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  RI: Small: Foundations of Ethics for Multiagent Systems

  Singh, M. M. P. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/10/21 → 30/9/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Multi Agent Systems 50%
  • Multi-agent 30%
  • multi-agent 30%
  • Formal Reasoning 20%
  • Value Theory 20%

• Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Small: Timely Computing and Learning over Communication Networks

  Arafa, A. A. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/10/21 → 30/9/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Agent Scheduling 40%
  • Federated Learning System 20%
  • Joint Model 20%
  • Latency Efficient 20%
  • Learning Performance 20%

• Fructose Induced Regulation of Profibrogenic Factors in Hepatic Nonparenchymal Cells

  Kennedy, A. A. (PI)

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  24/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Hepatic Non-parenchymal Cells 100%
  • Fructose Metabolism 46%
  • Tissue Inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) 28%
  • Lobular Inflammation 25%
  • Hepatocytes 18%

• Fully defined matrices for organoid culture

  Roberts, S. (PI)

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  21/9/21 → 31/8/22

  Project: Research Project

  • Organoid Culture 100%
  • Matrigel 42%
  • Collagen 20%
  • Aberrant Phenotype 20%
  • Three-dimensional Cell Culture 20%

• Southern Liver Health Cohort

  Hoyo, C. C. (PI), Moylan, C. C. A. (CoPI) & Schildkraut, J. M. (CoPI)

  National Cancer Institute

  21/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Liver Cell Carcinoma 100%
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma 66%
  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver 32%
  • Liver Cirrhosis 24%
  • Fibrosis 24%

• Prediction and Prevention of Hepatic Decompensation in Patients with Cirrhosis

  Diehl, A. M. A. E. (PI), Abdelmalek, M. (CoPI) & Moylan, C. C. A. (CoPI)

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  20/9/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Liver Cirrhosis 100%
  • Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis 100%
  • Hepatic Decompensation 80%
  • Statin 35%
  • Statins 21%

• Neonatal gut-on-a-chip platform for high content drug testing and precision medicine

  Good, M. M. L. (PI), Magness, S. T. (CoPI), Good, M. L. (CoPI) & Luke, C. J. (CoPI)

  20/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Drug Testing 100%
  • On-a-chip 100%
  • Precision Medicine 100%
  • Diseases 60%
  • Intestinal Organoids 42%

• SCH: A personalized wearable rehabilitation sensing system for stroke survivors

  Zhu, Y. Y. (PI), Bozkurt, A. A. (CoPI), Baratta, J. J. (CoPI), Hu, X. X. (CoPI) & Shen, X. X. (CoPI)

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  17/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Sensing System 75%
  • Rehabilitation Engineering 75%
  • Wearable Systems 66%
  • Motor Impairment 28%
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder 20%

• ATM activation by DNA single-strand breaks

  Yan, S. S. (PI)

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  17/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Single Stranded DNA 66%
  • Malignant Neoplasm 66%
  • Genome Instability 50%
  • DNA Damage 50%
  • Egg Extract 44%

• D1 dopamine receptor positive allosteric modulators as a practical treatment for cognitive decline

  Frankowski, K. J. (PI)

  National Institute on Aging

  15/9/21 → 31/5/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Positive Allosteric Modulator 100%
  • Dopamine Receptor D1 50%
  • Allosteric Site 25%
  • Compound B 16%
  • Pharmacological Characterization 16%

• Long-term alcohol drinking alters stress engagement of BNST circuit elements

  Hwa, L. S. (PI)

  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

  15/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Whole Brain 47%
  • Intermittent Alcohol 36%
  • Optogenetics 36%
  • Neuroscience 36%
  • Κ-opioid receptor 18%

• REU SITE: Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems

  Amassian, A. A. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Social Experience 50%
  • Social Activity 25%
  • Oral Communication 25%
  • Written Communication 25%
  • Analytical Tool 25%

• REU SITE: Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems

  Cahoon, J. J. (PI) & Huang, J. J. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Social Activity 50%
  • Social Experience 50%
  • Oral Communication 50%
  • Written Communication 50%
  • Analytical Tool 50%

• Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Behavioral Dysfunction in a Zebrafish Model of CHARGE Syndrome

  Marsden, K. C. (PI)

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

  10/9/21 → 28/2/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Proteomics 100%
  • In Vivo 100%
  • Zebra Fish 100%
  • Behavioral Dysfunction 100%
  • CHARGE Syndrome 100%

• A cluster randomized trial to improve adolescent bicycling safety

  Hamann, C. C. (PI)

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  9/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Safety Education 75%
  • Safety Education Programs 58%
  • Education Program 53%
  • Parent Training 30%
  • Self-efficacy 20%

• Hatchable Solid State Transformer Rectifier Design through System Co-Optimization

  Lewis, P. P. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  8/9/21 → 15/3/22

  Project: Research Project

  • Transformer-rectifier 100%
  • Rectifier Design 100%
  • Solid State Transformer 50%
  • 3D Rendering 22%
  • Military Performance 11%

• UNLIMITED -OMICS APPLICATIONS THROUGH HIGH-RESOLUTION, SUB-CELLULAR PRECISION SAMPLE ISOLATION AND IMAGING

  Whitehill, J. J. (PI)

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Agricultural Science 66%
  • Forestry 66%
  • Omics 50%
  • State Universities 50%
  • Interdisciplinary Research 33%

• Selective delivery of superoxide dismutase and catalase for restenosis prevention

  Cartaya, A. A. (PI)

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Intimal Hyperplasia 100%
  • Catalase 100%
  • Restenosis 50%
  • Macrophages 50%
  • Revascularization 37%

• Real-Time Bronchoscope Localization Using Machine Learning To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis

  Fried, I. (PI)

  National Cancer Institute

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Lung Cancer Screening 100%
  • Diagnostic Performance 33%
  • Built-in Camera 25%
  • Procedural 16%
  • Preoperative Localization 16%

• Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Green and Climate Resilient Built Environments (Green CRiB)

  Amassian, A. A. (PI), Long, T. A. (CoPI), Stingelin, N. N. (CoPI), Mcgehee, M. M. D. (CoPI) & Grubert, E. E. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Climate Resilience 50%
  • Engineering Research 50%
  • Built Environment 50%
  • Indoor Temperature 25%
  • Smart Manufacturing 14%

• Collaborative Center to Develop Improved Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Endometriosis

  Young, S. S. L. (PI), Jeong, J.-W. J. (CoPI), Cox, L. L. A. (CoPI), Dasouki Abu-alnadi, N. N. (CoPI), Slayden, O. O. D. (CoPI), Cox, L. A. (CoPI), Jeong, J.-W. (CoPI) & Slayden, O. D. (CoPI)

  1/9/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Endometriosis 100%
  • Diseases 42%
  • Non-hormonal Treatment 33%
  • Progesterone Resistance 33%
  • Estrogen Receptor 28%

• Catalyst Project: Biology Program Enhancement Through Education and Research in the Ecological Sciences

  Carr, T. T. (PI) & Melton, M. A. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 100%
  • Critical Thinking 33%
  • R Programming 16%
  • Student Critical Thinking 16%
  • Field Ecology 16%

• Clonal analysis of gliogenesis in the cerebral cortex

  Ghashghaei, H. T. (PI)

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

  1/9/21 → 31/8/22

  Project: Research Project

  • Gliogenesis 50%
  • Glia 33%
  • Clonal Lineages 16%
  • Balanced Production 16%
  • Cortical Regions 16%

• Synthetic matrices for studies on trophoblast differentiation in 3D culture

  Rao, B. M. (PI)

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Cytotrophoblast 43%
  • Placenta 31%
  • In Vitro 14%
  • Stem Cell 12%
  • Blastocyst 12%

• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2021: Elucidating the mechanism by which Taf14 links metabolic flux to gene transcription

  Lundy, T. T. A. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Taf14 100%
  • Metabolic Flux 100%
  • Gene Transcription 50%
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship 50%
  • Laws of Life 50%

• Collaborative Research: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS)

  Parker, M. M. D. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Mesovortex 38%
  • Supercell 33%
  • Cold Pool 16%
  • Substorm 16%
  • Severe Winds 15%

• White Dwarf Stars Under the Influence of Planets

  Clemens, J. J. C. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • White Dwarf Stars 100%
  • White Dwarf 100%
  • Exoplanet Systems 14%
  • Electromagnetic Interaction 14%
  • Planets and 14%

• MAARCO – Multi-terrain Amphibious ARCtic ExplOrer

  Mazzoleni, A. A. P. (PI) & Bryant, M. M. J. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Rover 100%
  • Robot 50%
  • Optimization Framework 40%
  • Melting Ice 40%
  • Propulsion System 40%

• How Do Unrepresentative College Grades Shape Race and Gender Gaps in the STEM Pipeline?

  Klasik, D. D. (PI), Hutt, E. E. (CoPI) & Sartain, L. L. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 100%
  • Grading System 33%
  • Academic Journals 33%
  • Policy Brief 33%
  • STEM Workforce 16%

• Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)

  Mattingly, C. J. (PI) & Davis, A. P. (CoPI)

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  1/9/21 → 30/6/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Disease 83%
  • Gene Phenotype 20%
  • Public Health 20%
  • Environmental Health 14%
  • Network Exposure 13%

• FOOD ANIMAL RESIDUE AVOIDANCE DATABANK (FARAD)

  Jaberi-douraki, M. (PI)

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  1/9/21 → 31/8/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Veterinary Medicine 50%
  • Extra-label Drug Use 20%
  • Bibliographic Records 20%
  • University of California 10%
  • Regional Centers 10%

• Collaborative Research: Holocene and Late Pleistocene Stream Deposition in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica as a Proxy for Glacial Meltwater and Paleoclimate

  Dewitt, R. R. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • McMurdo Dry Valleys 100%
  • Paleoclimate 100%
  • Meltwater 100%
  • Alluvial Fan 75%
  • Fluvial Deposition 50%

• Post translational modifications tune cardiac myosin

  Nesmelov, Y. (PI)

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Cardiac Myosin 100%
  • Human Cardiac Myosin 44%
  • In Vitro Motility Assay 22%
  • Actomyosin 16%
  • Reversible Switching 11%

• Collaborative Research: Holocene and Late Pleistocene Stream Deposition in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica as a Proxy for Glacial Meltwater and Paleoclimate

  Swanger, K. K. M. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Paleoclimate 100%
  • Meltwater 100%
  • Alluvial Fan 75%
  • McMurdo Dry Valleys 50%
  • Fluvial Deposition 50%

• CCI Phase 1: NSF Center for Quantum Electrodynamics for Selective Transformations (QuEST)

  Krauss, T. D. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Innovation Stages 100%
  • Chemical Innovations 100%
  • Polariton 30%
  • Polaritons 15%
  • Organic Chemistry 15%

• Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Integrated Systems Operations and Planning of a Carbon Neutral Electric Grid

  Chowdhury, B. B. H. (PI), Tolone, W. W. J. (CoPI), Kamalasadan, S. S. (CoPI), Enslin, J. J. H. (CoPI) & Lu, N. N. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/22

  Project: Research Project

  • Carbon Neutrality 100%
  • Modeling and Simulation 100%
  • Research Centre 100%
  • Behavioural Science 50%
  • Transport 50%

• Linking PFAS exposure to thyroid disruption and innate immunity

  Yoder, J. J. A. (PI)

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  16/8/21 → 31/7/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Thyroid Hormone 100%
  • Thyroid Disruption 100%
  • Innate Immunity 66%
  • Polyfluoroalkyl Substances 66%
  • In Vitro 50%

• Collaborative Research: Visualizing statistical force networks in colloidal materials far-from-equilibrium

  Hsiao, L. C. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Dense Suspension 100%
  • Colloidal Material 100%
  • Rheology 100%
  • Particle Interaction 100%
  • Physics 100%

• DISES: Influence of Community Forestry on the Dynamics of the Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems

  Song, C. C. (PI), Bilsborrow, R. E. (CoPI), Band, L. L. E. (CoPI), Sills, E. E. O. (CoPI) & Parajuli, R. R. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Community Forestry 100%
  • Socio-environmental Systems 50%
  • Nepal 30%
  • Forest Management Strategies 10%
  • Ecosystem Goods 10%

• Collaborative Research: Analysis and Control in Multi-Scale Interface Coupling between Deformable Porous Media and Lumped Hydraulic Circuits

  Bociu, L. L. V. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Deformable Porous Media 100%
  • Research Analysis 100%
  • Global Features 100%
  • Glaucoma 100%
  • Intraocular Pressure 66%

• Mechanics of Granular Materials: Rigidity, Nonlocality, and Activated Failure

  Daniels, K. K. E. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Nonlocality 100%
  • Rigidity 100%
  • Granular Material 100%
  • Undergraduate Researchers 25%
  • Nonlocal Rheology 25%

• Relaxation of Slow Glassy Interphases in Polymeric Systems

  Simon, S. S. L. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 30/6/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Polymeric Systems 100%
  • Polyethylene Terephthalate 66%
  • Dilatometry 66%
  • Nanostructured Materials 50%
  • Nanomaterial 50%

• Building reconfigurable photonic materials and devices by light-guided self-assembly of nanoparticles

  Yan, Z. Z. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Photonic Materials 100%
  • Reconfigurable Photonics 100%
  • Photonic Devices 100%
  • Optical Binding 60%
  • Reconfigurable 40%

• Collaborative Research: Analysis and Control in Multi-Scale Interface Coupling between Deformable Porous Media and Lumped Hydraulic Circuits

  Guidoboni, G. G. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Deformable Porous Media 100%
  • Global Features 100%
  • Glaucoma 100%
  • Intraocular Pressure 66%
  • Research Analysis 50%

• Early Life Phthalate Exposures in Relation to Structural and Functional Brain Development

  Engel, S. M. (PI) & Lin, W. W. (CoPI)

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  13/8/21 → 31/5/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Functional Brain Development 100%
  • Structural Brain Development 100%
  • Phthalic Acid 100%
  • Functional Connectivity 25%
  • Frontal Lobe 25%

• Non-invasive analysis of methylated cell free DNA in necrotizing enterocolitis

  Good, M. M. L. (PI) & Peters, D. D. G. (CoPI)

  12/8/21 → 31/5/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Non-invasive Analysis 100%
  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis 100%
  • Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) 100%
  • Cell Free DNA 100%
  • Epigenetic Mechanism 100%

• A multimodal intervention to improve manual dexterity in subacute stroke survivors

  Kamper, D. (PI)

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  10/8/21 → 31/7/23

  Project: Research Project

  • Keyboard 66%
  • Hand Exoskeleton 50%
  • Involve Interaction 33%
  • External World 33%
  • Audio Feedback 25%

• Exploring the consequences of food insecurity and harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce food insecurity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among persons with HIV

  Rhodes, S. S. D. (PI) & Morse, C. C. (CoPI)

  National Institute of Nursing Research

  4/8/21 → 30/6/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Food Insecure 40%
  • Comorbidity 23%
  • Food Secure 20%
  • Bilingual 13%
  • Bilingual Intervention 6%

• Indoor and outdoor light at night: Associations with sleep and breast cancer

  Sweeney, M. R. (PI)

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  1/8/21 → 31/7/22

  Project: Research Project

  • Nighttime Light 100%
  • Confidence Interval 100%
  • Sleep Quality 100%
  • Breast Cancer 50%
  • Fine Particulate Matter 50%

• Excellence in Research: Predicting computations that lead to a stable perception of object lightness under spectral variabilities of the visual scene

  Singh, V. V. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Mental Computation 75%
  • Lightness Perception 50%
  • Human Participants 50%
  • Background Object 50%
  • Tasks 33%