Improvement of the National Hydrography Dataset for parts of the Lower Colorado River Region and additional areas of importance to the DLCC

The Desert LCC will provide the 50% of the Federal component of funds, and the work designed will support the science objectives for the Desert LCC and its partners as well as provide needed improvements to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in the Lower Colorado River Region, and beyond. Basic improvement of the NHD at the 1:24,000 scale will provide an...

Mapping of Non-Perennial and Ephemeral Streams

Nonperennial streams are defined as streams that lack surface flow for at least several days per year in typical years. Nonperennial streams comprise the majority of streams in southern California, but we have little information on which streams are nonperennial, nor how to characterize the diverse flow regimes nonperennial streams exhibit. Consequently, it is difficult for water quality programs to target waterbodies of interest, nor is it possible...

Family Focus Empowerment Center

Family Focus Empowerment Center

The Family Focus Resource Center, a sponsored program of CSUN, will provide parent to parent support, education and training for parents of children with individualized education programs (IEPs) in northern Los Angeles County. Program Overview As one of fourteen Family Empowerment Centers in the state of California, we are funded by the California Department of Education provide information to parents of children who have or who may be eligible for IEPs at scho...

Van Nuys Family Resource Center and Library

We envision the CSUN/ NLACRC Family Focus Resource Center Van Nuys site to be a welcoming place for parents and caregivers to obtain information, support and resources related to their family member with a developmental disability. Imagine a Resource Center where a parent or caregiver could visit in order to receive emotional support and hope for their newly diagnosed child. Service providers can also visit in order to share information about their s...

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Update and Training for California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

The CSUN Center for Geographical Studies (CGS) will provide services to the Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) The objectives are to improve the High Resolution NHD, which will include polygonal, linear, and point features and all associated NHD attributes within mutually agreed upon priority areas at a 1:24,000 scale. The edits will...

Partnership for Tomorrow MOU, LA Department of Water and Power

Predicting and managing migration: insights from age-structured, game-theoretic, and network models

Escalating violence in the Middle East has led to a massive exodus of migrants seeking refuge in North African camps, or trying to reach Europe or North America. The refugee crisis is expected to intensify in the coming years as safety and economic conditions worsen. Since current migration policies were not crafted to handle such large scale resettlements, receiving nations and international aid o...

Analysis of Neuropoietic Cytokines and their Receptors in Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetes is a major health and economic burden in the United States. According to statistics from the American Diabetes Association there are more than 25 million people or more than 8 percent of the population, in the US with diabetes. One of the most common complications is damage to the peripheral nervous system, a condition known as diabetic neuropathy that occurs in more than 60% of diabetics. While the precise mec...

Developing and evaluating a group-based social skills program for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

The Autism Behavior Intervention Inc. is contracting with Dr. Fahmie and her student research team to develop and evaluate a group-based social skills program for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who are receiving behavioral intervention services from ABI.

ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship 2016-17

Yansi Pérez of Carleton College has been selected for an ACLD Burkhardt Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year and has chose the Department of Central American Studies at CSU Northridge as her residential site during the fellowship. The hosting department agrees to host Dr. Pérez for the 2016-2017 academica year, provide Dr. Pérez with physical resources, including office space, library and internet access, and provide opportunities for Dr. Pérez to pa...

Collaborative Research: Elucidating the geologic record of Late Paleozoic subduction initiation along the southwestern margin of Laurentia, southern California and Sonora, Mexico

The principle aim of this project is to document the timing and response of the southwestern Laurentian margin to the initiation of subduction during late Paleozoic time. Although the recycling of lithosphere at subduction zones is a fundamental part of plate tectonic theory, the manner by which subduction zones initiate...