December 2022 Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during December 2022:

Monthly Awards at a Glance:
21 Awards Received: Valued at $1,618,257. 

Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Ellen Middaugh, Mark Felton, Child and Adolescent Development    
Institutionalizing CLARION-UC Links/CSU Seed Funding SJSU
Sponsor: University of California, Berkeley – $15,000.

Matthew Love, Special Education    
CCLA: California Coalition for Learning Acceleration
Sponsor: Santa Clara County Office of Education – $49,963.


Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Nikos J. Mourtos, Aerospace Engineering    
Scan Drawings from Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel 
Sponsor: Jacobs Research – $17,373.

Michael Oye, Biomedical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering    
Community Services Program ’22-‘23
Sponsor: City of San José – $100,000.


College of Health and Human Sciences

Laurie Drabble, Social Work School    
Healthy Effects of Intersectional Stigma Among Sexual Minority Women 
Sponsor: University of California, Santa Barbara – $20,596.


College of Humanities and the Arts

James Josh Coleman, Scott Jarvie, English and Comparative Literature
San José Area Writing Project 2022-2023 - State
Sponsor: Regents of the University of California – $36,506.

Katherine Harris, English and Comparative Literature
San José Downtown Association Abierto Program
Sponsor: San José Downtown Association – $10,000.


Office of Research

Abby Queale, Office of Research
The Spartan SBDC
Sponsor: Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation – $135,000.

Abby Queale, Office of Research
The Spartan SBDC (CIP) 22-23
Sponsor: Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation – $65,000.


College of Science

Sonia Cuellar-Ortiz, Chemistry
Latin X Conference 
Sponsor: California State University, San Bernardino – $2,705.

Yang Zhang, Mathematics and Statistics
Gas Price Analysis of Ethereum Fee Markets
Sponsor: Ethereum Foundation – $25,000.

Adam Kochanski, Meteorology and Climate Science
Towards a NU-WRF based Mega Wildfire Digital Twin: Smoke Transport impact Scenarios on Air Quality, Cardiopulmonary Disease and Regional Deforestation
Sponsor: University of Maryland Baltimore County – $29,748.

Adam Kochanski, Meteorology and Climate Science
Integration and Evaluation of WRF-SFIRE Application for Interoperability in Wildfire Decision Making
Sponsor: Colorado State University – $11,477.

Mark Yarbrough, Michael E. Feinholz, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Implantation of MarONet for Support of OCI/PACE Vicarious Calibration
Sponsor: University of Miami – $345,881.

Michael Graham, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Contract between PSA and SJSUF 2022
Sponsor: Phycological Society of America – $13,199.

Shelley Cargill, Science, Dean’s Office
Gavilan College STEM Grant Subproject
Sponsor: Gavilan Joint Community College District – $150,000.


College of Social Sciences

Cassie J. Hilditch, Psychology
2022 Fatigue Management Training for San Francisco Bar Pilots
Sponsor: California Maritime Academy – $6,000.

Sean P. Laraway, Psychology
IDIQ AGREEMENT AS20-01509 Subcontract Task Order No. 3 ACITS4 PRIME TASK C23T01
Sponsor: ASRC Federal – $61,302.

Serena E. Alexander, Urban and Regional Planning
Visiting Scholar Position at the U.S. DOT’s Climate Change Center
Sponsor: Department of Transportation – $171,432.


Vice President/Provost, Academic and Student Affairs

Maria E. Cruz, Martha E. Toral, Division of Student Affairs
The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program
Sponsor: Department of Education – $289,267.


Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.