Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE BUILDING A BOULEVARD PROJECT IS A STRATEGIC WORKFORCE INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A HIGHLY SKILLED AND TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT TALENT PIPELINE FOR THE FOOD, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND HUMAN SCIENCES (FANH) SECTORS. BY LEVERAGING THE SCALE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) SYSTEM AND THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ARI), THIS FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM PROVIDES INTENSIVE MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO 418 STUDENT FELLOWS, INCLUDING 200 MASTER'S CANDIDATES, 180 UNDERGRADUATES, AND 38 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS.A KEY STRENGTH OF THIS PROGRAM IS ITS RESOURCE EFFICIENCY. BY ALIGNING WITH THE ARI, THE PROJECT MATCHES STUDENT FELLOWS WITH FACULTY WHO ARE OFTEN ALREADY LEADING ARI-FUNDED RESEARCH. THIS ALLOWS FEDERAL NIFA FUNDS TO BE DEDICATED PRIMARILY TO STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, WHILE STATE-LEVEL ARI RESOURCES PROVIDE THE SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT FUNDING NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS.EACH FELLOW MAKES A ONE-YEAR COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE A FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH PROJECT. FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS, THIS SUPPORT DIRECTLY FACILITATES THE COMPLETION OF THEIR MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH, ENSURING THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE WITH SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE. THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, FELLOWS GAIN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES, SHARPEN THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES, AND EXPLORE THE VAST ARRAY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE MODERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY.THE PROJECT HOSTS A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WHERE FELLOWS:DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS: ENGAGING IN INTERACTIVE SESSIONS TO PREPARE FOR MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ROLES.MASTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION: LEARNING TO TRANSLATE COMPLEX TECHNICAL DATA INTO CLEAR, ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS WHILE RETAINING SCIENTIFIC FIDELITY.BUILD PROFESSIONAL LITERACY: ENGAGING DIRECTLY WITH EXPERTS FROM THE USDA, STATE AGENCIES, AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY WHO SHARE INSIGHTS INTO DIVERSE CAREER ENTRY POINTS, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE.TO ENSURE PROFESSIONAL READINESS, FELLOWS ARE ENCOURAGED AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED TO ATTEND AND PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT MAJOR PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY CONFERENCES. THESE EVENTS PROVIDE VITAL NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM, PARTICIPANTS WILL GRADUATE WITH THE TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY, LEADERSHIP READINESS, AND PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THE FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION.THE BUILDING A BOULEVARD PROJECT ENSURES THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE IS EQUIPPED TO SOLVE COMPLEX CHALLENGES AND DRIVE THE STATE'S ECONOMIC ENGINE FORWARD.

REINVIGORATING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CA TEACHERS (RESPECT):SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TEACHER L

CREST PHASE I: CENTER FOR SMART MANUFACTURING -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CENTERS OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CREST), THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ESTABLISH THE CENTER FOR SMART MANUFACTURING AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA. BY HARNESSING THE CAPABILITIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN EFFICIENCY, SAFETY IN HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION, CYBERSECURITY, AND THE SHORTAGE OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL SKILLS IN MODERN MANUFACTURING. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK LIES IN THE NEED FOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS TO EVOLVE IN ORDER TO MEET GROWING DEMANDS FOR PRODUCTIVITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND RESILIENCE. THE PROJECT WILL UNITE RESEARCHERS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO ADVANCE NEW METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENHANCE PREDICTABILITY, OPTIMIZE OPERATIONS, AND STRENGTHEN THE RELIABILITY OF U.S. MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS. THE OUTCOMES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NEW KNOWLEDGE IN SMART MANUFACTURING AND PROVIDE ADVANCED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, REINFORCING THE NATIONAL WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTING THE LONG-TERM COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. INDUSTRY. THE SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP AND INTEGRATE FOUR RESEARCH THRUSTS WITHIN A CYBER-PHYSICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY: (1) A DIGITAL TWIN-BASED FACTORY WITH EMBEDDED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TWO-WAY DATA EXCHANGE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY; (2) VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY APPROACHES THAT IMPROVE HUMAN-SYSTEM INTEGRATION THROUGH ADAPTIVE TRAINING; (3) ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS MANIPULATION IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; AND (4) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?ENHANCED CYBERSECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND DEVICE AUTHENTICATION. THE RESEARCH SCOPE WILL INCLUDE BOTH FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES AND APPLIED SOLUTIONS THAT ENABLE SECURE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS. RESULTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND A DEDICATED CENTER WEBSITE, ENSURING WIDE ACCESS TO FINDINGS. THE CENTERS OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CREST) PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ENHANCE THE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS THAT EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

STARS: STUDENT SUCCESS AND TRANSFER ARTICULATION THROUGH RESEARCH AND SUPPORT SERVICES_AN HSI STEM TRANSFORMATION PROJECT

THIS GRANT SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW), ENTITLED "ELECTRIC-VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (E-VTOL) VEHICLES" DATED

SECURE UAV-UGV

SECURE UAV-UGV

EXPLORATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TO SUPPORT AIR FORCE SYSTEMS

EXPLORATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TO SUPPORT AIR FORCE SYSTEMS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A BRIDGE TO PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DOCTORATES FOR STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED

TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS FOR STATE AND PARTNERSHIPS - PARTNERSHIP GRANTS

COLLEGE COST REDUCTION ACT

PROJECT CAMINOS (CULTIVATING ACCESS AND MENTORING THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS)

HSI INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: CAL POLY POMONA INTENTIONAL VENTURE ENGAGING STEM STUDENTS (CPP INVESTS)

ADVANCE INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AWARD: THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP: COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

PROJECT LOGRAR (LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH AND RESOURCES)

PROMOTING POSTBACCALAUREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC AMERICANS PROGRAM

CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (RENEWAL): CALPOLY NEXT GENERATION CYBER WARRIORS FOR BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY -CAL POLY POMONA (CPP) PROPOSES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CYBER WORKFORCE TRAINING TO SERVE THE NEED FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SAFEGURAD SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN BIG DATA. THIS APPROACH IS FIRMLY GROUNDED IN BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY, LEVERAGING THE UNIVERSITY'S TRACK RECORD IN HANDS-ON CYBER SECURITY TRAINING AND BIG DATA AND CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES. THE DIVERSE GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM WILL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CURRENT BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS AS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES BUT WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW TO ADDRESS FUTURE CONCERNS SURROUNDING TRUSTWORTHY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CPP IS DESIGNATED A NATIONAL CENTER OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBER DEFENSE EDUCATION (CAE-CD) BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBERSECURITY (NCAE-C). THROUGH THE PROPOSED RENEWAL PROGRAM, CPP WILL TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE COMPUTING (COMPUTER SCIENCE/COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS/ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING) BACKGROUNDS IN THE DOMAIN OF BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY BY PROVIDING (I) ACADEMIC TRAINING THROUGH INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND SECURITY (IAS) AND DATA SCIENCES CLASSES, (II) HANDS-ON TRAINING IN STUDENT-RUN DATA CENTER AND SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, (III) GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY (IV) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN CPP?S SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE CONFERENCE (SFSCON) AND INTERACTIONS WITH REGIONAL IAS ORGANIZATIONS, (V) INTERPERSONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT CPP?S ANNUAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS FAIR AND K-12 STUDENT MENTORING IN AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION?S CYBERPATRIOT PROGRAM AND NSA/NSF GENCYBER ACADEMIC YEAR FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES. THE RECRUITMENT WILL EMPHASIZE WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIVITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCES. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CYBERCORPS? SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (SFS) PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS PROPOSALS ESTABLISHING OR CONTINUING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS IN CYBERSECURITY AND ALIGNS WITH THE U.S. NATIONAL CYBER STRATEGY TO DEVELOP A SUPERIOR CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK IN CYBERSECURITY FOR A FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE SAME DURATION AS THEIR SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT.? THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM (SIP)

READING, ADVISING, & MENTORING PROGRAM (RAMP)

INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH, MENTORING, ROLE MODELING AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL-BUILDING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR PHD PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD PATHWAYS TO STEM CAREERS -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI) PROGRAM, THIS TRACK 1: BUILDING CAPACITY PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION AND BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM. IT INTENDS TO DO SO THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE, CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP MODEL THAT WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITH YEAR-ROUND, EXTRA-CURRICULAR, STEM-RELATED EXPERIENCES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE EXPERIENCES WILL HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE RETAINED IN AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE STEM DEGREES AT HSI INSTITUTIONS. ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT FACULTY WILL BE EMBEDDED WITH STUDENTS DURING THE EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES. AS A RESULT, FACULTY WILL CONNECT WITH PROFESSIONALS WORKING AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR DISCIPLINES AND BE ABLE TO USE THEIR EXPERIENCES TO IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING. THE PROGRAM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIONS. THE PROJECT TEAM HAS ALREADY CREATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATE, NON-PROFIT, AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE PRIMARY PARTNERS ARE PACKET, MILLERCOORS BREWING, CSU FULLERTON, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY, CITY OF HOPE, THE EXPLAINABLES, THE RIGHT QUESTION INSTITUTE, AND THE BLUE MARBLE SPACE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCES THAT RANGE FROM WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS TO CODING BOOT CAMPS AND SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS. THE PROJECT INTENDS TO SERVE 300 STUDENTS, WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THREE THEMED COHORTS: 1. GEOSCIENCES; 2. ENGINEERING, PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCES; AND 3. BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT PARTICIPATION IN THE COHORT WILL BROADEN STUDENTS? UNDERSTANDING OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, INTRODUCE THEM TO SUBFIELDS WITHIN THEIR DISCIPLINES, AND PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS OR RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE BUILDING DURABLE NETWORKS WITH PEERS AND PROFESSIONALS. THE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LITERATURE REGARDING SCIENCE IDENTITY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS WORK MAY SERVE AS A MODEL FOR INCREASING THE DIVERSITY OF THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE HSI PROGRAM AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE HSI PROGRAM WILL ALSO GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

HIGHER EDUCATION - INSTITUTIONAL AID - STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS - HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS

TRIO UPWARD BOUND NORTH

SFS (SCHOLARSHIP TRACK): AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, LEARNING-BY-DOING APPROACH TO IDENTIFY AND PREPARE CYBER WARRIORS

INTEGRATION OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO EDUCATION OF FUTURE PHD CANDIDATES

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

CAL POLY POMONA UPWARD BOUND CLASSIC NORTH

UPWARD BOUND

CAL POLY POMONA ARCHES 2020

TRIO UPWARD BOUND SOUTH

INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH, MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL BUILDING FOR MASTER'S STUDENTS TO BRIDGE TO A PHD PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE - CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA (CPP), THE LEAD INSTITUTION FOR THIS GRANT, IS PARTNERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE (UCR), THE RO1 INSTITUTION, IN A BRIDGES MASTER’S OF SCIENCE (MS) TO THE DOCTORATE PROGRAM (2021-2025). THE OVERALL PROGRAM GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MS STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY (URM) RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS, LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING TO PHD PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THERE WILL BE 4 COHORTS OF 6 MS STUDENTS PER YEAR (24 STUDENTS TOTAL). EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE A CPP FACULTY RESEARCH MENTOR (FRM), A UCR FRM, A CPP FACULTY ADVISOR (FA) AND A UCR FA. BRIDGES STUDENTS WILL HAVE 2 YEARS TO COMPLETE THEIR MS RESEARCH PROJECT AT CPP, PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH-RELATED SKILLS AT BOTH INSTITUTIONS, TAKE A UCR COURSE AND CONDUCT A 10-WEEK SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIP AT UCR. THE GRANT OBJECTIVES WILL BE: A) STUDENTS COMPLETE MS PROGRAMS, ARE ACCEPTED AND MAKE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO A PHD PROGRAM; B) STUDENTS INCREASE RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME BIOMEDICAL INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS; C) STUDENTS INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN PREPAREDNESS FOR PHD PROGRAMS; D) STUDENTS DEEPEN AWARENESS OF BIOMEDICAL CAREERS; E) CPP-UCR PARTNERSHIP CREATES AN INTEGRATED SUPPORT SYSTEM, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, AND NETWORKING FOR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN PHD PROGRAMS. SHORT TERM OUTCOMES WILL BE: 1) COMPLETION OF DOCTORAL PROGRAM WITHIN 5 YEARS; 2) PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION OF THEIR RESEARCH; 3) CPP EXPANDS STEM RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS WITH UCR, OTHER RO1 INSTITUTIONS AND STEM INDUSTRIES; 4) INCREASE CPP AND UCR SUPPORT OF URM STUDENTS THROUGH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS. LONG TERM OUTCOMES WILL BE: 1) BRIDGES SUPPORT SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED AT CPP AND UCR; 2) STEM CAREERS ARE SUPPORTED BY STUDENTS’ FAMILIES; 3) GAPS CLOSED IN PREPARATION AND PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS IN STEM RESEARCH; 4) BARRIERS OF DIFFERENCE REMOVED TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE STEM COMMUNITY. EACH STUDENT WILL BE MATCHED AND INTEGRATED INTO CPP FRM AND UCR FRM LABS, PRESENT RESEARCH FINDINGS, ATTEND SEMINARS, JOURNAL CLUBS, WORKSHOPS AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AT BOTH INSTITUTIONS. TO ENHANCE FACULTY MENTORING, THE CPP AND UCR FACULTY WILL PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS AND, SINCE MOST FACULTY HAVE LIMITED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WHILE A MAJORITY OF THE NEW PHDS ENTER INDUSTRIAL POSITIONS, FACULTY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO DO A 4-6 WEEK RESIDENCY IN INDUSTRY. IN ADDITION TO STUDENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS, BRIDGES STUDENTS WILL BE PAIRED WITH CPP MS ALUMNI OR UCR PHD PREDOCTORAL CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE NEAR-PEER MENTORING. LEVERAGING THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BUILD STUDENT CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, SCIENTIFIC ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, STEM NETWORKING AND AWARENESS OF FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. SENSE OF COMMUNITY WILL EXPAND FURTHER BY INVITING STUDENTS’ FAMILIES TO PROGRAM SOCIALS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE PROGRAM TO ENGAGE FAMILY. BY NURTURING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONGST THE BRIDGES STUDENTS, THEIR MENTORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A STRONG SUPPORT NETWORK TO HELP THEM COMPLETE A PHD AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL STEM CAREER.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING THROUGH AN ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY NETWORK -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNICIANS BY SUPPORTING THE RETENTION AND GRADUATION OF HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA (CAL POLY POMONA OR CPP). CAL POLY POMONA IS ONE OF THE 23 CAMPUSES WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) SYSTEM AND AN HSI DESIGNATED INSTITUTION WITH 50% OF THE STUDENT BODY IDENTIFYING AS HISPANIC, WHERE 54% MEET THE CATEGORY OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES (URM), 62% ARE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND 45% ARE PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS. OVER ITS 5-YEAR DURATION, THIS PROJECT WILL FUND SCHOLARSHIPS TO 45 UNIQUE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING A BACHELOR?S DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (CEM) AND TO 75 UNIQUE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN A PRE-ARRANGED SUMMER INTERNSHIP. FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO FOUR YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT AND TRANSFER STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIPS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE STUDENT PERSISTENCE IN THE CEM DISCIPLINE BY INCREASING RETENTION, STUDENT SUCCESS, AND GRADUATION RATES OF THE HISPANIC AND URM STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY DURING ACADEMIC SEMESTERS AS A RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND WILL OFFER SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK AS AN INTERN AT A CONSTRUCTION FIRM, WHICH IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC ABILITY AND TALENT. BECAUSE CAL POLY POMONA HAS A HIGH POPULATION OF URM AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, THIS PROJECT HAS POTENTIAL TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN THE STEM FIELDS AND FOR FACULTY TO LEARN HOW MENTORING AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT RETENTION AND GRADUATION OF A STUDENT POPULATION. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE COMPLETION OF STEM DEGREES, I.E., B.S. IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, BY LOW-INCOME, HIGH-ACHIEVING UNDERGRADUATES WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED. THERE ARE THREE SPECIFIC AIMS THAT GUIDE THE PROJECT. FIRST IS A FOCUS ON RECRUITING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS INFORMATION SESSIONS, GUEST LECTURES, OR AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS TO BROADEN THE NUMBER OF CEM STUDENTS. SECOND IS TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY GAP ISSUE IN THE INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THIRD IS TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS, ACADEMIC/CAREER PATHWAYS, AND GRADUATION. ALTHOUGH THE DISPARITY IN URM REPRESENTATION HAS SHOWN SOME IMPROVEMENT OVER THE YEARS, IT REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY LOW. THIS NECESSITATES AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION EFFORT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE URMS, WORKING TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN URM REPRESENTATION AND A MORE QUALIFIED WORKFORCE READY TO RESPOND TO THE INDUSTRY?S INCREASING DEMANDS. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT CEM STUDENTS AT CPP (URM, FEMALE, FIRST-GENERATION, AND LOW-INCOME COLLEGE STUDENTS), AND IMPLEMENT RECRUITING AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT GRADUATES PURSUING SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. THE PROJECT WILL BE ASSESSED USING BOTH FORMATIVE (PROCESS) AND SUMMATIVE (OUTCOME) EVALUATION. RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE CALIFORNIA ENGINEERING LIAISON COUNCIL (CAELC) MEETINGS AND IN CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY NSF?S SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME, ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO EARN DEGREES IN STEM FIELDS. IT ALSO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE STEM WORKERS AND TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RETENTION, TRANSFER, GRADUATION, AND ACADEMIC/CAREER PATHWAYS OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE NORTH

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE SOUTH

BUILDING CAPACITY: POLYTECHNIC FOR ALL: STEM UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS VIA AN INCLUSIVE INSTITUTION

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

TRIO UPWARD BOUND WEST

TRIO UPWARD BOUND CHINO

UPWARD BOUND

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE WEST

CAL POLY POMONA NOYCE MASTER TEACHER FELLOWS PROGRAM (CPP MTFS)

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

CCAMPIS

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF Y-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TRANSPORTERS

MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM PROPOSAL, CAL POLY POMONA, 2017

FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE ROLE OF CALCIUM SULFATE IN HOT CORROSION PHENOMENA AFFECTING THE NAVY'S SHIPBOARD GAS TURBINE ENGINES

UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE

UPWARD BOUND

THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA MINORITY PARTNERSHIP FOR ASTRONOMY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (CAMPARE)

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE WEST

CALIFORNIA POMONA UPWARD BOUND CLASSIC CHINO VALLEY

CAL POLY POMONA UPWARD BOUND CLASSIC WEST

UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE

ENGAGING AND GRADUATING HISPANIC STUDENTS THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (ENGAGE)

INDUSTRY 4.0: CAREER ADVANCEMENT THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MODELING AND SIMULATION (ICARE-M&S)

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

TRIO TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM

PROJECT SEEDS: SPECIAL EDUCATORS OF EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSE SETTINGS

CAL POLY POMONA UPWARD BOUND CLASSIC SOUTH

CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION, INC. FY 22 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING

CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN CORE UNDERGRADUATE CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSES -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE A NEW APPROACH DESIGNED TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES IN EARLY ENGINEERING COURSES AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY AT POMONA (CPP) AND MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE (MT. SAC). APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF STUDENTS AT THE COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS DO NOT PASS TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOUNDATIONAL ENGINEERING COURSES: ENGINEERING STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS. FURTHERMORE, STUDENTS FROM GROUPS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED IN ENGINEERING COMPLETE THESE COURSES AT A RATE APPROXIMATELY 10% LOWER THAN THEIR PEERS. POOR OUTCOMES IN THESE KEY COURSES CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED DROPOUT RATES, DELAYED GRADUATION, AND LOWER SUCCESS RATES IN SUBSEQUENT COURSES. THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE STUDENTS? SUCCESS IN ENGINEERING STATICS, MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, AND SUBSEQUENT COURSES THROUGH FOUR EVIDENCE-BASED ACTIVITIES: 1) A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM (SBP) TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE GATEKEEPER COURSES; 2) PEER TUTORING; 3) UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR 24 STUDENTS; AND 4) PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS' EXCELLENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (EXCEED) TEACHING WORKSHOP FOR 17 FACULTY. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE STUDENTS? ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE TWO FOCAL COURSES, REDUCE AVERAGE TIME-TO-DEGREE, AND PROMOTE CONSISTENT, HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION ACROSS COURSE SECTIONS. THIS WILL DRIVE STUDENT SUCCESS AND CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A MORE DIVERSE AND CAPABLE STEM WORKFORCE. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE MEASURED THROUGH MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH GUIDED BY TWO THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS: THE HOW PEOPLE LEARN MODEL AND THE INTERSECTIONALITY FRAMEWORK. THE RESULTS WILL DRIVE POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PURSUING FOUR OBJECTIVES. FIRST IS TO INFORM THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION FIELD ABOUT BEST PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN ENGINEERING STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS. SECOND IS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND EMPHASIZED TO PREPARE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY ENROLL IN THESE COURSES. THIRD IS TO EXTEND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM, PEER TUTORING, AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES COULD IMPACT STUDENTS? ENGAGEMENT, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND TIME-TO-DEGREE. FOURTH, AND FINALLY, IS TO PROMOTE CONSISTENT COURSE OFFERINGS AND TEACHING PRACTICES. MAJOR DATA SOURCES INCLUDE PERFORMANCE ON ASSESSMENTS COVERING KEY TOPICS IN THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM AND FOCAL COURSES, VALIDATED SURVEY INSTRUMENTS MEASURING SPATIAL REASONING AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND DATA ON FACULTY PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES TAKEN BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXCEED TEACHING WORKSHOP. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORT BY THE HSI PROGRAM WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE NO MORE SILOS PROJECT PROVIDES IMMERSIVE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES TO 100 UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.STUDENTS DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY BY ENGAGING IN MENTORED FELLOWSHIPS IN SCIENCE, BIG-DATA ANALYTICS, AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM, AND PUBLIC POLICY.FOUR FIVE-DAY DATA INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS WILL TEACH 80 STUDENTS BIG-DATA ANALYTIC SKILLS.STUDENTS RECEIVE CAREER MENTORING THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION WORKSHOPS.STUDENTS EMERGE WITH MEASURABLY GREATER DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACHES TO PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PERSONALIZED ROADMAPS THAT ARTICULATE CAREER GOALS AND THE STEPS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEM.

THREE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STEM GRADUATION RATES

BRIDGING INSTITUTIONS TO DECREASE GAPS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION (TRACK 2) PROJECT WILL DECREASE THE GAPS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS AND INCREASE THEIR SUCCESS BY FOCUSING ON A ?TRANSFER-READY? CURRICULUM WITH SUPPORT FROM A FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, DOES NOT HAVE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOR TRANSFER (ADT) IN ENGINEERING. THEREFORE, THE MAJORITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES DO NOT TAKE LOWER-DIVISION ENGINEERING COURSES. THIS PROLONGS THE TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE AN ENGINEERING DEGREE TO AN AVERAGE OF FIVE-TO-SIX YEARS. AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY AT POMONA (CPP), THE TWO-YEAR GRADUATION RATE FOR ENGINEERING TRANSFER STUDENTS IN THE FALL 2021 SEMESTER WAS 6.0%, WHICH IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE UNIVERSITY AVERAGE (33.1%). THE ADDITIONAL YEARS NEEDED TO GRADUATE ADD TO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS, AS THEY MUST PAY ADDITIONAL TUITION AND EXPENSES. THE BRIDGING INSTITUTIONS TO DECREASE GAPS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION TEAM (OR BRIDGE EDUCATION TEAM) INCLUDES FACULTY AT CPP AND THREE PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS, MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE (MT. SAC), CITRUS COLLEGE, AND VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE WHO WILL COLLABORATE ON TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT CPP. BECAUSE TRANSFER STUDENTS CONSTITUTE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENTERING ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOSTER THEIR SUCCESS IN OBTAINING BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN A TIMELY MANNER, WHICH WILL PROVE A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN MITIGATING EQUITY GAPS AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS. THREE SPECIFIC AIMS GUIDE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT. FIRST IS TO IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (CSFS) THAT IMPACT TRANSFER STUDENTS? SUCCESS. SECOND IS TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK TO YIELD ?TRANSFER READY? STUDENTS BY IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSFER PATHWAY PROGRAM. THIRD AND FINALLY, IS TO OFFER MORE DIVERSE LOWER-DIVISION ENGINEERING COURSES THROUGH COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND A FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY (FLC). THE BRIDGE PROJECT WILL MINIMIZE TRANSFER STUDENTS? STRUGGLES AND MAXIMIZE THEIR PERFORMANCE AFTER TRANSFERRING. IN ADDITION, THE BRIDGE PROJECT CAN BE DEVELOPED AND INCORPORATED INTO OTHER ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES AND STRENGTHEN STATE-WIDE EFFORTS TO SUPPORT TRANSFER STUDENTS? SUCCESS BY OFFERING AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOR TRANSFER (ADT) IN ENGINEERING. THE HSI PROGRAM AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. ACHIEVING THESE AIMS, GIVEN THE DIVERSE NATURE AND CONTEXT OF HSIS, REQUIRES INNOVATIVE APPROACHES THAT INCENTIVIZE INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND PROMOTE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH (I) ON ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING, (II) ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO DIVERSIFY AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN STEM EFFECTIVELY, AND (III) THAT IMPROVES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BUILD INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

WEAVING PROFESSIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING INTO UNDERGRADUATE STEM CURRICULA TO INCREASE SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE

CONTROL OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION: INHIBITION OF SPERM ACTIVATION IN C. ELEGANS

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION

UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION

ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF DAPLE- FLT3 AND DAPLE-PDGFRB GENE FUSION IN BLOOD CANCERS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES (RTKS) ARE A MAJOR CLASS OF CELL SIGNALING RECEPTORS AND THEY PLAY MAJOR ROLES IN CANCER PROGRESSION. IN LEUKEMIA, AND MANY CANCERS, ABERRANT ACTIVATION OF THE RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY IS OFTEN OBSERVED. VARIOUS RTK MUTATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE FOUND ON PDGFRB AND FLT3, ARE FOUND IN LEUKEMIA PATIENTS AND OFTEN LEAD TO HYPERACTIVATION OF THE KINASE DOMAIN. THIS ACTIVATION CAUSES THE SUBSEQUENT INCREASE IN THE RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK SIGNALING PATHWAY. BECAUSE THE CANCER IS DRIVEN BY KINASE DOMAIN ACTIVATION, MANY PATIENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR (TKI) TREATMENT SUCH AS IMATINIB AND SORAFENIB. HOWEVER, IN A SUBSET OF PATIENTS, THEY BECOME UNRESPONSIVE TO TKIS OVER TIME DUE TO A RESISTANCE IN THE CANCER CELLS. ONE MECHANISM BY WHICH CANCER CELLS CAN ACQUIRE RESISTANCE IS THROUGH GAINING A SECONDARY MUTATION IN THE KINASE DOMAIN THAT MAKES THE KINASE INSENSITIVE TO THE TKI. IN RESPONSE, PATIENTS ARE OFTEN GIVEN HIGHER DRUG DOSAGE OR AN APPROACH TO TARGET MULTIPLE PATHWAYS SIMULTANEOUSLY USING COMBINATION THERAPY IS TAKEN. THESE APPROACHES ARE OFTEN IMPRACTICAL DUE TO CUMULATIVE SIDE EFFECTS THAT MAY BE LIFE-THREATENING. THUS, FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF CANCER CELLS AND MUTATIONS THAT LEAD TO AGGRESSIVE CANCER PHENOTYPES ARE ESSENTIAL TO IDENTIFYING NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS, ESPECIALLY, THOSE ON WHICH MULTIPLE CANCER-FUELING SIGNALING PATHWAYS MAY CONVERGE. DAPLE/CCDC88C IS SCAFFOLD PROTEIN THAT SERVES AS A CONVERGENCE POINT FOR THREE MAJOR SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN A CELL: WNTS, G-PROTEINS, AND RTKS. BECAUSE PROTEIN SCAFFOLDS CAN SERVE AS CENTRAL HUBS INTEGRATING CELLULAR SIGNALING, THIS RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLOITING THESE PROTEINS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION. SEVERAL GENE FUSION BETWEEN DAPLE AND PDGFRB OR FLT3 HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CASES OF MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS AND LEUKEMIAS. THE EXACT MECHANISM BY WHICH THESE GENE FUSIONS LEAD TO CONSTITUTIVE ACTIVATION OF THE KINASE DOMAIN REMAINS TO BE TESTED AND WHETHER REGIONS ON DAPLE THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE GENE FUSION CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR THERAPY REMAINS A MYSTERY. FINALLY, BECAUSE THESE MUTATIONS ARE RARE, GENERATING AN IN VIVO MODEL FOR THERAPEUTIC TESTING IN MICE IS OFTEN SEEN AS UNPRACTICAL. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS. SPECIFICALLY, IT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DAPLE GENE FUSION AFFECTS HEMATOPOIETIC CELL EXPANSION USING CELL-BASED MODELS AND ZEBRAFISH. ALSO PLANNED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS TO EXPOSE HOW THE COILED-COIL DOMAIN OF THE DAPLE-PDGFRB OR DAPLE-FLT3 GENE FUSION AFFECTS PROTEIN SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION AND TO DETERMINE IF IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIMERIZATION AND ACTIVATION OF THE KINASE DOMAIN IN CELLS. THE STRATEGY THAT WILL BE EMPLOYED TO TARGET THE DIMERIZATION POINT MAY ALSO SERVE AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY. OVERALL, THESE STUDIES WILL GIVE NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO HOW DAPLE ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS AFFECT LEUKEMIA CELL SIGNALING AND GROWTH AND IT WILL ALSO ESTABLISH WHETHER TARGETING THIS PROTEIN SCAFFOLD CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR CANCER THERAPY.

UPWARD BOUND MATH SCIENCE NORTH

UPWARD BOUND MATH SCIENCE SOUTH

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

TRIO TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM CHAFFEY JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

CHILD CARE

RUI: THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-MEDIATED EVOLUTION AND THE ORIGINS OF RURAL COMMENSALISM

CUBESAT TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION PROGRAM (CUBESTEP)

CAL-BRIDGE: A CALIFORNIA BRIDGE TO ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS PHDS FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

TRIO - UPWARD BOUND - UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION

DECIPHERING DOPAMINERGIC CIRCUITS REQUIRED FOR FOOD ANTICIPATORY ACTIVITY IN MICE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT GIVEN THE OVER-ABUNDANCE OF FOOD IN MODERN SOCIETY, IT IS EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING TO ANIMALS IN NATURE. FOR MOST ANIMALS, FOOD IS EXTREMELY SCARCE AND BEING WISE TO OPPORTUNITIES TO EAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL. AS SUCH, THE CIRCADIAN SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED TO RECEIVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STIMULI— I.E., LIGHT, TEMPERATURE, FOOD, AND EVEN FEAR—TO KEEP BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES COORDINATED AND ALLOW FOR ADAPTATION TO EVER CHANGING CONDITIONS. THE ABILITY TO TELL TIME RELATIVE TO FEEDING HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RESEARCH, GOING BACK MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS HUNDRED YEARS WITH BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS OF HONEYBEES AND RATS. HOWEVER, THE NEURAL CIRCUITRY BEHIND ADAPTATION OF BEHAVIOR TO TIMED FEEDING HAS CONTINUALLY ESCAPED OUR GRASP. IN THIS PROJECT, I WILL UTILIZE CONDITIONAL GENETICS, VIRAL RESTORATIONS, AND CHEMOGENETIC TOOLS TO IDENTIFY THE DOPAMINE POPULATION (BOTH ANATOMICALLY AND GENETICALLY) THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSION OF FOOD ANTICIPATORY ACTIVITY IN LAB MICE. FROM HERE, WE WILL BUILD OUT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF HOW A SELECT POPULATION OF DOPAMINE NEURONS PROJECTING TO THE STRIATUM CAN INFORM THE TIME KEEPING SYSTEMS OF THE BRAIN THAT FOOD IS AVAILABLE.

CAMPARE AND CAL-BRIDGE: PROMOTING PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN ASTRONOMY

CAREER: BUILDING A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR GALACTIC STAR FORMATION RATES, CITIZEN SCIENCE, AND MINORITY STUDENTS IN ASTRONOMY

BIOTIER (BIOLOGICAL TRAINING IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH) SCHOLARS PROGRAM

AF: SMALL: RUI: TOWARD HIGH-PERFORMANCE BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE ALGORITHMS FOR SOLVING LARGE-SCALE LINEAR SYSTEMS -AS DATA IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONTINUES TO GROW IN BOTH SIZE AND COMPLEXITY, EXISTING NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS FACE CHALLENGES IN EFFICIENTLY HANDLING LARGE-SCALE LINEAR ALGEBRA OPERATIONS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS HAS BECOME CRUCIAL FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF DATA ANALYSIS AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS ON A LARGE SCALE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP NEW NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS THAT EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE THE CAPABILITIES OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TO RAPIDLY SOLVE LARGE-SCALE LINEAR SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION FOCUSED ON NUMERICAL METHODS AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, WHICH WOULD GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR CAREER SUCCESS IN THESE FIELDS. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE PRACTICAL USE OF BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE OPERATIONS FOR THE RAPID SOLUTION OF LARGE-SCALE LINEAR SYSTEMS. EFFICIENCY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ARE KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN OPTIMIZING BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE ALGORITHMS. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE APPROPRIATE MATRIX TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES TO DESIGN BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE OPERATIONS THAT ARE COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT THE BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE OPERATIONS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND EVALUATE THEIR PERFORMANCE USING VARIOUS MATRIX DATA DERIVED FROM REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS. THE RESULTING BLOCK KRYLOV SUBSPACE ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED IN THIS PROJECT WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT DOMAIN EXPERTS IN EFFICIENTLY DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE LINEAR SYSTEMS ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PLATFORMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

A SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER FOR COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH AT AN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM II

ENGINEERING SCHOLARS PROGRAM

DNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM

ROLE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN CONTROLLING T. GONDII ACUTE INFECTION - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT TOXOPLASMA GONDII IS A PROTOZOAN PARASITE THAT INFECTS APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF HUMANS WORLDWIDE AND CAUSES TOXOPLASMOSIS, A NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES. ALTHOUGH MOST HUMAN INFECTIONS ARE MILD OR ASYMPTOMATIC, T. GONDII INFECTION CAN RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS AND IN THE DEVELOPING FETUS DUE TO CONGENITAL INFECTION, UNDERSCORING THE ROLE OF THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM IN CONTROLLING THE PARASITE. ALTHOUGH IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT NEUTROPHILS INFILTRATE THE SITE OF ACUTE T. GONDII INFECTION, THERE IS LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW HUMAN NEUTROPHILS RESPOND TO T. GONDII. AS THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES ARE STILL LIMITED, AND NO VACCINE IS AVAILABLE, THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED TO UNCOVER THE PERTINENT INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSES TO T. GONDII INFECTION. NEUTROPHILS CONTROL INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS BY A VARIETY OF MECHANISMS, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS). THE PRODUCTION OF ROS HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN T. GONDII-INFECTED NEUTROPHILS; HOWEVER, THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THESE PROCESSES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PARASITE KILLING ARE UNKNOWN. IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WE WILL: I) DETERMINE THE CELLULAR EVENTS REQUIRED TO INDUCE ROS IN T. GONDII-INFECTED NEUTROPHILS, II) DETERMINE WHICH RECEPTORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH T. GONDII RECOGNITION AND ROS PRODUCTION, III) DETERMINE WHETHER T. GONDII-INDUCED ROS IS MEDIATED BY THE NOX2- DEPENDENT OR NOX2-INDEPENDENT (MITOCHONDRIAL) PATHWAY IN NEUTROPHILS, AND IV) DETERMINE WHETHER ROS AND PHAGOSOME MATURATION CONTRIBUTE TO NEUTROPHIL-MEDIATED T. GONDII KILLING. WE WILL USE PRIMARILY THE CELL LINE HL- 60, WHICH IS A DEVELOPMENTAL PRECURSOR OF NEUTROPHILS AND CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED INTO NEUTROPHIL-LIKE CELLS (NLCS) FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTS. THIS IS A SUITABLE MODEL THAT ALLOWS US TO DECIPHER SIGNALING PATHWAYS BY USING GENETIC LOSS- OF-FUNCTION EXPERIMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL CONFIRM OUR CENTRAL FINDINGS IN PRIMARY HUMAN NEUTROPHILS ISOLATED FROM HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS. OUR PRELIMINARY DATA ON NLCS AND PRIMARY HUMAN NEUTROPHILS HAVE INDICATED THAT THESE CELLS PRODUCE ROS AND KILL PHAGOCYTOSED PARASITES. THE RATIONALE FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE RELEVANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE VERY EARLY IMMUNE EVENTS THAT AFFECT THE PROGRESSION OF THE HOST RESPONSE AND THE DISEASE. COMPLETION OF THESE STUDIES IS THEREFORE EXPECTED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BY PROVIDING FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP THERAPEUTICS, THUS CONTROLLING T. GONDII SPREAD TO SITES SUCH AS THE HEART AND THE BRAIN AND ATTENUATING DISEASE PATHOGENESIS.

GSE/RES: INTERACTIVE EFFECTS IN THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR: EXAMINING ATTITUDES, NORMS, CONTROL, AND STEREOTYPE THREAT TO PREDICT GIRLS' MATH PER

CAREER: QUANTIFYING NITROGEN-OXIDE (NO) ACTIVATION AND COORDINATION MODES THROUGH SYNTHESIS, SPECTROSCOPY AND COMPUTATIONS

ALGAE FOR CONVERSION OF MANURE NUTRIENTS TO ANIMAL FEED: EVALUATION OF ADVANCED NUTRITIONAL VALUE, TOXICITY, AND ZOONOTIC PATHOGENS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CISE-MSI: DP: CNS: MULTI-MODAL USER-CENTRIC MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVING SAFETY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM -MOBILITY SCOOTERS ARE AN AFFORDABLE AND POPULAR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CRITICAL IN FACILITATING THE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES/DISABILITIES, THEREBY IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGES OF MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVING SAFETY ARE EVIDENT, AND MOBILITY SCOOTER ACCIDENTS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES, WITH THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE EVEN BEING DEATH. TO TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE, THIS PROJECT BUILDS A DRIVING SAFETY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVERS BASED ON MULTI-SOURCED DATA. THIS SYSTEM CAN BE USED AT HOME OR IN CLINICAL SETTINGS TO ASSIST DOCTORS AND REHABILITATION EXPERTS. THIS WORK GENERATES A MOBILITY SCOOTER SAFETY ASSESSMENT METRICS FRAMEWORK AND SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES NEW USABLE, ACCURATE AND INTERPRETABLE TECHNIQUES TO ADVANCE REHABILITATION AND TELE-MEDICINE PROCESSES FOR THE TARGET GROUP OF POPULATION, EMPOWERED BY DEEP-LEARNING-BASED DATA INTELLIGENCE. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM FORMS SYNERGY BETWEEN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH PROMOTION FROM TWO HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS, I.E., CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA AND UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, IN COLLABORATION WITH CASA COLINA HOSPITAL AND CENTERS FOR HEALTHCARE AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE CENTER OF ACHIEVEMENT. THIS WORK INTRODUCES REAL-WORLD RESEARCH PROBLEMS TO UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS IN PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS, AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF RESEARCH CAPACITY EXPANSION CAN BE DISSEMINATED TO OTHER MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH THRUSTS: 1) BUILDING A LONGITUDINAL MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVING DATASET COLLECTED FROM THE MOBILITY-DISABLED/CHALLENGED POPULATION WITH VARIOUS CONDITIONS (E.G., NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS, AGE-RELATED DISEASES, AND DYSFUNCTIONS); 2) DEVELOPING A MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVING SAFETY METRICS FRAMEWORK; 3) DESIGNING ROBUST, MULTI-MODAL DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR ACCURATE SAFETY ASSESSMENT, EMPLOYING POSE-ESTIMATION AND TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF MULTI-MODAL DATA; 4) IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSED DRIVING SAFETY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ON USERS? MOBILITY SCOOTERS USING CUSTOMIZABLE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, AND CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN UAV TECHNOLOGIES

READING, ADVISING, & MENTORING PROGRAM (RAMP/TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES)

SCALES: SPACECRAFT COMPARTMENTALIZED AUTONOMOUS LEARNING AND EDGE-COMPUTING SYSTEM

DETERMINING THE SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PLAYERS IN NEUTROPHIL TROGOCYTIC KILLING OF THE SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED PARASITE TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS

IDENTIFICATION OF A DOPAMINE CIRCUIT MEDIATING DAY EATING AND DIET-INDUCED OBESITY IN MICE - PROJECT SUMMARY EXCESS BODY FAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE RISK FOR A RANGE OF MALADIES INCLUDING DIABETES, CANCER, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. AN ESTIMATED 45 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS GO ON DIETS AND SPEND OVER $30 BILLION ON WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE INTERVENTIONS FAIL, LEAVING INDIVIDUALS OVERWEIGHT AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO METABOLIC DISORDERS LIKE TYPE 2 DIABETES. THIS TREND IS LIKELY DUE TO THE EASY AVAILABILITY OF PALATABLE, ENERGY-RICH FOODS WHICH INCENTIVIZES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOR PLEASURE REGARDLESS OF THE ENERGY NEED (HEDONIC FEEDING). DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS OF THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA (VTA) COMPUTE THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF FOOD REWARD AND RELEASE DOPAMINE (DA) TO TUNE THE ACTIVITY OF DOWNSTREAM TARGETS. ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THIS REWARD COMPUTATION IS THE ENCODING OF THE NECESSARY DRIVE FOR RETRIEVAL AND CONSUMPTION OF FOOD. UNCOUPLING FOOD CONSUMPTION FROM ENERGY NEED GUIDED BY THE REWARD CIRCUITRY LEADS TO CONTINUOUS SNACKING RATHER THAN A MEAL-BASED PATTERN OF FEEDING. MOUNTING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT IN ADDITION TO INCREASED CALORIC INTAKE, THIS TYPE OF IRREGULAR MEAL TIMING PROMOTES DESYNCHRONY OF PRECISELY TIMED METABOLIC PROCESSES, WHICH FURTHER CONTRIBUTES TO THE MALADAPTIVE EFFECTS OF OVEREATING. INDEED, DISORGANIZATION OF MEALTIMES BY MANIPULATION OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IS CORRELATED WITH WEIGHT GAIN AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS. HOW DO REWARDING FOODS INFLUENCE MEAL TIMING? THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS (SCN) IS THE PRIMARY REGULATOR OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND INTEGRATES SENSORY AND PHYSIOLOGIC INFORMATION TO SYNCHRONIZE HOMEOSTATIC FUNCTIONS TO THE DAY/NIGHT CYCLES. THE BASIS FOR HOW REWARD, FEEDING AND CIRCADIAN CIRCUITRY INTERACT TO PROMOTE NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEEDING REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN OUR KNOWLEDGE. HERE, WE PROPOSE TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT DOPAMINERGIC INPUT FROM A SELECT GROUP OF VTA-DA NEURONS TO THE SCN IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HEDONIC FEEDING NEUROCIRCUITRY. WE WILL GENETICALLY AND ANATOMICALLY DEFINE THE SUBPOPULATION OF VTA NEURONS THAT RELEASES DA IN THE SCN IN RESPONSE TO PALATABLE FOODS. WE WILL ABLATE DA PRODUCTION IN THESE SELECT NEURONS TO VALIDATE THEIR DIRECT FUNCTIONAL SCN INPUT. THIS PROPOSAL EMPLOYS INNOVATIVE APPROACHES WHILE LEVERAGING OUR EXPERTISE IN MOUSE GENETICS, STEREOTAXIC VIRAL DELIVERY, AND FUNCTIONAL NEURAL CIRCUITRY MAPPING STRATEGIES. USING THESE TOOLS, WE WILL IDENTIFY THE GROUP OF DA NEURONS THAT GOVERN FEEDING BEHAVIOR BY MODULATING THE ACTIVITY OF CENTRAL CIRCADIAN CLOCK NEURONS. THIS WORK WILL HAVE BROAD IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW REWARD CIRCUITRY OVERCOMES HOMEOSTATIC CONTROL WHILE PROVIDING UNIQUE AVENUES FOR THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES AGAINST THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC.

DEC-205+ DENDRITIC CELLS ARE EFFECTIVE AT STIMULATING A PROTECTIVE T CELL RESPONSE AGAINST WNV ENCEPHALITIS

INVESTIGATING DOPAMINERGIC NEURONAL CIRCUITS MEDIATING CIRCADIAN ENTRAINMENT TO SCHEDULED FEEDING

REU SITE: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY

EFFECTS OF CANNABINOIDS ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO MURINE SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS

THE AGEP CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STEM FACULTY ALLIANCE MODEL: A CULTURALLY-INFORMED STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH TO ADVANCE EARLY-CAREER FACULTY SUCCESS

USP16-MEDIATED HISTONE H2A DEUBIQUITINATION REGULATES BREAST CANCER CELL INVASION

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROFILING OF HUMAN ADIPOGENSIS

ADIPOGENIC TOXICITY STUDY OF OBESOGENIC DRUGS

REGULATION OF A NOVEL XENOPUS POLO-LIKE KINASE 1 SUBSTRATE

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE PROPOSED PROJECT INVOLVES DEVELOPING CULTURALLY RELEVANT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN APPAREL MERCHANDISING & MANAGEMENT (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE), CIVIL ENGINEERING, AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING) AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA. WE AIMTO ATTRACT AND SUPPORTUNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND HUMAN SCIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF POSTSECONDARY INSTRUCTION. THESE ARE THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION (HSI)EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM. OVERARCHING THEMES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AND GINA GARCIA'SMULTIDIMENSIONAL FRAMING OF SERVINGNESS AT HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS THAT AIMS TO ELEVATE THE S TO ADDRESS PRIMARY EQUITY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT MEETS THE FOLLOWING HSI EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: 1A) CURRICULA DESIGN BY UPDATING UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN APPAREL MERCHANDISING & MANAGEMENT, CIVIL ENGINEERING, AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TO MEET CULTURALLY RELEVANT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXPECTATIONS, 1B) MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CREATION OF PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE FOCUS ON US NATURAL FIBERS, AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1C) LIBRARY RESOURCES BY EXPOSING STUDENTS TO THE CAL POLY POMONA LIBRARY RESOURCES. TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL NEED OF 5) STUDENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE INHIGH IMPACT APPROACHES, INCLUDINGFARM TO RETAIL WITH THE UNIVERISTY SHEEP UNIT AND FARM STORE. WE AIM TO REACH APPROXIMATELY 375 STUDENTS,AS WELL ASCOMMUNITY AUDIENCES.

1. ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF EARTH AS A SYSTEM TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND TO IMPROVE LIFE ON EARTH. 2. CREATE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

BOLSTERING THE ADVANCEMENT OF MATHEMATICS MASTER'S STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR DOCTORAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN UAV TECHNOLOGIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTROLS ON ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN LOCKED AND CREEPING MEGATHRUST BEHAVIOR AT THE HIKURANGI CONVERGENT MARGIN

ROBUST NONLINEAR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING NEURAL NETWORKS

REU SITE: COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM -THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHES A 3-YEAR SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT CAL POLY POMONA. WHILE MATHEMATICS HAS LONG SERVED AS A FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, CONSTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY NOW BETTER FACILITATE ITS APPLICATION TO A WIDE RANGE OF PROBLEMS IN OTHER SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING. IN PARTICULAR, SUCH ADVANCEMENTS SUPPORT AREAS OF RESEARCH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO WHICH THE EVER-INCREASING AVAILABLE COMPUTATIONAL POWER CAN BE APPLIED TO FIND ANALYTICALLY INTRACTABLE SOLUTIONS. IN UNDERTAKING FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH PROJECTS, STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE REU PROGRAM WILL GAIN FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH PRACTICES, DELVING INTO TOPICS TO A DEPTH BEYOND TYPICAL MATHEMATICS CURRICULA, AND PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO A KEY DEVELOPING ROLE OF MATHEMATICS IN SOCIETY. THE ASSOCIATED USE OF COMPUTATION DURING THEIR ENDEAVORS WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT CODING OPPORTUNITIES, ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMMING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY CURRENT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE STUDENTS' FUTURE ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL CAREERS. MOREOVER, A FOCUS OF THE REU PROGRAM WILL BE TO RECRUIT STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS. SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL SHINE AS ROLE MODELS FOR THEIR PEERS AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, HELPING TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN MATHEMATICS AND TO EXPAND THE POOL OF MATHEMATICALLY- AND TECHNOLOGICALLY-FOCUSED INDIVIDUALS CAPABLE OF REINFORCING THE U.S. AS A LEADER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. IN EACH OF 3 SUBSEQUENT SUMMERS, THE 10 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE REU PROGRAM WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS; EACH GROUP WILL BE PAIRED WITH A FACULTY MEMBER WELL-VERSED IN THE USE OF COMPUTATION IN AREAS SUCH AS OPTIMIZATION, GRAPH THEORY, GAUSSIAN PROCESSES, AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS. EACH MENTOR WILL GUIDE THEIR GROUP FROM AN INITIAL STUDY OF FOUNDATIONAL MATERIAL, THROUGH A LITERATURE REVIEW, TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESENTATION OF COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTION APPROACHES. ALONGSIDE THEIR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO ENGAGE IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS BEGINNING WITH A CODING BOOTCAMP AND SUBSEQUENTLY COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, RESUME/CV WRITING, LATEX, CONFERENCE PRESENTATION, PAPER WRITING, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL PREPARATION. DAILY MEETINGS BETWEEN EACH MENTOR AND THEIR GROUP, AS WELL AS WEEKLY WHOLE-COHORT MEETINGS, WILL BUILD THE STUDENTS' COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE GAINED EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, AND WILL BE EQUIPPED TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT AND INCORPORATION OF MATHEMATICS IN OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITAL AND ONLINE WORLD. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS REU PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.CPP.EDU/CAMP-REU/INDEX.SHTML. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE DAMAGE OF SEMICONDUCTOR/METAL DISSIMILAR INTERFACES -THIS AWARD FUNDS RESEARCH THAT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS OF THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE IN NEXT-GENERATION SEMICONDUCTORS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL FAILURE MODE AFFECTING THE RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND DURABILITY OF THESE DEVICES. AS SEMICONDUCTORS DRIVE ADVANCEMENTS IN ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, QUANTUM COMPUTING, COMMUNICATION, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UNDERSTANDING HOW TEMPERATURE AND MECHANICAL STRESS AT MATERIAL INTERFACES IMPACT DEVICE PERFORMANCE IS ESSENTIAL. THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF INTERFACIAL THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE OF SEMICONDUCTOR/METAL JOINTS THROUGH AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING APPROACH. RESEARCH OUTCOMES INTEND TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS THAT CAN GUIDE THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND PACKAGING OF MORE DURABLE AND RELIABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FOR USE IN SUPERCOMPUTERS, AUTOMOBILES, AND DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. BY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF INTERFACIAL FATIGUE, THIS WORK WILL ENHANCE U.S. COMPETITIVENESS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, STRENGTHEN NATIONAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES, AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR PROFESSIONALS. BY INVOLVING STUDENTS AT VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS IN RESEARCH-INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES, THIS PROJECT WILL FOSTER A SKILLED WORKFORCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY IN CRITICAL SECTORS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF SEMICONDUCTOR/METAL INTERFACES UNDER CYCLIC THERMAL AND MECHANICAL LOADING. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AN ENERGY DISSIPATION CRITERION TO EVALUATE THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE DAMAGE IN THESE INTERFACES, WHICH ARE PRONE TO FAILURE DUE TO THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT MISMATCHES. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE STUDY WILL MEASURE CHANGES IN THE IMPEDANCE OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR/METAL INTERFACE TO ASSESS INTERFACIAL DEBONDING AND FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION RATES. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS WILL GUIDE THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE FATIGUE TESTING AMPLITUDES, WHILE THE SIMULATION RESULTS WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO KEY STATE VARIABLES, SUCH AS CRYSTAL LATTICE DISCONTINUITIES, THAT INFLUENCE CRACK INITIATION. THESE SIMULATIONS WILL BE VALIDATED THROUGH THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE TESTING AND MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS. THE RESEARCH WILL EXTEND BEYOND TRADITIONAL SILICON-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS TO INCLUDE NEXT-GENERATION MATERIALS SUCH AS SILICON CARBIDE, GALLIUM OXIDE, ZIRCONIUM-DOPED HAFNIUM OXIDE, AND GALLIUM NITRIDE. THE PROJECT LOOKS TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED MATERIAL PARAMETER?THE SPECIFIC ENERGY OF INTERFACIAL DEBONDING?USED TO EVALUATE THE FATIGUE DAMAGE IN SEMICONDUCTOR/METAL INTERFACES, PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING THE DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF FUTURE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

PROCESSING PARAMETER DEVELOPMENT FOR FEMNAL STEELS AND OTHER MILITARY MATERIALS

NEW REP EQUIPMENT START GRANT TITLE: ACQUISITION OF RECONFIGURABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT CPP

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER AT CAL POLY POMONA

INVITATIONAL TEAMS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR SELF-EFFICACY INCREASE AND EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT -THE NSF ECR BUILDING CAPACITY OF STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH (BCSER) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO THE NSF MISSION 42 U.S. CODE CHAPTER 16 BY BUILDING THE US WORKFORCE UNDERTAKING STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH. THE BCSER INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATOR DEVELOPMENT IN STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH (IID) TRACK SUPPORTS INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE NEW TO STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH TO DEVELOP FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO ADVANCE STEM EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE THROUGH MENTORED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH GENERATES THE KNOWLEDGE, THEORIES, AND UNDERSTANDINGS ON WHICH VIABLE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE OUTCOMES ARE BASED. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CHANGE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CAL POLY POMONA CIVIL ENGINEERING CULMINATING SENIOR DESIGN COURSE, WHICH IS A TEAM-BASED, TWO-SEMESTER LONG EXPERIENCE. THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS STUDY APPLIES PURKEY'S (1992) INVITATIONAL THEORY TO ENHANCE THE IMPACT OF THE ENGINEERING TEAMWORK AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF INVITATIONAL TEAMS. THE DESIGN USES FARRINGTON'S (2012) PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND ASTIN'S (1984) MODEL OF INVOLVEMENT TO INCORPORATE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS, OTHER EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS, AND SELF-EFFICACY AS INPUTS, WITH THE ENVIRONMENT NARROWED TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE TEAMWORK IS THE PRIMARY PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT INCREASES IN SELF-EFFICACY WILL ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM NEW ENGINEERS WHEN THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE. THIS WILL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS AND ACADEMIC PREPARATION. THIS BCSER IID PROJECT WILL ALLOW THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) TO DEVELOP FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING CUTTING EDGE STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH USING INNOVATIVE METHODS AND TOOLS. THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE PI TO DEVELOP NEW EXPERTISE IN APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO PLAN, DESIGN, CONDUCT, CONDUCT, EVALUATE, AND REPORT MIXED METHODS RESEARCH. WITH GUIDANCE FROM EXPERT MENTORS, THE PI WILL DEVELOP SKILLS ON RESEARCH DESIGN, SOCIAL DATA MANAGEMENT, INTERVIEW PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, AND FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT GROUNDED IN THEORETICAL MODELS. THESE COMPETENCIES WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PI'S STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH AGENDA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MECHANISM AND FUNCTION OF A NOVEL PURINERGIC SIGNALING CASCADE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE

SPECIAL EDUCATORS OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION TO STUDENTS (SEEDS)ABSOLUTE PRIORITY 1 FOCUS AREA B: PREPARING PERSONNEL TO SERVE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

UNDERSTANDING PLASMA ASSISTED BIOFILM INACTIVATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CISE-MSI: DP: IIS RI: RESEARCH CAPACITY EXPANSION VIA DEVELOPMENT OF AI BASED ALGORITHMS FOR OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRANSACTIONS WITH GRID -PRESSING CHALLENGES SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NECESSITY TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS REQUIRE THE TRANSITION FROM GASOLINE-POWERED VEHICLES TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SET A GOAL TO MAKE HALF OF ALL NEW VEHICLES SOLD IN THE U.S. IN 2030 ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES. IT IS PROJECTED THAT THERE WILL BE 26.4 MILLION ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON U.S. ROADS IN 2030. ONE CONCERN REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS THE ABILITY OF POWER SYSTEMS TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR HIGH-POWER DEMAND. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE PRESENT HIGH COSTS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH MAKE THEM UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY?S POPULATION. THIS PROJECT CONTRIBUTES A SOLUTION TO ADDRESS BOTH THE CONCERNS. FIRST, IT CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPING ADVANCED INTELLIGENT DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS BEING EFFECTIVE IN SHAVING PEAK DEMAND OF POWER SYSTEMS (INCLUDING THE DEMAND BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES), THEREBY REDUCING THE SYSTEM OPERATION COST AND CUTTING COSTS BY DEFERRING EQUIPMENT UPGRADE AND INVESTMENT. SUCH INTELLIGENT DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS CAN POTENTIALLY SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY. SECOND, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS INTELLIGENT ALGORITHMS THAT ENABLE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND POWER GRIDS, WHERE THE VEHICLE OWNERS CAN MAKE CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONAL INCOME BY CHARGING DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS AND SELLING (I.E., DISCHARGING) POWER BACK TO THE POWER SYSTEM DURING PEAK HOURS. THE OWNERS CAN EARN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR, THEREBY OFFSETTING THE HIGH COSTS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAKING THEM MORE AFFORDABLE. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECT SUPPORTS UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES AND FEMALE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN HIGH-LEVEL AND HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH. ITS OVERALL OUTCOMES INCREASE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTERACTIONS WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID. FIRST, A HIERARCHICAL FORECASTING FRAMEWORK THAT IS SCALABLE AND DISTRIBUTABLE IS DEVELOPED USING CELLULAR COMPUTATIONAL NETWORKS. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING (GRID-TO-VEHICLE) AND DISCHARGING (VEHICLE-TO-GRID) POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE FORECASTED. SECONDLY, A HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR SCALABLE DEMAND RESPONSE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS DEVELOPED. THE HIERARCHICAL DEMAND RESPONSE ARCHITECTURE OVERLAYING THE PHYSICAL HIERARCHY OF THE POWER SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR DECOMPOSING THE DEMAND RESPONSE TO TACKLE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE?S PROBLEM AND SOLVE IT IN A DISTRIBUTED MANNER. THE COMPUTATIONAL TIME REQUIRED TO SOLVE THIS OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM USING THIS FRAMEWORK IS ONLY DEPENDENT ON THE NUMBER OF LEVELS IN THE HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE. THIRDLY, AN ADAPTIVE CRITIC DESIGN APPROACH BASED ON COMBINED CONCEPTS OF APPROXIMATE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING IS CREATED FOR UTILIZING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMAL REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION AND VOLTAGE CONTROL ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN GRID SECURITY AND RELIABILITY AS THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES PENETRATING THE ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM RAPIDLY GROWS TO MILLIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO EXISTING EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM TO ADEQUATELY TRAIN STUDENTS ON THE PRODUCE SAFETY RULE AND PREVENTIVE CONTROL FOR HUMAN FOOD IN CAL POLY POMONA. IN ADDITION, THE DIVERSITY AMONG FARMERS AND FOOD PROCESSORS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, COUPLED WITH THE PREVALENCE OF SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS, HIGHLIGHTS UNIQUE FOOD SAFETY TRAINING NEEDS: RECRUITING FOOD SAFETY TRAINING SPECIALISTS WITH DIVERSE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC BACKGROUNDS AND PROVIDING AFFORDABLE TRAINING SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL-SCALE OPERATORS. THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOOD SAFETY PROJECT TAKES A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH BY EMPOWERING CAL POLY POMONA STUDENTS AS KEY CONTRIBUTORS AND AMBASSADORS IN THE LOCAL FOOD SAFETY LANDSCAPE. NOT ONLY WILL OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN FOOD SAFETY CURRICULUM (OBJECTIVE 1), BUT THEY WILL ALSO SERVE AS VITAL CONDUITS BETWEEN THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND REAL-WORLD APPLICATION. THROUGH WORKSHOPS TARGETING LOCAL FOOD PROCESSORS AND URBAN/COMMUNITY FARMERS (OBJECTIVE 2), THESE STUDENTS WILL FURTHER ACT AS DYNAMIC FOOD SAFETY AMBASSADORS, OFFERING CUSTOMIZED EXTENSION SERVICES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EACH STAKEHOLDER (OBJECTIVE 3). WHAT SETS THIS PROPOSAL APART IS THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS: STUDENTS GAIN INVALUABLE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR COMPENSATION FROM URBAN FARMERS AND SMALL PROCESSORS, ENHANCING THEIR CAREER PROSPECTS. SIMULTANEOUSLY, LOCAL FOOD COMPANIES, FARMERS AND GROWERS BENEFIT FROM COST-EFFECTIVE, LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE, SELECTING STUDENTS WHO RESONATE WITH THEIR UNIQUE CONTEXTS. THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY ADDRESSES CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY GAPS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO CREATES A SUSTAINABLE MODEL WHERE BOTH STUDENTS AND LOCAL FOOD STAKEHOLDERS THRIVE IN A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COLLABORATION.

STOP VIOLENCE PROJECT

NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY SPORTS FEDERATION

A COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF DYNAMIC MEMBRANE PROCESSES -IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER HALF OF THE WORLD?S POPULATION IS AFFECTED BY FRESH-WATER SCARCITY AND THAT THIS FIGURE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE BECAUSE OF THE EARTH?S CHANGING CLIMATE, UNBALANCED SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND CONTINUED POPULATION GROWTH. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC IMBALANCES OF ENERGY AVAILABILITY, WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY PARALLEL FACTORS. DESALINATION OFFERS A VIABLE SOLUTION TO CLEAN-WATER PRODUCTION FROM SEAWATER AND BRACKISH GROUNDWATER. AMONG DESALINATION TECHNIQUES, REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) MEMBRANE SEPARATORS ARE THE MOST WIDELY USED DUE TO THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY RELATIVE TO THOSE BASED ON DISTILLATION. HOWEVER, EVEN ADVANCED MULTISTAGE RO PROCESSES SUFFER FROM INEFFICIENCIES AND INHERENT OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES INCLUDING MEMBRANE FOULING AND SCALING, TRANSIENT OPERATION DUE TO THE NEED FOR PERIODIC FLUSHING OF THE MEMBRANE, THE COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES POSED IN MODEL-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF RO NETWORKS, AND THE NEED FOR HIGH WATER RECOVERY LEVELS IN INLAND AREAS WHERE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DISPOSAL OF BRINE WASTE. THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL ADVANCE THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF DYNAMIC (BATCH, SEMI-BATCH, AND CYCLIC MODES) MEMBRANE-BASED SEPARATION PROCESSES AND WILL OPTIMIZE THEIR DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE DURING DYNAMIC OPERATION. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO (I) INVESTIGATE SALT RETENTION, FOULING, SCALING, AND CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION (A MEASURE OF SOLUTE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AT THE MEMBRANE SURFACE) UNDER TRANSIENT CONDITIONS AND INTERNAL SEPARATOR GEOMETRY DESIGN USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD), (II) EXPLORE SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND APPLY OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY TO ENHANCE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, (III) DEVELOP NOVEL NETWORKED PROCESS DESIGNS, AND (IV) VALIDATE RESULTS USING PILOT-SCALE DATA FROM LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATIONS IN DYNAMIC MEMBRANE PROCESSES TO HELP ADDRESS THE PRESSING ISSUES IN WATER AND ENERGY AVAILABILITY. THE PROJECT ALSO WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. EDUCATIONAL MODULES ON ADVANCED RO SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATION WILL BE DEVELOPED TO BENEFIT STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS, AND INDUSTRIAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD. THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS A VISION FOR DEVELOPING DYNAMIC REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) PROCESSES TO OVERCOME THE PRACTICAL LIMITATION OF THE INFINITE NUMBER OF MEMBRANE STAGES AND INTER-STAGE BOOSTER PUMPS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR (THEORETICALLY) OPTIMAL DESALINATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE UNDER STEADY OPERATION, THE CURRENT NOMINAL MODE OF OPERATION. THE CHALLENGE TO BE ADDRESSED IS THE CONCURRENT OPTIMAL DESIGN OF THE MULTISTAGE NETWORKED MEMBRANE SEPARATOR SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL TIME-PERIODIC MODE OF OPERATING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. DYNAMIC 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD) TECHNIQUES ARE REQUIRED FOR ACCURATE RO MODULE SIMULATIONS ? HOWEVER, USING THESE TYPES OF SIMULATIONS IN THE TASK OF RO NETWORK DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION IS COMPUTATIONALLY INTRACTABLE AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, A REDUCED-ORDER 1-DIMENSIONAL MODEL WITH PARAMETERS FITTED FROM THE DETAILED CFD SIMULATIONS AND VALIDATED AGAINST ACTUAL DESALINATION PLANT DATA WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS REDUCED MODEL CAN BE EFFICIENTLY DISCRETIZED BY ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE USED TO DEFINE A RIGOROUS OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM THAT SEEKS TO MINIMIZE ENERGY USE AND MAXIMIZE CLEAN WATER RECOVERY. THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL LEVERAGE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ON THE DESIGN OF PRESSURE-SWING ADSORPTION (PSA) PROCESSES, A MATURE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR GAS SEPARATIONS, TO GUIDE INITIAL DESIGNS FOR THE NETWORKED RO DESALINATION SYSTEMS. LIKE THE PLANNED RO SYSTEMS, PSA PLANTS OPERATE UNDER TRANSIENT CONDITIONS AND FEATURE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS WITHIN THE SEPARATION UNITS. THE DYNAMIC MODELING, OPTIMIZATION, AND DESIGN TOOLS FOR RO NETWORKS INSPIRED BY PSA SYSTEMS WILL BE EXTENDED TO GREEN POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS THAT EFFECTIVELY OPERATE AS RO IN REVERSE: OSMOTIC PRESSURE GENERATED BY THE PERMEATION OF WATER THROUGH A MEMBRANE TO A SALINE SOLUTION INCREASES THE LATTER?S PRESSURE AND VOLUMETRIC FLOWRATE WHICH IS SUBSEQUENTLY HARVESTED FOR POWER. OVERALL, THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL FUNDAMENTALLY ADVANCE THE SET OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCING REDUCED-ORDER SIMULATIONS FROM DETAILED, SPATIOTEMPORALLY DISTRIBUTED TRANSPORT MODELS NEEDED FOR THE MODEL-BASED DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSIENT CHEMICAL PROCESSES OUTSIDE OF RO SYSTEMS. COUPLED WITH THIS RESEARCH PLAN, A RANGE OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PLANS FOCUSING ON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER SUPPORT AND A UNIQUE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH UCLA IS PLANNED. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR RESEARCH THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ENHANCING FARMING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH IMPROVING FARMERS' ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND DECISION-MAKING UNDER FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH BRINGS THE BENEFITS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH TO SPECIALTY CROP FARMERS. THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY INCORPORATES MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AT DIVERSE SPATIAL SCALE. DEPLOYMENT OF NEW SENSORS AND PLATFORMS HOLD THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE USE OF DATA IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, METHODS DEVELOPED FOR A TYPE OF DATA INPUT NEEDS TO BE ADAPTED TO BENEFIT FROM NEW DATA. FOR AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY THIS IMPLIES THE ADAPTATION OF USING SATELLITE DATA TO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS). THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A PIPELINE TO MODEL SUITABILITY USING UAV AND SATELLITE DATA UNDER CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS.THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE USE OF SATELLITE AND UAVS DATA AND MACHINE-LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO IDENTIFY AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY FOR THREE SPECIALTY CROPS. WE WILL EXAMINE GRAPES, STRAWBERRIES, AND CITRUS PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER IDENTIFYING AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY AT CURRENT CLIMATE CONDITIONS, WE WILL EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY. THE ANALYSIS OF FUTURE AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY WILL ALLOW THE ESTIMATION OF SUITABILITY GAIN OR LOSS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.THE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING PREDICTS THAT SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE CHANGING CLIMATE. CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT FOOD PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE AND CALIFORNIA'S SPECIALTY CROPS ARE NOT EXCEPTIONS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS TOCONTRIBUTINGTO FARMERS AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS WITH SUITABILITY INFORMATION THAT IS ACTIONABLE AT THE LEVEL. THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED SPECIALTY CROP FARMS (SMSCF) BY IMPROVING PREPAREDNESS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS BY MAPPING LAND SUITABILITY USING UNMANNED-AERIAL-VEHICLES (UAV) AND SATELLITE-BASED REMOTE SENSING DATA AND BY TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF AGRICULTURALISTS THAT ARE READY TO APPLY DATA-INTENSIVE METHODS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE MATHEMATICS PARTNERSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATORS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY LEADING TO THE PREPARATION OF WELL-QUALIFIED AND DIVERSE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATORS (MTES), THE PROJECT HOPES TO IMPACT MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. FIRST, COLLEGE FACULTY WILL BE ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD GREATLY IMPACT THE INSTRUCTION OF MATH CONTENT COURSES FOR FUTURE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. SECOND, COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL HAVE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF MATHEMATICS TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS, DEVELOPING POSITIVE OUTLOOKS TOWARDS THEMSELVES AS MATHEMATICIANS. THIRD, THE WORK INTENDS TO FOSTER A REGIONAL COMMUNITY OF MTE FACULTY. FACULTY FROM MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS WILL PARTICIPATE IN TWO SUMMER INSTITUTES AND A YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS, ENGAGE, AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN THE WORK OF MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION. THIS SHARED COMMITMENT TOWARDS MATH CONTENT COURSES WILL RESULT IN ARTICULATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND CAL POLY POMONA. THE BROADEST IMPACT WILL BE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIVERSE AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, SPECIFICALLY IN MATH. THE FUTURE TEACHERS PREPARED IN THIS REGION OF CALIFORNIA FREQUENTLY GO ON TO TEACH IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH INCREASED ENTRY POINTS AND MORE ALIGNMENT IN INSTRUCTION, THIS WORK CONTRIBUTES TO EXPANDING THE TEACHER PATHWAY THROUGH TRAINING AND PREPARING MORE QUALIFIED ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. THERE ARE TWO MAIN GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE TEACHING OF A FIRST MATHEMATICS CONTENT COURSE FOR FUTURE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AT THREE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ONE UNIVERSITY. THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, CHAFFEY COLLEGE, RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE, AND CAL POLY POMONA. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO FOSTER A NETWORK OF SUPPORT CONSISTING OF COLLEAGUES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS? INSTITUTIONS. PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN A SUSTAINED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES: 1) A ONE-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE DURING SUMMER 2023 THAT PROVIDES INTENSIVE TRAINING OF MATHEMATICAL TOPICS AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN THE FIRST MATH CONTENT COURSE FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, 2) A STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY TO MEET REGULARLY DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, AND 3) A ONE-WEEK FOLLOW-UP INSTITUTE THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FURTHER DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE OF COURSE CONTENT AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES. EVALUATIVE DATA WILL INCLUDE PRE- AND POST-SURVEYS AS WELL AS RECORDINGS OF PARTICIPANTS? CLASSROOM TEACHING. ASSESSMENT WILL INVESTIGATE PERCEIVED CHANGES IN MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR TEACHING MATH CONTENT COURSES FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. ADDITIONALLY, LESSON RECORDINGS WILL BE USED TO UNDERSTAND PARTICIPANTS? PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES AND CHANGES OVER THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE SHARED AT CONFERENCES FOCUSED ON THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS, TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, OR BOTH, SUCH AS THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES CONFERENCE. DISSEMINATION WILL SUPPORT MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MTES AND WILL ALSO SHOW HOW BUILDING A COMMUNITY ACROSS INSTITUTIONS MAY IMPACT ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN DEGREES THAT LEAD TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHING. THE NSF IUSE:EHR PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

RUI: MECHANISMS OF C-F AND S-F BOND ACTIVATION AND CROSS-COUPLING WITH BIDENTATE N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE NICKEL CATALYSTS -IN THIS RUI PROJECT, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS & MECHANISMS-B PROGRAM OF THE CHEMISTRY DIVISION, S. CHANTAL E. STIEBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA IS STUDYING EARTH-ABUNDANT NICKEL CATALYSTS FOR INSTALLING FLUORINE ONTO MOLECULES WITH POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE USE IN IMAGING AND PHARMACEUTICALS. THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO DETERMINE HOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE NICKEL CATALYST AFFECTS THE REACTIVITY WITH CARBON-FLUORINE AND SULFUR-FLUORINE BONDS, AND THE RESULTING CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE. THIS WORK INVOLVES ADVANCED ORGANOMETALLIC, ORGANIC, AND INORGANIC RESEARCH TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. THIS GRANT WILL ADDITIONALLY SUPPORT PAID SUMMER RESEARCH TRAINING POSITIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RESEARCH TUTORIAL VIDEOS, AND HOSTING DIVERSE SEMINAR SPEAKERS. COMBINED, THESE EFFORTS WILL BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AND PROVIDE WORKFORCE TRAINING AT AN UNDER-RESOURCED HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION. NICKEL SYSTEMS FOR CARBON-FLUORINE AND SULFUR-FLUORINE ACTIVATION ARE NOT WIDELY EXPLORED, BUT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE NEW ROUTES FOR INSTALLING FLUORINE ON MOLECULES FOR 19F LABELING, SILYLATION, AND BORYLATION. THIS WORK WILL PROBE THE FUNDAMENTAL REACTIVITY OF NICKEL TOWARD CARBON-FLUORINE AND SULFUR-FLUORINE BONDS IN ARYL FLUORIDES AND SULFONYL FLUORIDES AS A FUNCTION OF THE LIGAND ENVIRONMENT AND RESULTING EFFECTS ON CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS. A SERIES OF BIDENTATE N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE (NHC) NICKEL COMPLEXES WILL BE SYNTHESIZED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (I) HOW DO THE LIGAND AND THE SUBSTRATE AFFECT CIS- VERSUS TRANS-OXIDATIVE ADDITION OF CARBON-FLUORINE OR SULFUR-FLUORINE BONDS AT NICKEL? (II) DOES CIS- VERSUS TRANS-OXIDATIVE ADDITION OF CARBON-FLUORINE AND SULFUR-FLUORINE BONDS AT NICKEL AFFECT CROSS-COUPLING REACTIVITY FOR SILYLATION AND BORYLATION CATALYSIS? AND (III) HOW DOES NICKEL REACT WITH SULFONYL FLUORIDES AS COMPARED TO ARYL FLUORIDES? THESE STUDIES ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES THAT CONFER MAXIMAL REACTIVITY ON NI-NHC COMPLEXES FOR C-F AND S-F BOND ACTIVATION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESEARCH AS A BASE TO DEVELOP ADAPTABLE CURRICULA BRIDGING INSTRUCTIONAL PARADIGMS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS

FOCUS ON THE FUTURE: CULTIVATING A MULTICULTURAL 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE IN THE U.S. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

REU SITE: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY

SOWING THE SEEDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANT BREEDERS

ENDURE-LA: AAV NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM - PROJECT SUMMARY THIS PROPOSAL ESTABLISHES A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA (CPP) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA) TO CREATE A PIPELINE FOR A RESOURCE LIMITED INSTITUTION (RLI) SERVING MANY FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PURSUE PHD PROGRAMS IN NEUROSCIENCE. THIS CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES THESE STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE RESEARCH TRAINING AND EXPOSURE TO AN R1 RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT, ADDRESSING A CRITICAL NEED FOR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR FORCE IN NEUROSCIENCE AND STEM FIELDS. STUDENTS WILL BEGIN THEIR TRAINING AT CPP, WHERE THEY WILL ENGAGE IN FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH SKILLS, INCLUDING TECHNIQUES IN ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) APPLICATIONS AT CAL POLY’S ARMAMENTARIUM VECTOR CORE (ARMVC). OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR (SUMMER + ACADEMIC YEAR), THEY WILL GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN AAV PRODUCTION, PURIFICATION, AND CAPSID CHARACTERIZATION, BUILDING SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN A FAMILIAR AND SUPPORTIVE SETTING. IN THE 2ND SUMMER IN THE PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS WILL TRANSITION TO UCLA TO PARTICIPATE IN INTENSIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, APPLYING THEIR TRAINING TO CUTTING-EDGE NEUROSCIENCE PROJECTS—IDEALLY BRINGING GENE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE PREPARED AT THE CPP ARMVC. WHILE AT UCLA, THEY WILL COLLABORATIVELY USE AAVS AND OTHER TOOLS TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS CRITICAL TO PIS AT UCLA, THEREBY BENEFITING UCLA FACULTY AND PROJECTS. UPON RETURNING TO CAL POLY POMONA, STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR UCLA-RELATED PROJECTS IN A SUPPORTIVE ROLE, ENSURING CONTINUITY IN THEIR RESEARCH AND STRENGTHENING TIES BETWEEN THE INSTITUTIONS. THIS MAY INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AAV PRODUCTION, CHARACTERIZATION OF TISSUE SAMPLES FROM ONGOING PROJECTS, OR DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL AAVS TO CONTINUE TO DELVE DEEPER INTO A GENE THERAPY RELATED PROJECT. THIS PROGRAM EQUIPS STUDENTS WITH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, MENTORSHIP, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN A HIGH-LEVEL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT, EMPOWERING THEM TO PURSUE ADVANCED DEGREES. BY FOSTERING A WELL-TRAINED COHORT OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCHERS, THIS PARTNERSHIP CREATES A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN STEM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

CISE-MSI:RCBP-ED:CNS:BIG DATA AND CLOUD COMPUTING PROJECT HATCHERY

METABOLIC PROFILING OF CLEANROOM-ASSOCIATED MICROORGANISMS

ESTUDIANTE DIETETIO: DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A SPANISH DIETETIC CURRICULUM

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY USDA HSI PROJECT WILL CULTIVATE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL SKILLS IN FOOD SAFETY, DIRECT MARKETING, AND URBAN AGRICULTURE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SOCAL) AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN A WIDE-VARIETY OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, FROM TESTING FECAL CONTAMINATES ON PRODUCE TO HOSTING AN ELEGANT FARM-TO-TABLE DINNER. THESE STUDENTS WILL ALSO GAIN FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CAREERS THROUGH NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES WITH PROJECT PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT, NON-PROFIT, AND BUSINESS SECTORS --- FROM INSPECTING FARMERS MARKETS TO HELPING CHEFS CONNECT WITH LOCAL FARMERS.

BIG DATA AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS SECURITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH FOR N/ROTC AT CAL POLY POMONA, UCLA AND USC

RUI:CAS:UNDERSTANDING LIGAND EFFECTS IN MOLYBDENUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION AND ALCOHOL OXIDATION REACTIONS -WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHEMICAL CATALYSIS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR ALEX JOHN OF CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY POMONA (CAL POLY POMONA) IS STUDYING THE USE OF MOLYBDENUM CATALYSTS FOR TRANSFORMING ORGANIC MOLECULES CONTAINING HYDROXYL GROUPS (I.E. OH GROUPS) INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS. ONE OF THESE APPROACHES IS FOCUSED ON REMOVING TWO ADJACENT HYDROXYLS BONDED TO CARBONS IN A SUBSTRATE AND INSTALLING A CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND INSTEAD. THE SECOND APPROACH AIMS TO CONVERT THE CARBON OXYGEN SINGLE BOND IN HYDROXYL CONTAINING SUBSTRATES INTO CARBON-OXYGEN DOUBLE BONDS. BOTH KINDS OF RESULTING MOLECULES ARE WIDELY USED IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A VARIETY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO DEVELOP A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF THE MOLYBDENUM CATALYST AND ITS ABILITY TO PERFORM THE DESIRED TRANSFORMATIONS. THIS RESEARCH IS BEING CARRIED OUT PRIMARILY BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN DR. JOHN'S RESEARCH LABORATORY, INCLUDING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN STEM AREAS. THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH IN A CONTEMPORARY AREA AND MOLD THEM AS GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND CURRENT NEEDS IN THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHEMICAL CATALYSIS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR ALEX JOHN OF CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY POMONA (CAL POLY POMONA) IS STUDYING LIGAND EFFECTS IN MOLYBDENUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION OF GLYCOLS AND ALCOHOL OXIDATIONS. WHILE ALCOHOL OXIDATION TO CORRESPONDING CARBONYL COMPOUNDS HAS BEEN RESEARCHED EXTENSIVELY, THERE IS SCOPE FOR DEVELOPING GREENER METHODS FOR ACHIEVING THIS TRANSFORMATION. EFFORTS IN DEOXYDEHYDRATION ON THE OTHER HAND ARE MORE RECENT AND ARE AIMED AT DEVELOPING PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR DEOXYGENATION OF BIOMASS FOR GENERATING PLATFORM CHEMICALS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO GAIN FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH CATALYSIS EMPHASIZING LIGAND EFFECTS, THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING SUPERIOR CATALYSTS FOR BOTH PROCESSES. FURTHERMORE, THE ROLE OF LIGAND FEATURES (STERICS, ELECTRONICS ETC.) IN FACILITATING THESE FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT (OXIDATION VS REDUCTION) REACTIONS WILL BE PROBED AND THE FINDINGS WILL BE OF INTEREST TO THE BROADER INORGANIC, ORGANOMETALLIC, AND CATALYSIS COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: EVALUATION OF LIGAND EFFECTS IN MOLYBDENUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION REACTION

SCHOLAR'S AWARD: CHINESE/AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: TRANSNATIONAL SCIENCE DURING THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SPONTANEOUSLY-GENERATED REPRESENTATIONS WITHIN PROBLEM SOLVING IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS USING EYE-TRACKING -THIS LEVEL 1 ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY ENHANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICS STUDENTS' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, THEREBY ENSURING THEY CAN GO ON TO FORM THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORKFORCE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO USE PROBLEM-SOLVING TOOLS SUCH AS DIAGRAMS, SKETCHES, AND GRAPHS TO SOLVE NOVEL PHYSICS PROBLEMS TO WHICH THEY DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS. THIS TYPE OF DYNAMIC PROBLEM SOLVING IS A CORNERSTONE OF PHYSICS AS A DISCIPLINE, AND IS WHAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS OFTEN CITE AS A KEY SKILL THAT PHYSICS DEGREE HOLDERS BRING TO THE TABLE. BY INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF A KEY PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILL - THE ABILITY TO GENERATE, INTERPRET, AND UTILIZE MULTIPLE WAYS OF REPRESENTING INFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF UNFAMILIAR PROBLEMS - THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO TRAIN STUDENTS TO ENSURE THEIR FLUENCY WITH THESE SKILLS. THIS PROJECT UTILIZES RECENT ADVANCES IN EYE-TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL PREVIOUSLY UNACHIEVABLE DUE TO BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS. USING EYE-TRACKING GLASSES, THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE HOW STUDENTS SPONTANEOUSLY GENERATE AND UTILIZE MULTIPLE FORMS OF REPRESENTATIONS WHEN SOLVING PHYSICS PROBLEMS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH THREE ASPECTS OF PHYSICS PROBLEM SOLVING: 1) INITIATION OF REPRESENTATION, 2) REFERENCE AND UTILIZATION, AND 3) EFFECT OF REPRESENTATION USE. EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM THIS WORK INCLUDE: 1) INCREASED INSIGHT INTO THE ROLE OF REPRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS THAT CAN BE USED TO INFORM BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS, AND 2) DEMONSTRATION OF A NOVEL USE OF EYE-TRACKING WITHIN PHYSICS EDUCATION THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PHYSICS EDUCATION AND LARGER DISCIPLINE-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSES IN APPAREL MERCHANDISING & MANAGEMENT (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE), AND CIVIL ENGINEERING (COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING) AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA. THE PROJECT AIMS TO SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS PREPARE FOR CAREERS IN US AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN SCIENCES, AND TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION. THE COURSES WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN A POLYTECHNIC LEARN BY DOING EXPERIENCE BY CONDUCTING GUIDED RESEARCH THAT INVOLVES US SHEEP FARMERS, WOOL, WATER RE-USE, AND ECONOMICS. THIS RESEARCH SEEKS TO SUPPORT RURAL PROSPERITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY INVOLVING STUDENTS IN RESEARCH WHERE THEY SOURCE RAW WOOL FROM US SHEEP FARMERS IN LOWER INCOME REGIONS, DEVELOP, AND TEST A LOW-COST WATER TREATMENT APPROACHFOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION EDUCATIONAL NEEDS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CURRICULA, MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT, INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES, AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2 SETS OF CURRICULA FOR RESEARCH COURSES IN APPAREL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING. OVER THE 4-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, THE CURRICULUM IS EXPECTED TO REACH 148 STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL COLLECT DATA, DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND ANALYTIC SKILLS, AS WELL AS GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH APPLIED RESEARCH TO ADDRESS A REAL-WORLD ISSUE. DURING THE GRANT PERIOD, EACH COURSE WILL VISIT THE CAL POLY POMONA SHEEP UNIT, BE PART OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTWORKSHOPS, AND ENGAGE IN OUTREACH. STUDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND DEVELOP MANUSCRIPTS TO PUBLISH THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS. THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE RESEARCH ARE TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF US SHEEP AND WOOL FARMS, INCREASE SHEEP FARMERS' MARKET REACH WITH WOOL, SUPPORT FARMERS' ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOP A LOW-COST WATER TREATMENT APPROACH TO WASH WOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WHILE SUPPORTING STUDENTS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

RAPD: EYE-HAND COORDINATION ASSESSMENT/THERAPY USING A ROBOTIC HAPTIC SYSTEM

LEAPS-MPS: INVESTIGATING METALLICITY AND STELLAR AGE EFFECTS ON X-RAY BINARY POPULATIONS -THIS AWARD IS FUNDED IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2). X-RAY BINARIES (XRBS) CONSIST OF A NEUTRON STAR OR BLACK HOLE THAT IS ACTIVELY ACCRETING GAS FROM A CLOSE COMPANION STAR; THIS ACCRETION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMISSION OF X-RAYS. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE HIGH-MASS X-RAY BINARIES (HMXBS), IN WHICH THE COMPANION STAR IS MORE THAN 8 TIMES THE SUN'S MASS, AS THESE WILL BECOME BINARY BLACK HOLES OR NEUTRON STARS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DETECTABLE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES WHEN THEY MERGE. THE HIGH-ENERGY PHOTONS RADIATED BY XRBS CAN ALSO HEAT A GALAXY'S GAS RESERVOIR SUFFICIENTLY TO ACT AS A BRAKE ON STAR FORMATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE SMALL, METAL POOR GALAXIES THAT DOMINATE AT HIGH REDSHIFT. MOREOVER, HMXBS FROM THE FIRST GENERATION OF STARS LIKELY HELPED REIONIZE THE EARLY UNIVERSE. XRBS HAVE THUS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF XRBS REQUIRES AN APPRAISAL OF HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE AGE AND METALLICITY OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL CHARACTERIZE XRB POPULATIONS IN A SAMPLE OF LOCAL GALAXIES HAVING A RANGE OF CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE, STAR FORMATION HISTORY (SFH), AND AGE TO ASSESS ANY SUCH DEPENDENCE. THE PROPOSAL WILL SUPPORT THE MENTORING OF TWO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS EACH YEAR, AS WELL AS AN ASTRONOMY SUMMER SCHOOL (CAL POLY PASS) THAT WILL TRAIN ROUGHLY TEN UNDERGRADUATES PER YEAR, ALL DRAWN FROM UNDER- REPRESENTED OR MARGINALIZED GROUPS. RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) AND STUDENTS WILL DETERMINE THE DETAILED SHAPE OF THE XRB X-RAY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION (XLF) WHILE CONTROLLING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL METALLICITY, SMH, AND STELLAR AGE FOR INDIVIDUAL XRBS WITHIN FORTH-EIGHT NEARBY GALAXIES USING MULTIWAVELENGTH ARCHIVAL DATA. THE SHAPE OF THE XLF IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE WITH METALLICITY AND STELLAR AGE, ALONG WITH SUBSTANTIAL (AND STOCHASTIC) VARIATIONS IN HMXB FORMATION EFFICIENCY IN LOCAL LOW-MASS, LOW- METALLICITY GALAXIES THAT SERVE AS ANALOGS TO THE YOUNG GALAXIES FOUND AT HIGH REDSHIFT. UNDERSTANDING THE XLF SHAPE AND SCATTER INHERENT IN XRB SCALING RELATIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR CONSTRAINING XRB POPULATION SYNTHESIS MODELS USED IN (E.G.) DETAILED GALAXY EVOLUTION SIMULATIONS, A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF STAR FORMATION SUPPRESSION OVER COSMIC TIME, AND FOR A BETTER SENSE OF HOW THESE OBJECTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE REIONIZATION OF THE UNIVERSE. THIS LEAPS-MPS RESEARCH PROGRAM REPRESENTS THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF XRBS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS ON SUB-KILOPARSEC SCALES. THE RICH, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVAL OBSERVATIONS OF NEARBY GALAXIES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT CAL POLY POMONA TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MASS STORAGE SYSTEM FOR DATA INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

BPC- A: SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING: PROMOTING LATINX STUDENT RETENTION VIA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EARLY CS COURSES -AN ALLIANCE OF SIX CAMPUSES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) SYSTEM HAVE UNITED TO TRANSFORM THE EARLY COMPUTING EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN COMPUTING. THIS ALLIANCE BRINGS TOGETHER SIX CSU CAMPUSES, EACH WITH UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND LOCAL CHALLENGES: CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO; CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS, CSU FULLERTON, CSU LOS ANGELES, CAL POLY, POMONA, AND SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY. TOGETHER THE ALLIANCE WILL SERVE OVER TWO THOUSAND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN COMPUTING WHO IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC/LATINO (LATINX). EACH CAMPUS LOSES LATINX STUDENTS AT A HIGHER RATE THAN NON-LATINX STUDENTS, WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS LOST IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COMPUTING. THE ALLIANCE IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THIS TREND BY INTEGRATING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING CURRICULUM IN EARLY STUDENT COMPUTING EXPERIENCES. FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES WILL TRANSFORM COMPUTING CULTURE AND CURRICULUM TO BETTER DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF COMPUTING IN ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS. THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, THESE CURRICULAR CHANGES WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO CONNECT COMPUTING WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, ULTIMATELY INCREASING THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING IN COMPUTING. THIS PROJECT UNITES COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATORS COMMITTED TO BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING WITH SOCIAL SCIENTISTS WITH EXPERTISE IN EVALUATING INCLUSIVE STEM EDUCATION AND WITH EXPERTISE IN TRAINING FACULTY WORKING AT HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING COMPUTING CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY THAT INTEGRATES COMMUNAL GOALS INTO INTRODUCTORY COMPUTING COURSES AND PROMOTES SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING. THIS CROSS-SITE COLLABORATION USES A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL TO SUPPORT OUR SHARED VISION WHILE ALLOWING FOR SITE VARIANCES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES A CURRICULAR PEER REVIEW PROCESS TO ALIGN OUTCOMES WHILE ALLOWING EACH SITE TO LEVERAGE ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS AND STRENGTHS, PARTICULARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY-FOCUSED SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING DESIGN PROJECT INTERVENTION. THE PROPOSED FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY (FLC) USES TRAINING AND ONGOING MEETINGS TO ORIENT AND SUPPORT NEW INSTRUCTORS AND EXPAND THE PROJECT IMPACT BEYOND THE GRANT PERSONNEL. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES EVALUATION THAT EXAMINES BOTH STUDENT AND FACULTY OUTCOMES, ALLOWING THE ALLIANCE TO REFLECT AND IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSED WORK. THE CURRICULAR CHANGES AND ASSOCIATED EVALUATION WILL ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF COMPUTING EDUCATION, WHILE THE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON CHANGING THE DISCIPLINE CLIMATE WITH FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO LEARNING SCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

BUSINESS MARKETING PLANNING FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ACT PROGRAM - IMPLEMENTATION

NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES

EQUIPMENT: HSI:ELPSE ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION THROUGH REAL-WORLD SECURITY OPERATIONS TRAINING -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION PROJECT AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA (CPP) WILL STRENGTHEN UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING IN CYBERSECURITY. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL SECURE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC) EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SERVERS, WORKSTATIONS, MONITORING TOOLS, INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND OTHER RELEVANT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. ONCE OPERATIONAL THE SOC WILL BE STUDENT-RUN, THUS BRIDGING THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND ENHANCING HANDS-ON STUDENT LEARNING IN CYBERSECURITY CURRICULAR AND COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. A STUDENT-RUN SOC EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO SIMULATE AND RESPOND TO REAL-WORLD CYBER THREATS, ENRICHING THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, THUS CREATING A ROBUST, HANDS-ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR CYBERSECURITY CAREERS. AN ESTIMATED 993 STUDENTS AND FIFTEEN FACULTY WILL UTILIZE THE PROJECT-FUNDED EQUIPMENT EACH YEAR. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING IMPROVED EXPERIENCES IN CYBERSECURITY COURSES, THE NEW EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO BE USED IN STUDENT CYBERSECURITY COMPETITIONS AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT PROJECTS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO TRAIN FACULTY IN THE USE OF THE SOC EQUIPMENT, CREATE LAB MODULES BASED ON NEW EQUIPMENT, INTEGRATE SOC-BASED LAB MODULES INTO CYBERSECURITY COURSES, FOCUSING ON THREAT DETECTION, INCIDENT RESPONSE, AND SECURITY ANALYSIS, AND PROVIDE TRAINING FOR STUDENTS ON USING SOC EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING COMMON CYBERSECURITY THREATS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENRICH THE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY PROVIDING CRITICAL COMPUTER SERVERS AND SOFTWARE IN CYBERSECURITY, WHICH SIMULATE THE REAL-WORLD INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO PRACTICE AND GRASP HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH CYBERSECURITY OPERATION, PENETRATION, AND AUDITING SKILLS. THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT FUNDED EQUIPMENT USING BOTH FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL USE A MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGN, INCLUDING PRE-POST SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, AND FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSIONS, TO EXAMINE BOTH THE IMPACT OF THE SOC ON THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES OF STEM STUDENTS AND ON FACULTY TRAINING EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE HSI PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

PROVIDING ACCESS TO SMART MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE THE INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING STUDENT EXPERIENCE -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION PROJECT AT CAL POLY POMONA WILL STRENGTHEN UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING IN INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL SECURE AN INDUSTRY 4.0 TRAINING SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM SIMULATIONS OF REAL-WORLD ASSEMBLY PROCESSES. AN ESTIMATED 325 STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE THE PROJECT-FUNDED EQUIPMENT EACH YEAR IN FOUR COURSES: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING AND AUTOMATION (COURSE AND LABORATORY); DISCRETE SYSTEMS SIMULATION (COURSE AND LABORATORY); DATA ANALYSIS: APPLICATION IN INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF AI AND ROBOTICS. THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO ENRICH THE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BY PROVIDING CRITICAL EQUIPMENT IN INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING. THE INDUSTRY 4.0 TRAINING SYSTEMS WILL REPLACE OUTDATED EQUIPMENT AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE TO LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SMART MANUFACTURING AND AUTOMATION. RECENT GROWTH IN THE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING SECTOR HAS CREATED SIGNIFICANT NEED TO GROW THE SKILLED WORKFORCE, AND THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGH-PAYING JOBS IN THESE CRITICAL INDUSTRIES. THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT FUNDED EQUIPMENT USING STUDENT OUTCOMES DATA AND SURVEYS ADMINISTERED BEFORE AND AFTER THE INTEGRATION OF THE PROJECT-FUNDED TRAINING SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE HSI PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND INCREASE CAPACITY TO ENGAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE STEM TEACHING AND LEARNING AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: BEHAVIOR-BASED STOCHASTIC TRAFFIC FLOW MODELING FOR INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM

ERI: ENHANCING STATISTICAL ENERGY ANALYSIS FOR NONLINEAR VIBRATING STRUCTURES USING STATISTICAL ENTROPY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE, COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEURAL PLASTICITY.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPROVING UPPER DIVISION PHYSICS EDUCATION AND STRENGTHENING STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT 14 HSIS IN CALIFORNIA -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION: HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSI PROGRAM), THIS TRACK 2 PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE UPPER DIVISION PHYSICS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT 14 CALIFORNIA HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSIS), INCLUDING 11 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) CAMPUSES AND THREE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES. CSU IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY WITH 23 CAMPUSES AND APPROXIMATELY 490,000 STUDENTS WITH FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY (URM) GROUPS MAKING UP OVER 50% OF THE STUDENT BODY. THE 11 CSU CAMPUSES INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 55% OF THE TOTAL CSU STUDENT POPULATION. PHYSICS MAJORS AT THESE HSI INSTITUTIONS HAVE VERY LIMITED UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVE COURSES AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WHICH SERIOUSLY HURT THEIR GRADUATION RATES AND LIMIT THEIR CAREER CHOICES AND DEVELOPMENT. COLLIDERS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH ONLY EXIST IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LABS AND EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH TYPICALLY ONLY EXISTS IN NATIONAL LABS AND R1 UNIVERSITIES. VERY FEW CSU CAMPUSES HAVE PROGRAMS IN EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS. THIS PROJECT IS CENTERED AROUND THE CSU FRESNO PROGRAM ON THE ATLAS (A TOROIDAL LHC APPARATUS) EXPERIMENT OF THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) AT CERN. ATLAS IS A LEADING PROJECT IN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND IS POISED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEEPEST QUESTIONS IN THE FIELD OF PARTICLE PHYSICS, THE ANSWERS TO WHICH COULD CHANGE OUR VIEW OF HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL ATLAS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS FROM THE 14 HSI INSTITUTIONS. THE THREE ONLINE PARTICLE PHYSICS COURSES DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WILL IMPACT OVER 300 STUDENTS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 48 STUDENTS TO WORK ON CUTTING-EDGE ATLAS RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE HIGHEST QUALITY RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT DURING SUMMERS. THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WILL ADVANCE THE FIELD OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AND CONTRIBUTE TO ATLAS DATA ANALYSES AND OTHER ATLAS ACTIVITIES. THE ATLAS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE WILL CREATE A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS FROM UNDERPRIVILEGED GROUPS TO EXCEL IN STEM FIELDS. THE ONLINE COURSES AND SUMMER RESEARCH COURSE WILL FULFILL THE UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVE COURSE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE EDUCATION RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION COMPONENTS WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT TO CARRY OUT A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF AN EXEMPLARY MODEL TO IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION AT HSI INSTITUTIONS BY EFFECTIVELY POOLING AND SHARING RESOURCES. THIS PROJECT'S FOCUS ON STUDENTS FROM URM GROUPS AND FIRST-GENERATION CSU STUDENTS PROMOTES DIVERSITY IN STEM. THROUGH THE CSU FRESNO PHYS 168S (PHYSICS OUTREACH) COURSE, THE ATLAS STUDENTS IN PHYS 168S WILL VISIT TWO NEW K-12 CLASSROOMS EACH WEEK TO TEACH K-12 STUDENTS ABOUT THE ATLAS EXPERIMENT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PURSUE SCIENCE. THE PROPOSED OUTREACH EFFORTS WILL REACH SEVERAL SCHOOLS, THEIR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS' FAMILIES IN THE FRESNO AND CENTRAL VALLEY AREAS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE HSI PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: MASS-LOSS RATES FOR OB STARS DRIVING IR BOWSHOCKS

CALIFORNIA BRIDGE TO THE EIC: BUILDING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE FOR NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AT THE ELECTRON ION COLLIDER

LEAPS-MPS: THE TINIEST GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE AS TESTBEDS OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE ASSISTED CENTRIFUGAL NANOCASTING FOR MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION COMPOSITE MATERIALS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: ARTS: REVISIONARY SYSTEMATICS OF HERBIVOROUS SEA SLUGS: IDENTIFYING TRAITS THAT PROMOTE DIVERSIFICATION AND MORPHOLOGICA

RUI: CDS&E: ORGANIC MOLECULAR CRYSTAL PROPERTIES DATABASE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF UNIQUE ORGANIC CONDUCTORS, SMALL BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS, AND CHEMICAL

I-CORPS SITES: TYPE I - CAL POLY POMONA I-CORPS SITE

IDBR: EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE DETECTION FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS

CRII: SATC: RUI: AN INTELLIGENT DATA-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK TO ACHIEVE PROACTIVE CYBERSECURITY -INFORMATION FOR CYBER-ATTACK DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY SHARED BY HACKERS ON THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF THE DARKWEB. IN THOSE HIDDEN AND ANONYMOUS ENVIRONMENTS, CYBER CRIMINALS DISCUSS HOW TO 1) IDENTIFY SOFTWARE VULNERABILITIES, 2) CREATE OR PURCHASE EXPLOITS, 3) CHOOSE A TARGET AND RECRUIT COLLABORATORS, 4) OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED, AND 5) PLAN AND EXECUTE THE ATTACK. ALTHOUGH THIS BEHAVIOR HELPS HACKERS TO PRODUCE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MALWARE, IT ALSO PROVIDES VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE FOR DEFENDERS, AS THE INFORMATION SHARED ONLINE CAN BE LEVERAGED AS PRECURSORS TO VARIOUS TYPES OF CYBER THREATS. BY RELYING ON PROACTIVE CYBER-THREAT INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING KEY RESEARCH QUESTION: CAN EMERGING CYBER-THREATS BE ACCURATELY AND AFORESAID PREDICTED? WITH CONTINUOUS RETRIEVAL AND ANALYSIS OF HACKER COMMUNICATION, THIS RESEARCH WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE ASSETS, CAPABILITIES, BEHAVIORS, AND INTERESTS OF MALICIOUS HACKERS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR ESTABLISHING CYBER THREAT PREDICTION. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, TWO FINER-GRAINED PROBLEMS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED. THESE INVESTIGATIONS CONSTITUTE THE PROJECT?S NOVELTIES AND ARE KEY FACTORS FOR THE DESIGN OF BETTER CYBER-DEFENSE SYSTEMS. FIRST, THE PREDICTION OF SOFTWARE VULNERABILITY EXPLOITATION IS CONDUCTED THROUGH CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES THAT CORRELATE HACKERS' DIGITAL TRACES ON HACKER FORUMS AND MARKETPLACES, AND SECURITY ADVISORIES WITH REAL- WORLD HACKING ATTEMPTS. THE POSITIVE PREDICTIONS (I.E., IT WILL BE EXPLOITED) ARE THEN RANKED FOR PATCH PRIORITIZATION, OVERCOMING TWO CURRENT SHORTCOMINGS NOT ADDRESSED BY MACHINE LEARNING WORK IN THIS DOMAIN: 1) THE LACK OF DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PREDICTED EXPLOITATION AND 2) THE LACK OF TIME INTERVAL FOR PREDICTIONS. SECOND, THE ANTICIPATION OF MALICIOUS INFORMATION CASCADES THAT MIGHT PROPAGATE TO VIRAL PROPORTIONS IS ALSO PERFORMED. HERE, CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES LEVERAGING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS ARE USED TO EXTRACT HACKER TOPOLOGICAL INFORMATION AND TO ESTIMATE SOCIAL INFLUENCE, PREDICTING WHICH TECHNIQUES, STRATEGIES, OR EXPLOITS INCLUDED IN HACKING FORUMS MIGHT BE WIDELY ADOPTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BOTH PROJECT EFFORTS WILL LEAD TO NEW TECHNIQUES TO PREDICT CYBER THREATS THAT ARE TIME SENSITIVE, GIVING DEFENDERS A BETTER CHANCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ATTACKERS. THE PROJECT DELIVERABLES, DATA AND MODELS, WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE SECURITY COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: S^2 LAB: EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM AND RESOURCE FOR SMARTPHONE SECURITY

YEAR 2 CYBER OPERATIONS SECURITY TRAINING AND RESEARCH FOR N/ROTC LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD CAPACITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES, HUNTLEY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, NEEDED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN FEED MANUFACTURING OR RELATED FIELDS. THE DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE ACCORD HIGH PRIORITY TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS WITH JOB READY SKILLS REQUIRED IN THE FEED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. THE NUMBER OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREE-HOLDERS JOINING THE FEED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS SMALL WITH UNDERREPRESENTED GRADUATES SHOW AFFECTED THE MOST (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2012). CAL POLY POMONA (CPP) PRIDES ITSELF AND IS PROVIDING QUALITY TEACHING PREMISED ON THE LEARN-BY-DOING MODEL, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO CLIENTELE. SIXTEEN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM SUMMER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING FEEDING LIVESTOCK ON CPP FARM ON FEEDS PRODUCED IN THE FEED MILL. FURTHERMORE, THE PLACEMENT OF CPP GRADUATES IN COMPETITIVE POSITIONS IN THE FEEDMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WILL ADD DIVERSITY TO AVAILABE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND POSITIVELY IMPACT RECRUITMENT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE: (I) ENHANCE THE SKILL SET OF SIXTEEN UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN FEED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; (II) DEVELOP A MINOR IN FEED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; AND (III) RESEARCH FEED ADDITIVES FOR NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BENEFICIAL TO CHICKENS. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE GOAL OF USDA NIFA-NLGCA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020: FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD CAPACITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES, DON B. HUNTLEY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, NEEDED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL, AND CONSEQUENT CAREERS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY OR RELATED FIELDS. THE DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE ACCORD HIGH PRIORITY TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS PURSUING GRADUATE-LEVEL EDUCATION, AND MID-LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) AND RELATED AGENCIES. THE NUMBER OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREE-HOLDERS JOINING GRADUATE SCHOOL AND MID-LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN USDA AND RELATED AGENCIES CONTINUES TO SHRINK WITH UNDERREPRESENTED GRADUATES SHOWING THE MOST DECLINE (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2012). CAL POLY POMONA (CPP) PRIDES ITSELF AND IS PROVIDING QUALITY TEACHING PREMISED ON THE LEARN-BY-DOING MODEL, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO CLIENTELE. NINE UNDERGRADUATE AND THREE GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES THROUGH THREE EXPERIMENTS TO BE CONDUCTED ON CPP'S SPADRA FARM. FURTHERMORE, THE PLACEMENT OF CPP GRADUATES IN COMPETITIVE GRADUATE PROGRAMS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT RECRUITMENT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE: (I) ENHANCE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES OF TWELVE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVEL; (II) RESEARCH ALTERNATIVE FORAGE PLANTS FOR THEIR NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES BENEFICIAL TO SHEEP/GOATS; AND (III) RESEARCH THE BENEFITS OF INTER-SEEDING WINTER/SUMMER ANNUALS WITH LEGUMES ON ANIMAL PERFORMANCE. THIS PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS THE GOAL OF USDA NIFA-NLGCA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018: FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. ?

SOWING THE SEEDS FOR A MULTICULTURAL 21ST CENTURY IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

EVALUATING CONTAMINATES OF EMERGING CONCERNS FATE IN POTABLE REUSE MEMBRANE TREATMENT

REPURPOSING REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATE FOR LOW-COST THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN IN CONCENTRATE STREAM PILOT STUDY

EAGER: RUI: HOW DO MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS PROVIDE CARE, MANAGE RISK AND NEGOTIATE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SAFETY DURING THE PANDEMIC?

NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (NRCDP)

THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO EXPLORE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) FOR FLIGHT CONTROL PLANNING OF MULTIPLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) FOR WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF UAVS

DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRODIALYSIS (PV-ED) DESALINATION SYSTEM

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA ROBERT NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OR ENHANCEMENT OF ONLINE DESCRIPTIONS FOR 53 COLLECTIONS, COMPRISING 600 LINEAR FEET FROM THEIR BACKLOG, INCLUDING PORTIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, THE RECORDS OF ARCHITECT JOHN T. LYLE, AND RECORDS FROM THE LOCAL WINEMAKING INDUSTRY, ARABIAN HORSE RANCHING, AND THE POMONA VALLEY HISTORICAL COLLECTION.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEISMOGENESIS OF THE MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH AT THE NICOYA PENINSULA OVER MULTIPLE SEISMIC CYCLES

CAL POLY POMONA-NRCDP- TO STRENGTHEN THE USDA-NRCS DIVERSITY RECRUITMENTMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM(NRCD).

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CITIZEN SCIENCE ASSISTS A NOVEL MEASUREMENT OF MASS-LOSS RATES AND EXTENDS THE GALACTIC CENSUS OF RUNAWAY MASSIVE STARS

FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD SHORT TERM

RUI: GALAXY ENCOUNTERS ON FIRE: DECODING INTERACTION-INDUCED STAR FORMATION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE

THE SEISMOLOGY OF SHALLOW INTRAPLATE SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES: FROM OUTER RISE TO INTERFACE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BROADENING INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL GOOD USING A SITUATED LEARNING APPROACH -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY IMPROVING COLLEGE-LEVEL EDUCATION IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI). ADVANCES IN AI WILL LIKELY IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER SOCIETAL ISSUES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS GAIN SKILLS IN AI TO PREPARE THEM TO BE FUTURE LEADERS AND INNOVATORS. HOWEVER, CURRENT AI EDUCATION LACKS BOTH BROAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTICIPATION AND DIVERSITY. THE PROJECT PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AI THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, NOT JUST THOSE ENROLLED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS. TO DO SO, THE PROJECT TEAM HOPES TO DEVELOP MATERIALS THAT IDENTIFY SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND TEACH STUDENTS TO APPLY AI CONCEPTS AND METHODS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. AS A RESULT, THIS PROJECT MAY BETTER PREPARE TODAY?S COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ENTER THE STEM WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE. THE PROJECT INTENDS TO DEVELOP AI LEARNING MODULES TO STIMULATE AI LEARNING IN STUDENTS? COMMUNITIES. THE STUDENTS WILL BE TRAINED HOW TO IDENTIFY SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THE INSTRUCTORS WILL TEACH STUDENTS AI CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS THROUGH HANDS-ON AI LABS. THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO PROPOSE AI-POWERED SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES CONSIDERING BOTH BENEFITS AND RISKS. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD (AI4SG) MODULES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE PROGRAMS OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHY, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THREE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. THE TEAM PLANS TO HOST AN ANNUAL WORKSHOP TO SHOWCASE STUDENT PROJECTS AND DISSEMINATE BEST PRACTICES OF AI4SG EDUCATION. THE PROJECT WILL USE BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS AND HOPES TO GENERATE EVIDENCE ON HOW AI4SG EDUCATION, THROUGH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE COMPUTING, CAN IMPACT MOTIVATION, LEARNING OUTCOMES, INNOVATION, AND EQUITY GAPS. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE NSF IUSE: EHR PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE NSF IUSE:HSI PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.