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CDRF Recipients (FY26)
Recipients of Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund Awards in FY26
| Principal Investigators | Project Title | Departments |
| Aman Luthra, Adam Dean | Privatization, unionization, and working conditions in the waste collection industry | Geography; Political Science |
| Xindi Hu, Xiaoke Zhang | Predicting Drinking Water Contaminants in Underserved Areas with Transfer Learning | Environmental and Occupational Health; Statistics |
| Evie Downie, Tiffany Sikorski | Clare Boothe Luce Proposal Preparatory Climate Survey | Physics; Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| Weidong Cao, Luyao Lu | In-Sensor Compressive Learning for Efficient and Adaptive Edge Intelligence: A Case Study on Personalized Chronic Physiology Monitoring | Electrical and Computer Engineering; Biomedical Engineering |
| Long He, Zhengtian Xu | Deployment of Battery Swapping for E-Bikes in Urban Delivery | Decision Sciences; Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Y. Tony Yang, Ariana Munger | Advancing Antiviral Care for Hepatitis C in Pregnant Populations: Int Maternal Support for Better Outcomes | Health Policy and Management; Obstetrics and Gynecology |