2019-20 Faculty Grant Recipients
SJSU RSCA Seed Grant Program
SJSU RSCA Seed Grant Program
PI Ivano Aiello
College of Science, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Proposal: Modulation of CO2 through Silicate Weathering in Tropical Shelf-Slope Systems of the Indonesian Archipelago during the Ice Ages
PI Serena Alexander
College of Social Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning
Proposal: How Can the City of San Jose Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) Mitigation Potential of On-demand Mobility and Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)?
PI Cynthia Baer
College of Humanities and the Arts, English and Comparative Literature
Proposal: Hearing them Out: Linguistic and Psychometric Profiles of Student Choice
PI Brian Belet
College of Education, Counselor Education
Proposal: Travel to Bainbridge Island, WA for World Premiere Performance of a New Music Composition
PI Allesandro Bellofiore
College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Proposal: In Vitro Thrombogenicity Testing of Mechanical Heart Valves
PI Dore Bowen-Solomon
Humanities and the Arts, Art and Art History
Proposal: Unfaithful Adaptation: The Unrealized Filmscript of Simone de Beauvoir's L'Invitée by Susan Sontag and Noël Burch
PI Theodore Butryn
College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Proposal: A Qualitative Examination of Self-medication via Marijuana Use for Anxiety and Depression Among College Athletes
PI Marion Campisi
College of Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Proposal: Development and Decimation of Partisan Gerrymandering Detection Tools in Advance of US 2021 Redistricting
PI Lorri Capizzi
College of Education, Counselor Education
Proposal: Former Foster Youth in Higher Education: School Counselors' Impact on Their Educational Pathways
PI Shelley Cargill
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Determination of IGF-1, Insulin, Estradiol, and Adiponectin levels in a Mouse Model with Increased Longevity
PI Jessica Castillo Vardaro
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Adaptation Through Space and Time: an Integrative Investigation of American Pikas (Ochotona princeps) Throughout the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin
PI David Chai
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: Animated Short Film About Violence
PI Megan Chang
College of Health and Human Sciences, Occupational Therapy
Proposal: Examining Relationships among Sensory Processing Patterns, Stress, and Sleep Quality of Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities
PI Duane Cheers
College of Health and Human Sciences, Journalism & Mass Communications
Proposal: Visualizing The Slave Trade and W.E.D. Du Bois: Engaging Augmented and Virtual Reality To Tell Our Story Through the Lens of an African American Digital Humanities Scholar
PI Yu Chen
College of Business, School of Information Systems & Technology
Proposal: Artificially Intelligent (AI) Tutors: Designing and Evaluating Chatbots to Support Student Success
PI Ruma Chopra
College of Social Sciences, History
Proposal: Before Darwin: Early Modern Understandings of Climate
PI Minghui Diao
College of Science, Meteorology and Climate Science
Proposal: Improving Understanding of Clouds in Polar Regions based on Recent Field Campaigns in Arctic, Antarctica and Southern Ocean
PI Marcelle Dougan
College of Health and Human Sciences, Health Science and Recreation
Proposal: An Integrated Mobile Application for Breast Cancer Survivors
PI Folarin Erogbogbo
College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Proposal: Tumor Treating Fields combined with Chemotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
PI Rachael French
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: The Role of Epigenetric Regulation of Gene Expression in a Drosophila Model of Ethanol-induced Metabolic Syndrome
PI Maria Fusaro
College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development
Proposal: The Role of Experience-Based Coursework in Pre-service Practitioners’ Infant/Toddler Caregiving Competencies
PI Roberto Gonzalez
College of Social Sciences, Anthropology
Proposal: Connected: How a Mexican Village Created Its Own Cell Phone Network
PI Deepika Goyal
College of Health and Human Sciences, Nursing
Proposal: Perinatal Depression Among Asian American Women
PI Bree Grillo Hill
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Engineering Proteins to Measure Acid Levels in Living Cells
PI Diane Guerrazzi
College of Health and Human Sciences, Journalism and Mass Communications
Proposal: Advancement of Reporting on the Refugee Crisis
PI Crystal Han
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Proposal: On-chip Size-specific RNA Purification Technique for Small Input Ribosome Profiling
PI Yoon Chung Han
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: Exploring California Environmental Issues through Interactive Data-Driven Art
PI Meekyung Han
College of Health and Human Sciences, Social Work
Proposal: Perinatal Depression Among Asian American Women
PI Jennifer Hartle
College of Health and Human Sciences, Health Science & Recreation
Proposal: Dietary Exposures to Bisphenols from Food Packaging and Consumer Products: Dangers in Your Diet Study II
PI Jo Farb Hernandez
College of Humanities and the Arts, Art & Art History
Proposal: Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments (Volume II)
PI Deborah Hicks
College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Information
Proposal: Debating Diversity: How Twitter Facilitates Professional Discussions
PI Matthew Holian
College of Social Sciences, Economics
Proposal: Replication in Econometrics
PI Yinghua Huang
College of Health and Human Sciences; Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management
Proposal: How do Restaurant's Message Framing Strategies Impact Buffet Diner's Behavioral Intentions of Food Waste Prevention and Repatronage?
PI Areum Jensen
College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Proposal: Clinical Exercise Testing in Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Function and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
PI Jennifer Johnson
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Utilization of the RhD Locus as a Safe Harbor for Gene Therapy Applications
PI Ozgur Keles
College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Prediction of Structure-property Relationships in 3D Printed Composites: A Machine Learning Approach
PI Resa Kelly
College of Science, Chemistry
Proposal: Exploring Scaffolds for Introducing General Chemistry Students to Conflicting Animations of Chemical Reactions
PI Suneuy Kim
College of Science, Computer Science
Proposal: A Framework for Developing Geospatial Applications on NoSQL Database Systems
PI Elena Klaw
College of Social Sciences, Psychology
Proposal: The Cyber Spartan Peer Leadership Program: Community Engagement to Diversify the STEM Workforce
PI Michael Klein
College of Business, Marketing and Business Analytics
Proposal: Workflow Models for Specialist Care
PI Revathi Krishnaswamy
College of Humanities and the Arts, English and Comparative Literature
Proposal: World Literature from The Silk Road World System
PI Saili S. Kulkarni
College of Education, Special Education
Proposal: Re-imagining Teacher Beliefs and Practices of Special Education Teachers of Color Through a Critical Affinity Group
PI Yvonne Y. Kwan
College of Social Sciences, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Proposal: Afterlives of Diaspora: Cambodian American Trauma and Memory
PI Robin Lasser
College of Humanities and the Arts, Art and Art History
Proposal: The State We're In: Water
PI Hyojin Lee
College of Business, Marketing and Business Analytics
Proposal: The Effect of Touch on Prosocial Behavior
PI Sang E. Lee
College of Health and Human Sciences, Social Work
Proposal: Examining Knowledge About Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Predictors of AD Knowledge Among Korean Americans
PI Matthew Leineweber
College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Proposal: Using 3D Printed Molds to Fabricate Low Cost, Functional, and Lifelike Prosthetic Hand for Infants
PI Avizia Long
College of Humanities and the Arts, World Languages
Proposal: The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language: Foundations and New Developments
PI Alison McKee
College of Humanities and the Arts, Film and Theatre
Proposal: Of an (Un)Certain Age: Spinsters, or the Single Older Woman in Mid-Century American Film
PI Scott Myers-Lipton
College of Social Sciences, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Proposal: Panelist at American Sociological Association's Annual Conference in NYC
PI Dahyun Oh
College of Engineering, Chemicals and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Developing Design Strategies of Artificial Solid-electrolyte Interphase Layers for Long-lasting Aqueous Lithium-ion Batteries
PI Colin Onita
College of Business, Accounting & Finance
Proposal: Why Should I (not) Share: Effective Strategies for Dissuading Users of Online Social Media Websites from Posting Potentially Damaging Information on Public Websites
PI Chunhui Peng
College of Humanities and the Arts, World Languages & Literatures
Proposal: Transmedia Memories: Remember the Chinese Cultural Revolution
PI Carlie Pietsch
College of Science, Geology
Proposal: Examining the Evolutionary History and Environmental Function of Gastropod Shells
PI Madalyn Radlauer
College of Science, Chemistry
Proposal: Structured Polymer Supports to Enhance Ruthenium-catalyzed Reactions
PI Anthony Raynsford
College of Humanities and the Arts, Art & Art History
Proposal: Inventing the Ecological City: Urban Design and Radical Politics in Northern California, 1966-74
PI Ben Reed
College of Science, Computer Science
Proposal: Benchmark for Distributed Coordination
PI Liat Rosefield
College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Microdroplet Stability in Constricted Channels
PI Mantra Roy
University Library
Proposal: Desis of Silicon Valley Speak: An Oral History
PI Virginia San Fratello
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: The House of Smoke
PI Tianqin (Kelly) Shi
College of Business, Global Innovation & Leadership
Proposal: Green Product Design with Retail Competition and Fairness Concerns
PI Ryan Skinnell
College of Humanities and the Arts, English and Comparative Literature
Proposal: Hitler's Rhetoric
PI Christopher Smallwood
College of Science, Physics and Astronomy
Proposal: Quantum Properties of Color Centers in Diamond and Silicon Carbide
PI Matthew Spangler
College of Social Sciences, Communication Studies
Proposal: Striking Back: The Story of an Anti-Apartheid Striker
PI Drew Todd
College of Humanities and the Arts, Film and Theatre
Proposal: Ashgar Farhadi: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 2021)
PI Cristina Tortora
College of Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Proposal: Developing New Clustering Techniques Through Multi-University Collaborations
PI Kim Tsai
College of Education, Child & Adolescent Development
Proposal: Exploring Ethnic Disparities in the Influence of Family Stress on Adolescent Sleep
PI Masaaki Tsuruike
College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Proposal: Injury Prevention in Overhead Athletes through Professional Baseball Pitchers
PI Anand Vaidya
College of Humanities and the Arts, Philosophy
Proposal: Knowing as a State of Mind: On the Relevance of Classical Indian Philosophy to Contemporary Debates About What is it to Know Something
PI Fabrizio Vergine
College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Proposal: Entry Descent and Landing Systems Optimization through Vortex Dynamics
PI Ningkun Wang
College of Science, Chemistry
Proposal: Understanding the Mechanism of SIRT1 Activation by Resveratrol
