Skip to main content Dr. Stacey Elizabeth Kulesza
- Associate Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering
Grants
2025
- Kulesza, Stacey E, Almikati, Abdurrahman.
Optimal geosynthetic design for unsaturated fouled ballast on weak subgrade,
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)/ Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC ),
Federal,
$149120.
(Funded: June 30, 2025 - May 31, 2027).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey, Story, Brett, Barry, Michelle.
Large scale testing for detecting changes in track modulus with low-cost sensors installed on rolling stock,
Federal Railroad Administration,
Federal,
$100000.
(Submitted: December 20, 2023, Funded: May 2025 - March 2027).
Grant.
2024
- Muci-Kuchler, Karim Heinz (Principal), Talley, Kimberly Grau (Co-Principal), Valles, Damian (Co-Principal), Londa, Michelle (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra (Co-Principal), Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth (Supporting), Gutierrez, Carlos Felipe (Supporting), Hailey, Christine Elizabeth (Supporting).
S-STEM: Scholars of Excellence in Engineering Design (SEED),
National Science Foundation (NSF),
Federal,
$2499310.
(Submitted: March 2, 2023, Funded: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2029).
Grant.
2023
- Kulesza, Stacey (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Wang, Feng (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Shi, Xijun (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25.
University Transportation Center: Coastal REsearch and Transportation Education (CREATE),
US Department of Transportation,
Federal,
$10000000.
(Submitted: August 2022, Funded: June 2023 - June 2028).
Grant.
- Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Yeon, Jung (Co-Principal), Shi, Xijun (Co-Principal), Ozbakkaloglu, Togay (Co-Principal), Kulesza, Stacey (Co-Principal), Carvallo, Andres (Co-Principal).
Professional Services and Studies on Green and Technology-Enhanced Infrastructure Management and Firefighter's Health,
Hays County,
State,
$167454.
(Funded: January 2023 - December 2024).
Grant.
2022
- Kulesza, Stacey (Principal).
A mechanistic phenomenological investigation of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling,
Federal Railroad Administration,
Federal,
$140024.
(Submitted: October 30, 2021, Funded: October 2022 - May 2024).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth, Percent Contribution: %85, Koehn, Weston, Percent Contribution: %15.
Critical Shear Stress of Cohesive Sediments/Soils in Riverbeds,
Kansas Department of Transportation,
State,
$52536.
(Submitted: August 2021, Funded: January 2022 - December 2023).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth, Percent Contribution: %85, Koehn, Weston, Percent Contribution: %15.
A study of intermediate geomaterials and highly erodible rock,
Kansas Department of Transportation,
State,
$65982.
(Submitted: August 2021, Funded: January 2022 - August 2023).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth.
Geotechnical Asset Management for KDOT – Joint project with KU,
Kansas Department of Transportation,
State,
$48349.
(Funded: January 2022 - December 2022).
Grant.
2020
- Kulesza, Stacey.
We are thriving: Challenging negative discourse through voices of women in project teams,
National Science Foundation,
Federal,
$42469.
(Funded: May 2020 - August 2023).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth.
Unsaturated characteristics of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling using ground penetrating radar – Phase II,
Federal Railroad Administration,
Federal,
$151220.
(Funded: 2020 - 2021).
Grant.
2019
- Welch, Stephen, Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth, Parameswaran, Prathap, Hansen, Ryan, Hettiarchchi, Ganga.
EAGER SitS: Sustainable biosensor integration for precision management of agricultural soils,
National Science Foundation,
Federal,
$300000.
(Funded: 2019 - 2021).
Grant.
2018
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth.
Unsaturated characteristics of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling using ground penetrating radar – Phase I,
Federal Railroad Administration,
Federal,
$81364.
(Funded: 2018 - 2020).
Grant.
2017
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth, Liang, Grace, Fitzsimmons, Eric, Zacharakkis, Jeff.
Research initiation: Investigating the role of social responsibility on Veteran student retention,
National Science Foundation,
Federal,
$199907.
(Funded: 2017 - 2019).
Grant.
- Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth.
Predicting critical shear stress of fine-grained soils in Kansas,
US Department of Transportation, Kansas Department of Transportation,
Federal,
$110853.
(Funded: 2017 - 2019).
Grant.
- Sassenrath, Gretchen, Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth.
Erodibility of claypan soils: Identifying erosion mechanisms for sustainable reduction of sediment loss,
National Science Foundation,
Federal,
$114084.
(Funded: 2017 - 2019).
Grant.
