassava, a cultural and nutritional icon |
SSHA |
Sarah Depaoli |
How Alike are my Groups? Using Class Separation as a Post-hoc Measure of Model Assessment |
SSHA |
Nella Van Dyke, |
Intersectional Queer Identities and College Student Experiences |
SSHA |
Whitney Pirtle |
Living Black in a Field of Brown: A exploration of the role of a living and learning center in shaping black identities at a Hispanic Serving Institution |
SSHA |
2016-2017
Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
School(s) |
Changqing Li, Wei-Chun Chin |
Time domain x-ray luminescence computed tomography |
SOE |
Alexander Petersen, Anthony Leroy Westerling |
Climate Skeptics - who are they and how are they connected? |
SOE |
Anand Subramaniam |
Incorporation of G-protein-coupled receptor proteins into giant vesicles using an all-aqueous PAPYRUS method |
SOE |
Min Hwan Lee |
Atomic Layer Deposition-based Oxide/Metal Heterostructures for Methane Reforming |
SOE |
Miguel Carreira-Perpinan |
A modern optimization approach to deep neural net compression |
SOE |
Abel Chuang |
Development of Fuel Cell Drone Powered by Hydrogen |
SOE |
Sachin Goyal |
A Novel Perspective on Understanding the Biomechanical Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease with Implications to Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies |
SOE |
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo |
The Other Mexicans: Contemporary Asian-Mexican Cultural Production |
SSHA |
Tanya Golash-Boza |
The Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration in a Gentrifying City |
SSHA |
Haifeng Huang |
Measuring Implicit Political Attitudes in an Authoritarian State |
SSHA |
Rowena Gray |
Technological Revolutions and Occupational Change: Electrifying News from the Old Days |
SSHA |
Greg Wright |
The Human Capital Legacy of a Trade Embargo |
SSHA |
Jitske Tiemensma |
The psychological consequences of the imminent drought in California |
SSHA |
Ben Stokes |
Catalytic Reactions of Alkenes & Alkynes Mediated by B2(OH)4 & H2O |
SNS |
Ryan Baxter, Sayantani Ghosh, Kara McCloskey |
Light Activated Delivery Vehicles for Tissue Engineering |
SNS, SOE |
Jennifer Manilay |
Investigating the Role of VHL-Deficiency on B Cell Development |
SNS |
Lin Tian |
Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics in Quantum Simulation |
SNS |
Michael Dawson, Emily Jane McTavish |
Developing Phylogenomic Methods to Resolve the Jellyfish Tree of Life |
SNS |
Anna Beaudin |
Investigation of a Novel Role for IL7rα Signaling in Tissue Resident Macrophage Development |
SNS |
Tao Ye |
Multifunctional Nanoparticle Assemblies for Single Molecule Surface Enhanced Raman Detection |
SNS |
Teamrat Ghezzehei |
Biomimetic Soil Stabilization and Suppression of Fugitive Dust |
SNS |
Jay Sharping, Raymond Chiao |
Optomechanics in Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities |
SNS |
Danielle Edwards |
Local Landscape Genetics of Local Side-Blotch Lizards |
SNS |
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Samuel Traina, Peggy O'Day |
Role of Fe Oxides in Soil Carbon Sequestration |
SNS |
Xuecai Ge, Ramendra Saha |
Determine the Cell Origin and Epigenetic Control of the Most Malignant Subtype of Medulloblastoma |
SNS |
Linda Hirst, Kevin Mitchell |
Self-mixing Active Fluids |
SNS |