Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC)

Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC) innovatively leverages Cultural Mismatch Theory to create high-impact mentoring activities and educational modules powerfully linked to eliminating educational disparities and driving transformation at the individual and institutional level toward inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM community college (CC) students to the biobehavioral research career field...

Strengthening Equitable Culturally Responsive Environments" (SECURE) for Student Success": Using a Servingness Model to Support Hispanic and Underrepresented Students

"Strengthening Equitable Culturally Responsive Environments? (SECURE) for Student Success?: Using a Servingness Model to Support Hispanic and Underrepresented Students? is designed to expand the number of Hispanic and underrepresented (URM) students in Art, Health Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science and the STEM disciplines and...

Bookstein Tax Clinic

The Bookstein Low Income Taxpayer Clinic began offering the tax clinic services under this LITC Program in January 2008 with the purpose of providing (a) free representation to low income taxpayers involved in tax disputes with the IRS; and (b) education on taxpayers' rights and responsibilities to individuals for whom English is a second language or who have limited English proficiency. The initiative to create the Bookstein Tax Clinic was launched in the spring of 2007, fo...

Walls, Weed, and Coal: How Threats to Local Industry Shape Economic Voting

Do threats to local economic industry influence voting behavior? While research has shown that voters backlash against candidates whose policies negatively affect their socio-economic status, relatively little research explores if voters can anticipate whether candidates/direct legislation threaten their local economies. We argue that individuals who are economically embedded within industries that serve as the basis of th...

Stand in the wind: Market power reformation during uncertain periods

Economic policy uncertainty affects firm dynamics and profitability, and thus imposes an impact on firm markups and market power. Using quarterly data of the U.S. publicly listed firms over 1985Q1 to 2020Q3, this paper empirically shows a decline of firm markups under an uncertain environment. However, the decrease in average markup does not necessarily imply an increase in market competition due to the heterogeneous effects amo...

Improving the Safety of Operations in the Offshore Energy Industry by Reducing its Systemic Risk

Offshore drilling is a substantial source of the world?s oil supply. According to the International Energy Agency, about 30% of the world?s oil production comes from offshore projects, and the global fossil fuel industry will continue to rely on offshore resources and deepwater drilling. In addition to the growing deepwater (and ultra-deepwater) drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly the Atlantic...

Building trust in machine learning and robotics

In this project, we will look into defining various machine learning methods, and its applications into robotic technologies and suggest factors that are required in automation. In industry, trust is key in ensuring acceptance and continuous progress and development. It is hoped that the findings from this research will contribute towards the awareness and importance of technologies on the basis of policies and regulations, to maximize the advanceme...

Tank Bottom Corrosion Control Monitoring for Materials Technology & Energy Section

SRNL has an ongoing a project funded by Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. The project involves understanding role of various monitoring methods in integrity management of Aboveground Storage Tank (AST). ASTs are widely used in the oil and gas transmission industry for storing crude oil and related products. The tanks are constructed using A36 grade carbon steel, and tank foundation are made of sand pads...

SFVSP From Phenomena to Model (Ph2M)

The California State University Northridge Science Learning Collaboratory (CSLC), the team managing the California Science Project?s San Fernando Valley Science Project (SFVSP), proposes ?From Phenomenon to Model? (Ph2M), a project designed to support secondary school science teachers on the integration of computer science principles into the science curriculum. We will partner with Los Angeles Unified School District Local District North (LAUSD North) to bri...