September 2025 Grants and Contracts
We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during September 2025:
Monthly Awards at a Glance
25 Awards Received: Valued at $5,498,977.
Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms. The sort below is by College, then department, followed by PI.
Academic Affairs
Maria Elena Cruz, Academic Programs
School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies
ASPIRE (Student Support Services) - San Jose State University - FY 2025 - 2030
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education — $530,167.00
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
Katy Kao, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Adaptive Evolution of Candida Biofilms
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH) — $146,500.
Anil Kumar, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Development of Educational System of Systems model of educational setting
Sponsor: Honda Research Institute — $53,213.
Hiu Yung Wong, Electrical Engineering
Using ML-TCAD to Expedite Device Optimization
Sponsor: Micron Technologies, Inc. — $50,000.
College of Science
Holly Bowers, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Heterosigma Multi-locus Sequencing
Sponsor: San Francisco Estuary Institute — $27,547.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Labs
ECCO-Darwin Model Exploration of Physical and Biogeochemical Interactions in the Land-Sea
Continuum
Sponsor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) — $50,000.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Using a Data-Constrained Global-Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry Model to Study the
Role of Biological Pump and Ocean Circulation in Driving Ocean Carbon Cycle Variability
Sponsor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) — $25,000.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Labs
NSF/NASA Collaborative Research: Probing internal gravity wave dynamics and dissipation
using global observations and numerical simulations”
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $135,000.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Labs
GEOS/ECCO earth system modeling and data assimilation
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $71,726.
Emma Carroll, Chemistry
Mapping biophysical effects of the cellular environment on p53 and PTEN stability
and aggregation
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH) — $183,125.
Craig Clements, Adam Kochanski, Kate Wilkin, Meteorology and Climate Science
FY2526 IAA Membership Fee Supplement for NSF IUCRC Phase I: San José State University:
Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC)
Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) — $50,000.
Minghui Diao, Meteorology and Climate Science
California Community and Earth-system Integrated Climate Resilience Center (CalCEI
CRC)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) — $206,218.
Minghui Diao, Meteorology and Climate Science
Examining Climate Impacts of Cirrus Clouds through Past, Present and Future NASA Airborne
Campaigns
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $85,452.
Philip Dirlam, Chemistry
Broadening Accessibility & Training to Emerging Reseachers for Innovative Energy Storage
(BATTERIES)
Sponsor: Chico State Enterprises — $187,500.
Nicholas Esker, Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science "Mt. ENS"
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) — $123,630.
Nicholas Esker, Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science “MT.ENS”.
Sponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) — $9,000.
Luke Gardner, Moss Landing Marine Labs
White Abalone Restoration Production and Research
Sponsor: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — $90,000.
Ehsan Khatami, Phsyics and Astronomy
AI and data science enabled predictive modeling of collective phenomena in strongly
correlated quantum materials
Sponsor: University of Tennessee — $109,737.
Ferdinand Rivera, Peter Gao, Mathematics and Statistics
Understanding Teacher Effectiveness and Retention Among Single Subject Math Program
Completers in the First Five Years of Teaching (Project CSU TEAR)
Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation — $441,854.
Ferdinand Rivera, Lisa Simpson, Mathematics and Statistics
Developing 21st Century Inclusive- and Mathematical Literacy-Driven Middle School
and High School Mathematics Teachers
Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation — $158,758.
Mike Wood, MLML
22-ICESat2 22-0019, IS2AD: Using ICESat-2 observations to reduce uncertainty in future
ice sheet model projections
Sponsor: Dartmouth College — $22,312.
College of Social Sciences
Valerie Carr, Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control, Autonomous Rotorcraft,
and Human-Systems Interface Design: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $50,769.
Gordon Douglas, School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies
The Across Barrier Connections Plan: Improving Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections
Across Freeways (ABC Plan)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) — $130,000.
David Schuster, Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Collaborative Human Factors Research to Improve the Safety,
Efficiency, and Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics and Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $2,511,468.
Susan Snycerski, Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation
of the Entry Systems and Technology Division’s High Enthalpy Facilities: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — $50,000.
