Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Currently Accolades: Grants for October 30, 2023

by Currently October 24th 2023

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  1. Jerian Abel, Co-Director of Portland Metro STEM Partnership, received a $871,617 grant from US Department of Education for the research “STEM Hub GEER Governor's Computer Science Initiative.”
  2. Sayan Bandyapadhyay, Computer Science faculty, received a $162,970 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research “AF: Small: New Challenges and Approaches in Clustering Algorithms.”
  3. Andrew Black, Engineering and Computer Science faculty emeritus, was awarded the 2023 "Test of Time" award.
  4. David Burnett, Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty, received a $27,854 grant from the Schmidt Family Foundation for the research “Development of a NanoCTD Prototype for Oceanographic Use.”
  5. Wu-Chang Feng, Computer Science faculty, and Ameeta Agrawal, Computer Science faculty, received a $262,900 grant from the National Science Foundation for their research “Education DCL:EAGER: Re-imagining the Role of Humans in Security Education.”
  6. Miguel Figliozzi, Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty, received two grants from the Oregon Department of Transportation” one for $163,000 for the research “E-commerce Impacts on Oregon Household Level Deliveries, Trips, and VMT” and another for $70,000 for the research “Improving Guidance for Automated Speed Enforcement.”
  7. James Hook, Associate Dean of Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science, received a $54,516 grant from the Oregon Department of Education for the research “Well-Rounded Computer Science (WRCS) Project.”
  8. Jenny H. Liu, Urban Studies & Planning faculty & Assistant Director of Northwest Economic Research Center (NERC), received the 2023 Award of Excellence in Electronic Publications for “The Power of Music - An Economic Analysis of Oregon's Emerging Commercial Music Industry” on Oct. 16 at the Association for University Business and Economic Research annual conference in San Antonio, Texas.
  9. Chistopher Monsere, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Sirisha Kothuri, Civil & Environmental Engineering Senior Research Associate, received a $90,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation for the research “Developing Guidance on Leading Pedestrian Intervals and Curb Extensions to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersections.”
  10. Diane Moug and Arash Khosravifar, Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty, received a $296,278 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research “Collaborative Research: Efficacy and Durability of Microbially Induced Desaturation to Mitigate Liquefaction in Fine-grained Soils.” 
  11. Diane Moug, Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty, received a $10,289 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research “RAPID: Collaborative Research: Subsurface Characterization of Liquefaction Case Histories from the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence.”
  12. James Pankow, Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty, received a $220,000 grant from the HHS National Institutes of Health for the research “Electronic Cigarettes: Emerging Ingredients, Acids, Toxicants, and Indicators of Non-Tobacco Nicotine.”
  13. Martin SideriusJamesJamefMartinMartin Siderius, Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty and chair, received a $466,244 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research “Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: ETAUS Passive Localized Underwater Transiting Observing Systems( PLUTOS).”
  14. Chien Wern, Mechanical & Material Engineering faculty, received a $164,438 grant from the Oregon Institute of Technology for the research “OMIC: Spur Gear Testing.” 
  15. Tong Zhang, Assistant Dean for Inclusive Innovation, received a $14,000 grant from University of Pittsburgh for the research “STEM Push Network.”
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