Twenty-four UTSA faculty members receive research awards
(May 31, 2005)--Twenty-four University of Texas at San Antonio faculty members received grants through the institution's Faculty Research Awards Program for 2005. The 24 recipients were chosen from 64 submitted proposals.
This year's recipients consist of 20 in the assistant professor category and four in the associate professor/professor category. The recipients represent the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, College of Eeducation and Human Development, and the School of Architecture.
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RSS FeedsA committee comprised of a member from each of the six colleges and the School of Architecture determines the recipients of the awards. UTSA initiated the Faculty Research Awards Program more than 14 years ago to promote research and scholarship among full-time, tenure-track faculty.
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UTSA Faculty Research Awards 2005
(listed by researcher(s), department, topic, award amount)
Assistant Professor Category
Akopian, David -- electrical engineering
"Development of Indoor Positioning Algorithms and Location-Based Applications"
$5,000
Baumann, Michael -- psychology
"Improving Information Sharing in Decision-Making Teams
$4,425
Bin-Shafique, Sazzad -- civil and environmental engineering
"Characterization of Leachate from Various Bottom Ashes"
$5,000
Cordova, Ruben -- art and art history
"Yolanda M. Lopez: Re-Envisioning the Virgin of Guadalupe and Popular Culture
$5,000
Cotae, Paul -- electrical engineering
"New Technology for High Speed Wireless Communication Over Internet
$5,000
Ganz, Jennifer -- interdisciplinary studies and curriculum
"Using Visual Supports to Improve Peer Imitation Skills in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders"
$3,995
Garcia, Carlos -- chemistry
"Detection of Phenolic Antioxidants Using Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis"
$5,000
Grigoryan, Artyom -- electrical engineering
"Method for Image Reconstruction from Projectiles in X-Tomography"
$5,000
Heberstroh, Shane -- psychology and adult education
"Exploring Online Counseling: Building Upon Client Perspectives to Create a Model Online Counseling and Res. Center
$4,263
Huang, Yufei -- electrical engineering
Wang, Yufeng -- biology
"A Bayesian Graphical Modeling Approach for Inference of Gene Networks"
$5,000
Jin, Yufang -- electrical engineering
"Advance Control of Mobile Robots and Its Application to Automatic Inspection"
$5,000
Love, Ashely -- health and kinesiology
"Health-Related Quality of Life and Nutritional Status of Hispanic Elders and Non-Hispanic Elders in Bexar County
$4,900
Scholz, Claudia -- sociology
"If You Build It, Will They Come? Tourism as a Rural Development -- Strategy in the Dominican Republic
$4,900
Senagala, Mahesh -- architecture
"Smart Architecture: Parametric Modeling of Smart Tensile Fabric Roof Systems"
$5,000
Sunil, Thankam -- sociology
"Individual and Neighborhood Effects on Pre-Term and Low Birth Weight in Bexar County, Texas"
$4,780
Tian, Qi -- computer science
"Biometrics: A Killer Pattern Recognition Application"
$4,500
Trepal, Heather -- psychology and adult education
"School Counselors' Perceptions of Self-injurious Behavior: A Pilot Study"
$3,435
Wei, Tao -- biology
"Aging-Related Global Gene Expression and DNA Damage Repair in Yeast"
$5,000
Wenk, Carola -- computer science
"Locating GPS Curves in Roadmaps"
$4,845
Xie, Hongjie -- earth and environmental science
"Mars Remote Sensing for Determining Mar's Evolution of the Surface and Interior"
$5,000
Associate Professor/Professor Category
Calabria, Antonio -- associate professor of history
"Investors in State Securities in Early Modern Naples: >Renteirs and the Uses of Wealth"
$5,000
Levitt, Steven -- associate professor of communication
Rojas, Viviana -- assistant professor of communication
"The Impact of Media on Adolescents' Sexual Behavior"
$1,736
Lin, Wei-Ming -- professor of electrical engineering
"Autonomous Real-Time Traffic Injection Control for Freeway System"
$5,000
Morris, Alan -- professor of Earth and Environmental Science
"Estimation of Subseismic Fault Populations"
$4,272