Small Research Grant Award Recipients
2023 Recipients
Chiji Akoma, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies and English, CLAS
Copyright Permission for Translation of Obidiya
Kelly-Anne Diamond, PhD, History, CLAS
Images of the Blind Harpist in Ancient Egyptian Art
Isabel Hong, PhD, Geography and the Environment, CLAS
What's in the water: an environmental assessment study of tidal wetlands in Delaware Bay
Jacky Huang, PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, COE
Investigation of Interaction between ABuC compounds and Nrf2 Repressor
Bo Li, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
In-situ Observation of Sintering Process for 3D Printed Ceramics
Christa Malott, PhD, Education and Counseling, CLAS
How Counselor Educators Conceptualize and Embody Decolonizing Therapy Practices
Dron Mandhana, PhD, Communication, CLAS
Defining and Operationalizing Social Flow
Kerry San Chirico, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies, CLAS
Intensive Advanced Malayalam Course
Raka Shome, PhD, Communication, CLAS
Cleansing the Nation: Hindu Nationalism and the 'Clean India' Campaign
Saad Siddiqui, PhD, Accounting and Information Systems, VSB
The Deman for Audits: Evidence from SPACs
Michael Smith, PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, COE
Commissioning and Startup of Donated Infrared Spectrophotometer
Jiafeng Xie, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Side-Channel Attack Tools for Post-Quantum Cryptographic Engineering
2022 Recipients
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN,CNE & Meredith MacKenzie Greenle, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, CNE, Nursing, CON
Trajectories of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adult Survivors of Colorectal Cancer
David Cereceda, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Enhancing the bonding strength of dental restorations: a bioinspired approach
Charles Coe, PhD, Chemical & Biological Engineering, COE
A new adsorbent offers a path to improved CO2 capture and air separation
Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández, PhD, Spanish, CLAS
Transnational Maternal Activism and the Search for the Disappeared: A Documentary Project
Scott Dietrich, PhD, Physics, CLAS
Structural Phase Nanopatterning of van der Waals Materials
Aimee Eggler, PhD, Chemistry, CLAS
From Accidental Discovery to Anticancer Treatment: Combining Two Distinct “Antioxidants” to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
Xun Jiao, PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, COE
Fuzzing-based Security Vulnerability Discovery of Mission-Critical Software Systems
Adrienne Perry, PhD, English, CLAS
Who Notices? Setting and Mixed-Race Black Experience in See-Through Girls
Shelly Rathee, PhD, Marketing Business Law, VSB
Luxury Advertising
Benjamin Sachs, PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences, CLAS
Evaluating the Impact of 5-HT Deficiency and Stress on Amphetamine Responses in Mice
Aaron Wemhoff, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Comparison of the blue water footprint associated with food at home versus food away from home in the United States
Jie Xu, PhD, Communication, CLAS
The Impact of Gender-Themed Empowerment Advertising: When Commodity Meets Social Cause
Wenging (Vicky) Xu, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE
Tailored Carbonaceous Materials as Biofilter Amendments for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal in Stormwater Runoff
2021 Recipients
Samer Abboud, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies., CLAS
Fear, Insecurity and Erasure in Contemporary Syria
Anil Bamezai, PhD, Biology, CLAS
Develop Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Use Orally delivered Oxysterol, a Lipid Membrane-Order (Lo) Disruptor, to Inhibit gut inflammation
Grant Berry, PhD, Romance Languages & Literatures, CLAS
Automatic classification of discourse features in conversational speech
Christa Bialka, Ed.D, Education & Counseling & Irene Kan, PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences, CLAS
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Special Olympics International’s Athlete Leadership Program
Michael Curran, PhD, Economics, VSB
Private Sector Influence on Monetary Policy
Aimee Eggler, PhD, Chemistry, CLAS
Dose-Equivalence/Zero-Interaction (DE/ZI)
Gang Feng, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Nanomechanical Characterization of Ultrasoft Materials and Self-Sharpening Mechanism of Urchin Teeth
Xun Jiao, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Energy-Efficient Artificial Intelligence via Approximate Computation Bypass
Christopher Kilby, PhD, Economics, VSB
United Nations General Assembly Voting
Bo Li, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
3D Printing Nanoparticle Reinforced Responsive Gel
Crystal Lucky, PhD, English, CLAS
“He Came Back to Get Us: The Story of Debbie, Michael, and Michael Africa, Jr.”
Seri Park, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE
Understanding Cognitive Control of Driving Behavior with functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Jennifer Ross, PhD, RN, CNE, Nursing, CON
The Effect of a Multi-Patient Simulation on Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Anxiety and Self-Confidence
Sally Scholz, PhD, Philosophy, CLAS
Solidarity as Sanctuary
Pritpal Singh, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Multiphysics Modeling of Novel Lithium Ion Battery Testing Method
Jie Xu, PhD, Communications, CLAS
Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
Peter Zaleski, PhD, Economics, VSB
Powerball and Megamillions