Akopian, David (PI)

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Texting Messaging to Promote Walking in Latinos with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Funding Agency: UTHSC at San Antonio
Amount: $33,325

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Akopian, David (PI)

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Proposal title: San Antonio Life Sciences Institute : An Interactive Automated Mobile Messaging Service for Mobile Health Promotion Interventions
Funding Agency: San Antonio Life Sciences Institute
Amount: $50,000

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Alaeddini, Adel (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/CAMLS
Proposal title: A Novel Probabilistic Methodology for Prediction of Emerging Diseases in Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Amount: $441,000

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Alaeddini, Adel (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Active Learning in Expensive Testing Design and Optimization
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Amount: $371,937

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Alaeddini, Adel (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Prediction and Optimization in Engineered Residual Stresses (ERS) with Minimum Data
Funding Agency: Clarkson Aerospace Group
Amount: $100,000

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Bhaganagar, Kiran (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Novel Technology for Detection and Prediction of Spreading of Air-borne Chemicals
Funding Agency: Minority Serving Institutions STEM Research & Development Consortium (MSRDC)
Amount: $105,383

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Bhounsule, Pranav (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: CRII: RI: Energy Effective and Versatile Bipedal Robots Using Event-Based Switching Between Parameterized Steady-State Controllers
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $159,024

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Bhounsule, Pranav (PI) Jafari, Amir (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: GREAT: Highly Customizable, Light Weight Artificial Legs Based on Embedding Actuators and Sensors in 3-D Printed Parts
Funding Agency: UTSA GREAT Award
Amount: $20,000

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Bhounsule, Pranav (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Accelerated Path Teaching for Robotic Routing Using ROS Industrial Framework
Funding Agency: Southwest Research Institute
Amount: $12,786

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Bin-Shafique, Md. (PI) Long, Monique (Co-PI); Huang, Jie (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Maximize Savings and Minimize Air Pollution with On-Site Manufacturing of Embankment Soils
Funding Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
Amount: $164,686

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Browning, JoAnn (PI) Atwood, Erin (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: NSF NHERI Network Coordination Office
Funding Agency: Purdue University
Amount: $1,864,537

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Cao, Yongcan (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Dynamic Data-Driven Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Using Cooperative Heterogeneous Teams: from Individual Sensor-driven System to Cooperative Information-driven System
Funding Agency: U.S. Dept. of the Air Force
Amount: $50,918

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Castillo Villar, Krystel (PI) Sharif, Hatim (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Interdisciplinary Hands-on Research Traineeship and Extension Experiential Learning in Bioenergy/Natural Resources/Economics/Rural
Funding Agency: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Amount: $275,760

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Castillo Villar, Krystel (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Open Cloud Institute
Proposal title: Cloud-based Decision Support System Integrating Biomass Quality, Uncertainty and Risk to Optimize the Production of Second-generation Biofuels
Funding Agency: Oklahoma State University
Amount: $150,000

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Chen, Fengshan (PI) Wan, Hung-Da (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/CAMLS
Proposal title: Education and Mentoring Program for Lean Manufacturing Enterprise Implementation
Funding Agency: Goodheary Speciality Foods
Amount: $62,000

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Diaz, Manuel (PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship
Funding Agency: U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Amount: $17,500

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Dong, Bing (PI) Vega, Rolando (Co-PI), Shephard, Les (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/TSERI
Proposal title: Behavior-driven Transactive Energy For Residential Buildings
Funding Agency: U.S. Dept. of Energy
Amount: $37,615

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Dong, Bing (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: PEP: NSF, Behavior-driven Energy Usages
Funding Agency: UTSA Proposal Enhancement Program (PEP)
Amount: $10,000

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Dong, Bing (PI) Taha, Ahmad (Co-PI) Gatsis, Nikolaos (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: EAGER: Collaborative Research: Empowering Smart Energy Communities: Connecting Buildings, People, and Power Grids
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $173,420

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Duan, Lide (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: CRII: SHF CSR: A High Performance and Reliable Non-Volatile Memory Framework for Handheld Platforms
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $174,371

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Feng, Yusheng (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Radical Cystectomy Compared with Combined Moda Treatment for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial
Funding Agency: UTHSCSA
Amount: $10,140

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Feng, Yusheng (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Medical Device Design for Emergency Medicine
Funding Agency: UTHSCSA
Amount:$9,600

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Finol, Ender (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Mechanistic Justification for Pentagalloyl Glucose Mediated AAA Suppression
Funding Agency: American Heart Association
Amount: $750,000

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Finol, Ender (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Geometric Modeling of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Retrospective Study
Funding Agency: American Heart Association
Amount: $2,000

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Ghannoum, Wassim (PI)

Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Acceptable Elongations and Low-Cycle Fatigue Performance for High-Strength Reinforcing Bars
Funding Agency: Charles Pankow Foundation
Amount: $248,083

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Giacomoni, Marcio (PI) Shipley, Heather (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Modeling Stormwater Runoff at UTSA Main Campus
Funding Agency: San Antonio River Authority
Amount: $15,000

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Giacomoni, Marcio (PI) Shipley, Heather (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Monitoring Stormwater Quality at UTSA Main Campus
Funding Agency: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA)
Amount: $27,800

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Giacomoni, Marcio (PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Proposal Enhancement Program for NSF CAREER Award
Funding Agency: UTSA Proposal Enhancement Program (PEP)
Amount: $20,000

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Guda, Teja (PI) Ong, Anson (Co-PI)

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal title: Bone Regeneration Evaluation in Rat Calvaria
Funding Agency: US Naval Medical Research Unit-SA
Amount: $21,000

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Guo, Ruyan (PI) Bhalla, Amar (Co-PI) Wan, Hung-Da (Co-PI) Joo, Youngjoong (Co-PI) Binzaid, Shuza (Co-PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Hybrid 3-D Digital Deposition Platform for Bottom-Up Fabrication of Multicomponent-Multiferroic Composites (DURIP: H3DPlatform)
Funding Agency: U.S. Dept. of the Navy
Amount: $577,100

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Guo, Ruyan (PI) Bhalla, Amar (Co-PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Project 2 - Measured Attribute Effect on Drink Properties
Funding Agency: FBD Partnership LP
Amount: $36,000

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Huang, Jie (PI) Matamoros, Adolfo (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: GREAT: Converting Ubiquitous Biomass into Sustainable Civil Engineering Materials Based on Polymerization and Cross-linking
Funding Agency: UTSA GREAT Award
Amount: $20,000

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Huang, Yufei (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: 2016 Workshop on Bioinformatics for Precision
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $10,000

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Krishnan, Ramnarayan (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Institute for Cyber Security
Proposal title: CAREER: Group-Centric Secure Information Sharing - Models, Properties, and Implementation
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $544,376

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Krishnaswami, Hariharan (PI) Taha, Ahmad (Co-PI) Gatsis, Nikolaos (Co-PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Integrating OpenStack New Features and Docker Containers for the JetStream System
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Amount: $400,000

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Lee, Wonjun (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Detection of Kernel Level Rootkits Targeting Linux Containers
Funding Agency: Samsung
Amount: $20,000

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Millwater, Harry (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: Probabilistic Modeling of Random Variables and K-Solution Developments for General Aviation - Extensions to the SMART|DT Software
Funding Agency: US DOT Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $400,000

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Millwater, Harry (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Probabilistic and Sensitivity Method Development and Application in Life Prediction of Metallic Materials and Structures
Funding Agency: Clarkson Aerospace Group
Amount: $75,000

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Najafirad, Peyman (PI) Huang, Yufei (Co-PI) Jamshidi, Mohammad (Co-PI) Agaian, Sos (Co-PI)

Open Cloud Institute
Proposal title: Machine Learning Cloud Research Test Bed Bio- Informatics and Brain Health
Funding Agency: UTHSCSA
Amount: $25,000

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Najafirad, Peyman (PI) Jamshidi, Mohammad (Co-PI)

Open Cloud Institute
Proposal title: Acquisition of Real-Time Simulator for Intelligent Power Networks in Operational Energy Applications
Funding Agency: Indiana University
Amount: $280,410

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Ong, Anson (PI) Guda, Teja (Co-PI)

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal title: Recapitulation of the Salivary Gland Niche Ex Vivo for Stem Cell-based Therapies
Funding Agency: UTHSCSA
Amount: $127,008

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Rincon Troconis, Brendy (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: Effect of Passive Film Composition on the Electrochemical Behavior and Cracking of Corrosion Resistant Alloys Utilizing Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Funding Agency: NACE International
Amount: $30,000

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Saygin, Can (PI) Wan, Hung-Da (Co-PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/CAMLS
Proposal title: Incorporating Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies into the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science
Funding Agency: UTHSCSA
Amount: $50,000

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Shadaram, Mehdi (PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Summer Residential Engineering Camp 2016
Funding Agency: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Amount: $12,900

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Sharif, Hatim (PI) Weissmann, Jose (Co-PI) Dessouky, Samer (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Safety and Economic Impact of Texas Travel Information Centers: Update
Funding Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
Amount: $80,000

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Sharif, Hatim (PI) Weissmann, Jose (Co-PI) Dessouky, Samer (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Incorporating Wildlife Crossings into TxDOT’s Project Development, Design and Operations Processes
Funding Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
Amount: $87,346

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Sharif, Hatim (PI) Weissmann, Jose (Co-PI) Dessouky, Samer (Co-PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Assessing the Safety Issues Associated with Isolated Rural Intersections (Deliverable Based)
Funding Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
Amount: $266,800

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Shipley, Heather (PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Connect: Molecular Characterization and Quorum Sensing of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (Mic) Bacteria in Pipeline Populations
Funding Agency: UTSA Connect
Amount: $50,000

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Taha, Ahmad (PI) Dong, Bing (Co-PI) Gatsis, Nikolaos (Co-PI)

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Proposal title: Dynamic Cyber-Attack Detection and Mitigation for Secure Smart Grids
Funding Agency: UTSA Smart Grid Security Research
Amount: $30,000

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Testik, Firat (PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Advanced Optical Disdrometer for Precipitation Observations
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $22,254

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Weissmann, Jose (PI)

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Proposal title: Development of Pavement and Bridge Consumption Cost Library
Funding Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
Amount: $50,000

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Wilkerson, Justin (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction
Proposal title: A Multifunctional Materials-By-Design Approach to Ignition Desensitization
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Amount: $360,000

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Ye, JingYong (PI)

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal title: Quantifying Cancer Molecular Signatures with a Double-Clad Fiber Optic Probe
Funding Agency: San Antonio Area Foundation
Amount: $30,000

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Ye, JingYong (PI)

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal title: Connect: Ultrasound Mediated Drug Delivery in 3-D Tissue Model Quantified by Photoacoustic Tomography
Funding Agency: UTSA Connect
Amount: $50,000

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Zeng, Xiaowei (PI)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal title: GREAT: Advancing Cohesive Interface Zone Model for Biomechanics Applications
Funding Agency: UTSA GREAT Award
Amount: $20,000

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