Research Spotlight
A sampling of recent research grants awarded to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» faculty from a variety of disciplines.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» continues to attract grants and contracts for cutting edge research from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Following are a sampling of recent grants the faculty of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» received for their research:
College of Arts and Letters
Enrico Marcelli, Professor, Sociology,
The grant comes from the University of Southern California
Research title: Improving Immigrant Access to Insurance & Medical Care
Grant amount: $98,342
College of Engineering
Karen May-Newman, Profesor, Mechanical Engineering
The grant comes from the Thoratec Corporation
Research title: Bench Testing of the HMII Programmed Intermittent Low Speed (PILS) Algorithms
Grant amount: $13,144
College of Sciences
Antonio Palacios, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
The grant comes from the Department of Defense Army Research Office
Research title: Exploiting Symmetry to Study Coherent Self-Sustaining Dynamics in High Dimensional Nonlinear Systems
Grant amount: $110,000
Imperial Valley Campus
Suzanna Fuentes-Ferreiro, Professor, Center for Individual & Professional Training/Linguistics
The grant comes from the Imperial County Department of Social Services
Research title: Imperial Valley Empowerment Training Program in English Immersion, Basic Computer, Interpersonal and Employment Skills, and Life Skills
Grant amount: $981,055
