2021-22 Faculty Grant Recipients
Level-Up Grant
PI Anthony Bernier
College of Professional and Global Education, School of Information
Co-PI:
- Michelle Villagran, College of Professional and Global Eduction, School of Information
Proposal: Feels Like Begging: First-Generation Online Graduate Students in Library and Information Science (LIS)
PI Folarin Erogbogbo
College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Proposal: Novel Anti-Stomal Prolapse Medical Device
PI Wendy Lee
College of Science, Computer Science
Proposal: Development of a Machine Learning-based System to Identify Next Generation Sequencing Errors
PI Matthew Love
College of Education, Special Education
Co-PI:
- Wendy Quach, College of Education, Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Proposal: Leveling Up Interdisciplinary Practice and Preparation
PI Elisa Mattarelli
College of Business, School of Management
Co-PI:
- Sumita Raghuram, College of Business, School of Management
Proposal: Performance and Wellbeing in Multiple Virtual Team Membership (MVTM) Contexts
PI Ellen Middaugh
College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development
Co-PI:
- Mark Felton, College of Education, Teacher Education
Proposal: Enfranchised: Using Social Media to Foster Dialogue and Civic Empowerment
PI Anand Ramasubramanian
College of Engineering, Chemicals and Materials Engineering
Co-PI:
- John Lee, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Proposal: Four-dimensional Deformation Map of Blood Clots
PI Christopher Smallwood
College of Science, Physics and Astronomy
Proposal: Materials Spectroscopy Near Absolute Zero Temperature
SJSU RSCA Seed Grant Program
PI Michael Aguilar
University Library
Proposal: First and Second Year Student Virtual Engagement with the Library
PI Mark Barash
College of Social Sciences, Justice Studies
Proposal: Predicting Externally Visible Human Appearance from a DNA Sample for Law Enforcement Applications
PI Rebecca Chan
College of Humanities and the Arts, Philosophy
Proposal: A Trio of Works on Transformative Experience
PI Josh Coleman
College of Humanities and the Arts, English and Comparative Literature
Proposal: FAIR Education in Action: An Ethnographic Account of 10 Years of LGBTQ-Inclusive Educational Policy in Bay Area Schools
PI Michael Dao
College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Proposal: Immigration, Resistance and Assimilation: Sport and Physical Activity Experiences of Vietnamerica
PI Mel Day
College of Humanities and the Arts, Art and Art History
Proposal: Feeling Good-Wall of Song Project 3.0
PI Marcelle Dougan
College of Health and Human Sciences, Public Health and Recreation
Proposal: Social, Dietary, and Mental Health Impacts of Food Insecurity During the Coronavirus Pandemic
PI Daryl Eggers
College of Science, Chemistry
Proposal: Model Binding Studies Related to Drug Development and COVID-19
PI Nicholas Esker
College of Science, Chemistry
Proposal: Target Production for Structure Studies near 100Sn
PI John Gieng
College of Health and Human Sciences; Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging
Proposal: Farming Practices of California Tomato Growers
PI Meghan Gorman-DaRif
College of Humanities and the Arts, English and Comparative Literature
Proposal: Resistant Realisms: The Pirate, The Maoist, and the Freedom Fighter in Contemporary Postcolonial Fiction
PI Yoon Chung Han
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: A Solo Exhibition “Visualizing Ecological Systems” in Seoul, S.Korea in Summer 2022: Visualizing Environmental Data using New Media Technology
PI Jennifer Hartle
College of Health and Human Sciences, Public Health and Recreation
Proposal: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and their Relationship to Childhood Obesity in a California LatinX Community
PI Lili He
College of Engineering, Electical Engineering
Proposal: A Novel Undergraduate Machine Learning Program – One Step Forward Towards Building Machine Learning Chips at SJSU
PI Funie Hsu
College of Humanities and the Arts, Humanities
Proposal: "Instructions for (Erasing) Empire- Manuscript completion (advance contract)"
PI Nima Karimian
College of Engineering, Computer Engineering
Proposal: Never Lose Your Heart: A Novel Key Generation and Authentication Scheme for Implantable Medical Devices
PI Hahn Koo
College of Humanities and the Arts, Linguistics and Language Development
Proposal: Effects of Ethnicity and Language on Voice Quality and their Implications for Foreign Accent Detection
PI Saili S. Kulkarni
College of Education, Special Education
Proposal: Re-imagining Teacher Preparation During a Global Pandemic Using Disability-Centered, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
PI Binh Le
College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Proposal: A Novel Undergraduate Machine Learning Program – One Step Forward Towards Building Machine Learning Chips at SJSU
PI Lyle Lustigman
College of Education, Communicative Disorders
Proposal: The Scaffolding Role of Adult-Child Co-Constructions in Early Language Development: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Spanish and English
PI Dahyun Oh
College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Nanoengineering of Electrode Materials for Long-lasting Aqueous Lithium-ion Batteries
PI Alexander Payumo
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Why do Mammals Lose the Ability to Regenerate Their Hearts After Birth?
PI Giselle Pignotti
College of Health and Human Sciences; Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
Proposal: Food Access, Lifestyle Behaviors, and Health Outcomes during COVID-19 in California
PI Gina Quan
College of Science, Physics and Astronomy
Proposal: Understanding the Experiences of Community College Transfer Students in Physics
PI Sharesly Rodriguez
University Library
Proposal: Do Chatbots Meet the Information Needs of University Students?
PI Liat Rosenfield
College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Characterization of Flow of Red Blood Cells and Platelets in Venous Thrombosis Patients
PI Kohar Scott
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: The Virtual Factory; Connecting with Materials and Manufacturing Through Virtual Reality
PI Tanqin (Kelly) Shi
College of Business, Global Innovation
Proposal: The Impact of COVID-19 on Applied Behavioral Analysis Services: Operational Challenges and Opportunities
PI Sonia Singhal
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Proposal: Patterns of Mutation Accumulation in Environments that Change at Different Rates
PI Amanda Stasiewicz
College of Social Sciences, Environmental Studies
Proposal: Exploring Local Fire Department Capacity—Dealing with Changing Risk Exposure, Capacity, and Resource Demand in a Wildfire-prone World
PI Kim Tsai
College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development
Proposal: Longitudinal Changes in Family Dynamics and Adolescent Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 3-year Study
PI Miguel Valero
College of Science, Meteorology and Climate Science
Proposal: Data Assimilation of Remote Sensing Observations for Improved Wildfire Spread Forecasts
PI David Wagner
College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Proposal: Bioenergy from Agricultural Wastes
PI Yolanda Wiggins
College of Social Sciences, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Proposal: When The Family Goes to College: How Black Students Juggle Tensions Between Home and School
PI Angela Wu
College of Humanities and the Arts, Design
Proposal: “Do Unto Others” Animated Short Film and Augmented Reality Companion Piece Prototype
PI Kezban Yagci Sokat
College of Business, Marketing and Decision Sciences
Proposal: Integration of Analytics to Anti-trafficking Operations: Targeted Outreach Planning
PI David Yan
College of Engineering, Technology
Proposal: Vibration-assisted Surfacing for Strengthening Selective Laser Melted Ti-5553 Aerospace Structures