Research Forum - September 2017
Awardees
Section | Project Title | PI | CoPI | Sponsor | Unit |
Business Administration | ADOPTION AND SUPPORT OF UT SYSTEM MENTORING AND TALENT INITIATIVES | Aaron Cervantes | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce | |
Business Administration, Education, Liberal Arts | LONGITUDINAL DATA FOR EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHER LABOR MARKET PIPELINES | David Knight | Sara Grineski, Tom Fullerton | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Center for Education Research and Policy Studies |
Education | BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING: UNDERSTANDING LATINA/O PERSISTENCE IN AND BEYOND THE DEGREE | Alberto Esquinca | Elsa Villa, Erika Mein | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Center for Education Research and Policy Studies |
Education, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts | PROMOTING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN THE PASO DEL NORTE REGION | John Wiebe | PASO DEL NORTE HEALTH FOUNDATION | Psychology | |
Education, Science | GP-IMPACT: SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES (SLATES) | Diane Doser | Richard Langford, Arturo Olivarez | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Geological Sciences |
Engineering | BRIDGE PRIORITIZATION AND PRESERVATION FOR ROUTE 66 | Jeffrey Weidner | NATIONAL PARK SERVICE | Civil Engineering | |
Engineering | INSTRUMENTATION FOR STUDIES ON COMBUSTION AND DECOMPOSITION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS | Evgeny Shafirovich | ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) | |
Engineering | ATLANTIC SPACEPORT COMPLEX | Nathaniel Robinson | Darren Cone, John Olivas | FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | Vice President for Research |
Engineering | STTR I: METAL PRODUCTION AWAY FROM EARTH | Evgeny Shafirovich | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH LYNNTECH, INC. | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) | |
Engineering | CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF TRAFFIC LOAD SPECTRA IN TEXAS OVERWEIGHT CORRIDORS AND ENERGY SECTOR ZONES | Reza Salehi-Ashtiani | US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) | |
Engineering | Collaborative Research: Photon Funnels - A Fundamentally New Concept for Concentrating Light | Raymond Rumpf | National Science Foundation | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
Engineering | ESTABLISHING BEST PRACTICES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF CEMENT TREATED MATERIALS | Reza Salehi-Ashtiani | US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) | |
Engineering | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ACTIVE LEARNING FOR OUT-OF-CLASS ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS | Monika Akbar | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Computer Science | |
Engineering | AN ACCELERATED CREEP TESTING (ACT) PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED CREEP RESISTANT ALLOYS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FOSSIL ENERGY (FE) APPLICATIONS | Calvin Stewart | John Chessa | US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) |
Engineering | COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN AND COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF NIOBIUM SILICIDE-BASED COMPOSITES | Evgeny Shafirovich | John Chessa | OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) |
Engineering | Computational-Experimental Reactive Wetting of Hf-Ti-Me Alloy Melts with B4C | Arturo Bronson | Vinod Kumar | AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) |
Engineering | COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION: SERGIO CORDOVA | Evgeny Shafirovich | Sergio Cordova | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) |
Engineering | LSAMP Summer Research Academy Supplement: Increasing Research Opportunities for Underrepresented STEM Students | Ben Flores | Rodrigo Romero | National Science Foundation | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Engineering | EVALUATION OF POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON FOR CONTROL OF TASTE AND ODORS CAUSED BY GEOSMIN AND MIB | Anthony Tarquin | EL PASO WATER UTILITIES | Center for Inland Desalination Systems (CIDS) | |
Engineering | INTERFACE AND PROCESS ANALYSIS FOR METALS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES | Ryan Wicker | ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY | W.M. Keck Center for 3-D Innovation | |
Engineering | IRES: US - CANADA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON COMBUSTION OF METALS AS CLEAN ENERGY CARRIERS | Evgeny Shafirovich | Ahsan Choudhuri | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) |
Engineering | ROBOTIC CRAWLER INTEGRATED WITH AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) FOR INSPECTION AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING | Tzu-Liang Tseng | Oscar Salcedo | LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS | Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems (RIMES) |
Engineering | 3D PRINTED MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND STRUCTURES | Raymond Rumpf | AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
Engineering | DRONE COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Virgilio Gonzalez | John Moya, Rodrigo Romero | LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS | Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems (RIMES) |
Engineering | GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | Beu Oropeza | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Graduate School | |
Engineering | FEASIBILITY OF USING THE SINGLE-PASS CERRO PROCESS FOR TREATING QUENCH TOWER WATER FROM CERAMIC TILE PRODUCTION | Anthony Tarquin | INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICES | Center for Inland Desalination Systems (CIDS) | |
Engineering | CERRO PILOTING FOR HIGH-RECOVERY TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL | Anthony Tarquin | Shane Walker | OLIN CHLOR ALKALI PRODUCTS | Civil Engineering |
Engineering | TIER 1 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER: C2SMART | Kelvin Cheu | Natalia Villanueva Rosales | US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) |
Engineering | 2017 EXCITES | Gabby Gandara | TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD | College of Engineering Dean's Office | |
Engineering | IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED OVERLAY TESTER FOR FATIGUE CRACKING RESISTANCE OF ASPHALT MIXTURES | Imad Abdallah | Soheil Nazarian, Jose Garibay, Victor Garcia | US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH TX DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) |
Engineering | FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF BERYLLIUM COPPER TUBING | Darren Cone | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION - NASA THROUGH JACOBS TECHNOLOGY | Cyber Share | |
Engineering | IRES: US-MEXICO INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COLLABORATION FOR SMART CITIES | Natalia Villanueva Rosales | Kelvin Cheu | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | CyberShare |
Engineering | HIGH ENERGY CHEMICAL REACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL SPACE POWER | Evgeny Shafirovich | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN THROUGH CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) | |
Engineering | FIXED: NUCLEAR MATERIALS TESTING FOR NRC PROJECT | Chintalapalle Ramana | US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY THROUGH LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) | |
Engineering, Science | SUPPLEMENT: UTEP/UCSB PREM: MOLECULAR AND INTERFACIAL PHASE DESIGN FOR IMPROVED PHOTOVOLTAICS | Luis Echegoyen | Chintalapalle Ramana, Juan Noveron, Skye Fortier, Yirong Lin, Chunqiang Li, Tunna Baruah | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Chemistry |
Engineering, Science | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AGEP TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE: HISPANIC ALLIANCE FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSORIATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (H-AGEP) | Miguel Velez-Reyes | Ivonne Santiago, Craig Tweedie | CITY COLLEGE OF NY THROUGH NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Health Sciences | CHILD WELFARE SERVICES SOCIAL WORK TRAINING PROGRAM | Candyce Berger | Kathryn Schmidt, Alma Armendariz | TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES | Social Work |
Health Sciences | BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS, EXPANDING ACCESS AND INCREASING AWARENESS TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO REPRODUCTIVE AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH | Irasema Coronado | AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY THROUGH TEXAS TECH UNIV HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | Department of Public Health | |
Health Sciences | NIH BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE (R25) - RISE TO THE CHALLENGE BRIDGE PROGRAM | Delfina Dominguez | NIH - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES THROUGH EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Clinical Lab Science | |
Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy | NEW PLACES AND FACES: EXPANDING SOCIAL WORK AND INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER | Candyce Berger | Celia Pechak, Margie Padilla, Jose Rivera, Jeri Sias, Jessica Shenberger-Trujillo, Alma Armendariz | TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD | Social Work |
Liberal Arts | JNIAS FELLOWSHIP | Jules Simon | JAWAHARIAL NEHRU INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES | Philosophy | |
Liberal Arts | FELLOWSHIP: HOT SPOTS FOR HEAT RESILIENCE IN BORDER CITIES: A PILOT STUDY IN EL PASO TX | Adelle Monteblanco | Patricia Juarez-Carrillo | THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | Sociology and Anthropology |
Liberal Arts | CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANTS OF POLICE OFFICER STRESS, ANXIETY, AND PTSD | Jeffrey Rojek | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE THROUGH POLICE FOUNDATION | Center for Law and Human Behavior | |
Liberal Arts | NEW CITIES FUTURE RUINS RESIDENCY SITE-SPECIFIC COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITION AT UTEP | Kerry Doyle | NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS | Art Department | |
Liberal Arts | JOURNALISM IN JULY | Eraldo Chiecchi | GANNET FOUNDATION | Communication | |
Liberal Arts | KEEPING SECRETS: A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE CAUSES OF DISCRETION | Damien Van Puyvelde | Dan Jones | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | Intelligence and National Security Studies |
Liberal Arts | GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | Jacqueline Lechuga | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Graduate School | |
Liberal Arts | THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF MIGRANT SMUGGLING GROUPS IN WEST TEXAS | Gabriella Sanchez | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | Intelligence and National Security Studies | |
Liberal Arts | UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN IMMIGRATION POLICY AND U.S.-MEXICO BORDER COMMUNITIES | Jeremy Slack | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Center for Inter-American and Border Studies (CIBS) | |
Liberal Arts | INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | Larry Valero | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | Intelligence and National Security Studies | |
Liberal Arts, Science | R25: SMART MINDS | Laura O'Dell | Manuel Miranda-Arango, Laura Diaz-Martinez | NIH - NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE | COURI - Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives |
Other Campus Units | MINER ASSISTANCE PILOT FOR SURVIVORS (MAPS) | Clifton Walsh | Sandra Vasquez | TX OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION | Police Department |
Other Campus Units | RECOVERY OF SULFURIC AND PHOSPHORIC ACIDS FROM PROCESS WATER BY ELECTRODIALYSIS | Tom Davis | FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL AND PHOSPHATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Center for Inland Desalination Systems (CIDS) | |
Other Campus Units | EVALUATION OF EVOQUA PROCESS | Tom Davis | Malynda Cappelle | EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGY LLC THROUGH ACCELERATE H2O | Center for Inland Desalination Systems (CIDS) |
School of Nursing | DEVELOPING TEACHING COMPETENCIES IN CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATORS USING SIMULATION. A SCOPING REVIEW PROPOSAL | Diane Monsivais | Franchesca Nunez | NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING | School of Nursing |
School of Pharmacy | INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 16 IN PLATELET FUNCTION | Fadi Khasawneh | Fatima Alshbool | AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | Pharmacy |
Science | CRITICAL LOADS OF N DEPOSITION IN GRASSLANDS AT CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK | Jennie McLaren | NATIONAL PARK SERVICE | Biological Sciences | |
Science | POST-DOC FELLOWSHIP: PHYTOREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED SOILS FROM THE PASO DEL NORTE; IS THERE ANY SYNERGISTIC ROLE BETWEEN NANOPARTICLES AND HEAVY METALS? | Jorge Gardea-Torresdey | CONACYT THROUGH UT SYSTEM | Chemistry | |
Science | POST-DOC FELLOWSHIP: IDENTIFICATION OF SMALL MOLECULES THAT INHIBIT MET AND NFR2 PROTEINS IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | Rachid Skouta | CONACYT THROUGH UT SYSTEM | Chemistry | |
Science | COMBINATORICS OF SIMPLICIAL AND CELL COMPLEXES | Art Duval | SIMONS FOUNDATION | Mathematical Sciences | |
Science | NASA WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY - NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP | Darren Cone | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION - NASA THROUGH JACOBS TECHNOLOGY | CyberShare | |
Science | Population Genetics and Ecology of Mexican Ducks and Mallards | Philip Lavretsky | SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL - EL PASO CHAPTER | Biological Sciences | |
Science | AUTOMATIC NETWORK PROTOCOL STRUCTURE INFERENCE FOR EFFICIENT SECURITY TESTING | Salamah Salamah | Ann Gates | US ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY | Computer Science |
Science | CONSORTIUM ON ETHICS INTEGRATION WITHIN COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Jeffrey Olimpo | Laura Diaz-Martinez, Jay Bhatt | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Biological Sciences |
Science | ADVANCING DIGITIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY COLLECTIONS (ADBC) | Eli Greenbaum | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Biological Sciences | |
Science | Development and Optimization of Point-of-Care Devices for Meningitis Diagnosis | Xiujin Li | The Philadelphia Foundation | Chemistry | |
Science | R01: GLYCOGEN IN BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS AND HOW CARBOHYDRATES SHAPE THE VAGINAL MICROBIOME | Igor Almeida | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS | Biological Sciences | |
Science | AIR QUALITY MODELING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIMULATED PM2.5 IN RESPONSE TO VARYING REDUCTIONS OF AMMONIA EMISSIONS OVER SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN | William Stockwell | Rosa Fitzgerald | COORDINATING RESEARCH COUNCIL | Physics |
Science | NEW VISTAS IN EARLY ACTINIDE CHEMISTRY | Skye Fortier | THE WELCH FOUNDATION | Chemistry | |
Science | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HETEROGENEOUS CHLORINE ACTIVATION FROM SALINE PLAYAS | Thomas Gill | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Geological Sciences | |
Science | STERICALLY ENCUMBERED GUANIDINATES FOR THE KINETIC STABILIZATION AND STUDY OF TERMINAL IRON NITRIDES IN WEAK LIGAND FIELDS | Skye Fortier | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Chemistry | |
Science | CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ARCTIC GREENING: THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES | Craig Tweedie | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION - NASA THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | Cyber Share | |
Science | R25: RISE OPTION III: RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM | Renato Aguilera | Liz Walsh, Wen-Yee Lee | NIH - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES | Biological Sciences |
Vice President for Student Affairs | SUPPORT FOR REGION XIX ACCELERATED ECHS STUDENTS TO BACCALAUREATE COMPLETION AND GRADUATE SCHOOL | Ivette Savina | GREATER TEXAS FOUNDATION | Student Affairs | |
Vice President for Student Affairs | TALENT SEARCH | Myrna Avalos | US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Student Affairs | |
Vice President for Student Affairs | CAPABLE VOICES: THE PHOTOVOICE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES | Neelam Agarwal | NASPA-STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Center for Accommodations and Support Services | |
Vice President for Student Affairs | YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (YISD) UPWARD BOUND PROJECT | Tita Yanar | US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Outreach Programs | |
Vice President for Student Affairs | EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (EPISD) UPWARD BOUND PROJECT | Tita Yanar | US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Outreach Programs |