Grant-in-Aid Award Recipients

Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2025 Awards

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Blanchar, JohnUMD Educ & Human Svc ProfThe Big Sort Continued: Ideological Migration in Post-Roe America
Bradley, ElizabethMedical SchoolPhosphatases in Bone Biology and Disease
Carrillo, JoseUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngStratasys J55
Channer, LisaLiberal Arts, College ofAn Ocean Away, a new play about Ukrainians in Minnesota
Dunne, LucyDesign, College ofToward Scalable Garment-to-Garment Recycling
Hegeman, AdrianFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofA Laboratory-Grade Freeze Drier for Plant Materials on the St. Paul Campus
Ingolfsland, EllenMedical SchoolThe Impact of Iron Deficiency and Iron Excess on Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Kyba, MichaelMedical SchoolDissecting Effects of Estrogen Deficiency on Satellite Cells and Muscle Regeneration
Logie, JohnLiberal Arts, College ofGraphic Memoirs as Arguments for Cultural Change
Marshall, JenniferLiberal Arts, College ofAnimal Art Histories: Non-Human Animals in the Arts of the Americas
Seecharan, TurunaUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngDesigning Piezoelectric Electric Energy Harvesters using Neural Networks and Singular Value Decomposition.
Swisher, SarahScience & Engineering, Col ofSolaris 200 Rapid Thermal Processing System for the Minnesota Nano Center
Tischler, AnnaMedical SchoolGlasCol Inhalation Exposure System
Uwe, ChristianLiberal Arts, College ofPoetry as Political Thought: Reading Precolonial Rwandan Poetry for our Times
Yarosh, LanaScience & Engineering, Col ofAdvanced Lasercutting and Multi-Material 3D Printing Equipment for Rapid Prototyping in Computing

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Fall 2024

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Asiimwe, RonaldEducation/Human Dev, Col ofParenting Practices and Youth Mental Health in Minnesota's African-Immigrant Families Following George Floyd’s Murder
Austin, RobinNursing, School ofEnhancing Midlife Pain Outcomes in Women through Education and Resilience (EMPOWER)
Chawla, NityaCarlson School of ManagementFlipping the Switch: Navigating the Back-and-Forth of Codeswitching for LGBTQIA+ Employees in the Workplace
Costalonga, MassimoDentistry, School ofMHC class II on Langerhans cells regulates intraepithelial CD8 T cells impacting oral cancer
DeLiema, DavidEducation/Human Dev, Col ofSupporting Computational Literacy for the Social Sciences and Humanities through a Network Improvement Community
Freeman, MichaelBiological Sciences, Col ofDiscovery & characterization of biocatalysts & metabolites for ribosomally encoded N-methylated peptide natural products
Gomez Zapata, Andres MFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofExploring the effects of artificial selection for increased milk yields on the gut microbiome of Holstein cows
Gunlicks-Stoessel, MeredithMedical SchoolUnderstanding the Social-Cognitive Determinants of Rural Youths' and Caregivers’ Intentions to Seek Mental Health Care
Hassan, MahadMedical SchoolMusculoskeletal impact of sports participation in young athletes
Kim, Nam ChulPharmacy, College ofSpatiotemporal effects of biomolecular condensates on aging Drosophila and human cells
Lamont, GenelleMedical SchoolHealthy Aging & Dementia Friendly Tribal Communities
Moon, Esther (Seol Ju)Nursing, School ofUsing wearable technology and ecological momentary assessment to monitor indicators of relapse in opioid use disorder.
Olson, MarenMedical SchoolExamining the Impact of the Fisch Art Awards on Medical Student Growth and Wellbeing
Ostrander, JulieMedical SchoolTargeting cancer stem-like with MRV
Sinha, SuvadipLiberal Arts, College ofCinema, Public Memory, and Ruins in India
Tobin Stanley, MaureenUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofDisparate Fates and Lasting Legacies: the Cultural Memory Phenomena of Remediation and Premediation Regarding Doña, Cata
Yoon, DeborahLiberal Arts, College ofNarrative Sensemaking of Identity and Loss Experience Integration in Korean Adoptees' Sense of ""Self"": Focusing on Paren
Zhang, YangLiberal Arts, College ofIntegrating Machine Learning with Multimodal Data for Enhanced Classification and Understanding of Autism Spectrum
Zhang, KunUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngImpacts of Centralized versus Decentralized Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality

  

Summer 2024

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Cross, DoriPublic Health, School ofAdvancing Technology-Supported Teamwork in a Learning Health System
Georgieff, MichaelMedical SchoolThe Effects of Anemia and RBC Transfusion on Brain Development
Nakagawa, YasushiMedical SchoolExtrinsic influence of thalamocortical projections in early development of the sensory cortex
Neprash, HannahPublic Health, School ofRansomware Attacks in Healthcare: Implications for Clinicians and Patients
Simone, DonaldDentistry, School ofNeural Mechanisms of Cancer Pain
Tischler, AnnaMedical SchoolRole of ESX-5 Substrates in Protein Secretion and Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Spring 2024

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Adams, LauraUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngSelf Assembled ""Flying Emulsions"": Using Microfluidics to Mass Produce Levitating Magnetic Microbots
Ambrose, ElizabethPharmacy, College ofQuantStudio 7 Real-Time PCR System for BSL-2 Use
Antunovic, DunjaEducation/Human Dev, Col ofA “New Era” for Women’s Sport: Journalistic Values and Media Coverage of Women’s Sport in Minnesota
Armstrong, AlexandraVeterinary Medicine, Col ofUsing spatialomics analysis to enhance our understanding of pediatric orthopaedic diseases
Artinger, KristinDentistry, School ofReplacement Tank Sets for the University of Minnesota Zebrafish Core Facility
Bastian, ThomasMedical SchoolSpatial Transcriptomics to Reveal Metabolic Adaptations to Neuronal Iron Deficiency in the Developing Mouse Hippocampus
Brady, JenniferUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofPlacemaking in Spain Today: Book Manuscript and Global Digital Archive
Covington, NatalieLiberal Arts, College ofLiving Well after Brain Injury: Investigating Purpose-in-Life in TBI Rehabilitation
Cusick, SarahMedical SchoolOptimizing iron status in malaria-endemic areas: The OptiM study
Elgersma, KristinNursing, School ofA national collaboration to examine human milk and clinical outcomes for neonates with critical congenital heart disease
Etterson, JulieUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngTransgenerational effects in plants arising from biodiversity and drought treatments: Differences in gene expression?
Fairbanks, CarolynPharmacy, College ofBlackbox One Machine Learning Behavioral Observation System
Fang, QiangUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofDivergent Paths: Law Versus Power in Taiwan and China, 1972-2020
Ferguson, GailEducation/Human Dev, Col ofDirect-To-Consumer Marketing of an Online Health Intervention to Somali American Adolescents
Garcia, CindyLiberal Arts, College ofContours ArteCalle: Transnational Feminist Futurities
Gerbner, KatharineLiberal Arts, College ofConstructing Religion, Defining Crime: Slavery, Power, and Belief
Gewirtz O'Brien, JannaMedical SchoolFeasibility and Effectiveness of a Digital Community Health Resource Map for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Greenberg, DanielLiberal Arts, College ofMapping Without Maps: Digitization and Visualization Support
Guala, MicheleScience & Engineering, Col ofA stochastic-based formulation of rough wall turbulent boundary layers
Herzberg, MarkDentistry, School ofThe Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Downregulation of Calprotectin in Head and Neck Cancer
Kelekar, AmeetaMedical SchoolIdentifying human Noxa-regulated metabolic and signaling pathways in immune (T) cells from a humanized mouse
Khokhani, DevanshiFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofBuilding a mesocosm to study bacterial-fungal interactions of plants
Levy, RobertMedical SchoolOpioid Crisis in Minnesota: Public Perceptions and Knowledge of Opioid Use Disorder
MacDougall, HannahEducation/Human Dev, Col ofUnderstanding Medical Debt in the Rural United States: The Role of Nonprofit Hospitals
Mazzocco, MicheleEducation/Human Dev, Col ofChoosing Favorites
McSweeney, MitchellEducation/Human Dev, Col ofDoes sport enhance human capital? Investigating a sport-for-employability program for Black youth
Merino, AimeeMedical SchoolLytic lesions in myeloma
Nguyen-Feng, ViannUMD Educ & Human Svc ProfFeasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of an Embodied Radical Healing Intervention for Racial Trauma
Parhi, KeshabScience & Engineering, Col ofSeizure onset zone (SOZ) identification using interictal iEEG and scalp EEG
Pehlivan, ZozanLiberal Arts, College ofTaming with Food: A History of Environmental Injustice in the United States, India, and Turkey
Revelo, XavierMedical SchoolAging macrophages promote cardiometabolic disease
Rivera-Mulia, Juan CarlosMedical SchoolModeling cellular senescence with pluripotent stem cell-derived cells
Rother, MichaelUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngGravitational Interactions of Evaporating Drops in the Atmosphere
Ryoo, YuhosuaUMD Labovitz Sch of Bus & EconThe Double-Edge Sword of Brand Activism: Fostering Inclusiveness or Fueling Polarization Among Consumers?
Samuels, DavidLiberal Arts, College ofAnti-Immigrant Attitudes in Brazil
Schleiss, MarkMedical SchoolOptimizing Immunity and Maternal Host Defense Against Congenital CMV Infection
Shirazi, RoozbehEducation/Human Dev, Col ofBeyond Austerity: Community Visions for Public Education in Puerto Rico
Soh, Hooi LingLiberal Arts, College ofA Linguistic Study of Discourse Particles in Two Hmong Dialects in the United States: Hmong Daw and Mong Leng
Sorwell, KrystinaUMM Social Science DivisionNeural, endocrine, and behavioral measures of flow states
Teyssier, ChristianScience & Engineering, Col ofFrom supercontinent growth to iron-ore formation in Minnesota
Timko Olson, EricaNursing, School ofRETREAT: immeRsivE naTure viRtual rEAliTy for Children and Adolescents Receiving a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Toft, JessicaEducation/Human Dev, Col ofExamining Social Work Unions in Historical and Contemporary Contexts
Van't Hof, JeremyMedical SchoolA randomized trial assessing the effect of empagliflozin on left atrial function in patients at risk for heart failure
Walsh, ShannonUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofConstrained Success: Justice System Responses to Gender-Based Violence against Women in Latin America
Wang, HaiyangUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngEnabling Lightweight Immersive User Interaction in Smart Network Buildings
Yang, DingliangDesign, College ofWORLD’S FAIR: AN AMERICAN TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM INNOVATION
Zhai, AntoniaScience & Engineering, Col ofEnhancing Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Modeling through Quantum Algorithms
Zhang, LinPublic Health, School ofDeveloping pipeline for spatial transcriptomics preprocessing and analysis
Zimmer, SaraMedical SchoolAdvantages of compartmentalization of metabolic pathways

Fall 2023

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Bailey, JakeScience & Engineering, Col ofInvestigating the role of microbes in the formation of nascent soils
Beal, SophiaLiberal Arts, College ofA Roof of One’s Own: Feminism and Housing in the Work of Brazilian Women Writers
Bolland, DanielleUMM Science & Math DivisionInvestigating palmitoylation of DNA repair proteins in ovarian cancer
Casale, SinemLiberal Arts, College ofThe Banquet as an Arena of Interaction at the Ottoman Court and Beyond
Christiansen, MaryUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngHigh Temperature Properties of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) for Wildfire Resistance
Crooker, BrianFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofExploring the impact of genetic selection on innate immune response of Holsteins to Gram negative and positive bacteria
Fabbri, LorenzoLiberal Arts, College ofWe Were Here: A Documentary on the Untold History of Blackness in Renaissance Europe
French, JarrodVP for Research, Office ofTransforming sample preparation for Cryo Electron Microscopy
Hart, GeoffreyMedical SchoolFixing mouse natural killer cells to start to studying pediatric cancer.
Hennefeld, MargaretLiberal Arts, College ofTwenty-First Century Silent Film Culture
Hsieh, LisaDesign, College ofForm Follows Fantasy: Japanese Kawaii (cute) Architecture
Jensen, EricDentistry, School ofRole of Protein Kinase D in Salivary Gland Cancer
Kartha, ReenaPharmacy, College ofAcquisition of a refurbished Agilent Seahorse XFe96 Analyzer for Translational and Clinical Research
Kuo, SharonMedical SchoolInvestigating the Biomechanics of Stone Tool Use and Locomotion in Wild Macaques from Yao Noi Island, Thailand
Lang, KevinVeterinary Medicine, Col ofTranslation processivity drives fluoroquinolone sensitivity
Liang, JenniferUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngGenetic and Cellular Analysis of Vertebrate Anterior Neurulation
McGee, CoreyPharmacy, College ofReliability and Precision of the 7 Measures of Thumb Sensorimotor Function in Adults with Thumb Osteoarthritis
Pasco, MichelleEducation/Human Dev, Col ofInvestigating Neighborhood Public Disorder in the Aftermath of George Floyd: A Mixed Methods Study
Qian, YongzhongScience & Engineering, Col ofAstrophysical Origin of the Elements and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies
Samargia-Grivette, SharylUMD Educ & Human Svc ProfAcquisition of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System
Sandbulte, JomaraUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngRemote monitoring of Patient-Caregiver Dyadic Interactions in the Hospital Environment: Neonatal Care Case Study
Simon, KayEducation/Human Dev, Col ofInvestigating gender-affirming behaviors as a protective factor between family stigma and health for transgender adults
Tretyakova, NataliaPharmacy, College ofDoes vaping influence the epigenome?
Vargas, VictoriaLiberal Arts, College ofAmy Levy; Songs of Life and Love
Whitney, DonnaScience & Engineering, Col ofDevelopment of a novel method of measuring the extent of seafloor alteration in metamorphosed oceanic crust
Woo, JiheeEducation/Human Dev, Col ofUnveiling the Shadows of Intersectional Discrimination Among Asian Women in Pink-Collar Occupations in Minnesota

Summer 2023

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Camchong, JazminMedical SchoolDose- and Sex-Dependent Effects of a Neuromodulation Intervention on Relapse and Underlying Brain Networks in AUD
Hill Gallant, KathleenFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofMineral metabolic balance and kinetics in chronic kidney disease
Jardine, PaulDentistry, School ofStructure, dynamics, and mechanism of genome packaging motors in dsDNA viruses
Tithof, JeffScience & Engineering, Col ofExperimentally-validated simulations of cerebrospinal fluid flow to quantify mechanisms of transport

Spring 2023

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Agarwal, DeepakMedical SchoolHealing the Healers: Ergonomic Modification in Surgical Procedures
Ambrose, ElizabethPharmacy, College ofPhosphotriesterase-Encapsulated Hybrid Materials for Organophosphate Nerve Agent Decontamination
Camell, ChristinaMedical SchoolPurchase of LUMENCOR Spectra III light source for the Nikon TiE wide field fluorescence microscope at the UIC
Card, DanLiberal Arts, College ofEngaging science online: a rhetorical-computational study of climate deliberation on Reddit
Chhuon, VichetEducation/Human Dev, Col ofFrom Incarceration to Loc Kru: Constructing a Teacher Identity for Cambodian American Returnees in Cambodia
Clarke, DuncanMedical SchoolRole of histone methylation in mitosis
Flink, CarlLiberal Arts, College ofCreating “Battleground,” A Dance Work Examining the United States' Perpetual State of Warfare and Violence
Gorr, Sven-UlrikDentistry, School ofDGL13K as a novel treatment of joint infections
Hallstrom, TimothyMedical SchoolReshaping tumor associated macrophages to eliminate pediatric retinoblastoma cells
Kass, StevenScience & Engineering, Col ofBruker VENTURE PHOTON III Single Crystal Diffractometer: Replacement of Cryostat
Kassie, FekaduVeterinary Medicine, Col ofTargeting tumor cell mitochondria for the treatment of aggressive lung cancer
Kinsley, AmyVeterinary Medicine, Col ofAutomating and informing local water resource management
Klimes-Dougan, BonnieLiberal Arts, College ofThe Neural Correlates of Sexual and Gender Minority Stress
Lee, SungduckDesign, College ofVisualizing Park Inequity: A multiscale Framework for Social Justice in Park Planning
Lofgren, SarahMedical SchoolSupervised Treadmill intervention to Reduce Inflammation and Depression through Exercise in HIV: The STRIDE Pilot Study
Lovejoy, AliceLiberal Arts, College ofMilitant Chemistry: Film and its Raw Materials
Matthews, SteveUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofPhase 2 Archaeological Survey of Roscam Abby and Inis Mor
Meixi,Education/Human Dev, Col ofLand education and self-determination: A multi-site study across Indigenous Minnesota, Chiapas, and Chiang Rai
Poddutoori, PrashanthUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngDesign and Synthesis of Porphyrin Precursors for a Light Induced Molecular Tram
Ren, YufeiUMD Labovitz Sch of Bus & EconBehavioral Ordering in a Co-opetitive Supply Chain: An Experimental Study
Sheik, CodyUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngAcquisition and installation of controlled temperature spaces at the Large Lakes Observatory, UMD
Sieber, JessicaUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngThe role of the microbiome during the near-death experience of hibernation
Sisco, StephanieEducation/Human Dev, Col ofRace-conscious Community Organizing and Development: Assessing the Sustainability of Community-driven Job Creation
Smith, KumiPublic Health, School ofTracking Despair: Exploring the Health Impact of Encampments Abatement Policies on People Experiencing Homelessness
Sun, CalvinPharmacy, College ofAcquiring a differential scanning calorimeter (Discovery DSC 2500)
Temple, JudyPublic Affairs, HHH School ofRoll out of public school-based preschool across the United States: which students gain access?
Waltner, AnnLiberal Arts, College ofZhou Qi in Her Own Words
Weiler, LindseyEducation/Human Dev, Col ofPilot Testing a Novel Youth Mentor Training Model to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Fall 2022

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Bhadra, DitiLinguistics, Institute ofAn experimental investigation of the linguistic properties of clickbait
Caverly, RyanCSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech AdmReal-Time Modeling and Simulation of Space Vehicles with Fuel Slosh
Channer, LisaTheatre Arts & Dance DeptUkrainian Words Project - Phase I
Donofrio, GregoryArchitecture, School ofHuman Tolls: Public Histories and Community Responses to Twin Cities’ Freeways
Gao PhD, ZanKinesiology AdministrationFeasibility and Efficacy of A Remote Tai Chi Program on Older Adults’ Physical Behaviors, Fall Prevention, Cognition and
Gieske, MiriamM BiologyNitrogen and pH effects on antibiotic production among soil Streptomyces bacteria
Hawe, RachelKinesiology AdministrationIdentifying Impairments in Bilateral Coordination and Neural Correlates in Individuals Post-Stroke
Holschuh, BradDHA Apparel DesignRemote Measurement of Garment Fit using Co-Located Multi-Band Scanning
Jain, HarshD Math & StatisticsThe Impact of Population Variability on Overcoming Docetaxel Resistance in Prostate Cancer: A Quantitative Approach
Konczak PhD, JuergenKinesiology AdministrationLaryngeal vibration as a non-invasive neuromodulation treatment for spasmodic dysphonia
Krentzman PhD, AmySocial Work Admin, School ofPositive Recovery Journaling (PRJ): An Intervention to Reinforce Early Recovery from Addiction
Lackey, MichaelM EnglishKlaus Mann's Barred Window: An Authoritative Edition
Lower, MichaelHistory DepartmentHakoah Vienna: An All-Jewish Sports Club’s Story of War, Holocaust, and Defiance
Lu PhD, LandyKinesiology AdministrationLeveraging Statewide Senior Games for Active Living
Mann, TraciPsychologyThe relationship between body image and self-esteem in women throughout the lifespan
Mathieu, SajeHistory DepartmentAfrica On The Rhine: German Scientific Experimentation on Black POWs During World War One
Montag Schafer, KatherineFamMed Family Medicine AdminKho Dua Mus - Keeping Diabetes Managed in the Hmong Community
Nieves Colon, MariaAnthropologyUsing ancient DNA to study the peopling of the Caribbean
O'Connell, TimothyIBP Physiology AdministrationFujiFilm/VisualSonics F2 Preclinical Ultrasound Imaging System for Shared Use
Ostrander, NomiD Social WorkThe Impact of COVID-19 on Transgender Mental Health and Lessons for Future Community Health Crises
Packer, CraigCBS Ecology, Evolution, BehavrSustaining Pastoralist Livelihoods by Translating Biodiversity Research into Grassland Restoration in East Africa
Pereira PhD, MarkSPH EpiCH DivisionNovel Methods for Measuring Urban Greenspace Access and Inequities
Pexa, ChristopherAmerican Indian StudiesRemapping the Oyáte: Orature as Deep Mapping
Searle, KellySPH EpiCH DivisionPredicting climate related infrastructure damage and resulting malaria risk in Mozambique
Sumida Huaman, ElizabethOrg Leadership, Policy & DevLabor, violence, and life aspirations across three generations of Quechua women
von Dassow, EvaClassical/Near Eastern Rel/CulMapping the Ancient Near East
Wang, SonyaNEUR Neurology Dept AdminVideo Electroencephalography and Biopac Equipment
Yoo, KyungsooSoil, Water & Climate, Dept ofTransformative Power of Earthworms on Lunar Regolith: Pilot study for soil-based agriculture on the Moon

Summer 2022

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Deng, HuaiD BiologyExploring the novel epigenetic and developmental functions of the Keap1-Nrf2 detoxifying pathway in Drosophila
Mesce, KarenEntomology, Dept ofA Novel Circuit Design for the Recovery of Locomotion after Injury  
Slattery, MatthewDMED Biomedical SciencesContext Specificity in Stress-Responsive Transcriptional Networks
Swisher, SarahCSENG ECE AdminPhotonic Curing of Semiconductor Nanomaterials for High-Performance Flexible Electronics
 

Spring 2022

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Arriaga, EdgarScience & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry AdministrationMultiparametric profiling of cellular senescence in aging models - Bridge Funding
Asakura, AtsushiMedical School, NEUR Neurology Dept AdminVascular endothelial stem cells in muscle regeneration and muscular dystrophy
Ashkenazi, ShaiScience & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Biomedical Eng AdminImplantable Device for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Treatment of Brain Tumor Recurrence
Bak, M Y SavanaEducation/Human Dev, Col of, Ed Psych AdministrationPilot Training Module for Caretakers of Children with ASD
Beard, DavidUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of, D Engl Linguist & Wrt StudiesOral Histories of Rural Healthcare, from the Perspective of the Retail Pharmacist
Blocker, JaneLiberal Arts, College of, Art HistoryContemporary Art, Environmental Orientation, and Knowledge
Braunlin, ElizabethMedical School, PEDS Pediatrics Cardiology DivImportance of the immune system in a murine model of lysosomal storage disease: a tale of two strains
Chatterjea, AnanyaLiberal Arts, College of, Theatre Arts & Dance DeptMicchil, Amra: Investigating Performance in times of pandemic and political uprising
Collins, KathleenLiberal Arts, College of, Political Science DepartmentCivil Islam or Illiberal Democracy? The Debate about Islam, Secularism, and Democracy Across Muslim Eurasia
Douglas, ChristopherScience & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry AdministrationCatalytic Methods in Functionalizing Acyl Sigma Bonds to Carbon
Dubrow, GailDesign, College of, Architecture, School ofJaponisme Revisited: How Racism Shaped the Lives and Careers of America's Earliest Architects of Japanese Ancestry
DuHamel, AnnUMM Humanities Division, M Music Dept.Prayers for a Feverish Planet—New Music About Climate Change: Concert Tour and Recording
Engel, StephenLiberal Arts, College of, PsychologyThe Perceptual Bases of Visual Snow Syndrome
Kim, Nam ChulPharmacy, College of, Pharm Practice Pharm SciencesMitochondrial pathogenic pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia
Larasati PhD, Rachmi DiyahLiberal Arts, College of, Gender, Women & SexualityOemah Larasati: A Cultural Institution Combating Conservatism and the Modern Empire.
Lee, DaehyoungUMD Educ & Human Svc Prof, D Applied Human SciencesEffects of A Gamified Incentive-Based App on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Depression in Adults with Autism
Lewis, BethEducation/Human Dev, Col of, Kinesiology AdministrationPreliminary Efficacy of a Strength Training Intervention on Exercise Adherence and Weight among Pre-Menopausal Women
Mcculloch, KyleBiological Sciences, Col of, CBS Ecology, Evolution, BehavrIlluminating how animal complexity evolves by comparing sea anemone photoreceptor cells
Mehus, ChristopherEducation/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS AdministrationTesting a brief, online version of an evidence-based parenting program
Mensinger, AllenUMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng, D BiologyToadfish Biosacoustics
O'Connor, AmyLiberal Arts, College of, Hubbard Schl Journal/Mass CommMine Life: Communication, Work and Identity
Shank, JBLiberal Arts, College of, History DepartmentCosmology before the Advent of Astrophysics and the Modern Scientific Regime
Sun, XiaoranEducation/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS AdministrationExamining Teenagers’ Overnight Smartphone Use and Its Implications for Well-Being with High-Intensity Smartphone Data
Tamir, RotemLiberal Arts, College of, Art DepartmentMaking as Catalyst for Remembering
Wayessa, BulaLiberal Arts, College of, African-Amer & African StudiesAdaptation of Maize to the Indigenous Farming Systems in Wallaga, Ethiopia.

Fall 2021

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Algeri, SaraLiberal Arts, College ofA novel statistical framework for astrophysical discoveries under background mismodeling
Austin, JayUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngContinued deployment of meteorology buoys in the western arm of Lake Superior
Bereiter, DavidDentistry, School ofNeuron-derived estrogen and TMJ nociception
Carlson, StephanieEducation/Human Dev, Col ofMy Future Self: Using Imagination to Improve Self-Control in Children
Choi, ChanghyunScience & Engineering, Col ofContext-Aware Robotic Object Grasping
Collister, JohnVeterinary Medicine, Col ofEffects of Perimenopause on the Brain - Sympathetic - Gut Microbiome Axis in Hypertension
DeLiema, DavidEducation/Human Dev, Col ofDeveloping and Testing an Expansive Debugging Pedagogy to Support Students' Learning through Failure
Dengel PhD, DonaldEducation/Human Dev, Col ofEffectiveness of Extracellular Microvesicles to Track Cardiovascular Risk in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Patients
Deslauriers, StephenUMM Science & Math DivisionBZ-X800 Fluorescence Microscope
Ebtehaj, ArdeshirScience & Engineering, Col ofHigh-Resolution Spectroradiometer for Advancing the Knowledge in Remote Sensing of Environment
Fallon, AnnFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofExpression of Wolbachia genes in the mosquito ovary
Fang, PengUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngReconfigurable modular power conversion architecture for ultra wide voltage range operation
Ferguson, DavidPharmacy, College ofBlocking ACE2-TMPRSS2 Function in SARS-CoV-2 Entry using Peptide-Drug Conjugates
Gebre Egziabher, DemozScience & Engineering, Col ofPerception and Localization Research Sensor Suite (POLARESS)
Gray, WilliamBiological Sciences, Col ofA high resolution, highly sensitive, and fast confocal microscope for the Saint Paul Campus
Grusz, AmandaUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngEvaluating a drought-driven hypothesis for the evolution of obligate apomixis
Hansen, LarsScience & Engineering, Col ofMeasuring the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of rocks
Hedegaard, BrockUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngHydraulic Service Manifold
Kazlauskas, RomasBiological Sciences, Col ofFloor Avanti JE centrifuge with JLA 9.1000, JA25.5 and JS5.3 rotors for biochemical research
Khaleghi Yazdi, MaryamUMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col ofInteractive textile art projects that narrate the stories of immigrants
Kuo, SidneyMedical SchoolEarly structural changes to Muller glial cells in glaucoma
Mkhoyan, AndreScience & Engineering, Col ofDeveloping atomic-scale in-situ electrical biasing platform for nanoelectronics with perovskite oxides
Morris, RebeccaVP for Research, Office ofA novel model for distinguishing low- and high-risk benign papillomas induced by solar ultraviolet radiation
Ostrander PhD, JulieMedical SchoolKeyence Imaging System
Panoskaltsis-Mortari PhD, AngelaMedical SchoolCNC Table Top Mill and VLS6.75 Laser Cutter
Powers, JenniferBiological Sciences, Col ofEstablishing a Tropical Dry Forest Collaboratory for Science, Society, and Synthesis
Sasisekaran, JayanthiLiberal Arts, College ofTemporal dynamics of language planning and speech production in adults who do and do not stutter
Scheil, KatherineLiberal Arts, College ofCommunity Shakespeare
Titus, MargaretMedical SchoolThe Role of Filopodia in Metastatic Cancer Cell Migration
Toan, SamUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngNovel Catalytic Chemical Looping Technology for Conversion of Waterborne Plastic Waste into Fuels and Syngas
Walcheck, BruceVeterinary Medicine, Col ofLICOR Odyssey XF gel imaging system
Wrigley-Field, ElizabethLiberal Arts, College ofStolen Time: Racial Disparities in Enjoyable and Meaningful Time
Zefeldt, MathewLiberal Arts, College ofPainting Constructed Virtual Worlds

Summer 2021

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Kendeou, Panayiota PaniEd Psych Administration Improving Reading Comprehension: Project ELCII
Massari, AaronCSENG Chemistry AdministrationMeasuring Molecular Arrangement and Movement at Liquid Crystal Interfaces

Spring 2021

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Abdel Salam, HassanLiberal Arts, College ofPalestine’s Human Rights Fatwas: An Exploration of the Legal Opinions of Imams and Jurists in Palestine
Benedict, MarissaLiberal Arts, College ofNew Music for a New Century - The Evolution of Brass Music in the 21st Century
Bradley, ElizabethMedical SchoolSCI Chemidoc MP System
Caldas Chumbes, BlancaEducation/Human Dev, Col ofTranslingual Latinx Ethnic Studies Summer School (TLESSS) for Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Students in Twin Cities
Caprioli, MaryUMD Liberal Arts, College ofBreaking Boundaries: A Sociopolitical Explanation of Adolescent Female Gender Identity Alternatives
Choy-Brown, MimiEducation/Human Dev, Col ofThe LIFT Project: Leveraging Leadership to Improve Fidelity to Assertive Community Treatment
Clarke-Sather, AbigailUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngMechanical Recycling Processes for Transforming Discarded Textiles into Fiber Feedstocks
Debes, JoseMedical SchoolH2U: Recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM) high school students into global health and health equity research t
DeJaeghere, JoanEducation/Human Dev, Col ofRural Youths’ Engagement in Democratic Practices through Arts-based Participatory Programs
Deslauriers, StephenUMM Science & Math DivisionMachine vision as a tool for identifying genetic regions which contribute to plant development
Fang, QiangUMD Liberal Arts, College ofCommunist China and the United States: Irreconcilable Relations, 1972-2012
Feinberg, JoshuaScience & Engineering, Col ofPace of Ecological Change During Periods of Extreme Climate Change
Greising PhD, SarahEducation/Human Dev, Col ofNew Directions to Understand the Paradoxical Role of Inflammation following Skeletal Muscle Injury
Haglin, KathrynUMD Liberal Arts, College ofMeasuring Support for Universal Basic Income
Hastings, AngelaDentistry, School ofPatient Attitudes Towards Teledentistry and Acceptance of Use
Hinderliter, BrianUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngQuantifying Properties for a Mechanistic, Predictive Understanding of Aqueous Impact on Ageing of Passive Materials
Jacobs, FayolaPublic Affairs, HHH School ofColonizing Climates: Urban Planning and Anti-Blackness in the US South and the Caribbean
Kim, NaeunDesign, College ofCollaborative Consumption of Fashion Goods: A Cross-cultural Examination
Koester, StevenScience & Engineering, Col ofUltra-High-Purity Assembly System for Quantum Device Research
Marquart, LenFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofA Systems Approach to Introducing Underutilized Crops into the Minnesota Food System
Mashek, DouglasMedical SchoolUpgrade of Nikon A1Rsi laser scanning confocal microscope to HD scanner
Mozenter, SukiUMD Educ & Human Svc ProfAntiracist Literary Advisory Board (A-LAB)
Mroz, PawelMedical SchoolDevelopment of long read sequencing for Pharmacogenomic testing
Mwesigye, AggreyUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngExperimental investigation of the performance of ground source heat pump systems incorporating phase change material
Pease, LindsayFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofPurchase of a Gas Chromatograph Specialized for Greenhouse Gas Analysis in Crookston
Pirinelli, AlyssaUMM Science & Math DivisionSorb-Tech Automated Purification System for Use in the UMN Morris Chemistry Discipline
Row, JenniferLiberal Arts, College ofThe Body Perfect: the Aesthetics of Ableism and Race in the French Early Modern
Samimi, CeemaEducation/Human Dev, Col ofSchool discipline and COVID-19
Seecharan, TurunaUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngGamification and the Decision Making Grid to Encourage Sustainable Driving in Young Drivers
Shambroom, PaulLiberal Arts, College ofPurpletown: Portraits from the Thin Divide
Srinivasan, VinodScience & Engineering, Col ofExploring Universal Behavior of Thermal Fluctuations in Boiling: Towards a Model for Critical Heat Flux
Staats, SusanEducation/Human Dev, Col ofPoetic Structures, Prosody, and Gesture among English and Somali Speakers in Algebra Generalization Tasks
Tarr, GillianPublic Health, School ofA Goldilocks Effect of Psychological Distress on Pandemic Fatigue? Stress, Social Vulnerability, and Protective Behavior
Vang, CindyEducation/Human Dev, Col ofHmong Intergenerational COVID-19 Communication Study
Willow, DianeLiberal Arts, College ofOpen Air Cycle
Wise, EricMedical SchoolVenous waveform analysis for monitoring blood volume in sepsis
 

Fall 2020

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Arnold, SusanVeterinary Medicine, Col ofInvestigation of mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy in a canine model of spontaneous high-grade glioma
Austin-Minor, ElizabethUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngInorganic carbon cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Cho, Jeong-HyunScience & Engineering, Col of3D Nano-Biosensor for Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Contreras, RafaelVP for Research, Office ofNanoparticle Tracking Analysis
Glesener, LindsayScience & Engineering, Col ofHigh-Rate Ground Station for Satellite Communications
Hodges, JamesPublic Health, School ofPractical causal-inference tools for meta-analysis of clinical trials
Hu, BoFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofBiocontrol of the Soybean Cyst Nematode with Fungal Endophytes and Culture Filtrates
Huang, R StephaniePharmacy, College ofBioSpa 8 Automated Incubator for Automated Live Cell Analysis
Huddleston, StephenMedical SchoolIdentifying donor lung molecules that drive lung transplant rejection in order to better diagnose and treat rejection
Kim, Nam ChulPharmacy, College ofSpinning disk confocal microscope for long-term 3D live cell imaging and molecular trafficking/dynamics studies
Konczak PhD, JuergenEducation/Human Dev, Col ofObjective quantification of hand and knee proprioception in typically developing children
Lindsey, AmeliaFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofDeveloping functional genomics tools to improve biological control
Lubet, AlexLiberal Arts, College ofOn the Seventh Hour: New Music for Resonator Guitar
Lukkas, LynnLiberal Arts, College ofTwo Projects: Faroe, and she, her, hers
May, GeorgianaBiological Sciences, Col ofSustaining prairies against climate change
Melnykov, IgorUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngParameterization of Finite Mixtures of Dirichlet Distributions with Applications to Cluster Analysis
Menta, Venkata GireeshUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngDesign Optimization and Manufacturing of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades with 3D Printed Cores
Olman, CherylLiberal Arts, College ofInvestigating Characteristics of Foveal Feedback Using Ultra-High Field fMRI
Ou, LiMedical SchoolAssess off-target effects of PS Gene Editing in treating MPS I disease
Pahwa, SonaliLiberal Arts, College ofDigitizing Womanhood in Dubai
Pirinelli, AlyssaUMM Science & Math DivisionRecirculating Chiller System for Use in Synthetic Carbohydrate Research
Shannon, LauraFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofFlow Cytometer For Plant Research on the St. Paul Campus
Silverman, MichaelLiberal Arts, College ofFuture Music Therapy Research in Adult Mental Health: An Investigation of Service User Preferences and Recommendations
Smith, JoanLiberal Arts, College ofROCKABY: A dance work created from performers' lived experiences of domestic violence, childhood trauma and resilience.
St George, ScottLiberal Arts, College ofHunting fimbulvinter: Drafting a global atlas of dreadful frosts over the past two millennia
Staker, JustinMedical SchoolMitigating the impact of shoulder movement dysfunction; a randomized controlled trial
Wozniak, JeffreyMedical SchoolCholine Supplementation as a Neurodevelopmental Intervention for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
 

Summer 2020

RecipientCollege/UnitTitle of Research
Berge, JericaFamMed Family Medicine AdminFamily Matters Study: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study of Minnesota's Most Vulnerable Populations 
Ogle, BrendaCSENG Biomedical Eng AdminEpicardial regulation of human cardiomyocyte function via modulation of extracellular signals: toward robust pump function

Spring 2020

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Basu, PriyankaUMM Humanities DivisionColonial Remains and Decolonial Futures in Contemporary Global German Art Film
Blumenthal, SusannaLaw SchoolThe Apprehension of Fraud in Modern America
Campbell, StephenScience & Engineering, Col ofA Zetasizer Nanoparticle Analyzer for the Minnesota Nano Center
Carroll, CaitlinPublic Health, School ofRural Hospital Closure and the Quality of Cancer Care
Carter, ClayBiological Sciences, Col ofA role for carbonic anhydrases in the plant acid-growth hypothesis
Ding, JieLiberal Arts, College ofDynamical Modeling of Complex Streaming Data
Dumitrica, TraianScience & Engineering, Col ofFractal Dimension - a Possible Key Measure for Fiber Network Architectures
Finestack, LizbethLiberal Arts, College ofIdentifying Language Impairment in Students with Diverse Language Exposure
Fleischman, ForrestFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofHow does climate policy advance? Lessons from comparative case studies of policy change in Minnesota
Friedenberg, StevenVeterinary Medicine, Col ofDevelopment of artificial antigen-presenting cells to fight cancer in dogs
Gammill, LauraMedical SchoolInvestigating exosomes as a means of neural crest cell-cell communication
Genova, ThomasUMM Humanities DivisionBorders of Brazil: Euclides da Cunha and 'Latin America'
Goldschmidt, StephanieVeterinary Medicine, Col ofClinical feasibility and accuracy of indirect computed tomography lymphangiography in dogs
Hill, CraigUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngTransportable meteorological tower for marine and atmospheric boundary layer engineering and resilient energy systems
Isaka, MakiLiberal Arts, College ofFemale Performers of Traditional "All-Male" Gidayû-Music in Modern Japan
Knight, SophiaUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngKnowledge, Belief and Information in Social Networks: Theory and Applications
Li, XiaoyinUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngDeveloping statistical methods to detect pleiotropy using genome-wide association study summary data
Lu, ConnieScience & Engineering, Col ofPHOTON III: X-ray Diffraction Detector Upgrade to Boost Single-Photon Sensitivity
Marmor, SchelomoMedical SchoolCharacterizing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Surgery Patients in the United States
Mereddy, VenkatramUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngDevelopment of Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Monnier, GillianeLiberal Arts, College ofElucidating Neanderthal Cooking Practices in the Balkans 80,000 - 40,000 years ago.
Qu, YongzhiUMD Swenson Col of Sci & EngRESEARCH ON LEARNING REAL-TIME DYNAMICS OF A ROTOR SYSTEM FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Ramey, JasonUMM Humanities DivisionAt Hand- A study of Japanese architecture and traditional building techniques and materials
Rugeley, CynthiaUMD Liberal Arts, College ofMinnesota: Swing State 2020
Schallmo, Michael-PaulMedical SchoolPeripheral biomarkers in transdiagnostic psychosis
Shannon, LauraFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofReel Irrigation for North Central Research and Outreach Center (NCROC)
Smith, KumiPublic Health, School ofStandardized Patients to Evaluate Treatment Access for Opioid Use Disorder
Toft, JessicaEducation/Human Dev, Col ofThe Effects of Neoliberal Managerialism on Social Worker Professional Discretion in Minnesota
Vogel, RachelMedical SchoolIdentifying risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among gynecologic cancer survivors
Waid, JeffreyEducation/Human Dev, Col ofDevelopment and feasibility of a family navigation prevention service: A proof of concept study
Wilke, ChristopherMedical SchoolDevelopment of a predictive model of glioblastoma for patient-specific prognosis and therapeutic intervention
 

Fall 2019

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Agur, ColinLiberal Arts, College ofFacing the Flood: Examining the resilience of mobile phone users facing natural threats in Mumbai
Blaylock, SaraDuluth, Fine Arts, School ofThe Taboo of the Ordinary – Experimental Art in a Late East Germany
Bradley, CynthiaNursing, School ofEvaluating Teachers’ Practice of the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning Method
Brengman, LatishaDuluth, Swenson Col of Sci & EngAcquisition of a hand-held x-ray fluorescence instrument
Chen, ChangbinFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofA fluorescence microscope with high-resolution imaging system for plant breeding in the postgenomic era
Czaja, WiolettaVP for Research, Office ofChemiDoc MP Imaging System for robust workflows involving DNA and Protein visualization and quantification.
Derby, JeffreyScience & Engineering, Col ofAnalyzing Bulk Crystal Growth via Modeling and Neutron Imaging
DeWaard, JackLiberal Arts, College ofThird-party observers perceptions of procedural fairness in U.S. immigration court
Grissom, NicolaLiberal Arts, College ofDynamic dopamine release to reward in an autism-associated genotype
Hanson, JessicaDuluth, Educ & Human Svc ProfRole of Social Support in Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies in Native Women
Heikal, AhmedDuluth, Swenson Col of Sci & EngCollagen-Density Dependent Studies of Intracellular Crowding in Highly Metastatic Cancer Cells in Tumor-like Environment
Hoeppner, LukeVP for Research, Office ofIdentifying new targets for cardiovascular disease therapy
Hokanson, StanFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofTenney Ultracold Environmental Test Chamber
Hoxie, AlisonDuluth, Swenson Col of Sci & EngAcquisition of Oxford Lasers Firefly High-Speed Laser
Kang, Peter KScience & Engineering, Col ofMulti-scale Characterization of Flow and Transport through Complex Porous Media
Kawakami, YasuhikoMedical SchoolSall4 regulates development of neuromesodermal progenitors and differentiation of their mesodermal descendants
Keller-Ross, MandaMedical SchoolAutonomic Regulation of Blood Pressure in Older Early Menopausal Women
Kurle PhD, JamesFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofAn Innovative Student-driven Multidisciplinary Core to Address Big-data Challenges in Agriculture
Lai, VictorDuluth, Swenson Col of Sci & EngExperimental Design and Measurement of the Permeability of Soft Tissue Equivalents
Larson, ChrisLiberal Arts, College ofSmithville, Tennessee
LaVelle, JohnEducation/Human Dev, Col ofExploring the human, work, and professional values critical for evaluation practice
Ludewig, PaulaMedical SchoolIntegrated Muscle Activity Assessment System
McCormick, AlonScience & Engineering, Col ofSmall Scale Ammonia from Stranded Wind Energy - Bridge to Follow-On Larger Pilot Project with ARPA-E
Nuernberger, KathrynLiberal Arts, College ofSymbiotics: Poems at the Intersection of Biology and the Literary Imagination
Olson, S DouglasLiberal Arts, College ofManuscript Work in Support of a New Edition of Aristophanes' Knights
Olszewski, NeilBiological Sciences, Col ofInvestigating the Role of Auxin, Gibberellin and Procera in the Shade Avoidance Syndrome of Tomato
Park, ChongwonDuluth, Liberal Arts, College ofInformation Structure and Grammatical Case
Parker, LaurieBiological Sciences, Col ofR01 renewal bridge: Biosensor Assay to Screen for Signaling Pathway Inhibition in Cancer
Poddutoori, PrashanthDuluth, Swenson Col of Sci & EngBio-inspired Molecular Integration for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage
Pomerantz, WilliamScience & Engineering, Col ofChemical Probe Design for Dissecting BRD4-Transcription Factor Interactions
Rumbley, JonPharmacy, College ofCharacterizing unique structural variations in Trypanosoma brucei phosphofructokinase, a putative therapeutic target.
Schuchardt, AnitaBiological Sciences, Col ofBioVEDA: Improving Student Understanding of Biological Variation in Experimental Design and Analysis
Seastrand, AnnaLiberal Arts, College ofSouth Indian Images: A Critical Archive
Seelig, BurckhardBiological Sciences, Col ofEvolution of Primordial Peptides, Proteins and the Genetic Code
Segijn, ClaireLiberal Arts, College ofWhen realizing that Big Brother is watching you: whether and how synced advertising literacy affects critical attitudes.
Shanks, SamuelDuluth, Academic Affairs AdminLow-Cost Stage Automation: Bringing Technical Theatre into the Age of Robotics
Skubitz PhD, AmyMedical SchoolIncuCyte S3 Imaging System for Digital Monitoring of Cell Functions
Somia, NikunjMedical SchoolIdentifying the fusogens mediating exosome delivery
Teed, CorinneLiberal Arts, College ofEntangling Banks
Tze, William Tai YinFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofRedefining wood fiberboard: Resin-free bonding of microfibrillated wood fiber
Wilson, MelissaFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofTURNING ANIMAL WASTE INTO WORTH: Bio-treating manure with insects and worms to produce value-added products
Yang, CeFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofIn-vivo Sexing of Chicken Eggs Using Hyperspectral Imaging

Summer 2019

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Bailey, JakeCSENG Earth Sciences, Dept ofBridge funding: Endobionts inhabit the world's largest bacteria
Costalonga, MassimoDent Periodontology, Div ofMHC-II-/- Langerhans cells with compensatory Tc17 plasticity in oral candidiasis 
Simpson, JeffPsychologyMinnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation

Spring 2019

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Aldrich, CourtneyPharmacy, College ofLI-COR Odyssey CLx Infrared Imager
Beehler, SarahMedical SchoolCommunity Assessment of Veteran Reintegration
Belair-Gagnon, ValerieLiberal Arts, College ofPeripheral Actors, Collaboration, and News Innovation: Journalism’s Transformation with AI
Bezada, MaximilianoScience & Engineering, Col ofInvestigating the Last Remaining Fragment of the Wyoming Craton
Bruce, EmilyMorris- Social Science DivisionSiblings on the Move: German, Irish, and French Canadian Families, 1840–1930
Chefetz-Menaker, IlanaVP for Research, Office ofSeahorse HI
Cotner, JamesBiological Sciences, Col ofHeterotrophic Fixation of Nitrogen in Lakes of the Upper Midwest
Cross, DoriPublic Health, School ofStrategies to Improve Knowledge of Older Adults' Social Care Needs in Primary Care
Denton, RobertMorris- Science & Math DivisionThe frequency and fate of genome theft by an all-female species
Dorelien, AudreyPublic Affairs, HHH School ofSocial contact structures and the spread of close-contact infectious diseases in the US and the Twin Cities
Girard, AbbyMedical SchoolMixed Methods Exploration of Distressing Sexual Desire Discrepancy among Couples
Greenstein, DavidBiological Sciences, Col ofControl of Meiosis and Germline Proliferation
Griffin, LinseyDesign, College of4D Dynamic Surface Capture Research: Exploring New Frontiers in Advanced Wearable Product Development
Hamann, KeithaLiberal Arts, College ofCase Study of Key of T: Community Engagement in A Social Justice Recital Addressing Impact of Testosterone on the Voice
Hegeman, AdrianFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofSpecialty Crop Development for Essential Oil Production in Minnesota
Kakalios, JamesScience & Engineering, Col ofRadiation-Induced Conductivity Enhancement in Composite Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Thin Films
Maurer-Jones, MelissaDuluth- Swenson Col of Sci & EngAcquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 250 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Mereddy, VenkatramDuluth- Swenson Col of Sci & EngBecton Dickinson (BD) Accuri™ C6 Plus Flow Cytometer
Miller, FaithEducation/Human Dev, Col ofInitial Development and Validation of Direct Behavior Ratings for Anxiety
Moen, RonDuluth- Swenson Col of Sci & EngPredicting Adaptive Response in Animals Using GPS Locations, Satellite Imagery, and LiDAR
Morris, RebeccaVP for Research, Office ofIdentification of novel epidermal progenitors
Neerland, CarrieNursing, School ofWomen's Experiences of Transfer from Home or Birth Center to an Urban, Academic Medical Center
Pearson, DavidMedical School3D Printed Cutaneous Ultraviolet Photodiode
Poling, RonScience & Engineering, Col ofStudies of Leptonic and Semileptonic Decays of Charmed Mesons with the BESIII Detector
Pratt, RebekahMedical SchoolThe Development of a Novel Implementation Science Framework to Address Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention.
Ramakrishnan, SubramanianDuluth Swenson Col of Sci & EngAnalysis of a novel mathematical model for a planar soft robot
Ratliff, JamieDuluth Fine Arts, School ofCuban Currents: Contemporary Art in Dialogue
Rider, NicMedical SchoolIntersectionality, health, and resilience: A Photovoice project of LGBTQ youth of color
Rudney, JoelDentistry, School ofDevelopment of an in vitro model for studying previously unknown structures recently discovered in dental plaque
Salisbury MS, DereckNursing, School ofTotal Body Recumbent Stepping for the Rehabilitation of Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease
Savage, JessicaDuluth Swenson Col of Sci & EngFlowers are often an indicator of spring but are they also the canary in the coal mine?
Shenoy, ChetanMedical SchoolA Comprehensive Study of the Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype
Toff, BenjaminLiberal Arts, College ofAvoiding the News: Vanishing Audiences for Journalism
Wolf, TiffanyVeterinary Medicine, Col ofForging new relationships in One Health research through engaged ethnography

Fall 2018

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Anderson, GrantPharmacy, College ofLightCycler 480 Instrument
Bazargan, KiaScience & Engineering, Col ofHarnessing the Power of Unary Computing in Deep Learning Applications
Berg, BjornPublic Health, School ofOperational Modeling using RTLS in an Outpatient Multidisciplinary Setting
Casale, SinemLiberal Arts, College ofGifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1650
Channer, LisaLiberal Arts, College ofDENIM
Chen, BodongEducation/Human Dev, Col ofDataExpedition: Supporting Youth Computational Thinking with Open Geoscience Data
Clark, MatthewFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofDevelopment of a fine mapping population for hybrid grape gene discovery
Clarke, DuncanMedical SchoolControl of Chromosome Segregation by DNA Topoisomerase II
Coon, AdamMorris - Humanities DivisionThe Serpent's Feathers: Nahua Philosophies in Migration
Creamer, CosetteLiberal Arts, College ofIn International Courts We Trust: The Hidden Role of Registries and Legal Secretariats
Dymond, BenDuluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng110 kip Dynamic Hydraulic Linear Actuator
Ernst, JulieDuluth - Educ & Human Svc ProfImpact of Nature Preschools on Young Children's Physical Activity and Gross Motor Development
Fletcher, SamuelLiberal Arts, College ofRethinking Formal Methods in Philosophy
Gewirtz, JonathanLiberal Arts, College ofEpigenetic effects of repeated opioid exposure
Hanany, ShaulScience & Engineering, Col ofTransforming the Study of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Using Data from The Balloon-Borne PMC-Turbo Experiment
Harki, DanielPharmacy, College ofDevelopment of Didehydrocytidine Phosphoramidite Prodrugs: Novel Antiviral Compounds with Broad Spectrum Activities
Hedegaard, BrockDuluth - Swenson Col of Sci & EngCollapse Resiliency of Precast Concrete Frames with Hybrid Connections
Hume, AngelaMorris - Humanities DivisionLyric Interiors: The Ecological Poetics of Women’s Health Writing and Activism, 1970s-Present
Johnson, RichardCrookston - Ag and Natural ResourcesA Support Needs Assessment of Early Career Agriculture Teachers
Kassie, FekaduVeterinary Medicine, Col ofPrevention of lung tumorigenesis with low doses of immune checkpoint inhibitors in mice
Kelekar, AmeetaMedical SchoolCytation 1 FAV Imager / Multimode Plate Reader, configured for use with Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzer
Kikyo, NobuakiMedical SchoolNovel therapy of liposarcoma with a protein isomerase inhibitor
Kim MD, NicholasMedical SchoolM Health Comprehensive Gender Care Prospective Patient Database
Klimes-Dougan, BonnieLiberal Arts, College ofMindful Breathing and Neuromodulation for Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Lackey, MichaelMorris - Humanities DivisionThe Irish Biographical Novel
Masino, MarkMedical SchoolHousing System for University of Minnesota Zebrafish Core Facility
Masino, MarkMedical SchoolThe role of serotonergic signaling on cellular regeneration following spinal cord injury
Matthews, SteveDuluth - Liberal Arts, College ofArchaeology and History of the Inishmore Coastal Plain and Roscam Abbey
Mermelstein, PaulMedical SchoolUpgrade of University Imaging Centers Nikon A1R MP Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
Mesce, KarenFood, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col ofFocused Ultrasound and Its Actions on Excitable Membranes
Michalowski, MartinNursing, School ofSupporting Evidence-Based Patient Management Using Artificial Intelligence Methods
Mills, NathanielLiberal Arts, College ofWorkshopping Blackness: Collaboration and the Production of African American Literature
Moses Haller, MonicaLiberal Arts, College ofLiquid Gold
Neprash, HannahPublic Health, School ofSupply-Side Responses to the Medicaid Eligibility Expansion
Ozersky, TedyDuluth - Swenson Col of Sci & EngGiant sulfur-oxidizing “pipeline” bacteria in Great Lake sediments
Pribiag, VladScience & Engineering, Col ofMNC Thin Film Etching and Deposition Upgrade: In-Situ Ion Mill for CHA Evaporator
Scheil, KatherineLiberal Arts, College ofCitizen Shakespeare
Schokker, AndreaDuluth - Swenson Col of Sci & EngComposite Wind Turbine Tower Design
Shen, WeiScience & Engineering, Col ofNanotopography-Responsive Myotube Orientation as a Novel Phenotypic Biomarker for Muscular Dystrophies
Sotirova, NadezhdaMorris - Humanities DivisionNever come back: Identity negotiations and the context of post-socialism in discourses on migration in Bulgaria
Temple, JudyPublic Affairs, HHH School ofSocial impact financing: Formal modeling and application to preventive health interventions
Travis, DominicVeterinary Medicine, Col ofIntegrating an Anthropological Approach within the One Health Framework
Trumble, TroyVeterinary Medicine, Col ofCreating a lameness repository for future therapeutic studies in a herd of naturally-occurring musculoskeletal disease
Wattrus, NigelDuluth - Swenson Col of Sci & EngEvaluating Active Streamer (Self) Control using IoT enabled Autonomous Survey Vehicles
 

Summer 2018

RecipientCollege/UnitTitle of Research
Chase, ThomasCSENG Mech Engineering AdminHyrbid MEMS Proportional Pneumatic Valve
Glesener, LindsayCSENG Physics & Astron, Schl ofThe Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT) Small Satellite
Herzberg, MarkDent Basic Sciences, Div ofNovel therapeutics for periodontal diseases and mucosal infections
Mansky, KimDent Orthodontics, Div ofRegulation of Osteoclast Differentiation by Class IIA HDACs

Spring 2018

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Al-Geddawy, TarekDuluth - Mechanical & Ind EngrIndustry 4.0 for Energy Sustainability in Changeable Manufacturing Systems
Asakura PhD, AtsushiNEUR Neurology Dept AdminVascular Niche for Muscle Stem Cell Maintenance
Asojo, AbimbolaDHA Interior DesignCreativity, Culture and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora
Barney, BrettBioprod & Biosys Eng, Dept ofBiosynthetic Approaches to Nitrogen Biofertilizers and Commodity Chemicals
Berg, DianneFamily Medicine AdminBody Dysphoria Among Pre-Pubescent Children With Gender Dysphoria
Bernstein, JoshuaDuluth - Engl Linguist & Wrt StudiesIn Josaphat’s Valley: Reflections on War, Art, and Memory
Brengman, LatishaDuluth -  Earth & Environmental SciApplication of a newly developed silicon isotope proxy to sulfide mineral deposit exploration
Calder, JeffreyCSENG Mathematics AdminPartial differential equation continuum limits in machine learning and applications
Clark, AnnaHistory DepartmentIndividual Rights, Factory legislation, and Medical Compulsion in the British Empire, 1880-1900
Cucullu, LoisEng Languages & LiteratureA QUEER PROGRESS: THE "NATURALIZATION" OF CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
Deane, BradleyMorris - EnglishA Companion to Charles Dickens's David Copperfield
Deng, YibinThe Hormel InstituteDiscovery of small-molecule compounds disrupting eIF4A-eIF4G interaction for cancer therapy
DuHamel, AnnMorris - Music Dept.Traditions and Transformations - Brahms Re-Imagined: Solo Piano Recital Tour & Recording with Commissioned Piano Piece
Dymond, SalliDuluth -  Earth & Environmental SciIsotopic Signatures of Precipitation in Lake Superior
Elliott Jr, BruceBioethics, Center forLonesome Whistle: Exposing Wrongdoing in Research on Human Subjects
Ferguson, DavidMedicinal ChemistrySiderophore Inhibitors for Tuberculosis that Block Mycobactin Biosynthesis
Fitzgerald, MEng Languages & LiteratureThe Robert Fitzgerald Archive: A Life In Ephemera
Flink, CarlTheatre Arts & Dance DeptThe Box: Utilizing Dance, Theater & Game Theory Strategies to Create a Mobile Platform for Physical and Verbal Debate
Golos, DebbieEd Psych AdministrationPeter's Picture Early Literacy Approach (PPELA): App Development
Gudmundson, PaulaDuluth - Music, Department ofMusic for Flute by Scandinavian Women Composers
Gunlicks-Stoessel, MeredithPSYCH Psychiatry Dept AdminDeveloping Norms for Neurocognitive Assessments of Cognitive Control to Inform Personalized Treatment of Depression
Hogquist, KristinLMP AdministrationBridge funding for Thymic interferon in tolerance
Hu, BoBioprod&Biosys Eng, Dept ofPhytoremediation of Road Salt by Salicornia Europaea – A New Research Direction on Native Halophytic Plants
Hubel, AllisonCSENG Mech Engineering AdminFreeze-dryer for stabilization studies of pharmaceuticals, proteins, microbiome, cell therapies & regenerative medicine
Krebs, RonaldPolitical Science DepartmentCultures of Military Service: How Thinking About Soldiers Affects Public Attitudes Toward War
Lamperski, AndrewCSENG ECE AdminFinite-Sample Optimization for Identification and Control
Lane, ThomasArt DepartmentThe Brides of 9/11 Memorial Vase Project
Lee, Mai NaHistory DepartmentThe Hmong Kingdom at Dragon Capital (Long Cheng): Vang Pao’s Alliance with the CIA 1960-75
Lee, AnnaPHCL Pharmacology AdminNovel role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol aversion
Levison, DeborahHHH Global Policy Acad ProgAnimating Children's Views: Implementing the UNCRC's Article 12 Using Innovative Survey Methods
Longmire, EllenCSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech AdmInvestigation of Sprays for Intrapulmonary Deposition of Live Cells
Lutsky, KarenLandscape Architecture, Dpt ofExperimental Forests and a ‘Culture of Adaptability’ : Establishing the first UMN Great Lakes Design Lab
Mantell, SusanCSENG Mech Engineering AdminDesign of Complex Composite Parts Manufactured by Filament Winding
Meisel, RobertNSCI Neuroscience AdminSexual Experience as a Risk Factor for Drug Abuse
Miller, BradleyMorris - ChoirFormation of Ensemble Intersection
Munoz, LorenaGender, Women & SexualityTransnational Motherhood Mobilities: Zimbabwean Immigrant Domestic Workers in South Africa
Myers, CPolitical Science DepartmentThe Effects of Storytelling in Political Communication
Potegal, MichaelTC Occupational Therapy CAHPBalance and movement sensitivity study
Raheja, GloriaAnthropologyAmerican Vernacular Music and the Ballad Tradition: Historical, Musicological, and Ethnographic Approaches
Reineccius, GaryFood Sci & Nutr, Dept ofA microfluidics system for the encapsulation and targeted delivery of biologically active materials.
Sasisekaran, JayanthiSpeech-Language-Hearg Sci DeptSentence complexity and disfluencies in the speech of children who do and do not stutter
Scandura, JaniEng Languages & LiteratureCemetery of Elephants
Schryver, JimmyMorris - Art HistoryThe Lough Key Archaeological Project: Recovering Medieval Gaelic Ireland
Snell-Rood, EmilieCBS Ecology, Evolution, BehavrDiscovering species with broad adaptations to mutagens
Soleo-Shanks, JennaDuluth - Theatre, Department ofThe Conversion of Hrotsvit: A Practice-Based Research Approach to Staging Medieval Drama for 21st Century Audiences
Song, YingGeography, Environment, SocietyInvestigating Relationships between Bike-sharing and Public Transit: A Spatial-Temporal Approach
Spencer, SteffanDuluth - HistoryTHE BOOK OF THE TRINITY: AN ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX HOMILY FROM THE MONASTIC ORDER OF DAQIQA ESTIFANOS
Tageldin, ShadenCultural Studies & Comp LitToward a Transcontinental Theory of Modern Comparative Literature
Whalen, KevinMorris - HistoryFirst Relocations: American Indian Labor in the United States, 1900-1940

Fall 2017

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Araki, TakakoMED Endocrine & Diabetes DivRole of novel human POMC promoter in HPA axis
Beacham, BarbaraSoN Academic ProgramsDevelopment of a Child Friendly Version of the Family Management Measure
Berge, JericaFamMed Family Medicine AdminExamining the Relationship between “Transient” and “Chronic” Stress and Parent Feeding Practices in Diverse Households
Bernstein, GailPSYCH Psychiatry Dept AdminPediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Characterization and Prospective Course
Clarke-Sather, AbigailDuluth - Mechanical & Ind EngrMedium size environmental chamber for sample preparation over short time periods
Connell, GregoryPHCL Pharmacology AdminIdentification of an endonuclease that is central to mammalian iron homeostasis
Crooker, BrianAnimal Science, Dept ofImpact of Holstein genotype on innate immune response to lipopolysaccharide and Escherichia coli
Crowell, PaulCSENG Physics & Astron,Schl ofMinnesota Nano Center STS Etcher
Cvetanovic, MarijaNSCI Neuroscience AdminRole of BDNF in SCA1
Dodge, SomayehGeography,Environment,SocietyModeling Movement Interactions Between Tigers and Leopards
Dymond, BenDuluth - Civil EngineeringFlexural Behavior of Cross-Laminated Timber Panels
Frisch, JenniferDuluth - EducationA portrait in environmental education and community: Stowe Elementary
Gardner, GaryHorticultural Sci, Dept ofThe Role of small RNAs in the photomorphogenic inhibition of Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth by UV-B irradiation
Greven, MartinCSENG Physics & Astron,Schl ofUnique instrument for the characterization of materials under uniaxial pressure
Grusz, AmandaDuluth - BiologyFluorescence Upright and Inverted Capability Manual Stage Microscope
Hardeman PhD, RachelSPH Health Policy & Mgmt DivAn exploration of the relationship among police violence, race, and reproductive health outcomes
Hoffman, SarahSoN Academic ProgramsFive Year Retrospective Analysis of Health in a Cohort of Karen Refugees Post-Resettlement
Jelinski, NicolasSoil, Water & Climate, Dept ofInvestigating Variability in Soil Lead Bioaccessibility at the Household Scale in the Twin Cities
Karger, AmyLMP AdministrationAnalysis of the discrepancy between estimated and measured GFR in the PERL cohort
Karras, RuthHistory DepartmentThou Art the Man: King David as a Figure of Masculinity in Medieval Cultures
Lindberg, TimMorris - Political ScienceRural Matters: The Politics of Rural Minnesotans and their Perceptions of their Urban Counterparts
Liu, LanStatistics, School ofEfficient Regression Analysis for Brain Imaging Data
Low, TonyCSENG ECE AdminUnified graphene-based plasmonic platform for finger-printing adsorbed molecules
Lubet, AlexMusic, School ofNew Music for Mountain Dulcimer
Mandic, VukCSENG Physics & Astron,Schl ofRemote Sensing with Waves
McGee, CoreyRoch Occupational Therapy CAHPDynamic Stability Exercises for Women with Disabling Thumb Osteoarthritis: A Validation Study
Menta, Venkata GireeshDuluth - Mechanical & Ind EngrAcquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 550 Advanced Thermogravimetric Analyzer
Onello, EmilyDMED Family Med/CommHlthWho Takes Care of Rural Communities? Rural Health Disparities in Maternity Care and Medical Workforce
Peterson, LamarArt DepartmentPainted Lady: Underrepresented Faces in Contemporary Art
Phelps, MichelleSociologyPolice Reform in the Progressive City
Piotrowski, AndrzejArchitecture, School ofA Heretical History of Architecture: Development of Visual Evidence
Porta PhD, CarolynSoN Academic ProgramsSexual Violence Prevention among College Students
Pruinelli RN, LisianeSoN Academic ProgramsImproving Survival for Liver Transplant Recipients Using Big Data Strategies
Reyerson, KathrynHistory DepartmentViolence in the Mediterranean World, 13th-15th centuries: War and Piracy
Rim, HyejoonJournalism & Mass Comm, SchoolA Cross-Cultural Comparison of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR): Transparency Signaling and Stakeholder Expectation
Schmid, JennyArt DepartmentWildness Lost: A Series of Large Scale Etchings
Schroeder, AnthonyCrookston - Math, Sci, Tech DeptMetagenomic Profiling of Minnesota’s Freshwater Sponges for Identifying Novel Secondary Metabolites
Simmons Jr, GlennDMED Biomedical SciencesDensity Gradient Fractionator System
Smith-Keiling, BeverlyBMBB Med Dept AdministrationSTEM Education Intervention: Inquiry-based, active-group, conflict-resolution strategies promoting self-regulation/grit
Tadmor, ElladCSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech AdmUnderstanding Fracture Toughness of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites through Modeling and Experiments
Varma, KeishaEd Psych AdministrationThe SciGames Project – Using Games to Support Science and Engineering Practices
Vidovic, SinisaVeterinary Biomedical ScienceMolecular basis for successful restriction of Salmonella infection
Vulchanova, LucyNSCI Neuroscience AdminDark Environmental Chamber for Nikon FN1 A1R MP Microscope in University Imaging Centers (UIC)
Yang, DaQingThe Hormel InstituteRestoration of p53 tumor suppressor function in neuroblastoma by inhibiting cap-dependent translation
Zhdankin, ViktorDuluth - Chemistry & BiochemistryHypervalent iodine chemistry

Summer 2017 Bridge Funding

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
August, GeraldFamily Social Science AdministrationCenter for Personalized Prevention Research (CPPR) Addressing Youth Drug Abuse and Depression
Kazlauskas, RomasCBS Biotechnology Institute AdminEnzyme-catalyzed self-regulating antimicrobials
Mansky, LouisDentistry, Division of Basic SciencesHTLV-1 Particle Analysis and Gag Interactions - Bridge
Regal, JeanDepartment of Medicine, Dean's OfficeComplement Activation in Pregnancy and Hypertension

Spring 2017

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Aizura, ArenGender, Women & SexualityTransForming Visions: participatory documentary on transgender activism in South and South East Asia
Andow, DavidEntomology, Dept ofShotgun sequencing of arthropod predator gut contents
Areba, EuniceSoN Academic ProgramsPromoting Effective Coping among Immigrant and Refugee Adolescents
Bai, JingDuluth - Electrical EngineeringDevelopment of a New Type of Metamaterial Thin Film Solar Cells Based on the Fano Resonance
Brennan, TimothyCultural Studies & Comp LitPlaces of Mind, Occupied Lands -- Edward Said, An Intellectual Biography
Chan, GabrielHHH Sci, Tech & Env Acad ProgSharing the Same Sun: A Collaborative Research Initiative on Community Solar Programs (Part 1: Lessons from Minnesota)
Chen, YingjieMED Cardiology DivisionChronic heart failure-induced lung inflammation and destruction
Chow, LisaMED Endocrine & Diabetes DivImproving Metabolism in Overweight Humans by Implementing Time Restricted Feeding Using Novel Digital Mobile Technology
Codding, RobinEd Psych AdministrationAccelerating Mathematics Performance through Practice Strategies: Examining Effectiveness of a Small Group Intervention
Cotner, JamesCBS Ecology, Evolution, BehaviorEffects of bacterial metabolism, stoichiometry, and ecology on dissolved organic matter composition
Davalos, Karen MaryChicano & Latino StudiesMexican American Art since 1848
Dumitrica, TraianCSENG Mech Engineering AdminGeneral Purpose Distinct Element Method Computational Environment
Dziengel, LakeDuluth - Social WorkBe/Coming Out Across the Life Span: Examining Resilience and Loss Due to Identifying As A Sexual Minority
Eckerle, JulieMorris - EnglishIreland: According to Early Modern Women
Fabbri, LorenzoFrench & ItalianThe Politics of Realism in PostWar Italy
Fang, QiangDuluth - HistoryRethinking the Role of Law in China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Ganguly, KeyaCultural Studies & Comp LitPolitical Metaphysics: Aurobindo Ghose and Revolutionary Thought in India
Gordon-Roth, JessicaPhilosophy DepartmentFeminist Philosophy and Formal Logic Workshop
Haight, WendySocial Work Admin, School ofThe out-of-school suspension of Black girls in Minnesota: Risk and protective processes
Hennefeld, MargaretCultural Studies & Comp LitDeath from Laughter, Female Hysteria, and Early Cinema
Horning, MelissaSoN Academic ProgramsFormative Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Research of the Impact of the Twin Cities Mobile Market
Hsu, LeonCurriculum & Instruction AdminCustomizable Computer Coaches for Problem Solving in Physics
Isett, ChristopherHistory DepartmentManaging Development during the Cold War: Government, Enterprises, and Globalization on Taiwan, 1950 to 1982.
Johnstone, ChristopherOrg Leadership, Policy & DevInclusive Practice in International Development
Jones, SusanCSENG Hist of Sci & Tech, ProgPlague Homelands: Disease and Internal Colonization in the Eurasian Borderlands, 1880-2000
Klein, AmandaPharm Practice Pharm SciencesLeica cryostat and vibratome
Kuang, RuiCSENG CS&E AdministrationScalable Tensor Algorithms for Comparing Many Big Networks
Lee, JamesPsychologyParsing information flow in speed cognitive tasks
Mann, TraciPsychologyUsing a new model of caloric deprivation to test strategies for resisting unhealthy high-sugar foods
Mans, JacobArchitecture, School ofOne House Many Nations: Opaskwayak Cree Nation Design Laboratory
Menke, MandySpanish & Portuguese StudiesThe Development of Academic Language in Spanish Language Immersion Programs
Mitchell, TaniaOrg Leadership, Policy & DevService Learning as a Pedagogical Strategy for Democratic and Civic Engagement: An Examination of Syllabi
Morgan, StevenMorris - PhysicsNuclear magnetic resonance of solid 129Xe in low magnetic fields
Myers, ChadCSENG CS&E AdministrationComputational methods for mapping genetic interactions in human cells
Narvaez, BenjaminMorris - HistoryRace, Immigration, and Nation: A History of the Chinese in Costa Rica, 1855-1943
Oelberger, CarrieHHH Leadership & Mgmt Acad ProMapping Patterns and Uncovering Mechanisms of Mobility: Career Paths and the Micro-foundations of Institutions
Pastor, JohnDuluth - BiologyThe effect of sulfate and sulfide on the viability of wild rice populations
Potter PhD, LincolnBMBB Med Regulatory BiochemRegulation of Guanylyl Cyclase A and B by Hormones, ATP and Phosphorylation
Remmel, RoryMedicinal ChemistryUltra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph for Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research
Scheil, KatherineEng Languages & LiteratureImagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway
Schultz, ArturoCSENG Civil, Envrn & Geo- EngCharacterizing the In-Plane Seismic Response of Concrete Masonry Walls with Unbonded Post-Tensioning
Seelig, BurckhardCBS Microbial Bio & BiotechTyphoon IP Biomolecular Imager for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedical Research
Swisher, SarahCSENG ECE AdminPhotonic curing of metal oxide thin films for flexible transistors on plastic
Szatrowski, PollyLinguistics, Institute ofDynamic construction of eating norms while eating and talking about food over a meal
Toner, BrandySoil, Water & Climate, Dept ofPredicting Climate Change Effects on the Release of Mercury and Sulfur from Minnesota Peatlands
Tretyakova, NataliaMedicinal ChemistryPartial Funding for MerMade8 DNA synthesizer for Chemical Biology, Chemical Carcinogenesis, and Biotechnology Research
Urriola, PedroAnimal Science, Dept ofDeveloping a risk assessment framework for transboundary swine viral disease transmission in feed
Walk, DavidNEUR Neurology Dept AdminA Pilot Study of Lung Volume Recruitment Combined with Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in ALS
Walsh, ShannonDuluth - Political ScienceThe Impact of Transnational Advocacy Networks on Implementing Violence against Women Laws in Latin America
Whitney, DonnaCSENG Earth Sciences, Dept ofDevelopment of a new application of stable isotope analysis to investigate H2O cycling in subduction zones
Wolfe, ThomasHistory DepartmentTransformations of Russian Society: Pluralism and the Post-Soviet Press
Wrigley-Field, ElizabethSociologyThe Epidemiological Transition in United States Rural Counties, 1900-1950
Zefeldt, MathewArt DepartmentPainting Screen Culture

Fall 2016

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Aldrich, CourtneyMedicinal ChemistryFadD Inhibitors as Chemotherapeutic Agents for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Arriaga, EdgarCSENG Chemistry AdministrationAn Analyzer for Biological Nanoparticles
Baumler, DavidFood Sci & Nutr, Dept ofIdentification of essential metabolic reactions used by Listeria monocytogenes for survival in dairy foods
Channer, LisaTheatre Arts & Dance DeptDancing on the Edge - producing and performing a major new work of bilingual dance-theatre in Minnesota and New York
Collister, JohnVeterinary Biomedical ScienceRole of central actions of angiotensin II and voluntary alcohol ingestion
Dong, ZigangThe Hormel InstituteBridging the gap between molecular biology and biochemistry, and histopathology
Elliott, RyanCSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech AdmUncontrolled biological growth mechanisms: Instability of continuum models for growth and remodeling
Finzel, BarryMedicinal ChemistryMicroscale Dynamic Light Scattering Instrument (pUNk) for Protein and Medicinal Chemistry Applications
Flannigan, DavidCSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci AdminIn Situ Ultrafast TEM for Studying Photoinduced Phase Transitions
Fortini, OtavioDuluth - Chemical EngineeringRigaku EDXRF
Franklin-Brown, MaryFrench & ItalianThe Roman Calendar After Rome: The Reception of Ovid’s Fasti in Premodern Europe (Notes Toward Time and the Lyric)
Githire, NjeriAfrican-Amer & African StudiesInedible Ideologies: Food, Politics and Artistic Expression in the African Cultural Landscape
Gould, RoxanneDuluth - EducationIndigenous Feminine Cosmology and Sustainable Water Practices: Implications for Sustainability Education
Hoeppner, LukeThe Hormel InstituteZeiss Axio Observer ApoTome fluorescent microscope for high-resolution imaging of living cells and embryos
Ji PhD, Li LiKinesiology AdministrationIn vivo DNA Transfection and Sarcopenia: A Mouse Model
Katz, SherriJournalism & Mass Comm, SchoolE-cigarettte Warning Labels: Tests of Messages to Reduce Recreational Use
Kelekar, AmeetaLMP AdministrationNovel Role for a Gluconeogenesis enzyme in T cell activation
Kikyo, NobuakiGCD MS Department AdminLumiCycle 32 Color luminometer
Krentzman PhD, AmySocial Work Admin, School ofAddiction Recovery in a Rural Minnesota Community: Piloting “Positive Peer Journaling”
Lovejoy, AliceCultural Studies & Comp LitGovernment-Sponsored Children's Film and Media during the Cold War: Institution, Cognition, and Form
Mageau, MichaelDuluth - Geog,Urban,Envir & Sust StuA Comparison of the Economic Viability and Environmental Sustainability of Three Promising Local Food Production Methods
Magli, AlessandroMED Cardiology DivisionIdentification of the regulatory elements driving quiescence in muscle stem cells
Marahrens, YorkCBS Gen Cell Bio & Dev DeptNew Research Direction, Moving from X-inactivation to Cancer: Tumor Suppressor Role of a Chromosome Stability Center
Miller, JoannePolitical Science DepartmentAre Conspiracy Theories for (Political) Losers?
Mohan, NedCSENG ECE AdminReal-Time Digital Simulator with Rapid-Control Prototyping features (RTDS-RCP)
Molnar, GregoryNEUR Neurology Dept AdminA wireless recording/stimulation system to study brain activity and develop novel neuromodulation therapies
More, SwatiDrug Design, Center forChronic Exposure to Butter Flavorants and Neurodegeneration
Morgan, ClarenceArt DepartmentSurface Tension: Painting Into Drawing
Pereira PhD, MarkSPH EpiCH DivisionWalking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Reynolds, ArthurChild Development Admin, InstBiomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Low-Income, Early Childhood Cohort
Sarbahi, AnoopPolitical Science DepartmentStruggles at the Margins: Explaining Trajectories of Peripheral Ethnic Insurgencies
Silverman, MichaelMusic, School ofHealthy and Unhealthy Music Use, Music-Based Emotional Regulation, and Coping Strategies in Adult Cancer Inpatients: A C
Smyrl, WilliamCSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci AdminSodium-Ion Batteries for Sustainable Energy: Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Snyder, KristineDuluth - Math & StatisticsUsing movement patterns to advise neural connectivity measurements
Xu, AlisonCSOM MarketingAttachment to God Reduces Conformity to the Choice of the Majority
Zhang, LinSPH Biostatistics DivisionDynamic graphical modeling: Application to longitudinal neuroimaging data
Zollinger, StephanieDHA Interior DesignJack Lenor Larsen at 90: Larsen's Top Picks

Spring 2016

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Afrin, LawrenceMED Hema, Onc, Transplant AdmExploratory Characterization of Mast Cell Regulatory Gene Mutations in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Arenz, BrettPlant Pathology, Dept ofNovel oak wilt diagnostic technique development
Austin-Minor, ElizabethDuluth - Chemistry & BiochemistryMicroplastics in western Lake Superior
Bhimani, RozinaSoN Academic ProgramsDevelopment of a Tool to Measure Muscle Tightness (MMT)
Billmeyer, DeanMusic, School ofA Recording of J. S. Bach’s Major Preludes and Fugues for Organ after the 1913 Edition of Karl Straube (1873-1950)
Brown, JulieCurriculum & Instruction AdminPromoting Somali and Latino/a Parent Science Education Involvement through Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments 
Brugger, KeithMorris - GeologyAcquisition of a Ground Penetrating Radar System For Research Applications at UMM
Cheeran, MaximVeterinary Population MedicineModulating macrophages to enhance neurogenesis in Alzheimer Disease
Chen, YueCBS Mass Spectrometry ProtemicThe Role of Proline Hydroxylation on Brd4-mediated Transcriptional Regulation
Chen, ChangbinHorticultural Sci, Dept ofThe regulatory mechanisms of Homologous Recombination in Maize
Coletti, FilippoCSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech AdmDroplet-turbulence interaction in "cloud-in-a-box" experiments
Crowell, PaulCSENG Physics & Astron,Schl ofShared Equipment for Electromagnetic Transmission and Reflection Measurements between 50 and 500 GHz
Davies-Venn, EvelynSpeech-Language-Hearg Sci DeptImproving amplification outcomes in noisy urban soundscapes for individuals with hearing loss
Davis, ImmanuelMusic, School ofThe Flute in the Court of Louis XIV
Finestack, LizbethSpeech-Language-Hearg Sci DeptEvaluation of an Explicit Approach to Teach Grammatical Forms to Children with Language Impairment
Gao, ZanKinesiology AdministrationImproving Breast Cancer Survivors’ Disease Management Outcomes through Smartphone Apps and Online Health Community
Griffin, DanielGeography,Environment,SocietySouthern Minnesota drought history reconstructed from tree rings
Hamilton, SaraLMP AdministrationPrevention of Cerebral Malaria by IL-15C Treated NK Cells
Hancher, MichaelEng Languages & LiteratureRevising the Tenniel Illustrations to the Alice Books
Harvey, JacquelynDuluth - CommunicationImproving Couples’ Conflict Resolution Strategies via Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Holschuh, BradleyDHA Apparel DesignElastomer-Sensor Composite for Dynamic Pressure Measurement & Uniform Pressure Production in Active Compression Garments
Jeong, Jong SeokCSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci AdminProperties of functional oxides at the nanoscale: From one to three atomic layers
Johns, JamesCSENG Chemistry AdministrationUltrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy for Molecularly Resolved Energy Transfer
Kerwin, JasonApplied Economics, Dept ofTwo Field Experiments with Agricultural Workers in Malawi: Workplace Peer Effects and the Value of a Statistical Life
Lewis, MelissaDMED Biobehav Hlth/PopulationRemember the Removal: Program Evaluation
Li, MoCSENG ECE AdminEnvironmental Controlled System for Fabrication and Heterogeneous Integration of 2D Material Devices
Lu, ConnieCSENG Chemistry AdministrationPhoton II: An X-ray Diffraction Detector with Single-Photon Sensitivity
Michael, KerryMorris - PsychologyInvestigating the Social and Physiological Processes Underlying Sex Differences in Behavioral Inhibition and Depression
Mizuno, HiromiHistory DepartmentNitrogen Frontiers: Japan, Empires, and Postcolonial Asia
Nakajima, MotohiroDMED Biobehav Hlth/PopulationSubstance Abuse, Acculturation, and Stress among Immigrants from East Africa
Palacios, LenaGender, Women & SexualityTransforming Justice: Formerly incarcerated women engaging in anti-violence activism through participatory video
Pastorino, ElenaEconomicsTheory and Evidence on Financial Constraints, Labor Market Frictions, and Employment in the U.S.
Reigstad, KristinaPSYCH Psychiatry Dept AdminParent-based Attachment Intervention Targeting Adolescent Depression 
Rothchild, JenniferMorris - Sociology“Living on the Fault Lines: Women’s Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Post-Disaster Nepal”
Saeedloei, NedaDuluth - Computer ScienceModel Checking A Real-time Extension of Linear Temporal Logic
Saldanha, ArunGeography,Environment,SocietyPrince from Minneapolis: The Geography of Genius
Salmon, WilliamDuluth - Writing StudiesTransnational Attitudes: Caribbean Oral Histories and Language Ideologies in a New York Creole Community 
Sandler, DanielaArchitecture, School ofPragmatic Visionaries: Activist Architecture and Informal Urbanism in Contemporary São Paulo
Scarbrough, BurkeDuluth - EnglishThe Role of Summer in Youth Learning and Development: New Theoretical Perspectives
Schwarcz, DanielLaw School General AcademicAn Empirical Examination of Consumers’ Understanding of Homeowners Insurance Policies
Sojourner, AaronCSOM Work & OrganizationsAccess to High-Quality Early Care and Education:  Family-Centered Measures of Tradeoffs between Costs and Quality
Tostevin, GilbertAnthropologyMaximizing the Research Potential of a Rare Archaeological Site: Neanderthal Adaptations at Crvena Stijena, Montenegro
Van de Winckel, AnnPhysical TherapyCorrelational Analysis and Functional Connectivity between Brain Lesions and Sensorimotor Impairments in Stroke
Veglia, GianluigiBMBB Med Struct Bio/BiophysicsVeglia GIA Bridge Funding Request
Wackett, LawrenceCBS Microbial Bio & BiotechBridge Funding for 22-Year, $2.5 Million Industry Grant With Multiple Benefits for the U
Walcheck, BruceVeterinary Biomedical ScienceBMG CLARIOstar microplate reader
Zhao, PingDuluth - Mechanical & Ind EngrDevelopment and Characterization of Nanoporous Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Tactile Sensors for Surgical Applications

Fall 2015

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Almquist, ZackSociologyDemographic Opportunity Structures in Activity-Based Online Social Networks
Amell, JimDuluth - Social Work“The Generations Project: Exploring American Indian Voices Using Photovoice”
Bend, TorryTheatre Arts & Dance DeptSix-week Residency at 3LD Art and Technology Center
Blank, DavidCSENG Chemistry AdministrationUnderstanding Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Impact of Charged Nanocrystals
Brady, JenniferDuluth - Foreign Languages & LitsBook completion project: Men and Masculinities in Flux: Representations in Contemporary Spain
Buchanan, SarahMorris - FrenchThe Sounds of the Spirits in "The Price of Forgiveness" ("Ndeysaan," 2001, Mansour Sora Wade, Senegal)
Campbell, ElizabethCSOM Work & OrganizationsEXPANDING KNOWLEDGE OF CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH PERFORMERS AT WORK
Craft, MegganVeterinary Population MedicineInfectious diseases in urban coyotes – does land use influence pathogen exposure risk? 
Dahl, JohnDuluth - BiologyCharacterization of spore formation in Mycobacteria
Deane, JenniferMorris - HistoryHerbert Grundmann and Medieval Religious Historiography
Doss, CharlesStatistics, School ofModel Selection and Shape-Constrained Estimation
Drewes, LesterDMed AHC Graduate ProgramSeahorse FXe96 Shared Instrument for the Duluth Campus
Durgunoglu, AydinDuluth - PsychologyUsing a Novel Approach to Understand and Reach the Marginalized Youth not in Education or Employment 
Erickson, DarinSPH EpiCH DivisionA Preliminary Assessment of the Emerging Marijuana Retail Environment
Everson-Rose, SusanMED General Internal MedicineMindfulness Based Stress Reduction as an Adjunct Intervention to Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study
Freedman, TanyaPHCL Pharmacology AdminInflammation overrides a macrophage signal checkpoint in autoimmune disease
Genova, ThomasMorris - Spanish“Hemispheric Entanglements: Race and the National Family in the Nineteenth-Century Americas"
Gilbertson, RebeccaDuluth - PsychologyInternet Gaming, Cognition, Physiological Response
Gopalakrishnan, RajaramDent Oral Pathology, Div ofCanonical BMP Signaling is Required for Osteoclast Formation
Gross, BrianaDuluth - BiologyMinnesota Lingonberry: Genetic Markers for Clonal and Genetic Structure
Grossman, Julie Horticultural Sci, Dept ofShimadzu Total Organic Carbon Autosampling Analyzer (TOC-L) with Simultaneous Total Nitrogen (TNM-L) Measurement
Ho, Yen-YiSPH Biostatistics DivisionIntegrating Somatic Mutation and Gene Expression Data to Identify Active Driver Pathways Associated with Cancer Survival
Kirk, LauraSoN Academic ProgramsAerobic Upper Body Ergometry (UBE) for Older Adults in Senior Living Facilities (SLFs): A Feasibility Study
Lavine, HowardPolitical Science DepartmentOn The Psychological Underpinnings of Electoral Choice in Real Time
Li, YangDuluth - Math & StatisticsSpatial Point Processes on the Network
Lysak, RobertCSENG Physics & Astron,Schl ofTheory of Kinetic Alfven Waves and Auroral Particle Acceleration
McKechnie, AnneSoN Academic ProgramsDevelopment and testing of two self-report instruments for expectant parents after major fetal anomaly diagnosis
McNulty, KieranAnthropologyFunctional morphometry of primate masticatory anatomy
Millet, DylanSoil, Water & Climate, Dept ofBridging Micrometeorology and Atmospheric Chemistry: A New Direction For Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Moana Filho, EstephanDent TMD & Orofacial, Div ofMultimodal Assessment of Sensory Processing and Brain Features in Patients with Chronic Orofacial Pain
Orshinsky, AngelaPlant Pathology, Dept ofPopulation genetics and biology of Passalora fulva, the causal fungus of tomato leaf mold, in Minnesota
Pohlandt-McCormick, HelenaHistory Department“THOUSANDS OF VOICES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE NATION’S MEMORY”: LETTERS FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 1955-1991
Prizment, AnnaSPH EpiCH DivisionPilot Trial to Examine the Effect of Aspirin on the Gut Microbiome
Schardt, ChristianDuluth - Earth & Environmental SciSmall scale microanalysis of rock and mineral textures formed during mineralization
Stronach, SheriSpeech-Language-Hearg Sci DeptTechnology-enhanced early intervention for children with autism: a pilot study
Talghader, JosephCSENG ECE AdminEngineering Van der Waal's Gases in Solids
Titus, MargaretGCD MS Department AdminMechanism of MyTH-FERM Myosin Mediated Filopod Initiatin
Tobin Stanley, MaureenDuluth - Foreign Languages & LitsSingle-authored BOOK: Justice through Memory: Repression, Oppression and Incarceration in Contemporary Spanish Culture
Weiler, LindseyFSoS AdministrationCaregivers Fostering Mentoring Relationships for Positive Youth Development
Wieling, ElizabethFSoS AdministrationAdapting and piloting of a manualized preventive parenting intervention for Karen refugees
Willow, DianeArt DepartmentFreedom of Movement
Yamada, TetsuyaArt DepartmentUngravity
Zhang, RuiHealth Informatics, AHC InstUsing Electronic Health Records to Validate Literature Discovery-Based Drug-Drug Interactions

Summer 2015 Bridge Funding

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Armstrong, SandraMicrobiologyIron acquisition in Bordetella pertussis
Ghose, GeoffreyNeuroscienceNeuronal basis of perceptual learning
Oh, Sang-HyunElectrical & Computer EngineeringNanopore biosensors for kinetics of reparative human antibodies

Spring 2015

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription
Allen, AliciaFamily Medicine & Community HealthSmoking Abstinence in Oral Contraceptive Users
Aune, AlisonArt & DesignNordic Pattern Paintings: New Works
Banga, AnannyaStem CellA Novel Approach of Imparting Immune Tolerance to Transplanted Beta cells and Islets with Mucin
Barr-Anderson, DaheiaKinesiologyEFFECTS OF YOGA ON BLOOD PRESSURE, STRESS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OVERWEIGHT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
Cavender-Bares, JeannineEcology, Evolution & BehaviorPurchase of a High-Resolution Infrared Thermal Camera
Cheung, CorjenaNursing - Adult & Gerontological HealthEffects of yoga on redox status, motor function and psychosocial well-being in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Costalonga, MassimoPeriodontologyPrediction of periodontitis using NMR metabolomics
Cunningham, BrookeFamily Medicine & Community HealthFrom 0 to 100: Building Strong Positive Organizational Climates for Health Equity (UPDATED)
Derickson, KateGeographyDaisy who WEBE: Decolonizing the archive of the Gullah/Geechee People
DeWaard, JackSociologyImmigrants’ Duration of Residence in Places within the United States
Dubrow, GailHistoryPreserving Cultural Diversity in America
Emo, WendyEducationTeaching with Storyline: Benefits for students and teachers
Espinoza, OmarBioproducts & Biosystems EngineeringConsumer Perceptions Towards Heat-Treated Timber
Hadjiyanni, TasoullaDesign, Housing & ApparelToward appropriate transition environments for Native sexually exploited youth
Hansen, KathleenJournalism & Mass CommunicationFuture-proofing the News: Preserving News Content in the Digital Age
Holtan, ShernanMedicine - Hema, Onc, TransplantMicrobial, Graft, and Host Interactions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Katre, AparnaForeign Languages & LiteraturesDesign Thinking for the Creation of Sustainable Rural Enterprises in India
Kelly, SamPhysicsNear-inertial internal wave generation and turbulence in Lake Superior
Kowino, HilaryEnglishThe Interface between Home and Belonging in African Literature
Larasati, Rachmi DiyahTheatre Arts & DanceDancing in the Forest: Politics of Land Law and Aesthetic Rights
Lazovich, DeAnnEpidemiology & Community HealthAdding new measures of early-life conditions to the Iowa Women's Health Study
Mailer, GideonHistorySlavery and the Splintering of American Moral Philosophy
Malvick, DeanPlant PathologyUnderstanding Goss’s Wilt of Corn: Comparative Genomic Analysis of An Emerging Plant Disease
Massari, AaronChemistryMeasuring Microscopic Conductivities in Organic Films
Matthews, SteveHistoryEstablishing the Pseudo-Dionysian Manuscripts of Medieval England
Mauro, LauraAnimal ScienceSex Hormone Dysfunction in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome
McGrath, JasonAsian Languages & LiteraturesNew Angles on Chinese Film History
Mensinger, ZackChemistryAdsorption of Disease-Relevant Peptides by Metal-Organic Frameworks
Nadathur, GopalanComputer Science & EngineeringTowards the Verified Compilation of Functional Languages
Ponce de Leon, F.Animal ScienceSingle-molecule RNA long-sequence (Iso-seqTM) of the bovine liver and testes transcriptome.
Robinson, JuliaArchitectureDutch Complex Housing
Shambroom, PaulArtSnapshot Theater: Untold stories from 583 Photographs
Shank, JBHistoryEvangelista Torricelli: A Baroque Life
Shirazi, RoozbehEducational Policy & AdministrationEducation is a Weapon: Youth Strategies of Inclusion & Mobility After the Arab Uprisings
Silflow, CarolynPlant BiologyRegulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas
Spencer, KatherineFamily Medicine & Community Health - Emergency, Opth CtrGroup Differences and Minority Stress in a Clinical Transgender Population
Sullivan, AmandaEducational PsychologyClassifying Children with Autism: Who Is Most Likely to Have Unmet Health Needs?
Vitorino, Maria AnaMarketing & Logistics ManagementThe Economic Effects of Cash-for-Clunkers Programs
Wang, HaiyangComputer ScienceGoing Green and Efficient: High Performance Cloud Virtualization for Heterogeneous Workloads
Wilson, MichaelEcology, Evolution & BehaviorMonitoring unhabituated chimpanzees in and around Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Xu, ZhihuaChemical EngineeringTime-resolved confocal microscopy study on solution-processed solar cells

Fall 2014

RecipientCollege/UnitDescription of Research
Abdi, CawoSociologyMuslim Refugee Schooling in the Era of School Choice: Ethnocentric Charter Schools in Minnesota
Becker, DennisForest ResourcesIn-Woods Biomass Drying to Increase Energy Value and Reduce Air Emissions
Binstadt, BrycePediatrics RheumatologyCenter for Immunology SpeedVac
Carpenter, NancyScience & MathematicsBenchtop NMR Spectrometer
Cherlin, MichaelMusicInterpenetrating Sound Worlds: Spirituality and Eros in the Music of Mahler and Beyond
Chi, Chih-LinNursingDiscover Evidence of Personalized Alzheimer’s Treatment from Electronic Health Records
Christiansen, MaryCivil Engineering (Duluth)Development of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete from Regional Materials for Long-Term Durability Testing on UMD Campus
Cloyd, JamesExperimental & Clinical PharmacologyAcquisition of a Triple Quad LC-MS System for Translational Research on Orphan Drugs
Cohen, JerryHorticultural ScienceReveleris Prep Flash Chromatography System
Crooker, BrianAnimal ScienceWIZARD2 5-detector gamma counter
Deane, BradleyHumanitiesFraudulence, Mystification, and the Improbable Sherlock Holmes
Demetriou, DanielHumanitiesCivic Immortality: Honoring Liberal Heroics in Africa and Abroad
Eble, MichaelHumanitiesPremier coupe, reflective paintings on the coastal landscape work of Nicolas de Staël
Egbue, OnaMechanical & Industrial EngineeringOPTIMAL SCHEDULING CONTROL FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE-TO-GRID SYSTEM
Feinberg, JoshuaGeology & GeophysicsThermo Fisher Scientific Niton XL3t 950 Mining Analyzer with GOLDD+ System
Fleury, VeronicaEducational PsychologyUnderstanding the Shared Reading Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Caregivers
Gehrz, RobertMinnesota Institute for AstrophysicsReplacement of the Digital Optical Encoders on the Infrared Telescope of the University of Minnesota's O'Brien Observatory
Hackel, BenjaminChemical Engineering & Materials ScienceProtID: Systematic Evaluation of Small Protein Scaffolds for Molecular Recognition
Hinderliter, BrianMechanical & Industrial EngineeringThe Impact of Chemistry and Topological Distributions on Surface Energy for Composite’s Quality
Inoue, YuheiKinesiologySocial Impact Assessment of a Charity Sport Event in Cambodia
Lock, EricBiostatisticsMethods Development for the Integration of Multi-way Array Datasets
Meier, AnnSociologyOut-of-School Activities, Social Inequality, and Youth Development
Meza, FernandoMusicThe marimba in Costa Rica: Understanding a country's musical legacy through the history and practitioners of a unique instrument.
Morris, RebeccaHormel InstituteBridging the gap between macro and micro: imaging, documentation, analysis and dissection
Munoz, LorenaGeographyRecovering Public Space: Violence, Migration and Informal Vending in Bogota, Colombia.
Nemykin, ViktorChemistry and BiochemistryAcquisition of Equipment for Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Ni, MinPlant BiologySHB1 regulates seed development in Arabidopsis
Ostrander, JulieMedicine - Hema, Onc, TransplantPELP1 and AIB1 cooperate to promote breast cancer initiation
Piehler, TimothyPsychiatryThe Development of Behavioral Measures of Peer Contagion Susceptibility in Adolescence
Powers, JenniferEcology, Evolution & BehaviorThe Biogeography of Tropical Legumes: Diversity, Function, and Distributions
Quevedo, KarinaPsychiatryThe Neural Basis of Self Referential Processing: A Predictor of Treatment Response for Adolescent with Non Suicidal Self Injurious Behaviors (NSSIB) and Interna
Rink, ScottTheatre Arts & DanceThe Illuminations
Russell, MatthewForest ResourcesAssessing the impacts of deer on forest health attributes in the eastern US: current and projected trends
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