Seed Grant Semifinalists Announced 2013-2014

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

Four of these teams won awards as FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Fellows, and one team was named a FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Honoree on December 9, 2013. The five winning teams gave their final presentations on their projects on April 23, 2014.

The 10 semifinalist teams include 56 students and faculty mentors from 10 UMD colleges and schools:

BizWiz: A Business Discovery Tool

Gaurav Sharma, Master’s Program in Telecommunications, R.H. Smith School of Business / Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rob Wells, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Amy Wu, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Dr. Ron Yaros, Philip Merrill College of Journalism (Faculty Mentor)

“Born on the Curb”: An Application of Citizen History to Enhance Public Understanding of Entrepreneurial Finance

Paul “Nick” Laurenzano, Clark School of Engineering / College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Vishva Mehta, R.H. Smith School of Business / College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mary Nguyen, College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences / R.H. Smith School of Business
Robert Vesco, R.H. Smith School of Business
Dr. Brent Goldfarb, R.H. Smith School of Business (Faculty Mentor)
Dr. David Kirsch, R.H. Smith School of Business (Faculty Mentor)

Empower Ecuador – Assessing Water Needs for Social Justice

Jessica Belt, Civil Engineering Department, Clark School of Engineering
Stephanie Ingber, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Lorena Kowalewski, College of Behavior and Social Sciences
Julia Nagy, College of Behavior and Social Sciences
Ian Reichardt, Department of Communication; Colleges of Arts and Humanities / College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Dr. John Lea-Cox, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture / College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Faculty Mentor)
Bruk Belayneh, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture / College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Faculty Mentor)

First Aid Media Kit: Engaging Communities in Health Education

Derick Ansah, Clark School of Engineering
Fang Cao, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences
Michael Koliska, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Ashish Uppala, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences
Mohammad Zia, Individual Studies Program, Honors College
Dr. Dina Borzekowski, School of Public Health (Faculty Mentor)
Dr. Muhiuddin Haider, School of Public Health (Faculty Mentor)

Library Navigation Network

Aden Abiye, R.H. Smith School of Business
Berhan Minda, Department of Economics
Elfalem Alemu, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences
Yoseph Feseha, Clark School of Engineering
Dr. James Purtilo, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences(Faculty Mentor)

Locating People in the Past: Creating New Geographic and Historic Knowledge by Embedding the United States Census within Historic Maps

Clio Grillakis, School of Public Policy / College of Arts and Humanities / College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Beth Pruitt, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Benjamin A. Skolnik, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Marcella Stranieri, College of Arts and Humanities
Stefan Woehlke, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dr. Mark P. Leone, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Faculty Mentor)

Re-imaging and Re-imagining Choreometrics

Christina Banalopoulou, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Andrew Barker, College of Information
Sargoon Nepaul, Department of Biology, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences
Emma Sessions, School of Public Health
Kate Spanos, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Dr. Karen K. Bradley, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies(Faculty Mentor)

Report-IT

Douglas Brian Weiss, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Mateus Santos, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Deanna Devlin, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Teofana Hadzhiganeva, School of Engineering / Department of Críminology and Criminal Justice
Bradley Rothnie, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Faculty Mentor)

Research Impact Quotient (Research IQ): Designing a Dashboard to Track How Grant Funding Translates into Knowledge