Previously Awarded Internal Grants
Each year, SUNY Oswego awards over $175,000 in the form of grants to faculty, students and staff, to support a significant number of innovative scholarly and creative projects.
Information regarding past internal grant recipients from previous years can be accessed below.
Spring 2024
The Shineman Endowed Fund Spring 2024 |
One Proposal Funded: $27,500.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Haynes, Kristen Co-PIs: Brosch, Cory Flanagan, Michael Mohamed, Kamal |
Rice Creek Field Station Counseling Services |
Shineman Endowed Fund | Advancing inclusivity in the outdoors through an accessible trail at Rice Creek Field Station | $27,500.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2024 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,091.51 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Conversion of Methane-to-Methanol Using Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters | $3,000.00 |
| Margaret Schmuhl | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Observations of Rural Justice Courts in NYS | $3,000.00 |
| Jed Locquiao | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Letters from veteran special educators: The motivational contours to starting and staying with the work of SPED | $2,500.00 |
| Joshua Plencner | Politics | Faculty SCA | Imperialism Underground: The Political Imagination of White Wimmen and Jungle Girls | $712.51 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics and Astronomy | Faculty SCA | Mid-Infrared Quantum Dot Photodetectors | $2,879.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2024 |
Five Proposals Funded: $11,600.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Christopher D. Hromalik Marthinus C. Koen |
Modern Languages and Literatures Criminal Justice |
Curriculum Innovation | Elementary Spanish for First Responders | $3,600 |
| Khairul Islam | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Generative AI in Public Relations | $2,000.00 |
| Michael Chaness | Anthropology | Curriculum Innovation | The Study of World Religions at SUNY Oswego | $2,000.00 |
| Doreen Mazzye | Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum Innovation | Science of Reading Analysis and Revision |
$2,000.00 |
| Ashlee Moore | Psychology | Curriculum Innovation | Culture, Identity, & K-Pop | $2,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2024 |
Five Proposals Funded: $4,773.00 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Dan Rafferty Miranda Smith |
Cynthia Clabough | Art and Design | Student SCA | Positivity Through Art; 2D Mural Project | $1,000.00 |
| Griffin Kutny | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Comparing Machine Learning of Acoustic Data and Manual Point Counts for Bird Surveys on the SUNY Oswego Campus | $1,000.00 |
| Joy Zientara | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveying host-pathogen-environment interactions in amphibian populations of Oswego County | $996.00 |
| Tyler Lucia | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | The Effect of Lake Surface Temperatures on Warm-Season Convection on the Great Lakes | $1,000.00 |
| Tyler Ziobro | Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Student SCA | Investigations of Cu(I)-Centered Photosensitizers | $777.00 |
Rice Creek Field Station Small Grant Spring 2024 |
Six Proposals Funded: $15,958.00 |
| Faculty Name(s) | Student Name(s) | Department(s) | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Kaitlin Fisher | Casey Hiller Zane Hiller |
Biological Sciences Zoology |
RCA Grant | Comparing cloacal mycobiomes of migratory and residential passerine birds at Rice Creek Field Station using next-generation sequencing | $2,235 |
| Mike Holy Karen Sime |
RCA board member Biological Sciences |
RCA Grant | Butterfly Diversity at Rice Creek Field Station: Student Training in Field Survey and Database Entry for National Pollard Base Butterfly Network | $3,000 | |
| Jennifer Olori Nicholas Sard Susan Hammerly |
Joy Zientara | Biological Sciences | RCA Grant | Continuation of a Long term Survey of Two Global Amphibian Diseases in Rice Creek Populations | $2,888 |
| Kristen Haynes Daniel Baldassarre Jennifer Olori Maria Sagot |
Rice Creek Field Station Biological Sciences |
RCA Grant | Assessing the response of wildlife to the 2024 total solar eclipse in Oswego, NY using remote biological monitoring methods | $3,000 | |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Nikki Knecht | Biological Sciences | RCA Grant | Status of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in low-maintenance hayfields on the SUNY Oswego campus | $3,000 |
| Vanessa Maike | Computer Science | RCA Grant | Using Robots to Teach Animal Food Chains and Computer Programming to Early Learners | $1,835 | |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2024 |
Eleven Proposals Funded: $49,023.50 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Jane Bush | Liz Lange | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Project Assessing Female Round Goby Behavior to Predict the Spread of Invasive Species | $4,858.50 |
| Molly Metcalf | Alanna Ossa | Anthropology | Challenge | Van Buren Inn and Tavern Historic Preservation Field School (Research Assistant) | $3,875.00 |
| Nikki Knecht and Griffin Kutny | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Monitoring the response of imperiled grassland birds to restored habitat on campus | $4,800.00 |
| Dylan Webber | Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Challenge | Protein Interactions that Regulate Complement Activation | $5,000.00 |
| Alex Fiorentino | Natalia Lewandowska | Physics and Astronomy | Challenge | Examination of radio emission changes in pulsar PSR J1713+0747 | $3,000.00 |
| Pranjal Manchanda | Priyanka M Rupasinghe | Physics and Astronomy | Challenge | Pulse delay measurement in cesium using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) | $5,000.00 |
| Tindake Kourouma | Jed Locquiao | Curriculum and Instruction | Challenge | Letters from veteran special educators: The motivational contours to starting and staying with the work of SPED | $2,490.00 |
| Sebastian Tauriello | Amy Shore | Cinema & Screen Studies | Challenge | History of The Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences | $5,000.00 |
| Layla Sprague | David Dunn | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Data Acquisition in a Low Cost Flow Cytometer | $5,000.00 |
| Brian Pond | Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Challenge | A Novel Approach to Chemically Link Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters | $5,000.00 |
| Sean McCoy | Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Challenge | Synthesis and single particle photoluminescence microscopy of semiconductor nanocrystals | $5,000.00 |
Fall 2023
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2023 |
Eight Proposals Funded: $72,497.97 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Islam, Mohammad Co-PIs: Barber, Katelyn Kanbur, Shashi Wang, Yongang Lewandowska, Natalia |
Physics/AGS | Shineman Endowed Fund | The Great Oswego Total Solar Eclipse | $38,500.00 |
| Lewandowska, Natalia | Physics | Shineman Endowed Fund | A radio telescope for the Rice Creek field station | $10,197.97 |
| Jones, Kelsey, Co-PIs: Dailey, Ashley Taylor, Vanessa |
Student Engagement and Leadership | Shineman Endowed Fund | MLK Day of Service and Annual Celebration | $5,000.00 |
| Hutcheson, Lowell | ARTSwego | Shineman Endowed Fund | SUNY Oswego Artist-in-Residence Program | $4,999.00 |
| Seo, Minjung | Health Promotion & Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Sharp Brain Zestful Living Health Promotion Program | $3,941.00 |
| Bryne, Frank | History | Shineman Endowed Fund | A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates | $1,100.00 |
| Frazier, Soma | English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Subnivean: Spreading Our Roots | $4,760.00 |
| Wade, Erik Co-PI: Curtin, Maureen |
English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | LGBT Oral History Workshop | $4,000.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2023 |
Seven Proposals Funded : $18,949.82 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Establishment of a mammalian system to study directed cell migrationem> | $3,000.00 |
| Isabelle Bichindaritz | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Explainable Analogical Learning for Cancer Survival Prediction | $3,000.00 |
| Michelle Storie | Counseling and Psychological Services | Faculty SCA | Effects of an Intensive Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Intervention on Older, Struggling Readers | $1,564.82 |
| Roseli Rojo | Modern Languages and Literatures | Faculty SCA | Caribbean Poetics of Mobility: The Gendered and Racial Hierarchies of Transportation | $3,000.00 |
| J.R. Slosson | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Fluvial Chloride Transport from Road Deicer in the Semi-Arid, Western United States | $3,000.00 |
| Vadoud Niri Arsalan Mirjafari |
Chemistry Chemistry |
Faculty SCA | Investigation of Electrochemical Behavior of Ionic Liquids with a Sulfonyl Fluoride Motif for Lithium Metal Batteriesem> | $2,385.00 |
| Jonah Shulman | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Training Handbook for Effective Math Educators (THEME) | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2023 |
Eight Proposals Funded: $7,895.46 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Cassandra VanDamme | Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Student SCA | Parental Secure Base and Safe Haven Support in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults | $1,000.00 |
| John Yeboah | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Synthetic Cationic Lipids as Effective Gene Delivery Vectorsem> | $998.46 |
| Karissa Tinsley | Ashlee Moore | Psychology | Student SCA | Psychophysiological Responses to Trauma-Related Visual and Auditory Stimuli | $897.00 |
| Clinton Adu | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Electrochemistry of Novel Ionic Liquids Toward Li-ion Batteries |
$1,000.00 |
| Nikki Knecht | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Status of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in low-maintenance hayfields on the SUNY Oswego campus |
$1,000.00 |
| Param Rajguru | Weihua Liu | Computer Science | Student SCA | Autonomous Driving Simulation Using Carla |
$1,000.00 |
| Baye Massene Diallo | Glenn Graham | Economics | Student SCA | Assessing the Effectiveness and Implementation Challenges of Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
$1,000.00 |
| Sean McCoy | Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Mapping Charge Carrier Distribution of Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals |
$1,000.00 |
Spring 2023
The Shineman Endowed Fund Spring 2023 |
Three Proposals Funded: $14,788.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Laura Donnelly Co-PIs: Tiffany Deater Jarrod Hagadorn |
English | Shineman Endowed Fund | Sterling Nature Center Documentary | $4,952.00 |
| Jonel Langenfeld-Rial | Theatre | Shineman Endowed Fund | Oswego Town Rural Cemetery Ghost and History Storytelling Tour | $4,850.00 |
| Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Circle of Security Case-Based Programs for High-Risk Families | $4,986.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2023 |
Three Proposals Funded : $7,625.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Stacey Ann Reid Karen Wolford |
Psychology Psychology |
Faculty SCA | Efficacy of mindfulness-based programming on undergraduate student self-compassion and stress | $3,000.00 |
| Kestutis Bendinskas | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Testing Ionic Liquids for Their Ability to Store Nucleic Acids | $3,000.00 |
| Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Modeling Excited State Dynamics in Copper(I) Complexes | $1,625.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2023 |
Two Proposals Funded: $4,064.80 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Mohammad Tajvarpour | Marketing and Management | Curriculum Innovation | Introduction to ChatGPT for Business | $2,064.80 |
| Sarah Hanusch | Mathematics | Curriculum Innovation | Fundamental Math Ideas for Grades 5-9 | $2,000.00 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2023 |
Twelve Proposals Funded: $52,192.91 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Quinn Jones | Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Identification of novel partners of adhesion regulator Kinase Responsive to Stress B (KrsB) in a Mutagenesis Screen in Dictyostelium discoideum | $4,500.00 |
| Caitlin Marx | Benjamin Entner | Art and Design | Challenge | Strands That Unite | $3,360.00 |
| Najiyah Williamson | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Challenge | A Comparative Study of PCR-based Assays: Surveying for Ranavirus in Oswego County | $4,498.16 |
| Selim Kalici Hugh Riley Randall |
Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Challenge | Ultra-Long Period Cepheids and RR Lyraes: Challenges for Pulsation Physics |
$4,000.00 |
| Devon Seale | Kestutis Bendinskas | Chemistry | Challenge | Method Development for Genotype Affecting Body's Reaction to Cortisol | $4,500.00 |
| John Yeboah | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Challenge | Development of novel synthetic cationic lipids as gene delivery agents via click chemistry | $4,499.75 |
| Rebecca Connors Griffin Kutny |
Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Monitoring wild birds on campus and at Rice Creek using banding and acoustic data | $4,500.00 |
| Joel Turallo | Mohammad Islam | Physics | Challenge | Development of High Performance Lithium Ion Battery Anode from Activated Carbon and Silicon Remnants | $4,355.00 |
| Emma Lutz | Lisa Glidden Evelyn Benavides |
Political Science Sociology |
Challenge | Barriers to readiness for the Buffalo Blizzard | $4,480.00 |
| Caryn Nabrizny Catherine Walsh |
Richard Metzgar | Art and Design | Challenge | Templates to Promote Knowing: Mapping Place across Satterly Hill, Hsinchu, and Kofu | $4,500.00 |
| TBD | Natalia Lewandowska | Physics | Challenge | A multiwavelength study of some of the fastest pulsars known | $4,500.00 |
| Trevin Ostheller Wells Liscomb Lauren Smith |
Tiffany Deater Jarrod Hagadorn |
Cinema and Screen Studies Cinema and Screen Studies |
Challenge | Nature and Us: Understanding the Relationship between Nature, Experience, and Humanities Education | $4,500.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2023 |
Two Proposals Funded: $1,033.30 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Danielle Marichal | Karen Sime | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveys of Emerald Ash Borer and Its Introduced Parasitoids in Oswego, NY | $293.30 |
| Infiniti Robinson | Emily Estrada | Sociology | Student SCA | How does art representing Non-White races or cultures inform White students’ perspective of other cultural identities? | $740.00 |
Fall 2022
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded: $102,859.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
|
Kristin Gublo Peter Newell |
Chemistry Biological Sciences |
Shineman Endowed Fund | Science Field Trips for Elementary Students | $2,120.00 |
| Michael Riecke | Communication Studies | Shineman Endowed Fund | Renewable CNY |
$4,650.00 |
|
Daniel Baldassarre Kristen Haynes |
Biological Sciences Rice Creek Field Station |
Shineman Endowed Fund | Establishing a long-term bird banding station for research and outreach at Rice Creek Field Station | $11,980.00 |
|
Natalia Lewandowska Shashi Kanbur |
Physics Physics |
Shineman Endowed Fund | A major upgrade to the Shineman Planetarium | $74,050.00 |
| Jacob Dodd | Cinema and Screen Studies | Shineman Endowed Fund | Creation of a Media Archeology Laboratory | $10,059.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,984.18 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Natalia Lewandowska | Physics | Faculty SCA | A multiwavelength study of an extragalactic pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud | $3,000.00 |
| Marianne Hromalik | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-Based Correlator (FBC) | $2,985.00 |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Faculty SCA | Antenna Design and Testing for Wireless Systems and 5G Applications | $999.18 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles – Recycled Activated Carbon Composites as Anode for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries | $3,000.00 |
| M. Neelika Jayawardane | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Durban’s Afrapix Photographers: Forging Relations in the Detritus of Natal’s Plantation Culture | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2022 |
Seven Proposals Funded: $6,759.85 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bailey Maier | Benjamin Entner | Art and Design | Student SCA | Reimagining Sculpture: A Conversation on Extinction | $929.85 |
| Najiyah Williamson Grace Cordon | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveying for a Global Amphibian Pathogen: Ranavirus in Oswego County | $923.00 |
| Sylvia Thompson Katherine Gilligan | Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Student SCA | Confirming Function in Enzymes of Unknown Function | $1,000.00 |
| Mackenzie Mahony | Serenity Sutherland | Communication Studies | Student SCA | Women in Science Visualization Network |
$907.00 |
| Rachel Dibble | Juan Perdiguero | Art and Design | Student SCA | A Personal Interpretation of Prelapsarian Symbolism Through Monotype and Drawing |
$1,000.00 |
| Griffin Kutney | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Tracking the Presence and Timing of Bird Species on the SUNY Oswego Campus |
$1,000.00 |
| David Menzies | Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Student SCA | Interactions between Compliment Factor H and C3 in the Innate Immune System |
$1,000.00 |
Spring 2022
The Shineman Endowed Fund Spring 2022 |
Six Proposals Funded: $77,587.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sandy Bargainnier | Health Promotion and Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Welcoming and Working with New Americans | $2,131.00 |
| Rebecca Peters | Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Anthropology in Practice Visitors Series | $4,500.00 |
| Candis Haak | History, Sociology and Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Digital Humanities Laboratory | $19,500.00 |
| Vadoud Niri | Chemistry | Shineman Endowed Fund | Chemistry Summer Research Program for High School Students | $4,860.00 |
| Prabakar Kothandaraman | School of Business | Shineman Endowed Fund | Stakeholder Partnership for Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness (SPEEDI) | $40,000.00 |
| Kestutis Bendinskas | Research and Individualized Student Experience (RISE) | Shineman Endowed Fund | Summer Scholarly and Creative Activities Student Housing | $4,996.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,973.54 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Development of a Depolymerizable Polymer with Diagnostic Capabilities | $2,973.54 |
| Lisa Seppi | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Not Just Our Corner of the World | $3,000.00 |
| John Lindstedt Damian Schofield |
Computer Science Computer Science |
Faculty SCA | Collecting Data to Verify Perceived Gender Stereotypes in Final Fantasy Games | $3,000.00 |
| Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Faculty SCA | Period-Color and Amplitude-Color Relations in Delta Scuti Variables | $3,000.00 |
| David McLain | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Research Adaptation of Measures of Cognitive Health | $1,000.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2022 |
Three Proposals Funded: $7,700.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michael Murphy, Stephanie Pritchard, Ken Nichols, and Amanda Trainham |
English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Resources for Writers Online | $3,600 |
| Fehmi Damkaci | Chemistry | Curriculum Innovation | DEI in STEM and the Workplace | $2,100 |
| Lindsay McCluskey | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Lifestyle, Beauty, and Fashion Public Relations | $2,000 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2022 |
Fourteen Proposals Funded: $59,678.00 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bronson Bukowski | Nicholas DiFrancesco | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Source of Igneous and Metamorphic Sediment in Oswego County |
$4,400.00 |
|
Danielle Ross |
Peter Newell |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Niche Partitioning Between Gut Bacteria |
$4,500.00 |
|
Rhiannon Bonawitz |
Alanna Ossa |
Anthropology |
Challenge |
Richardson Bates House Historic Preservation Field School |
$3,000.00 |
|
Amanda Streeter |
David Dunn |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Developing a Simple Flow Cytometer Utilizing 3D Printing Technology |
$4,500.00 |
|
Thao Nguyen |
Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Developmental Effects of Warfarin on Chicken Embryos |
$4,500.00 |
|
TBD |
Rachel Lee |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences |
Challenge |
Mapping Fracture Patterns at Robert Wehle State Park and Nearby Islands, Henderson, NY |
$3,780.00 |
|
Sylvia Thompson |
Shokouh Haddadi |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects |
$4,500.00 |
|
John-Kaarli Rentof |
Nicholas Sard |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Surveying for Gray Tree Frogs (Hyla versicolor) using environmental DNA sampling methods |
$4,499.00 |
|
Valeriia Tarallo |
Yulia Artemenko |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
The Role of the Sugar Coating in Shear Flow-Directed Cell Migration |
$4,499.00 |
|
Fishel Connors |
Daniel Baldassarre |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
The effect of urbanization on aggression and neophobia in Northern Cardinals |
$4,500.00 |
|
Aron Rezene |
Priyanka Rupasinghe |
Physics |
Challenge |
Precision atomic structure measurement of cesium using laser spectroscopy |
$4,500.00 |
|
Liam Tovey |
Shokouh Haddadi |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) |
$4,500.00 |
|
Anh Do |
Whalmany Ounkham |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Water-soluble Ruthenium Complexes for Water Catalysis |
$4,000.00 |
|
Navya Amaratunga |
Elizabeth Wilcox |
Mathematics |
Challenge | Modeling the U.S. AIDS Epidemic with Markov Chains | $4,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2022 |
Three Proposals Funded: $2,687.75 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Garrett Statum | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Variability of Cold Season Tornado Outbreaks in the United States: 1950-2021 | $1,000.00 |
| Shea McCarthy | Chris McEvoy | Art and Design | Student SCA | What Shapes Us: A Mural | $1,000.00 |
| Dylan Murphy | Karen Sime | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Responses of the flesh fly Sarcophaga bullata to formalin exposure in pig meat | $687.75 |
Fall 2021
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2021 |
Ten Proposals Funded: $64,809.59 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Shineman Endowed Fund | COS Parenting Facilitator Scholarship Assistance 2021-2022 | $4,500.00 |
| Anneke McAvoy | Institute for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Transformative Practice | Shineman Endowed Fund | SUNY Oswego Dialogue Project | $17,670.00 |
| Michele Thornton | Management & Marketing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour. Using fiction to lead discourse on racial justice in the workplace. | $8,794.00 |
| Miranda Traudt | ARTSwego | Shineman Endowed Fund | Cirque Kalabante | $4,999.00 |
| Zachary Gold | Human Development | Shineman Endowed Fund | University-Community Partnership for Inclusive STEM Learning for Children with Disabilities | $5,690.00 |
| Alanna Ossa | Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Richardson Bates House Historic Preservation Field School | $4,754.59 |
| Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences and Chemistry Departments | Shineman Endowed Fund | Biotechnology Training Camp for High School Students | $4,999.00 |
| Elizabeth Keida | Health Promotion and Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Discover Wellness: A Worksite Health Promotion Program for Oswego County Schools | $4,894.00 |
| Soma Frazier | English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Subnivean: Amplifying Literary Voices in Oswego | $4,009.00 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Shineman Endowed Fund | Enhanced Chemistry Department Seminar Program | $4,500.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2021 |
Nine Proposals Funded: $23,291.33 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Ritu Radhakrishnan | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Not All Truths are Self-Evident: Highlighting the Roles of South Asians and South Asian Americans in United States History and K-12 Curriculum | $2,500.00 |
| Renqian Yang | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | NCECA Ceramics Sculpture exhibition "The Breathing Kind” | $1,424.00 |
| Bennet Schaber | Cinema and Screen Studies | Faculty SCA | Ralph Block Papers, Library of Congress | $2,300.00 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on aggression and neophobia in Northern Cardinals | $3,000.00 |
| Francisco Suarez | Communication Studies | Faculty SCA | From Suarez's Basement Website and Audio Podcast | $2,900.00 |
| Lisa Glidden Eve Benavides |
Political Science Sociology |
Faculty SCA | Measuring Community Resilience | $2,997.49 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles – Recycled Activated Carbon Composites as Anode Material for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries | $2,817.10 |
| Maria Sagot | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Causes and consequences of variation in vocal communication in Spix’s disc-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) | $2,352.74 |
| Shokouh Haddadi Ampalavanar Nanthakumar |
Chemistry Mathematics |
Faculty SCA | Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2021 |
Five Proposals Funded: $4,330.58
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| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Quinn Ceilly | Leigh Bacher | Psychology | Student SCA | The Costs and Benefits of the “Hyper Brain”: How Intelligence, Anxiety, Overthinking, and Rumination Interact | $681.00 |
| Brooke Goodman | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Using automated recording units to study Northern Cardinal vocal behavior | $1,000.00 |
| Dominic Altamura | Ioana Coman | Computer Science | Student SCA | Concurrent Symbolic Integration | $653.00 |
| Jamie Perrin | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Estimating the detection rate of Strix Varia over the course of a spring snowmelt event | $996.58 |
| Justin Fischnich | Ritu Radhakrishnan | Curriculum and Instruction | Student SCA | "Boys Can Wear Pink, Too!” | $1,000 |
Spring 2021
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2021 |
Seven Proposals Funded : $14,898.50 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Catalina Iannone | Modern Languages and Literatures | Faculty SCA | Atlas of Resistance (Madrid) | $3,000.00 |
| Juan Perdiguero | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Animal_Humano | $3,000.00 |
|
Julia Koeppe |
Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Confirming Function in Enzymes of Unknown Function | $2,600.00 |
| Jean Ann | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Insights on the JSL Manual Syllabary | $2,250.00 |
| Mohammad Tajvarpour | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Inverted U-shaped Effect of Cultural Distance on Trade of New Products/Ideas | $1,298.50 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on singing behavior in Northern Cardinals | $2,000.00 |
| Marthinus Koen | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Body-Worn Cameras and Police Organization: A Practice Lens Analysis | $750.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2021 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,349.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michele Thornton | Marketing and Management | Curriculum Innovation | Leading Diverse and Inclusive Organizations | $2,400 |
| Zachary Gold | Human Development | Curriculum Innovation | Human Play Behavior | $3,600 |
| Qing Zhang | Computer Science | Curriculum Innovation | At the Intersection of Human Computer Interaction and Educational Technology | $2,400 |
| Nikita Miasnikov | Mathematics | Curriculum Innovation | Joint Classroom for Foundations Mathematics in the Real World | $2,400 |
| Candis Haak | History | Curriculum Innovation | Yoga Teaching Certificate for HIS 338 | $1,549 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2021 |
Seven Proposals Funded: $26,964.35 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Johann Roque | Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Challenge | Further Analysis of a Photo-degradable Plastic | $2,000.00 |
| Shelby Barnes | Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Challenge | Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects | $4,500.00 |
| Brooke Goodman Shyla Luna |
Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Effectors of urbanization on singing behavior and nest success in Northern Cardinals | $4,000.00 |
| Fiona Wee Mayank Giri Navya Amaratunga |
Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Challenge | Two-Step, Two-Color Absorption Spectroscopy of Rubidium | $4,499.28 |
| Michael Scott Namrata Pokharel |
Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Challenge | Complement factor H regulatory interactions | $4,500.00 |
| Ethan Weisberger | Steven Skubis | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Idealized Modeling of Lake Effect Precipitation Bands | $3,000.00 |
| David George | Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Challenge | Metallophilic Interactions Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mimics | $4,465.07 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2021 |
Two Proposals Funded: $2,000.00 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Shannan Hall Whitney Kmetz |
Elizabeth Keida | Health Promotion and Wellness | Student SCA | Discover Wellness: Find a Healthier You | $1,000.00 |
| Michael Pagnanelli | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Climatology of Arctic Cold Air Outbreaks – An Observational Analysis | $1,000.00 |
Fall 2020
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2020 | Three Proposals Funded: $5,241.75 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michael Riecke | Communication Studies | Faculty SCA | Amended Podcast: Regional Segments for Public Radio |
$1,186.87 |
| Paul Leary | Music | Faculty SCA | Reverberations: Shakuhachi Flute |
$3,000.00 |
| Kelly Roe | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Dichotomies of “self” – through printmaking | $1,054.88 |
| Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2020 | Six Proposals Funded: $5,884.42 |
| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Brooke Goodman | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Using automated recording units to study Northern Cardinal vocal behavior |
$1,000.00 |
| Sofia Pérez | Christopher McAvoy | Art and Design | Student SCA | The Power of Ancestral Archetypes | $1,000.00 |
| Sophie Infarinato | Christopher McAvoy | Computer Science | Student SCA | Captured Moments: an alla prima painting series |
$977.12 |
| Hannah Hertik | Mamta Saxena | Human Development | Student SCA | Pets and Mental Health: Exploration of Perceived Social Support | $950.00 |
| Caroline Sheldon | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Optimizing the detection of a low-density terrestrial mammal via aquatic environmental DNA sampling methods |
$957.30 |
| Madeleine Crean | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Characterizing and Understanding Cloud Streets in Arctic Cold Air Outbreaks | $1,000.00 |
Spring 2020
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2020 | Ten Proposals Funded : $25,077.25 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Analysis of a Light-responsive Degradable Plastic | $2,141.41 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Carbon-Iron Oxide Nanocomposites for Selective Removal of Toxins from Contaminated Water | $3,000.00 |
| Michele Thornton | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Federal, state, and local regulatory impacts on the emerging cannabis industry | $3,000.00 |
| Marianne Hromalik | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Autonomous De-skewer for High-speed Parallel Data (ADHPD) | $2,995.00 |
| Helen Knowles | Political Science | Faculty SCA | Making Waves: Rogan Jones’s Pursuit of Broadcasting Freedom | $2,735.84 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Surface Plasmon Resonance Analysis of Thrombomodulin and Complement Protein Interactions | $2,240.00 |
|
Nicholas DiFrancesco, Rachel Lee |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Understanding the Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Rock and Sediment in Central New York | $2,990.00 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on plumage color in Northern Cardinals | $3,000.00 |
| Jaclyn Schildkraut | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Perceptions of Mass Shootings and Moral Panic Among U.S. Citizens | $2,975.00 |
| Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2020 | Four Proposals Funded : $10,400.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Zoë Misiewicz | Mathematics | Curriculum Innovation | Co-requisite Remediation for College Algebra | $2,000 |
| Vanessa Maike | Computer Science | Curriculum Innovation | Accessibility (Social Change, Assistive Technologies & Universal Design) | $2,400 |
| Theresa Parry-Bick, Amanda Fenlon | Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum Innovation | Teacher Practice in a Virtual World: Major Course Revision Using Immersive Teaching Technology | $3,600 |
| Amy Bidwell | Health Promotion and Wellness | Curriculum Innovation | B.Well NOW! | $2,400 |
| Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2020 | Thirteen Proposals Funded: $51,975.54 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Hiruni Dodangoda | Peter Newell | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Uric Acid and gut microbiota in Drosophila | $4,496.00 |
| Hana Cheng | Gilian Tenbergen | Psychology | Challenge | Measuring peripheral testosterone and its relationship to digit ratio and female sexual behavior | $4,500.00 |
| Nicole Insolia | Justin Stroup, Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Bathymetric Mapping and Lake Shoreline Characterization at Green Lakes State Park and Clark Reservation State Park | $3,568.00 |
| Kelsey Roberts | Sien Hu | Psychology | Challenge | Neural activations during mental rotation | $4,500.00 |
| Nathan Gillette, Yehua Zhang | Bastian Tenbergen | Computer Science | Challenge | Building a Multi-Lateral Cyber-Physical Drone Network using XBee | $3,967.44 |
| Ka Ying Chan | Bastian Tenbergen | Computer Science | Challenge | Specification and Implementation of an Autonomous Vehicle Simulator | $2,715.26 |
| Brooke Goodman, Shyla Luna | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Effects of urbanization on singing behavior and nest success in Northern Cardinals | $4,500.00 |
| Mikayla Clark | Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Monitoring Erosional Processes at McIntyre's Bluff, Sterling, NY, Using UAV Imagery and 3D Modeling Techniques | $3,561.00 |
| Rose Garris, Kaylandra Woodside | Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Challenge | Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) | $4,500.00 |
| Lillian Pavord | Nicholas Sard, Peter Rosenbaum | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Sequencing the mitochondrial genomes of Great Lakes turtle species | $4,475.84 |
| Landon Vanalstine | Steven Skubis, Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Climatological Trends Affecting the Lake Ontario Region | $2,192.00 |
| Francesca Rescigno, Kaitlin Brightman | Rebecca Mushtare, Michele Thornton | Art Marketing and Management | Challenge | Accessibility of Health Insurance Marketplace Websites | $4,500.00 |
| Trieu Le | Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Challenge | Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy of Atomic Cesium Using A Novel Approach | $4,500.00 |
Fall 2019
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2019 | Nine Proposals Funded: $23,863.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sien Hu, Theo Rhodes |
Psychology Psychology |
Faculty SCA | Neural Mechanisms of Visual Imagery and Visual Working Memory in Aphantasia | $3,000.00 |
| Courtney Doucette | History | Faculty SCA | Perestroika: The Last Attempt to Create the New Soviet Person | $3,000.00 |
| Eric Schmitz | Music | Faculty SCA | Recording Sessions for Two Original Compositions for ACE Composers II | $2,900.00 |
| Damian Schofield | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Augmented Reality Technologies for Cultural Heritage Applications | $2,968.00 |
| Laura Donnelly | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop | $995.00 |
| Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) | $3,000.00 |
| Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Faculty SCA | Precision Atomic Structure Measurement of Rubidium Using Laser Spectroscopy | $3,000.00 |
| Micah F. Morton | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | New and Emerging Global Indigenous Solidarities | $2,000.00 |
| M. Neelika Jayawardane | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Documenting Apartheid’s Architecture and Design: Gille de Vlieg, Anna Ziemensky, and Deseni Moodliar-Soobben’s Photography | $3,000.00 |
| Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2019 | Eight Proposals Funded: $6,059.08 |
| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sydney Waloven | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Quantifying the relative importance of intracellular and extracellular DNA while conducting an environmental DNA survey | $389.89 |
| Christian DiBiase | Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Biochemical Analysis of Browning Activities in Apples | $850.46 |
| Lillian Pavord | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Extracting genomic DNAs to be used as a tool for bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) conservation effort | $999.93 |
| Gabi DeAngelo | Leigh Bacher | Psychology | Student SCA | Utility of eye tracking in the investigation of speech perception in children | $870.00 |
| Ali Khan | David Dunn Yulia Artemenko |
Biological Sciences Biological Sciences |
Student SCA | Inexpensive, easy to build electroporation device for genetic modification of social amoeba | $1,000.00 |
| Muhammadzohir Hidoyatov | Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | A Comparative Study of Eggshells of Passeriformes Birds | $921.70 |
| Hannah Vail | Whalmany Ounkham | Chemistry | Student SCA | Microwave-Assisted Metal Catalyzed Nitrile Hydration to Amides in Water | $954.30 |
| Morgan Wolanin Dakota Jackson |
Whalmany Ounkham | Chemistry | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Water-soluble Ruthenium Complexes for Nitrile Hydrations | $942.80 |
Spring 2019
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker Students:Philip Mosher, Charlotte Labrie-Cleary |
Chemistry | Challenge | Perpetually Recyclable Materials | $4,499.43 |
| Maria Sagot Student:Alexandria Capra |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Bats and Apples: Bat Ecosystem Services in Apple Orchards in Central New York | $4,500 |
| Peter Newell Student:Rebecca Wolff |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | The Three-Way Intersection Between Host, Parasite, and Microbiome in Freshwater Snails | $4,500 |
| Julia Koeppe Students:Ali Khan, Michael Kirsch |
Chemistry | Challenge | Biophysical investigation of the function of enzyme 3DL1 | $4,500 |
| Daniel Baldassarre Student:Kristie Drzewiecki |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Ordinary bird, extraordinary challenges: how urbanization impacts the Northern Cardinal | $4,349.94 |
| Vadoud Niri Student:Margaret Miller |
Chemistry | Challenge | Investigation of Volatile Organic Compound Removal by Indoor Plants Using a Large Sampling Chamber | $4,500 |
| Bennet Schaber | English (Cinema and Screen Studies) | Faculty SCA | Rediscovered Screenplays of Eugene O’Neill | $1,950 |
| Taylor Miller | Linguistics | Faculty SCA | Documenting the Kiowa Language: A Pilot Online Dictionary | $3,000 |
| Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Testing for genomic signatures of rapid adaptation in a Great Lakes invasive species | $2,970 |
| Cara Thompson | Art | Faculty SCA | Virtual Reality and Immersive Art | $3,000 |
| Mohammad Islam | td> | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Ferrite Nanoparticle Compounds as Anode Materials for High Performance Sodium Ion Battery | $3,000 |
| Sandy Bargannier | Health Promotion and Wellness | Curriculum Innovation | In Search of Meaning: What does it mean to be a refugee in Central New York | $2,400 |
| Stephen York | Theatre | Curriculum Innovation | "Method Acting" and Mindfulness a Study in Actor Health and Wellness | $2,400 |
| Lindsay McCluskey | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Arts, Entertainment and Sports Public Relations | $2,400 |
| Tiffany Deater | Cinema and Screen Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Wildlife and Conservation Film Making: Field Experience | $2,400 |
| Holly Mann | History | Curriculum Innovation | Flipping His2tory | $2,400 |
| Anthony Caputa | English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Hooked: The Literature and Cinema of Addiction | $2,000 |
Fall 2018
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Trevor Jorgensen | Music | Faculty SCA | Mexico City Blues: Kerouac Project | $3,000 |
| Ola Kraszpulska | Theatre | Faculty SCA | Faux Stained Glass Four Ways: A Comparative Study | $2779.64 |
| Emily Bovier & Adam Fay | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Olfactory Responsivity and Social Cognitive Processing | $2,975 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Ordinary bird, extraordinary challenges: how urbanization affects the northern cardinal | $3,000 |
|
Student: Andrew Sommer |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Chemical Basis for Acetobacter and Lactobacillus Mutualism | $975 |
|
Student: Leah Knapp |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Geochemical analysis of pyroxenite within Pioneer Mountains, central Idaho | $700 |
|
Student: Christina Li |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Developing Epigenetic Measurement Capability for SUNY Oswego | $1,000 |
|
Student: Ethan Magram |
Communication Studies | Student SCA | Ladders (and How to Climb Them), Podcast | $946 |
|
Student: Becky Nesel |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Grain size analysis of sediment core samples from Searles Lake, California | $1,000 |
|
Student: Zahra Bellucci |
Music | Student SCA | Collaborative Musical Composition for "Roots/Signal" Festival, Statesboro, Georgia | $970 |
|
Student: Ralph Schloss |
Anthropology | Student SCA | The Utility of Serrated versus Non-serrated Points of the Hohokam | $1,000 |
|
Student: Melissa Orleman |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Conditioning and persistence of olfactory stimulated behavior in crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) | $500 |
|
Student: Samantha Jenks |
Psychology | Student SCA | Resting state functional connectivity of the amygdala and BNST in healthy adults and patients with anxiety disorders | $1,000 |
|
Students: Mary Sorensen |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Establishing grainsize sample processing methods to enable paleoclimate interpretations | $1,000 |
|
Student: Kelly Rothschild |
Public Justice | Student SCA | The Pulse Nightclub Shooting and the Impact on the Local LGBTQ+ Community | $994 |
|
Student: Tessa Mosher |
Public Justice | Student SCA | The Parkland Shooting and Systems Failure: A Review of the Evidence | $1,000 |
Spring 2018
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Student: James Spagnola | BiologyComputer Science | Challenge | Building a Centimeter-Precise Cyber-Physical Drone using Differential GPS | $4,469 |
| Student: Ali Khan | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Open Source Affordable Design for DNA Delivery Device (Electroporator) | $4,500 |
| Elizabeth Wilcox Student: Marquia Williams |
Mathematics | Challenge | Counting with S-sided Dice: Generating Combinatorics | $3,500 |
| Francisco Suarez Student: Kelly VanRiper |
Communication Studies | Challenge | The ResLife TV Pilot | $4,475 |
| Brian Hough, Rachel Lee Student: Leah Knapp |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Origin and Fate of a Pyroxenite Body Within the Pioneer Mountains Core Complex, Central Idaho | $4,500 |
| Jinyan Guo Student: Chad Halson |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Development of the Floral “Umbrella” of the Northern Pitcher Plant | $4,295 |
| Julia Koeppe Students: Veronica Singh, Matthew Gehm, Jose Giler |
Chemistry | Challenge | Protein Interactions that Regulate Complement Activation | $4,500 |
| Juliet Giglio Student: Mic-Anthony Hay |
English and Creative Writing | Challenge | A New Home in Oswego: The Story of Two Refugees | $4,406 |
| Matthew Baker Student: Philip Mosher |
Chemistry | Challenge | Development of a Light Responsive Controlled-Release System | $4,475.02 |
| Michele Thornton Student: Kelly Murphy |
Management and Marketing | Challenge | Employee Benefits Challenges of Small Employers in Western New York | $3,875 |
| Peter Rosenbaum Student: Matthew Gorman |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Follow-up Census of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys gutatta) at Ira Marsh Cayuga County | $4,500 |
| Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan Student: Manna Job |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Toxic Effect of Atrazine on Fresh Water Mussels (Elliptio complanata) | $4,500 |
| Shashi Kanbur Students: Brett Meerdink, Matthew Sodano |
Physics | Challenge | An Analysis of Period-Color Relations with OGLE IV Data | $4,000 |
| Tamara Sullivan Student: Nicole Maether |
Counseling and Psychological Services | Challenge | College-School Collaboration: Responsive Interventions Designed to Empower Students | $2,199.60 |
| Thomas Brown Student: Kevin Clark |
Chemistry | Challenge | Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Bimetallic Complexes Exhibiting Metallophilic Interactions | $4,500 |
| Webe Kadima Student: Richard DeMaddis |
Chemistry | Challenge | Investigation of the Effects of Musanga cecropioides on Live Cells | $4,500 |
| Yulia Artemenko Student: Jack Marcucci |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Investigation of Filamin Function in Dictyostelium discoideum Mechanosensation | $4,500 |
| Maria Sagot | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The Role of Bioenergetics and Cooperative Acoustic Signaling in Promoting Social Interactions | $2,990 |
| Sien Hu | Psychology | Faculty SCA | The Effects of Age on Proactive and Reactive Executive Control | $3,000 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Surface Plasmon Resonance for Protein Interaction Analysis | $2,000 |
| Caglar Yildirim | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Investigating the Efficacy of a Virtual Reality-Based Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Mind Wandering: A Pilot Study | $3,000 |
| Hui Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Developing High-efficiency Wide Bandgap Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems | $3,000 |
| Martha Bruch | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Effect of Water on the Chemical Modification of Silica | $3,000 |
| Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Faculty SCA | Homemade External-Cavity Diode Laser (EDCL) to Support Precision Atomic Structure Measurement of Gallium | $3,000 |
| Peter Newell | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Determining How Bacteria Accelerate Drosophila Development | $2,254 |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Development of Environmentally Friendly Plastics | $2,963.64 |
| Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Faculty SCA | Investigations into Non-Radial Oscillations | $3,000 |
| Mamta Saxena | Human Development | Curriculum Innovation | New Course - We Are Family: Siblings and Close Relatives | $2,400 |
| Theo Rhodes | Psychology | Curriculum Innovation | Integration of Deep Learning into Neural Networks Curriculum | $2,000 |
| Sarfraz Mian | Marketing and Management | Curriculum Innovation | Entrepreneurship for Science, Technology and Engineering Majors | $3,600 |
| Christine Hirsch | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Narrative Theory Applied: How narratives as arguments shape our thoughts, life, and perceptions | $2040.41 |
| Michael Murphy | English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Writing as a Citizen-Rhetor: Reviving and Reimagining ENG 302 | $2,000 |
| Serenity Sutherland | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Communicating the National Parks | $2,400 |
Fall 2017
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Schildkraut, Jaclyn | Public Justice | Faculty SCA | Mass Shootings and the Needs of Survivors | $2,819.95 |
| Rank, Allison | Political Science | Faculty SCA | "The Big Trouble Came": Youth and American Citizenship in the 1930s-1940s | $3,000 |
| Clabough, Cynthia | Art | Faculty SCA | From Charity to Chastisement and Cruelty | $3,000 |
| Rhodes, Theo | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Mobile Eye Tracker for Multiple Projects on Search Behavior | $2,134.09 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Rechargeable Sodium Ion Batteries using Ferrite Nanoparticle Based Electrodes | $3,000 |
| Bendinskas, Kestas | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Subjects with Tropical Mosquito-Borne Diseases | $3,000 |
| Student: Nathan McKean Sponsor: Jennifer Olori |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | A Continuation of Investigating Different Factors Affecting Ranavirus Transmission in Green Frogs in Oswego County | $993.77 |
| Student: Lauren Hardy Sponsor: James MacKenzie |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Quantification of Apoptosis as a Response to Polychlorinated Biphenyl 105 Exposure on Elliptio Complanta | $750 |
| Student: Dylan Charland Sponsor: Kestas Bendinskas |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Heavy Metals- Human Serum Albumin Binding Sites | $1,000 |
| Student: Eynna Qian Sponsor: Matthew Baker |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Development of a Stimuli-responsive Controlled Release System | $999.85 |
| Student: Howard Boutelle Sponsor: Lindsay Bell |
Anthropology | Student SCA | Understanding Opioids: An Anthropological Investigation of Substance Abuse in Upstate New York | $994.99 |
| Student: Andrea Jemmott Sponsor: Webe Kadima |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Testing the Stimulation of Insulin Secretion by an Aqueous Extract of the Stem Bark of Musanga Cecropioides | $1,000 |
| Student: Ryan McHale Sponsor: Jaclyn Schildkraut |
Public Justice | Student SCA | Covering Rampage: News Consumers' Perceptions about Mass Shootings in the Media | $1,000 |
| Student: Mia Fasanella Faculty Sponsor: Lindsay Bell |
Anthropology | Student SCA | Bounce Into a Healthier Lifestyle | $1,000 |
| Student: Samantha Blum Sponsor: Jaclyn Schildkraut |
Public Justice | Student SCA | News Consumers' Perceptions of the Coverage of Domestic Terrorism | $1,000 |
| Students: Emily Fenner, Curtis Bernard Sponsor: Allen Andersen |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Geochemical Analysis of Fe-Ti-V ores in the Adirondack Highlands by XRF and ICP-MS | $982.40 |
| Student: Jacob Saeva Sponsor: Eric Schmitz |
Music | Student SCA | Boston and Back: An Album | $1,000 |
Spring 2017
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Andersen, Allen | A&G Sci | Challenge | Port Leyden Nelsonite and its Relationship to Anorthosite Rocks of the Adirondack Region | $4,220 |
| Lee, Rachel | A&G Sci | Challenge | Mapping the Aerial Extent and Composition of Volcanic Deposits Using Apparent Thermal Inertia | $2,480 |
| Artemenko, Yulia | Biology | Challenge | The Role of Acting Crosslinking Proteins in Cell Response to Brief Mechanical Stimulation | $4,500 |
| Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi | Biology | Challenge | Identifying the Source of Fungal Pathogens Threatening Snapping Turtles | $4,500 |
| Olori, Jennifer | Biology | Challenge | Is Ranavirustransmission Sexually Mediated? | $3,937.50 |
| Schummer, Michael | Biology | Challenge | Influence of Wetland Restoration and Management on Density and Diversity of Aquatic Macorovertibrates | $3,750 |
| Newell, Peter | Biology | Challenge | Microbiota of the Invasive Crop Pest Drosophila Suzukii | $4,500 |
| Baker, Matthew | Chemistry | Challenge | Design and Synthesis of Ladder Forming Signal-responsive Polymers | $4,495 |
| Damkaci, Fehmi | Chemistry | Challenge | N-Phenyl Picolinic Amide Ligand in Aryl Cyanation | $4,498 |
| Haddadi, Shokouh | Chemistry | Challenge | Investigating the Effect of Gender on Chemical Composition of Latent Fingerprints | $4,500 |
| Koeppe, Julia | Chemistry | Challenge | Expression of Complement Component 2 in Yeast and E. Coli | $4,300 |
| Diddi, Arvind | Comm Studies | Challenge | Assessing News Media Bias in the 2016 Presidential Campaign | $4,300 |
| Bichindaritz, Isabelle | Computer Sci | Challenge | Role of WAVE Complex in Breast Cancer through Bioinformatics Analyses | $4,000 |
| Schofield, Damian; Jolanda Tromp; Isabelle Bichindaritz | Computer Sci | Challenge | Applying Augmented Realityh Technologies ot Interventional Radiology during Surgery | $4,500 |
| Spenceley, Laura | CPS | Challenge | Predicting the Extended Time Necessary for Equal Access | $2,750 |
| Hromalik, Marianne | ECE | Challenge | High Speed Oscillator-based Data Transfer Interface for X-ray Pixel Array Detectors | $4,190 |
| Wilcox, Elizabeth | Math | Challenge | Symmetries in Music | $4,000 |
| Kanbur, Shashi | Physics | Challenge | A Binary Event Broker for the Large Synaptic Survey Telescope | $4,000 |
| Dykas, Matt | Psych | Challenge | Advancing the Measurement of Parental Neglect | $2,000 |
| Dunn, David | Biology |
Faculty SCA | Genome Editing of Growth-related Genes in Mouse and Pig Cell Lines as a Model for Animal Experimentation | $3,000 |
| Mohamed, Kamal | Biology | Faculty SCA | Genetic Differences in the African Striga Asiatica Species Group and Their Relation to the Indian S. Asiatica | $3,000 |
| Sime, Karen | Biology | Faculty SCA | Oviposition Patterns and Parasitism of the Bog Buckmoth | $1,675 |
| Windstam, Sofia | Biology | Faculty SCA | Is Ranavirus Transmission Sexually Mediated? | $2,679 |
| Koeppe, Julia | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Expression of Complement Component 2 in Yeast and E. Coli | $1,775 |
| Graber, Todd | Music | Faculty SCA | Professional Recording of Schub ert's Winterreise | $2,356 |
| Shifton, Jeremy | Public Justice | Faculty SCA | How Race and Gender Impact Juror Perceptions on Evidence in Criminal Trials | $3,000 |
| Dragomir, Cristina | Political Science | Faculty SCA | At the Crossfire of Marginalizatin: How Gypsy Women in Inda and Romania Access Healthcare | $3,000 |
| Pippin, Douglas | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | William Twiss and the American Revolution in Canada: An Archaelogical Perspective | $3,000 |
| Jayawardane, Neelika | English | Faculty SCA | Comrades with Cameras: The Afrapix Photographers Agency and the South African Anti-apartheid Movement | $3,000 |
| Hanusch, Sarah | Math | Faculty SCA | Improving Student Proof Productions via Written Feedback in Undergraduate Mathematics Courses | $1,000 |
| Delancy, Craig | Philosophy | Faculty SCA | Personal Identity and Emotional Disposition | $2,500 |
| Thompson, Cara | Art | Faculty Mini | 3D Rendering and Printing | $250 |
| Ardan, Lyudmyla | Economics | Curriculum Innovation | Economics of Education | $2,400 |
| Rosenberg, Jenny; Jessica Reeher | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Communicating with Diverse Identities | $3,600 |
| Adams, Joshua; Bennet Schaber | Cinema And Screen Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Drone Theory, Drone Vision | $3,600 |
| Baker, Mark and Scott Preston | Math | Curriculum Innovation | Data Mining and Predictive Analytics | $2,000 |
Fall 2016
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Jubin, Julieve | Art | Faculty SCA | Central Hershey: A Cuban American Story | $3,000 |
| Bell, Lindsay | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | Looking for Transparency: How Evaluators Assess Diamonds' Ethical Qualities | $2,965 |
| Schummer, Michael | Biology | Faculty SCA | Ultra-violet Perception of Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) Fruits by Birds | $2,966.81 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Rechargeable Sodium Ion Batteries Using Nanoparticle Based Electrodes | $3,000 |
| Jago, Abigail | Student | Student SCA | Trace Metals in the Ovipositors of Wood-boring Parasitoid Hymenoptera | $1,000 |
| Mars, Alexandra | Student | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Photoluminescent Copper(I) Coordination Compounds | $773.65 |
| Swanson, Benjamin | Student | Student SCA | Interface Engineered All Organic Solar Cells | $942.10 |
| Kaiser, Cassandra | Student | Student SCA | Batik: A Practice of Media | $754 |
| Gomez, Chris | Student | Student SCA | Skeletal Tissue Project: Procurement, Processing, and Analysis of Pathological Remains to Build a Teaching Collection | $930 |
| Myree, Dahdralee | Student | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Photoluminescent Copper(I) Coordination Compounds | $773.65 |
| Rispoli, Diana | Student | Student SCA | N-Phenyl Picolinic Amide Ligand in Aryl Azidation | $996 |
| Clapp, Kaitlyn | Student |
Student SCA | Assessing Protein Carbonylation as a Biomarker for PCB 105 Exposure in Elliptio Complanana | $1,000 |
| Choi, Lily | Student | Student SCA | The Waterfall | $971.77 |
| Benjamin, Lukas | Student | Student SCA | Determination of the Efficacy of Expired Insulin on PI3K7R Expression | $1,000 |
| Grow, MacKenzie | Student | Student SCA | Reproductive Health Outreach in Oswego County, New York | $945 |
| Buckley, Mary | Student | Student SCA | Martha Foote Crowe, Educational Reformer | $1,000 |
| Wagner, Mathew | Student | Student SCA | Determining Greater and Lesser Snow Goose Migration Patterns Through New York State | $322.87 |
| DeCapua, Michael | Student | Student SCA | Interface Engineered All Organic Solar Cells | $942.10 |
| House, Nina | Student | Student SCA | Quantifying microplastic Ingestion by Fish in Lake Ontario: A Collaborative Project With the United State Geological Survey, Lake Ontario Biological Station | $983.66 |
| Borrelli, Sevarin | Student | Student SCA | Exploring The Genetic Basis of Sexual Dimorphism in a Terrestrial Isopod (Trachelipus Rathkei) | $1,000 |
| Souva, Sharon | Student | Student SCA | Large Scale Microcosm | $972.50 |
Spring 2016
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| MacKenzie, James; Student:McDonough, Marisa | Biology | Challenge | Using Eastern Elloptio Mussels to Study PCB Toxicity | $3,750 |
| Damkaci, Femi; Student: Scalzo, Rachel | Chemistry | Challenge | Synthesis of Heavy Metal Binding Polymers and Their Analysis | $4,500 |
| Kanbur, Shashi; Student: D'Alessandro Zac | Physics | Challenge | Exploration in Conditional Entropy and Asteroseismology | $4,000 |
| DeLancey, Craig; Student: Diamond, Zachary | Philosophy | Challenge | Contemporary Activism and Camus’ Rejection of Political Theory | $3,731 |
| Roe, Kelly; Student: Long, Gigina | Art | Challenge | Letterpress: Restoration and Transformation | $4,250 |
| Taylor, Roger; Student: Schirtz, Jack | Psychology | Challenge | Developing Smartwatch Apps for Measuring Middle School Students’ Emotions | $4,025 |
| Damkaci, Femi; Students: Paz-Orozco, Walter; Sobiech, Thomas | Chemistry | Challenge | Synthesis of Pyrole 1,2,3-trazole-3-Thione Derivatives (Medicinally Active Compounds) | $4,493.20 |
| Lee, Rachel; Student: Weinell, Meaghan | A&G Sciences | Challenge | Characterization of Compositional and Textural Variability in Maar-Diatreme Deposits Using GigaPan and Thermal Ingrared Image Data | $2,750 |
| Haddadi, Shokuoh; Students: Aldrich, Alyssa; Adugbesi, Gabriel | Chemistry | Challenge | Investigating Interferences From Carpet and Furniture Substrates in Arson Identification | $4,500 |
| Haddadi, Shokuoh; Students: Herard, Kerina; La Gatta Kimberly | Chemistry | Challenge | Analysis of Drugs Facilitating Criminal Acts | $4,500 |
| Coll, Fiona; Student: Milligan, Sean | English and CW | Challenge | Writing the sea: A Digital Archive of Morgan Robertson’s Writings | $4,500 |
| Niri, Vadoud; Students: Jemmott, Andrea; Ofodile, Jennifer | Chemistry | Challenge | Monitoring Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs) from Molds in Indoor Air | $4,500 |
| Poongodi, Geetha-Loganathan; Student; Kankanmalage, Kevin | Biology | Challenge | Retinoic Acid Signaling During the Development of Scleral Ossicles | $4,500 |
| Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Student: Carr, Collin | Public Justice | Challenge | Context Matters; Examining Mass Shootings and the Role of County and State Level Correlates | $1,750 |
| Newell, Peter | Biology | Faculty SCA | Determining How Gut Bacteria Resist Oxidatine Stress in the Host Intestine | $2,926 |
| Knowles, Helen | Political Sci | Faculty SCA | The Real West Coast Hotel v. Parrish: A Case of Many Stories | $2,966 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Lithium Ion Batteries Using Nanoparticle Based Electrodes and Improvement of Battery Power Density Through Nanoionics | $3,000 |
| Pippin, Douglass | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | William Twiss and the American Revolution in Canada: An Archaeological Perspective | $3,000 |
| Bendinskas, Kestutis | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Health Effects of Arsnecic Exposure in West Bengali Children | $3,000 |
| Diddi, Arvind | Comm Studies | Faculty SCA | News Media Bias in the 2016 Presidential Campaign and Framing of the Public Policy Issues | $2,000 |
| Usuanlele, Uyilawa | History | Faculty SCA | Is Islam in Decline Among the Benin and Esan Edo of Nigeria? : A Historical Perspective | $2,815 |
| Kanbur, Shashi | Physics | Faculty SCA | Collaboration with Konkoly Observatory, Hungary, European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany | $2,000 |
| Dragonmir, Cristina-Ioana | Political Sci | Faculty SCA | Nomads and Criminals: Struggle for Social Justice From the Margins; the 'Gypsies' in Europe and India | $3,000 |
| Bush, Richard | Tech Ed | Faculty SCA | Building an Iron Casting Furnace | $1,825 |
Fall 2015
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bidwell, Amy | HPW | Faculty SCA | BOUNCE: Creating Healthy Lives One Child at a Time | $2,999.99 |
| Leclerc, Christina; Taylor, Roger | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Emotion Regulatory Process Success Utilizing Biofeedback from Smartwatches | $1,500 |
| Schmitz, Eric | Music | Faculty SCA | Recording an Entire CD of Orginal Music for Chamber Jazz Group | $3,000 |
| Spenceley, Laura; Woods, Whitney | CPS | Faculty SCA | Predicting the Extended Time Necessary for Equal Access | $1,306.15 |
| Mushtare, Rebecca | Art | Faculty SCA | After the Yellow Wallpaper | $2,985 |
| Metzgar, Richard | Art | Faculty SCA | Drawing from/across time: A Drawing Methodology for Ceramic Ware | $3,000 |