Through collaborative research, faculty members across the consortium are creating rewarding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in exciting and innovative projects as well as with their colleagues from other 4-VA institutions. From mini grants to scale up projects, consortium faculty are sharing ideas, increasing cost efficiencies and bringing public attention and excitement to the research arena. Here’s what’s happening through 4-VA@Mason this year — College, Department, PI Name, Project Title, and (Partner Schools):
College of Science
Department of Environmental Science & Policy
Akerlof, Karen: Bridging Science and Policy in the States: A Study of Emerging Mechanisms to Train Scientists and Engineers (VT)
Jones, Chris: Using Taxonomic, Pigment and Molecular Analysis to Characterize Algal Blooms in the Shenandoah River (ODU)
Dept of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
David M. Straus: The Role of Diabatic Heating in Determining Atlantic Storm Paths (UVA)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Van Aken, Benoit: Protection of RNA by Association with Macromolecules: Implications for Wastewater Based Epidemiology (VT)
Yu, Yun: Nanoscale Visualization of Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction Activity at Cu Nanocatalysts (UVA)
Virginia Serious Game Institute
Enfield, Jacob: Murder Mystery to Promote Learning of Structured Query Language (VMI)
College of Engineering and Computing
Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering
Furst, Kirin Emlet: The role of the air-water interface in breakthrough of PFAS and phthalate esters during wastewater treatment (VT)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kang, Pilgyu: Machine learning assisted laser manufacturing of alloy nanoparticle graphene hybrid materials for high performance hydrogen sensing (UVA)
Department of Computer Science
Zhu, Ziwei: Towards Consolidated and Dynamic Debiasing for Online Search and Recommendation (VT)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
English Department
LaFrance, Michelle: The Virginia Community and Public Writing Collaborative (JMU, VCU, VT, UVA)
Heidi Y. Lawrence: A Rhetorical Approach to Challenges in Blood Donation (VT)
College of Education and Human Development
School of Kinesiology
Raffegeau, Tiphanie: Using Virtual Reality to Study Cognitive and Affective Risk Factors for Falls in Older Adults (ODU)