CADC Announces 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees
The College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024–25 CADC Seed Grant Awards, which provide funding to support faculty research, scholarship and creative work. Eighteen projects were selected, totaling more than $100,000.
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
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Related people:
Robert Finkel, Eric Wetzel, Kenneth Sands, Sarah Coleman, Isaac Cohen, Cait McCarthy, Anoop Sattineni, Jake Elbrecht, Aurélie Frolet, Emily McGlohn, Devon Ward, Gwendolyn Cohen, Amna Salman, Junshan Liu, Christian Ayala, Jennifer Pindyck, Salman Azhar, Ben Marshall, Il Kim, Rusty Smith, Margaret Fletcher, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, David Hill