{"id":122331,"date":"2020-05-04T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=122331"},"modified":"2022-04-21T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:17:43","slug":"12-faculty-earn-crcw-seed-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=122331","title":{"rendered":"12 faculty earn CRCW Seed Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crcw-logo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crcw-logo-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for the Committee on Research and Creative Works seed grants\" class=\"wp-image-122332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crcw-logo-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crcw-logo.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twelve faculty received seed money for 11 unique projects in the 2020 Committee on Research and Creative Works grant awards. The investments are open to tenure and tenure-track faculty to promote research excellence, help young faculty members establish research programs and assistant faculty in becoming nationally competitive when seeking external funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Making Communities Safer Places to Grow Old<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/spa\/staff\/gia-barboza\">Gia Barboza<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/spa\/\">criminal justice<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/geography\/diep_dao\">Diep Dao<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/geography\/\">geography and environmental studies<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Metabolism, Body Composition, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Women <\/strong>&#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/johnsonbethel\/people\/card_nsgfaculty\/benton_melissa\">Melissa Benton<\/a>, professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/johnsonbethel\/nursing-programs\">nursing<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Creation and Investigation of Hybrid Reconfigurable Magnonic Crystals<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/physics\/faculty-staff\/dmytro_bozhko\">Dmytro Bozhko<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/physics\/\">physics<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Tree Talks: Populus tremuloides<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/vapa\/index\/visual_art\/faculty\/kinsley\">Benjamin Kinsley<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/vapa\/\">visual arts<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Flag and Boost Theories for Hot Spot Forecasting: A Replication of NIJ&#8217;s Real-Time Crime Forecasting Algorithm using Colorado Springs Crime Data<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/spa\/faculty-and-staff\/yongjei-lee\">Yongjei Lee<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/spa\/\">criminal justice<\/a><\/li><li><strong>National Study of Veteran Wellness Characteristics<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/coe\/people\/leadership-research-and-foundations\/phillip-morris\">Phillip Morris<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/coe\/departments\/leadership-research-and-foundations\">leadership, research and foundations<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Development of Algorithms and Computational Tools to Study the Spatial Organization of Bacteria Chromosomes and Genome Function Discovery<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/cs\/about\/faculty\/oluwatosin-oluwadare\">Oluwatosin Oluwadare<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/cs\/\">computer science<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Improving Measurement of Cannabis Use among Older Adults<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/psych\/rachel-e-thayer-phd\">Rachel Thayer<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/psych\/\">psychology<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Regression Principal Component Analysis: A Supervised Dimension Reduction Method <\/strong>&#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/mae.uccs.edu\/people\/xin-cindy-wang.php\">Xin Yee<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/mae.uccs.edu\/index.php\">mechanical and aerospace engineering<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Boundary-crossing Interactions and Virtual Knowledge Sharing in Multi-team Environment: An Exploratory Study<\/strong> &#8211; submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/comm\/research-faculty\/kay-yoon\">Kay Yoon<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/comm\/\">communication<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Do Developer Perceptions Have Borders? 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