Research Spotlight
A sampling of recent research grants awarded to SDSU faculty from a variety of disciplines.
San Diego State University continues to attract grants and contracts for cutting edge research from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Following are a sampling of recent grants the faculty of SDSU received for their research:
College of Arts and Letters
Enrico Marcelli, Professor, Sociology,
The grant comes from the University of Southern California
Research title: Improving Immigrant Access to Insurance & Medical Care
Grant amount: $98,342
College of Engineering
Karen May-Newman, Profesor, Mechanical Engineering
The grant comes from the Thoratec Corporation
Research title: Bench Testing of the HMII Programmed Intermittent Low Speed (PILS) Algorithms
Grant amount: $13,144
College of Sciences
Antonio Palacios, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
The grant comes from the Department of Defense Army Research Office
Research title: Exploiting Symmetry to Study Coherent Self-Sustaining Dynamics in High Dimensional Nonlinear Systems
Grant amount: $110,000
Imperial Valley Campus
Suzanna Fuentes-Ferreiro, Professor, Center for Individual & Professional Training/Linguistics
The grant comes from the Imperial County Department of Social Services
Research title: Imperial Valley Empowerment Training Program in English Immersion, Basic Computer, Interpersonal and Employment Skills, and Life Skills
Grant amount: $981,055
