Provost's Message - July 16, 2020

Other News and Announcements

• SchoolsFirst FCU pledged additional support for student teachers.

• The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) plans to ramp up research activities through the implementation of four phases. Strict requirements will remain in place to maintain the safety of the workplace, and any movement between phases will happen cautiously and gradually.

• COVID-19 Pre-Screen Questionnaire - All faculty and staff must complete this questionnaire before any and every visit to campus. The questionnaire is accessed via CSULB Single Sign On by clicking on the COVID-19 Pre-Screen chiclet.

• All events are cancelled through August 24, 2020. This cancellation includes all campus and 3rd party events. Please reach out to clients and cancel events in EMS.

• COVID-Related Leave for Faculty - CSULB has employed temporary paid leave programs for eligible faculty employees. For more information, please visit the Faculty Affairs website.

Grants and Gifts

Mehran Rahmani. Post-Earthquake Rapid Structural Damage Detection and Damage Localization in Bridges Using Low-Density Sensor Arrays. Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering. COE. SJSU Research Foundation via State of Ca. $74,996. (May 2020 - August 2020)

Thomas O'brien. CSUTC Regional Workforce Needs Assessment. CITT. CPIE. San Jose State Research Foundation. $15,000. (May 2019 - July 2020)

Lorin Johnson. ArtsBridge: Downey Foundation for Educational Opportunies. COTA Administration. COTA. The Downey Foundation for Educational Opportunities. $4,359.(August 2019 - July 2020)

Paul Weers. Mechanism of initiation of lipid binding of apolipoprotein A-I. Chemistry & Biochemistry. CNSM. NIH - NIGMS. $110,625. (July 2019 - June 2021)

Joseph Kalman. Interfacial Properties towards Additive Manufacturing of Solid Propellants. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. COE. Office of Naval Research.$448,037. (June 2020 - June 2023)

Ryan Blair. CDS&E: RUI: Collaborative Research: Data-driven methods in classical knot theory. Mathematics and Statistics. CNSM. National Science Foundation. $51,373. (July 2018 - June 2021)

Aili Malm. Tempe First Responder Opioid Recovery ProjectCriminal Justice. CHHS. Arizona Board of Regents. $23,566. (December 2019 - September 2023)

Ju Cheol Moon. Deep Learning-based healthcare system for disease early detection. Computer Engineering & Computer Science. COE. Dankook University. $99,403. (June 2020 - May 2021)

Courtney Ahrens. Financial Freedom Study. Psychology. CLA. FreeForm. $11,840. (June 2020 - December 2021)

Ga-Young Suh. Biomedical Analysis of the Ascending Aorta after Dissection of TEVAR Treatment Thora. Biomedical Engineering. COE. Stanford University. $50,000. (September 2019 - April 2021)