GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Physics and Astronomy Michael J. Kaufman Using the Astronomical Infrared Bands as Calibrated Probes of Astrophysical Conditions with the NASA Ames PAH IR NASA $279,885 Thomas Madura Career Exploration Lab: 3D Printing and STEM Engagement for High School Students with Visual Impairments and their Educators National Science Foundation $1,499,733 Cassandra A. Paul, Tammie Visitainer, Marcos Pizarro and Katherine Wilkinson Transforming Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Through Culturally Sustaining, Active, and Asset-Based Approaches to Introductory Science Courses National Science Foundation $855,241 Aaron J. Romanowski The Color-Magnitude Diagram of an Extremely Metal-Poor Globular Cluster Space Telescope Science Institute $51,7300 Neil Switz and Bree Grillo-Hill STEM Workforce Development Incorporating Low-Light Fluorescence Detection and Imaging with Applications to COVID Diagnostics UC, San Diego $10,000 Mathematics and Statistics Jordan Schettler Undergraduate Research Groups in the CSU Alliance for PUMP: Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring toward PhDs National Science Foundation $63,049 Julie S. Spitzer Just in Time: Online Mathematics Professional Development UC, Los Angeles $38,000 Julie S. Spitzer SCVMP-CSMP-ESSA20 (Fed funds) Regents of The University of California $24,223 Julie S. Spitzer Santa Clara Valley Mathematics Project (CSMP–State) Regents of The University of California $20,000 Yan Zhang and Dashiell Fryer Beacon Chain and Gas Market Analyses for Ethereum 2.0 Ethereum Foundation $24,981 Yan Zhang and Dashiell Fryer Gas Price Analysis of Ethereum Fee Markets Ethereum Foundation $25,000 Meteorology & Climate Science Sen Chiao Detailed Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Santa Clara Valley Water District $29,997 Craig B. Clements Collaborative Proposal: Sundowner Winds Experiment in Santa Barbara, CA (SWEX) National Science Foundation $95,341 Craig B. Clements Vertical Wind Profiling for Real-Time Fire Weather and PSPS Assessment Southern California Edison $76,870 Craig B. Clements A Multiscale Study of the Coupling Between Flow, Fire and Vegetation — Influence of Vegetation Distribution and Flow on Fire Behavior and Plume Development for Risk Mitigation in Prescribed Burns Worcerster Polytechnic Institute $22,317 Minghui Diao Advancing the Understanding of Cloud Microphysical Processes and Aerosol Indirect Effects in High-Latitude Mixed-Phase Clouds Department of Energy $382,061 Adam Kochanski Quantitative Attribution of Wildfires on Summertime Ozone Concentrations along the Wasatch Front Utah Division of Air Quality $79,768 24 SJSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION Adam Kochanski and Craig B. Clements Understanding Urban and Wildland Fire Dynamics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory $43,242 Adam Kochanski and Ali Tohidi Collaborative Research: Biomass Burning Smoke as a Driver of Multi-scale Microbial Teleconnections National Science Foundation $99,783 Adam Kochanski and Miguel Valero Understanding Urban and Wildland Fire Dynamics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory $31,185 Qian Tan The NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Howard University $98,750 Miguel Valero Closing Gaps Project: SJSU: Prototype Systems for 3D Modeling of Plumes from Ground Observations U.S. Forest Service $10,000 Moss Landing Marine Lab Ivano W. Aiello Sedimentology and Mineralogy of Guaymas Basin’s Deep Subseafloor Habitats (IODP Expedition 385) Columbia University $17,958 Ivano W. Aiello Elkhorn Slough Foundation Project — Advanced Geospatial and Geotechnical Services and Development of Materials to Inform On-Going Estuarine Elkhorn Slough Foundation $105,000.00 Ivano W. Aiello and Murray Stein Research Vessel Use for Monthly Water Sampling Applied Marine Sciences, Inc. $5,000 Adam Kochanski Coupled Interactive Forecasting of Weather, Fire Behavior, and Smoke Impact for Improved Wildland Fire Decision Making Colorado State University $149,882