Grants and Contracts Awarded in December, 2012

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

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Burt, Charles
CESU Project #1- 2008-13: Liaison Activites for the Klamath Project
U.S. Dept of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region
08-309
$191,664
09/26/08 - 09/30/13
Burt, Charles
Central Asia irrigation efficiency
World Bank Group
13-120
$157,014
12/21/12 - 06/28/13
Burt, Charles
Water agency efficiency technology assessment
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
13-130
$149,942
12/21/12 - 11/30/13
Burt, Charles
Low pressure agricultural irrigation systems
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
13-169
$149,105
12/01/12 - 10/31/13

Dairy Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Lascano, Gustavo
Building a Dairy Nutrition Research Program in the California Polytechnic State University
CSU - Agricultural Research Initiative
13-172
$5,000
07/01/12 - 06/30/13

Food Science & Nutrition

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Reaves, Scott
Vitamin D Status of Obese Adult Women and the Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplementation on Improving Vitamin D Status, Insulin Sensitivity and Markers of Inflammation
Tethys Bioscience Inc.
13-168
$200,070
07/01/11 - 06/30/13

Horticulture & Crop Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Brown, J Wyatt
Comparison of the Efficacy of the PEAKfresh Bag to the Tectrol System
PEAKfreshUSA
13-085
$20,217
09/10/12 - 09/30/12
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #15: Travel and Administrative Support
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
13-152
$43,430
12/01/12 - 11/30/13
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #16: Shelf-life extension of fresh-cut produce using a novel anti-browning and anti-microbial formula
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
13-153
$44,660
12/01/12 - 11/30/13
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #17: Open lab: packaging materials
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
13-154
$50,649
12/01/12 - 11/30/13

Horticulture & Crop Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Vorst, Keith
An integrated approach to enhance the microbial safety of fresh-cut fruit and vegetable salads during processing, packaging, and distribution
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA) - NIFSI via Michigan State University
11-357
$75,843
12/04/12 - 12/31/14

Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Dicus, Christopher A.
McIntire-Stennis - Prediction of Post-fire Mortality and Response Following Mixed-Severity Fires in a Coastal Redwood/Douglas-fir Forest
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
11-106
$15,000
10/01/11 - 09/30/12
Dietterick, Brian
McIntire-Stennis - Use of LiDAR and Multispectral Imagery for Post-fire Evaluation of the Lockheed Fire
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
11-122
$10,292
10/01/11 - 09/30/12
Piirto, Douglas
McIntire-Stennis - An Evaluation of Stand Structural Changes in Uneven-aged Managed Coast Redwood Stands at Cal Poly's Swanton Pacific School Forest Affected by the 2009 Lockheed Fire
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
11-107
$9,717
10/01/11 - 12/31/12

College of Architecture & Env Design

City & Regional Planning

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Nuworsoo, Cornelius
Transit access and egress via bicycle sharing
U.S. Dept of Transportation & Calif Dept of Transp via Univ of California Transportation Center via UC Berkeley
12-311
$30,965
09/01/12 - 08/31/13

Construction Management

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Kelting, Scott
Homebuilding education leadership program
National Housing Endowment
12-362
$16,667
01/15/13 - 01/14/16

College of Business

Industrial Technology

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Vorst, Keith
Packaging Consortium Task #18: Use of a novel HBA (Hops Beta Acid) + enzyme (Endolysin) formulation to preventthe growth of Listeria in fresh-cut produce and deli-meat
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
13-155
$36,144
12/01/12 - 11/30/13

College of Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Puig-Suari, Jordi
Small probe reentry system, phase II
NASA STTR Via Global Aerospace
12-241
$225,000
07/01/12 - 06/30/14
Puig-Suari, Jordi
IDIQ Task Assignment 9-013: P-POD Electro-magnetic interface (EMI) shielding improvement project phase 1 - design and analysis
NASA - Kennedy Space Center
12-358
$39,750
07/01/12 - 10/31/12

College of Liberal Arts

Ethnic Studies

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Yeh, Grace
Filipino Love Stories in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties, 1920-1970
National Endowment for the Humanities via California Story Fund
13-019
$10,000
01/01/13 - 06/30/14

Psychology & Child Development

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Jipson, Jennifer
My Sky Tonight: Early Childhood Pathways to Astronomy
National Science Foundation (ISE) via Astronomical Society of the Pacific
12-147
$40,635
10/01/12 - 09/30/17

College of Science & Mathematics

Chemistry and Biochemistry

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Neff, Grace Ann
Central coast science project 2012-2013
U.S. Dept of Education via University of California, Office of the President - California Science Project
12-283
$24,298
07/01/12 - 06/30/13

College of Science & Mathematics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Wendt, Dean
Comprehensive assessment of marine coatings
U.S. Dept of the Navy, Office of Naval Research
12-136
$145,084
01/01/12 - 12/31/13
Wendt, Dean
Investigations into the Settlement and Attachment of Biofouling Marine Invertebrates
U.S. Dept of the Navy, Office of Naval Research
12-137
$61,718
02/01/12 - 01/31/13
Wendt, Dean
Assessing the 5-year Impact of High Energy Seismic Surveys on Fishing Catch Rates in Central California
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
13-038
$241,507
09/01/12 - 03/31/13

Physics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Hoellwarth, Chance
Central California Partnership for Teacher Quality Programs: CSU Bakersfield, CSU Monterey Bay, Cal Poly
U.S. Dept of Education via CSU Bakersfield
10-004
$397,236
10/01/11 - 09/30/13

College of Student Affairs

Student Life & Leadership

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Harkins, Joy
Cal Poly's VIP (Volunteer Infrastructure Program) - Community Partners 2012-13
Various Non-Profit Organizations
13-077
$128,700
08/27/12 - 08/23/13

Total Awards in December, 2012: 27 Projects, $2,520,307