List of Proposals Submitted in March, 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

Agribusiness

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Schroeter, Christiane
Determining the Use of EBT Technology at Direct Market Venues: A Comparative Study in California, Washington, and Colorado
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (AMS)
12-167
$102,556
9/1/12 - 8/31/14

Agricultural Education

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Swan, Benjamin
Developing a Certification Program for "Temporary" Certificated Agricultural Teachers in the West
Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.
12-257
$508,137
7/1/12 - 8/31/17

Animal Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Campos-Chillon, Fernando
Post-biopsy and cryopreservation viability and whole genome amplification of murine embryos
CSUPERB: Presidents' Commission Scholars Grant Program
12-279
$8,000
6/1/12 - 9/30/12

Dairy Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Farkye, Nana
Develop methods for making gouda cheese using conventional cheddar-making equipment
Hilmar Cheese Company
12-288
$15,201
3/26/12 - 4/6/12
Tong, Phillip
Cal Poly Dairy Ingredients Applications Program 2012
Dairy Research Institute
12-252
$150,000
2/1/12 - 12/31/12

Food Science & Nutrition

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Khalil, Hany
Development of Food Products for Dysphagia Patients
Gourmet Puree, Inc.
12-268
$27,920
3/1/12 - 12/31/12
Lathrop, Amanda
Challenge Study of Packaged Cheese
Vlaboratories Inc.
12-207
$10,000
2/1/12 - 4/30/12

Horticulture & Crop Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Headrick, David
Food safety at the interface of food animals and fresh produce: addressing pathogen risks on sustainable polyculture farms
University of California Davis via No. Carolina State Univ.
12-289
$27,366
1/1/13 - 12/30/14

Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Piirto, Douglas
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Act Program (2011-2012)
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (NIFA)
12-281
$123,265
10/1/11 - 9/30/12

College of Architecture & Env Design

City & Regional Planning

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Toker, Umut
Downtown Carpinteria Visioning Plan
City of Carpinteria
12-248
$5,222
3/26/12 - 6/15/12

Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Assal, Hisham
Intelligent platform for security analysis and secure code development
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
12-211
$353,930
4/1/12 - 12/31/12

Construction Management

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Simonian, Lonny G.
Airport maintenance roles in planning, design, construction, commissioning, and activation
Transportation Research Board
12-196
$200,000
7/1/12 - 7/31/13
Simonian, Lonny G.
Airport building operations and maintenance (O&M) optimization and recommissioning: a whole-systems approach
Transportation Research Board
12-238
$250,000
7/1/12 - 12/16/13

College of Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
DePiero, Fred W.
Master Research and Development Agreement
Western Digital Corporation
12-224
$0
9/1/11 - 8/31/13

Aerospace Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Abercromby, Kira
Orbital object optical characteristic research
NASA via Jacobs Technology
12-272
$39,103
4/6/12 - 9/30/12
Puig-Suari, Jordi
Small probe reentry system suborbital space deployment test
NASA Via Global Aerospace
12-259
$124,034
1/1/13 - 12/31/13

Biomedical and General Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Griffin, Lanny
Fee-for-Service Agreement, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (BMED LAB)
Various Sponsors
12-038
$0
4/6/12 - 12/31/13

Civil & Environmental Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Goel, Rakesh
Effects of long duration ground motions from large earthquakes on the performance of port structures in California
Department of Conservation, CA Strong Motion Instrumentation Program
12-266
$75,000
5/1/12 - 4/30/14
Lundquist, Trygve
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship Award (for Mackenzie Billings)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
12-245
$5,000
8/18/11 - 5/17/13
Pande, Anurag
Collaborative Research: Research Initiation Grant: A novel approach for evaluating the impact of pedagogical modifications on student learning outcomes in engineering classrooms
National Science Foundation (RIGEE)
12-191
$59,888
9/1/12 - 8/31/14
Qu, Bing
Development of a low-cost and practical solution for steel building frames
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
12-246
$78,110
7/1/12 - 6/30/14
Qu, Bing
Effects of long duration ground motions from large earthquakes on the performance of buildings in California
Department of Conservation, CA Strong Motion Instrumentation Program
12-267
$75,000
5/1/12 - 4/30/14

College of Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Larson, Debra
CP Connect
Various Sponsors
12-233
$31,000
2/10/12 - 6/30/13
Yesiller, Nazli
USAID Center for Sustainable Waste and Byproduct Management Systems for the Developing World
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
12-276
$5,909,123
10/1/12 - 9/30/17

Computer Science

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Smith, Hugh
Industry Supported Senior Projects (Computer Engineering))
Various Sponsors
12-260
$0
3/1/12 - 6/30/13

Electrical Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Dolan, Dale
Task Order #2:Load Transient Response and Efficiency Test Automation
Western Digital Corporation
12-231
$29,999
9/1/11 - 8/31/12
Oliver, John
Task Order #3 Workload "Center of Excellence"
Western Digital Corporation
12-232
$60,000
9/1/11 - 8/31/12

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Pan, Jianbiao
Task Order #1: Thermal Modeling for HDD SoC
Western Digital Corporation
12-229
$44,988
9/1/11 - 8/31/12

Mechanical Engineering

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Wu, Xi (Julia)
Early damage state detection in gearbox components via acoustic emission
NAVY STTR via Synbotics Inc.
12-273
$75,000
7/1/12 - 7/31/13

College of Liberal Arts

Cal Poly Arts

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Lerian, Steve
JumpBrush Pacific Coast Dance Conversion 2012
Hind Foundation
12-253
$15,000
6/29/12 - 9/30/12
Lerian, Steve
Performance by Pacifica
National Endowment for the Arts via TourWest
12-290
$2,500
9/1/12 - 8/31/13
Lerian, Steve
Performance by The Black Watch & Band of the Scotch Guards
National Endowment for the Arts via TourWest
12-291
$2,500
9/1/12 - 8/31/13

College of Liberal Arts

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Sheridan, Denise
USAID-Cal Poly STEAM Center for Global Challenges
U.S. Agency for International Development
12-250
$10,000,000
10/1/12 - 9/30/17

Ethnic Studies

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Yeh, Grace
Love, Labor, and Filipinas in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties, 1920-1970
American Studies Association
12-234
$3,000
7/1/12 - 6/30/13

College of Science & Mathematics

Biological Sciences

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Black, Michael
How many different E. coli strains live in a yearling bull?
CSUPERB: Presidents' Commission Scholars Grant Program
12-277
$8,000
6/1/12 - 10/1/12
Hardy, Kristin
Impacts of 4-nonlyphenol on immunocompetence and disease susceptibility in Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via California Sea Grant
12-254
$40,000
2/1/13 - 1/31/14
Kitts, Christopher L
Identifying bacterial contributers to flock production in algal growth ponds; a means to optimizing biomass harvesting for biofeul production from wastewater treatment
CSUPERB: Presidents' Commission Scholars Grant Program
12-278
$8,000
6/1/12 - 10/1/12
Lema, Sean
Hormonal regulation of organic anion transporting protein (OATP) transcriptional dynamics in a teleost fish model for endocrine-disruption and toxicological research
CSUPERB: Presidents' Commission Scholars Grant Program
12-275
$8,000
6/1/12 - 10/1/12
Taylor, Emily
The Ecology of the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) on Vandenberg Air Force Base
Department of the Airforce, Vandenberg Air Force Base
12-214
$10,422
2/17/12 - 9/30/12

Chemistry and Biochemistry

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Bush, Seth
Science Model Academy for Reflective Teaching: SMART Teacher Preparation
National Science Foundation (MSP) via Chico State University
12-236
$527,980
10/1/12 - 9/30/17
Palandoken, Hasan
Biomass refining: Catch and Release of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
CSUPERB: Presidents' Commission Scholars Grant Program
12-274
$8,000
6/1/12 - 10/1/12

Mathematics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Grundmeier, Todd
Cal Poly Noyce Scholars Program, Phase II
National Science Foundation - Noyce
12-237
$798,097
9/1/12 - 8/30/17

Physics

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Keller, John
CCEP-II: West Coast Consortium for Climate Change Education
National Science Foundation (CCEP) via University of California Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Sciences
12-249
$506,253
9/15/12 - 9/15/17

Other

Advancement

PI
Project Title
Sponsor
GDO #
Amount Requested
Project Dates
Visci, Chip
2013-15 "California Grown" Rose Parade Floats
U.S. Dept of Agriculture (AMS) via CA Dept of Food and Agriculture
12-168
$300,040
10/1/12 - 6/30/15

Total Proposals Submitted in March, 2012: 44 Proposals, $20,625,634 Requested