2015 UGPN Collaboration Fund Recipients Announced
Six projects were selected to receive funding out of a total of 16 proposals. NC State faculty were well-represented on this fourth funding cycle with representation on 14 out of the 16 proposals.
The UGPN Fund is designed to support high quality research collaboration across the partner universities; North Carolina State University, University of São Paulo, and the University of Surrey.
The UGPN is pleased to announce awards for six successful bids to the fourth call for proposals. Congratulations to the following faculty for their successful proposals, which will support substantive engagement and lead to publication of joint papers, workshops or development of subsequent research bids.
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Collaborators |
Project Title |
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NC State: Prof. Yang Zhang USP: Prof. Maria de Fatima Andrade Surrey: Dr. Prashant Kumar |
Towards the Treatment of Aerosol Emissions from Biomass Burning in Chemical Transport Models |
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NC State: Assistant Prof. Erik E. Santiso USP: Fernando L. Barroso da Silva Surrey: Richard P. Sear |
Understanding CaPP Deposition Disease (Pseudogout); Molecular Modeling & Simulation |
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NC State: Prof. William F. Hunt III Surrey: Dr. Jonathan Chenoweth |
Green Infrastructure Research Development for Stormwater and Air Quality |
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NC State: John Mattingly Surrey: Paul Sellin |
Characterization of Organic Scintillator Response to Fast Neutrons for Detection and Identification of Special Nuclear Material |
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NC State: Slavko Komarnytsky USP: William T. Festuccia |
White-brown fat plasticity and metabolic inflammation in obesity and diabetes |
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NC State: Dr. Abdel-Fattah M. Seyam USP: Dr. Júlia Baruque Ramos |
Green Composites from Tururi Fiber and Soy-Based Resin and Their Potential Applications |