List of Proposals Submitted in December, 2011

Listed by College, Department and PI


Agriculture, Food & Env Sciences
Architecture & Env Design
Business
Engineering
Liberal Arts
Science & Mathematics
Student Affairs
Other


College of Agriculture, Food & Env Sciences

Food Science & Nutrition

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Choudhury, Gour
Green Approaches to Reduce Water Use and Discharge Salinity in California Winery and Food Processing Cleaning Operations
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute (Systemwide)
12-141
$450,000
7/1/12 - 6/30/15

Horticulture & Crop Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #13: Effects of heat, microwaving and off-gassing of volatiles and migrants from virgin and recycled plastics into food
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-153
$37,692
11/1/11 - 11/30/12
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #14: Travel and Administrative Support
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-154
$35,531
11/1/11 - 11/30/12
Costello, Michael J
Genetics of plant defense responses to pesticides and spider mites on grapes
University of California/California State University/Community College Collaborations
12-163
$10,000
1/1/12 - 12/31/12
Garner, Lauren
Avocado Phenology - Using Digital Monitoring and Web-Based Reporting to Improve Grove Management Decisions
CA Avocado Commission via University of California Cooperative Extension
12-165
$18,755
7/1/12 - 6/30/15
Garner, Lauren
Utilization of s-ABA to Improve Nursery Crop Health in Response to Water Deficit Stress
CA Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
12-173
$12,630
4/1/12 - 3/31/13
Shortell, Robert
Evaluation and management of horticultural leachate and runoff from the California landscape
California Landscape Contractors Association - Environmental Research Funding Program
12-160
$4,000
3/15/12 - 3/14/13
Wong, Jeffrey C.
Identification of Genetic Variability in Lettuce for Nutrient Uptake
CA Leafy Greens Research Program
12-175
$10,000
4/1/12 - 3/31/13

Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Piirto, Douglas
McIntire-Stennis Forestry Research Program (2011-2012)
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
12-182
$47,873
10/1/11 - 9/30/12

College of Architecture & Env Design

Construction Management

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Korman, Thomas
Culvert and Storm Drain System Inspection Manual
Transportation Research Board
12-159
$247,193
4/1/12 - 6/30/14
Simonian, Lonny G.
Review of Solar Power Projects Decommissioning Plans and Cost Estimates
San Luis Obispo County
12-164
$24,960
12/19/11 - 4/30/12

College of Business

Industrial Technology

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Singh, Jagjit
Packaging Consortium Task #9: Analysis of retail ready produce packaging for club stores
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-149
$39,925
11/1/11 - 11/30/12
Singh, Jagjit
Packaging Consortium Task #10: Innovative corrugated (fiberboard and plastic) cut-back designs for standardized fresh-produce shippers
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-150
$37,557
11/1/11 - 11/30/12
Vorst, Keith
Packaging Consortium Task #12: Validation of reliability claims for OpCheck oxygen tester
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-152
$34,790
11/1/11 - 11/30/12
York, Jonathan
Cal Poly Hatchery
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
12-138
$49,480
9/1/12 - 12/31/14

Marketing

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Neill, Stern
Seeding campus-wide innovation: A gateway course in social entrepreneurship
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
12-145
$23,460
4/1/12 - 3/31/14

College of Engineering

Biomedical and General Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Crockett, Robert
InnovationSandbox
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
12-156
$42,441
6/1/12 - 12/31/14

Civil & Environmental Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Muleta, Misgana
Towards improved calibration of spatially distributed hydrologic models
University of California/California State University/Community College Collaborations
12-158
$10,000
2/1/12 - 12/31/12

Electrical Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Slivovsky, Lynne
California Campus Compact-National Science Foundation Faculty Fellows
National Science Foundation (TUES) via California Campus Compact
12-177
$15,000
1/1/13 - 2/28/16

Materials Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Chen, Katherine C.
Nanoscale informal science education mini grant
National Science Foundation via Nanoscale Informal Science Education
12-179
$3,000
1/1/12 - 8/31/12

Mechanical Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Self, Brian
Piernas de Veda: A low-cost prosthetic foot
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
12-157
$12,245
4/1/12 - 9/30/13

College of Liberal Arts

Philosophy

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Lin, Patrick
Cyberwarfare: Ethics and Policy in a Wired World
U.S. Dept of Defense - Office of Net Assessment
12-176
$399,446
6/1/12 - 5/31/15

Psychology & Child Development

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Jipson, Jennifer
My Sky Tonight: Early Childhood Pathways to Astronomy
National Science Foundation (ISE) via Astronomical Society of the Pacific
12-147
$170,433
9/15/12 - 9/14/17

College of Science & Mathematics

Biological Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Kitts, Christopher L
Task #5: Effects of BiOWiSH on the bacterial gut flora of Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg shrimp) in a zero exchange indoor tank system
Biowish Technologies
12-161
$12,378
1/3/12 - 3/31/12

College of Science & Mathematics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Wendt, Dean
Comprehensive assessment of marine coatings
Office of Naval Research
12-136
$417,101
1/1/12 - 12/31/14

Physics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Keller, John
Faculty as Active Learners: Professional Learning that Increases Student Engagement and Understanding of Science
National Science Foundation (TUES) via University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Sciences
12-143
$44,367
8/1/12 - 7/31/14

Statistics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Sklar, Jeffrey
The Impact of Change of Major on Time to Bachelor’s Degree Completion with Special Emphasis on STEM Disciplines: A Multilevel Discrete-Time Hazard Modeling Approach
National Science Foundation via American Educational Research Association
12-135
$35,000
6/1/12 - 5/31/14

Total Proposals Submitted in December, 2011: 27 Proposals, $2,245,257 Requested