2023-2024 Faculty Research and Development (FRD) Award Announcement

The Office of Research would like to thank members of the University Research Council for their review of all 2023-2024 Faculty Research and Development (FRD) proposals – and congratulate the following faculty members on their successful FRD proposals:

Geyou Ao
Washkewicz College of Engineering
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

Creating Carbohydrate-Complexed Organic Color Centers by Click Chemistry to Probe Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions

Hongkai Yu
Washkewicz College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Robust and Efficient Artificial Intelligence for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Tushar Borkar
Washkewicz College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Fundamentals Investigation of Strengthening Mechanisms in High Entropy Alloys

Kelle DeBoth Foust
College of Health
Department of Occupational Therapy

Building Resilience and Social-Emotional Skills in Under-Resourced Preschoolers with History of Trauma

Mary Gergis; Cynthia Hovland
College of Health
School of Nursing; School of Social Work

Impact of integrating interprofessional end-of-life simulation into the undergraduate nursing curricula on students’ primary palliative care competencies and team communication skills

Linda Francis
College of Public Affairs and Education
Department of Criminology & Sociology

A Virtual Interaction Program for Care (VIPCare): assistive technology to facilitate communication with persons with ADRD