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December 2015 Contract and Grant Awards

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Dagli, N., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $65,497, Carbon Sciences, Inc., "Investigation of graphene for optical modulator applications."

Gehlbach, H.S. (Education), Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, $94,506, Panorama Education, "Student Survey Research."

Grafton, S.T. (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Chmelka, B.F. (Chemical Engineering), Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, $80,000, Army, "Task 42: SCFT Models and Software for Simulating the Morphology of Polymer Blends in Electric Fields."

Han, H.C. (Political Science), Institute for Social, Behavioral, & Economic Research, $84,948, Ford Foundation, "Proposal to Conduct a Program Review of the Ford Foundation’s Promoting Electoral Reform and Democratic Participation Initiative."

Hawker, C.J. (Materials), College of Engineering (MCAM), $0, Mitsubishi Group (Japan), "NRT-24: Robust and Scalable Macromolecular Architectures based on Crossiâ„¢ Building Blocks."

Knapp, R.A., Marine Science Institute, $140,000, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, "Preventing Extirpation of Frog Population Following Arrival of the Frog-killing Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis."

Mayer, R., Psychological & Brain Sciences, $565,243, Office of Naval Research (ONR), "Increasing the Effectiveness of Games that Improve Cognitive Skills."

McClintock, W.J., Marine Science Institute, $9,543, World Wildlife Fund, "Assistance with WWF-Canada's Cumulative Impact Model in Seasketch."

O'Carroll, M.R., Facilities Management, $1,000, Earth Island Institute, "CSSC Zero Waste Mini-grant 2015."

Pilegard, C.C., Mayer, R., Psychological & Brain Sciences, $1,000, American Psychological Association, "Training Transferable Knowledge with Games."

Reese, B.E. (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Neuroscience Research Institute, $1,535,000, National Institutes of Health, "Demographics of Retinal Nerve Cell Populations."

Smith, S.T. (Anthropology), Akmenkalns, J.L. (Anthropology), Institute for Social, Behavioral, & Economic Research, $25,200, National Science Foundation, "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Exploring Cultural Identity in the Ancient Nubian Hinterlands Before and After Egyptian Conquest."

Voss, L.B., Early Childhood Care and Education Services, $30,000, California Department of Education, "2015-2016 CDE Child Care and Adult Care Food Program."

Wang, M. (Education), Gerber, M. (Education), Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, $127,617, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, "Nurturing the 21st Century STEM Instructors for College Students."

Wilson, S.D., Materials, $457,389, National Science Foundation, "Metal-insulator transitions and symmetry breaking in spin-orbit Mott Materials."

Wolski, R.M., Computer Science, $1,475,094, Cornell University, "CC*DNI DIBBs: Data Analysis and Management Building Blocks for Multi-Campus Cyberinfrastructure through Cloud Federation."

Xie, Y., Electrical & Computer Engineering, $299,989, Office of Naval Research (ONR), "Cost Analysis and Cost-Driven IP Reuse Methodology via 2.5D/3D Heterogeneous Integration."