Research Forum - December 2017
Awardees
Section | Project Title | PI | CoPI | Sponsor | Unit |
Business Administration | ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF MOLINA HEALTHCARE ON TEXAS? STATE AND SUB-STATE ECONOMIES | Manuel Reyes | MOLINA CENTER | College of Business Dean's Office | |
Engineering | EXCAVATION HAZARDS PREVENTION TRAINING FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY | Adeeba Raheem | Austin Marshall | US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | Civil Engineering |
Engineering | IMPLEMENTATION OF MONTANA CORRIDOR | Imad Abdallah | EL PASO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) | |
Engineering | EDA 2017 REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES PROGRAM | Ahsan Choudhuri | Ryan Wicker | US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION | Center for Space Exploration Technology Research (CSETR) |
Engineering | IMPLEMENTATION OF MATERIALS AND PERFORMANCE DATA FOR TEXAS FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS AND OVERLAYS | Imad Abdallah | Soheil Nazarian | TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE | Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) |
Engineering | WSTF MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS LABORATORIES INTERNSHIP SUPPORT | Darren Cone | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH JACOBS TECHNOLOGY | CyberShare | |
Engineering | AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF METAMATERIAL INSPIRED MODULATED SURFACES | Raymond Rumpf | LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
Engineering | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BUILD INTERRUPTION EFFECTS (AMBIE) | David Espalin | Ryan Wicker, Cesar Terrazas | AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY THROUGH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING | W.M. Keck Center for 3-D Innovation |
Engineering | REALIZING CYBER INCEPTION: TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF PERSONALIZED DECEPTION FOR CYBER DEFENSE | Chris Kiekintveld | ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | Computer Science | |
Engineering | COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HSC | Ricardo von Borries | TEXAS TECH UNIV HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
Health Sciences | RESILIENCE FAITH AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS AMONG MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES | Mark Lusk | PROGAMA INVESTIGACION MIGRACION Y SALUD - BERKELEY | Social Work | |
Health Sciences | FY2017 BHWET COMPETITION: UTEP | Candyce Berger | Kathryn Schmidt, Leslie Robbins, Hyejin Jung | DHHS - HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION | Social Work |
Health Sciences | PRODUCTION OF HUMAN RECOMBINANT MONOCLONAL RATTLESNAKE TOXIN-NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY REAGENTS FOR DEVELOPING NOVEL ANTI-VENIN THERAPIES | Jacen Moore | MARSH FOUNDATION | Clinical Lab Science | |
Health Sciences | ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM) DATA TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY ABOUT OPIOIDS USE AND MISUSE | Joao Ferreira-Pinto | NIH - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE THROUGH CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS | College of Health Science Dean's Office | |
Health Sciences | EXAMINING THE VALIDITY OF THE PHYSICAL THERAPY SPANISH PROFICIENCY MEASURE FOR USE ACROSS A DPT CURRICULUM | Celia Pechak | Loretta Dillon | TEXAS PHYSICAL THERAPY FOUNDATION | Physical Therapy |
Health Sciences | EXERCISE-INDUCED BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE | Alvaro Gurovich | AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION | Physical Therapy | |
Liberal Arts | TRAJECTORIES OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG HOUSTON AREA HOUSEHOLDS: A PRE- AND POST-EVENT STUDY OF HURRICANE HARVEY | Timothy Collins | Sara Grineski, Jayajit Chakraborty | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | Sociology and Anthropology |
Liberal Arts | DEEP RIVER: THE ART OF THE SPIRITUAL | Lorenzo Candelaria | Elisa Wilson | US DEPARTMENT OF STATE | Music |
Liberal Arts | SHARING U.S. PRACTICES IN SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS | Jeffrey Shepherd | US DEPARTMENT OF STATE | History | |
Liberal Arts | UTEP TRAVELING CHILDREN'S TROUPE FY17-18 | Adriana Dominguez | TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Theatre and Dance | |
Liberal Arts | BRACERO HISTORY SUMMIT | Yolanda Leyva | NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION | History | |
Liberal Arts | R21: PRESCRIPTION OPIOID MISUSE: PHARMACIST-DELIVERED INTERVENTION AT POINT OF SERVICE | Craig Field | NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research Center | |
Liberal Arts | RUBIN CENTER FALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING COMPLEMENT TO EXHIBIT- SUZI DAVIDOFF: SIMPLIFIED WORLD | Melissa Barba | TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Art Department | |
Liberal Arts | RUBIN CENTER ARTS CREATE 2017 | Kerry Doyle | TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS | Art Department | |
Liberal Arts | WHAT SHALL WE CALL GOD? AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF METAPHOR IN RELIGIOUS COGNITION | Adam Fetterman | TEMPLETON FOUNDATION | Psychology | |
Other Campus Units | SPANISH TRANSLATION GUIDE FOR CITIZEN'S GUIDE PLANNING | Bill Hargrove | Victoria Garcia | US FOREST SERVICE THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL | Center for Environmental Resource Management (CERM) |
Science | CAN PHOTOTROPHY-DRIVEN SULFUR CYCLING MAKE CRYSTALLIZATION WATER OF GYPSUM BIOAVAILABLE? - DEFINING A NEW HABITABILITY INDEX FOR GYPSUM-DOMINATED EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS | Jie Xu | Richard Langford, Gail Arnold, Benjamin Brunner | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | Geological Sciences |
Science | JAMP PROGRAM 2018 | Kristine Garza | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM - JOINT ADMISSION MEDICAL PROGRAM | College of Science Dean's Office | |
Science | K01: MUTATIONS IN HCFC1 ALTER NEURAL PRECURSOR DIFFERENTIATION | Anita Quintana | NIH - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE | Biological Sciences | |
Science | FLO-SIC: EFFICIENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS WITHOUT SELF-INTERACTION | Tunna Baruah | Rajendra Zope | US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY THROUGH CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | Physics |
Science | BRACE: BUILDING BHUTANESE RESILIENCE AGAINST CATACLYSMIC EVENTS | Aaron Velasco | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL | Geological Sciences |