Past Funded Projects
RESTRUCT offers funding opportunities for faculty for projects that support the creation of models of sustainable academic-industry research partnerships in the built environment.
2021 - Competition Grants
Neighborhood Establishments and the Transmission of the SARS-CoV-2
Principal Investigator: Joseph Galakiewicz - Professor of Sociology
Award: $6,850
Dates: May 2021 -June 2022
Using All of Us Research Program COVID-19 survey data to examine virus spread and mental health: What roles can the built environment play?
Instant Seed Funded Projects 2021
Assessing urban park visits during a pandemic: integrating big data with spatial planning and design
Principal Investigator: Bo Yang, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Award: $5,000
Accessibility of Publicly Available Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Arizona
Principal Investigator: Shujuan Li, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Award: $5,000
"DASH-SAFE" and “DASH-Well”: Two Near Real-Time Geographic Information System-Based Tools for Risk Assessment and Emotion Mapping in the Built Environment
Principal Investigator: Esther Sternberg, Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning
Award: $10,000
Hackathon Projects 2021
Retrofitting the Urban Environment Towards Net Zero Water
DASH-SAFE and “DASH-Well”: Two Near Real-Time Geographic Information System-Based Tools for Risk Assessment and Emotion Mapping in the Built Environment
Plumbing Research Study - Pipe Material, Flow and Water Quality
Principal Investigator: Aletheia Ida, Assistant Professor, CAPLA
Award: $1,200
Fall 2019
A Comparison of Virtual Reality versus Real-life Experiences of Labyrinths
Principal Investigator: Omar Youssef, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Sustainable Built Environments
Award: $6,799
Sensing of Household Ultrafine Particulate Matter Pollutants
Principal Investigator: Euan McLeod, Associate Professor, Optical Sciences
Award: $7,500
Visioning a Cooler Tucson: Participatory Planning for Extreme Heat Resilience
Principal Investigator:
Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Affiliated Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning
Award: $8,850
The Capacity of Alternative Water Sources to Increase Urban Water System Resiliency and Sustainability
Principal Investigator: Dominic Boccelli, Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
Award: $5,000
Spring 2019
Ambient and Personal CO2: Impacts on Sleep and Cognitive Performance in Aging Populations
Principal Investigator: Esther Sternberg, Professor of Architecture
Award: $7,000
Retrofitting the Urban Environment Towards Net Zero Water (NZUW)
Principal Investigator: Courtney Crosson - Associate Professor of Architecture
Award: $10,000