Award Recipients

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2022 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Deng, Huai	D Biology	Exploring the novel epigenetic and developmental functions of the Keap1-Nrf2 detoxifying pathway in Drosophila
Mesce, Karen	Entomology, Dept of	A Novel Circuit Design for the Recovery of Locomotion after Injury
Slattery, Matthew	DMED Biomedical Sciences	Context Specificity in Stress-Responsive Transcriptional Networks
Swisher, Sarah	CSENG ECE Admin	Photonic Curing of Semiconductor Nanomaterials for High-Performance Flexible Electronics

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2022 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Arriaga, Edgar	Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry Administration	Multiparametric profiling of cellular senescence in aging models - Bridge Funding
Asakura, Atsushi	Medical School, NEUR Neurology Dept Admin	Vascular endothelial stem cells in muscle regeneration and muscular dystrophy
Ashkenazi, Shai	Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Biomedical Eng Admin	Implantable Device for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Treatment of Brain Tumor Recurrence
Bak, M Y Savana	Education/Human Dev, Col of, Ed Psych Administration	Pilot Training Module for Caretakers of Children with ASD
Beard, David	UMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of, D Engl Linguist & Wrt Studies	Oral Histories of Rural Healthcare, from the Perspective of the Retail Pharmacist
Blocker, Jane	Liberal Arts, College of, Art History	Contemporary Art, Environmental Orientation, and Knowledge
Braunlin, Elizabeth	Medical School, PEDS Pediatrics Cardiology Div	Importance of the immune system in a murine model of lysosomal storage disease: a tale of two strains
Chatterjea, Ananya	Liberal Arts, College of, Theatre Arts & Dance Dept	Micchil, Amra: Investigating Performance in times of pandemic and political uprising
Collins, Kathleen	Liberal Arts, College of, Political Science Department	Civil Islam or Illiberal Democracy? The Debate about Islam, Secularism, and Democracy Across Muslim Eurasia
Douglas, Christopher	Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry Administration	Catalytic Methods in Functionalizing Acyl Sigma Bonds to Carbon
Dubrow, Gail	Design, College of, Architecture, School of	Japonisme Revisited: How Racism Shaped the Lives and Careers of America's Earliest Architects of Japanese Ancestry
DuHamel, Ann	UMM Humanities Division, M Music Dept.	Prayers for a Feverish Planet—New Music About Climate Change: Concert Tour and Recording
Engel, Stephen	Liberal Arts, College of, Psychology	The Perceptual Bases of Visual Snow Syndrome
Kim, Nam Chul	Pharmacy, College of, Pharm Practice Pharm Sciences	Mitochondrial pathogenic pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia
Larasati PhD, Rachmi Diyah	Liberal Arts, College of, Gender, Women & Sexuality	Oemah Larasati: A Cultural Institution Combating Conservatism and the Modern Empire.
Lee, Daehyoung	UMD Educ & Human Svc Prof, D Applied Human Sciences	Effects of A Gamified Incentive-Based App on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Depression in Adults with Autism
Lewis, Beth	Education/Human Dev, Col of, Kinesiology Administration	Preliminary Efficacy of a Strength Training Intervention on Exercise Adherence and Weight among Pre-Menopausal Women
Mcculloch, Kyle	Biological Sciences, Col of, CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr	Illuminating how animal complexity evolves by comparing sea anemone photoreceptor cells
Mehus, Christopher	Education/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS Administration	Testing a brief, online version of an evidence-based parenting program
Mensinger, Allen	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng, D Biology	Toadfish Biosacoustics
O'Connor, Amy	Liberal Arts, College of, Hubbard Schl Journal/Mass Comm	Mine Life: Communication, Work and Identity
Shank, JB	Liberal Arts, College of, History Department	Cosmology before the Advent of Astrophysics and the Modern Scientific Regime
Sun, Xiaoran	Education/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS Administration	Examining Teenagers’ Overnight Smartphone Use and Its Implications for Well-Being with High-Intensity Smartphone Data
Tamir, Rotem	Liberal Arts, College of, Art Department	Making as Catalyst for Remembering
Wayessa, Bula	Liberal Arts, College of, African-Amer & African Studies	Adaptation of Maize to the Indigenous Farming Systems in Wallaga, Ethiopia.

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2021 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Algeri, Sara	Liberal Arts, College of	A novel statistical framework for astrophysical discoveries under background mismodeling
Austin, Jay	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Continued deployment of meteorology buoys in the western arm of Lake Superior
Bereiter, David	Dentistry, School of	Neuron-derived estrogen and TMJ nociception
Carlson, Stephanie	Education/Human Dev, Col of	My Future Self: Using Imagination to Improve Self-Control in Children
Choi, Changhyun	Science & Engineering, Col of	Context-Aware Robotic Object Grasping
Collister, John	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Effects of Perimenopause on the Brain - Sympathetic - Gut Microbiome Axis in Hypertension
DeLiema, David	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Developing and Testing an Expansive Debugging Pedagogy to Support Students' Learning through Failure
Dengel PhD, Donald	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Effectiveness of Extracellular Microvesicles to Track Cardiovascular Risk in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Patients
Deslauriers, Stephen	UMM Science & Math Division	BZ-X800 Fluorescence Microscope
Ebtehaj, Ardeshir	Science & Engineering, Col of	High-Resolution Spectroradiometer for Advancing the Knowledge in Remote Sensing of Environment
Fallon, Ann	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Expression of Wolbachia genes in the mosquito ovary
Fang, Peng	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Reconfigurable modular power conversion architecture for ultra wide voltage range operation
Ferguson, David	Pharmacy, College of	Blocking ACE2-TMPRSS2 Function in SARS-CoV-2 Entry using Peptide-Drug Conjugates
Gebre Egziabher, Demoz	Science & Engineering, Col of	Perception and Localization Research Sensor Suite (POLARESS)
Gray, William	Biological Sciences, Col of	A high resolution, highly sensitive, and fast confocal microscope for the Saint Paul Campus
Grusz, Amanda	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Evaluating a drought-driven hypothesis for the evolution of obligate apomixis
Hansen, Lars	Science & Engineering, Col of	Measuring the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of rocks
Hedegaard, Brock	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Hydraulic Service Manifold
Kazlauskas, Romas	Biological Sciences, Col of	Floor Avanti JE centrifuge with JLA 9.1000, JA25.5 and JS5.3 rotors for biochemical research
Khaleghi Yazdi, Maryam	UMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of	Interactive textile art projects that narrate the stories of immigrants
Kuo, Sidney	Medical School	Early structural changes to Muller glial cells in glaucoma
Mkhoyan, Andre	Science & Engineering, Col of	Developing atomic-scale in-situ electrical biasing platform for nanoelectronics with perovskite oxides
Morris, Rebecca	VP for Research, Office of	A novel model for distinguishing low- and high-risk benign papillomas induced by solar ultraviolet radiation
Ostrander PhD, Julie	Medical School	Keyence Imaging System
Panoskaltsis-Mortari PhD, Angela	Medical School	CNC Table Top Mill and VLS6.75 Laser Cutter
Powers, Jennifer	Biological Sciences, Col of	Establishing a Tropical Dry Forest Collaboratory for Science, Society, and Synthesis
Sasisekaran, Jayanthi	Liberal Arts, College of	Temporal dynamics of language planning and speech production in adults who do and do not stutter
Scheil, Katherine	Liberal Arts, College of	Community Shakespeare
Titus, Margaret	Medical School	The Role of Filopodia in Metastatic Cancer Cell Migration
Toan, Sam	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Novel Catalytic Chemical Looping Technology for Conversion of Waterborne Plastic Waste into Fuels and Syngas
Walcheck, Bruce	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	LICOR Odyssey XF gel imaging system
Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth	Liberal Arts, College of	Stolen Time: Racial Disparities in Enjoyable and Meaningful Time
Zefeldt, Mathew	Liberal Arts, College of	Painting Constructed Virtual Worlds

 

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2021 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Kendeou, Panayiota Pani	Ed Psych Administration	Improving Reading Comprehension: Project ELCII
Massari, Aaron	CSENG Chemistry Administration	Measuring Molecular Arrangement and Movement at Liquid Crystal Interfaces

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2021 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Abdel Salam, Hassan	Liberal Arts, College of	Palestine’s Human Rights Fatwas: An Exploration of the Legal Opinions of Imams and Jurists in Palestine
Benedict, Marissa	Liberal Arts, College of	New Music for a New Century - The Evolution of Brass Music in the 21st Century
Bradley, Elizabeth	Medical School	SCI Chemidoc MP System
Caldas Chumbes, Blanca	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Translingual Latinx Ethnic Studies Summer School (TLESSS) for Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Students in Twin Cities
Caprioli, Mary	UMD Liberal Arts, College of	Breaking Boundaries: A Sociopolitical Explanation of Adolescent Female Gender Identity Alternatives
Choy-Brown, Mimi	Education/Human Dev, Col of	The LIFT Project: Leveraging Leadership to Improve Fidelity to Assertive Community Treatment
Clarke-Sather, Abigail	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Mechanical Recycling Processes for Transforming Discarded Textiles into Fiber Feedstocks
Debes, Jose	Medical School	H2U: Recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM) high school students into global health and health equity research t
DeJaeghere, Joan	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Rural Youths’ Engagement in Democratic Practices through Arts-based Participatory Programs
Deslauriers, Stephen	UMM Science & Math Division	Machine vision as a tool for identifying genetic regions which contribute to plant development
Fang, Qiang	UMD Liberal Arts, College of	Communist China and the United States: Irreconcilable Relations, 1972-2012
Feinberg, Joshua	Science & Engineering, Col of	Pace of Ecological Change During Periods of Extreme Climate Change
Greising PhD, Sarah	Education/Human Dev, Col of	New Directions to Understand the Paradoxical Role of Inflammation following Skeletal Muscle Injury
Haglin, Kathryn	UMD Liberal Arts, College of	Measuring Support for Universal Basic Income
Hastings, Angela	Dentistry, School of	Patient Attitudes Towards Teledentistry and Acceptance of Use
Hinderliter, Brian	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Quantifying Properties for a Mechanistic, Predictive Understanding of Aqueous Impact on Ageing of Passive Materials
Jacobs, Fayola	Public Affairs, HHH School of	Colonizing Climates: Urban Planning and Anti-Blackness in the US South and the Caribbean
Kim, Naeun	Design, College of	Collaborative Consumption of Fashion Goods: A Cross-cultural Examination
Koester, Steven	Science & Engineering, Col of	Ultra-High-Purity Assembly System for Quantum Device Research
Marquart, Len	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	A Systems Approach to Introducing Underutilized Crops into the Minnesota Food System
Mashek, Douglas	Medical School	Upgrade of Nikon A1Rsi laser scanning confocal microscope to HD scanner
Mozenter, Suki	UMD Educ & Human Svc Prof	Antiracist Literary Advisory Board (A-LAB)
Mroz, Pawel	Medical School	Development of long read sequencing for Pharmacogenomic testing
Mwesigye, Aggrey	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Experimental investigation of the performance of ground source heat pump systems incorporating phase change material
Pease, Lindsay	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Purchase of a Gas Chromatograph Specialized for Greenhouse Gas Analysis in Crookston
Pirinelli, Alyssa	UMM Science & Math Division	Sorb-Tech Automated Purification System for Use in the UMN Morris Chemistry Discipline
Row, Jennifer	Liberal Arts, College of	The Body Perfect: the Aesthetics of Ableism and Race in the French Early Modern
Samimi, Ceema	Education/Human Dev, Col of	School discipline and COVID-19
Seecharan, Turuna	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Gamification and the Decision Making Grid to Encourage Sustainable Driving in Young Drivers
Shambroom, Paul	Liberal Arts, College of	Purpletown: Portraits from the Thin Divide
Srinivasan, Vinod	Science & Engineering, Col of	Exploring Universal Behavior of Thermal Fluctuations in Boiling: Towards a Model for Critical Heat Flux
Staats, Susan	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Poetic Structures, Prosody, and Gesture among English and Somali Speakers in Algebra Generalization Tasks
Tarr, Gillian	Public Health, School of	A Goldilocks Effect of Psychological Distress on Pandemic Fatigue? Stress, Social Vulnerability, and Protective Behavior
Vang, Cindy	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Hmong Intergenerational COVID-19 Communication Study
Willow, Diane	Liberal Arts, College of	Open Air Cycle
Wise, Eric	Medical School	Venous waveform analysis for monitoring blood volume in sepsis

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2020 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Arnold, Susan	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Investigation of mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy in a canine model of spontaneous high-grade glioma
Austin-Minor, Elizabeth	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Inorganic carbon cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Cho, Jeong-Hyun	Science & Engineering, Col of	3D Nano-Biosensor for Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Contreras, Rafael	VP for Research, Office of	Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
Glesener, Lindsay	Science & Engineering, Col of	High-Rate Ground Station for Satellite Communications
Hodges, James	Public Health, School of	Practical causal-inference tools for meta-analysis of clinical trials
Hu, Bo	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Biocontrol of the Soybean Cyst Nematode with Fungal Endophytes and Culture Filtrates
Huang, R Stephanie	Pharmacy, College of	BioSpa 8 Automated Incubator for Automated Live Cell Analysis
Huddleston, Stephen	Medical School	Identifying donor lung molecules that drive lung transplant rejection in order to better diagnose and treat rejection
Kim, Nam Chul	Pharmacy, College of	Spinning disk confocal microscope for long-term 3D live cell imaging and molecular trafficking/dynamics studies
Konczak PhD, Juergen	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Objective quantification of hand and knee proprioception in typically developing children
Lindsey, Amelia	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Developing functional genomics tools to improve biological control
Lubet, Alex	Liberal Arts, College of	On the Seventh Hour: New Music for Resonator Guitar
Lukkas, Lynn	Liberal Arts, College of	Two Projects: Faroe, and she, her, hers
May, Georgiana	Biological Sciences, Col of	Sustaining prairies against climate change
Melnykov, Igor	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Parameterization of Finite Mixtures of Dirichlet Distributions with Applications to Cluster Analysis
Menta, Venkata Gireesh	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Design Optimization and Manufacturing of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades with 3D Printed Cores
Olman, Cheryl	Liberal Arts, College of	Investigating Characteristics of Foveal Feedback Using Ultra-High Field fMRI
Ou, Li	Medical School	Assess off-target effects of PS Gene Editing in treating MPS I disease
Pahwa, Sonali	Liberal Arts, College of	Digitizing Womanhood in Dubai
Pirinelli, Alyssa	UMM Science & Math Division	Recirculating Chiller System for Use in Synthetic Carbohydrate Research
Shannon, Laura	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Flow Cytometer For Plant Research on the St. Paul Campus
Silverman, Michael	Liberal Arts, College of	Future Music Therapy Research in Adult Mental Health: An Investigation of Service User Preferences and Recommendations
Smith, Joan	Liberal Arts, College of	ROCKABY: A dance work created from performers' lived experiences of domestic violence, childhood trauma and resilience.
St George, Scott	Liberal Arts, College of	Hunting fimbulvinter: Drafting a global atlas of dreadful frosts over the past two millennia
Staker, Justin	Medical School	Mitigating the impact of shoulder movement dysfunction; a randomized controlled trial
Wozniak, Jeffrey	Medical School	Choline Supplementation as a Neurodevelopmental Intervention for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

 

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2020 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Title of Research
Berge, Jerica	FamMed Family Medicine Admin	Family Matters Study: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study of Minnesota's Most Vulnerable Populations
Ogle, Brenda	CSENG Biomedical Eng Admin	Epicardial regulation of human cardiomyocyte function via modulation of extracellular signals: toward robust pump function

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2020

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Basu, Priyanka	UMM Humanities Division	Colonial Remains and Decolonial Futures in Contemporary Global German Art Film
Blumenthal, Susanna	Law School	The Apprehension of Fraud in Modern America
Campbell, Stephen	Science & Engineering, Col of	A Zetasizer Nanoparticle Analyzer for the Minnesota Nano Center
Carroll, Caitlin	Public Health, School of	Rural Hospital Closure and the Quality of Cancer Care
Carter, Clay	Biological Sciences, Col of	A role for carbonic anhydrases in the plant acid-growth hypothesis
Ding, Jie	Liberal Arts, College of	Dynamical Modeling of Complex Streaming Data
Dumitrica, Traian	Science & Engineering, Col of	Fractal Dimension - a Possible Key Measure for Fiber Network Architectures
Finestack, Lizbeth	Liberal Arts, College of	Identifying Language Impairment in Students with Diverse Language Exposure
Fleischman, Forrest	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	How does climate policy advance? Lessons from comparative case studies of policy change in Minnesota
Friedenberg, Steven	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Development of artificial antigen-presenting cells to fight cancer in dogs
Gammill, Laura	Medical School	Investigating exosomes as a means of neural crest cell-cell communication
Genova, Thomas	UMM Humanities Division	Borders of Brazil: Euclides da Cunha and 'Latin America'
Goldschmidt, Stephanie	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Clinical feasibility and accuracy of indirect computed tomography lymphangiography in dogs
Hill, Craig	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Transportable meteorological tower for marine and atmospheric boundary layer engineering and resilient energy systems
Isaka, Maki	Liberal Arts, College of	Female Performers of Traditional "All-Male" Gidayû-Music in Modern Japan
Knight, Sophia	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Knowledge, Belief and Information in Social Networks: Theory and Applications
Li, Xiaoyin	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Developing statistical methods to detect pleiotropy using genome-wide association study summary data
Lu, Connie	Science & Engineering, Col of	PHOTON III: X-ray Diffraction Detector Upgrade to Boost Single-Photon Sensitivity
Marmor, Schelomo	Medical School	Characterizing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Surgery Patients in the United States
Mereddy, Venkatram	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Development of Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Monnier, Gilliane	Liberal Arts, College of	Elucidating Neanderthal Cooking Practices in the Balkans 80,000 - 40,000 years ago.
Qu, Yongzhi	UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	RESEARCH ON LEARNING REAL-TIME DYNAMICS OF A ROTOR SYSTEM FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Ramey, Jason	UMM Humanities Division	At Hand- A study of Japanese architecture and traditional building techniques and materials
Rugeley, Cynthia	UMD Liberal Arts, College of	Minnesota: Swing State 2020
Schallmo, Michael-Paul	Medical School	Peripheral biomarkers in transdiagnostic psychosis
Shannon, Laura	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Reel Irrigation for North Central Research and Outreach Center (NCROC)
Smith, Kumi	Public Health, School of	Standardized Patients to Evaluate Treatment Access for Opioid Use Disorder
Toft, Jessica	Education/Human Dev, Col of	The Effects of Neoliberal Managerialism on Social Worker Professional Discretion in Minnesota
Vogel, Rachel	Medical School	Identifying risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among gynecologic cancer survivors
Waid, Jeffrey	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Development and feasibility of a family navigation prevention service: A proof of concept study
Wilke, Christopher	Medical School	Development of a predictive model of glioblastoma for patient-specific prognosis and therapeutic intervention

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2019 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Agur, Colin	Liberal Arts, College of	Facing the Flood: Examining the resilience of mobile phone users facing natural threats in Mumbai
Blaylock, Sara	Duluth, Fine Arts, School of	The Taboo of the Ordinary – Experimental Art in a Late East Germany
Bradley, Cynthia	Nursing, School of	Evaluating Teachers’ Practice of the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning Method
Brengman, Latisha	Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Acquisition of a hand-held x-ray fluorescence instrument
Chen, Changbin	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	A fluorescence microscope with high-resolution imaging system for plant breeding in the postgenomic era
Czaja, Wioletta	VP for Research, Office of	ChemiDoc MP Imaging System for robust workflows involving DNA and Protein visualization and quantification.
Derby, Jeffrey	Science & Engineering, Col of	Analyzing Bulk Crystal Growth via Modeling and Neutron Imaging
DeWaard, Jack	Liberal Arts, College of	Third-party observers perceptions of procedural fairness in U.S. immigration court
Grissom, Nicola	Liberal Arts, College of	Dynamic dopamine release to reward in an autism-associated genotype
Hanson, Jessica	Duluth, Educ & Human Svc Prof	Role of Social Support in Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies in Native Women
Heikal, Ahmed	Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Collagen-Density Dependent Studies of Intracellular Crowding in Highly Metastatic Cancer Cells in Tumor-like Environment
Hoeppner, Luke	VP for Research, Office of	Identifying new targets for cardiovascular disease therapy
Hokanson, Stan	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Tenney Ultracold Environmental Test Chamber
Hoxie, Alison	Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Acquisition of Oxford Lasers Firefly High-Speed Laser
Kang, Peter K	Science & Engineering, Col of	Multi-scale Characterization of Flow and Transport through Complex Porous Media
Kawakami, Yasuhiko	Medical School	Sall4 regulates development of neuromesodermal progenitors and differentiation of their mesodermal descendants
Keller-Ross, Manda	Medical School	Autonomic Regulation of Blood Pressure in Older Early Menopausal Women
Kurle PhD, James	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	An Innovative Student-driven Multidisciplinary Core to Address Big-data Challenges in Agriculture
Lai, Victor	Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Experimental Design and Measurement of the Permeability of Soft Tissue Equivalents
Larson, Chris	Liberal Arts, College of	Smithville, Tennessee
LaVelle, John	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Exploring the human, work, and professional values critical for evaluation practice
Ludewig, Paula	Medical School	Integrated Muscle Activity Assessment System
McCormick, Alon	Science & Engineering, Col of	Small Scale Ammonia from Stranded Wind Energy - Bridge to Follow-On Larger Pilot Project with ARPA-E
Nuernberger, Kathryn	Liberal Arts, College of	Symbiotics: Poems at the Intersection of Biology and the Literary Imagination
Olson, S Douglas	Liberal Arts, College of	Manuscript Work in Support of a New Edition of Aristophanes' Knights
Olszewski, Neil	Biological Sciences, Col of	Investigating the Role of Auxin, Gibberellin and Procera in the Shade Avoidance Syndrome of Tomato
Park, Chongwon	Duluth, Liberal Arts, College of	Information Structure and Grammatical Case
Parker, Laurie	Biological Sciences, Col of	R01 renewal bridge: Biosensor Assay to Screen for Signaling Pathway Inhibition in Cancer
Poddutoori, Prashanth	Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Bio-inspired Molecular Integration for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage
Pomerantz, William	Science & Engineering, Col of	Chemical Probe Design for Dissecting BRD4-Transcription Factor Interactions
Rumbley, Jon	Pharmacy, College of	Characterizing unique structural variations in Trypanosoma brucei phosphofructokinase, a putative therapeutic target.
Schuchardt, Anita	Biological Sciences, Col of	BioVEDA: Improving Student Understanding of Biological Variation in Experimental Design and Analysis
Seastrand, Anna	Liberal Arts, College of	South Indian Images: A Critical Archive
Seelig, Burckhard	Biological Sciences, Col of	Evolution of Primordial Peptides, Proteins and the Genetic Code
Segijn, Claire	Liberal Arts, College of	When realizing that Big Brother is watching you: whether and how synced advertising literacy affects critical attitudes.
Shanks, Samuel	Duluth, Academic Affairs Admin	Low-Cost Stage Automation: Bringing Technical Theatre into the Age of Robotics
Skubitz PhD, Amy	Medical School	IncuCyte S3 Imaging System for Digital Monitoring of Cell Functions
Somia, Nikunj	Medical School	Identifying the fusogens mediating exosome delivery
Teed, Corinne	Liberal Arts, College of	Entangling Banks
Tze, William Tai Yin	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Redefining wood fiberboard: Resin-free bonding of microfibrillated wood fiber
Wilson, Melissa	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	TURNING ANIMAL WASTE INTO WORTH: Bio-treating manure with insects and worms to produce value-added products
Yang, Ce	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	In-vivo Sexing of Chicken Eggs Using Hyperspectral Imaging

   

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2019 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Bailey, Jake	CSENG Earth Sciences, Dept of	Bridge funding: Endobionts inhabit the world's largest bacteria
Costalonga, Massimo	Dent Periodontology, Div of	MHC-II-/- Langerhans cells with compensatory Tc17 plasticity in oral candidiasis
Simpson, Jeff	Psychology	Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2019 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Aldrich, Courtney	Pharmacy, College of	LI-COR Odyssey CLx Infrared Imager
Beehler, Sarah	Medical School	Community Assessment of Veteran Reintegration
Belair-Gagnon, Valerie	Liberal Arts, College of	Peripheral Actors, Collaboration, and News Innovation: Journalism’s Transformation with AI
Bezada, Maximiliano	Science & Engineering, Col of	Investigating the Last Remaining Fragment of the Wyoming Craton
Bruce, Emily	Morris- Social Science Division	Siblings on the Move: German, Irish, and French Canadian Families, 1840–1930
Chefetz-Menaker, Ilana	VP for Research, Office of	Seahorse HI
Cotner, James	Biological Sciences, Col of	Heterotrophic Fixation of Nitrogen in Lakes of the Upper Midwest
Cross, Dori	Public Health, School of	Strategies to Improve Knowledge of Older Adults' Social Care Needs in Primary Care
Denton, Robert	Morris- Science & Math Division	The frequency and fate of genome theft by an all-female species
Dorelien, Audrey	Public Affairs, HHH School of	Social contact structures and the spread of close-contact infectious diseases in the US and the Twin Cities
Girard, Abby	Medical School	Mixed Methods Exploration of Distressing Sexual Desire Discrepancy among Couples
Greenstein, David	Biological Sciences, Col of	Control of Meiosis and Germline Proliferation
Griffin, Linsey	Design, College of	4D Dynamic Surface Capture Research: Exploring New Frontiers in Advanced Wearable Product Development
Hamann, Keitha	Liberal Arts, College of	Case Study of Key of T: Community Engagement in A Social Justice Recital Addressing Impact of Testosterone on the Voice
Hegeman, Adrian	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Specialty Crop Development for Essential Oil Production in Minnesota
Kakalios, James	Science & Engineering, Col of	Radiation-Induced Conductivity Enhancement in Composite Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Thin Films
Maurer-Jones, Melissa	Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Acquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 250 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Mereddy, Venkatram	Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Becton Dickinson (BD) Accuri™ C6 Plus Flow Cytometer
Miller, Faith	Education/Human Dev, Col of	Initial Development and Validation of Direct Behavior Ratings for Anxiety
Moen, Ron	Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Predicting Adaptive Response in Animals Using GPS Locations, Satellite Imagery, and LiDAR
Morris, Rebecca	VP for Research, Office of	Identification of novel epidermal progenitors
Neerland, Carrie	Nursing, School of	Women's Experiences of Transfer from Home or Birth Center to an Urban, Academic Medical Center
Pearson, David	Medical School	3D Printed Cutaneous Ultraviolet Photodiode
Poling, Ron	Science & Engineering, Col of	Studies of Leptonic and Semileptonic Decays of Charmed Mesons with the BESIII Detector
Pratt, Rebekah	Medical School	The Development of a Novel Implementation Science Framework to Address Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention.
Ramakrishnan, Subramanian	Duluth Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Analysis of a novel mathematical model for a planar soft robot
Ratliff, Jamie	Duluth Fine Arts, School of	Cuban Currents: Contemporary Art in Dialogue
Rider, Nic	Medical School	Intersectionality, health, and resilience: A Photovoice project of LGBTQ youth of color
Rudney, Joel	Dentistry, School of	Development of an in vitro model for studying previously unknown structures recently discovered in dental plaque
Salisbury MS, Dereck	Nursing, School of	Total Body Recumbent Stepping for the Rehabilitation of Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease
Savage, Jessica	Duluth Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Flowers are often an indicator of spring but are they also the canary in the coal mine?
Shenoy, Chetan	Medical School	A Comprehensive Study of the Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype
Toff, Benjamin	Liberal Arts, College of	Avoiding the News: Vanishing Audiences for Journalism
Wolf, Tiffany	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Forging new relationships in One Health research through engaged ethnography

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2018 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Anderson, Grant	Pharmacy, College of	LightCycler 480 Instrument
Bazargan, Kia	Science & Engineering, Col of	Harnessing the Power of Unary Computing in Deep Learning Applications
Berg, Bjorn	Public Health, School of	Operational Modeling using RTLS in an Outpatient Multidisciplinary Setting
Casale, Sinem	Liberal Arts, College of	Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1650
Channer, Lisa	Liberal Arts, College of	DENIM
Chen, Bodong	Education/Human Dev, Col of	DataExpedition: Supporting Youth Computational Thinking with Open Geoscience Data
Clark, Matthew	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Development of a fine mapping population for hybrid grape gene discovery
Clarke, Duncan	Medical School	Control of Chromosome Segregation by DNA Topoisomerase II
Coon, Adam	Morris - Humanities Division	The Serpent's Feathers: Nahua Philosophies in Migration
Creamer, Cosette	Liberal Arts, College of	In International Courts We Trust: The Hidden Role of Registries and Legal Secretariats
Dymond, Ben	Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	110 kip Dynamic Hydraulic Linear Actuator
Ernst, Julie	Duluth - Educ & Human Svc Prof	Impact of Nature Preschools on Young Children's Physical Activity and Gross Motor Development
Fletcher, Samuel	Liberal Arts, College of	Rethinking Formal Methods in Philosophy
Gewirtz, Jonathan	Liberal Arts, College of	Epigenetic effects of repeated opioid exposure
Hanany, Shaul	Science & Engineering, Col of	Transforming the Study of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Using Data from The Balloon-Borne PMC-Turbo Experiment
Harki, Daniel	Pharmacy, College of	Development of Didehydrocytidine Phosphoramidite Prodrugs: Novel Antiviral Compounds with Broad Spectrum Activities
Hedegaard, Brock	Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Collapse Resiliency of Precast Concrete Frames with Hybrid Connections
Hume, Angela	Morris - Humanities Division	Lyric Interiors: The Ecological Poetics of Women’s Health Writing and Activism, 1970s-Present
Johnson, Richard	Crookston - Ag and Natural Resources	A Support Needs Assessment of Early Career Agriculture Teachers
Kassie, Fekadu	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Prevention of lung tumorigenesis with low doses of immune checkpoint inhibitors in mice
Kelekar, Ameeta	Medical School	Cytation 1 FAV Imager / Multimode Plate Reader, configured for use with Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzer
Kikyo, Nobuaki	Medical School	Novel therapy of liposarcoma with a protein isomerase inhibitor
Kim MD, Nicholas	Medical School	M Health Comprehensive Gender Care Prospective Patient Database
Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie	Liberal Arts, College of	Mindful Breathing and Neuromodulation for Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Lackey, Michael	Morris - Humanities Division	The Irish Biographical Novel
Masino, Mark	Medical School	Housing System for University of Minnesota Zebrafish Core Facility
Masino, Mark	Medical School	The role of serotonergic signaling on cellular regeneration following spinal cord injury
Matthews, Steve	Duluth - Liberal Arts, College of	Archaeology and History of the Inishmore Coastal Plain and Roscam Abbey
Mermelstein, Paul	Medical School	Upgrade of University Imaging Centers Nikon A1R MP Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
Mesce, Karen	Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of	Focused Ultrasound and Its Actions on Excitable Membranes
Michalowski, Martin	Nursing, School of	Supporting Evidence-Based Patient Management Using Artificial Intelligence Methods
Mills, Nathaniel	Liberal Arts, College of	Workshopping Blackness: Collaboration and the Production of African American Literature
Moses Haller, Monica	Liberal Arts, College of	Liquid Gold
Neprash, Hannah	Public Health, School of	Supply-Side Responses to the Medicaid Eligibility Expansion
Ozersky, Tedy	Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Giant sulfur-oxidizing “pipeline” bacteria in Great Lake sediments
Pribiag, Vlad	Science & Engineering, Col of	MNC Thin Film Etching and Deposition Upgrade: In-Situ Ion Mill for CHA Evaporator
Scheil, Katherine	Liberal Arts, College of	Citizen Shakespeare
Schokker, Andrea	Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Composite Wind Turbine Tower Design
Shen, Wei	Science & Engineering, Col of	Nanotopography-Responsive Myotube Orientation as a Novel Phenotypic Biomarker for Muscular Dystrophies
Sotirova, Nadezhda	Morris - Humanities Division	Never come back: Identity negotiations and the context of post-socialism in discourses on migration in Bulgaria
Temple, Judy	Public Affairs, HHH School of	Social impact financing: Formal modeling and application to preventive health interventions
Travis, Dominic	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Integrating an Anthropological Approach within the One Health Framework
Trumble, Troy	Veterinary Medicine, Col of	Creating a lameness repository for future therapeutic studies in a herd of naturally-occurring musculoskeletal disease
Wattrus, Nigel	Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng	Evaluating Active Streamer (Self) Control using IoT enabled Autonomous Survey Vehicles

 

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2018 Awards 

Recipient	College/Unit	Title of Research
Chase, Thomas	CSENG Mech Engineering Admin	Hyrbid MEMS Proportional Pneumatic Valve
Glesener, Lindsay	CSENG Physics & Astron, Schl of	The Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT) Small Satellite
Herzberg, Mark	Dent Basic Sciences, Div of	Novel therapeutics for periodontal diseases and mucosal infections
Mansky, Kim	Dent Orthodontics, Div of	Regulation of Osteoclast Differentiation by Class IIA HDACs

 

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2018 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Al-Geddawy, Tarek	Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr	Industry 4.0 for Energy Sustainability in Changeable Manufacturing Systems
Asakura PhD, Atsushi	NEUR Neurology Dept Admin	Vascular Niche for Muscle Stem Cell Maintenance
Asojo, Abimbola	DHA Interior Design	Creativity, Culture and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora
Barney, Brett	Bioprod & Biosys Eng, Dept of	Biosynthetic Approaches to Nitrogen Biofertilizers and Commodity Chemicals
Berg, Dianne	Family Medicine Admin	Body Dysphoria Among Pre-Pubescent Children With Gender Dysphoria
Bernstein, Joshua	Duluth - Engl Linguist & Wrt Studies	In Josaphat’s Valley: Reflections on War, Art, and Memory
Brengman, Latisha	Duluth -  Earth & Environmental Sci	Application of a newly developed silicon isotope proxy to sulfide mineral deposit exploration
Calder, Jeffrey	CSENG Mathematics Admin	Partial differential equation continuum limits in machine learning and applications
Clark, Anna	History Department	Individual Rights, Factory legislation, and Medical Compulsion in the British Empire, 1880-1900
Cucullu, Lois	Eng Languages & Literature	A QUEER PROGRESS: THE "NATURALIZATION" OF CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
Deane, Bradley	Morris - English	A Companion to Charles Dickens's David Copperfield
Deng, Yibin	The Hormel Institute	Discovery of small-molecule compounds disrupting eIF4A-eIF4G interaction for cancer therapy
DuHamel, Ann	Morris - Music Dept.	Traditions and Transformations - Brahms Re-Imagined: Solo Piano Recital Tour & Recording with Commissioned Piano Piece
Dymond, Salli	Duluth -  Earth & Environmental Sci	Isotopic Signatures of Precipitation in Lake Superior
Elliott Jr, Bruce	Bioethics, Center for	Lonesome Whistle: Exposing Wrongdoing in Research on Human Subjects
Ferguson, David	Medicinal Chemistry	Siderophore Inhibitors for Tuberculosis that Block Mycobactin Biosynthesis
Fitzgerald, M	Eng Languages & Literature	The Robert Fitzgerald Archive: A Life In Ephemera
Flink, Carl	Theatre Arts & Dance Dept	The Box: Utilizing Dance, Theater & Game Theory Strategies to Create a Mobile Platform for Physical and Verbal Debate
Golos, Debbie	Ed Psych Administration	Peter's Picture Early Literacy Approach (PPELA): App Development
Gudmundson, Paula	Duluth - Music, Department of	Music for Flute by Scandinavian Women Composers
Gunlicks-Stoessel, Meredith	PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin	Developing Norms for Neurocognitive Assessments of Cognitive Control to Inform Personalized Treatment of Depression
Hogquist, Kristin	LMP Administration	Bridge funding for Thymic interferon in tolerance
Hu, Bo	Bioprod&Biosys Eng, Dept of	Phytoremediation of Road Salt by Salicornia Europaea – A New Research Direction on Native Halophytic Plants
Hubel, Allison	CSENG Mech Engineering Admin	Freeze-dryer for stabilization studies of pharmaceuticals, proteins, microbiome, cell therapies & regenerative medicine
Krebs, Ronald	Political Science Department	Cultures of Military Service: How Thinking About Soldiers Affects Public Attitudes Toward War
Lamperski, Andrew	CSENG ECE Admin	Finite-Sample Optimization for Identification and Control
Lane, Thomas	Art Department	The Brides of 9/11 Memorial Vase Project
Lee, Mai Na	History Department	The Hmong Kingdom at Dragon Capital (Long Cheng): Vang Pao’s Alliance with the CIA 1960-75
Lee, Anna	PHCL Pharmacology Admin	Novel role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol aversion
Levison, Deborah	HHH Global Policy Acad Prog	Animating Children's Views: Implementing the UNCRC's Article 12 Using Innovative Survey Methods
Longmire, Ellen	CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm	Investigation of Sprays for Intrapulmonary Deposition of Live Cells
Lutsky, Karen	Landscape Architecture, Dpt of	Experimental Forests and a ‘Culture of Adaptability’ : Establishing the first UMN Great Lakes Design Lab
Mantell, Susan	CSENG Mech Engineering Admin	Design of Complex Composite Parts Manufactured by Filament Winding
Meisel, Robert	NSCI Neuroscience Admin	Sexual Experience as a Risk Factor for Drug Abuse
Miller, Bradley	Morris - Choir	Formation of Ensemble Intersection
Munoz, Lorena	Gender, Women & Sexuality	Transnational Motherhood Mobilities: Zimbabwean Immigrant Domestic Workers in South Africa
Myers, C	Political Science Department	The Effects of Storytelling in Political Communication
Potegal, Michael	TC Occupational Therapy CAHP	Balance and movement sensitivity study
Raheja, Gloria	Anthropology	American Vernacular Music and the Ballad Tradition: Historical, Musicological, and Ethnographic Approaches
Reineccius, Gary	Food Sci & Nutr, Dept of	A microfluidics system for the encapsulation and targeted delivery of biologically active materials.
Sasisekaran, Jayanthi	Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept	Sentence complexity and disfluencies in the speech of children who do and do not stutter
Scandura, Jani	Eng Languages & Literature	Cemetery of Elephants
Schryver, Jimmy	Morris - Art History	The Lough Key Archaeological Project: Recovering Medieval Gaelic Ireland
Snell-Rood, Emilie	CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr	Discovering species with broad adaptations to mutagens
Soleo-Shanks, Jenna	Duluth - Theatre, Department of	The Conversion of Hrotsvit: A Practice-Based Research Approach to Staging Medieval Drama for 21st Century Audiences
Song, Ying	Geography, Environment, Society	Investigating Relationships between Bike-sharing and Public Transit: A Spatial-Temporal Approach
Spencer, Steffan	Duluth - History	THE BOOK OF THE TRINITY: AN ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX HOMILY FROM THE MONASTIC ORDER OF DAQIQA ESTIFANOS
Tageldin, Shaden	Cultural Studies & Comp Lit	Toward a Transcontinental Theory of Modern Comparative Literature
Whalen, Kevin	Morris - History	First Relocations: American Indian Labor in the United States, 1900-1940

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2017 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Araki, Takako	MED Endocrine & Diabetes Div	Role of novel human POMC promoter in HPA axis
Beacham, Barbara	SoN Academic Programs	Development of a Child Friendly Version of the Family Management Measure
Berge, Jerica	FamMed Family Medicine Admin	Examining the Relationship between “Transient” and “Chronic” Stress and Parent Feeding Practices in Diverse Households
Bernstein, Gail	PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin	Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Characterization and Prospective Course
Clarke-Sather, Abigail	Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr	Medium size environmental chamber for sample preparation over short time periods
Connell, Gregory	PHCL Pharmacology Admin	Identification of an endonuclease that is central to mammalian iron homeostasis
Crooker, Brian	Animal Science, Dept of	Impact of Holstein genotype on innate immune response to lipopolysaccharide and Escherichia coli
Crowell, Paul	CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of	Minnesota Nano Center STS Etcher
Cvetanovic, Marija	NSCI Neuroscience Admin	Role of BDNF in SCA1
Dodge, Somayeh	Geography,Environment,Society	Modeling Movement Interactions Between Tigers and Leopards
Dymond, Ben	Duluth - Civil Engineering	Flexural Behavior of Cross-Laminated Timber Panels
Frisch, Jennifer	Duluth - Education	A portrait in environmental education and community: Stowe Elementary
Gardner, Gary	Horticultural Sci, Dept of	The Role of small RNAs in the photomorphogenic inhibition of Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth by UV-B irradiation
Greven, Martin	CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of	Unique instrument for the characterization of materials under uniaxial pressure
Grusz, Amanda	Duluth - Biology	Fluorescence Upright and Inverted Capability Manual Stage Microscope
Hardeman PhD, Rachel	SPH Health Policy & Mgmt Div	An exploration of the relationship among police violence, race, and reproductive health outcomes
Hoffman, Sarah	SoN Academic Programs	Five Year Retrospective Analysis of Health in a Cohort of Karen Refugees Post-Resettlement
Jelinski, Nicolas	Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of	Investigating Variability in Soil Lead Bioaccessibility at the Household Scale in the Twin Cities
Karger, Amy	LMP Administration	Analysis of the discrepancy between estimated and measured GFR in the PERL cohort
Karras, Ruth	History Department	Thou Art the Man: King David as a Figure of Masculinity in Medieval Cultures
Lindberg, Tim	Morris - Political Science	Rural Matters: The Politics of Rural Minnesotans and their Perceptions of their Urban Counterparts
Liu, Lan	Statistics, School of	Efficient Regression Analysis for Brain Imaging Data
Low, Tony	CSENG ECE Admin	Unified graphene-based plasmonic platform for finger-printing adsorbed molecules
Lubet, Alex	Music, School of	New Music for Mountain Dulcimer
Mandic, Vuk	CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of	Remote Sensing with Waves
McGee, Corey	Roch Occupational Therapy CAHP	Dynamic Stability Exercises for Women with Disabling Thumb Osteoarthritis: A Validation Study
Menta, Venkata Gireesh	Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr	Acquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 550 Advanced Thermogravimetric Analyzer
Onello, Emily	DMED Family Med/CommHlth	Who Takes Care of Rural Communities? Rural Health Disparities in Maternity Care and Medical Workforce
Peterson, Lamar	Art Department	Painted Lady: Underrepresented Faces in Contemporary Art
Phelps, Michelle	Sociology	Police Reform in the Progressive City
Piotrowski, Andrzej	Architecture, School of	A Heretical History of Architecture: Development of Visual Evidence
Porta PhD, Carolyn	SoN Academic Programs	Sexual Violence Prevention among College Students
Pruinelli RN, Lisiane	SoN Academic Programs	Improving Survival for Liver Transplant Recipients Using Big Data Strategies
Reyerson, Kathryn	History Department	Violence in the Mediterranean World, 13th-15th centuries: War and Piracy
Rim, Hyejoon	Journalism & Mass Comm, School	A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR): Transparency Signaling and Stakeholder Expectation
Schmid, Jenny	Art Department	Wildness Lost: A Series of Large Scale Etchings
Schroeder, Anthony	Crookston - Math, Sci, Tech Dept	Metagenomic Profiling of Minnesota’s Freshwater Sponges for Identifying Novel Secondary Metabolites
Simmons Jr, Glenn	DMED Biomedical Sciences	Density Gradient Fractionator System
Smith-Keiling, Beverly	BMBB Med Dept Administration	STEM Education Intervention: Inquiry-based, active-group, conflict-resolution strategies promoting self-regulation/grit
Tadmor, Ellad	CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm	Understanding Fracture Toughness of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites through Modeling and Experiments
Varma, Keisha	Ed Psych Administration	The SciGames Project – Using Games to Support Science and Engineering Practices
Vidovic, Sinisa	Veterinary Biomedical Science	Molecular basis for successful restriction of Salmonella infection
Vulchanova, Lucy	NSCI Neuroscience Admin	Dark Environmental Chamber for Nikon FN1 A1R MP Microscope in University Imaging Centers (UIC)
Yang, DaQing	The Hormel Institute	Restoration of p53 tumor suppressor function in neuroblastoma by inhibiting cap-dependent translation
Zhdankin, Viktor	Duluth - Chemistry & Biochemistry	Hypervalent iodine chemistry

 

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2017 Bridge Funding Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
August, Gerald	Family Social Science Administration	Center for Personalized Prevention Research (CPPR) Addressing Youth Drug Abuse and Depression
Kazlauskas, Romas	CBS Biotechnology Institute Admin	Enzyme-catalyzed self-regulating antimicrobials
Mansky, Louis	Dentistry, Division of Basic Sciences	HTLV-1 Particle Analysis and Gag Interactions - Bridge
Regal, Jean	Department of Medicine, Dean's Office	Complement Activation in Pregnancy and Hypertension

 

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2017 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Aizura, Aren	Gender, Women & Sexuality	TransForming Visions: participatory documentary on transgender activism in South and South East Asia
Andow, David	Entomology, Dept of	Shotgun sequencing of arthropod predator gut contents
Areba, Eunice	SoN Academic Programs	Promoting Effective Coping among Immigrant and Refugee Adolescents
Bai, Jing	Duluth - Electrical Engineering	Development of a New Type of Metamaterial Thin Film Solar Cells Based on the Fano Resonance
Brennan, Timothy	Cultural Studies & Comp Lit	Places of Mind, Occupied Lands -- Edward Said, An Intellectual Biography
Chan, Gabriel	HHH Sci, Tech & Env Acad Prog	Sharing the Same Sun: A Collaborative Research Initiative on Community Solar Programs (Part 1: Lessons from Minnesota)
Chen, Yingjie	MED Cardiology Division	Chronic heart failure-induced lung inflammation and destruction
Chow, Lisa	MED Endocrine & Diabetes Div	Improving Metabolism in Overweight Humans by Implementing Time Restricted Feeding Using Novel Digital Mobile Technology
Codding, Robin	Ed Psych Administration	Accelerating Mathematics Performance through Practice Strategies: Examining Effectiveness of a Small Group Intervention
Cotner, James	CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavior	Effects of bacterial metabolism, stoichiometry, and ecology on dissolved organic matter composition
Davalos, Karen Mary	Chicano & Latino Studies	Mexican American Art since 1848
Dumitrica, Traian	CSENG Mech Engineering Admin	General Purpose Distinct Element Method Computational Environment
Dziengel, Lake	Duluth - Social Work	Be/Coming Out Across the Life Span: Examining Resilience and Loss Due to Identifying As A Sexual Minority
Eckerle, Julie	Morris - English	Ireland: According to Early Modern Women
Fabbri, Lorenzo	French & Italian	The Politics of Realism in PostWar Italy
Fang, Qiang	Duluth - History	Rethinking the Role of Law in China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Ganguly, Keya	Cultural Studies & Comp Lit	Political Metaphysics: Aurobindo Ghose and Revolutionary Thought in India
Gordon-Roth, Jessica	Philosophy Department	Feminist Philosophy and Formal Logic Workshop
Haight, Wendy	Social Work Admin, School of	The out-of-school suspension of Black girls in Minnesota: Risk and protective processes
Hennefeld, Margaret	Cultural Studies & Comp Lit	Death from Laughter, Female Hysteria, and Early Cinema
Horning, Melissa	SoN Academic Programs	Formative Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Research of the Impact of the Twin Cities Mobile Market
Hsu, Leon	Curriculum & Instruction Admin	Customizable Computer Coaches for Problem Solving in Physics
Isett, Christopher	History Department	Managing Development during the Cold War: Government, Enterprises, and Globalization on Taiwan, 1950 to 1982.
Johnstone, Christopher	Org Leadership, Policy & Dev	Inclusive Practice in International Development
Jones, Susan	CSENG Hist of Sci & Tech, Prog	Plague Homelands: Disease and Internal Colonization in the Eurasian Borderlands, 1880-2000
Klein, Amanda	Pharm Practice Pharm Sciences	Leica cryostat and vibratome
Kuang, Rui	CSENG CS&E Administration	Scalable Tensor Algorithms for Comparing Many Big Networks
Lee, James	Psychology	Parsing information flow in speed cognitive tasks
Mann, Traci	Psychology	Using a new model of caloric deprivation to test strategies for resisting unhealthy high-sugar foods
Mans, Jacob	Architecture, School of	One House Many Nations: Opaskwayak Cree Nation Design Laboratory
Menke, Mandy	Spanish & Portuguese Studies	The Development of Academic Language in Spanish Language Immersion Programs
Mitchell, Tania	Org Leadership, Policy & Dev	Service Learning as a Pedagogical Strategy for Democratic and Civic Engagement: An Examination of Syllabi
Morgan, Steven	Morris - Physics	Nuclear magnetic resonance of solid 129Xe in low magnetic fields
Myers, Chad	CSENG CS&E Administration	Computational methods for mapping genetic interactions in human cells
Narvaez, Benjamin	Morris - History	Race, Immigration, and Nation: A History of the Chinese in Costa Rica, 1855-1943
Oelberger, Carrie	HHH Leadership & Mgmt Acad Pro	Mapping Patterns and Uncovering Mechanisms of Mobility: Career Paths and the Micro-foundations of Institutions
Pastor, John	Duluth - Biology	The effect of sulfate and sulfide on the viability of wild rice populations
Potter PhD, Lincoln	BMBB Med Regulatory Biochem	Regulation of Guanylyl Cyclase A and B by Hormones, ATP and Phosphorylation
Remmel, Rory	Medicinal Chemistry	Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph for Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research
Scheil, Katherine	Eng Languages & Literature	Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway
Schultz, Arturo	CSENG Civil, Envrn & Geo- Eng	Characterizing the In-Plane Seismic Response of Concrete Masonry Walls with Unbonded Post-Tensioning
Seelig, Burckhard	CBS Microbial Bio & Biotech	Typhoon IP Biomolecular Imager for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedical Research
Swisher, Sarah	CSENG ECE Admin	Photonic curing of metal oxide thin films for flexible transistors on plastic
Szatrowski, Polly	Linguistics, Institute of	Dynamic construction of eating norms while eating and talking about food over a meal
Toner, Brandy	Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of	Predicting Climate Change Effects on the Release of Mercury and Sulfur from Minnesota Peatlands
Tretyakova, Natalia	Medicinal Chemistry	Partial Funding for MerMade8 DNA synthesizer for Chemical Biology, Chemical Carcinogenesis, and Biotechnology Research
Urriola, Pedro	Animal Science, Dept of	Developing a risk assessment framework for transboundary swine viral disease transmission in feed
Walk, David	NEUR Neurology Dept Admin	A Pilot Study of Lung Volume Recruitment Combined with Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in ALS
Walsh, Shannon	Duluth - Political Science	The Impact of Transnational Advocacy Networks on Implementing Violence against Women Laws in Latin America
Whitney, Donna	CSENG Earth Sciences, Dept of	Development of a new application of stable isotope analysis to investigate H2O cycling in subduction zones
Wolfe, Thomas	History Department	Transformations of Russian Society: Pluralism and the Post-Soviet Press
Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth	Sociology	The Epidemiological Transition in United States Rural Counties, 1900-1950
Zefeldt, Mathew	Art Department	Painting Screen Culture

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2016 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Aldrich, Courtney	Medicinal Chemistry	FadD Inhibitors as Chemotherapeutic Agents for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Arriaga, Edgar	CSENG Chemistry Administration	An Analyzer for Biological Nanoparticles
Baumler, David	Food Sci & Nutr, Dept of	Identification of essential metabolic reactions used by Listeria monocytogenes for survival in dairy foods
Channer, Lisa	Theatre Arts & Dance Dept	Dancing on the Edge - producing and performing a major new work of bilingual dance-theatre in Minnesota and New York
Collister, John	Veterinary Biomedical Science	Role of central actions of angiotensin II and voluntary alcohol ingestion
Dong, Zigang	The Hormel Institute	Bridging the gap between molecular biology and biochemistry, and histopathology
Elliott, Ryan	CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm	Uncontrolled biological growth mechanisms: Instability of continuum models for growth and remodeling
Finzel, Barry	Medicinal Chemistry	Microscale Dynamic Light Scattering Instrument (pUNk) for Protein and Medicinal Chemistry Applications
Flannigan, David	CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin	In Situ Ultrafast TEM for Studying Photoinduced Phase Transitions
Fortini, Otavio	Duluth - Chemical Engineering	Rigaku EDXRF
Franklin-Brown, Mary	French & Italian	The Roman Calendar After Rome: The Reception of Ovid’s Fasti in Premodern Europe (Notes Toward Time and the Lyric)
Githire, Njeri	African-Amer & African Studies	Inedible Ideologies: Food, Politics and Artistic Expression in the African Cultural Landscape
Gould, Roxanne	Duluth - Education	Indigenous Feminine Cosmology and Sustainable Water Practices: Implications for Sustainability Education
Hoeppner, Luke	The Hormel Institute	Zeiss Axio Observer ApoTome fluorescent microscope for high-resolution imaging of living cells and embryos
Ji PhD, Li Li	Kinesiology Administration	In vivo DNA Transfection and Sarcopenia: A Mouse Model
Katz, Sherri	Journalism & Mass Comm, School	E-cigarettte Warning Labels: Tests of Messages to Reduce Recreational Use
Kelekar, Ameeta	LMP Administration	Novel Role for a Gluconeogenesis enzyme in T cell activation
Kikyo, Nobuaki	GCD MS Department Admin	LumiCycle 32 Color luminometer
Krentzman PhD, Amy	Social Work Admin, School of	Addiction Recovery in a Rural Minnesota Community: Piloting “Positive Peer Journaling”
Lovejoy, Alice	Cultural Studies & Comp Lit	Government-Sponsored Children's Film and Media during the Cold War: Institution, Cognition, and Form
Mageau, Michael	Duluth - Geog,Urban,Envir & Sust Stu	A Comparison of the Economic Viability and Environmental Sustainability of Three Promising Local Food Production Methods
Magli, Alessandro	MED Cardiology Division	Identification of the regulatory elements driving quiescence in muscle stem cells
Marahrens, York	CBS Gen Cell Bio & Dev Dept	New Research Direction, Moving from X-inactivation to Cancer: Tumor Suppressor Role of a Chromosome Stability Center
Miller, Joanne	Political Science Department	Are Conspiracy Theories for (Political) Losers?
Mohan, Ned	CSENG ECE Admin	Real-Time Digital Simulator with Rapid-Control Prototyping features (RTDS-RCP)
Molnar, Gregory	NEUR Neurology Dept Admin	A wireless recording/stimulation system to study brain activity and develop novel neuromodulation therapies
More, Swati	Drug Design, Center for	Chronic Exposure to Butter Flavorants and Neurodegeneration
Morgan, Clarence	Art Department	Surface Tension: Painting Into Drawing
Pereira PhD, Mark	SPH EpiCH Division	Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Reynolds, Arthur	Child Development Admin, Inst	Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Low-Income, Early Childhood Cohort
Sarbahi, Anoop	Political Science Department	Struggles at the Margins: Explaining Trajectories of Peripheral Ethnic Insurgencies
Silverman, Michael	Music, School of	Healthy and Unhealthy Music Use, Music-Based Emotional Regulation, and Coping Strategies in Adult Cancer Inpatients: A C
Smyrl, William	CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin	Sodium-Ion Batteries for Sustainable Energy: Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Snyder, Kristine	Duluth - Math & Statistics	Using movement patterns to advise neural connectivity measurements
Xu, Alison	CSOM Marketing	Attachment to God Reduces Conformity to the Choice of the Majority
Zhang, Lin	SPH Biostatistics Division	Dynamic graphical modeling: Application to longitudinal neuroimaging data
Zollinger, Stephanie	DHA Interior Design	Jack Lenor Larsen at 90: Larsen's Top Picks

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2016 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Afrin, Lawrence	MED Hema, Onc, Transplant Adm	Exploratory Characterization of Mast Cell Regulatory Gene Mutations in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Arenz, Brett	Plant Pathology, Dept of	Novel oak wilt diagnostic technique development
Austin-Minor, Elizabeth	Duluth - Chemistry & Biochemistry	Microplastics in western Lake Superior
Bhimani, Rozina	SoN Academic Programs	Development of a Tool to Measure Muscle Tightness (MMT)
Billmeyer, Dean	Music, School of	A Recording of J. S. Bach’s Major Preludes and Fugues for Organ after the 1913 Edition of Karl Straube (1873-1950)
Brown, Julie	Curriculum & Instruction Admin	Promoting Somali and Latino/a Parent Science Education Involvement through Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments
Brugger, Keith	Morris - Geology	Acquisition of a Ground Penetrating Radar System For Research Applications at UMM
Cheeran, Maxim	Veterinary Population Medicine	Modulating macrophages to enhance neurogenesis in Alzheimer Disease
Chen, Yue	CBS Mass Spectrometry Protemic	The Role of Proline Hydroxylation on Brd4-mediated Transcriptional Regulation
Chen, Changbin	Horticultural Sci, Dept of	The regulatory mechanisms of Homologous Recombination in Maize
Coletti, Filippo	CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm	Droplet-turbulence interaction in "cloud-in-a-box" experiments
Crowell, Paul	CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of	Shared Equipment for Electromagnetic Transmission and Reflection Measurements between 50 and 500 GHz
Davies-Venn, Evelyn	Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept	Improving amplification outcomes in noisy urban soundscapes for individuals with hearing loss
Davis, Immanuel	Music, School of	The Flute in the Court of Louis XIV
Finestack, Lizbeth	Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept	Evaluation of an Explicit Approach to Teach Grammatical Forms to Children with Language Impairment
Gao, Zan	Kinesiology Administration	Improving Breast Cancer Survivors’ Disease Management Outcomes through Smartphone Apps and Online Health Community
Griffin, Daniel	Geography,Environment,Society	Southern Minnesota drought history reconstructed from tree rings
Hamilton, Sara	LMP Administration	Prevention of Cerebral Malaria by IL-15C Treated NK Cells
Hancher, Michael	Eng Languages & Literature	Revising the Tenniel Illustrations to the Alice Books
Harvey, Jacquelyn	Duluth - Communication	Improving Couples’ Conflict Resolution Strategies via Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Holschuh, Bradley	DHA Apparel Design	Elastomer-Sensor Composite for Dynamic Pressure Measurement & Uniform Pressure Production in Active Compression Garments
Jeong, Jong Seok	CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin	Properties of functional oxides at the nanoscale: From one to three atomic layers
Johns, James	CSENG Chemistry Administration	Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy for Molecularly Resolved Energy Transfer
Kerwin, Jason	Applied Economics, Dept of	Two Field Experiments with Agricultural Workers in Malawi: Workplace Peer Effects and the Value of a Statistical Life
Lewis, Melissa	DMED Biobehav Hlth/Population	Remember the Removal: Program Evaluation
Li, Mo	CSENG ECE Admin	Environmental Controlled System for Fabrication and Heterogeneous Integration of 2D Material Devices
Lu, Connie	CSENG Chemistry Administration	Photon II: An X-ray Diffraction Detector with Single-Photon Sensitivity
Michael, Kerry	Morris - Psychology	Investigating the Social and Physiological Processes Underlying Sex Differences in Behavioral Inhibition and Depression
Mizuno, Hiromi	History Department	Nitrogen Frontiers: Japan, Empires, and Postcolonial Asia
Nakajima, Motohiro	DMED Biobehav Hlth/Population	Substance Abuse, Acculturation, and Stress among Immigrants from East Africa
Palacios, Lena	Gender, Women & Sexuality	Transforming Justice: Formerly incarcerated women engaging in anti-violence activism through participatory video
Pastorino, Elena	Economics	Theory and Evidence on Financial Constraints, Labor Market Frictions, and Employment in the U.S.
Reigstad, Kristina	PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin	Parent-based Attachment Intervention Targeting Adolescent Depression
Rothchild, Jennifer	Morris - Sociology	“Living on the Fault Lines: Women’s Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Post-Disaster Nepal”
Saeedloei, Neda	Duluth - Computer Science	Model Checking A Real-time Extension of Linear Temporal Logic
Saldanha, Arun	Geography,Environment,Society	Prince from Minneapolis: The Geography of Genius
Salmon, William	Duluth - Writing Studies	Transnational Attitudes: Caribbean Oral Histories and Language Ideologies in a New York Creole Community
Sandler, Daniela	Architecture, School of	Pragmatic Visionaries: Activist Architecture and Informal Urbanism in Contemporary São Paulo
Scarbrough, Burke	Duluth - English	The Role of Summer in Youth Learning and Development: New Theoretical Perspectives
Schwarcz, Daniel	Law School General Academic	An Empirical Examination of Consumers’ Understanding of Homeowners Insurance Policies
Sojourner, Aaron	CSOM Work & Organizations	Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education:  Family-Centered Measures of Tradeoffs between Costs and Quality
Tostevin, Gilbert	Anthropology	Maximizing the Research Potential of a Rare Archaeological Site: Neanderthal Adaptations at Crvena Stijena, Montenegro
Van de Winckel, Ann	Physical Therapy	Correlational Analysis and Functional Connectivity between Brain Lesions and Sensorimotor Impairments in Stroke
Veglia, Gianluigi	BMBB Med Struct Bio/Biophysics	Veglia GIA Bridge Funding Request
Wackett, Lawrence	CBS Microbial Bio & Biotech	Bridge Funding for 22-Year, $2.5 Million Industry Grant With Multiple Benefits for the U
Walcheck, Bruce	Veterinary Biomedical Science	BMG CLARIOstar microplate reader
Zhao, Ping	Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr	Development and Characterization of Nanoporous Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Tactile Sensors for Surgical Applications

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2015 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Almquist, Zack	Sociology	Demographic Opportunity Structures in Activity-Based Online Social Networks
Amell, Jim	Duluth - Social Work	“The Generations Project: Exploring American Indian Voices Using Photovoice”
Bend, Torry	Theatre Arts & Dance Dept	Six-week Residency at 3LD Art and Technology Center
Blank, David	CSENG Chemistry Administration	Understanding Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Impact of Charged Nanocrystals
Brady, Jennifer	Duluth - Foreign Languages & Lits	Book completion project: Men and Masculinities in Flux: Representations in Contemporary Spain
Buchanan, Sarah	Morris - French	The Sounds of the Spirits in "The Price of Forgiveness" ("Ndeysaan," 2001, Mansour Sora Wade, Senegal)
Campbell, Elizabeth	CSOM Work & Organizations	EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE OF CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH PERFORMERS AT WORK
Craft, Meggan	Veterinary Population Medicine	Infectious diseases in urban coyotes – does land use influence pathogen exposure risk?
Dahl, John	Duluth - Biology	Characterization of spore formation in Mycobacteria
Deane, Jennifer	Morris - History	Herbert Grundmann and Medieval Religious Historiography
Doss, Charles	Statistics, School of	Model Selection and Shape-Constrained Estimation
Drewes, Lester	DMed AHC Graduate Program	Seahorse FXe96 Shared Instrument for the Duluth Campus
Durgunoglu, Aydin	Duluth - Psychology	Using a Novel Approach to Understand and Reach the Marginalized Youth not in Education or Employment
Erickson, Darin	SPH EpiCH Division	A Preliminary Assessment of the Emerging Marijuana Retail Environment
Everson-Rose, Susan	MED General Internal Medicine	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as an Adjunct Intervention to Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study
Freedman, Tanya	PHCL Pharmacology Admin	Inflammation overrides a macrophage signal checkpoint in autoimmune disease
Genova, Thomas	Morris - Spanish	“Hemispheric Entanglements: Race and the National Family in the Nineteenth-Century Americas"
Gilbertson, Rebecca	Duluth - Psychology	Internet Gaming, Cognition, Physiological Response
Gopalakrishnan, Rajaram	Dent Oral Pathology, Div of	Canonical BMP Signaling is Required for Osteoclast Formation
Gross, Briana	Duluth - Biology	Minnesota Lingonberry: Genetic Markers for Clonal and Genetic Structure
Grossman, Julie	Horticultural Sci, Dept of	Shimadzu Total Organic Carbon Autosampling Analyzer (TOC-L) with Simultaneous Total Nitrogen (TNM-L) Measurement
Ho, Yen-Yi	SPH Biostatistics Division	Integrating Somatic Mutation and Gene Expression Data to Identify Active Driver Pathways Associated with Cancer Survival
Kirk, Laura	SoN Academic Programs	Aerobic Upper Body Ergometry (UBE) for Older Adults in Senior Living Facilities (SLFs): A Feasibility Study
Lavine, Howard	Political Science Department	On The Psychological Underpinnings of Electoral Choice in Real Time
Li, Yang	Duluth - Math & Statistics	Spatial Point Processes on the Network
Lysak, Robert	CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of	Theory of Kinetic Alfven Waves and Auroral Particle Acceleration
McKechnie, Anne	SoN Academic Programs	Development and testing of two self-report instruments for expectant parents after major fetal anomaly diagnosis
McNulty, Kieran	Anthropology	Functional morphometry of primate masticatory anatomy
Millet, Dylan	Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of	Bridging Micrometeorology and Atmospheric Chemistry: A New Direction For Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Moana Filho, Estephan	Dent TMD & Orofacial, Div of	Multimodal Assessment of Sensory Processing and Brain Features in Patients with Chronic Orofacial Pain
Orshinsky, Angela	Plant Pathology, Dept of	Population genetics and biology of Passalora fulva, the causal fungus of tomato leaf mold, in Minnesota
Pohlandt-McCormick, Helena	History Department	“THOUSANDS OF VOICES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE NATION’S MEMORY”: LETTERS FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 1955-1991
Prizment, Anna	SPH EpiCH Division	Pilot Trial to Examine the Effect of Aspirin on the Gut Microbiome
Schardt, Christian	Duluth - Earth & Environmental Sci	Small scale microanalysis of rock and mineral textures formed during mineralization
Stronach, Sheri	Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept	Technology-enhanced early intervention for children with autism: a pilot study
Talghader, Joseph	CSENG ECE Admin	Engineering Van der Waal's Gases in Solids
Titus, Margaret	GCD MS Department Admin	Mechanism of MyTH-FERM Myosin Mediated Filopod Initiatin
Tobin Stanley, Maureen	Duluth - Foreign Languages & Lits	Single-authored BOOK: Justice through Memory: Repression, Oppression and Incarceration in Contemporary Spanish Culture
Weiler, Lindsey	FSoS Administration	Caregivers Fostering Mentoring Relationships for Positive Youth Development
Wieling, Elizabeth	FSoS Administration	Adapting and piloting of a manualized preventive parenting intervention for Karen refugees
Willow, Diane	Art Department	Freedom of Movement
Yamada, Tetsuya	Art Department	Ungravity
Zhang, Rui	Health Informatics, AHC Inst	Using Electronic Health Records to Validate Literature Discovery-Based Drug-Drug Interactions

 

Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2015 Bridge Funding Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Armstrong, Sandra	Microbiology	Iron acquisition in Bordetella pertussis
Ghose, Geoffrey	Neuroscience	Neuronal basis of perceptual learning
Oh, Sang-Hyun	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Nanopore biosensors for kinetics of reparative human antibodies

 

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2015 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description
Allen, Alicia	Family Medicine & Community Health	Smoking Abstinence in Oral Contraceptive Users
Aune, Alison	Art & Design	Nordic Pattern Paintings: New Works
Banga, Anannya	Stem Cell	A Novel Approach of Imparting Immune Tolerance to Transplanted Beta cells and Islets with Mucin
Barr-Anderson, Daheia	Kinesiology	EFFECTS OF YOGA ON BLOOD PRESSURE, STRESS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OVERWEIGHT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
Cavender-Bares, Jeannine	Ecology, Evolution & Behavior	Purchase of a High-Resolution Infrared Thermal Camera
Cheung, Corjena	Nursing - Adult & Gerontological Health	Effects of yoga on redox status, motor function and psychosocial well-being in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Costalonga, Massimo	Periodontology	Prediction of periodontitis using NMR metabolomics
Cunningham, Brooke	Family Medicine & Community Health	From 0 to 100: Building Strong Positive Organizational Climates for Health Equity (UPDATED)
Derickson, Kate	Geography	Daisy who WEBE: Decolonizing the archive of the Gullah/Geechee People
DeWaard, Jack	Sociology	Immigrants’ Duration of Residence in Places within the United States
Dubrow, Gail	History	Preserving Cultural Diversity in America
Emo, Wendy	Education	Teaching with Storyline: Benefits for students and teachers
Espinoza, Omar	Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering	Consumer Perceptions Towards Heat-Treated Timber
Hadjiyanni, Tasoulla	Design, Housing & Apparel	Toward appropriate transition environments for Native sexually exploited youth
Hansen, Kathleen	Journalism & Mass Communication	Future-proofing the News: Preserving News Content in the Digital Age
Holtan, Shernan	Medicine - Hema, Onc, Transplant	Microbial, Graft, and Host Interactions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Katre, Aparna	Foreign Languages & Literatures	Design Thinking for the Creation of Sustainable Rural Enterprises in India
Kelly, Sam	Physics	Near-inertial internal wave generation and turbulence in Lake Superior
Kowino, Hilary	English	The Interface between Home and Belonging in African Literature
Larasati, Rachmi Diyah	Theatre Arts & Dance	Dancing in the Forest: Politics of Land Law and Aesthetic Rights
Lazovich, DeAnn	Epidemiology & Community Health	Adding new measures of early-life conditions to the Iowa Women's Health Study
Mailer, Gideon	History	Slavery and the Splintering of American Moral Philosophy
Malvick, Dean	Plant Pathology	Understanding Goss’s Wilt of Corn: Comparative Genomic Analysis of An Emerging Plant Disease
Massari, Aaron	Chemistry	Measuring Microscopic Conductivities in Organic Films
Matthews, Steve	History	Establishing the Pseudo-Dionysian Manuscripts of Medieval England
Mauro, Laura	Animal Science	Sex Hormone Dysfunction in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome
McGrath, Jason	Asian Languages & Literatures	New Angles on Chinese Film History
Mensinger, Zack	Chemistry	Adsorption of Disease-Relevant Peptides by Metal-Organic Frameworks
Nadathur, Gopalan	Computer Science & Engineering	Towards the Verified Compilation of Functional Languages
Ponce de Leon, F.	Animal Science	Single-molecule RNA long-sequence (Iso-seqTM) of the bovine liver and testes transcriptome.
Robinson, Julia	Architecture	Dutch Complex Housing
Shambroom, Paul	Art	Snapshot Theater: Untold stories from 583 Photographs
Shank, JB	History	Evangelista Torricelli: A Baroque Life
Shirazi, Roozbeh	Educational Policy & Administration	Education is a Weapon: Youth Strategies of Inclusion & Mobility After the Arab Uprisings
Silflow, Carolyn	Plant Biology	Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas
Spencer, Katherine	Family Medicine & Community Health - Emergency, Opth Ctr	Group Differences and Minority Stress in a Clinical Transgender Population
Sullivan, Amanda	Educational Psychology	Classifying Children with Autism: Who Is Most Likely to Have Unmet Health Needs?
Vitorino, Maria Ana	Marketing & Logistics Management	The Economic Effects of Cash-for-Clunkers Programs
Wang, Haiyang	Computer Science	Going Green and Efficient: High Performance Cloud Virtualization for Heterogeneous Workloads
Wilson, Michael	Ecology, Evolution & Behavior	Monitoring unhabituated chimpanzees in and around Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Xu, Zhihua	Chemical Engineering	Time-resolved confocal microscopy study on solution-processed solar cells

 

Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2014 Awards

Recipient	College/Unit	Description of Research
Abdi, Cawo	Sociology	Muslim Refugee Schooling in the Era of School Choice: Ethnocentric Charter Schools in Minnesota
Becker, Dennis	Forest Resources	In-Woods Biomass Drying to Increase Energy Value and Reduce Air Emissions
Binstadt, Bryce	Pediatrics Rheumatology	Center for Immunology SpeedVac
Carpenter, Nancy	Science & Mathematics	Benchtop NMR Spectrometer
Cherlin, Michael	Music	Interpenetrating Sound Worlds: Spirituality and Eros in the Music of Mahler and Beyond
Chi, Chih-Lin	Nursing	Discover Evidence of Personalized Alzheimer’s Treatment from Electronic Health Records
Christiansen, Mary	Civil Engineering (Duluth)	Development of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete from Regional Materials for Long-Term Durability Testing on UMD Campus
Cloyd, James	Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology	Acquisition of a Triple Quad LC-MS System for Translational Research on Orphan Drugs
Cohen, Jerry	Horticultural Science	Reveleris Prep Flash Chromatography System
Crooker, Brian	Animal Science	WIZARD2 5-detector gamma counter
Deane, Bradley	Humanities	Fraudulence, Mystification, and the Improbable Sherlock Holmes
Demetriou, Daniel	Humanities	Civic Immortality: Honoring Liberal Heroics in Africa and Abroad
Eble, Michael	Humanities	Premier coupe, reflective paintings on the coastal landscape work of Nicolas de Staël
Egbue, Ona	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering	OPTIMAL SCHEDULING CONTROL FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE-TO-GRID SYSTEM
Feinberg, Joshua	Geology & Geophysics	Thermo Fisher Scientific Niton XL3t 950 Mining Analyzer with GOLDD+ System
Fleury, Veronica	Educational Psychology	Understanding the Shared Reading Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Caregivers
Gehrz, Robert	Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics	Replacement of the Digital Optical Encoders on the Infrared Telescope of the University of Minnesota's O'Brien Observatory
Hackel, Benjamin	Chemical Engineering & Materials Science	ProtID: Systematic Evaluation of Small Protein Scaffolds for Molecular Recognition
Hinderliter, Brian	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering	The Impact of Chemistry and Topological Distributions on Surface Energy for Composite’s Quality
Inoue, Yuhei	Kinesiology	Social Impact Assessment of a Charity Sport Event in Cambodia
Lock, Eric	Biostatistics	Methods Development for the Integration of Multi-way Array Datasets
Meier, Ann	Sociology	Out-of-School Activities, Social Inequality, and Youth Development
Meza, Fernando	Music	The marimba in Costa Rica: Understanding a country's musical legacy through the history and practitioners of a unique instrument.
Morris, Rebecca	Hormel Institute	Bridging the gap between macro and micro: imaging, documentation, analysis and dissection
Munoz, Lorena	Geography	Recovering Public Space: Violence, Migration and Informal Vending in Bogota, Colombia.
Nemykin, Viktor	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Acquisition of Equipment for Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Ni, Min	Plant Biology	SHB1 regulates seed development in Arabidopsis
Ostrander, Julie	Medicine - Hema, Onc, Transplant	PELP1 and AIB1 cooperate to promote breast cancer initiation
Piehler, Timothy	Psychiatry	The Development of Behavioral Measures of Peer Contagion Susceptibility in Adolescence
Powers, Jennifer	Ecology, Evolution & Behavior	The Biogeography of Tropical Legumes: Diversity, Function, and Distributions
Quevedo, Karina	Psychiatry	The Neural Basis of Self Referential Processing: A Predictor of Treatment Response for Adolescent with Non Suicidal Self Injurious Behaviors (NSSIB) and Interna
Rink, Scott	Theatre Arts & Dance	The Illuminations
Russell, Matthew	Forest Resources	Assessing the impacts of deer on forest health attributes in the eastern US: current and projected trends
Schlauch, Robert	Speech Language Hearing Sciences	Quantifying the role of the middle ear muscle reflex
Schreiner, Kathryn	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Organic Carbon Flux from a High-Arctic North American River and its Fate in a Changing Climate
Sheagley, Geoff	Political Science	The Political Psychology of Economic Inequality
Sheets, Erin	Pharmacy	Molecular crowding effects on protein and vesicle interactions with membranes
Shenoy, Chetan	Medicine - Cardiovascular Division	Improved Risk Stratification for Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Skaria, Ajay	History	Ambedkar’s Conversions: Hinduism, Law, and Navayana Buddhism
Smith, Mark Russell	Music	Bach's St. Matthew Passion Project
Stanislav, Andrea	Art	Radio Leningrad -- Forget Your Past: Traveling Solo Museum Exhibition
Strasburg, Jared	Biology	Non-Invasive Genetic Estimation of Population Size in Yellowstone Moose
Swartz, Teresa	Sociology	It's Not Just Child's Play: How Parents and Kids of Diverse Backgrounds Understand, Access, and Experience Youth Activities
Trudo, Sabrina	Food Science & Nutrition	Bridge Funds for Validation of a Newly Developed Biomarker
Venturelli, Paul	Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology	Developing a framework for standardizing degree-days in fisheries science
Viestenz, William	Spanish & Portuguese	Beasts of Burden: Bullfighting and Other Eruptions of the Creaturely in Modern Spain
Willette, Michelle	Raptor Center	Is The Raptor Center an Effective Wildlife Disease Surveillance Tool?
Xu, Gongjun	Statistics	Efficient Monte Carlo Methods for Random Fields and Random Matrices
Zhao, Ping	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering	Carbon Nanotubes Modified Cement-sand Based Piezoelectric Smart Composites