CADC Announces 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees

These projects will be completed over the coming year.

“This is the eleventh year that the CADC has funded the Seed grant program, and the investment has generated outstanding results for the college,” shared David Hinson, CADC Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. “This year’s awards present an exciting picture of the breadth and impact of the scholarship and research underway in the CADC.”

The 2024 CADC Seed Grant awardees are as follows: 

Robert Finkel and Elijah Gaddis
The Datcher Family of Shelby County

Eric Wetzel and Ken Sands
Onsite Detection and Alert Security System

Sarah Coleman and Isaac Cohen
Generative Care

Cait McCarthy
Micro Micro: The Microenvironments and Microclimates of Birmingham

Ken Sands, Anoop Sattineni and Ayodele Fasoyinu
Assessing the Efficacy and Worker Perceptions of Wearable Interventions

Jake Elbrecht
Design for Disassembly

Aurélie Frolet and Emily McGlohn
Imaging Underground

Devon Ward
Visualizing The Future of Environmental Stewardship

Gwen Cohen
Soil Stories

Amna Salman
Research Framework Development for Affordable Housing Initiatives

Junshan Liu and Danielle Willkens
Field Work for Digital Documentation and Heritage Tourism Management

Christian Ayala Lopez and Jennifer Pindyck
Family-Owned Rural Cooperative Housing

Salman Azhar
AI-Driven Concrete Testing

Ben Marshall and Emily McGlohn
Particulate Matter Exposure Due to Kitchen Fume Hood Use Patterns

Il Kim
Early Rural Studio Archival Project

Jennifer Pindyck, Rusty Smith and Margaret Fletcher
Rural Studio, Front Porch; a full-length documentary

Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness
Human Factors for Industrial Designers

David Hill
Cypress Nature Preserve