The 2024听Research & Innovation Seed Grant program funded 19 new projects for up to $50,000 each.
2024听Funded Projects
| PI Name | PI Department | Category | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisar Ahmed | Aerospace Engineering Sciences | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Robust Multi-Object Tracking for Continuous Capture Microwave Imagers |
| Kyri Baker | Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering听 | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Enabling Optimal Lighting Design to Support Well-Being Across Species and Environments |
| Meredith Betterton | Physics | Biomedical & Life Sciences | Studying Astrogliosis in the Brain Using Quantitative Image Analysis and Mathematical Modeling |
| Alison Boardman | Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy | Social Sciences & Professional Schools | Teacher Professional Learning for Compassionate Collaboration in Inclusive Classrooms |
| Robin Burke | Information Science | Social Sciences & Professional Schools | Journalist / EDitorial Integration for News Recommendation (JEDI News) |
| Scott Diddams | Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering听 | Engineering & Applied Sciences | High-Resolution Solar Heterodyne Spectroscopy Enabled by Laser Frequency Combs |
| Yifu Ding | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Nano-Patterned Membrane Condenser for the Production of Natural Gas Liquids from Shale Gas |
| Jennifer Fluri | Geography | Social Sciences & Professional Schools | Advancing Housing Affordability in the Mountain West Region |
| Charles Hoeffer | Integrative Physiology | Biomedical & Life Sciences | Molecular Validation of Epistatic Network Hub Genes in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias using AD Brain Samples and ADRD-Derived iPSCs |
| Ryan Layer | Computer Science | Biomedical & Life Sciences | Spatial Sonification & Visualization of Genetic Data for Rapid Identification of Cancer-Causing Mutations |
| Kurt Maute | Aerospace Engineering Sciences | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Designing for Nonlinearity: Reducing Resource Consumption Through a Paradigm Shift in Engineering Design |
| Brett Melbourne | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Biomedical & Life Sciences | Quantifying Insect Biodiversity Automatically with Sensors and Machine Learning |
| 叠丑补谤补迟听搁补蝉迟辞驳颈 | Geography | Geological & Environmental Sciences | Towards Understanding Ecosystem Responses to Solar Radiation Modification using Coordinated Trace Gas Sampling, Hyperspectral Radiation and Eddy Flux Measurements |
| 颁丑补谤濒别蝉听搁辞驳别谤蝉 | Physics | Basic Physical Sciences | Measuring the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Metalloporphenes: A New Class of Two Dimensional Materials |
| Hanna Rose听Shell | Art & Art History | Arts & Humanities | High Altitude Observatory: Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds |
| 尝颈锄锄测听罢谤辞飞别谤 | Geological Sciences | Geological & Environmental Sciences | Quantifying the Effects of Diurnal Carbon Cycling on Lake Sediments as Records of Climate Change |
| 贰尘颈濒颈别听鲍辫肠锄补办 | Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts | Arts & Humanities | SILT |
| 贰谤颈苍听奥颈濒濒颈蝉 | Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design | Social Sciences & Professional Schools | Promise and Perils in Social Media Health Promotion: 听A Theoretical Framework for Social Media Influencers |
| Wei Zhang | Chemistry | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Graphyne: A Novel 2D Carbon Allotrope Beyond Graphene for Energy Storage |