August 2024 New Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of SJSU'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 SJSU 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.