Congratulations to the FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Competition semifinalist teams!

Four of these teams won awards as FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Fellows on February 4, 2013. The winning teams gave their final presentations on their projects on May 6, 2013.

The nine semifinalist teams include 44 students and faculty mentors from nine UMD colleges and schools:

Approach: Every Voice, Every Path

• Daniel Greene, Department of American Studies
• Jarah Moesch, Department of American Studies
• Paul Nezaum Saiedi, Department of American Studies
• Jessica Kenyatta Walker, Department of American Studies
• James B. Wills, Department of Computer Science
• Dr. Jason Farman, Department of American Studies (Faculty Mentor)

The Citizen Journalist’s Toolkit: A Friendly Guide for Making the Local, Global

• Jennifer Hottle, College of Journalism
• Kelsey Hughes, College of Journalism
• Claire Naylor, Information Systems
• Eliana Vornov, Computer Science and Linguistics
• Dr. Evan Golub, Department of Computer Science (Faculty Mentor)

Effective Sharing of Training Resources for Improved Global Food Safety

• Alexandra Anne-Marie Stephanos, College of Arts and Humanities
• Casey Wayne Patterson, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Sarah Marie Cauley, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Dr. Janie Dubois, Food Safety Training Laboratory, JIFSA, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Faculty Mentor)

Focused Mind, Focused Future

• Tetyana Lokot, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Rowena Briones, Department of Communication
• Michael Koliska, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Elia Powers, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Edd Tsao, College of Computer Sciences
• Dr. Ronald Yaros, Philip Merrill College of Journalism (Faculty Mentor)

Impact of Virtual Networks on the Success of Startups

• Robert Vesco, Robert H. Smith School of Business
• Nick Laurenzano, Computer Engineering and Mathematics
• Shweta Gaonkar, Robert H. Smith School of Business
• Dr. David Kirsch, Robert H. Smith School of Business (Faculty Mentor)

Improving Health Management and Accelerating Research with Personal Medical Device Data

• Michael Willems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Sergey Plisov, Department of Computer Sciences & Department of Management and Organization
• Zachary Rom, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Dr. James Green, Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, A. James Clark School of Engineering (Faculty Mentor)

Safe Space and Knowledge Discovery: Social Media in the National Park Service

• Claire Valdivia, College of Information
• Anthony Pellicone, College of Information
• Mandy Lowman, College of Education
• Zach Neigh, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
• Dr. Mega Subramaniam, College of Information (Faculty Mentor)

Using Virtual Research Environments to Enable Citizen Research and the Advancement of Cultural Heritage Data

• Michael Gubbels, College of Information
• Klive (Soo-Kwang) Oh, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Joshua Westgard, College of Information
• Dr. Erik Mitchell, College of Information (Faculty Mentor)

Wikid GRRLs – Teaching Girls Online Skills for Knowledge Creation

• Stine Eckert, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Joanna Margueritte-Giecewicz, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Kristen Sabatini, College of Education
• Angelisa Plane, Department of Computer Science
• Dr. Kalyani Chadha, Philip Merrill College of Journalism (Faculty Mentor)
• Dr. Linda Steiner, Philip Merrill College of Journalism (Faculty Mentor)