2019 Faculty Initiative Fund Awardees

Tier I Proposal Awards:

  • Getu Hailu 鈥� Innovative Solutions for Sensible Thermal Storage Systems in Cold Climates - $76,000
  • Diane Hirshberg 鈥� The Role of Education in Supporting Self-Determined Sustainable Development in Alaska - $90,000
  • Nicole Misarti 鈥� Solving a growing problem in marine carbon stable isotope research - $75,000

Tier II Proposal Awards:

  • Matthew Wooller 鈥� Tracking the foot-steps of an ancient mammoth in Alaska: A project promoting inter-university state-of-the-art and innovative research - $30,000
  • Yin Zhang 鈥� Polymer-Alternating-Solvent Injection: A New Enhanced Oil Recovery Method for Alaska North Slope Heavy Oils - $29,969
  • Yongwon Kim 鈥� Significance of non-growing season CO2 emission in tundra and boreal forest soils of Alaska - $19,000
  • Sonia Nagorski 鈥� Novel investigation into the magnitude of plastic pollution in coastal southeast Alaska - $18,000
  • Hattie Harvey 鈥� Project SAID: Serving Alaska鈥檚 Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: An Inter-University and Community Collaboration - $29,000
  • Angela Bowers 鈥� Integrating Macro-algae Culture into Alaska Salmon Enhancement Aquaculture: A Resource for Teaching with Ecological and Economical Benefits for Alaska - $25,300
  • Jingqiu Mao 鈥� Rural Alaska Air Quality with Big Data Analysis - $30,000
  • Derek Sikes 鈥� Creation of a DNA Barcode Library for Alaska鈥檚 Freshwater Aquatic Arthropods to Facilitate Research and Education - $29,451

Tier III Proposal Awards:

  • William Howard 鈥� Development of Two Types of Platinum-Based Drugs for Destroying Human Leukemia Cells - $10,000 
  • Herminia Din 鈥� Our Plastic Ocean vs. Our Clean Ocean - $9,750
  • Kevin Berry 鈥� Risky Business: Implications of Decisions Under Uncertainty for Environmental Policy - $9,535
  • Scott Goddard 鈥� The mega-analysis of sequential experimental data in engineering research - $9,395
  • Han Donker 鈥� What are the Corporate Values of Alaska Native Businesses? - $9,400