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ASPIRE Recipients 2012-2018 Recipients of funding through the Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence, or ASPIRE program, are some of the best and brightest researchers at the University of South Carolina. In addition to honoring current recipients on our website, we continue to recognize past recipients and projects through this archive document. 2012 ASIRE Recipients 2012: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College Adlof, Suzanne Dynamic Assessment of Word Learning as a Predictor of Reading Comprehension Outcomes Communication Sciences & Disorders Public Health, Arnold School of Billings, Deborah Group Outcomes, Pregnancy and Stress (the GROUPS Study) Health Promotion, Education & Behavior Public Health, Arnold School of Browne, Teri Disparities in Phosphate Binder Adherence Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Mixed Methods Study Social Work Social Work, College of Chen, Hexin Proteomic analysis reveals an iron regulatory gene as a novel target for treatment of HER2- overexpressing breast cancer Biological Sciences Arts and Sciences, College of Frizzell, Norma Protein Succination is associated with Neuropathology in Mitochondrial Disease Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience Medicine, School of Huang, Xinyu Development of Novel Thermo-Mechanical Testing Methodology for SiC Composite Claddings Mechanical Engineering Engineering & Computing, College of Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan Nanoengineering stem cell cardiac lineage commitment Chemical Engineering Engineering & Computing, College of Kaczynski, Andrew Building Youth Capacity for Healthy Community Design: University of South Carolina ASPIRE-I 2012 Research Grant Proposal (Track I) Health Promotion, Education & Behavior Public Health, Arnold School of Kuenzli, Elisabeth Indians, Identity, and Nation Building in Eastern Bolivia, through the Perspective of Provincial Archival Documentation History Arts and Sciences, College of Montie, Eric Using Passive Acoustics to Correlate Sound Production and Egg Release in Captive Populations of Soniferous Fishes: A Model to Study Spawning Behavior in the Wild Science and Mathematics USC Beaufort Murphy, Elizabeth Macrophgaes in High Fat Diet Enhanced Colorectal Cancer: Regulation by miRNA-155 Pathology & Microbiology Medicine, School of Pershin, Yuriy Novel Approaches to Spin Noise Spectroscopy Physics & Astronomy Arts and Sciences, College of

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Page 1: University of South Carolina · ASPIRE Recipients 2012-2018 Recipients of funding through the Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence, or ASPIRE program, are some of the

ASPIRE Recipients 2012-2018

Recipients of funding through the Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence, or ASPIRE program, are some of the best and brightest researchers at the University of South Carolina. In addition to honoring current recipients on our website, we continue to recognize past recipients and projects through this archive document.

2012 ASIRE Recipients 2012: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Adlof, Suzanne

Dynamic Assessment of Word Learning as a Predictor of Reading Comprehension Outcomes

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

Billings, Deborah

Group Outcomes, Pregnancy and Stress (the GROUPS Study)

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Browne, Teri Disparities in Phosphate Binder Adherence Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Mixed Methods Study

Social Work Social Work, College of

Chen, Hexin Proteomic analysis reveals an iron regulatory gene as a novel target for treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Frizzell, Norma

Protein Succination is associated with Neuropathology in Mitochondrial Disease

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Huang, Xinyu Development of Novel Thermo-Mechanical Testing Methodology for SiC Composite Claddings

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Jabbarzadeh, Ehsan

Nanoengineering stem cell cardiac lineage commitment

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Kaczynski, Andrew

Building Youth Capacity for Healthy Community Design: University of South Carolina ASPIRE-I 2012 Research Grant Proposal (Track I)

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Kuenzli, Elisabeth

Indians, Identity, and Nation Building in Eastern Bolivia, through the Perspective of Provincial Archival Documentation

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Montie, Eric

Using Passive Acoustics to Correlate Sound Production and Egg Release in Captive Populations of Soniferous Fishes: A Model to Study Spawning Behavior in the Wild

Science and Mathematics USC Beaufort

Murphy, Elizabeth

Macrophgaes in High Fat Diet Enhanced Colorectal Cancer: Regulation by miRNA-155

Pathology & Microbiology

Medicine, School of

Pershin, Yuriy

Novel Approaches to Spin Noise Spectroscopy

Physics & Astronomy

Arts and Sciences, College of

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ASPIRE Recipients 2012-2018

Rajca, Andrew

Space, Memory, and Human Rights in the Postdictatorial Southern Cone

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Arts and Sciences, College of

Saleh, Navid Heteroaggregation and deposition of chirally separated single-walled carbon nanotubes in heterogeneous aquatic systems

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Shervette, Virginia

Conservation Biogeography of Freshwater Fishes in Southeastern USA: Freshwater Fish Diversity and Evolution Using River-Oxbow Lake Systems in SC and GA as a Case Study

Biology & Geology USC Aiken

Wang, Hui Single-Molecule Spectroscopic Study of Dynamic Nanoscale DNA Bending Induced by Retroviral Nucleocapsid Proteins

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Xu, Peisheng Dual Secured Nano-Sting for Targeted Colon Cancer Therapy

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Yang, Jinkyu Development of Novel Structural Materials Using Granular Phononic Crystals

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

2012: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track II Principal Investigator Title Department College

Alexeev, Oleg Synthesis and Reactivity of Zeolite-Supported Rh Complexes

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

DePratter, Chester

The Colonial Era Archaeology of the Savannah River Valley

Archaeology & Anthropology, SC Institute of

Arts and Sciences, College of

Lo, Pang-Kuo Exploring the role of DNMT1 in HER2-mediated breast tumorigenesis and its therapeutic application

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Malysz, John EFFECT OF ACUTE ETHANOL EXPOSURE ON URINARY BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE FUNCTION: ROLE OF K+ ION CHANNELS

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Schools, Gary Intranucleolar bodies in stress response Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Shapiro, Cheri

Dynamic Risk Factors for Youth Recidivism Families in Society, Institute for

Social Work, College of

Singh, Narendra

Investigation of Resveratrol-regulated microRNAs and epigenetic modification in amelioration of lupus

Pathology & Microbiology

Medicine, School of

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Williams, Edith

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Travel Burden Survey (SLETBS): Baseline Data Among a South Carolina SLE Cohort

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

2012: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III Principal Investigator Title Department College

Lavigne, John Hybrid and Polymer-Modified Boronate-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Reagan, Lawrence

Decreased CNS leptin activity in comorbid depression and obesity

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Ziehl, Paul Distributed Sensing for the Nuclear Infrastructure

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

2012: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV Principal Investigator Title Department College

Cobb, Charles

The Archaeology of Chickasaw Migrations and Colonial Alliances

Archaeology & Anthropology, SC Institute of

Arts and Sciences, College of

Felder, Michael

Identification of a Recessive Gene Causing Juvenile, Remitting Ataxia

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Kelly, Kenneth

Landlords, Traders, and the 19th Century Illegal Slave Trade: Archaeologies of Entanglement along the Rio Pongo, Guinea, West Africa.

Anthropology Arts and Sciences, College of

Knapp, Camelia

Full Waveform Elastic Inversion Code Development for Gas Hydrate Research

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Krizek, Beth Long noncoding RNAs in Arabidopsis flower development

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Mandal, Krishna

Novel Semiconductors for High Resolution Nuclear Detector

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Marton, Laszlo

Development of Virginia mallow to be a new multipurpose biomass crop

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Omolo, Bernard

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Correlated Microarray Datasets USC Upstate USC Upstate

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Petkov, Georgi

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL MELASTATIN 4 CHANNEL: NOVEL PHARMACOLOGICAL TARGET FOR URINARY BLADDER DYSFUNCTION

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Shaw, Timothy

Measurement of Oxygen Consumption in Beach Face Pore Waters

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Walsh, Kenneth

Application of ISFETs for Ion Channel Drug Discovery

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Wang, Qian TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS AS SCAFFOLDING MATERIALS TO ENHANCE BONE REGENERATION

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Weik, Terrance

Chickasaw African Transitions: Archaeo-Geophysical Survey at the Levi Colbert Prairie Homestead in Mississippi

Anthropology Arts and Sciences, College of

2012: ASPIRE II – Integration Principal Investigator Title Department College

Berger, Franklin Program in Thymidylate Synthase Research

COBRE: Center for Colon Cancer Research

Arts and Sciences, College of

Booze, Rosemarie

Brain Inflammation: Diet-Induced Obesity and Novel Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics Psychology

Arts and Sciences, College of

Buell, Duncan Ghosts of South Carolina College--A Critical Interactive for Engaging Students and Visitors in the History of USC's Horseshoe

Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Chen, Donna New Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Decho, Alan Revolutionizing Treatment of resistant-infections using engineered nanoparticles to inhibit bacterial cell-cell communication.

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Hebert, James

ASPIRE-II: Preparing for a Program Project Grant in Diet, Physical Activity, and Energy Balance to Address Large Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Heyden, Andreas

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Platform Molecules into High Octane Biofuels

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Hughes, Austin

Evolution of transcription factor regulatory networks

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Ploehn, Harry A Materials Toolbox Approach for Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Nanocomposites

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Weist, Mark Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Training and Intervention for Youth with Mood Disorders in Schools

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

Wilson, Dawn Gene and Environmental Influences on Obesity: Implications for Prevention Psychology

Arts and Sciences, College of

Wilson, Marlene

Validating rodent models of PTSD for developing biomarkers of resilience, risk, & treatment

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

2012: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure Principal Investigator Title Department College

Broude, Eugenia

Confocal Microscope Upgrade for the Translational Cancer Therapeutics Shared Instrumentation Facility

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Dawson, John Purchase of Velos Pro Linear Ion Trap (LTQ) Mass Spectrometer - Department of chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Dyer, Andrew The Promotion of Transgenic and Controlled-Environment Greenhouse Research at USC Aiken

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Ghoshroy, Soumitra

Acquisition of a Remotely Operable Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope for the University of South Carolina Electron Microscopy Center

Electron Microscopy Center

Arts and Sciences, College of

Kidane, Addis

HIGH TEMPERATURE HOT PRESSING FOR ADVANCED,AEROSPACE, NUCLEAR, BIOMEDICAL AND FUEL CELL MATERIAL PROCESSING

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Lu, Kevin

Databases to Strengthen Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Efforts for Faculty in Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences Department

Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Mousseau, Timothy

Proposed purchase of a SAM 940 Radiation Isotope Identifier (RIID)

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Potts, Jay Upgrade of Live Cell Imaging Capabilities in the USC Instrumentation Resource Facility

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Rorden, Christopher MRI Simulator Shared Laboratory Psychology

Arts and Sciences, College of

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2013 ASIRE Recipients 2013: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Anderson, Jill Adaptive evolution in the context of rapid climate change

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Davis, Shannon

Generating novel zebrafish lines to study pituitary organogenesis

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Greytak, Andrew

Aspire: Demonstration of ligand binding and release from single semiconductor nanowires

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Liu, Xinfeng Mathematical modeling and computational studies for proliferation kinetics of tumor growth

Mathematics Arts and Sciences, College of

Schwebel, Sara

Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins: An Annotated, Critical Edition English

Arts and Sciences, College of

Irvin, Matthew Understanding the Link between Substance Use and School Dropout among Rural Youth

Educational Studies, Department of

Education, College of

Niehaus, Sarah

How Social-Emotional Well-Being Contributes to the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners

Educational Studies, Department of

Education, College of

Alekseyev, Max

Varying-resolution synteny blocks construction for large-scale phylogenomics

Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Berge, Nicole

Evaluating Nanomaterial Mobility in Realistic Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Environments: Part 1 - Development of Geotechnical Centrifuge Testing Protocols

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Blanchette, James

Use of Ischemic Preconditioning to Enhance Islet Engraftment

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

LIU, CHUNYANG

Comprehensive Study on the Coupling Effects between Mechanical and Hydraulic Behavior of Multiphase Porous Media by Using SPH and DEM

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Shazly, Tarek Decoupling the active and passive mechanics of vascular tissue

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Tarbutton, Joshua

Additive Manufacturing for Precision Engineering Applications

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

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Uline, Mark Molecular Modeling of Divalent Cation Interactions with Monolayers of Surface-Bound Single-Stranded DNA

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Wang, Xiaofeng

Condition-Based Control of Resilient Networked Systems

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Yu, Miao Nano-Channel Enhanced Composite Membranes to Achieve a 20,000 GPU CO2 Permeance for Carbon Capture

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Gavigan, Karen

ASPIRE-ing to Prevent HIV/AIDS: A Graphic Novel Intervention for South Carolina Teens

Library & Information Sciences, School of

Mass Communications & Information Studies, College of

Ai, Walden Adapting the pre-metastatic niche model to study asthma

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Kelly, Michele Intramolecular Signals Controlling Phosphodiesterase 11A (PDE11A) Function in Brain

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Robinson, Cory

AN INFANT MOUSE MODEL OF ELEVATED INTERLEUKIN-27 PRODUCTION

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Lu, Kevin Diabetes and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Pharmacy

and Outcomes Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of A Retrospective Cohort Study among the

Veteran Affairs Population

Zhu, Jun Environmental enrichment and vulnerability to nicotine dependence

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Blake, Christine

Using a novel experimental approach with eye tracking to examine how different front-of-package labels influence parents selection of foods and beverages for their children

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

CHATTERJEE, SAURABH

Epigenetic Modulations in Resveratrol-mediated Therapeutic Effects in Environmental Linked-Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis of Obesity

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Den Ouden, Dirk-Bart

Cortical stimulation of verb-argument-structure processing

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

Kaczynski, Andrew

Neighborhood Physical and Social Environment and Residents'Â Physical Activity Patterns

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Newman-Norlund, Roger

Creation of a Web-Based Research Tool for Studying Social-Motor Impairments in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

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Sui, Xuemei

A feasibility study of using automated feedback to enhance physical activity and dietary self-management behaviors to promote weight loss in a healthcare setting

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Andrews, Christina

Assessing the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Access to Substance Abuse Treatment for Medicaid-Insured Americans

Social Work, College of

Social Work, College of

Boyd, Kate Bringing the South Carolina Encyclopedia Online

University Libraries

University Libraries

Vieyra, Michelle

Getting Everyone Involved: Identifying the Obstacles to Participation of Minorities in Undergraduate Research Experiences

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Cai, Li Immuno-Targeting of Breast Cancer Cells with Human Natural Antibodies

USC Salkehatchie

USC Salkehatchie

2013: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track II Principal Investigator Title Department College

Chen, Mengqian

Regulation of Androgen Receptor Function by Transcription Regulating Kinases CDK8 and CDK19

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Hegde, Venkatesh

Cannabidiol and immunosuppression: Studies on mechanism of induction and role of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

King, Adam Refining the Middle Savannah River Valley Hollywood Phase Chronology Using Sequence Analysis

Archaeology & Anthropology, SC Institute of

Arts and Sciences, College of

Norris, Carol LeAnn

A Comparative Study of Rixutimab-associated Clinical Pharmacy

and Outcomes Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of Progressive Multifocal

Leucoencephalopathy (PML) 2013: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III Principal Investigator Title Department College

Carson, James Cachexia in ApcMIN/+ mice: The role of IL-6 (ASPIRE I) Exercise Science Public Health,

Arnold School of

Connolly, Erin ASPIRE I (Track III) Proposal: Integrating Cellular Iron Homeostasis Mechanisms

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Outten, Franklin

ASPIRE I: Characterization of an essential iron cofactor biosynthesis pathway from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Stratmann, Johannes

Negative regulation of MAP kinases in plant responses to herbivory

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Zhang, Jiajia Innovative Spatio-temporal Survival Models Allowing Crossing Survival

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

2013: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV Principal Investigator Title Department College

Hebert, Thomas

High-Achieving University Students from Low-Income Backgrounds

Educational Studies, Department of

Education, College of

Matthews, Michael

Interactions of Collagen Matrix Materials with Near- and Super-Critical Solvents

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Mueller, Agnes Aspire I -- Track IV: Legacies of Despair and Hope (Book)

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Arts and Sciences, College of

Osokina, Elena The Hammer and the Icon: Soviet Sales of Religious Art to the United States under Stalin

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Patel, Rekha Investigation of molecular mechanisms involved in dystonia 16

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Petkov, Georgi Physiological role of Kv channels in human urinary bladder smooth muscle

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Pittman, Douglas

Development of a novel high throughput in vivo assay to discover inhibitors that block protein-protein interactions

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Reisman, David

p53-HIV Tat interactions that inhibit p53 function

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Waldman, Alan The Influence of Progerin on DNA Transactions

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Yankovsky, Alexander

Preliminary sampling and scaling of the buoyant plume originating from melting iceberg in the Labrador Sea

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Yoon, Yeomin

Preliminary Evaluation of Sonocatalytic Degradation Coupled with Carbon Nanotubes for Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, Pharmaceuticals, and Personal Care Products

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

2013: ASPIRE II – Integration Principal Investigator Title Department College

Dr. Angela Dorothea Liese

Positioning USC for National Prominence in Food Security and Food Access Research

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Dr. Colin F Wilder Dirty History Metacrawler University

Libraries University Libraries

Dr. Fanglin Chen

ASPIRE-II: Design and Discovery of Novel Electrode Materials for Reversible Solid Oxide Cells

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Dr. John R. Monnier

Design, preparation, and evaluation of improved catalysts for direct hydrochlorination of acetylene to vinyl chloride monomer

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Dr. Ronit Elk

A Community-Generated Palliative Care Telemedicine Consult Program for Rural Black Elders: A Feasibility Study

Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Troy M Herter

Coupling Robotic Assessment with Gaze Tracking to Assess Action Selection Following Stroke - ASPIRE II

Exercise Science

Public Health, Arnold School of

2013: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure Principal Investigator Title Department College

Charles Bennett

Databases to Strengthen Pharmacovigilance Research and Teaching Efforts for Faculty in Pharmacy, Medicine, and Public Health

Pharmacy - (Dean)

Pharmacy, SC College of

Dr. Beth Allyn Krizek

Acquisition of Instrumentation for Quantitative Biomolecular Imaging

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Dr. Campbell McInnes, PhD

Mass Directed Automated Preparative Scale HPLC Purification System Resubmission of ASPIRE III proposal from 2/12/2012

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

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Dr. Harry J Ploehn

Ferroelectric Characterization of Materials for Energy Storage, Radiation Detection, and Power Electronics

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Dr. John Gerdes, Jr. 3-D Modeling Service Bureau

Integrated Information Technology

Hospitality, Retail & Sport Management, College of

Dr. Mark Garrett Cooper

A Small-Gauge High-Resolution Film Scanner for Moving Image Research Collections

English Arts and Sciences, College of

Dr. Prasun Kanti Majumdar

In-Situ Thermal Imaging of Manufacturing of Heterogeneous Materials and Their Multi-Physical Response

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Professor Thomas Michael Makris

Acquisition of Applied Photophysics Stopped Flow Spectrometer

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Robert L Price and Jay Potts

Acquisition of a LI-COR Odyssey CLx Infrared Imaging System for the USC Instrumentation Resource Facility

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

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2014 ASIRE Recipients 2014: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Nathaniel Bell Geographic Disparities in Access to Post-acute Health Care Services After Injury

Nursing College of Nursing

Ryan Carlson Assessing Relationship Violence Across a Continuum: A Scale Development Project

Department of Educational Studies

College of Education

Saurabh Chatterjee

Epigenetic Signaling of the Transient Receptor Potential Channel (TRPV4) in Environment-linked Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Environmental Health Sciences

Arnold School of Public Health

Hexin Chen HER2 Increases the Cancer Stem Cell Population Through Regulation of microRNAs

Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Scott Decker A Novel Approach to Improving Identification of Children with Math Learning Disabilities

Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

April DeLaurier

Understanding the Role of Histone deacetylase-4 (Hdac4) in Zebrafish Craniofacial Development

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Jan Eberth Deficiencies and Determinants of Patient Knowledge about Adjuvant Breast Radiation Therapy

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

Raja Fayad Exercise and Adiponectin: Role in Chronic Inflammation-induced Colon Cancer

Exercise Science

Arnold School of Public Health

Kirk Foster

Using Social Media to Assess Social Capital, Neighborhood Attachment and Collective Action: Citizens in Their Own Voices

College of Social Work

College of Social Work

Gregorio Gomez

Allergic Desensitization by Alterations in Adenosine Receptor Expression Following Suboptimal Stimulation of Immunoglobulin E Receptor

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

School of Medicine

Jessica J. Green

Individual Differences in Reading and Attention Skills Psychology College of Arts and

Sciences

Charles Hancock

Developing a Phaseolus acutifolius Mutagenesis Resource for Discovery of Drought-related Genes

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Aidyn Iachini

Repeating Ninth Grade: Understanding Students' Academic Risk Trajectories & Exploring Early Intervention Program Effectiveness

College of Social Work

College of Social Work

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Rhonda Johnson

Frequency and Attributions of Discrimination Experiences among Lower- and Middle-income African Americans

Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

Andrew Kaczynski

Evaluation of an Inter-agency Collaboration to Promote Park Visitation and Physical Activity Among Youth in Greenville County, SC

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Arnold School of Public Health

Michele Kelly Dissecting the Molecular and Anatomical Pathways of Recent Versus Remote Long-term Memory

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

School of Medicine

Nicole Kivita

Social and Organizational Mechanisms for Promoting Youth Physical Activity Among Youth with Developmental Disabilities

Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

Chen Li Ultrafast and Sensitive Gas Nanosensors Based on Graphene Nanoribbons

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Jingjing Liu STARS: Supporting Task Accomplishment Retrieval Systems

School of Library & Information Sciences

College of Mass Communications & Information Studies

Fabio Matta Feasibility of Engineering Earth Masonry for Sustainable Seismic-Resistant Dwelling Structures

Civil & Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Elizabeth Murphy

Sex-specific Differences in Obesity-enhanced Colon Cancer

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

School of Medicine

Kasia Pawelek

Connecting Within- and Between-hosts Dynamics in the Influenza Infection-staged Epidemiological Models with Behavior Change and Antiviral Therapy

USC Beaufort USC Beaufort

Samuel Pierce

From the Church to the Street: The CEDA and Catholic Mobilization in the Spanish Republic, 1931-1936

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Zaina Qureshi Determining Patterns of Opioid Misuse and Misprescribing in South Carolina

Health Services Policy and Management

Arnold School of Public Health

Cory Robinson

The Involvement of Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells and Epigenetic Regulation of Interleukin-27 Production in Infant Immunity

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

School of Medicine

Ramzi Salloum

Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among College Students: Understanding Attitudes and Intentions Using a Discrete Choice Experiment

Health Services Policy and Management

Arnold School of Public Health

Natalia Shustova

Control of Active Layer Morphology in Organic Photovoltaics

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

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Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy

Refining and Pilot Testing Social Networks for Encouraging Healthy Behaviors: The Social Pounds Off Digitally (Social POD) Study

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Arnold School of Public Health

Paula Vasquez

Mathematical Modeling of Plant Responses to Multiple Stress Signals Mathematics College of Arts and

Sciences

Hui Wang Optically Tunable and Catalytically Active Porous Gold Nanoparticles

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Ginny Webb Characterizing the Effect Antiphagocytic Protein 1 has on Cryptococcus neoformans Infection

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Yanwen Wu Surface Plasmon-Mediated Coherent Coupling of Spatially Separated Semiconductor Quantum Systems

Physics & Astronomy

College of Arts and Sciences

Peisheng Xu Self-boosting Nanoparticle for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

SC College of Pharmacy

Bin Zhang Hierarchical Real-time Fault Contingency Management with Applications to Aircraft Systems

Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

2014: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track II Principal Investigator Title Department College

Guoqing Qian Novel PBI Nanocomposite Membranes for Hydrogen Separation and Purification

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Edith Williams Development of a South Carolina Lupus Registry

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

Xiaoming Yang

Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression by THC in Immune Cells

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

School of Medicine

2014: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Sue Heiney Patient Centered Treatment Adherence to Hormonal Therapy Nursing College of Nursing

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Joe Johnson

A Self-Correcting Algorithm and Metrics for Grading Both Short and Complex Responses Using an Internet-based Student Response System for Standard and Distributed Learning

Physics & Astronomy

College of Arts and Sciences

Xiao-Dong Zhou

Solid State Hybrid Electrolyte for Next Generation Lithium Battery Technology

Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

2014: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Amit Almor The Role of Spatial Representations in Establishing, Maintaining and Tracking Linguistic Reference

Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

Kenn Apel The Acquisition of Affix Awareness in First through Third Grade Students

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Arnold School of Public Health

Bo Cai Efficient Model Selection in High-Dimensional Data Analysis

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

Catherine Castner

Edition of Latin text of Biondo Flavio's On the Origin and Deeds of the Venetians

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Daniela Di Cecco

The Personal is Political: Women's Experience in the Writings of Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906-1996)

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Don Doyle Vive Lincoln! The World Responds to the Death of Abraham Lincoln History College of Arts

and Sciences

Lara Ducate

A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Candidates' Affect, Competencies and Appropriations of Teaching Languages with Technology

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Jeffry Dudycha Mutation-Selection Balance in the Evolution of Opsin Expression

Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Janet Fisher Regulation of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors by Auxiliary Subunits

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

School of Medicine

Chin-Tser Huang

Secure Smart Caching for Mobile Cloud Computing

Computer Science & Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Kevin Huang Proof-of-concept Demonstration of a Novel Capture and Conversion All-in-one CO2 Reactor

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

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Goutam Koley Synthesis and Characterization of MoS2 and MoS2/Graphene Heterojunction

Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Clifford Leaman

Compact Disc Recording of Saxophone and Percussion Music School of Music School of Music

Angela Liese

Provider Access, Glycemic Control and Metabolic Health in Youth with Diabetes: Does it Matter Where You Live?

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

Krishna Mandal

Silicon Carbide-based X-ray Detectors for High Resolution Digital Mammography

Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Lydia Matesic

Establishing a Novel Mouse Model to Dissect the Autoimmune to Lymphoproliferation to Lymphoma Sequence

Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Andrew Myers Norris Crossman: A Yankee Soldier in the South Carolina Upcountry USC Upstate USC Upstate

Georgi Petkov Human TRPM4 Channel and Overactive Bladder

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

SC College of Pharmacy

Alyssa Robillard

Developing a Story-telling HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Women Using A Community-Based Approach

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Arnold School of Public Health

David Rocheleau

3D Printing of Tracheobronchial Stents

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Patrick Scott The Collected Writings of Gavin Turnbull (1765-1816): An Open-Access Edition

English College of Arts and Sciences

Vicki Vance Validation of Mammalian Tumor Suppressor MicroRNAs Produced in Bioengineered Plants

Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Michael Wyatt Mitochondrial Gene Editing to Study Mitochondrial Diseases

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

SC College of Pharmacy

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2014: ASPIRE II – Integration

Title Investigative Team

Structural Genomics of Agricultural Pest Tetranychus urticae

Principal Investigator: Maksymilian Chruszcz, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences Collaborators:

• John Dawson, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

• Gregorio Gomez, Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

• Lukasz Lebioda, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

• Michael Anthony Matthews, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing

Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and the Orexin System: Long-term Vulnerability to Stimulant Drugs

Principal Investigator: Steven Harrod, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences Collaborators:

• Jim Fadel, Dept. of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, School of Medicine

• Jun Zhu, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, SC College of Pharmacy

Cancer Initiating Cell Mechanotransduction in a Model Hydrogel Culture System

Principal Investigator: Esmail Jabbari, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing Collaborators:

• Mythreye Karthikeyan, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts & Sciences

• Michael Shtutman, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, SC College of Pharmacy

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Identifying Patient-specific Risk Factors for Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke Using a Multidisciplinary Approach

Principal Investigator: Susan Lessner, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, School of Medicine Collaborators:

• Daping Fan, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, School of Medicine • Tarek Shazly, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of

Engineering & Computing • Michael Sutton, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of

Engineering & Computing • William Fry, Surgery, School of Medicine • Christopher Carsten, Greenville Hospital System and School of

Medicine-Greenville

A Multi-Disciplinary Data Sharing Center Prototype Using A New Numeric-Metadata (NM) Standard for Big Data

Principal Investigator: Joseph Johnson, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences Collaborators:

• Bill Hogue, Vice President of Information Technology, University Technology Services

• Robert Mullen, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing

• Paul Huray, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing

• Don Jordan, Mathematics & Center for Science Education, College of Arts & Sciences

• Camelia Knapp, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

• Tammi Richardson, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

• Dwayne Porter, Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

• Phil Moore, Office of Information Technology

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Risk of Food Allergy Following Antibiotic Exposure in Young Children

Principal Investigator: Bryan Love, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, SC College of Pharmacy Collaborators:

• Joshua Mann, Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine

• James Hardin, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health

• David Amrol, Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine • Christina Cox, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences,

School of Medicine • Kevin Lu, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, School of

Medicine

Genomic Analysis of Smooth Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration, Biomass Production, and Agronomic Applications

Principal Investigator:James Morris, Baruch Institute, College of Arts & Sciences Collaborators:

• Erin Connolly, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

• Camelia Knapp, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

• Dr. Jochen Lauterbach, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing

From Genome to Novel Materials: Developing the Beta Keratin Monomer as a Nanofiber for Fabrication of New Products with New Properties

Principal Investigator: Roger Sawyer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences Collaborators:

• Matthew Greenwold, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

• Bert Ely, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences • Mihaly Czako, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts &

Sciences • Lazslo Martόn, Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Arts &

Sciences • Esmaiel Jabbari, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, College of

Engineering & Computing • Qi Wang, Dept. of Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences

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Uncertainty Quantification Driven Multi-scale Model Development for Aflatoxin Prediction

Principal Investigator: Gabriel Terejanu, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing Collaborators:

• Sourav Banerjee, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing

• Anindya Chanda, Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health

Single Cell Analysis Technology Based on Nano/Microfluidics and Far Field Nanoscopy for Cancer Research

Principal Investigator: Guiren Wang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing Collaborators:

• Kim Creek, Dept. of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, SC College of Pharmacy

• Lucia Pirisi-Creek, Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Medicine

• Daping Fan, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, School of Medicine

Women's Well-Being Initiative's Arts-Based Community Interventions for At-risk Youth

Principal Investigator: Lynn Weber, Dept. of Women's Studies, College of Arts & Sciences Collaborators:

• Dana DeHart, College of Social Work • DeAnne Messias, College of Nursing • Olga Ivashkevich, Dept. of Art, College of Arts & Sciences

Promoting Engaged Parents in Special Education (Project PEPSE)

Principal Investigator: Mitchell Yell, Dept. of Educational Studies, College of Education Collaborators:

• Mark Weist, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences • Robert Hock, College of Social Work • Scott Decker, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences • Ryan Carlson, Dept. of Educational Studies, College of Education • Christine Christle, Dept. of Educational Studies, College of

Education

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2014: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Maksymilian Chruszcz

Access to the 3rd Generation Synchrotron X-ray Source Through SER-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Heather Heckman

Hi-Resolution, 35mm Film Scanner to Support Research

University Libraries

University Libraries

Jason O'Kane A Platform for Basic and Applied Research in Personal Robotics

Computer Science & Engineering

College of Engineering & Computing

Natalia Shustova

Acquisition of Steady State Fluorimeter Equipped with an Integrating Sphere

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Laura Swain

The Advancement of Neuroscience Research Involving Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Investigate Cognition and Brain Function Using Electroencephalogram (EEG) at University of South Carolina Aiken

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Hans-Conrad zur Loye

Purchase of a Bruker D8 Quest Single Crystal Diffractometer for the Multi-User Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Facility

Chemistry & Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

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2015 ASIRE Recipients 2015: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Christina Andrews Assessing the Impact of State Medicaid Policy on Access to Buprenorphine among Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorders in the United States

Social Work College of Social Work

Sourav Banerjee Is it Possible to Quantify the Growth of Entropy due to Material Damage?

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Jenay Beer A Robot Teaching Assistant for Rural Minority South Carolina Students

Computer Science and Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Nansi Boghossian Impact of a lifestyle intervention among overweight/obese pregnant women on cardiometabolic biomarkers

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

Jeanne Britton Mapping Scotland: Cartography, Literature, and Environment in the Industrial Age

University Libraries University Libraries

Anindya Chanda Purification and Characterization of aflatoxin synthesis inhibitors from Penicillium virginium

Environmental Health Sciences

Arnold School of Public Health

Robin Estrada Experiences of rural southeastern Latino parents of children with asthma

Nursing College of Nursing

Daniel Fogerty Maximizing speech understanding in noise: Temporal processing of partial auditory information

Communication Science and Disorders

Arnold School of Public Health

Norma Frizzell Understanding the Mechanism of Action of Dimethylfumarate: Identification of Succinated Target Proteins

Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Medicine

Michael Gavin R Package for Humanities Text Analysis

English College of Arts and Sciences

Marco Geraci MIBO – Multiple Imputation for Bounded Variables Using Flexible Transformation Models

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Arnold School of Public Health

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April Hiscox Characterization of forest fire smoke plume dynamics with an eye-safe scanning lidar

Geography College of Arts and Sciences

Cassandra Jones Searching for the Lost Novel: The Parable of the Trickster

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Andrew Kaczynski ParkIndex: Development of a Prototype Tool for Advancing Parks and Public Health Research and Practice

Prevention Research Center

Arnold School of Public Health

Courtney Lewis The Business of Being Cherokee Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences

Eric Montie Using Long Term Acoustic Recorders to Understand Daily and Seasonal Patterns of Spawning in Sciaenids: Baseline Information Necessary to Understand the Impacts of Climate Change

USC Beaufort - Academic Affairs

USC Beaufort

Kelly Lynn Mulvey Challenging Exclusion: An Experimental Assessment of Children's Resistance to Social Exclusion Based on Language

Education Studies College of Education

Otis Owens Evaluation of an Avatar-Led Decision Aid to Promote Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African-American Males in Faith-Based Communities

Social Work College of Social Work

Dmitry Peryshkov The Role of Boron-Metal Bonds in Cooperative Activation of Small Molecules

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Sarah Rothenberg The Contribution of Gut Microbiota to Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure

Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities

Arnold School of Public Health

Minsub Shim Development of a novel, versatile mouse model of sporadic colorectal cancer

Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Jill Stewart Deficits in planning reach distance after stroke: motor capacity or learned non-use

Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health

Joshua Tarbutton 3D Printing-assisted Piezoelectric Device Manufacturing Technology for Lead-free Sensors, Actuators and Energy Harvesters

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Jill Turner (Ortinski)

Behavioral and Genomic Effects of Selective Hippocampal CREB Deletion During Nicotine Withdrawal

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

SC College of Pharmacy

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Zhu Wang Reduced Order Modeling of Complex Fluid Flows

Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute

College of Arts and Sciences

Colin Wilder Libri Legales (Books of Law): A Meta-Archive Connecting Law across Time and Space

University Libraries University Libraries

Sheryl Wiskur Exploring the Reactivity of Novel Silicon Lewis Acids

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

2015: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIA Principal Investigator Title Department College

Salai Ammal Multiscale modeling of non-noble metal catalysts for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass model molecules

Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

Xiao Androulakis

A Prospective fMRI Study on Resting-State Brain Activity in Healthy subjects and in Chronic Migraine patients Undergoing Long Term Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blockade

Neurology School of Medicine

Andrew Binks

Development of an Animal Model of Dyspnea

School of Medicine Greenville

School of Medicine Greenville

Melanie Gall Feasibility of Automated Hurricane Damage Detection using Object-Based Image Analysis

Geography College of Arts and Sciences

2015: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIA

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Alexander Chumanevich

Quinacrine: Repurposing for anti-colitis properties

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

SC College of Pharmacy

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Jennifer Flynn The development of a home-based intervention to promote outdoor time and physical activity among elementary school-age children

Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health

Kelly Gibson Ba/Ca in Planktonic Foraminifera as a Recorder of Freshwater Input to the Ocean: Proxy Refinement in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

Earth and Ocean Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Laura Hahn Specification of the Infant

Phenotype in Down

Syndrome

Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

Alison Hendricks

Influence of variable input on typical and disordered language acquisition

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Arnold School of Public Health

Seung Joon Lee

Shaping Subcellular Transcriptome through Alternative Splicing

Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Hongyu Li Tracing the Fate of Permafrost Soil Carbon from River to the Coastal Arctic Ocean

Earth and Ocean Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Courtney Monroe

Using Technology to Enhance Social Support for Weight Loss

Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health

Kathleen O'Connell

The Development of a Novel Diagnostic for Breast Cancer Based on a Synthetic Lectin Array

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Allison Randel Increasing Physical Activity for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health

Nirav Shah Identification of miRNA-489 novel targets in HER2 positive breast cancer

Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Amanda Sharko

Orexin-A as a modulator of individual differences in PTSD-like behavior

Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Medicine

Tarkeshwar Singh

The Interaction of Visual Attention and Handedness in Action Selection and Action Specification

Exercise Science Arnold School of Public Health

Cun Wen Fundamental Studies into the Role of Surface Crystallographic Faceting on CO2 Methanation on Cobalt Catalysts

Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

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2015: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Richard Adams

Ethane to Ethanol: New Bimetallic Catalysts Containing Gold for the Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

2015: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Wayne Carver

Role of myocyte-derived exosomes in regulation of myocardial fibrosis

Cell Biology and Anatomy

School of Medicine

Joanna Casey

Specialized Traders in Tigray, Ethiopia

Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences

Stephen Criswell

South Carolina Native American Folklife and Oral History Project: Expansion and Implementation

USC Lancaster USC Lancaster

Andrew Dyer Adaptive trans-generational plasticity in Cyperus esculentus

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Hunter Gardner

Transmitting Roman plague in the West

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Andrew Graciano

Art and Electricity: Identifying an Artist and Sitter in an Eighteenth-Century (Dutch) Portrait

Art College of Arts and Sciences

Xianzheng Huang

Consistent Model Diagnostics and Improved Wrong-Model Inference in GLM(M) Using Error-Prone Data

Statistics College of Arts and Sciences

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David Reisman

The mechanism of action of a novel p53-related long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in myeloid cell differentiation

Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Linda Shimizu Development of Templates for Enantioselective Photooxidations

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

David Tedeschi

Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Physics and Astronomy

College of Arts and Sciences

Shane Thye Status and the Development of Relational Cohesion

Sociology College of Arts and Sciences

Katrina Walsemann

Making visible that which is hidden: Examining the health status of undocumented immigrants

Health Promotion, Education and Behavior

Arnold School of Public Health

Cuizhen Wang

Remote Sensing of agricultural water budget with bioenergy land use in the Mississippi River Basin

Geography College of Arts and Sciences

Xingjian Xue Novel Concept towards Fabricating Nanostructured Cathodes for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Computing

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2015: ASPIRE II – Integration

Title Investigative Team

Handheld Art: Arader Collection, McKissick Museum, Florence County Museum of Art, The Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, & South Carolina State Museum

Principal Investigator: Karen Heid, Department of Art, College of Arts and Sciences Collaborators: • Lana Burgess, McKissick Museum • Christine Lotter, Instruction and Teacher Education • Elizabeth Suddeth, University Libraries

Establishing Screening Strategies for Prostate Cancer Patients

Principal Investigator: Zaina Qureshi, Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health Collaborators: • Lianming Wang, Statistics • James Hebert, Epidemiology and Biostatistics • Saundra Glover, Health Services Policy and Management • Mahmud Khan, Health Services Policy and Management • Bo Cai, Epidemiology and Biostatistics • Charles Bennett, Pharmacy • Robert Palmer, Internal Medicine

The Center for Biomaterials and Cardiovascular Repair

Principal Investigator: Francis Spinale, Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine Collaborators: • John Eberth, Cell Biology and Anatomy • Andrew Greytak, Chemistry and Biochemistry • Tarek Shazly, Mechanical Engineering • Mark Uline, Chemical Engineering

QuitConnect: Developing and Evaluating Inter-disciplinary Smoking Cessation and Smoking Relapse Interventions using an Online Community of Smokers

Principal Investigator: Scott Strayer, Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine Collaborators: • James Thrasher, Health Promotion, Education and Behavior • Homayoun Valafar, Computer Science and Engineering

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Advanced Membranes for Solar-Hydrogen Production in a Hybrid Sulfur Electrolyzer

Principal Investigator: John Weidner, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing Collaborators: • Harry Ploehn, Chemical Engineering • Brian Benicewicz, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Development of New Hexaferrite Related Multiferroics

Principal Investigator: Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences Collaborators: • Harry Ploehn, Chemical Engineering • MVS Chandrashekhar, Electrical Engineering

2015: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Suzanne Adlof

m_Eye Lab: Mobile Eyetracking Lab for Research with Special Populations

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Arnold School of Public Health

April DeLaurier

Request for funds for a fluorescent confocal laser scanning microscope to advance research activities at USC Aiken

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Michael Gower

Proposal for an In Vivo Animal Imager

Chemical Engineering College of Engineering and Computing

Sarah Harmon

Purchase of a CFX96 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection System

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Boris Kantor Integrating RNAi-technology in the Viral Vector Core

Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Medicine

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Daniel Reger Acquisition of Two Solid-State NMR Probes

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

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2016 ASIRE Recipients 2016: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Brandt, Lydia Mid-Century Architecture in America: Outside the Canon

Art Arts and Sciences, College of

Brian, Ali Project HOP: Health-enhancing Outcomes and Physical activity for individuals with visual impairments

Physical Education

Education, College of

Cozad, Melanie

Exploring the Use of Implicit and Explicit Methods to Elicit Individual Patient Preferences At Diagnosis to Inform Patient-Centered Care

Health Services Policy and Management

Public Health, Arnold School of

Cummings, Jason

The Black Middle Class Health Paradox and Racial Discrimination

Sociology Arts and Sciences, College of

D'Antonio, Edward

Development of Biologically-Active Enzyme Inhibitors of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Against Trypanosomatid Parasites

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort

Davis, Rachel Using tailored narratives to increase cross-racial empathy and reduce implicit racial bias: A preliminary study toward eliminating racial health disparities

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Drenowatz, Clemens

The Effects of Various Exercise Protocols on Energy Expenditure During and Following Exercise

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Eberth, John Development and Evaluation of an In Vitro Calcium Chloride Mouse Model of Aortic Aneurysm

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

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Farouk, Tanvir IN-SITU MODIFICATION OF LIQUID FUEL PROPERTIES FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION PROPERTIES IN PISTON ENGINE CONFIGURATIONS

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Gore, DeAnna The Motivations and Experiences of Childfree Black Women and Men

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Harrison, Conor

Power Play: Examining low carbon energy transitions in the Caribbean

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

Hattrick-Simpers, Jason

Using In situ Measurements of Atomistic Fluxes and Energetics to Control Texturing in Sputtered Co3O4 Thin Films

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Henderson-Platt, Andrea

An Exploratory Study of Historical Trauma among African Americans in South Carolina.

Sociology Arts and Sciences, College of

Hoque, Shamia

Integrated multi physics and statistical model of particle resuspension with application to environmental systems

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Kaczynski, Andrew

eCPAT: Advancement and feasibility testing of public park information and technology resources to support healthy communities

Prevention Research Center

Public Health, Arnold School of

Karami, Amir Medical Case Reports Analytics (MCRA) in Neurology

Library & Information Sciences, School of

Mass Communications & Information Studies, College of

Li, Zhenlong Developing a High Performance Query Analytical Platform to Support Large Scale Climate Data Analysis

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

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Lizarraga, Sofia

chromatin regulatory mechanisms underlying neuronal circuitry defects in autism spectrum disorders

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Murphy, Elizabeth

Maternal-Obesity-Induced Transgenerational Colorectal Cancer Risk

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Qiao, Shan Functional wellness among women living with HIV in South Carolina

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Ramstad, Kristina

Panmixia, promiscuity, and nest parasitism among wood storks (Mycteria americana)

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Roth, Benjamin

An alternative to the "iron fist"? Interrupting Central American emigration through violence prevention and community development

Social Work, College of

Social Work, College of

Speiser, Daniel

Neurobiology of a dispersed visual system: How do chitons (Mollusca; Polyplacophora) process the images gathered by their hundreds of eyes?

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Stolz, Nolan ASPIRE - Recording of an Original Composition for Orchestra

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Vannucci, Aaron

Development of a Photocatalytic System for the Renewable Production of Hydrogen Fuel

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Wang, Hui ASPIRE-I Track I: Plasmonic Hot Electron-Driven Photocatalysis: a Case Study of para-Nitrothiophenol Dimerization

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

White, Kellee Multimorbidity, Depressive Symptoms Trajectories, and Mortality among Middle-Aged and Older US Adults

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Wood, Susan The anti-inflammatory properties of neuropeptide Y

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Ziolkowski, Lori

Are Alaskan supraglacial microbes consuming fossil fuel derived carbon?

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

2016: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIA

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Alexeev, Oleg Fine tuning catalytic properties of supported metal sites on a single atom scale

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Banister, Carolyn

Germline Variants Associated with HPV Persistence and Cervical Cancer

Pharmacy - (Dean)

Pharmacy, SC College of

Chatzistamou, Ioulia

Assessment of the anticancer activity of a novel multi-chemokine antibody for breast cancer management.

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Elk, Ronit Culturally Tailored Conversations at EOL: What African American Patients Want Physicians to Know

Nursing Nursing, College of

Greenfield, Dianne

Using a novel molecular tool to rapidly detect, quantify, and predict harmful algal blooms associated with fish kills and public health concerns

Baruch Institute Arts and Sciences, College of

Sasmaz, Erdem

Instrumental Design of a High-throughput Gas Chromatography

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

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2016: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIB

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Bringue, Manuel

Calcareous dinoflagellates in the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela) and calibration of the oxygen isotope composition of Thoracosphaera heimii calcite for paleotemperature reconstructions

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Enos, Reilly The role of PKC-Theta in obesity-induced hepatic insulin resistance

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Ghate, Pankaj Regulation of neuronal morphology and development by RAB11FIP5 through mTOR signalling pathway

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Harrison, Sayward

First Line of Defense: An Evaluation of the Role of Primary Care in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in South Carolina

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Hogan-Brown, Abigail

Social anxiety in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

hong, jie Evaluating the efficiency, safety and environmental effects of polymer-coated nano-Fe3O4 bioaccumulation in South Carolinian clams

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Klusek, Jessica

Biomarkers Markers for Cognitive-Linguistic Impairments in Women with the FMR1 Premutation

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

Liu, Shou IL6 enhances immunogenicity of breast cancer cells via inducing NKG2D Ligand

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Londono, Berlin

Human - mosquito complement - like proteins cross talk in Flavivirus responses

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Markoutsa, Eleni

Dual targeted nanoparticles for delivering temozolomide across the blood–brain barrier for the treatment of glioma

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Ponton, Dominic

Uptake of isotopically-labelled three-layered Ag107@Au@Ag109 nanoparticles by the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and subsequent trophic transfer to the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Shi, Liang Identifying factors that modulate Cdk5-dependent axonal transport

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Singh, Priyanka

Defining Inhibin dependent paracrine mechanisms of tumor angiogenesis.

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Vaish, Vivek Role of Notch ligand, Jagged-2, in colorectal cancer chemoresistance

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Velazquez, Kandy

The Effects Of Ojeok-San On Neuro-Immune Interactions In Colon Cancer

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Zhao, Jia Modeling and Simulation of Multicellular Systems using Multiphase Complex Fluids Models

Mathematics Arts and Sciences, College of

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2016: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Miller, David Paragon English Arts and Sciences, College of

Baxter, Suzanne

Methodological research concerning accuracy of children's dietary recalls

Families in Society, Institute for

Social Work, College of

2016: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Angel, Mike Blue Light Emitting Diode Optically Encoded Source for Remote Raman Spectroscopy

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Coenen Snyder, Saskia

Aspire I Grant: "Diasporic Gems: Diamonds, Jews, and 19th Century Global Commerce"

History Arts and Sciences, College of

DeWitte, Sharon

Plague, Famine, and Bedlam: Health and Survival in the Context of Historic Mortality Crises

Anthropology Arts and Sciences, College of

Garashchuk, Sophya

First-principles simulations of the proton transport through atomically thin hexagonal boron nitrides

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Kelly, Kenneth Archaeological Perspectives on Plantation Slavery Before and During the Haitian Revolution

Anthropology Arts and Sciences, College of

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Kiaris, Hippokratis

Analysis of the unfolded protein response in Peromyscus maniculatus populations adapted in high and low altitudes.

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Krizek, Beth Genetic Engineering of Camelina sativa Biological Sciences Arts and Sciences, College of

Lavoie, Holly Validation of cumulus cell biomarkers reflecting oocyte quality and leading to live birth using IVF

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Mandal, Krishna

A New PbEuTe Semiconductor Detector for Nuclear Materials Accounting

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Matesic, Lydia Establishing an Intestinal Organoid Culture Model to Examine the Role of the Ubiquitin Ligase ITCH in the Homeostasis of the Intestinal Epithelium

Biological Sciences Arts and Sciences, College of

Myhrer, Fred Neutrino interactions with matter Physics & Astronomy

Arts and Sciences, College of

Outten, Franklin

Characterization of the SufR transcription factor regulating iron cofactor biogenesis in pathogenic Mycobacteria

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Simpson, Brent

How Inequality Shapes Perceptions of Merit and Mobility

Sociology Arts and Sciences, College of

Snow, Rachel Kodak Culture: Education, Marketing, and Brand Building for Photography's Global Market (Writing Chapter Two and Researching Chapter Five)

USC Upstate USC Upstate

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Spruill, Marjorie

Phase 2: Remembering International Women's Year 1977: An Oral History Preservation Project

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Wade-Woolley, Lesly

How Children Spell Vowels in Long Words

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

2016: ASPIRE II – Integration

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Boyd, Kate

Herrick Brown, Biological Sciences

Lana Burgess, McKissick Museum

Nathan Saunders, University Libraries

John Knox, History

Historic Southern Naturalists: Bringing USC's History and Natural History Together Online

University Libraries

University Libraries

Burgin, Watson Ashley Knox,

University Libraries Christopher Judge,

USC Lancaster

Native American SC Digital Archive USC Lancaster USC Lancaster

Hashemi, Parastoo Alyssa Robillard,

Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

Rose Booze, Psychology

Unraveling the Fundamental Neurological Mechanisms Underlying Neurodegeneration Induced Depression During HIV

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Huang, Chin-Tser Seung Jang, School of

Mass Communications and Journalism

Jijun Tang, Computer Science and Engineering

Web Archaeology: Uncovering Hidden History on the Internet

Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Huang, Xinyu Susan Richardson,

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Yeomin Yoon, Civil Engineering

Decentralized Desalination and Water Treatment with Direct Solar Membrane Distillation

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Lavigne, John Susan Steck,

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

John Rose, Computer Science and Engineering

Synthetic lectin sensor arrays to assess prostate cancer associated glycosylation patterns: towards screening, staging and prognosis

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Patel, Rekha Norma Frizzell,

Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience

Jeff Dudycha, Biological Sciences

Influence of mitochondrial ND5 sequence on average lifespan of Daphnia pulex.

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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2016: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Chruszcz, Maksymilian

Access to the 3rd generation synchrotron X-ray source through SER-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source - Renewal

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Potts, Jay Enhancement of Imaging Capabilities in the USC Instrumentation Resource Facility

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Price, Robert Acquisition of a JEOL Neoscope Scanning Electron Microscope for the USC Instrumentation Resource Facility

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Richardson, Susan

Acquisition of Purge-and-Trap-Gas Chromatograph-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer System

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Viparelli, Enrica

A rotating annular flume to perform interdisciplinary research on transport, erosion and resuspension of fine sediment, natural tracers and contaminants

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Ziolkowski, Lori

Acquisition of Equipment Required for Preparing Compound Specific Radiocarbon Samples

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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2017 ASIRE Recipients 2017: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Behroozmand, Roozbeh

Understanding the Effects of Neuro-stimulation on Speech and Hand Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

Chandrashekhar, MVS ASPIRE 1: High responsivity solar blind ultraviolet detectors for civilian and military applications using Ultra Wide Bandgap AlGaN materials

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Chojnowski, Jena The effects of the addition of a PAX6 BAC reporter transgene on limbal stem cell characteristics

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort

DebRoy, Swati Mathematical Model for Predicting Childhood Obesity Trends in a School

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort

Fu, Zhengqing Screens for non-degradable active salicylic acid analogs to control citrus greening disease

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Ho, Yen-Yi Integrating Somatic Mutation and Gene Expression Data to Identify Active Driver Pathways Associated with Cancer Survival

Statistics Arts and Sciences, College of

Klusek, Jessica A longitudinal study of maternal mental health outcomes in fragile X syndrome: Biological sensitivity to context and the potential buffering effect of vagal tone

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Li, Zhenlong Enhancing Situational Awareness by Mining Big Social Media Data in Near-real Time for Disaster Management: A CyberGIS Approach

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

Makris, Thomas Dioxygen-Dependent Mechanisms for Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Maskiell, Nicole "Mistress both of Matter and Form": Slavery and Gender in the Colonial Northeast

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Monroe, Courtney Evaluating Columbia Moves: A Social Network Approach Using a Team Competition and Technology to Increase Physical Activity

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Pariyadath, Renu Narrating Disaster: Activist Use of the Right to Information Act to Re-tell the Story of Bhopal

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Poulain, Fabienne ChIA-PET identification of transcriptional enhancers for the study of topographic maps in the visual system.

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Roberts, Kenneth Anaerobic and Oxygen-Dependent Studies of the Mechanism of the 2,4'-Dihydroxyacetophenone Dioxygenase Reaction

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Sarzynski, Mark The Effect of Exercise Training on MicroRNAs Bound to High-Density Lipoproteins

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Vejerano, Eric Warren A Novel Particle for Capturing and Inactivating the Influenza Virus

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Werfel, Krystal Fatigue in Children with Hearing Loss: The Roles of Language Comprehension and Listening Environment

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Public Health, Arnold School of

Xiao, Feifei Powerful Detection of Genome Structural Change and Its Effect on Cutaneous Melanoma

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Zhang, Bin A Deep Learning-based Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis for Health Management

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

2017: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIA

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Kloot, Robin Effects of Agricultural Land Management Practices on the Soil Microbiome and their Relationship to Crop Health and Yield

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Mitchell, Monique Enfranchising Children's Grief in Foster Care: Exploring and Explaining the Impact of an Innovative Intervention (E3GFC)

Social Work, College of

Social Work, College of

Samadi, Seyedehzahra

APROPOS: Advancing flash floods PRedictiOn in POorly gauged and ungauged catchments using bayeSian algorithm

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Wen, Cun Spectroscopic and Kinetic Studies of Single-site Cobalt Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

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2017: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIB

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Bam, Marpe Regulation of immune response in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by epigenetic mechanisms.

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Chang, Ming A pathogen type III effector targets a key protein complex in plant immunity to cause disease

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Chen, Jian Unravel the function of NPR1 interacting La-related proteins in plant defense response

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Choi, Seul Ki Health information seeking behaviors among caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Are caregivers taking care of their own health?

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

DeMello, Molly Identifying Ways to Reduce Sedentary Behavior through Wearable Technology Among Breast Cancer Patients

Nursing Nursing, College of

Floyd, Sarah Measuring Patients' Willingness-to-Pay for Normal Knee Function

Health Services Policy and Management

Public Health, Arnold School of

Gao, Peng Basins-Level Heavy Rainfall and Flood Analyses

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

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Kingston, Alexandra

Co-evolution of complex traits associated with a key innovation: Weaponry, armor, vision, and predator avoidance in the snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Li, Ning Processing Satellite Images for Measuring Ground Displacements

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

McDermott, Martina The role of STAT1/STAT3 in the therapeutic response of HER2 positive breast cancer to dual CDK8/HER2 inhibition

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Ontiveros, Jorge Assessing high frequency fluctuations in the eastern tropical north Pacific oxygen minimum zone during the past two millennia

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Saylor, Rachel A Combined Voltammetric and Microscopic Investigation of Serotonin Neurochemistry

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Shi, Dexin A Comparison of Modern Missing Data Techniques in Item Response Modeling

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

Sweeney, Allison Developing Brief Motivational Interventions to Enhance Engagement in Physical Activity Among Inactive African Americans

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

Verreet, Tine In vivo role of Mitofusin-2 mutations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy-dependent optic atrophy

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Zhang, Yao An Evaluation of Health Literacy in Mental Health among Youth involved in the South Carolina Juvenile Justice System

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

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2017: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Smith, Deanna Examining the role of the Lissencephaly protein, Lis1, in dynein-dependent transport

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Wethey, David Changes in Competitive Interactions Driven by Climate Change

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

2017: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Bizimis, Michael High precision Iron - isotope ratio analytical capabilities on geological samples at the University of South Carolina.

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Chen, Hexin Development of miR-489 as a novel therapeutic target in breast cancer

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Geraci, Marco BiPe Charts - Bivartiate percentiles for anthropometric charts in preterm infants

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Hilbish, Thomas Evolutionary Genomics of Adaptation to Climate Change

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Leier, Andrew Did an ancient transcontinental river flow across northern North America?

Earth and Ocean Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Liu, Jihong Evaluating South Carolina Birth Outcome Initiative's Impact on Reducing Early Term Elective Inductions and Saving Health Care Costs

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Mandal, Krishna Ultra-Fast Bright Scintillator for High Resolution Wearable Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for Brain Imaging

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

McInnes, Campbell

Exploring the KRAS- AGO2 interface as a potential drug target in mutant RAS driven cancers.

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Nagel, Caroline Mapping the Social Geography of Jim Crow-Era Columbia: An Historical GIS Project

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

Pittman, Douglas Deciphering the Architecture of the RAD51D Protein Complex

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Ritchie, Kimberly Beneficial Bacterial Associates of the Great White Shark, Carcharadon carcharias

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort

Tarr, Simon VRchive: Prototyping Virtual and Augmented-Reality Integration for Media Archives

Art Arts and Sciences, College of

Waldman, Alan The Influence of Progerin on the Integrity of DNA Repair

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Wiskur, Sheryl Synthesis and Initial Testing of Triphenylsilyl Reagents for Trifluoromethylation

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

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Yu, Lingyu Virtual Inspection of Inaccessible Areas through Piezo-AirCoupled Sensing and Wavenumber Analysis

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Zhu, Jun The role of microRNA221 in vulnerability to nicotine dependence

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

2017: ASPIRE II – Integration

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Britton, Jeanne

• Michael Gavin, English • Andrew Graciano, Art

The Digital Piranesi

University Libraries

University Libraries

Decker, Scott • Suzanne Adlof, Communication Sciences

and Disorders • Kenn Apel, Communication Sciences and

Disorders • Stacy-Ann January, Psychology • Mitchell Yell, Educational Studies

Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Improving Dyslexia Identification and Reading Outcomes in South Carolina Schools: Development and validation of the Carolina Automated Reading Assessment

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

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Fairchild, Amanda • Christopher Church, Children’s Law Center • Tia Anderson, Criminology and Criminal

Justice • Joshua Gupta-Kagan, School of Law

Investigating the impact of juvenile court intake structures on decision-making outcomes and inequities in juvenile justice: An interdisciplinary collaboration to promote the integration of empirical inquiry into policy analysis and reform

Psychology Arts and Sciences, College of

Frongillo, Edward • Angela Liese, Epidemiology and

Biostatistics • Anwar Merchant, Epidemiology and

Biostatistics • Christine Blake, Health Promotion,

Education & Behavior • Heather Brandt, Health Promotion,

Education & Behavior • Courtney Monroe, Health Promotion,

Education & Behavior • James Thrasher, Health Promotion,

Education & Behavior • Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Health

Promotion, Education & Behavior • Debra Krotish, Internal Medicine • David Simmons, Anthropology • Bethany Bell, Social Work • Seung Jang, Journalism and Mass

Communications • Donaldson Conserve, Arnold School of

Public Health • Julia Lopez-Robertson, Instruction and

Teacher Education

• Ronit Elk, Nursing

Positioning USC for Global Prominence in Research on Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Khan, Asif • Morgan Stefik, Chemistry and Biochemistry • MVS Chandrashekhar, Electrical

Engineering

Next Generation High-Voltage and High-Temperature Power Electronics using AlGaN and ALD Insulator Layers

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Montie, Eric • Matthew Kimball, Baruch Institute • Yiming Ji, USC Beaufort

Building a USC Interdisciplinary Team to Study the Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise on the Behavior of Marine Organisms

USC Beaufort - Academic Affairs

USC Beaufort

Moore, Spencer

• Alexander McLain, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Rekha Patel, Biological Sciences • Jason Stewart, Biological Sciences • Sue Heiney, Nursing

• Monique Lyle, Institute for Public Service

and Policy Research

Chronic social stress and accelerated aging among South Carolina women: Investigating the social, behavioral, and biological influences on aging processes

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Wang, Qian • Guiren Wang, Mechanical Engineering • Thomas Makris, Chemistry and

Biochemistry

Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI) for Multi-Enzyme Assemblies for Efficient Catalysis

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

2017: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Greytak, Andrew

Acquisition of isothermal titration calorimeter for Biochemistry and Nanoscience research development

Chemistry & Biochemistry Arts and Sciences, College of

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Leverette, Chad Acquisition of a Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (LC/MS) for Materials Science and Biochemical Applications

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Mathew, Sajish Acquisition of nanoliter dispensing robot for protein crystallography

Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences

Pharmacy, SC College of

Price, Robert Acquisition of Logos X-

ClarityTM Tissue

Clearing System and

Confocal

Microscopy Objective for

the USC Instrumentation

Resource Facility

Cell Biology & Anatomy Medicine, School of

Sudduth, Elizabeth

SMART Overhead Book Scanner

University Libraries University Libraries

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2018 ASIRE Recipients 2018: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track I Principal Investigator Title Department College

Augustine, Jennifer

Improving Children's Skill Development and Reducing Inequality: Is Promoting Higher Education for Lower Educated Mothers the Answer?

Sociology Arts and Sciences, College of

Eberth, John Preconditioning of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Egbue, Ona Energy Management Strategy for Microgrids Considering Plug-In Electric Vehicles

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Ehlers, Diane The effects of aerobic exercise on executive function in breast cancer survivors: A pilot randomized trial

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Gay, Gregory Investigating the Relationship between Real and Synthetic Software Faults

Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Gregory, Karl A nonparametric bifurcation point estimator for bifurcated response data

Statistics Arts and Sciences, College of

Greytak, Andrew

Aspire: Patterned photochemical doping of semiconductor nanowires

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Karami, Amir Knowledge Discovery in Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Experiences

Library & Information Sciences, School of

Information and Communications, College of

Koh, Ho-Jin The Role of Tribbles 3 on Exercise Training-induced Beige Fat Formation

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

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Kubinak, Jason How Primary Antibody Deficiency Drives Chronic Inflammation: Disease Risks and Potential Therapeutic Opportunities

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

Lane-Cordova, Abbi

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and placental health

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Lee, Dongkyu Factors Governing Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Epitaxial Layered Oxide Thin Films for Oxygen Electrocatalysis

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Luo, Lannan Vulnerability Discovery and Test Input Generation for Android System Services

Computer Science & Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Mann, Emily Navigating Conflicting Narratives of Risk: Exploring the Experiences of Women of Advanced Maternal Age

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Paul, Titan Nanoparticles Size Effect on Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids Based Nanofluids

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Pellegrini, Christine

Promoting Physical Activity via Physical Therapist Following Knee Replacement

Exercise Science Public Health, Arnold School of

Poulain, Fabienne

Generation of topographic transgenic lines for the study of retinotopy in the visual system.

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Qian, Yu Railroad 4.0: intelligent Risk Assessment and Prediction System (i-RAPS)

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Sasanakul, Inthuorn

Centrifuge modeling of unsaturated soil slope under cyclic transient flow

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

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Sasmaz, Erdem

Design and Implementation of flame spray pyrolysis for nanomaterial synthesis

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Sockalingam, Subramani

Dynamic Impact Mechanics of Novel Non-conventional Fiber-reinforced Composite Laminates

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Welton, Sheldon

The States that Opted Out: Contextualizing Energy Governance in the Southeast

Law, School of Law, School of

Wise, Julie Lyric Form and Temporality in Michael Field's Underneath the Bough

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Zhang, Xiaomei

PeerCould: Enhancing Mobile Edge/Cloud Computing with Device-to-Device Offloading

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort

2018: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIA

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Harrington, Shana

Early Rehabilitation Program within a Regional Health System for Women with Breast Cancer to Improve Upper Extremity Strength, Arm Volume, Upper Extremity Function, and Pain: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial

Exercise Science

Public Health, Arnold School of

Kar, Amar Identifying the molecular mechanisms regulating axon dieback in Parkinsons disease.

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Lackstrom, Kirsten

Drought Planning in the Southeast United States: Constraints and Opportunities for Intra- and Interstate Coordination

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

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Raynor, Phyllis P.A.R.E.N.T.S.S. Project - Parents Adopting Recovery-management through Enhanced New Technology for Self-care and Support (for Parenting)

Nursing Nursing, College of

Tasseva-Kurktchieva, Mila

The shape of the bilingual mental lexicon: Testing the diversity of cognates

Linguistics Program

Arts and Sciences, College of

Wirth, Michael Qualitative Exploration of Future and Current Nurses Perceptions and Experiences on the Transition into the Nursing Workforce

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

2018: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IIB

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Chakrabarti, Mrinmay

Role of TGFbeta ligands in cardiac fibrosis Medicine, School of - (Dean)

Medicine, School of

Chen, Huan A Cooperation of Essential Activators of Salicylic Acid Signaling NPR1 and EDS1 in Plant Immunity

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

Davis, Catherine Tracking Deglacial Changes in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone

Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Deming, Michelle

Health Care Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Delivery of Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for the Prevention of HIV after Sexual Assault

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Ingram, Ladrea A life course approach to examining the intersections of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), race/ethnicity and intergenerational trauma in young African American women living with HIV

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Tavakoli Mehrabadi, Bahareh Alsadat

Preparation and evaluation of PT-Ru/CNTs catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Tengco, John Meynard

Well-dispersed Pt-based supported metal catalysts with alloy nanoparticles using electrostatic adsorption and electroless co-deposition synthesis methods

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Wang, Jingjing Investigation of size-dependent toxicity, uptake, and stability of platinum nanoparticles in Daphnia magna

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

Weaver, Cory Generating new zebrafish mutant lines to study PACT functions in neurodevelopment

Biological Sciences

Arts and Sciences, College of

2018: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track III

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Matta, Fabio Cement Composites with Advanced Graphitic Nano-amendments for Nuclear Waste Storage

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Meade, Douglas

MYMA Calculus Mathematics Arts and Sciences, College of

2018: ASPIRE I – Innovation, Track IV

Principal Investigator Title Department College

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Chen, Fanglin ASPIRE-I Track IV: Novel Direct CO2 to Methanol Synthesis using an Integrated Hydrogen and Oxygen Pump

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Chen, Hexin Interleukin 1α promotes tumor progression via induction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells differentiation and inhibition of B lymphopoiesis

Biological Sciences Arts and Sciences, College of

Eberth, Jan Implementation of Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening: A Pilot Study

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Public Health, Arnold School of

Fadel, Jim Intranasal insulin administration increases hippocampal acetylcholine levels

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Goldsmith, Edie

Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) as a Novel Mediator of post-MI Remodeling

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Herzberg, Tina The Impact of Professional Development for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments to Support Them in Increasing Students’ Literacy Efficiency

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Hoover, Ann When Power is Precarious: Investigating Powerlessness as a Masculinity Threat

USC Upstate USC Upstate

Kuenzli, Elisabeth

Jockeying into Position: Race, Ethnicity, and the Rise of the Latino Jockey in the American South

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Mandal, Krishna

Bandgap engineered innovative contacts on pixilated CdZnTe gamma-ray detectors for nuclear waste characterization

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

Murphy, Elizabeth

Targeting Macrophages to Increase Efficacy of 5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medicine, School of

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Osokina, Elena AMTORG – An Agent of Soviet Influence in America, 1920s-1930s

History Arts and Sciences, College of

Patel, Rekha Investigate the involvement of eIF2alpha signaling pathway in the neuromuscular movement disorder dystonia 16.

Biological Sciences Arts and Sciences, College of

Pershin, Yuriy Hybrid Memcomputing: A Novel In-Memory Computing Approach

Physics & Astronomy

Arts and Sciences, College of

Robillard, Alyssa

HIV Stigma-Related Trauma in African-American HIV-Positive Women: A Mixed Method Approach to Measure Development

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Rudisill, Anne The Clinical and Economic Impact of a Lifestyle Medicine-Based Wellness Program to Treat Severe Obesity

Health Promotion, Education & Behavior

Public Health, Arnold School of

Scott, Patrick Investigating Robert Burns's First Book: Variants in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)

University Libraries University Libraries

Shervette, Virginia

Application of the Bomb Radiocarbon Chronometer for Validating Age Estimates of Queen Snapper, a Data-poor Caribbean Fisheries Species

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Simpson, Brent

How Discrimination Affects Effort and Performance

Sociology Arts and Sciences, College of

Sixta Rinehart, Christine

The Fiscal Costs of American Drone Warfare

USC Union USC Union

Steward, Rodney

An Illegal Violence: The Story of Confederate Sequestration

USC Salkehatchie USC Salkehatchie

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Wang, Cuizhen (Susan)

Rapid Flood Mapping by Enhancing Near Real-Time Satellite Imagery with Real-Time Gauge and Tweeter data

Geography Arts and Sciences, College of

Yang, Xiaofeng

Modeling, algorithm developments and simulations for two-phase ferrofluid flows

Mathematics Arts and Sciences, College of

Yoon, Yeomin Preliminary Evaluation of Graphene Oxide Coated Membrane Filtration for Water Treatment

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

zur Loye, Hans-Conrad

Top-Seeded Solution Crystal Growth Instrument for the Synthesis of Single Crystals of Novel Oxyfluoride Scintillator Materials

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

2018: ASPIRE II – Integration

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Chen, Donna

• John Monnier, Chemical

Engineering

• Natalia Shustova,

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Gas Phase Hydrogenation Reactions

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Donaldson, Bobby

• Ron Cox, USC Lancaster

• Graham Duncan, South

Caroliniana Library

Briggs v. Elliott Digital Archive History Arts and Sciences, College of

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Heckman, Heather

• Beth Bilderback, University

Libraries

• Fabio Matta, Civil and

Environmental Engineering

• Paul Ziehl, Civil and

Environmental Engineering

Alternative Vault Designs for Storage of Cellulose Nitrate Heritage Materials

University Libraries

University Libraries

Hughes, Ronda

• John Brooks, Health

Services Policy and

Management

• Neset Hikmet, IIT, College

of Engineering and

Computing

• Ben Schooley, IIT, College

of Engineering and

Computing

• Stacey Mumbower, Darla

Moore School of Business

An Integrated Approach to Reducing Post-Discharge Utilization

Nursing Nursing, College of

Norman, Robert

• Shamia Hoque, Civil and

Environmental Engineering

• Susan Richardson,

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Temporal Dynamics of Antibiotic and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria Emissions From Municipal Sewage

Environmental Health Sciences

Public Health, Arnold School of

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Ortinski, Pavel

• Jeff Twiss, Biological

Sciences

• Jill Turner, Drug Discovery

and Biomedical Sciences

• Marlene Wilson,

Pharmacology, Physiology,

and Neurology

Identifying molecular substrates of motivation in health and disease

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

2018: ASPIRE III – Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Title Department College

Chruszcz, Maksymilian

Access to the 3rd generation synchrotron X-ray source through SER-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source. Renewal of membership

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Arts and Sciences, College of

Ellison, Phyllis Wireless Physiological Sensors to Explore the Pathophysiology and the Effects of Innovative Treatments for Traumatic Stress, Head Injuries and Emotional Dysregulation in Military Veterans, Student Athletes and Adults with ADHD: Out of the Laboratory and into the Field

USC Aiken USC Aiken

Frizzell, Norma

Acquisition of State-of-the-Art Nanospray Ion Sources to Expand the Proteomics Capabilities of the USC Mass Spectrometry Core

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Medicine, School of

Monnier, John In situ high temperature and variable gas environment X-ray Diffractometer for study of effects of temperature and gas environment on stability of catalysts and other novel materials

Chemical Engineering

Engineering & Computing, College of

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Montie, Eric Building USCB Infrastructure for Marine Soundscape and Noise Pollution Research and Other Coastal Ecology and Conservation Programs

USC Beaufort - Academic Affairs

USC Beaufort

Price, Robert Acquisition of HyVolution Super Resolution Microscope Upgrade for the Instrumentation Resource Facility Leica SP8 Confocal Microscope

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Medicine, School of

Ritchie, Kimberly

Acquisition of a Real-Time PCR machine for Natural Sciences and Biomedical Research Development

USC Beaufort - General

USC Beaufort