U of R researchers receive $3.4 million in federal funding
In addition to Dr. Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng’s $500,000 Discovery Grant, the following University of Regina researchers also received Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) funding as part of today’s federal announcement.
Discovery Grants:
Dr. Phillip Choi is the dean in the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science. He received a Discovery Grant worth $200,000 for his project Correlation between Polymer Dynamics and Free Volume Redistribution Dynamics.
Dr. Orland Hoeber is a professor in the computer science department. He received a $215,000 Discovery Grant for his project Enabling Cross-Session Exploratory Search within Academic Digital Libraries.
Dr. Mohammad Khondoker is an assistant professor in the industrial systems engineering program. He received a $182,500 Discovery Grant for his project Rapid Qualification Framework for Safety-Critical Complex Parts Manufactured by Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion.
Dr. Cameron Mang is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies. He received a Discovery Grant worth $267,500 for his project Investigating dopaminergic contributions to acute exercise effects on neuroplasticity in human primary motor cortex.
Dr. Wei Peng is an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science. He received a Discovery grant for $182,500 for his project Presentation and Optimization of a novel energy storage system with renewable energy resources considering environmental and economic nexus under uncertainty.
Dr. Samira Sadaoui-Mouhoub is a professor in the computer science department. She received a Discovery Grant worth $190,000 for her project Adaptive Feature Learning for Drifting and Dynamic Imbalanced Data Stream.
Dr. Yogesh Sharma is an assistant professor in the software systems engineering program. He received a Discovery Grant worth $155,000 for his project Contention-Aware Closed Control-loop Systems for Intent Assurance in Autonomous Cloud-based Telco-Networks.
Dr. Bruno Eleres Soares is an adjunct professor in the biology department. He received a $212,500 Discovery Grant for his project Natural and anthropogenic determinants of the structure of freshwater food webs.
Dr. Md Sami Uddin is an assistant professor in the computer science department. He received a $77,500 Discovery Grant for his project Supporting Users’ Expertise Development in Graphical Interfaces with Landmarks.
Dr. Jingtao Yao is a professor in the computer science department. He received a Discovery Grant for $240,000 for his project Data Analysis and Intelligent Decision Making.
Dr. Yiyu Yao is a professor in the computer science department. He received a Discovery Grant worth $270,000 for his project Theory and Applications of Three-way Decision for Intelligent Systems.
Discovery Development Grants
Dr. Allan East is a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry. He received a $60,000 Discovery Development Grant for his project Theoretical Studies of Ion Solvation and Mobility.
Dr. Allen Herman is a professor in the math and statistics department. His Discovery Development Grant is worth $60,000. His project is entitled, Integral and Rational Representation Theory of Association Schemes.
Dr. Mehran Mehrandezh is a professor in the industrial systems engineering program. He received a Discovery Development Grant worth $60,000 for his project Modernized Agriculture New Frontiers in Image-based Perception and Automation in Farming Machines.
Dr. Christopher Oriet is the associate dean of planning and programs in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. He received a $60,000 Discovery Development Grant for his project Within person variability and the representation of faces in memory.
Research Tools and Instruments Grant:
Dr. Tanya Dahms is the associate dean of research in the Faculty of Science. She received a Research Tools and Instruments Grant worth $150,000 for her project University of Regina Cellular Impacts Facility Microscopes and Cell Culture.
Subatomic Physics Discovery Grant
Dr. Gojko Vujanovic is a professor in the physics department. He received a $260,000 Discovery Grant for his project Theoretical systematic uncertainties' effects on constraining Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) properties.
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