FY12 TIER 1 Award Recipients
28 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY12 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different research projects.
- Probing the Intersection of Pleasure and Pain: An Electrophysiology and fMRI Analysis of the Prefrontal Cortex Circuitry
 Craig Ferris (Psych), Robert Sikes (PT/SUNY Med), Barbara Waszczak (Pharm Sci)
- Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Heterostructures for Advanced Photodetection and Photovoltaics
 Swastik Kar (Phys), Yung J. Jung (MIE)
- Assessment of Effects of Central Fatigue on Cognitive, Motor, and Sensory Function
 Dagmar Sternad (Bio & ECE), Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi (Speech), Ying-Yee Kong (Speech), Deniz Erdogmus (ECE)
- Self-assembly of a Biological Clock
 Fred Davis (Bio), Ferdi Hellweger (CEE)
- Visualizing Speech Melody to Improve Second Language Expressive Fluency in Adolescents
 Rupal Patel (Speech), Isabel Meirelles (Communication Design), Sheelah Sweeny (Educ )
- Fluorescent Sensors for Visualizing Dynamics in Dendritic Spines
 Heather Clark (Pharm Sci)
- Shortfall – A Computer Game to Teach Sustainability in Engineering and Business
 Jackie Isaacs (MIE), Tom Cullinane (STE), Brian Sullivan (Art)
- Exploiting Innate Mucosal Immunity for Acute, Safe and Facile Response to Biowarfare
 Rebecca Carrier (CE), Jeff Ruberti (MIE), Dave Budil (Chem)
- Interdisciplinary Studies to Explore the Viability of Pulmonary Surfactant as a Drug Delivery System for the Lung
 Andrew Gouldstone (MIE), Rebecca Carrier (CE)
- Solid-Mechanics Approach to Micro-organism Adhesion-Aggregation-Transportation
 Kai-tak Wan (MIE), April Gu (CEE), Sinan Muftu (MIE)
- Water Quality Improvement: Self-powered Hydrogen Production, Donor Delivery and Monitoring System for Bio-remediation
 April Gu (CEE), Sanjeev Mukerjee (Chem), Akram Alshawabkeh (CEE), Edgar Goluch (CE), Kim Lewis (Bio)
- Theoretical Study of the Vibration of Inclined Stays in Cable Stayed Bridges
 Luca Caracoglia (CEE), Bernardo Barbiellini (Phys)
- Exploiting Regenerative Capacity of Amphibian Matrix for Retinal Regeneration
 Rebecca Carrier (CE), Marina Hincapi (BARN)
- Forming an Interdisciplinary Team to Investigate Science of Cold Spray
 Sinan Muftu (MIE), Andrew Gouldstone (MIE), Dave Kaeli (ECE)
- Next Generation Capture and Release Coatings for Microfluidic Separation of Stem Cell
 Shashi Murthy (CE), Sunny Zhou (Chem)
- Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Polymerase Management
 Mark Williams (Phys), Penny Beuning (Chem)
- Using Computer Games to Diffuse Suitable Innovations
 Ann McDonald (Art), Rosanna Garcia (CBA), Mark Sivak (MIE)
- Improving Risk Prediction for Sudden Cardiac Death through Multiscale Computational Modeling of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans
 Dana Brooks (ECE), Alain Karma (Phys)