Research and Sponsored Projects
Updated 7/28/09
Carrie Saetermoe and Jill Quilici (Psychology) have received $247,118 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Facilitating Advancement in the Social Sciences.”
Updated 7/21/09
Maria Elena de Bellard (Biology) has received $67,413 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $90,000 from the University of California, Santa Barbara in continuing support of a project entitled “LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem.”
Shawna Dark (Geography) has received $10,000 from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project in support of a project entitled “Technical Support for Estuarine Nutrient Numeric Endpoint Development.”
Steve Dudgeon (Biology) has received $113,355 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $100,000 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled “Long Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia.”
Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $250,620 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Eric Kelson (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $151,009 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Luciana Lagana (Psychology) has received $116,115 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Jheem Medh (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $153,446 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Carole Oglesby (Kinesiology) has received $9,924 from the city of Los Angeles in continuing support of a project entitled “Proposition K Maintenance Funds for Brown Center.”
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) has received $101,785 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) has received $101,785 from NIH NIGMS in continuing support of a project entitled “Mechanisms of Adhesive Interactions”
Miroslav Peric (Physics & Astronomy) has received $250,620 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Radha Ranganathan (Physics & Astronomy) has received $143,618 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Laleh Razani (Psychology) has received $102,202 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Carrie Saetermoe and Jill Quilici (Psychology) have received $247,118 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Facilitating Advancement in the Social Sciences.”
Michael Summers (Biology) has received $155,768 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Virginia Vandergon (Biology) has received $67,413 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Michele Wittig (Psychology) has received $117,150 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $132,532 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MBRS SCORE at CSUN.”
Updated 7/16/09
The Department of Children and Family Services has awarded Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology & Counseling) $630,230 as supplemental support of a project entitled “Family Preservation – Santa Clarita” and $229,522 as supplemental support of a project entitled “Family Preservation Program – North Hollywood.”
Nicholas Kioussis, Gang Lu, and Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) have each received $410,000 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “PREM – Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials Science.”
Updated 7/9/09
Carolyn Burch (Secondary Education) has received $411,767 from the Los Angeles Unified School District in continuing support of a project entitled “Single Subject Intern Program.”
Janice Eckmier (Secondary Education) has received $411,767 from the Los Angeles Unified School District in continuing support of a project entitled “Single Subject Intern Program.”
Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $107,250 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Multiscale Simulations of Transport in DNA and DNA-carbon Nanotube Systems.”
Amy Levin (Social Work) has received $1.02 million from the Department of Children and Family Services in continuing support of a project entitled “Inter-University Consortium (IUC) Training Service Contract.”
Updated 7/7/09
Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $71,500 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Temporal and Spatial Relationships of Proteins in Yeast NER (SCORE).”
Updated 6/29/09
Euripedes De Oliveira (Urban Studies & Planning) has received $34,995 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “U.S. – Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program.”
Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $626,658 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “RUI: The Ecophysiological Basis of the Response of Coral Larvae and Early Life History Stages to Global Climate Change.”
Bruno Osorno (Electrical & Computer Engineering) has received $24,331 from The Boeing Company in support of a project entitled “Conceptual Design, Supporting Engineering and Cost Estimates of a Solar Tracker Mechanism.”
Karla Pelletier (CECS Student Services Center/EOP Satellite) has received $10,000 from California State University, Sacramento/National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “CSU – LSAMP Student Scholar Program 2009-10.”
Stewart Prince (Mechanical Engineering) has received $24,331 from The Boeing Company in support of a project entitled “Conceptual Design, Supporting Engineering and Cost Estimates of a Solar Tracker Mechanism.”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $545,436 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MARC U*STAR.”
Updated 6/22/09
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology & Counseling) has received $13,500 from Friends of the Family in support of a project entitled “Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project.”
Updated 6/18/09
Frankie Augustin (Health Sciences), Steve Graves (Geography) and Mary Riggs (Academic First Year Experiences) have received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Community Health Enrichment through Student Service Learning (CHESS) Program.”
Tracy Buenavista (Asian American Studies) has received $5,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Asian American Studies 453 Course Redesign: Implementing ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ as a Pedagogical Tool.”
Jim Castro (Mathematics) has received $5,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Bridging the GAP in Math 102.”
G. A. Chapman (Physics & Astronomy) has received $258,767 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “RUI: Observations and Modeling of Solar Total & Spectral Variability.”
Irene Clark (English) has received $5,924 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Academic Argument and Disciplinary Transfer: Fostering Genre Awareness in the First Year Writing Students.”
Shawna Dark (Geography) has received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Development of an Introductory Online GIS Manual.”
Jennifer De Maio (Political Science) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Using Simulations to Enhance Student Learning in Introductory Courses.”
Paula DiMarco (Art) has received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Alternative Learning Strategies Related to Real World Experiences in a Print Production Class.”
Diane Gehart (Educational Psychology & Counseling) has received $5,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Learning-Centered Approach to Teaching Case Documentation in Marriage and Family Therapy.”
Kim Henige (Kinesiology) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Use of Learner-Centered Activities and Cooperative Team Learning Sessions to Improve Learning and Grade Achievement in an Exercise Physiology Course.”
Sharon Hsu (Kinesiology) has received $5,869 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Integration of a Theoretical-Based Curriculum Design and Service Learning Approach to Enhance Students’ Attitude Toward Individuals with Disabilities and Self-Efficacy in Working with Individuals with Disabilities.”
Aimie Kachingwe (Physical Therapy) has received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Fostering Physical Therapist Students’ Active Learning and Mastering of Orthopaedic Techniques through the Creation and Utilization of a Video-Lab Manual.”
Tim Karels (Biology) has received $3,915 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Manual and Online Tutorial for Spreadsheet Exercises Mathematical Modeling for Biology Students in Ecology.”
Scott Kleinman (English) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Discovering the Digital Humanities.”
Debra Berry Malmberg and Abraham Rutchick (Psychology) have received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Transforming Introductory Psychology.”
Gloria Melara (Computer Science) and Carol Shubin (Mathematics) have received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Environment to Host an Interactive Learning Research Experience.”
Kristy Michaud (Political Science) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Improving Student Learning through an Iterative Peer-Review Process.”
Kristy Michaud (Political Science), Mechelle Best (Recreation & Tourism Management), Helen Cox (Geography), Nancy Kurland (Management), Kyriakos Pontikis (Family & Consumer Sciences), Ashwani Vasishth (Urban Studies & Planning) and Erica Wohldmann (Psychology) have received $6,000 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability.”
Ana Sanchez-Muñoz (Chicana/o Studies) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Preserving our Cultural Roots: Engaging Students in the Study of Spanish Heritage Language Maintenance and Loss in the San Fernando Valley.”
Yann Schrodi (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Creation of a New Experiment Course on ‘The Chemistry of Energy.’ ”
Mary-Pat Stein (Biology) has received $3,390 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “CSUN Students Understand Immunology through Creative Projects for K-12 Outreach.”
Geri Ulrey (Cinema & Television Arts) has received $5,999 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Redesigning the 240 Curriculum to Become a Hybrid Class.”
Yarma Velazquez Vargas (Chicana/o Studies) has received $4,969 from the Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Project Grant for 2009-10 in support of a project entitled “Chicana/o Studies Debate Tournament.”
J. Douglas Yule (Geological Sciences) has received $74,142 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “Earthquake Geology of the Pakistani Himalaya: Characterizing Slip Rates and Recurrence of Potentially Devastating Earthquake Sources.”
MariaElena Zavala (Biology) has received $543,922 from the National Institutes of Health in support of a project entitled “RISE at CSUN.”
Updated 6/16/09
Lisa Banner (Biology) has received $217,500 from the National Institutes of Health in support of a project entitled “Analysis of Neuropoietic Cytokines and their Receptors in Diabetic Neuropathy.”
Daniel Curtis (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $43,184 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement in support of a project entitled “Measurement of the Angular Scattering Properties of Los Angeles Area Particulate Matter: Application to Climate and Visibility.”
Diane Gehart (Educational Psychology & Counseling) has received $15,000 from the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences in support of a project entitled “Annotated Bibliography of Resources for California Marriage and Family Therapy Educators.”
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology & Counseling) has received $13,500 from Friends of the Family in support of a project entitled “Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project.”
Brian Malec (Health Sciences) has received $74,596 from the College of the Canyons in support of a project entitled “College of the Canyons Articulation Project.”
Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $9,000 from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program in support of a project entitled “Participation on JOIDES Resolution Shake-down Cruise from Guam to Honolulu.”
Ronald Mehler (Electrical & Computer Engineering) has received $2,200 from the Wolf Aviation Fund in support of a project entitled “Redundant Array of Inexpensive Sensors for Wind Shear Detection.”
Karla Pelletier (CECS Student Development Equity Center) has received $102,653 from California State University, Sacramento in continuing support of a project entitled “CSU Louis Stokes-Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase IV.”
Yann Schrodi (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $45,000 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement in support of a project entitled “Development of Trinuclear Zirconium Complexes for the Activation and Reduction of Nitrogen.”
Ivor Weiner (Special Education) has received $3,360 from Volunteers of America in support of a project entitled “Head Start-Grantee” and $1,680 in support of a project entitled “Early Head Start.”
Updated 5/8/09
Stephen Breen, Jorge Balbas, Alberto Candel and Werner Horn (Mathematics) have received $368,842 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled "PUMP: Preparing Undergraduates Through Mentoring Toward PHDs."
Rafi Efrat (Accounting and Information Systems) has received $57,630 from the IRS in continuing suppport of a project entitled "The Tax Clinic."
Robert Espinoza (Biology) and colleagues at Virginia Tech and the University of Idaho received a three-year, $650,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the systematics and evolutionary and psysiolotical ecology of geckos of the world. Espinoza's research on gecko thermal biology will include research in five countries with undergraduate assistants.
Diane Gehart (Education Psychology & Counseling) has received $15,000 from the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences in support of a project called "Annotated Bibliography of Resources for California Marriage and Family Therapy Educators."
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) has received $90,858 from the U.S. Army in support of a project entitled "Analysis of Cargo and Personnel Ram-Air Parachute Systems."
Na Deng (Physics and Astronomy) has received $115,021 from NASA in continuing support of a project entitled "Exploring the Magnetic Connection and Associated Dynamics from the Photosphere through Chromosphere to the Corona."
John Van Arsdale (Recreation and Tourism Management) has received $1,200 from the California Department of Boating and Waterways as supplemental support for a project entitled "Boating Safety Grant--National Boating Week Event."
Updated 4/8/09
Deborah Chen (Special Education) has received $7,500 from the Oregon Health & Science University in support of a project entitled "Validation of Evidence-Based Assessment Strategies to Promote Achievement in Children who are Deaf-Blind."
Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $89,472 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled :RUI-LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019."
Frederick Johnson (KCSN-FM) has received $89,742 from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting in continuing support of a project entitled "Radio Community Service Grant (FY 2009)."
Sun-Mee Kang (Psychology) has received $144,875 from the National Institutes of Health in support of a project entitled "Multiple Social Tasks and Social Adjustment."
Beth Lasky (Special Education) has received $252,500 from TEAMS/Americorps USF in continuing support of a project entitled "TEAMS/Americorps Program."
Kathleen Rowlands (Secondary Education) has received $30,000 from the National Writing Project in support of a project entitled "National Writing Project 2009-2010."
Elizabeth Say (College of Humanities) has received $200,000 from Cal State Long Beach and the Department of Homeland Security, in continuing support of a project entitled "Strategic Languages Initiative."
John Van Arsdale (Recreation and Tourism Management) has received $40,000 from the California Department of Boating & Waterways in continuing support of a project entitled "California Boating Safety and Operation Course."
Updated 3/17/09
Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $6,996 from the National Science Foundation as supplemental support for a project entitled “RUI: Long-Term Coral Reef Dynamics in the U.S. Virgin Islands: 1987-2008.”
Phil Gorman (Management) has received $69,999 from the Los Angeles Community Development Department & Workforce Investment Board in continuing support of a project entitled “Customer Satisfaction Measurement Services.”
Hartence Mickey (MOD Center) has received $24,578 from the L.A. County Superior Court and County Clerk in support of a project entitled “L.A. Superior Court Cohort 5.”
Ali Tabidian (Geological Sciences) has received $10,000 from the Metropolitan Water District in support of a project entitled “ Analysis of Selected Aquifer Characteristics and Hydrostratigraphy of the South Los Posas Basin, Ventura County."
Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $45,062 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Depth Distribution of Anisotropic Fabric in the Ocean Mantle.”
Updated 2/24/09
Bernardo Abrego (Mathematics) has received $5,250 from Brigham Young University in support of a project entitled “Repeated geometric patterns in finite point sets.”
Janice Eckmier and Carolyn Burch (Secondary Education) have received $456,447 from the Los Angeles Unified School District in continuing support of a project entitled “Single Subject Intern Program.”
Silvia Fernandez (Mathematics) has received $5,250 from Brigham Young University in support of a project entitled “Rectilinear Crossing Numbers.”
Karla Pelletier (CECS Student Development Equity Center) has received $12,653 from California State University, Sacramento, as supplemental support for a project entitled “CSU Luis Stokes-Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase IV.”
Deqing Ren (Physics & Astronomy) has received $90,372 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “CAREER: A Portable Solar Adaptive Optics System for High-Resolution Imaging Investigations.”
Updated 2/2/09
Raul Aragon (EOP Admissions & Partnership Program) has received $302,646 from the Los Angeles Unified School District in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP LASSO Monroe School Complex.”
James Ballard (Sociology) has received $13,464 from California State University San Bernardino as supplemental support for a project entitled “Intelligence Studies Program.”
Patrick Boudreault (Deaf Studies) has received $72,898 from UCLA in continuing support of a project entitled “Outcomes of Cx26 Testing in Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults.”
Nancy Burstein and Sue Sears (Special Education) have received $595,826 from the Los Angeles County Office of Education in support of a project entitled “CSUN Special Education Intern Program (CAIP).”
Robert Dale Conner (Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management) has received $15,000 from Electro Chemical Finishing in support of a project entitled “Development of Amorphous Alloy Surface Coatings as Replacement for Chromate.”
Irene Cota (Elementary Education) has received $66,565 from the Los Angeles Unified School District in continuing support of a project entitled “Multiple Subject Internship Program.”
James Decker (Social Work) has received $685,509 from the California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) in continuing support of a project entitled “CalSWEC Title IV-E Funding Stipend Program.”
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology and Counseling) has received $20,000 from Catholic Healthcare West in support of a project entitled “The Advocacy Project.”
Richard Moore (Management) has received $100,800 from the Employment Development Department-Workforce Investment Board in continuing support of a project entitled “California Workforce Investment Board, One-Stop Cost Study II.”
Karla Pelletier (Engineering and Computer Science) has received $10,000 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “CSU-LSAMP Student Scholar Program 2008-09.”
Yohannes Shiferaw (Physics and Astronomy) has received $76,061 from the American Heart Association in support of a project entitled “Stochastic Calcium Signaling and Cardiac Arrhythmia.”
Updated 1/7/09
Debi Choudhary (Physics and Astronomy) has received $72,189 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “CAREER: Magnetic Tomography of Emerging Sunspots (MATES).”
Updated 12/9/08
James Ballard (Sociology) has received $43,522 from CSU San Bernardino/National Intelligence in continuing support of a project entitled “Intelligence Studies Program.”
Anne Glavin (Public Safety) has received $24,000 from the CSU Trustees in continuing support of a project entitled “Interoperable Communications.”
Javier Hernandez (Student Outreach & Recruitment) has received $68,973 from the LAUSD/USDE in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP Project LASSO.”
Nhut Ho (Mechanical Engineering) has received $75,000 from the California State University Long Beach Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “Metrics for Operator Situation Awareness, Workload, and Performance in Automated Separation Assurance System.”
Virginia Kennedy (Special Education) has received $61,500 from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in support of a project entitled “CSUN National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Professional Teaching Development Center.”
Joyce Munsch (Child and Adolescent Development) has received $65,665 from Jumpstart, Inc., in continuing support of a project called “JumpStart Program.”
Peter Nwosu (Urban Studies) has received $18,500 from the El Proyecto del Barrio in continuing support of a project entitled “Youth Leadership Skills and Career Pathway Development Program.”
Karla Pelletier (CECS Student Development Equity Center) has received $90,000 from CSU Sacramento in continuing support of a project entitled “CSU Louis Stokes-Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase IV.”
Deqing Ren (Physics & Astronomy)) has received $7,475 from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in support of a project entitled “ATI: Adaptive Optics System for 1.6-m Solar Telescope in Big Bear.”
Roslyn Rosen (National Center on Deafness) has received $789,636 from the California Department of Rehabilitation in continuing support of a project entitled “California Assistive Loan Program.”
Ryoichi Seki (Physics & Astronomy) has received $150,720 from Los Alamos National Laboratory in support of a project entitled “Theoretical Support for the Los Alamos SNM Project.”
Ben Yaspelkis (Kinesiology) has received $5,508 from the RMIT University in support of a project entitled “Novel rodent model for studying genetic/environmental factors underlying chronic disease states.”
Updated 11/20/08
Rachel Friedman-Narr (Special Education) has received $50,000 from the California Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Parentlinks.”
Lashonna Goodman (Family Focus Resource and Empowerment Center) has received $50,000 from the California Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Parentlinks.”
Updated 11/10/08
Donald Bleich (Finance) has received $10,000 from the CSU Real Estate Land Use Institute, in support of a project entitled “Real Estate Improvement Grant.”
David Boyns (Sociology) has received $40,000 from the University of Riverside in continuous support of a project entitled “Copernicus Project Evaluation.”
Gary Chapman (Physics and Astronomy) has received $32,318 from Montana State University in continuing support of a project entitled “Magnetic Origins of Solar Irradiance Variations.”
Robert Dale Conner (Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management) has received “$14,999 from the California Institute of Technology/ONR as supplemental support for a project entitled “Cellular Amorphous Metallic Structures for Energy Absorption.”
Rafi Efrat (Accounting) has received $2,000 from the Internal Revenue Service in supplemental support of a project entitled “The Tax Clinic.”
Phil Gorman (Management) has received $43,800 from the Los Angeles Community Development Department and Workforce Investment Board, in support of a project entitled “Customer Satisfaction Measurement Services.”
Javier Hernandez (Student Outreach) has received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Education in continuing support of a project entitled “Upward Bound.”
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology and Counseling) has received $245,017 from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in support of a project entitled “Valley Trauma Center.” Hanson also received $129,439 from the same office for a project entitled “Northwestern Los Angeles County Rape Crisis Center Rape Prevention Education.”
Steve Oppenheimer (Biology) has received $58,888 from the UC Regents in continuing support of a project entitled “San Fernando Valley Science Project.”
Miroslav Peric (Physics) has received $15,706 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in supplementary support of a project called “Atmospheric Aerosol Studies from MISR: Researching Aerosols and Pollution in Mexico City.”
Dora Preminger (Physics) has received $32,318 from Montana State University and from NASA in continuing support of a project called “Magnetic Origins of Solar Irradiance Variations.”
Debra Sheets (Health Sciences) has received $14,181 from the Regents of the University of California, in continuing support of a project entitled “California Geriatric Education Center.”
Gerry Simila (Geological Sciences) has received $58,888 from the UC Regents in continuing support of a project entitled “San Fernando Valley Science Project.”
Virginia Vandergon (Biology) has received $58,888 from the UC Regents in continuing support of a project called “San Fernando Valley Science Project.”
Ivor Weiner (Special Education) has received $208,126 from the California Department of Education, in support of a project called “Family Focus Center—Family Empowerment.”
MariaElena Zavala (Biology) announced program grants awarded to support MARC in the amount of $589,000, MBRS RISE, $631,000 and MBRS SCORE Administration, $129,000. Supplemental funds totaling $48,000 were awarded for a study with Jack Mills on how students enter research and how they are recruited into research labs.
Updated 10/10/08
Ali Tabidian and Elena Miranda (Geological Sciences) received $6,500 from the Calleguas Municipal Water District of Ventura County in support of a project entitled “Analysis of Selected Aquifer Characteristics and Hydrostratigraphy of the South Las Posas Basin, Ventura County.”
Updated 10/3/08
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology and Counseling) has received $532,468 from the Department of Children and Family Services in support of a project entitled “Adoption Promotion and Support Services Program—SPA 2.”
Gang Lu (Physics) has received $87,091 from the Department of Energy in continuing support of a project entitled “Hierarchical Petascale Simulation Framework for Stress Corrosion Cracking.”
Jonah Schlackman (Educational Psychology and Counseling) has received $383,187 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Assessment and Accountability for Teacher Education Programs: Building a Replicable Database Model.”
MariaElena Zavala and Mike Summers (Biology) received a National Institutes of Health NBRS/Rise supplemental equipment grant for $99,000. The grant will provide the Biology Department with a Tecan HS400 four-slide hybridization station, a Molecular Devices Axon GenePix 4000B microarray scanner and a NoZone ozone scrubber.
Updated 9/24/08
A new study by Robert Krol (Economics), entitled “Trade, Protectionism, and the U.S. Economy: Examining the Evidence,” has been published by the Cato Institute. The study, described as a “comprehensive review of the important empirical studies that quantify the impact of trade on the economy,” examines data dating back to the end of World War II. A Cato Institute news release says the study “unequivocally shows that the expansion of international trade has been a boon for Americans and the U.S. economy.”
Linda Rader Overman (English) is the author of an essay entitled “Goodbye, Rita Hayworth. Hello, Margarita Cansino,” due to appear in “Reflect, Inform, Persuade: College Writing in the 21st Century,” scheduled for publication by Longman in 2009.
Martin Pousson (English) has sold his story, “Wanted Man,” to Epoch. The story is a chapter from “The Nerves,” Pousson’s novel-in-progress.
In an article published by the Cato Institute, Shirley Svorny (Economics) states that state licensing of medical professionals does not assure quality care. Svorny argues that “licensure not only fails to protect consumers from incompetent physicians, but, by raising barriers to entry, makes health care more expensive and less accessible.” Education, credentialing and scope-of-practice decisions are better left to the private sector and the courts, she notes.
Nayereh Tohidi (Gender and Women’s Studies) wrote a commentary for Women’s E News entitled “Iran’s Women’s Rights Activists are Being Smeared.” In the September 17 commentary, Tohidi said Iranian women’s rights activists have faced smears and arrests in their move to stall a bill easing “polygamy, temporary marriage and male-bias in divorce.”
Updated 9/12/08
Javier Hernandez (Outreach/Recruitment) has received $59,169 from the Los Angeles Unified School District/U.S. Department of Education in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP Project STEPS.”
Jerry Nader (College of Education) has received $204,000 from Project GRAD Los Angeles in continuing support of a project entitled “Project GRAD Los Angeles.”
Updated 9/8/08
Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $90,000 from UCSB in continuing support of a project entitled “LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem.”
Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $100,000 from UCSB in continuing support of a project entitled “Long Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia.”
Sharlene Katz (Electrical & Computer Engineering) has received $97,723 from Edwards Air Force Base in support of a project entitled “Student Design Project Using Software Defined Radio (SDR).”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $47,868 from the National Institutes of Health as supplemental support of a project entitled “Rise at CSUN.”
Updated 8/28/08
Ralph Hoskins (Arts, Media, and Communication) has received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts’ CAREC initiative in support of a project entitled the “Guitar Masters” program, featuring The Romeros, classical guitarists, and slack key guitarist Keola Beamer, all scheduled to perform at Cal State Northridge during the 2008-09 season.
Thomas Minehan (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $71,500 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Investigating an Environmentally Benign Synthesis of C-aryl Glycosides (SCORE).”
Jerry Nader (College of Education) has received $204,000 from Project GRAD Los Angeles in continuing support of a project entitled “Project GRAD Los Angeles.”
Updated 8/25/08
Sean Murray (Biology) has received $35,750 from the National Institutes of Health in support of a project entitled “Integrating lipid biosynthesis with bacterial cell cycle progression.”
Updated 8/15/08
Ardavan Asef-Vaziri (Systems and Operations Management) has received $5,000 from CSU San Bernardino in support of a project entitled “A Decision Support Tool for Locating an Inland Port in the Inland Empire.”
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) has received $70,000 from the Office of Naval Research in support of a project entitled “Applications of Hydrofoils with Leader Edge Protuberances.”
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology and Counseling) has received $180,000 from the Department of Children and Family Services in continuing support of a project entitled “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Intervention and Treatment Program Services.”
Nicholas Kioussis (Physics and Astronomy) has received $107,250 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled “Multiscale Simulations of Transport in DNA and DNA-carbon Nanotube Systems.”
Rheem Medh (Biology) has received $107,250 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Role of EfBP4 in Glucocorticoid-Evoked Lymphocyte Apoptosis.”
Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $10,788 from the National Science Foundation as supplemental support of a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Depth Distribution of Anisotropic Fabric in the Ocean Mantel.”
Updated 8/1/08
Na Deng and Debi Choudhary (Physics and Astronomy) have received $111,527 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in support of a project entitled “Exploring the Magnetic Connection and Associated Dynamics from the Photosphere through Chromosphere to the Corona.”
Alan Glassman (Management) has received $300,000 from the City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Sanitation in support of a project entitled “Baldridge Process for Bureau of Sanitation.”
Donna Sheng (Physics and Astronomy) has received $101,133 from the Department of Energy in continuing support of a project entitled “Numerical Investigations of Novel Charge and Spin Hall Effects in Graphene and Other Spin-Orbit Coupling Electron Systems.”
Updated 7/23/08
Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $71,500 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Temporal and Spatial Relationships of Proteins in Yeast NER (SCORE).”
Nicholas Kioussis (Physics and Astronomy) has received $45,000 from UCLA in continuing support of a project entitled “Multiscale Modeling of the Deformaton of Advanced Ferritic Steels for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems.”
Steven Oppenheimer (Biology) was awarded a National Institutes of Health research grant totaling $99,589 to continue his work on mechanisms of adhesive interactions, an area important in understanding reasons for the spread of cancer. The grant is for the period July 1, 2008 until June 30, 2009.
John Van Arsdale (Recreation and Tourism Management) has received $40,000 from the California Department of Boating and Waterways in continuing support of a project entitled “Boating Safety Grant.”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $50,000 from the National Institutes of Health as supplemental support for a project entitled “Administrative Supplement for Evaluation of CSUN MBRS RISE.”
Updated 7/18/08
Alyce Akers and Audrey Clark (Family and Consumer Sciences) have received $149,872 from the Administration for Children and Families in continuing support of a project entitled “Head Start Hispanic Latino Service: Partnership Institution.”
As part of the MBRS SCORE Program from the National Institutes of Health, the following faculty members have received support: Maria Elena de Bellard (Biology), $67,413; Steven Dudgeon (Biology), $110,579; Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry and Biochemistry), $243,400; Eric Kelson (Chemistry and Biochemistry), $146,768; Luciana Lagana (Psychology), $112,983; Jheem Medh (Chemistry and Biochemistry), $149,056; Steven Oppenheimer (Biology), $99,589; Miroslav Peric (Physics and Astronomy), $243,400; Radha Ranganathan (Physics and Astronomy), $139,512; Laleh Razani (Psychology), $100,716; Michael Summers (Biology), $151,780; Virginia Vandergon (Biology), $67,413; Michele Wittig (Psychology), $113,911 and Maria Elena Zavala (Biology), $128,986.
James Decker (Social Work) is principal investigator on two grants to the Department of Social Work beginning July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. The first, a $967,643 state Title IV-E Training Grant, will train 13 full-time and eight part-time MSW students in child welfare. The second, a $456,709 Los Angeles County IUC Child Welfare Grant, will train eight students in child welfare for the Department of Children and Family Services.
Ivor Weiner (Special Education) has received $73,955 from the North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) in continuing support of a project entitled “The Family Focus Resource Center,” and $48,766 from the NLACRC in continuing support of a project entitled “Family Focus Resource Center Antelope Valley.”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $481,606 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “RISE at CSUN.” Zavala also received $98,981 from the same source, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Administrative Supplement for Equipment for MBRS RISE.”
Updated 7/11/08
Frankie Augustin (Science and Math Student Services Center/EOP Satellite Office) has received $20,000 from the State of California Health and Human Services Agency in support of a project entitled “Student Health Professionals Pre-Entry Program (SHP-PEP)."
Rafi Efrat (Accounting and Information Systems) and Ali Behnezhad (Systems and Operations Management) have received $85,000 from the U.S. Department of Education in continuing support of a project entitled “Service Learning in Global Supply Chain Management and Cross Cultural Understanding in Business.”
Kathleen Marsaglia, Gerry Simila, J. Douglas Yule and Jorge Vazquez (Geological Sciences) have received $205,129 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “Mentoring Through Research as a Catalyst for Success in the Geosciences (Phase 2): A Track 2 Proposal for High School, Undergraduate and Graduate (MS) Underrepresented Groups at California State University, Northridge.”
Carole Oglesby (Kinesiology) has received $13,992 from the City of Los Angeles in support of a project entitled “Proposition K Maintenance Funds for Brown Center.”
Updated 7/2/08
Sharlene Katz (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has received $10,000 from Edwards Air Force Base/Kenexa in continuing support of a project entitled “Software Defined Radio (SDR) Projects.”
Catherine McLeod (National Center on Deafness) has received $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Education in continuing support of a project entitled “Postsecondary Education Programs for Individuals Who Are Deaf.”
Carrie Saetermoe (Psychology) has received $243,045 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “Facilitating Advancement in the Social Sciences—COR.”
Merri Whitelock (Center for Innovative and Engaged Learning Opportunities) has received $37,626 from the Corporation for National & Community Service in continuing support of a project entitled “VISTAS for Center for Community Service Learning.”
Updated 6/27/08
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) has received $7,606 from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in support of a project entitled “XR-50 Engine Performance Testing.”
Donna Sheng (Physics and Astronomy) has received $35,000 from the National Science Foundation in continuing support of a project entitled “RUI: Theoretical (Numerical) Investigations of Novel Transport and Topological Properties of Two-Dimensional Interacting Electron Systems.”
Updated 6/19/08
Barry Cleveland (Theatre) has received $2,500 from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc., in support of a project entitled “Willard F. Bellman Theatre Design and Technology Digital Archive Project.”
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) has received $22,000 from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., in support of a project entitled “GUI for Multiple PWR Analysis Tools.”
Nicholas Kioussis, Gang Lu and Donna Sheng (Physics and Astronomy) have received $410,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled “PREM—Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials Science.”
Updated 6/13/08
Annette Besnilian (Family and Consumer Sciences) has received $27,543 from the California Department of Public Health, in support of a project entitled “Maternal PKU Camp Conference.”
Nancy Burstein and Ashley Skylar (Special Education) have received $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “Technology Enhanced Culturally-Responsive (TEC) Intern Program for Secondary Special Educators.”
Jan Tolan (Recreation and Tourism Management) has received $28,350 from the Lily Academy of Japan, in continuing support of a project entitled “2008 Lily Academy of Japan Institute.”
Updated 6/06/08
Deborah Chen and Michele Haney (Special Education) have received $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “CULTURE in ECSE.”
Teresa Madden (Sociology) has received $195,000 from the Corporation for National and Community Service, in continuing support of a project entitled “University/Community Partnership to Reduce Gang Activity-MOSAIC.”
Gerry Simila (Geological Sciences), Virginia Vandergon (Biology) and David Kretschmer (Elementary Education) have received $100,000 from the UC Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled “San Fernando Valley Science Project—Teacher Retention Initiative.”
Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $589,004 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled “MARC U-STAR.”
Updated 5/29/08
Javier Hernandez (Student Outreach and Recruitment) has received $800 from the U.S. Department of Education, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Upward Bound.”
Updated 5/22/08
Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received $4,022 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Temporal and Spatial Relationships of Proteins in Yeast NER."
M. Helena Noronha, Alberto Candel, Rabia Djellouli and Werner Horn (Mathematics) received $372,307 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "PUMP: Preparing Undergraduates Through Mentoring Toward Ph.D.’s."
Roslyn Rosen (National Center on Deafness) received $261,623 from the Department of Rehabilitation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "California Assistive Loan Program."
Updated 5/16/08
Yolanda Chassiakos (Klotz Student Health Center) received $40,000 from the CSU Chancellor’s Office in support of a project entitled "Improving California State University Health Professions Pathways and Best Practices: Increasing Numbers and Diversity of Health Professionals in California.”
Jussi Eloranta (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received $50,000 from the ACS-PRF, in support of a project entitled "Spectroscopy of polycyclic hydrocarbons in bulk superfluid 4He."
M. Helena Noronha (Mathematics) received $9,716 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "IRES: A US-Brazil Collaboration for Mathematical Research Experiences for Students."
Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) received $82,824 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Depth Distribution of Anisotropic Fabric in the Ocean Mantle."
Updated 5/9/08
James Decker (Social Work) is the principal investigator for two grants starting in July 2008 through June 2009. The first, an award for $967, 405, was received from CalSWEC to support 13 students with stipends for $18,500, and tuition and fees for eight additional students in the three-year part-time MSW program to work in child welfare in California. The second, an award for $456,709, was received from the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services Inter-University Consortium Training Services (IUC) to train eight MSW students to work in child welfare in the County of Los Angeles.
Updated 4/25/08
James David Ballard (Sociology) received a $12,000 Haynes Foundation Fellowship, a summer fellowship for initial study of the transportation of nuclear waste in Southern California counties.
Alan Glassman (Management) received $143,000 from Stonefield Josephson, Inc., in support of a project entitled "SJ University."
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology & Counseling) has received $40,400 from the California Office of Emergency Services, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Valley Trauma Center."
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) received $40,000 from the Department of the Army, in support of a project entitled "Aerodynamic Performance of High Glide Ram-Air Parachutes."
Marianne Link (Klotz Student Health Center) received $63,811 from the California State University, Fresno Foundation, in support of a project entitled “CSU Alcohol and Traffic Safety Grant.”
Mary Ann Cummins Prager (Center on Disabilities) received $653,466 from the California Department of Rehabilitation, in continuing support of a project entitled “Workability IV Contract with California Department of Rehabilitation Services.”
Updated 4/18/08
Alyce Akers (Family and Consumer Sciences) received $149,872 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in continuing support of a project entitled “Head Start Hispanic Latino Service: Partnership Institutions.”
Raul Aragon (EOP Admissions and Partnership Programs) received $302,646 from the Los Angeles Unified School District, in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP LASSO Monroe School Complex.” He also received $100,000 from the Los Angeles Unified School District, as supplemental support of a project entitled “GEAR UP LASSO Monroe School Complex.”
James Ballard (Sociology) received $56,986 from the Foundation for CSU San Bernardino, in continuing support of a project entitled “Intelligence Studies Program.”
Donald Bleich (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) received $9,000 from the CSU Real Estate & Land Use Institute, in continuing support of a project entitled “Real Estate Program Improvement Grant.”
Patrick Boudreault (Deaf Studies) received $82,745 from the University of California, Los Angeles, in continuing support of a project entitled “Outcomes of Cx26 Testing in Deaf/Hard of Hearing Adults.”
David Boyns (Sociology) received $40,000 from UC Riverside, in continuing support of a project entitled “Copernicus Project Evaluation.”
Nancy Burstein and Sue Sears (Special Education) received $681,025 from the Los Angeles County Office of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “SPED Intern Program–Program Improvement Plan.” They also received $86,513 from the Los Angeles County Office of Education, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Special Education Interim Program (CAIP).”
Robert Carpenter (Biology) received $90,000 from UC Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled “LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem.”
Gary Chapman (Physics and Astronomy) received $71,080 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled “RUI: A Study of the Sources of Solar Total and Spectral Variability.”
Debi Prasad Choudhary (Physics and Astronomy) received $70,335 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled “CAREER: Magnetic Tomography of Emerging Sunspots (MATES).”
Robert Dale Conner (Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management) received $14,999 from the California Institute of Technology, in support of a project entitled “Cellular Amorphous Metallic Structures for Energy Absorption.”
Irene Cota and Elaine Adelman (Elementary Education) received $67,948 from the Los Angeles Unified School District, in continuing support of a project entitled “Multiple Subject Internship Program.”
Maria D’Orsogna (Mathematics) received $10,000 from UCLA, in support of a project entitled “Participation in an Optimal Transport Program.”
Shawna Dark and James Craine (Geography) received $92,614 from the San Francisco Estuary Institute, in support of a project entitled “Ventura County Historical Ecology Project.”
James Decker (Social Work) received $541,442 from the Regents of the University of California, in continuing support of a project entitled “CalSWEC Title IV-E Funding Stipend Program.”
Cynthia Desrochers (Elementary Education) received $20,000 from the Trustees of the California State University, in support of a project entitled “The MERLOT Faculty ELIXR Project.”
Fred Dukes (Administration and Finance) received $4,200 from Washington State University, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Afghan Equality Alliances–Participant Training.”
Janice Eckmier and Carolyn Burch (Secondary Education)received $495,050 from the Los Angeles Unified School District, in continuing support of a project entitled “Single Subject University Intern Program.”
Peter Edmunds (Biology) received $157,923 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled “Homeostasis, stoichiometry and dynamic energy budgets at multiple levels of biological organization.” He received $100,000 from UC Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled “Long Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia.” Edmunds also received $5,975 from the National Science Foundation as supplemental support of a project entitled "RUI: Long-Term Coral Reef Dynamics in the U.S. Virgin Islands: 1987-2008."
Rafi Efrat (Accounting and Information Systems) received $45,000 from the Internal Revenue Service, in support of a project entitled “The Tax Clinic.”
Xiaojun Geng (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received $30,088 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Gaming and Interactive Visualization for Education.”
Alan Glassman (Management) received $53,049 from the L.A. County Superior Court, in continuing support of a project entitled "Superior Court Manager Development Program," and $47,150 from the City of Los Angeles, in continuing support of a project entitled “Bureau of Sanitation LEAD Program.” He also received $20,826 from the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, in continuing support of a project entitled “Superior Court Managing People #2.”
Anne Glavin (Public Safety) received $20,000 from the CSU Trustees, in support of a project entitled “Homeland Security Grant.”
Charles Hanson (Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $284,905 from the California Department of Public Health, in continuing support of a project entitled “Northwestern Los Angeles County Rape Crisis Center Rape Prevention Education.” He also received $244,742 from the State of California Office of Emergency Services, in continuing support of a project entitled “Valley Trauma Center” and $134,996 from the State of California Office of Emergency Services, in continuing support of a project entitled “Northwestern Los Angeles County Rape Crisis Center.” Hanson also received $25,000 from Catholic Healthcare West, in continuing support of a project entitled "SART Case Manager."
Javier Hernandez (Student Outreach and Recruitment) received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, in support of a project entitled “Upward Bound.” He also received $181,600 from the U.S. Department of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “Talent Search Program Region I”; $61,829 from the LAUSD, in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP Project STEPS”; $60,000 from the LAUSD in continuing support of a project entitled “GEAR UP Project LASSO” and $23,530 from the LAUSD, in support of a project entitled “GEAR UP Southgate College Partnership.”
Nhut Ho (Mechanical Engineering) received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Establishing a CDIO Franework to Improve Learning and Retention in a Diverse Undergraduate Engineering Student Population." Ho also received $75,000 from the California State University Long Beach Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled “Metrics for Operator Situation Awareness, Workload, and Performance in Automated Separation Assurance Systems.”
Hamid Johari (Mechanical Engineering) has received $12,000 from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as supplemental support for a project entitled "Performance of Hydrofoils with Leading Edge Protruberances."
Karla Johnson-Majedi (Engineering and Computer Science, Student Services Center/EOP Satellite) received $102,156 from University Enterprises Inc., CSU Sacramento, in continuing support of a project entitled “CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase III.”
Sharlene Katz (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received $10,000 from Edwards Air Force Base/Kenexa, in support of a project entitled “Software Defined Radio (SDR) Projects.”
David Klein (Mathematics) received $5,000 from the Fordham Foundation, in support of a project entitled “An Evaluation of High School Math Programs.”
Deborah Leidner and Richard Castallo (Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) received $103,161 from the U.S. Department of Education, as supplemental support of a project entitled “PROJECT CHANGE: A Partnership to Prepare Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
Marta Lopez-Garza (Women’s Studies, Chicana/o Studies) received $10,000 from the California Council for the Humanities, in support of a project entitled “’When Will Punishment End? Stories by Formerly Incarcerated Women.”
David Miller (Accounting and Information Systems) received $19,900 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled “Regional Information Systems Security Center.”
Jerry Nader (Education) received $204,000 from Project GRAD Los Angeles, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Project GRAD Los Angeles.”
Peter Nwosu (Human Relations) received $24,500 from El Proyecto del Barrio, in support of a project entitled “Youth Leadership Skills and Career Pathway Development Program.”
Miroslav Peric (Physics and Astronomy) received $7,800 from JPL, as supplemental support of a project entitled “Atmosphere Aerosol Studies From MSIR: Researching Aerosols and Pollution in Mexico City.”
Scott Plunkett (Family and Consumer Sciences) and two colleagues from North Carolina State University and Oklahoma State University received $457,278 ($114,693 to CSUN) from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in support of a project entitled “Fathers Count.” Plunkett also received $121,685 from North Carolina State University in support of the "Fathers Count" project.
Dora Preminger and Gary Chapman (Physics and Astronomy) received $22,952 from NASA, in support of a project entitled “Magnetic Origins of Solar Irradiance Variations.”
Ramin Roosta (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received $20,000 from the Northrop Grumman Corporation, in support of a project entitled “Power-aware design planning and physical implementation for effective power reduction.”
Robert Ryan (Mechanical Engineering) received $19,856 from DMJM Harris, in support of a project entitled “Fume Hood Exhaust System for Science 3 and 4.”
Mark Sergi (Psychology) received $26,597 from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression, in continuing support of a project entitled “Improving Skill Acquisition in Schizophrenia: Neurocognitive Prediction of Effective Instruction.”
Debra Sheets (Health Sciences) received $20,171 from UCLA, in support of a project entitled “California Geriatric Education Center.”
Yohannes Shiferaw (Physics and Astronomy) received $75,087 from the American Heart Association, in support of a project entitled “Stochastic Calcium Signaling and Cardiac Arrhythmia.”
Gerry Simila (Geological Sciences), Virginia Vandergon (Biology) and Steve Oppenheimer (Biology) have received $24,612 from the UC Regents, in support of a project entitled “San Fernando Valley Science Project” and $20,000 in additional funding for the “San Fernando Valley Science Project—Supplement.”
Mark Steele and Larry Allen (Biology) have received $175,670 from the California Coastal Commission, in continuing support of a project entitled "SONGS Mitigation Monitoring Program (2008-2009)."
Yifei Sun (Geography) has received $18,937 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: A Comparative Study of ICT Industry Development in Beijing, Shanghi-Suzhou Corridor and Pearl River Delta in China."
John Van Arsdale (Recreation and Tourism Management) has received $40,000 fom the California Department of Boating and Waterways, in connection with the CSUN Aquatic Center at Castaic Lake. The center acts as a learning center for CSUN students, and a community program outreach center focusing on water safety and aquatics for communities in the Santa Clarita valley
Ann Watkins (Mathematics) received $30,975 from Western Michigan University, in continuing support of a project entitled “Core-Plus Mathematics Revision Project.”
Ivor Weiner (Special Education) received $209,351 from the California Department of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “Family Focus Center–Family Empowerment.” He also received $73,955 from the North Los Angeles County Regional Center, Inc., in continuing support of a project entitled “The Family Focus Resource Center” and $48,766 from the North Los Angeles County Regional Center, Inc., in continuing support of a project entitled “Family Focus Resource Center Antelope Valley.”
Doug Yule (Geological Sciences) received $117,493 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled “Earthquake Geology of the Pakistani Himalaya: Characterizing Slip Rates and Recurrence of Potentially Devastating Earthquake Sources.”
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