Grants and Contracts Awarded in July, 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
Improved Management of Agricultural Irrigation Canal Deliveries
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute (Systemwide)
11-159
$94,717
07/01/11 - 06/30/13
Howes, Daniel
Spatial variability in evapotranspiration related to irrigation system distribution uniformity
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
12-041
$20,000
07/01/11 - 06/30/13

Dairy Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Farkye, Nana
Improving the Sensory Attributes of Low Sodium Mozzarella Cheese
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
12-053
$62,058
07/01/11 - 06/30/12
Farkye, Nana
Develop methods for making gouda cheese using conventional cheddar-making equipment
Hilmar Cheese Company
12-288
$15,201
03/26/12 - 04/06/12
Farkye, Nana
Production of a natural anti-mold fermentate for use in preventing mold in food products
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
13-024
$81,548
07/01/12 - 06/30/13
Tong, Phillip
2012 Cal Poly industry continuing education and information communication program
CA Dairy Research Foundation
12-351
$109,986
01/01/12 - 12/31/12

Food Science & Nutrition

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Coleman, Brandon
Banana-based frozen fruit product formulation
Shiffman Consulting, Inc.
12-361
$16,048
06/25/12 - 12/31/12
Lathrop, Amanda
Challenge Study of Packaged Cheese
Vlaboratories Inc.
12-207
$10,000
06/01/12 - 08/31/12

Horticulture & Crop Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #11: Heavy metal content and potential for migration from biopolymers and continued evaluation of green market claims for flexible and rigid film
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-151
$2,750
11/01/11 - 11/30/12
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
$2,750
11/01/11 - 11/30/12
Brown, J Wyatt
Packaging Consortium Task #14: Travel and Administrative Support
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-154
$2,078
11/01/11 - 11/30/12
Lewis, Jason
Turfgrass seed funding
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
13-025
$5,000
07/01/12 - 06/30/13
Wong, Jeffrey C.
Cucumber Trial
Eurofins Agroscience Services, Inc.
12-357
$5,000
06/01/11 - 12/31/12

Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Dietterick, Brian
LiDAR Post-Fire Evaluation of the Lockheed Fire
U.S. Dept of Defense - Naval Postgraduate School
12-085
$17,832
07/12/12 - 12/31/12
Piirto, Douglas
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Act Program (2011-2012)
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
12-281
$123,265
10/01/11 - 09/30/12
Vaughan, Karen
Soil science seed funding
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
13-026
$5,000
07/01/12 - 06/30/13
Verma, Priya
Seed funding for environmental policy
CSU - Agricultural Research Institute
13-027
$5,000
07/01/12 - 06/30/13

College of Business

Industrial Technology

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Singh, Jagjit
Packaging Consortium Task #9: Analysis of retail ready produce packaging for club stores
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-149
$3,240
11/01/11 - 11/30/12
Vorst, Keith
Packaging Consortium Task #12: Validation of reliability claims for OpCheck oxygen tester
Various Sponsors (Packaging Consortium)
12-152
$2,750
11/01/11 - 11/30/12

College of Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Abercromby, Kira
Electromagnetic Rail Gun
Raytheon Company, Space & Airborne Systems
12-355
$20,000
07/30/12 - 12/31/12

Biomedical and General Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Crockett, Robert
InnovationSandbox
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
12-156
$8,000
08/01/12 - 08/31/13

Electrical Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Benson, Bridget
NeTS:Small: Target Monitoring with Low-Cost Sensor Networks
National Science Foundation via University of Massachusetts Boston
12-081
$38,495
09/01/11 - 07/26/12

College of Liberal Arts

Cal Poly Arts

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Lerian, Steve
Poly Arts for Youth (PAFY)
Target Foundation
12-320
$2,000
08/01/12 - 07/31/13
Lerian, Steve
Poly Arts for Youth (PAFY) 2012
Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
12-324
$1,500
06/01/12 - 05/31/13

Social Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Neill, Dawn
RUI: Urbanization and Parental Investment among Fijians
National Science Foundation (RUI)
09-024
$4,000
12/20/11 - 12/31/12

College of Science & Mathematics

Biological Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Adams, Nikki
Protein Response of Sea Urchin Embryos to Environmental Stress: Utilizing confocal microscopy to identify proteins affected by ultraviolet radiation in sea urchin embryos
CSU COAST Faculty Research Incentive Award Program
12-256
$5,525
09/01/12 - 06/30/13

Chemistry and Biochemistry

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Costanzo, Philip
RUI: Preparation of polymeric phase change materials based upon Diels-Alder chemistry
National Science Foundation (RUI)
12-142
$60,000
08/01/12 - 07/31/15

Kinesiology

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Tseng, Marilyn
Isoflavones, Equol Producing Status, and Breast Density in US Chinese Women
National Institutes of Health via Fox Chase Cancer Center
09-324
$-4,820
07/01/09 - 06/30/13

Physics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Christiansen, Jodi
RUI: Analysis of TeV Gamma-rays from AGN and Dark Matter
National Science Foundation (RUI)
11-087
$66,121
09/01/11 - 08/31/14
Gillen, Glen
Theoretical and experimental optimization of propagation and focal parameters of laboratory-environment lasers and applications
U.S. Air Force via UES Inc.
11-317
$14,000
02/06/11 - 12/31/12
Granger, Brian
Task #1: Interactive and web-enabled HPC with Ipython
U.S. Dept of Defense via Dynamics Research Corp.
11-377
$18,940
11/01/11 - 08/31/12
Keller, John
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
National Science Foundation (DUE)
08-233
$137,250
07/13/12 - 09/30/13
Klay, Jennifer
Improving experimental conditions and accuracy of the Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment (NIFFTE) time projection chamber
U.S. Dept of Energy (NEUP) via Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC via Idaho State University
12-337
$140,000
06/22/12 - 09/30/13

College of Student Affairs

Student Academic Services

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Gonzalez, Luis
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Upward Bound Program (2012-2017)
U.S. Dept of Education
12-188
$387,522
09/01/12 - 08/31/13
Olvera, Nelda
Talent Search Program 2011-2016
U.S. Dept of Education
11-101
$230,000
09/01/11 - 08/31/16

Other

Academic Programs

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Conn, W. David
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP)
National Science Foundation via CSU, Sacramento University Enterprises, Inc.
09-097
$38,400
09/01/08 - 05/31/13

Research & Graduate Programs

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Awarded
Project Dates
Opava, Susan
Cal Poly SBDC for Innovation (2012) - 2011 carry forward funding
U.S. Small Business Administration via UC Merced
12-369
$12,500
01/01/12 - 12/31/12
Opava, Susan
Cal Poly SBDC for Innovation 2012 (Jobs Bill Program) - 2011 carry forward funding
U.S. Small Business Administration (Jobs Bill Act) via UC Merced
12-371
$15,000
01/01/12 - 12/31/12

Total Awards in July, 2012: 38 Projects, $1,778,656