RASP Celebrates Research Success

Congratulations to faculty and staff who SUBMITTED proposals & received AWARDS for February 2026:

 

College of Allied Health and Nursing

Total Awards: $624,293
    • Tiffany Breckenridge  -"Child Welfare Stipend Program (Title IV-E)"

    • Alyssa Wempen - "CDBG Public Service Grant"

    • Emily Schultz - "FY 2026 Dental Safety Net Grant"

Total Submissions: $1,821,561
    • Anitha Peddireddy - "The ADT Effect: Revolutionizing Dental Care in Minnesota"
    • David Bissonnette - "Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of a sarcopenic obesity screening questionnaire in young and middle aged ethnically diversed women & studying the efficacy of protein and resistance training in reversing sarcopenia"

College of Science, Engineering & Technology

Total Awards: $30,000
    • Ryan Wersal - "Bass Lake Aquatic Plant Management Support"

    • Jinyuan Zhai, Shaobiao Cai & Xuanhui Wu - "Prototyping of a Measurement Fixture for Microwave Component-Thin Film ME 2026"

Total Submissions: $242,547
    • Jinyuan Zhai, Shaobiao Cai, & Xuanhui Wu - "Prototyping of a Measurement Fixture for Microwave Component-Thin Film ME 2026"
    • Jason Bruns - "2026 Siemens Teacher Training"
    • Rajeev Bukralia -"Responsible AI Training for DEED Employees"
    • Marino Romero -"Multi-Symmetric Functions, Wreath Macdonald Polynomials, and the Quantum Toroidal Algebra"
    • Victoria Rayskin -"Travel, collaboration and similar financial support for presentation at ICM-2026 & research projects"
    • Mahmudul Alam Shakib -"A Conformation-Activated Fluorescent Antibody Microfludic Platform for Multiplex Cancer Biomarker Detection"

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Total Awards: $16,645
    • Andy Brown & Ron Schirmer- "Grand Meadow/Chert Quarry (subcontract from Mower County Historical Society)"
    • Dan Sachau - "Brown County Rural Electric Association"

Library Services

Total Awards: $1,000
    • Emma Schmidtke, Heidi Southworth & Yen Pai - "Advancing Awareness and Recognition of Campus OER Resources and Champions"