2007

Rachel Adams, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering
Quantifying Pollutant Loading in an Urban Waterway Using Passive in Situ Sensors
USC/U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
USC Sea Grant Program
Subcontract, Year 2
$21,736

Kristine Brancolini
University Libraries
Local History Digital Resources: The Changing Face of Southern California - A History in Postcards
Institution of Museum and Library Services
LSTA: Local History Digital Resources
$5,000

Carla Bittel, Ph.D.
History
The Science of Women's Rights: Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Women's Health in Late Nineteenth-Century America
National Science Foundation
Science and Society/Scholars Award
$99,279

Erika Camacho, Ph.D.
Edward Mosteig, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute (AMSSI) 2007
National Security Agency
Conferences and Workshops Program
$124,982

REU Site: Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute (AMSSI) 2007
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc./National Science Foundation
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Subcontract, Year 3
$54,761

Cal Caswell, Ed.D.
Small Business Development Center
My Own Business
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Contract
$10,000

Cal Caswell, Ed.D.
John Wholihan, Ph.D.
Small Business Development Center
Post-Licensure Nursing Education Services
County of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Healthcare Workforce Development Program
Contract
$225,000

LMU SBDC 2007 Los Angeles Service Center
Long Beach Community College District/SBA
Small Business Development Center
Subcontract, Year 2
$200,000

Vincent Coletta, Ph.D.
Jeff Phillips, Ph.D.
Physics
Thinking in Physics: A Program to Develop the Reasoning Ability of Under Achievers in Introductory Physics
National Science Foundation
CCLI: Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (Phase 1)
$90,017

Alissa Crans, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2008
Raytheon Company
$2,000

Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2008
National Security Agency
Conferences, Workshops and Special Situations
$14,650

Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2008
Mathematical Association of America
NSF-RUMC Conference Grant
$3,000

Jacqueline Dewar, Ph.D.
Lily Khadjavi, Ph.D.
Alissa Crans, Ph.D.
Mathematics
"Women in Mathematics" for Future Teachers
Mathematical Association of America
Grants for Women and Mathematics Projects
$6,000

Ben Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Ecosystems Modeling of College Drinking
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Project Grant Program (R01)
Subcontract, Year 3
$65,590

Mary Fraser
Shane Martin, Ph.D.
Magaly Lavadenz, Ph.D.
Education
Strengthening the Teacher Education Pipeline
Los Angeles Mission College/U.S. Department of Education
Title V Developing/Strengthening Hispanic Serving Institutions
Subcontract, Year 2
$199,169

Robert Hurteau, Ph.D.
Center for Religion and Spirituality
Regional Consultation on Hispanic Ministry
Raskob Foundation
$1,875

Hispanic Ministry Programming
Anonymous
$33,988

Joseph LaBrie, S.J., Ph.D.
Psychology
Social Norms and Skills-Training: Motivating Campus Change
University of Washington/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Project Grant Program (R01)
Subcontract, Year 1 of 5
$107,220

Joseph LaBrie, S.J., Ph.D.
Elena Bove, Ed.D.
Psychology
CSI/LMU - Community Standards Initiative
U.S. Department of Education
Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior among College Students
$294,802

Jim Landry, Ph.D.
John Dorsey, Ph.D.
Natural Science
Pollution Prevention: Business Outreach and Training Project for the Ballona Watershed and Wetlands
Friends of Ballona Wetlands/City of Los Angeles
Community to business Pollution Prevention Funding Program (CBP2)
$12,600

Chun Lee
Finance and CIS
Noise Trading in Taiwan's Stock Market
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Fulbright Scholar’s Program
$14,800

Edmundo Litton, Ed.D.
School of Education
Teaching for Social Justice: The LMU Internship Program
CCTC: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Alternative Certification - Intern Program - Enhanced Intern Component
Year 5
$944,500

Teaching for Social Justice: The LMU Internship Program
CCTC: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Alternative Certification - Intern Program - Enhanced Intern Component
Supplemental funds to year 4
$100,000

Jennifer Magnabosco, Ph.D.
Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Votes for president:2008 Presidential Primary and National Election Exit Polls In the City of Los Angeles
Haynes Foundation
Major Research Grants
$87,799

Jonas Mureika, Ph.D.
Physics
Exploring the Texture and Geometry of the Universe: Lacunarity Analysis of Cosmological Large Scale Structure
Research Corporation
Cottrell College Science Awards
$31,430

Bohdan Oppenheim, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University Research Foundation/U.S. Department of Energy
Industrial Assessment Center
Subcontract
$51,250

Center for Industrial Excellence- Project #1 Training
Northrup Grumman
Space Technology Contract
Contract
$14,750

Center for Industrial Excellence- Project #2 Study
Northrup Grumman
Space Technology Contract
Contract
$22,000

Pam Rector
Center for Service and Action
Alicia Partnoy, Ph.D.
Modern Languages and Literatures
Nina Lozano-Reich, Ph.D.
Communication Studies
Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows
San Francisco State University/California Campus Compact
Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows
$4,000

Gary Rhodes, Ph.D.
LMU Extension/Center for Global Education
Year of Study Abroad
The Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program
Additional funding to current contract
$2,000

Jose Saez, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Study Limitations of Nitrate Sensors under Variable Moisture Conditions, And Execution of Full-Scale Demonstration at the Palmdale Site
CENS-UCLA/National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Centers - Integrative Partnerships
Subcontract, Year 1
$5,000

Marshall Sauceda
Elizabeth Stoddard, Ph.D.
Student Affairs
Upward Bound at Loyola Marymount University
U.S. Department of Education
Upward Bound Program
$250,000

Matthew Siniawski, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
Solar Integrated Technologies Existing Product Reliability Investigation
Solar Integrated/UCLA
Industry Contract
$23,641

Vandana Thadani, Ph.D.
Psychology
Predictively Improving the Problem Solving of Science Students
UCLA/National Science Foundation
Research on Learning Education (ROLE)
Subcontract, Year 2
$13,454

Predictively Improving the Problem Solving of Science Students
UCLA/National Science Foundation
Research on Learning Education (ROLE)
Subcontract, Year 2
$3,000

Carolyn Viviano, Ph.D.
Natural Sciences
Wetlands Curriculum Project
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Community Partnering Program
$1,800