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2020 Research Grants Competition - Results by Institution

University of Calgary
Applicant name Program Title EG Term Amount awarded
Aboodarda, Saied Jalal
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN The effects of pain and fatigue on regulation of exercise performance 1502 5 $24,000.00
Amrein, Matthias
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Cell and Tissue Vibrations 1501 5 $42,000.00
Azaiez, Jalel
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Modelling Transport Phenomena of Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery Therapy 1511 5 $28,000.00
Back, Thomas
Department
Chemistry
RTI High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Organic Chemistry 1604 1 $76,748.00
Barzanjeh, Shabir
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Superconducting Electro-Optomechanical Photon Converter 1505 5 $33,000.00
Bauwens, Luc
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Role of chemical kinetics on detonation stability and cell sizes 1512 5 $27,000.00
Bitoun, Thomas
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN D-modules and Arithmetic 1508 5 $26,000.00
Bonni, Shirin
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Regulation of Cellular Plasticity 1501 5 $32,000.00
Braverman, Elena
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Delay, impulsive, structured and stochastic systems with applications to population dynamics 1508 5 $31,000.00
Brudnyi, Alexander
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN TOWARD SOLUTION OF THE MULTIVARIATE CORONA PROBLEM 1508 5 $21,000.00
Chen, Shengnan
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN CO2 Assisted Enhanced Recovery for Unconventional Shale Gas Resources in Western Canada 1511 5 $46,000.00
Cheng, Frank
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Study of internal corrosion of natural gas pipelines in thin electrolyte layers 1511 5 $55,000.00
Chu, Angus
Department
Schulich School of Engineering
RGPIN Efficacy of Bioretention for Treatment of Stormwater in Semi Arid Cold Climates 1509 5 $26,000.00
Clarkson, Christopher
Department
Geoscience
RGPIN Experimental Evaluation of Unconventional Reservoir Sample Properties Using Rate- and Pressure-Transient Analysis Methods 1511 5 $64,000.00
Colicos, Michael
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Development and use of an enhanced neuronal/silicon interface for the study of neuronal system dynamics. 1502 5 $28,000.00
Cully, Christopher
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Quantifying Energetic Particle Precipitation over Canada 1505 5 $24,000.00
Cunningham, Clifton
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Categorical consequences of the microlocal perspective on Arthur packets for p-adic groups 1508 5 $24,000.00
Curiel, Laura
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Advancing Research through Enhanced Design of Focused Ultrasound Animal Devices 1510 5 $39,000.00
Dalton, Colin
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Integrated MEMS microneedles and microelectrode arrays for biomedical applications 1510 5 $28,000.00
Davidsen, Joern
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Physics of complex systems: emergent properties, criticality and dynamical networks 1505 5 $50,000.00
de Koning, A.P. Jason
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Modelling the Population Genetics of Non-Equilibrium Molecular Evolution: Understanding The Forces that Shape The Genome 1503 5 $33,000.00
Du, Ke
Department
Schulich School of Engineering
RGPIN A Hybrid Multi-Path Optical Remote Sensing System for Monitoring Fugitive Areal Emission of Methane 1509 5 $26,000.00
Dunn, Jeff
Department
Radiology
RGPIN Regulation of brain oxygenation 1502 5 $40,000.00
Dyck, Richard
Department
Psychology
RGPIN The role of zinc signalling in the amygdala 1502 5 $47,000.00
Egberts, Philip
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Impact of Wetting Transparency on Lubricating and Adhesive Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials 1512 5 $39,000.00
Else, Brent
Department
Geography
RTI Repairs and Upgrades for the Qikirtaarjuak Island Air-Ice-Ocean Observatory 1606 1 $82,630.00
Fong, Philip
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Access Control Models and Technologies for the Internet of Things 1507 5 $24,000.00
Fox, Jeremy
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Quantitative population and community dynamics 1503 5 $55,000.00
Garcia Flores, Julio
Department
Radiology
RGPIN Understanding healthy ageing heart flow patterns, hemodynamics and energetics using experimental models and age/sex-based three-dimensional blood flow velocity nomograms 1505 5 $29,000.00
Ghannouchi, Fadhel
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN RoF Active MIMO Antenna for Broadband Communications 1510 5 $64,000.00
Gieg, Lisa
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Team Play: Determining Syntrophic Interactions in Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Processes 1501 5 $42,000.00
Gilch, Sabine
Department
Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
RTI Building capacity for in vitro prion amplification 1601 1 $51,875.00
Gomes da Rocha, Claudia
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Synthetic neural networks for neuromorphic applications 1510 5 $28,000.00
Gour, Gilad
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Theories of dynamical quantum resources 1505 5 $34,000.00
Harrison, Joe
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Deciphering polymicrobial interactions that drive antimicrobial resistance: Molecules, mechanisms and microbiological targets 1501 5 $50,000.00
Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Mathematical Modeling of the Fate of the Injected and In-Situ Generated Gases in Subsurface Geological Formations 1511 5 $33,000.00
He, Jianxun
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Temporal Behavior of Low Impact Development Practices in Managing Stormwater 1509 5 $36,000.00
Helaoui, Mohamed
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Autonomous and Intelligent Wireless Transceivers 1510 5 $33,000.00
Hemmati, Hadi
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Program Behavior Representation Learning for Software Testing 1507 5 $35,000.00
Herzog, Walter
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RTI Small Animal Muscle Dynamometry System 1602 1 $121,330.00
Herzog, Walter
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN Skeletal Muscle Properties and Force-Sharing Among Synergistic Muscles 1502 5 $138,000.00
Hill, Josephine
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Conversion of Waste to Catalysts and other Value-added Products 1511 5 $55,000.00
Hu, Yaoping
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Mechanisms of integrating haptic cues for VR-based interactive analytics of complex data 1510 5 $28,000.00
Huang, Carol Tzu-Ling
Department
Paediatrics
RGPIN The role of placental lactogens in the regulation of pancreatic beta-cell mass and function 1502 5 $28,000.00
Hubert, Casey
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Sea Ice Microbial Ecosystems in the Rapidly Changing Arctic 1503 5 $33,000.00
Husein, Maen
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Engineered Nanoparticles for Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resource Recovery 1511 5 $39,000.00
Hynes, Michael
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Plasmid Biology of Rhizobium leguminosarum 1501 5 $42,000.00
Iaria, Giuseppe
Department
Psychology
RGPIN Measuring behavioural and neurological changes of human spatial orientation 1502 5 $33,000.00
Jiang, Wenjun
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Optimal insurance design in the presence of imperfect information 1508 5 $18,000.00
Kam, Julia
Department
Psychology
RGPIN The Neural Basis of Internal Attention 1502 5 $38,000.00
Kattan, Lina
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Urban Transportation Operation and Management in a Connected and Autonomous vehicle Environment 1509 5 $99,000.00
Kim, Keekyoung
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Hybrid 3D bioprinting systems for fabricating heterogeneous, vascularized tissue constructs 1512 5 $39,000.00
Kim, Seonghwan
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Nanomechanical Devices for Physical and Chemical Sensing Applications 1512 5 $39,000.00
Kopala-Sibley, Daniel
Department
Psychiatry
RGPIN The development of neural emotion and reward processing circuitry over adolescence and its relations to parenting 1502 5 $28,000.00
Krawetz, Roman
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Synovial stem cell biology 1501 5 $36,000.00
Lamoureux, Michael
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Mathematical modelling and computational methods for imaging and advanced sensor technology 1508 5 $18,000.00
Lee, Jihyun
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN A robotic metal hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing system 1512 5 $27,000.00
Leung, Henry
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Generative Signal Processing and Data Fusion for Sensor Networks 1510 5 $76,000.00
MacDonald, Justin
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Biochemical mechanisms of inflammasome function 1501 5 $36,000.00
Martinuzzi, Robert
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RTI Dual-cavity, high-repetition rate pulsed laser for flow control and high-speed flow applications. 1612 1 $149,672.00
McGirr, Alexander
Department
Psychiatry
RGPIN Modules of spontaneous cortical activity in mouse cortex during quiet wakefulness: key nodes and shaping by neuromodulators. 1501 5 $30,000.00
Mody, Christopher
Department
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
RGPIN Natural Killer Cell Immunity Induced by ß-1,3-Glucan 1501 5 $36,000.00
Muench, Douglas
Department
Biological Sciences
RTI Replacement growth chambers for plant biology research 1602 1 $150,000.00
Musiani, Marco
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Human impacts on isolation and diversity of wildlife populations 1503 5 $33,000.00
Ng, Kenneth
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Molecular structural studies of protein complexes for biotechnology and metabolic engineering 1501 5 $42,000.00
Nicola, Wilten
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Analyzing Neural Network Dynamics as Forward and Inverse Problems in the Connection Weights 1508 5 $26,000.00
Oblak, Daniel
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Practical quantum memory for integrated quantum technologies 1505 5 $24,000.00
Peters, Ryan
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN Human muscle spindles and their role in guiding goal-directed motor behaviour 1502 5 $24,000.00
Protzner, Andrea
Department
Psychology
RGPIN How does brain signal variability relate to plasticity during perceptual learning for younger, middle-aged, and older adults? 1502 5 $40,000.00
Rogers, Sean
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Ecological genomics of population persistence and adaptation to environmental change in fishes 1503 5 $65,000.00
Saidi, Saeid
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Urban Transit System Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Management Using Mobility Sensing Data 1509 5 $26,000.00
Samuel, Marcus
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Cellular signalling mechanisms during pollen-pistil interactions in Brassicaceae 1502 5 $47,000.00
Sanati Nezhad, Amir
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Next generation of microfluidic nanosensing platforms for medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring 1512 5 $39,000.00
Sargin, Derya
Department
Psychology
RGPIN Neurobiology of social behaviour 1502 5 $33,000.00
Schaetzl, Hermann
Department
Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
RGPIN Chronic wasting disease vaccine: inducing auto-antibodies for interfering in CWD infection and prion shedding 1501 5 $42,000.00
Shimizu, George
Department
Chemistry
RTI Selective Adsorption Analyzer 1604 1 $149,955.00
Shugar, Daniel
Department
Geoscience
RGPIN Evolution and morphodynamics of proglacial environments 1506 5 $35,000.00
Simon, Christoph
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Entanglement from the quantum internet to quantum neuroscience 1505 5 $50,000.00
Smirl, Jonathan
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN Regulatory mechanisms of cerebral blood flow in humans 1502 5 $24,000.00
Spanswick, Emma
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Dynamics of the near-Earth space environment 1505 5 $34,000.00
Strous, Marc
Department
Science, Faculty of
RGPIN Harnessing the power of soda lake microbial mats for CO2 capture and conversion 1503 5 $40,000.00
Sundararaj, Uttandaraman
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Design and Tailoring of Lightweight Polymer Blend Nanocomposites with Enhanced Properties 1511 5 $46,000.00
Swishchuk, Anatoliy
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Stochastic Modelling of Big Data in Finance, Insurance and Energy Markets 1508 5 $24,000.00
Syed, Naweed
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying anesthetic actions and neurotoxicity 1502 5 $40,000.00
Tarailo-Graovac, Maja
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Deciphering Plasticity of Essentiality 1501 5 $30,000.00
Thundathil, Jacob
Department
Production Animal Health
RGPIN Na+/K+-ATPase and regulation of testis and sperm function 1502 5 $47,000.00
Tieleman, Peter
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Computer simulations of lipids 1504 5 $105,000.00
Trifkovic, Milana
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Co-Continuous Hierarchial Porous Materials for Electrochemical Storage and Gas Separation Applications 1511 5 $64,000.00
Turner, Raymond
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RTI Capturing the dynamics of inter-organelle associations 1601 1 $119,338.00
Turner, Raymond
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Bacterial multi-resistance mechanisms: multi-metal(loid) sensitivity-tolerance and transformations 1501 5 $69,000.00
Vijayan, Mathilakath
Department
Biological Sciences
RTI State-of-the-art biological nanoparticle tracking instrument for interdisciplinary use 1602 1 $149,745.00
Vogel, Hans (Harm)
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Calcium-binding EF-hand proteins and protein domains; an NMR and biophysical approach 1501 5 $50,000.00
Wasmuth, James
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Understanding the genome-phenotype relationship of host-parasite interactions across a complex life-cycle 1501 5 $50,000.00
Westwick, David
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Practical Methods for the Identification of Nonlinear Systems 1510 5 $28,000.00
Wieser, Michael
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Tracing element pathways and processes of Ca, Fe, Cu, and Zn in the geosphere and biosphere: Precision measurement with isotopic tools 1505 5 $34,000.00
Wilson, Richard
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Neuronal basis of cardiorespiratory control in vertebrates 1502 5 $65,000.00
Wong, Ron
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Fatigue behaviour of geomaterials under cyclic environmental loading 1509 5 $31,000.00
Yackel, John
Department
Geography
RTI Snow property characterization for improved radar altimetry estimates of sea ice thickness 1606 1 $132,349.00
Yadid-Pecht, Orly
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Advanced CMOS Imager based systems 1510 5 $46,000.00
Yan, Jun
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Thalamocortical mechanism underlying cortical temporal information processing for sound perception 1502 5 $28,000.00
Zheng, Xi-Long
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Epigenetic Regulation of Phenotypic Plasticity of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells 1501 5 $36,000.00