OSPRA | Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Activities
McNichols UDMPU Faculty Research Awardees
| Year | Faculty Member | College| Proposal Title | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Aarons, Kieran | CHASS | Political Myth and the Phenomenology of Violence | $3,450.00 |
| 2026 | Ahlquist, Jennifer | CHP | Mindfulness Curriculum for Pre-Licensure Nursing Students | $10,370.00 |
| 2026 | Alsmadi, Mohammad | E&S | Launching the Detroit Mercy Power and Energy Lab (DM-PEL): Advancing Innovation in Battery Management Systems through Health-Based Control | $37,910.00 |
| 2026 | Anderson, Kelli | CHASS | Perceived Family Conflict and Its Impact on Academic Performance Among College Students | $5,800.00 |
| 2026 | Baker, Stokes | E&S | Assessing Northern Scarlet Macaw Diversity in Belize | $9,985.00 |
| 2026 | Belanger, Rachelle | E&S | Micro- and Nanoplastics as Hepatotoxic Stressors in Freshwater Fish and Crayfish | $13,837.00 |
| 2026 | Borsellino, Jessica | CHASS | To Take Care of My People”: Kiowas and Their Health Care System, 1860-1940 | $5,256.00 |
| 2026 | Finkel, Jonathan | E&S | How Candida Albicans and Streptococcus Mutans form a Mutualistic Relationship to Cause Increased Caries in Humans | $7,834.00 |
| 2026 | Foerder, Preston | CHASS | Learning in Harvesters | $7,466.00 |
| 2026 | Hill, Heather | CHASS | Moving Beyond the Bridge Narrative: First-Gen Students and First-Gen Professors | $3,450.00 |
| 2026 | Kosi-Kupe, Anne-Marie | E&S | Hydroponic Cultivation of Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) | $9,839.00 |
| 2026 | Lanigan, Katherine | E&S | Spectroscopic Investigation of Complexation and Photo-reactivity of Metal-aminopolycarboxylate Ligands in the Presence of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Ultraviolet Light | $8,855.00 |
| 2026 | Lee, Rachel | CHASS | Mastery Criteria and Maintenance of Skills in Children with Developmental Disabilities | $2,500.00 |
| 2026 | Livezey, Mara | E&S | A Systematic Study of Minoxidil Structure and Mechanism-of-Action | $3,780.00 |
| 2026 | Mukherjee, Avishek | E&S | Contextualized virtual reality learning in stem education using artificial intelligence | $16,600.00 |
| 2026 | Najor, Nicole | E&S | A broad, multi-approach characterization of the yeast gene, PDH1 | $3,631.00 |
| 2026 | Nyutu, Eva | E&S | Diversity of Coleoptera (aquatic beetles) in an Urban Vernal Pool | $4,191.00 |
| 2026 | Provost, Thomas | SACD | Mapping Pollution Exposure Along Detroit’s Cycling Network (part ii) | $5,058.00 |
| 2026 | Qian, Miao | CHASS | Reducing Children’s Racial and Gender Biases: Evidence from An Online Platform | $7,320.00 |
| 2026 | Robinson-Dunn, Diane | CHASS | The disappeared Latvian culture of northeastern Vidzeme, 1870-1950 | $3,999.00 |
| 2026 | Rowe, Sarah | CHASS | Exploring Job Satisfaction Among Highly Satisfied School Psychologists: A Qualitative Study | $2,378.00 |
| 2026 | Santora, Michael | E&S | Advancing All-Weather Autonomous Driving Through Thermal Lane Detection | $15,858.00 |
| 2026 | Storks, Levi | E&S | The impacts of microplastic exposure on olfactory neurophysiology | $10,633.00 |
| 2025 | Arias, Diego | CBA | Promotion of Human Flourishing through Corporate Purpose | $7,650.00 |
| 2025 | Assi, Hiba | CES | Exploring the Science Identity Formation of American Students of MENA Descent through Narrative Inquiry | $3,187.00 |
| 2025 | Baker, Stokes S | CES | Determining the mitochondrial genome sequences of Belizean sea cucumbers | $10,095.00 |
| 2025 | Barnes, Ashlee V | CHP | Exploring Stress Management and Coping Strategies Among African American Women | $3,250.00 |
| 2025 | Brisson, Irene Elsa | SACD | Archipelagic Atlas for Caribbean Futures | $2,700.00 |
| 2025 | Budiongan, Joshua Ryan | SACD | Environmental Noise Impacts and Acoustic Solutions in Academic Spaces | $5,860.00 |
| 2025 | Dalka, Robert Paul | CES | Exploring the Learning Assistant model at Detroit Mercy | $4,381.00 |
| 2025 | Finkel, Jonathan S | CES | In Search for the Unifying Link that Allows Candida albicans to Bind to Streptococcus mutans that Cause a Devastating Increase in the Number of Cavities in Human Teeth | $6,246.00 |
| 2025 | Gifford, Sara Francis | CHP | Can Immersive Virtual Reality Simulations Utilizing AI-Powered Patients Improve Prelicensure Nursing Students’ Communication, Empathy and Emotional Intelligence Skills? | $15,000.00 |
| 2025 | Hill, Heather Lee | CHASS | Book Project – Resurrecting the Feminine Monstrous: A Late Medieval Expose on Sexist Rhetoric in Trump’s America | $3,450.00 |
| 2025 | Kaur, Varinder | CHASS | Challenges of Older Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Accessing and Receiving Addiction Treatment | $7,530.00 |
| 2025 | Latif, Marwa K Abdel | CES | Systematic Studies on Minoxidil Hybrids for Potential Structural Effects on Anti-cancer Efficacy | $8,230.00 |
| 2025 | Livezey, Mara Rose | CES | Uncovering the Link Between the Anticipatory UPR, Autophagy, and Necrotic Cell Death | $5,175.00 |
| 2025 | Maxwell-Curtis, Danielle Nicole | CES | Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of and Engagement with Alternative Grading Strategies in Chemistry | $7,238.00 |
| 2025 | Mukherjee, Avishek | CES | Smartwatch based Gesture Authentication Using Bluetooth | $12,620.00 |
| 2025 | Ndiogou, Baye Alioune | CES | Establishing Detroit Mercy’s 1st Solar Energy Research Center: A High-Flux Solar Simulator Project to Drive Innovation | $22,714.00 |
| 2025 | O’Leary, Ceara Melin | SACD | People, Place and Policy: Historic Development and Current Typology of Community Space in Detroit | $3,522.00 |
| 2025 | Pasqualina, Stephen Gabriel | CHASS | Zora Neale Hurston: Beyond the Horizon | $3,450.00 |
| 2025 | Provost, Thomas | SACD | Mapping Pollution Exposure Along Detroit’s Cycling Network | $8,515.00 |
| 2025 | Robinson-Dunn, Diane L | CHASS | “The disappeared Latvian families of rural Vidzeme, 1870-1941” | $4,375.00 |
| 2025 | Rombes, Nicholas D | CHASS | The Auteur Theory: Towards a New Poetics of Film Theory | $3,500.00 |
| 2025 | Storks, Levi | CES | Investigating the Impact of Microplastic Exposure on Olfactory-Driven Behavior | $12,320.00 |
| 2025 | Talton, Omonseigho Owomare | CES | Detecting Placental Markers in Gestational Diabetes Pregnancies using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches | $13,992.00 |
| 2024 | Robinson-Dunn, Diane L | CLAE | The disappeared Latvian culture of the Smiltene region, 1870-1941 | $4,153.00 |
| 2024 | Dowgwillo, Emily A | CLAE | Towards understanding and inclusivity in treatment: Examining similarities and differences between post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and complex post-traumatic stress disorder | $9,000.00 |
| 2024 | Hibbard, James Todd | CLAE | A Contextual and Critical Commentary on the Book of Isaiah | $3,450.00 |
| 2024 | Finkel, Jonathan S | CES | How the Fungus Candida albicans and the bacteria Streptococcus mutans Interactions Results in Increased Caries in Children | $6,985.00 |
| 2024 | Lanigan, Katherine C | CES | Spectroscopic Investigation of Complexation and Reactivity of Metal-EDDS in the Presence of TiO2 Nanoparticles | $13,933.00 |
| 2024 | Qian, Miao Qian | CLAE | Children’s Implicit Gender Stereotypes: Evidence from An Online Platform | $17,482.00 |
| 2024 | Maleki, Mina | CES | Real-Time Location System (RTLS) for Precise Indoor Positioning and Tracking Using WiFi Data and Machine Learning Approaches | $16,120.00 |
| 2024 | Nafea, Mohamed Saeed Khalifa | CES | FedHealth: Towards Personalized and Fair Federated Learning in Healthcare | $21,291.00 |
| 2024 | Najor, Nicole A | CES | Identifying a novel desmosome-COP9 signalosome-Cullin protein complex | $5,577.00 |
| 2024 | Olla, Phillip | CHP | Enhancing Healthcare Education: Integrating Generative AI Training and Ethical Considerations | $6,539.00 |
| 2024 | Foerder, Preston Glen | CLAE | FRA-24_Foerder | $9,241.00 |
| 2024 | Belanger, Rachelle | CES | Using Flow Cytometry to Understand Cellular Changes Following Exposures to Environmentally Relevant Toxins | $7,092.00 |
| 2024 | Rowe, Sarah S | CLAE | Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Implementation in Education: A Leadership Perspective | $6,464.00 |
| 2024 | Chapman, Sharde’ Nicole | CLAE | Black Nerd Conventions as Religious Space | $7,883.00 |
| 2024 | Pasqualina, Stephen Gabriel | CLAE | Zora Neale Hurston: Beyond the Horizon | $3,450.00 |
| 2024 | Baker, Stokes S | CES | Evaluating Native Bee Habitat in an Urban Park | $9,624.00 |
| 2024 | Dari, Tahani Hisham | CLAE | Determinants Impacting Crisis Counseling Self-Efficacy Among Trainees: A Mixed Methods Study | $7,200.00 |
| 2024 | Provost, Thomas Edward | SACD | Modalities of Timber Housing in Detroit | $6,615.00 |
| 2024 | Kaur, Varinder | CLAE | The Impact of Yoga Intervention on the Overall Well-being of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder – Pilot Study | $9,998.00 |
| 2024 | Gofan, Yaukpala Init | CHP | FRA-24_Gofan | $2,903.00 |
| 2023 | Ahlquist, Jennifer | CHP | The Effects of Self-Compassion Training for Pre-Licensure and Graduate Nursing Students | $13,500.00 |
| 2023 | Arias, Diego | CAB | The Spread of Corruption Narratives: The Case of the Peruvian House of Cards | $5,100.00 |
| 2023 | Baker, Stokes | ENG & SCI | Ecological Studies Using Next-Generation Sequencing | $5,511.00 |
| 2023 | Bauer, Amie | ENG & SCI | Changes in Agricultural Animal Ownership in Urban Counties in Michigan | $2,800.00 |
| 2023 | Belanger, Rachelle | ENG & SCI | Investigating the combined effects of atrazine and microcystin on gill and hepatopancreas tissue of crayfish | $9,328.00 |
| 2023 | Conant, Stephanie | ENG & SCI | No title | $8,095.00 |
| 2023 | Dari , Tahani | CLAE | The Influence of Cultural Humility on the Supervisory Working Alliance: A Mediation Model | $4,650.00 |
| 2023 | Evans, Kendra | ENG & SCI | Toxicological Analyses of Biological Samples Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry | $11,000.00 |
| 2023 | Frost, Kelli | CHP | Using an educational electronic health record to facilitate interprofessional shared learning among health care students | $5,560.00 |
| 2023 | Gifford, Sara | CHP | Perhaps we have been convergent all along: Can expanded convergence education improve collaborative competencies? | $1,949.00 |
| 2023 | Ige, Abi | CAB | Understanding Market Exchange in the Nigerian Parallel Market for Foreign Currency | $5,690.00 |
| 2023 | Kaur, Varinder | CLAE | Role of emotional dysregulation in influencing the relationship between trauma and substance use | $6,735.00 |
| 2023 | Latif, Mawra | ENG & SCI | Quantifying Electrochemical Parameters for Anti-Cancer Ferrocene Hybrids and their Interactions with DNA Assisted by Machine Learning | $17,189.00 |
| 2023 | Livezey , Mara | ENG & SCI | Understanding Mechanisms of Cancer Cell Death | $9,653.00 |
| 2023 | Mihelich, Ksten | CHP | Assessing the Impact of Two Food Delivery Modalities in a Fruit and Vegetable Food Insecurity Program on Healthy Eating Self-efficacy within a Vulnerable Population. | $11,280.00 |
| 2023 | Pasqualina, Stephen | CLAE | Mechanical Failure: Modernism, Technology, and the Mediation of History | $3,450.00 |
| 2023 | Provost , Thomas | SCAD | Atlas: Energy, Environment, Ecology | $5,640.00 |
| 2023 | Qian, Miao | CLAE | Children’s Implicit Racial Attitudes: Evidence from An Online Platform | $11,700.00 |
| 2023 | Razmus, Ivy | CHP | Taking itto the streets IRB-#22-23-29 Feet: Taking it to the Streets | $4,350.00 |
| 2023 | Robinson-Dunn, Diane | CLAE | The disappeared Latvian culture of the Smiltene region, 1870-1941 | $3,320.00 |
| 2023 | Scott, Sarida | SCAD | Community Development Research Studio | $3,500.00 |
| 2022 | Baker, Stokes | ENG & SCI | Conservation Studies in Belize | $5,919.31 |
| 2022 | Belager, Rachelle | ENG & SCI | Investigating Apoptosis and Cell Regeneration in the Hepatopancreas Post-Atrazine Exposure | $16,208.72 |
| 2022 | Dukhan, Nihad | ENG & SCI | Deploying High-Conductivity Nanofluids for Cooling Car Radiators | $16,023.17 |
| 2022 | Dutta, Utpal | ENG & SCI | Traffic Death Experiences During COVID-19 (2020): Cause and Effect | $8,886.00 |
| 2022 | Eshelman, Lee | CLAE | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Nonverbal Behaviors | $9,538.00 |
| 2022 | Finkel, Jonathan | ENG & SCI | Identifying the Function of Unknown Genes in Bacterial Viruses | $6,911.00 |
| 2022 | Finkenbine, Roy | CLAE | The Reparationists: Advocates of Atonement for Slavery in Early America, A Documentary History | $6,000.00 |
| 2022 | Greene, Harold | CLAE | Eye Movement and Electrophysiology Measures of Visual Information Processing: Saccad-Programming Study | $800.00 |
| 2022 | Kagey, Jacob | ENG & SCI | Whole-genome sequencing of Drosophila mutants | $7,093.00 |
| 2022 | Lanigan, Katherine | ENG & SCI | Heavy Metals Extraction from Water by Nanoparticles Adsorption | $4,709.09 |
| 2022 | Latif, Marwa | ENG & SCI | Employing the Use of Electrochemical Tools in Support of Curriculum-Based Research Approach to Teaching for Ferrocenes Anti-Cancer Drug Design | $11,220.00 |
| 2022 | Livezey, Mara | ENG & SCI | Uncovering the Link Between the Anticipatory UPR, Autophagy, and Necrotic Cell Death | $3,760.00 |
| 2022 | Nafea, Mohamed | ENG & SCI | Improving Privacy Guarantees in Federated Learning Systems via Exploiting the Characteristics of the Wireless Channels Along with User Sampling and Data Shuffling | $11,100.00 |
| 2022 | Najor, Nicole | ENG & SCI | Uncovering Genes of Unknown Function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | $14,534.19 |
| 2022 | Qian, Miao | CLAE | Developing an Online Platform to Uncover Children’s Hidden Minds | $11,600.00 |
| 2022 | Rihana, Alex | ARCH | Characterization of Construction Materials for Ghadames City | $6,600.00 |
| 2022 | Roche, Jason | CLAE | Documentary Film: Hamtramck Stadium and the Detroit Stars | $7,050.00 |
| 2022 | Torres, Patricia | CBA | Pleasure and Plain: The Role of Anticipatory Pleasure on Time of Consumption and Pain of Payment | $8,958.00 |
| 2021 | Akhoirshida, Mohammed | ENG & SCI | Performance Analysis of G5 Wireless Requency Signals in Autonomous Vehicles and V2X Networks | $13,189.00 |
| 2021 | DeVoy, Pat | CHP | College of Health Professions Diversity, Inclusion and Community Innovation An Exploration of the Current Diversity and Inclusion Awareness of CHP Faculty, Staff and Students | $6,430.00 |
| 2021 | Dowgwillo, Emily | CLAE | Personality, Mental Health, and Relationships Study | $7,830.00 |
| 2021 | Dukhan, Nihad | ENG & SCI | Bringing Nano Technology to UDM via Investigating Nanofluids Heat Transfer | $4,606.00 |
| 2021 | Dutta, Utpal | ENG & SCI | Analysis of Traffic crash data using clustering approach | $9,900.00 |
| 2021 | Freeman-Hildreth, Yolonda | CHP | Singled Out: Influence of Implicit Bias on Underrepresented Minority Retention | $13,000.00 |
| 2021 | Fuchs, Wladek | ARCH | Geometric Framework and Design Methodology in Rome Architecture | $7,850.00 |
| 2021 | Heidgerken, Tadd | ARCH | Public-Private Development Practices of Public Space | $15,074.00 |
| 2021 | Hibbard, Todd | CLAE | Theology of the Book of Isaiah | $3,000.00 |
| 2021 | Hill, Heather | CLAE | A Medieval Paradigm for Deconstructing Today’s “Nasty” Women | $3,000.00 |
| 2021 | Ige, Abiodun | CBA | How do Foreign Currency Inflows Impact Entrepreneurial Activities: A Configuration Approach | $2,250.00 |
| 2021 | Lanigan-Rihana, Katherine | ENG & SCI | Heavy Metals Extraction from Water by Nanoparticles Adsorption | $13,105.00 |
| 2021 | Leach, James | ENG & SCI | Where Do We Stand? A Status Report on Climate Change Education in Architectural Curricula inthe United States | $4,861.00 |
| 2021 | Livezey, Mara | ENG & SCI | Using Computational Tools to Identify Putative Binding Sites of a Small-molecule Anti-cancer Drug | $4,049.00 |
| 2021 | Maleki, Mina | ENG & SCI | Real-time Anomaly Detection in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Using Machine Learning Approaches | $12,600.00 |
| 2021 | Robinson-Dunn, Diane | CLAE | The Working Muslim Mission’s Effort to Define Muslim Womanhood and Femininity During WWI Periods | $3,000.00 |
| 2021 | Roche, Jason | CLAE | Documentary Film: Hamtramck Stadium and the Detroit Stars | $17,429.00 |
| 2021 | VanderSloot, Benjamin | ENG & SCI | Singled Out: Influence of Implicit Bias on Underrepresented Minority Retention | $7,480.00 |
| 2021 | Vaughn-Deneen, Tanya | CHP | Explore the Role of Art as a Method of Enhancing Spiritual Development of Undergraduate Nursing Students in the Mercy & Jesuit Traditions | $1,343.00 |
| 2020 | Baker, Stokes | ENG & SCI | Assembling and Annotating Two Rhizobium Genomes that Inhabit Giant Duckweed | $2,600.00 |
| 2020 | Belanger, Rachelle | ENG & SCI | An investigation of neuron regeneration in the lateral antennules of crayfish (Faxonius virilis) post atrazine exposure. | $10,528.00 |
| 2020 | Bennett-Garraway, Jocelyn | CLAE | ASCA National Model Student Training Manua | $4,800.00 |
| 2020 | Boats, Jeffery | ENG & SCI | Pansophy Computation for Graph Classes Used In Parallel Processing and Interconnection Networks | $4,620.00 |
| 2020 | Dukhan, Nihad | ENG & SCI | Bringing Nano Technology to UDM via Investigating Nanofluids Heat Transfer | $5,415.00 |
| 2020 | Eshelman, Lee | CLAE | Intersections of Sexual Victimization and Racism-Related Stress on Mental Health and Resilience Among Black Women | $5,250.00 |
| 2020 | Fanaei, Mohammad | ENG & SCI | Real-Time Object Classification and Localization for Automated Driving Systems Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | $14,272.00 |
| 2020 | Finkel, Jonathan | ENG & SCI | No Title | $7,503.00 |
| 2020 | Finkenbine, Roy | CLAE | Fugitive Slaves in Indian County: What It All Means | $2,800.00 |
| 2020 | Friedrich & Livezey, Klaus & Mara | ENG & SCI | Amino acid-derived ligands for platinum drugs | $7,349.00 |
| 2020 | Heidgerken, Tadd | ARCH | Emerging Public Infrastructure Survey | $2,230.00 |
| 2020 | Kenno-Pinkerton , Staci | CBA | Show me the money! Funding at Post-Secondary Institutions | $6,830.00 |
| 2020 | Kondili, Elvita | CLAE | Culture and Social Capital as Protective Factors of Refugee Mental Health | $6,195.00 |
| 2020 | Lanigan, Katherine | ENG & SCI | Photocatalytic Oxidation of Metal-EDTA Complexes Adsorbed onto Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene Oxide | $4,389.00 |
| 2020 | Livezey, Mara | ENG & SCI | Uncovering the Link Between the | $8,995.00 |
| 2020 | Najor, Nicole | ENG & SCI | Determining the role of Cullin3 in skin differentiation and homeostasis | $13,127.00 |
| 2020 | Neslon, Kristin | ARCH | Precedent and Performance (Exhibition + Research Project) | $7,080.00 |
| 2020 | O’Leary, Ceara | ARCH | District 2 GIS Development Project | $5,950.00 |
| 2020 | Rayess, Nassif | ENG & SCI | Characterization of Construction Materials for Ghadames City | $10,650.00 |
| 2020 | Razmus, Ivy | CHP | Pediatric Pressure Points | $6,900.00 |
| 2020 | Rihana-Abdallah, Alexa | ENG & SCI | Characterization of Construction Materials for Ghadames City | $3,600.00 |
| 2020 | Robinson-Dunn , Diane | CLAE | Navigating the network of the British Empire during WW1 | $2,800.00 |
| 2020 | Stevens, Jonathan | ENG & SCI | Quantum computational chemistry investigation of mechanisms of sulfonated PEEK membranes with OH radicals in fuel cells | $2,400.00 |
| 2020 | Weatherston, Rosemary | CLAE | Developing Narrative Medicine Programming in Clinical Practices and Institutional Curriculums: A Preliminary Study | $1,200.00 |
| 2020 | Wodwaski, Nadine | CHP | Knowledge and Perceptions of Practicing Nurses Regarding Intact Care: A Quantitative Study | $1,425.00 |