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2022 Research Grants Competition - Results by Institution

University of Alberta
Applicant name Program Title EG Term Amount awarded
Basu, Anup
Department
Computing Science - Computing Science
RGPIN Biologically motivated Multimedia 1507 5 $35,000.00
Beaulieu, Christian
Department
Biomedical Engineering - Biomedical Engineering
RGPIN Technical Advances for Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1510 5 $46,000.00
Bergens, Steven
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RGPIN Enantioselective Catalysis and Nitrogen Reduction Promoted by Visible Light With Abundant Dyes and Catalysts. 1504 5 $29,000.00
Bhatia, Maya
Department
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
RGPST The changing coastal environment in the Canadian High Arctic: Past, Present, and Future 362 1 $118,000.00
Caldwell, Michael
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN The Origins, Phylogeny and Evolution of Squamates within Lepidosauromorpha: Macroevolution and Megaevolutionary Dynamics 1503 5 $55,000.00
Carey, Jason
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Advanced two-dimensional braided composite materials for industrial applications using renewable resources: manufacturing, testing and modeling 1512 5 $46,000.00
Carlyle, Cameron
Department
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science - Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
RGPIN Trade-offs between biodiversity and soil carbon storage in grasslands due to cattle grazing 1503 5 $33,000.00
Chen, Zengtao
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Thermal reliability of graphene/polymer nanocomposites 1512 5 $32,000.00
Clemente Casares, Javier
Department
Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
RGPIN The role of mechanosensation in monocyte differentiation 1501 5 $28,000.00
Clemente Casares, Javier
Department
Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
DGECR The role of mechanosensation in monocyte differentiation 1501 1 $12,500.00
Clive, Derrick
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RGPIN Natural product synthesis and synthetic methodology 1504 5 $24,000.00
Davis, John
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN Cavity Optomechanics for Condensed Matter Physics 1505 5 $95,000.00
Derda, Ratmir
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RGPIN Bridging Genetically-Encoded Chemistry with Machine Learning to discover the properties of new Chemical matter 1504 5 $77,000.00
Driver, Robert
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RGPIN Generative Design for a New Generation of Resilient Steel Structures 1509 5 $36,000.00
Dubljevic, Stevan
Department
Chemical and Materials Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering
RGPIN Chemical multiscale thermodynamics based process control 1511 5 $33,000.00
Favero, David
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
RGPIN Windows and Mirror Symmetry 1508 5 $27,000.00
Fenrich, Keith
Department
Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of - Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Spinal circuits involved in skilled forelimb motor control 1502 5 $29,000.00
Fenrich, Keith
Department
Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of - Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of
DGECR Spinal circuits involved in skilled forelimb motor control 1502 1 $12,500.00
Fernandez, Rodrigo
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN Astrophysical Transients and Compact Objects 1505 5 $28,000.00
Franke, Alastair
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN Arctic ecosystem dynamics: assessing long-term ecosystem effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance in the Canadian Arctic. 1503 5 $28,000.00
Fyshe, Alona
Department
Computing Science - Computing Science
RGPIN Improving language models, inspired by the brain 1507 5 $41,000.00
Glover, J.N.
Department
Biochemistry - Biochemistry
RGPIN Control of bacterial gene expression by the FinO family of RNA chaperones 1501 5 $40,000.00
Goss, Gregory
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN Characterization of Solute Transport Processes in Fishes 1502 5 $39,000.00
Goss, Gregory
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RTI Tools for molecular physiology research 1602 1 $81,378.00
Graf, Daniel
Department
Dentistry - Dentistry
RGPIN Making a head: connecting reciprocal signaling to cell reprogramming 1501 5 $32,000.00
Gupta, Manisha
Department
Engineering, Faculty of - Engineering, Faculty of
RGPIN Bandgap engineering for 2D materials for device applications 1510 5 $46,000.00
Harynuk, James
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RGPIN Robust, automated data tools for multidimensional separations in exposure assessment. 1504 5 $36,000.00
Hashemi, Ehsan
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RTI A Human-Robot Visual-Inertial Monitoring System for Discoveries on Safe Human-Autonomy Interactions in Dynamic Environments 1612 1 $142,329.00
Hashisho, Zaher
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RTI A recording sorption analyzer for research on environment, energy, and material 1609 1 $145,717.00
Hegmann, Frank
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN Ultrafast nanoscale quantum dynamics of materials 1505 5 $95,000.00
Hindle, Abram
Department
Computing Science - Computing Science
RGPIN Big-Data Visual Code Completion Leveraging the Naturalness of Visual Source Code 1507 5 $35,000.00
Huang, Biao
Department
Chemical and Materials Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering
RGPIN Predictive Process Monitoring with Integrated Data-feature and Process-knowledge Transfer 1511 5 $90,000.00
Hwang, Peter
Department
Medicine - Medicine
RGPIN Redefining the niche for protein solution NMR spectroscopy: Side chain and domain motions 1501 5 $34,000.00
Jar, Pean-Yue
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Mechanical properties and microstructural characterization of semi-crystalline polymers and fiber composites 1512 5 $32,000.00
Jiang, Bei
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
RGPIN Novel Statistical Integration Methods for Multi-View Data 1508 5 $27,000.00
Kassiri, Zamaneh
Department
Physiology - Physiology
RGPIN Deciphering the role of ADAM15 vs. ADAM17 in fibroblast function: Mechanobiology vs. Proteolysis 1502 5 $39,000.00
Khabbazian, Majid
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Scalable solutions for next-generation distributed applications 1507 5 $24,000.00
Khalid, Muhammad Saif Ullah
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Flow Physics and Vortex-Induced Acoustics in Bio-Inspired Collective Locomotion 1512 5 $25,000.00
Khalid, Muhammad Saif Ullah
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
DGECR Flow Physics and Vortex-Induced Acoustics in Bio-Inspired Collective Locomotion 1512 1 $12,500.00
KIM, CHUN IL
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Microstructure integrated continuum model and numerical scheme for the design and characterization of 2-D microstructured materials 1512 5 $32,000.00
Kim, Mi-Young
Department
Augustana Campus - Augustana Campus
RGPIN Explainable Artificial Intelligence that Understands Human Language 1507 5 $25,000.00
Kim, Mi-Young
Department
Augustana Campus - Augustana Campus
DGECR Explainable Artificial Intelligence that Understands Human Language 1507 1 $12,500.00
Koch, Charles
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Control and machine learning for internal combustion engines and their exhaust aftertreatment systems 1512 5 $46,000.00
Konhauser, Kurt
Department
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
RTI Unisense MicroProfiling System for High-Resolution Aqueous Geochemical Measurements 1606 1 $119,152.00
Krauss, Carsten
Department
Physics - Physics
SAPEQ Prototype trigger systems for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Explorer 19 3 $37,562.00
Kuru, Ergun
Department
School of Mining & Petroleum Engineering - School of Mining & Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Experimental Investigation and Subsequent Modeling of the Cement Microstructure and Integrity of Cement/Casing and Cement/Formation Interfaces Under Downhole Stress Conditions 1511 5 $39,000.00
Leys, Sally
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RTI Confocal Microscope Upgrade for Development, Physiology & Evo-Devo Studies 1601 1 $150,000.00
Leys, Sally
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN Evolutionary origins of coordination: Physiological and molecular studies on sponges 1501 5 $92,160.00
Litvak, Alexander
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
RGPIN Asymptotic Geometric Analysis, Random Matrices, and Applications 1508 5 $31,000.00
Liu, Fangzhou
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RGPIN Flowslide of tailings dam: understanding the mechanics of intermediate soils for biomediated tailings improvement 1509 5 $27,000.00
Liu, Fangzhou
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
DGECR Flowslide of tailings dam: understanding the mechanics of intermediate soils for biomediated tailings improvement 1509 1 $12,500.00
MacLeod, Andrea
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders - Communication Sciences and Disorders
RGPIN Bilingual children's use of statistical and usage-based learning to build rich cognitive representations of speech sounds 1502 5 $39,000.00
Marchak, Kristan
Department
Campus Saint-Jean - Campus Saint-Jean
RGPIN What does that animal eat?: The role of overhypotheses in how children and adults learn and reason about real-world categories 1502 5 $26,000.00
Marchak, Kristan
Department
Campus Saint-Jean - Campus Saint-Jean
DGECR What does that animal eat?: The role of overhypotheses in how children and adults learn and reason about real-world categories 1502 1 $12,500.00
Marsiglio, Frank
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN Superconductivity and competing states: the role of the electron-phonon and Coulomb interactions 1505 5 $50,000.00
Mei, Qipei
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RGPIN Crowdsourcing-Based Building Condition Assessment using Smartphone Networks 1509 5 $24,000.00
Mei, Qipei
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
DGECR Crowdsourcing-Based Building Condition Assessment using Smartphone Networks 1509 1 $12,500.00
Meldrum, Alkiviathes
Department
Physics - Physics
RTI A UV Diode Laser for Level-1 Photonics Research and Training 1605 1 $44,357.00
Moez, Kambiz
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Transceivers Powered by Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting 1510 5 $28,000.00
Mou, Weimin
Department
Psychology - Psychology
RGPIN Human navigation in complex spaces using landmarks and self-motion 1502 5 $28,000.00
Pedrycz, Witold
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Interpretable and explainable rule-based modeling: analysis, design, and evaluation in the framework of Granular Computing and federated learning 1510 5 $46,000.00
Penin, Alexander
Department
Physics - Physics
SAPIN High Precision Calculations in Quantum Field Theory 19 5 $99,000.00
Pianzola, Arturo
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
RGPIN Torsors, Galois Cohomology and Infinite Dimensional Lie Theory 1508 5 $21,000.00
Pinfold, James
Department
Physics - Physics
SAPEQ The MoEDAL Apparatus for Penetrating Particles (MAPP) at the LHC - Part (2) 19 1 $38,033.00
Pinfold, James
Department
Physics - Physics
SAPMR CPP+, the MRS Application for the Centre for Particle Physics 19 3 $230,000.00
Pourrahimian, Yashar
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RGPIN A Theoretical Paradigm Shift for Compliance of Strategic and Short-term Block Caving Mine Plans towards Sustainable Mineral Development 1509 5 $26,000.00
Quemerais, Bernadette
Department
Medicine - Medicine
RGPIN Monitoring fine particles and nanoparticles at the workplace - the role of biomarkers and alternative tools 1509 5 $26,000.00
Quideau, Sylvie
Department
Renewable Resources - Renewable Resources
RGPIN Deep under cover: a pedological perspective on soil carbon 1506 5 $43,000.00
Rosolowsky, Erik
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN Resolving the Role of Neutral Gas in Galaxy Evolution 1505 5 $50,000.00
Rueppell, Olav
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN Individual life history adaptation in the social context of the honey bee colony 1503 5 $40,000.00
Sacchi, Mauricio
Department
Physics - Physics
RGPIN New paradigms in seismic data preconditioning and imaging via Deep Neural Networks 1506 5 $75,000.00
Secanell, Marc
Department
Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
RGPIN Eliminating precious metals from hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers 1512 5 $46,000.00
Shmulevitz, Maya
Department
Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
RGPIN Using apathogenic and mammalian-ubiquitous reoviruses to safely discover genetic and phenotypic changes in viruses that promote adaptation to new host species and distinct niches within a host. 1501 5 $34,000.00
Spyracopoulos, Leonidas
Department
Biochemistry - Biochemistry
RGPIN Molecular Mechanism for the Chaperone Activity of Hsp90 1501 5 $32,000.00
Stickland, Michael
Department
Medicine - Medicine
RGPIN Pulmonary gas exchange during physiological stress 1502 5 $47,000.00
Stickland, Michael
Department
Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of - Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of
RTI Resting and exercise echocardiology 1602 1 $150,000.00
Stryker, Jeffrey
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RGPIN Hydrogen-free hydrogenolysis of strong C-S, C-O, and C-N bonds 1504 5 $48,000.00
Sturdy, Christopher
Department
Psychology - Psychology
RGPIN Neuroethology of Songbird Acoustic Communication: Behaviour, Cognition, and Neurobiology 1502 5 $55,000.00
Sutherland, Bruce
Department
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
RGPIN Transport and settling of particles in the ocean and estuaries 1506 5 $43,000.00
Tan, Xiaoqi
Department
Computing Science - Computing Science
RGPIN A Unified Framework for Balancing Robustness, Effectiveness, and Fairness in Online Mechanism Design 1507 5 $29,000.00
Tan, Xiaoqi
Department
Computing Science - Computing Science
DGECR A Unified Framework for Balancing Robustness, Effectiveness, and Fairness in Online Mechanism Design 1507 1 $12,500.00
Tellambura, Chinthananda
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Advanced wireless communications and signal processing techniques for 6G wireless networks. 1510 5 $46,000.00
Tsai, Sue
Department
Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
DGECR The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology 1501 1 $12,500.00
Tsai, Sue
Department
Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Medical Microbiology and Immunology
RGPIN The impact of mechanosensing on dendritic cell biology 1501 5 $31,000.00
Ulrich, Ania
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering
RGPIN Evaluating the biogeochemistry of oil sands tailings in end pit lakes 1509 5 $36,000.00
Van, Vien
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN A Silicon Topological Photonic Platform for Photonic Integrated Circuits 1510 5 $33,000.00
Waskiewicz, Andrew
Department
Biological Sciences - Biological Sciences
RGPIN Intercellular Signalling Pathways Regulate Zebrafish Hindbrain Development 1501 5 $34,000.00
Woolgar, Eric
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences - Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
RGPIN New geometrical perspectives in general relativity 1505 5 $28,000.00
Xu, Yunjie
Department
Chemistry - Chemistry
RTI An Essential Mass Detection Unit for Laser Spectroscopy of Chiral Aggregates at 0.4 Kelvin 1604 1 $119,312.00
Zhang, Hao
Department
Chemical and Materials Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering
RGPIN Understanding Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels from Atomistic Perspective 1511 5 $33,000.00
Zhao, Qing
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Control and diagnosis based on learning from data 1510 5 $39,000.00