June 2024 New Grants and Contracts
We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during June 2024:
Monthly Awards at a Glance
35 Awards Received: Valued at $10,715,389.
Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.
Lucas College and Graduate School of Business
Chen, Yu, Information Systems & Technology
Collaborative Research: An Interdisciplinary Approach to AI Education for Social Good
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $16,000.
Philbrick, Karen E. / Nixon, Hilary K., Business, Dean's Office
Center for Multi-Modal Mobility in Urban, Rural, and Tribal Areas (CMMM)
Sponsor: University of Maryland – $250,000.
Philbrick, Karen E. / Nixon, Hilary K., Business, Dean's Office
California High-Speed Rail Project
Sponsor: CA High-Speed Rail Authority – $665,000.
Connie L. Lurie College of Education
Aguilar, Katya, Teacher Education
San Jose State University Single Subject Intern Program 20242025
Sponsor: Milpitas Unified School District – $80,535.
Briceno, Allison, Teacher Education
Cultivating and Sustaining Biliteracy And Bilingualism in Multilingual Youth
Sponsor: UC, Davis – $55,781.
Lattimer, Heather / Perez, Janene, Education, Dean's Office
Regional K-16 Education Collaboratives Grant Program for the Bay Area K-16 Collaborative
Sponsor: Chabot-Las Positas Community College District – $3,919,032.
Mathur, Ravisha / Slusser, Emily / Fusaro, Maria, Child & Adolescent Development
SJSU Lab Preschool Summer Program Expansion
Sponsor: Valley Health Foundation – $129,316.
McNiece, Zachary, Counselor Education
All of Us Researcher Academy Institutional Champion Award
Sponsor: RTI International – $75,000.
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
Kumar, Anil R., Industrial and Systems Engineering
Respiratory Protection for Wildland Firefighters
Sponsor: Industrial and Systems Engineering – $30,974.
College of Health and Human Sciences
Jensen, Areum, Kinesiology
The Role of Sympathetic Nervous System Activity on Blood Pressure Regulation in Individuals
with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $14,416.
Park, Chulwoo Charles, Public Health and Recreation
Language Identity and Mental Health Disparities among Multilingual 1.5 Generation
Asian/Asian American Immigrant Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Study
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $183,125.
College of Science
Blisniuk, Kimberly / Madden, Elizabeth, Geology
Quantifying Fault Slip Partitioning between the Calaveras and Hayward Faults, CA
Sponsor: University of Southern California – $37,772.
Bowers, Holly A., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Validating the Aqusens Imaging Platform to Expand Networked Cell Detection Capabilities
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $56,000.
Clements, Craig B. / Stasiewicz, Amanda / Kochanski, Adam / Wilkin, Kate, Meteorology & Climate Science
IUCRC Phase I: San José State University: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center
(WIRC)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $56,000.
Esker, Nicholas, Chemistry
RUI: Targetry Development and Nuclear Structure Studies Near 100Sn
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $80,563.
Grillo-Hill, Bree, Biological Sciences
Increased Intracellular pH Promotes Cancer Cell Behaviors
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $146,500.
Hamilton, Scott L., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Restoring Kelp Forest Habitat in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Sponsor: Greater Farallones Association – $79,469.
Hamilton, Scott L., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Evaluating the Performance of California’s MPA Network through the Lens of Sandy Beach
and Surf Zone Ecosystems
Sponsor: UC, Santa Barbara – $79,644.
Miller-Conrad, Laura C., Chemistry
Blocking Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide-Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $10,987.
Ouverney, Cleber C. / Rascon Jr., Alberto A., Biological Sciences
U-RISE Program at San Jose State University
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $271,970.
Payumo, Alexander, Biological Sciences
Neurohumoral Interactions Coordinating Mammalian Cardiomyocyte Size and Proliferation
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $183,125.
Prince, Jonathan Mike, Moss Landing Marine Lab
NSF IPA Assignment
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $111,820.
Rios, Andro, Chemistry
Astrobiology Scholars Program an Immersive Research Experience (ASPIRE)
Sponsor: NASA – $166,891.
Sigala, Marco A., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Delta RMP QA Services
Sponsor: MLJ Environmental – $36,824.
Trask, Jessica, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Climate Change Resilience and Economic Capacity Building for Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
(MLML)
Sponsor: U.S. Economic Development Administration – $637,147.
Wang, Ningkun, Chemistry
Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometer
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $186,411.
Wood, Michael, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Estimating the Past, Present, and Future Response of Marine Primary Productivity to
Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
Sponsor: NASA – $100,000.
Yarbrough, Mark / Feinholz, Michael E., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Implementation of MarONet for Support of OCI/PACE Vicarious Calibration
Sponsor: University of Miami – $258,977.
College of Social Sciences
Carr, Valerie, Psychology
A Harmonized Medial Temporal Lobe Subregion Segmentation Protocol: An Essential Element
for Dementia Research
Sponsor: Ohio State University – $45,464.
Cole, Kristen, Communication Studies
Communication As...Accessible
Sponsor: Teach Access – $2,000.
Hilditch, Cassie J., Psychology
Human Factors Considerations and Emerging Trends Associated with Helicopter Air Ambulance
Operations
Sponsor: Cherokee Nation – $40,794.
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 – $2,363,084.
Nojan, Saugher, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Racialized Hauntings: Afghan Americans Navigating Racialized Religion and Belonging
amidst the Forever War
Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies – $5,000.
Snycerski, Susan M., Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation
of the Entry Systems and Technology Division's High Enthalpy Facilities
Sponsor: NASA – $165,282.
VP/Provost Academic & Student Affairs
Klaw, Elena, Undergraduate Studies
CaliforniansForAll College Service Program (Planning)
Sponsor: CaliforniaVolunteers – $51,927.