The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Faculty Research Council are pleased to announce the awardees of the FY20 Internal Grant Competition. Congratulations!
Individual Scholarship
Maria Botero
Assistant Professor of Psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Primate Caregivers and the Social Mind
Yixin (Cindy) Chen
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Effects of Warning Statements, Risk Perception, and Worry on E-Cigarette Use
Brandy Doleshal
Associate Professor of Mathematics
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Goeritz Equivalence Classes
Jocelyn Frelier
Assistant Professor of French
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Transforming Family — Manuscript Development
Darren Grant
Associate Professor of Economics
College of Business Administration
Untargeted Tests for Bias in Order Assignment
Gan Liang
Professor of Physics
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Study of New Cathode Materials for Sodium-ion Battery Applications
Hiranya Nath
Professor of Economics
College of Business Administration
Investment in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Occupational Employment in the US
Dionne Noble
Associate Professor of Dance
College of Arts and Media
Co-PI: Andrew Noble, Associate Professor of Dance, College of Arts and Media
Prometheus Magnified: Dance and A.I. Research in the Digital Age
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Emma Bullock
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Co-PI: Pat Ko, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering Technology
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) Reimagined: Concept App Development
Madhusudan Choudhary
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Co-PI: Hyuk Cho, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering Technology
Analysis of Small Regulatory RNAs in Rhodobacter spheroids and Its Application towards Bioremediation of a Heavy Metal Environment
Donggil Song
Assistant Professor of Instructional Systems Design and Technology
College of Education
Co-PI: Bill Angrove, Associate Vice President for Distance Learning, SHSU Online
Co-PI: Debra Price, Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
Analyzing Educational Big Data of Student Behavior in Online Courses for Dropout Prevention
New Faculty
Meredith Billings
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
College of Education
Student Debt, Persistence, and Completion: The Evaluation of University System of Georgia’s Guaranteed Tuition Plan
Megan Hinze
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Biocatalysts for stereo- and site-selective oxidations
Roozbeh Irani-Kermani
Assistant Professor of Agribusiness
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Variety Seeking Measurement Based on Product Attribute Space
ABM Rezbaul Islam
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Skin Detection in Video Using Machine Learning Techniques
Macie Kerbs
Assistant Professor of Education
College of Education
Exploring Kindergarteners’ Literacy Learning with Poetry and Songs
Geraldine Monjardez
Assistant Professor of Forensic Science
College of Criminal Justice
Comparative proteomics study for the forensic identification of human and animal blood using liquid chromatography/tandem-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/time of flight mass spectrometry
Willis Oyugi
Assistant Professor of History
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contested Land: Maasai Agency and the 1956 Game Policy Committee in Colonial Kenya
Amy Smith
Assistant Professor of Music Therapy
College of Arts and Media
Co-PI: Deanna Hanson-Abromei, Associate Professor, Music Education and Music Therapy, University of Kansas
Co-PI: Brenda Salley, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center
A feasibility study of caregiver singing as a preventative music intervention for very preterm infants in the NICU
Evelyn Soto
Assistant Professor of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Summer Archival Research for “Beyond the Black Legend: Spanish-American Political Imaginaries in the US”
Pilot Studies
Patrick Buzzini
Associate Professor of Forensic Science
College of Criminal Justice
Assessment of the joint use of elemental analysis and microspectrophotometry methods to efficiently discriminate automotive paint in the context of forensic investigations of traffic accidents
Jaimee Kastler
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
College of Health Sciences
Effects of Interactive Electronic Simulation on Clinical Judgement: A Pilot Study
Tarek Trad
Associate Professor of Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Investigating ZnO nano column-coated electrodes as modified components for advanced three-dimensional dye-sensitized solar cells
Stephen White
Assistant Professor of Psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Exploring the Leaky Gut Hypothesis of Depression Utilizing an Avian Model of Treatment Resistant Depression
Christopher Zall
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Electrochemical Hydrogen Production Using Hydride Relays as Catalysts
Bing Zhou
Associate Professor of Computer Science
College of Science and Engineering Technology
Applying Soft Computing to Digital Forensics Evidence Analysis