Currently Accolades: Grants for October 30, 2023
by Currently
October 24th 2023
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- 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.”
- 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.”
- Andrew Black, Engineering and Computer Science faculty emeritus, was awarded the 2023 "Test of Time" award.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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).”
- Chien Wern, Mechanical & Material Engineering faculty, received a $164,438 grant from the Oregon Institute of Technology for the research “OMIC: Spur Gear Testing.”
- Tong Zhang, Assistant Dean for Inclusive Innovation, received a $14,000 grant from University of Pittsburgh for the research “STEM Push Network.”