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
