Grants and Gifts

Last Updated: 9/10/26

Congratulations to the latest grant and gift recipients of the Beach community: 

July 2026

  • Hossein Jula. Centrally Coordinated Parking Based on Load Balancing of Parking Spaces. COE. Caltrans. $108,748.62. (July 2026 - October 2027).

 

  • Xianhui Bu. RUI: New Ultrastable Crystalline Porous Materials. CNSM. NSF. (September  2021 - August 2027).

 

  • Cody Karcher. A Multi-Fidelity Optimization Framework for UAV Design. COE. MIT via Mitsubishi Heavy Industries LTD. $200,000.00. (June 2026 - May 2027).

 

  • Jana Fogaca. Women's Experience in Surfing. CHHS. Association for Applied Sport Psychology. $4,935.00. (July 2026 - July 2027).

 

  • Young-Seok Shon. Ensembles of Photosynthetic Nanoreactors (EPN). CNSM. UC Irvine via US Dept. Energy. (August 2022 - January 2027).

 

  • Tairan Liu. NSF FF: Planning: BRIDGE - Building Resource Infrastructure to Drive Growth and Engagement in STEM. COE. NSF. $50,000.00. (July 2026 - August 2026).

 

  • Martha Franco. Precarity and Education: Examining the Experiences of Central American Unaccompanied Youth in California Public Schools. CLA. Chapman University via Spencer Foundation. $20,282.00. (April 2026 - March 2027).

 

  • Peter Ramirez. Determining the role of AnnexinA2 in HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 assembly. CNSM. NIH. (August 2026 - July 2027).

 

  • Raisa Hernandez Pacheco. BRC-BIO: The Evolutionary Demography of a Social Mammal. CNSM. NSF. (August 2026 - August 2027).

 

  • Ron Mark. Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigations. CHHS. Commission on POST. $184,506.30. (July 2026 - June 2027).

 

  • Jessica Liu. Adolescent Co-use of Tobacco & Cannabis: Assessing Situational Factors to Inform a Prevention Program. CHHS. The Regents of the University of California, Office of the President. $870,731.00. (July 2026 - June 2027).

 

  • Shams Tanvir. Machine Learning with Roadside Lidar for Efficient Signalized Intersection Operations. COE. Caltrans. $42,235.00, (August 2026 - July 2027).

 

  • Enrico Tapavicza. In Silico Study and Optimization of Molecular Nanomotors for Membrane Photopharmacology. CNSM. NIH. (June 2026 - May 2027).

 

  • Kerri Knight-Teague. Increasing School Psychologists to Implement Robust (InSPIR) Mental Health Services for Diverse Youth. CED. US Department of Education. (January 2026 - December 2026).

 

  • Caitlin Fouratt. Peace Corps Campus Recruitment. CLA. US Department of the Interior. $18,459.47. (August 2026 - December 2026).

 

  • Ted Stankowich. Incorporating native vegetation into a landscape-scale Integrated Pest Management Program in Ventura County. CNSM. Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. via CSU ARI. (July 2026 - June 2027).

 

  • Min He. An AI-Aided Sustainable Design Studio across Three Embedded-Systems Courses Using EOP Framework Learning Outcomes. COE. American Society for Engineering Education. $8,000.00. (May 2026 - January 2027).

 

  • Rashida Crutchfield. African American Alliance Fund. CHHS. Orange County Community Foundation. $2,500.00. (July 2026 - June 2027).

 

  • Rafael Topete. College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). DSA. US Department of Education. (July 2026 - June 2027).

 

  • Erika Holland. The Calcium Sensor DREAM Contributes to Pollutant Induced Pancreatic Stress. CNSM. NIH. $589,702.00. (August 2026 - July 2027).

 

  • Curglin Robertson. Upward Bound-2 (Compton and Gardena). DSA. US Department of Education. (September 2026 - August 2027).

 

  • Ehsan Madadi. Physics Guided Lunar Plume Ejecta Sensing. COE. HeroX via NASA. $50,000.00. (August 2026 - December 2026).