The Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2016 recipients of the Research Initiative for Summer Engagement, or RISE program. This year, 23 faculty researchers from USC’s system campuses received RISE funds to support their summer research projects. We are very happy to congratulate this group of outstanding USC professors working at four-year and Palmetto College campuses, and online degree completion programs, around the state. We would also like to thank the chancellors at four-year campuses USC Aiken, USC Beaufort and USC Upstate for their collaboration in funding RISE awards for their faculty.
The RISE, or Research Initiative for Summer Engagement, program provides financial support to pay for summer salary, research supplies, travel related to research and undergraduate student support. Read more about the RISE competitive research grant program.
Four-Year Campuses
2016 USC Aiken RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Elizabeth Georgian | Undemocratic Christianity: Image, Reality, and Politics in Early American Methodism |
| DeAnna Gore | Women's Status and Fertility Timing in Turkey |
| Richard Heiens | Measuring Self-Perceived Age in the Middle Eastern Market |
| Kristina Ramstad | Fine-scale Isolation by Distance and Inbreeding in New Zealand's Rarest Kiwi (Apteryx rowi) |
| Joel Scraper | Dobri Hristov, Liturgy (No. 1) of St. John Chrysostom: Historically Informed Performance and American Premiere |
| Virginia Shervette | Tools for Marine Conservation: Invasive Lionfish (Pterois spp) Biology in Two Regions of the Western Atlantic Ocean |
2016 USC Beaufort RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Elizabeth Brinkerhoff | Literacy Center Family 360 Program Data Analysis |
| Brian Canada | Prototyping a Video Game to Enable Tangential Learning about Cultural Heritage and New Technology in South Carolina |
| Edward D'Antonio | High-Throughput Screen of Synthetic Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Trypanosoma cruzi Glucokinase |
| Akira Iwasa | Preservation of a Neighborhood Base of a Closed Set by Forcing |
| Timothy James | Forced Military Recruitment and Strategies of Resistance in Gilded-age Mexico
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2016 USC Upstate RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Muhammad Hameed | Breakup of an Extending Liquid Thread in Presence of Solid Particles |
| William Hankins | The Effect of Political Uncertainty on the Cash Holdings of Firms
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| Thomas McConnell | Crab's Diary: A Pathography |
| Anselm Omoike | Influence of Natural Water Matrix on the Degradation of Bisphenol A (BPA) |
| Kimberly Shorter | Effects of Methyl Donors on Expression of Epigenetics-Related Genes in Human Cortical Neurons |
| Alex Timonov | Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Coupled Physics Electrical Conductivity Imaging: Complete Electrode Model |
Palmetto College Campuses and Online Programs
2016 USC Lancaster RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Marybeth Berry | Bea & Me: A Solo Performance |
| Susan Cruise | Factors of Risk Status and Persistence of Undergraduate Students at the University of South Carolina Palmetto College Campuses |
| Christopher Judge | Share a Little of that Human Touch: Researching and Developing Narrative Themes and Writing Text for a Multi-Sensory Museum Exhibit on the Prehistory of South Carolina |
2016 USC Palmetto College Online Program Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Janet Hudson | Visualizing African American Soldiers World War I Experiences: North Carolinians Exemplify the Nation |
2016 USC Salkehatchie RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Li Cai | Enzymatic and Microbial Synthesis of Rare Sugars |
2016 USC Sumter RISE Recipients
Recipient Name |
Project Title |
| Kajal Ghoshroy | Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Encapsulation and Cytotoxic Effects on Crop Plant Species |
17 February 2016