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Fresh Funds: A Look at New Grants and Contracts

The following faculty members and administrators were awarded new external grants and contracts in November.

College of Education

  • Leslie Reese (Center for Language Minority and Education Research), $30,000 from the Los Angeles Unified School District, “Reseda HS Coordinators and SDAIE Cohort V” and $51,500 from the Calexico Unified School District, “Calexico USD Curriculum Assessment.”

College of Engineering

  • Eric Besnard (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) $97,800 from the US Air Force Research Lab via Garvey Space Craft Corp., “Vortex Propulsion Flight Demonstration."
  • Emmitt Clark (Math, Engineering, Science and Achievement Center - MESA) $9,375 from UCOP MESA Statewide Office, “MESA, NSF Scholarship Grant.”
  • Burkhard Englert (Computer Engineering and Computer Science), $89,196 from USC/METRANS, “The Impact of Truck Repositioning on Congestion and Pollution in the LA Basin.”
  • Forouzan Golshani (College of Engineering) $35,221 from NSF via Wright State University, Ohio, "A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education."
  • Kenneth James (Computer Engineering and Computer Science/Electrical Engineering), $50,000 from the California Department of Transportation via CSU San Bernardino Foundation, “Feasibility of Liner Synchronous Motor Truck Lanes to Reduce Pollution.”
  • Hamid Rahai (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) $89,992 from USC METRANS, “The Effects of Distortion on Trajectory of Diesel Particulate Matter.”
  • Shadi Saadah (Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management) $34,945 from USC/METRANS, “Development of Quality Control Test Procedure for Characterizing Fracture.”
  • Linda Tiggs-Taylor (Math, Engineering, Science and Achievement Center - MESA) $225,390 from Long Beach Unified School District, “Long Beach Unified School District GEAR-UP 2009 – 2010.”
  • Fei Wang (Electrical Engineering) $77,244 from USC/METRANS, “Optimize Pollutant Emissions through Adaptive Highway Management.”

College of Health and Human Services

  • Lucy Huckaby (Nursing) $300,000 from Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, “Long Beach Memorial Medical Center RN to BSN Completion;” $150,000 from Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, "Long Beach Memorial Medical Center CNS Program."
  • James Koval (Child Development and Family Studies) $450,000 from City of Long Beach, WIA, “WIA - CTC Staffing.”

College of Liberal Arts

  • Dennis Fisher (Center for Behavioral Research and Services), $750,000 from L.A. County – Office of AIDS Programs and Policy, "Multiple Morbidity;" $5,000 from Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, South Bay, “HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing for High-Risk Ethnic Minority Women.”
  • Gerry Riposa (College of Liberal Arts) $1.5 million from Department of Education / NSEP, “Strategic Language Initiative - Year 4.”

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • John Brevik (Mathematics and Statistics) $49,616 from NSF, “Collaborative Research: Low-Density Parity-Check Through Algebraic Analysis of the Sum-Product Algorithm.”
  • Simon Malcomber (Biological Sciences), $161,268 from the National Science Foundation via Pennsylvania State University, “Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding the Role of Auxin on Shoot Development.”
  • Vasanthy Narayanaswami (Chemistry and Biochemistry) $21,525 from UCOP via Children's Hospital & Research Center, “ApoE Related Effect of Smoking in Cardiovascular Disease.”

 

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