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2019 Research Grants Competition - Results by Institution

University of Calgary
Applicant name Program Title EG Term Amount awarded
Achari, Gopal
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Developing Low Energy Photo-based Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies 1509 5 $36,000.00
Alim, Usman
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Toward Scalable Non-Cartesian Computing 1507 5 $23,000.00
Amrein, Matthias
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Cell- and Tissue Vibrations 1502 1 $28,000.00
Back, Thomas
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Organic Synthesis of Biologically Interesting Compounds and Organosulfur/Selenium Chemistry 1504 5 $48,000.00
Bains, Jaideep
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Hypothalamic CRH neurons and the control of innate behaviour 1502 5 $47,000.00
Barclay, Robert
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Bat diversity: adaptations to northern environments and response to disturbance 1503 5 $33,000.00
Bertram, John
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Energy optimization and locomotion control: task, strategy, and mechanisms 1502 5 $33,000.00
Bezdek, Karoly
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Arrangements of Convex Bodies - the Discrete Geometric Side 1508 5 $21,000.00
Boyd, Jeffrey
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Spatial Analysis of Audio Images for Computational Musicology 1507 5 $23,000.00
Boyd, Steven
Department
Radiology
RGPIN Non-invasive assessment of bone strength 1512 5 $64,000.00
Chadee, Khrisendath
Department
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
RGPIN Modeling Entamoeba histolytica host-parasite interactions 1502 5 $55,000.00
Checkley, Sylvia
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in poultry, poultry products, and the environment. 1502 5 $28,000.00
Chekouo Tekougang, Thierry
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Bayesian integrative approaches for high-dimensional imaging and genomic data 1508 5 $23,000.00
Childs, Sarah
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Mechanisms of embryonic vascular mural cell differentiation and the onset of blood flow regulation 1501 5 $42,000.00
Clarke, Matthew
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Generating Fundamental Thermodynamic Data and Correlations for Canada's newest Cash Crop Industry 1511 5 $28,000.00
Cobb, John
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN The gene regulatory network controlling proximal limb development in mice 1501 5 $50,000.00
Cockett, Robin
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Professor 1507 5 $28,000.00
Di Martino, Elena
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Bio-mechanical studies of normal and aging arterial wall 1512 5 $32,000.00
Dufour, Antoine
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Calpain and calcium-mediated proteolytic regulation of cell signalling networks 1501 5 $30,000.00
Dunfield, Peter
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Genomic studies of microbial dark matter in extreme ecosystems of Canada 1501 5 $58,000.00
El-Badry, Mamdouh
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN Innovative Hybrid Structural Systems and Smart Monitoring for Sustainable Bridge Infrastructure 1509 5 $31,000.00
Else, Brent
Department
Geography
RTI A Mobile Instrument System for Measuring Dissolved Methane in Arctic Aquatic Environments 1606 1 $150,000.00
Ferber, Reed
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RTI Building predictive models of joint loading using integrated motion capture and inertial measurement technologies. 1612 1 $150,000.00
Ferber, Reed
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN Methods to improve the reliability of wearable sensor gait data. 1512 5 $46,000.00
Fraser, Marie
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Catalytic Mechanisms and Biological Roles of Enzymes Involved in Energy Metabolism 1501 5 $36,000.00
Friesen, Timothy
Department
Physics and Astronomy
SAPPJ Testing fundamental symmetries with the ALPHA antihydrogen experiment - bridging grant for new member 19 1 $65,000.00
Gailer, Juergen
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Probing bioinorganic chemistry processes in the bloodstream 1502 5 $33,000.00
Ghaderi, Majid
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Resource Management in Cloud Radio Networks 1507 5 $34,000.00
Gilch, Sabine
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN The role of prion heterogeneity in transmission and transport 1501 5 $50,000.00
Graham, Susan
Department
Psychology
RGPIN The development of category-based reasoning during early childhood 1502 5 $65,000.00
Guo, Jiami
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Neuronal primary cilium: a centralized signaling node for dendrite morphogenesis 1501 5 $41,000.00
Hay, Geoffrey
Department
Geography
RGPIN The Remote Sensing of Urban Energy Efficiency 1509 5 $31,000.00
Hayashi, Masaki
Department
Geoscience
RGPIN Alpine hydrogeology: Building a scientific framework for groundwater in alpine headwaters 1506 5 $60,240.00
Hejazi, Seyed
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Role of active particles and solid-fluid interactions in interfacial fluid mechanics: a microfluidic approach 1511 5 $33,000.00
Henry, Ryan
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Cryptographic Tools for Advancing Civil Liberties and Human Rights in the Digital Age 1507 5 $39,000.00
Herzog, Walter
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RTI Nano-Mechanics, Sarcomere, Myofibril and Protein Testing System 1602 1 $150,000.00
Hill, Matthew
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Endocannabinoid Regulation of Homeostatic Feeding 1502 5 $65,000.00
Hugenholtz, Chris
Department
Geography
RGPIN Formation and evolution of meter-scale granular bedforms on Earth and Mars 1506 5 $36,000.00
Jacob, Christian
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Immersive Modeling and Analytics of Multi-scale Biological Systems 1507 5 $28,000.00
Jamniczky, Heather
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Ecologically-informed Evolutionary Developmental Biology in Threespine Stickleback 1503 5 $28,000.00
Kastelic, John
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Pathogenesis of heat-induced infertility in mammals 1502 5 $33,000.00
Kim, Jeong Woo
Department
Geomatics Engineering
RGPIN Assessment of Geohazards and Geodynamics by Integrated Gravimetric and Geodetic Methods 1509 5 $31,000.00
Knight, Andrew
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Micro to macro scale modeling of electrical machines 1510 5 $46,000.00
Kubes, Paul
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN How do Cavity Macrophages Migrate? 1501 5 $73,970.00
Laflamme, Claude
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Infinite combinatorics and Ramsey theory 1508 5 $15,000.00
Lee, Ki-Young
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Cdk5 regulation of calcium dynamics 1501 5 $32,000.00
Lees-Miller, Susan
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Repair and non-repair functions of the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) 1501 5 $50,000.00
Liao, Wenyuan
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Mathematical theory and computational methods for seismic full waveform inversion problems 1508 5 $17,000.00
Lohman, Alexander
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN Engineering new optogenetic proteins and biosensors: Tools to study glial signaling 1501 5 $30,000.00
Lukowiak, Ken
Department
Physiology and Pharmacology
RGPIN Smart vs dumb, predator-experienced vs predator-naive snails: How to change the phenotype. 1502 5 $55,000.00
MacDonald, Justin
Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RGPIN Biochemical mechanisms underlying inflammasome function 1501 1 $32,000.00
Macnab, Chris
Department
Schulich School of Engineering
RGPIN Developing neural-fuzzy adaptive controls with stability margins 1510 5 $28,000.00
Mahinpey, Nader
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RTI Flow Reactor System for a Comprehensive Research & Development Program in GHG Reduction Technologies 1611 1 $125,556.00
Martinuzzi, Robert
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RGPIN Towards manipulating three-dimensional bluff-body wakes. 1512 5 $55,000.00
Maundy, Brent
Department
Schulich School of Engineering
RGPIN Design of Analog Linear Circuits, Fractional Order Systems and Bioimpedance Measurements Techniques 1510 5 $28,000.00
Montero Barril, David
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN Importance of blood volume to sex- and age-related differences in aerobic capacity 1502 5 $28,000.00
Niu, Dongyan
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Molecular mechanisms underlying the host range of bacteriophages infecting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains 1501 5 $37,000.00
Pichardo, Samuel
Department
Radiology
RGPIN IGNEOUS : A characterization platform for Image-Guided NEurOstimulation with UltraSound 1510 5 $33,000.00
Piers, Warren
Department
Chemistry
RTI Essential Upgrade to the Departmental EPR Spectrometer 1604 1 $150,000.00
Poissant, Jocelyn
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN Evolutionary and ecological genetics of fitness-related variation in wild animals 1503 5 $28,000.00
Priest, Jeffrey
Department
Civil Engineering
RGPIN The impact of hydrate production on the stability of hydrate-bearing reservoirs 1509 5 $43,000.00
Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Computational biology of plant development: Towards a deductive science 1507 5 $34,000.00
Roesler, Roland
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Bi- and tridentate ligand designs incorporating N-heterocyclic carbenes 1504 5 $24,000.00
Rokne, Jon
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Emergency Management with Social Networks 1507 5 $28,000.00
SAFAVI-NAEINI, REYHANEH
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Long-term security for a connected world 1507 5 $55,000.00
Salahub, Dennis
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Multiscale modeling of (bio)catalytic systems 1504 5 $48,000.00
Sanders, Barry
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Scalable Quantum Computing 1505 5 $61,000.00
Sarma, Hemanta
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Role of Ionic Composition and Interaction in Oil-Water-Rock Systems during Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes involving Low-Salinity Fluid and CO2 Injection 1511 5 $33,000.00
Scheidler, Renate
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Algorithms in global fields, with applications 1508 5 $19,000.00
Sen, Arindom
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Bioprocess Development for the Large Scale Production of Extracellular Vesicles From Adult Stem Cells 1511 5 $39,000.00
Sharlin, Ehud
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN An HRI Framework for Designing AV-Pedestrian Interaction 1507 5 $48,000.00
Shi, Yujun
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Chemical Vapor Deposition of Si-containing Thin Films and Si Nanostructures: From a molecular-level understanding to applications 1504 5 $36,000.00
Shor, Roman
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN System Dynamics and Control of Deep Drilling Systems 1512 5 $27,000.00
Sideris, Michael
Department
Geomatics Engineering
RGPIN Monitoring the temporal changes in the gravity field, oceans, land water and ice masses in North America by means of integrated satellite data 1506 1 $25,000.00
Song, Hua
Department
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
RGPIN Catalytic Organic Solid Wastes Upgrading Using Natural Gas for Valuable Commodities Production 1511 5 $33,000.00
Stefanakis, Emmanuel
Department
Geomatics Engineering
RGPIN HALOS: Mapping Linear Features on Modern Geospatial Reference Frameworks 1509 5 $43,000.00
Stefanyshyn, Darren
Department
Kinesiology, Faculty of
RGPIN External Perturbations and Internal Mechanisms of Locomotor Performance 1502 5 $36,100.00
Stil, Jeroen
Department
Physics and Astronomy
RGPIN Origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism 1505 5 $24,000.00
Sutherland, Todd
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Molecular Approach to Conjugated Materials 1504 5 $24,000.00
Teskey, Gordon
Department
Cell Biology and Anatomy
RGPIN The functional organization of motor cortex: a multilevel analysis 1502 5 $47,000.00
Trad, Daniel
Department
Geoscience
RGPIN Mismatches between data and physics for geophysical applications 1506 5 $25,000.00
Trang, Tuan
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN The Biology of Microglia: Adenosine A3 Receptor Suppression 1502 5 $40,000.00
Vamosi, Jana
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Speciation and extinction risk in the vascular plants of Canada 1503 5 $47,000.00
Van Humbeck, Jeffrey
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Design of New Catalysts and Reagents for Site-Selective Reaction of C-H Bonds 1504 5 $34,000.00
Vijayan, Mathilakath
Department
Biological Sciences
RGPIN Role of glucocorticoid signalling in stress adaptation 1502 5 $96,000.00
Wang, Ruisheng
Department
Geomatics Engineering
RGPIN Automatic Creation and Real-time Update of Detailed 3D Maps Using LiDAR and Images 1509 5 $26,000.00
Welch, Gregory
Department
Chemistry
RGPIN Next Generation Photovoltaics: Single Component Organic Solar Cells 1504 5 $48,000.00
Whelan, Patrick
Department
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
RGPIN The role of the red nucleus in motor control of skilled and unskilled movements 1502 5 $47,000.00
Woelfel, Philipp
Department
Computer Science
RGPIN Design and Complexity of Distributed Algorithms 1507 5 $64,000.00
Wong, Joanna
Department
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RTI Differential Scanning Calorimetry System for Characterization of Polymeric Materials 1611 1 $79,325.00
Yanushkevich, Svetlana
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RGPIN Designing Smart and Secure Communities: from Sensors to Risk-based Reasoning 1510 5 $33,000.00
Zelenitsky, Darla
Department
Geoscience
RGPIN Nesting traits and ontogenetic changes in Dinosauria 1503 5 $40,000.00
zinchenko, yuriy
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
RGPIN Structured convex optimization with applications 1508 5 $17,000.00