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Research Awards

It is UTSA’s vision to be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders in the global environment. We are proud of our faculty and students who strive for research excellence in UTSA’s path to becoming a Tier One institution. Listed here are the projects awarded between Jan. 1, 2017, and May 1, 2017.



Akopian, David (PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering
Proposal Title: Extending GPS Operation in GPS-Denied Areas Through Cross-Correlation Jamming Cancellation
Funding Agency: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Amount: $76,000



Akopian, David (PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering
Proposal Title: Improving Adherence to Endocrine Hormonal Therapy among Breast Cancer Patients
Funding Agency: University of TX HSC at San Antonio 745
Amount: $54,840



Akopian, David (PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering
Proposal Title: ICORPS: Fast Deployment Service for Automated Business-to-Client Interactive Messaging
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000



Akopian, David (PI) Yin, Zenong (Co-PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Health & Kinesiology
Proposal Title: Healthy Frio: A Rural Community Partnership to Advance Latino Obesity Research
Funding Agency: University of TX at Austin 721
Amount: $510,382



Appleford, Mark

College of Engineering
Proposal Title: Engineer Your World - Dual Enrollment COE
Funding Agency: University of TX at Austin 721
Amount: $72,000



Bhounsule, Pranav (PI)

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal Title: Accelerated Path Teaching for Robotic Routing Using ROS Industrial Framework
Funding Agency: Southwest Research Institute
Amount: $11,500



Cao, Yongcan (PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering
Proposal Title: PEP: Human-inspired Decision Making for Swarm Robotics
Funding Agency: UTSA VPR Office
Amount: $19,821



Dong, Bing (PI) Xu, Jeff Qiang (Co-PI)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Research Vice President
Proposal Title: ICORPS: Dynamic Real-Time Energy Management System (EMS) to Improve Building Energy Efficiency and Wellness
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000



Guda, Teja (PI)

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal Title: Biomechanical Tissue Graft Tester to Evaluate Properties For Synthetic Diabetic Wound Dressings
Funding Agency: San Antonio Area Foundation
Amount: $30,600



Guda, Teja (PI) Hallam, Cory (Co-PI)

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Information Systems & Cyber Security
Proposal Title: Infrared Camera-Based Detection of Subsurface Veins for Rapid Access
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000



Guo, Ruyan (PI) Binzaid, Shuza and Guentzel, Neal (Co-PIs)

Department of Electrical Engineering, Research Vice President
Proposal Title: I-Corps Team: Commercialization feasibility research on CMOS Process Dependent Near-Threshold-Voltage (NTV) Regulation Module
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000



Kelley, Brian (PI)

Department of Electrical Engineering
Proposal Title: Novel Developmental Broadband RF Underwater Communication Techniques in Support of Heterogeneous Underwater Network Technology
Funding Agency: Georgia Institute of Technology
Amount: $79,961



Ong, Anson (PI)

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Proposal Title: Therapeutic Targeting of EYA2 Phosphatase in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells by a Novel Self-Assembled Peptide
Funding Agency: San Antonio Area Foundation
Amount: $27,000



Shipley, Heather (PI) Nash, Kelly and Montoya Rodriguez, Arturo (Co-PIs)

Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Proposal Title: Understanding Interactions of Chemical Contaminants to DOE Facility Materials Using Spectroscopic Techniques
Funding Agency: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC
Amount: $286,668



Shipley, Heather (PI) Nash, Kelly (Co-PI)

Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Proposal Title: EAGER: Synthesis of Nano Embedded Zeolites for Water Pollutant Removal
Funding Agency: Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $65,000



Wang, Xiaodu

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Proposal Title: Supplement to Multiscale Modeling of Ultrastructural Origins of Bone Fragility
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $8,000



Wilkerson, Justin (PI)

Center for Simulation, Visualization and Real-Time Prediction (SiVIRT)
Proposal Title: Void Dominated Failure
Funding Agency: John Hopkins University
Amount: $95,000



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