Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has announced the recipients of this year’s Presidential Research Grants – funding awarded annually to professors who partner with and engage students in ground-breaking research projects.
After receiving another record number of proposals, Harrisburg University President Dr. Eric Darr awarded the grants to help continue or launch new projects during HU’s fiscal-year 2019-2020.
“Again this year, a record number of PRG proposals were received,” Dr. Darr said to HU professors who submitted proposals. “Thank you for a tremendous demonstration of thought, effort and interdisciplinary collaboration! I warmly congratulate all of the grant winners! ”
The funded projects/recipients are as follows:
| Project | Recipients |
|---|---|
| How Information Filters Change Our CultureUsing Machine Learning and Social Simulation to Evaluate Diversity | E. Andre L’Huillier |
| Towards a Greater Understanding of the Pharmacology of Extracts of the West African Plant Propsopis africana: Potential for the Treatment of Dermatological Conditions and Reducing Food Wastage | Catherine T. Santai, Omar Janneh |
| Monitoring Blue Iguana Population Growth | Albert Sarvis, Christine Proctor |
| A Comparison of Media to Determine Optima Growth in Aquaponics – Extension | Rachel Fogle, Andrea Nagy, Mylik Jupiter |
| Enhancing the Performance of Wildlife Detection in Digital Images Using Deep Neural Network | Sangwhan Cha, Mina Gabriel, Nushwan Yousif B. Al-Nakash, Daqing Yun |
| Using Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Imagery to design LEAN Smart Cities | Iheb AbdellatifJohn Quigley |
| Phase II Proposal: Spaceship – Mobile Game for Learning Space Science | Sa LiuMina Gabriel, Brian Grey |
| The Virtual Field Experience: Sustaining Grant | Michael Meyer, Albert Sarvis |
| Its (far from) Alive – Sustaining Grant | Michael Meyer, Christine Proctor |
| Creating Enhanced Shared Decision Making through a Migraine Tracking Application | Erin M. Buchanan, Philip Grim |
| Phase II: Deep Learning-based SRBC Multi-Parameters Monitoring and Predictive Dashboard System | Siamak Aram, Michael Meyer, Roozbeh Sadeghian, John Quigley |
| HU Aquaponics Monitoring and Control System (HU AqMCS) | Rachel Fogle, Terrill Frantz, Glenn Williams, Mylik Jupiter |
| Effects of Bacterial Cell Wall Crosslink Density on Cellular Growth, Shape and Mobility | Akeisha Belgrave, Catherine Santai |
| Investigating the use of tabletop role playing games as a potential therapeutic intervention for at-risk youth | Adams Greenwood-Ericksen, Jack Berkenstock, Jr., Matthew Varrete, Anthony Ortega, Tamara Peyton |
| Defeating Deep Learning Based Spam Filters with Adversarial Machine Learning in Online Social Networks | Meikang Qiu, Daqing Yun |
| Personal ecologies of the visual qualified self-Phase 2: Building a visuality app for cognitive off-loading | Tamara Peyton, Sa Liu, Brian Grey, Adams Greenwood-Eriksen |
| Creating/Designing a Hybrid Bacterium for Ammonia Fixation | Rachel Fogle, Jacquelyn Maddox, Leena Pattarkine, Mylik Jupiter |
