July 2023 Grants and Contracts
We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during July 2023:
Monthly Awards at a Glance
36 Awards Received: Valued at $13,739,339.
Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.
Lucas College and Graduate School of Business
Karen E.Philbrick, Business, Dean's Office
Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility (MCTM) TO 024
Sponsor: CA State Department of Transportation – $107,938.
Connie L. Lurie College of Education
Katya Aguilar, Teacher Education
San José State University Single Subject Intern Program 20232024
Sponsor: Santa Clara University – $80,535.
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
Maria Chierichetti, Aerospace Engineering
Design of a SADA for Interplanetary Cubesats
Sponsor: California Space Grant Consortium – $9,200.
Jorjeta Jetcheva / Carlos Rojas / Brianne Gutmann / William Andreopoulos, Computer Engineering
S-STEM: Empowering Low-Income Students to Succeed in Engineering
and Computer Science
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $2,499,411.
Patrick Jurney, Biomedical Engineering
Reactive Ion Plasma Treatment of Cardiovascular Biomaterials to Understand the Effect
of Nanotopography on Endothelialization
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $146,500.
Dahyun Oh, Chemical and Materials Engr.
Center for High Precision Patterning Science (CHiPPS)
Sponsor: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories – $117,000.
Facilities Development & Operations
Aaron Klemm, Facilities Development & Operations
Recycling/Reuse Hotline and Website for Santa Clara County
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $50,000.
College of Health and Human Sciences
Peter Allen Lee, Social Work
Title IV-E Child Welfare Training 2023-2024
Sponsor: UC, Berkeley – $1,812,160.
Jennifer A. Schanchner, Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Funding- Sourcewise -Timpany Center- San José State University
Research Foundation
Sponsor: Sourcewise – $55,102.
Mirander Worthen / Soma De Boubon, Public Health and Recreation
CIVIC-FA Track B: Participatory Action Research to Enhance Equity and Prevent Moral
Injury in Community Paramedicine
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $1,000,000.
College of Humanities and the Arts
Chris Burrill, Humanities and the Arts, Dean's Office
City of San José Based Small and Mid-Size Arts Organization Facility Rental Grant
Sponsor: City of San José – $25,000.
Shannon Miller / Ann Agee / Christina Mune, Humanities and the Arts, Dean's Office
Grounding the Digital Humanities at San José State University
Sponsor: National Endowmnt for the Humanities – $157,480.
College of Science
Kimberly Blisniuk, Geology
Development of Faults through Sand and the Slip History of the San Gregorio Fault
Sponsor: Department of Interior – $77,128.
Shelley Cargill, Science, Dean's Office
SJSU MESA Schools Program ESUHSD Agreement
Sponsor: East Side Union High School District – $109,888.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Lab
A Catchment to Coast Paradigm: Impact of Spatially and Temporally Varying Nutrient
and Freshwater Fluxes on the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Sponsor: NASA – $15,216.
Dustin Carroll, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Closing the Carbon Cycle Loop: Quantifying Land-to-Sea Carbon Fluxes
Sponsor: NASA – $98,935.
Ross P. Clark, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Estuary MPA Monitoring (Round 2)
Sponsor: CA Ocean Protection Council – $749,999.
Craig B. Clements / Amanda Stasiewicz / Adam Kochanski / Kate Wilkin, Meteorology & Climate Science
IUCRC Phase I: San José State University: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center
(WIRC)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $149,995.
Ferdinand D. Rivera / Yingjie Liu / Plamen S. Koev, Mathematics & Statistics
Developing Virtual Reality-Mediated Representational Tools for Supporting and Enhancing
Deep Mathematical Thinking of Linear Algebra Relationship
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $399,984.
Aaron J. Romanowsky, Physics & Astronomy
RUI: Unlocking the Origins of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $378,953.
Miri K. VanHoven, Biological Sciences
The Effect of Sleep on Neural Circuit Connections
Sponsor: UC, San Francisco – $169,493.
Nicholas Esker, Chemistry
RUI: Targetry Development and Nuclear Structure Studies Near 100Sn
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $77,585.
Michael Graham / Scott L, Hailton, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Universal Hatchery System for Developing New Seaweed Strains for Land-Based Aquaculture
Production
Sponsor: UC, San Diego – $111,378.
Scott L, Hailton, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Restoring Kelp Forest Habitat in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Sponsor: Greater Farallones Association – $36,749. & $16,000.
Scott L, Hailton, Moss Landing Marine Lab
California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program – Monitoring and Evaluation of
California Marine Protected Areas
Sponsor: CA Ocean Protection Council – $1,949,999.
James Harvey / Scott Benson, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Contract for Services to Support Leatherback Monitoring
Sponsor: Upwell Turtles – $119,500.
Birgette McDonald, Moss Landing Marine Lab
California Marine Mammal Stranding Network 2022-2023 (one-time allocation)
Sponsor: Marine Mammal Center – $75,119. & $189,752.
College of Social Sciences
Valerie Carr, Psychology
A Harmonized Medial Temporal Lobe Subregion Segmentation Protocol: An Essential Element
for Dementia Research
Sponsor: Ohio State University – $69,563.
Sean P. Laraway, Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Coll. Human Factors Research to Improve Safety, Efficiency
& Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics & Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $541,707.
Susan M. Snycerski, Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation
of the Entry Systems and Technology Division's High Enthalpy Facilities
Sponsor: NASA – $108,000.
Susan M. Snycerski, Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control, Autonomous Rotorcraft,
and Human-Systems Interface Design
Sponsor: NASA – $791,118.
Margaret Stevenson, Justice Studies
San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) Service Navigation- 2023-2024
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $744,445.00
Margaret Stevenson, Justice Studies
San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) Service Navigation- 2023-2024-Parole
Court Entry
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $200,000.00
Bryce Westlake, Younghee Park, Justice Studies
SaTC: EDU: Training Digital Forensics Examiners through Hands-on Education Investigating
Live Criminal Investigations
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $498,507.00