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Recent Grants

December 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Chris Deister The Role of Intrinsic Variability in the Synchronization of Pallidal Neurons for National Institutes of Health, 12/22/08
$29,772.00
Steve Tomka Unit Relocation Project Amendment for Ecological Communications Corporation, 12/16/08
$1,055.00
Jianhua Ruan SCORE (SC3): Computational Discovery and Analysis of Community Structures in Biology Networks for National Institutes of Health, 12/11/08
$108,375.00
E. Barea-Rodriguez Minority Ph.D. Recruitment and Retention in the Department of Biology at The University of for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 12/09/2008
$4,000.00
Steve Tomka Museum Reach Phases II and III - Amendment No. 1 for Ford, Powell and Carson, 12/05/2008
$10,163.00
Kay Robbins Teaching Computing to Biologists Through Data Visualization for National Science Foundation, 12/02/2008
$146,646.00
Drew Johnson "UTSA-SAWS Corrosion & Odor Control Study" for San Antonio Water System, 12/02/2008
$44,968.00
Orestes Hubbard San Antonio Minority Business Enterprise Center for Department of Commerce, 12/02/2008
$124,470.00
Andrew Tsin Adaptive Optics and Retinl Imaging: Constructing a Prototype for a Diagnostic Instrument for University of Texas at San Antonio, 12/01/2008
$25,000.00

November 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Bernard Arulanandam CPAF Induced CD4+ T Cell Mediated Immunity Against Chlamydia for National Institutes of Health, 11/28/2008
$361,250.00
Mijia Yang Universal testing Support of Window Attachment for Protection Engineering Consultants, LLC, 11/23/2008
$5,000.00
Deborah Schueneman Economic Resources and Information Network (SBDCnet) for US Small Business Administration, 11/18/2008
$300,000.00
Jose Weissmann Framework for Comprehensive Bridge Management and Information System (BMIS) for Texas Department of Transportation, 11/7/2008
$64,579.00
Jose Weissmann Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Estimates for Texas Department of Transportation/TTI, 11/7/2008
$66,739.00
Taeg Nishimoto Research & Development of the LionForce ecoLiving Home System Using EPS Technology for LionForce Building Systems, November 6, 2008
$48,000.00
R. Clint Whaley Technical Proposal in reply to RFP #H98230-06-R-0914 for ATLAS for National Science Agency, November 10, 2008
$115,499.00

October 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Suzanne Winter Healthy & Ready to Learn: An Early Childhood Approach to Obesity Diabetes Prevention for Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio, 10/29/2008
$150,000.00
Steve Tomka Fort St. Louis Gunflints for Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, 10/29/2008
$10,000.00
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez Statewide Discipline-Based Vertical Teams Phase II for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 10/29/2008
$1,500.00
Deborah Moore Investigation of an Unhabituated Population of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Living in an Unprotected Savannah-Woodland Habitat in West for Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, October 27, 2008
$6,000.00
Howaida Werfelli Minority Education Institutions (MEI) Initiative for Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis Prevention Programs at UTSA for McFarland & Associates, Inc, 10/27/2008
$85,000.00
Lisa Corewyn Social Effects of Translocation in Ecuadorian Mantled Howlers (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) for Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, 10/27/2008
$6,000.00
Howaida Werfelli Minority Education Institutions (MEI) Initiative for Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis Prevention Programs at UTSA for McFarland & Associates, October 27, 2008
$85,000.00
Steve Tomka Witte Museum for Witte Museum, October 24, 2008
$9,109.00
Thankam Sunil Improved Cancer Screening: Life Skills Training in South Texas Hispanic Communities for National Institutes of Health, October 24, 2008
$4,726.00
Chonglin Chen Novel Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Department of Energy, October 20, 2008
$52,710.00
Steve Tomka 41/zv202 SWA #7 for TX Department of Transportation, October 17, 2008
$23,868.00
Steve Tomka Paloma Subdivision Survey for I-10 Investments LTD, October 15, 2008
$9,401.00
Rhonda Moses UTSA TRIO McNair for Department of Education, October 15, 2008
$220,000.00
Martha Lundell Hormone Signals, Genome Integrity and Longevity for Albert Einstein College of Medicine/NIH, October 12, 2008
$86,521.00
Ricardo Gonzalez UTSA Early College High School-Southside ISD for Southside ISD, October 10, 2008
$135,000.00
Ricardo Gonzalez UTSA Early College High School - Southwest ISD for Southwest ISD, October 10, 2008
$150,000.00
Karrie O'Neal ML-A-TEP for Department of Education, October 8, 2008
$387,389.00
John Merrifield Assess Effects of the Edgewood Tuition Voucher Programfor Searle Freedom Trust, October 3, 2008
$26,000.00

September 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Greg White Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model for Department of Homeland Security, September 27, 2008
$3,999,999.99
Belinda Flores Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE): Equity, Education, Entrepreneurship (E3) Pathways to Hispanic Students' Success for Department of Education, September 25, 2008
$1,216,989.00
Turgay Korkmaz Prioritization-Based QoS Support with Attack Resilience in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks for Department of Army - Army Research Office, September 24, 2008
$587,872.00
Rhonda Moses UTSA TRIO Upward Bound SISD Project for Department of Education, September 24, 2008
$250,000.00
Alberto Salgado The Veteran Assistance and Service Program for Small Business Administration, September 23, 2008
$100,000.00
S. Bin-Shafique Mitigation Methods for Temporary Concrete Traffic Barrier Effects on Flood Water Flows 0-6094 for Texas Department of Transportation, September 22, 2008
$54,270.00
Steve Tomka Rancho de las Cabras Fall Education Days for National Parks Service, September 19, 2008
$8,487.00
Ricardo Gonzalez Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Phase IV Year 2 for The University of Texas at El Paso/NSF, September 19, 2008
$85,975.00
Aaron Cassill San Antonio Mathematics and Science Education Partnership for National Science Foundation, September 17, 2008
$300,000.00
Steve Tomka Crescent Bend Nature Park for Bexar County Purchasing Department, September 17, 2008
$16,572.00
William Cooke Novel Analyses to Assist in the Prediction for Need of Life Saving Interventions for Soldiers and Trauma Patients for Department of Defense, September 15, 2008
$24,999.99
Ricardo Gonzalez UT System LSAMP Phase IV for University of Texas at El Paso/NSF, September 12, 2008
$85,975.00
Donald Kurtz Supplements for Functional Studies Based on High Resolution Structures for National Institutes of Health, September 12, 2008
$59,897.00
Steve Tomka Alamo Community College Campus Survey for Facility Programming and Consulting, September 12, 2008
$8,851.00
Sara Oswalt Somos Fuertes: Strong Women Making Healthy Choices for Department of Health and Human Services, September 11, 2008
$80,000.00
Harriett Romo Congressional Earmark Program: UTSA Mexico Center Earmark for U.S. SBA Congressional Earmark Program, September 11, 2008
$282,000.00
Dr. Charles Wilson Rhythmicity and Synchrony in the Basal Ganglia: Project 3 for Northwestern University, September 10, 2008
$198,460.00
Carlos Garcia Analysis of Oleander Extracts by Capillary Electrophoresis for Nerium biotechnology, Inc., September 9, 2008
$150.00
Mehdi Shadaram A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education for The Wright State University, September 8, 2008
$16,347.00
Dr. Glenn Dietrich DOD Information Assurance Scholarship Program for National Security Agency, September 4, 2008
$139,211.51.00
Steve Tomka South Salado Greenway Trail for Rehler Vaughn and Koone, Inc., September 4, 2008
$5,430.00
Ricardo Gonzalez UTSA Early College High School - East Central for East Central ISD, September 3, 2008
$150,000.00
G.V.S. Raju Secure Localization of a Client for Telcordia Technologies, Inc, September 3, 2008
$3,500.00
Alan Vince Joint Admission Medical Program for State of Texas, September 3, 2008
$15,000.00
Dr. Karl Eschbach Office of the Governor, Statistical Analysis Center - Geographic Profiles Website for Office of the Governor, September 2, 2008
$163,000.00
Dr. Hung-da Wan An Intelligent Decision Support System for Workforce Forecast for United States Air Force, September 2, 2008
$199,514.00
Karl Eschbach Estimated Impact of the 2010 Census on the PTN Funding Formula for Texas Department of Transportation, September 1, 2008
$40,622.00
Dr. William Cooke A97-T040 Standoff Remote Triage Sensor Array for Robotic Casualty Extraction Systems for PERL Research, LLC, September 1, 2008
$241,764.00

August 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Natividad Ybarra Effects of Aging on Neuronal Morphology and on Learning in Male Mice for National Institutes of Health, August 29, 2008
$41,157.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Unit Relocation Project for Ecological Communication Corporation, August 28, 2008
$1,723.00
Dr. Ravi Sandhu Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks for National Science Foundation, August 27, 2008
$62,500.00
Dr. Sazzad Bin-Shafique Design of Cut Type Retaining Walls in High Plasticity Soils for Texas Department of Transportation, August 26, 2008
$79,295.00
Arthur Hernandez STOPP-T2D for University of Texas Health Science Center/NIGH, August 26, 2008
$50,989.00
Athanassio Papagiannakis TxDOT Techanical Assistance Panels in Support of the TxDOT Research Program for Texas Department of Transportation, August 26, 2008
$10,000.00
Robert Velasquez Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center for Department of Commerce, August 26, 2008
$1,343,170.00
Zenong Yin STOPP-T2D for University of Texas Health Science Center SA/NIH, August 26, 2008
$64,146.00
Ricardo Gonzalez SAISD-GEAR UP for San Antonio Independent School District, August 25, 2008
$74,491.00
Dr. Arturo Ayon Power Generation from Engineered Military Fabrics Employing Atomic Layer Deposition for Department of Army, August 21, 2008
$700,000.00
Steve Tomka First Responder Academy for O'NeillConrad Oppelt Architects, Inc., August 21, 2008
$9,974.00
Jack Hunter Waite Advanced Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Future Missions to Titan for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, August 20, 2008
$30,000.00
Dr. Greg White Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security - Attack and Defend Exercises for U.S. Air Force, August 20, 2008
$2,950,000.00
Dr. Carlos Garcia Analysis of Oleander Extracts by Capillary Electrophoresis for Nerium Biotechnology, Inc., August 20, 2008
$150.00
Harriett Romo HS-HEHSIP Head Start Higher Education Hispanic Serving Institution Partnership for Department of Health and Human Services, August 18, 2008
$150,000.00
Dr. Carlos Garcia Enzymes Adsorbed on Carbon Nanotubes for National Institutes of Health, August 15, 2008
$106,125.00
Dr. Brenda Hannon A New Stragegy for Learning Highly Similar Concepts for National Institutes of Health, August 15, 2008
$141,500.00
Steve Tomka Humanities Texas Mini-Grant for Teacher Workshop for Humanities Texas, August 15, 2008
$1,280.00
Charles Wilson Quantitative Neurobiology at UTSA for National Institutes of Health, August 15, 2008
$269,595.00
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez UTSA RISE Program for National Institutes of Health, August 14, 2008
$877,703.00
Dr. Miguel Jose Yacaman Study of Ag Nanoparticles with H2O Base for Supro Scientific S.A. de C.V., August 13, 2008
$84,600.00
Dr. Samer Dessouky Development and Field Evaluation of the Next Generation of HMA Mix Design Procedures for Texas Department of Transportation , August 13, 2008
$30,000.00
Dr. Christine Moseley PLT Facilitator Training Workshop for Preservice Teacher Faculty for American Forest Foundation, August 12, 2008
$4,230.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Bastrop Convention Center and Court House Project for City of Bastrop, August 11, 2008
$20,380.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Tuscany Heights Elementary School - Pedestrian Survey for North East Independent School District, August 11, 2008
$3,542.00
Dr. Anson Ong Developing a Multifunctional Scaffold for Repairing Large Bone Defects for U.S. Army, August 6, 2008
$1,979,513.00
Dr. Sazzad Bin-Shafique Bacteria Levels in Discharges from Road Right-of-Ways for Texas Department of Transportation, August 5, 2008
$71,729.00
Dr. Sonia Alconini Imperial Marginality and Frontier: Kallawayas and Chunchos in the Eastern Inka Borders for National Science Foundation, August 4, 2008
$46,469.00
Yufeng Wang Systems Biology of Plasmodium Falciparum: Fuilding and Exploring Network Models for National Institutes of Health, August 4, 2008
$242,920.00

July 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Dr. Qing Yi Programmable Code Optimization and Empirical Tuning for High-End Computing for National Science Foundation, July 31, 2008
$462,000.00
Belinda Flores Project A-TEP for Department of Education, July 31, 2008
$321,949.00
David Akopian SGER: Computer Theft Recovery Using IP-Assisted GPS for National Science Foundation, July 29, 2008
$71,868.00
Dr. Hai-Chao Han The Effect of Pulse Pressure on Arterial Wall Remodeling - REU Supplement for National Science Foundation, July 29, 2008
$3,000.00
Dr. Heather Shipley BRIGE: Sorption Behavior of Contaminants to Manufactured Nanomaterials for Potential Use as Remediation and Water Treatment Technologies for National Science Foundation, July 29, 2008
$174,054.00
Dr. Anson Ong Plasti-Bone: Improving Bone Wound Healing for Advanced Ceramics Research, July 28, 2008
$37,744.00
Dr. Manuel Diaz Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program - 2008 Eisenhower Hispanic Serving Institutions Fellowships for U.S. Department of Transportation, July 28, 2008
$45,000.00
Dr. Nicole Wicha Brain and Behavior of Bilingual Language Comprehension for National Institutes of Health, July 28, 2008
$289,000.00
Dr. G. Jilani Chaudry Identification of Novel Mammalian Genes Required for Intoxication by Anthrax Toxin for National Institutes of Health, July 24, 2008
$305,715.00
Dr. Brent Nowak Model Based Design (MBD) Development Program for Southwest Research Institute, July 24, 2008
$45,000.00
Dr. Steve Tomka CPS Utilities Installation Monitoring for City Public Service, July 22, 2008
$9,475.00
Dr. Harry Millwater Probabilistic Lifing of IN100 Considering Residual Stresses for General Dynamics, July 22, 2008
$6,100.00
Dr. Liao Chen Theoretical Investigation of kinesin-1 and other Molecular Motors for National Institutes of Health, July 22, 2008
$99,475.00
Dr. Stephen Ackley Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness from Space: Validating Estimates from the Laser & Radar Satellite Altimeters with Ship-Based Measurements for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, July 22, 2008
$181,579.00
Dr. George Negrete Novel Lipid Analogs for Use in Nancapsule Medicinal Agent Delivery for National Institutes of Health, July 22, 2008
$106,125.00
Dr. Qing Yi Multilayer Code Synthesis for Correctness and Performance for National Science Foundation, July 22, 2008
$79,369.00
Dr. Donald Kurtz Bacterial Proteins Containing Novel Iron Sites for National Institutes of Health, July 21, 2008
$32,043.00
Dr. David Johnson Engineering Drug-Release Surfaces for Biomedical Devices via Self-Assembled Monolayers for National Institutes of Health, July 18, 2008
$361,250.00
Dr. Carola Wenk REU Supplement for: CAREER: Application and Theory of Geometric Shape Handling for National Science Foundation, July 18, 2008
$12,000.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Curation Preparation for Multiple Texas Counties for Texas Department of Transportation, July 16, 2008
$36,143.00
Robert Renthal New Method for Pheromone Discovery for ETF (POCrr), July 16, 2008
$25,000.00
Albert Salgado Continuation of the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Program for U.S. Small Business Administration, July 16, 2008
$170,029.00
Raquel Marquez Voices of the United Farmer Worker Movement in Texas, Documentary Film for Yip Harburg Foundation, July 15, 2008
$1,500.00
Dr. Kyle Murray User Guide for Modeling Watershed-Scale Impacts of Onsite Wastewater Systems for Colorado School of Mines, July 15, 2008
$3,587.00
Dr. David Jaffe Characterization of the Input/Output Relationship in CA3 Pyramidal Neurons for George Mason University, July 15, 2008
$14,998.00
Mr. Collin Lobb GABAergic Inhibition of NMDA-Mediated Bursting in Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons for National Institutes of Health, July 14, 2008
$29,172.00
Dr. Fred Hudson Value-Based Critical Infrastructure Assessment for University of Southern California/Department of Homeland Security, July 11, 2008
$50,000.00
Dr. Hans Heidner Targeting Vaccine Vectors and Antigens to Dendritic Cells Using Protein L for National Institutes of Health, July 11, 2008
$106,125.00
Dr. Raymond Garza Building Agricultural and Environmental Research Capacity at HSIs: The USDA Faculty and Student Team (FaST) Program for U.S. Department of Agriculture, July 10, 2008
$250,000.00
Ravi Sandhu A Framework for Managing the Assured Information Sharing Lifecycle for Office of Naval Research/UMBC, July 8, 2008
$83,333.00
Garry Cole Coccidioidomycosis: Genome Comparison, Selection and Transcription for National Institutes of Health, July 7, 2008
$159,942.00
Dr. Carlos Paladini Cellular Mechanisms of Dopamine Neuron Bursting for National Institutes of Health, July 7, 2008 $233,142.00
J. Mitchell Miller Developing a Prevention and Emergency Management/Crisis Response Water Security Plan for San Antonio River Authority, July 2, 2008
$28,298.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Mission San Jose Modification #1 for National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior, July 2, 2008
$542.00
Dr. Ephrem Fernandez Psychometric Properties and Diagnostic Utility of the Pain Descriptor System for National Institutes of Health, July 2, 2008
$166,157.00
Janis Bush A Model to Integrate Mentoring Between Community Entities to Promote and Enhance Career Development for Underrepresented Minorities in Agriculture and for U.S. Department of Agriculture, July 2, 2008
$245,000.00

June 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Dr. Miguel Jose Yacaman International Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials for Centro de Materials Avanzados, June 30, 2008 $143,842
William Winsborough Collaborative Research: CT-ISG: A Framework for the Modeling and Management of Obligations in Security Policies for National Science Foundation, June 29, 2008
$59,999.00
Ricardo Gonzalez Communities Foundation of Texas - Texas High School Project - Small Learning Communities Grant for Communities Foundation of Texas, June 27, 2008
$61,500.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Granberg Research Design Supplemental Work Authorization #5 for Texas Department of Transportation, June 26, 2008
$48,285.00
Dr. Harry Jarrett Polynucleotide High Performance Affinity Chromatography for National Institutes of Health, June 26, 2008 $223,389
Dr. Jose Weissmann Longer Combination Vehicles and Road Trains for Texas for Texas Department of Transportation, June 25, 2008
$64,964.00
Ruyan Guo Design, Simulation, and Characterization of Novel Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive Composite Materials for Office of Naval Research, June 25, 2008
$450,000.00
Dr. Weiming Cao Recovery Type a Posteriori Error Estimation and Mesh Refinement for the Finite Element Method on Anisotropic Meshes for National Science Foundation, June 25, 2008 $121,793.00
Rhonda Moses Upward Bound Math and Science for Department of Education, June 24, 2008
$250,000.00
Dr. Hongjie Xie Better Understanding NEXRAD Level II Reflectivity using a Network of Four Double-Gauge Platforms in a Single Radar Cell for University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, June 24, 2008
$10,424.50
Thomas Forsthuber super-agoinst Peptide-Mediated T Cell Tolerance in EAE for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, June 20, 2008
$170,272.00
Robert McKinley San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI) for The SATAI Network Foundaton, June 20, 2008
$460,000.00
Dr. Raymond Mauldin Collaborative Research: Reconstruction Paleoclimate based on the Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of Bone Collagen from Small Herbivores Recovered in Archaeological Assemblages for National Science Foundation, June 19, 2008
$151,657.00
Dr. Anne-Marie Nunez Predicting Latino Studies College Participation: State, School and Individual Effects for Association for Institutional Research, June 19, 2008 $40,000.00
Maria Esteve-Gasent Genetic Analysis of the Superoxide Dismutase a (SodA) Mutant in Borrelia Burgdorferi for American Heart Association, June 18, 2008
$94,000.00
Donovan Fogt Assessment of Biomarkers Responsive to Acute Fatigue/Physical Exhaustion for Hyperion Biotechnology, June 18, 2008
$114,999.00
Dr. Gary Gaufo Segmental Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Assembly for Whitehall Foundation, June 18, 2008 $75,000.00
Dr. Miguel Jose-Yacaman PASI Microscopy Techniques for Nanomaterials for National Science Foundation, June 17, 2008 $95,030.00
Dr. Betty Travis Teacher Quality Grant Algebra II for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June 12, 2008 $87,000.00
Dr. Richard Tangum Historic Resources Survey for Boerne, Texas for City of Boerne, June 11, 2008 $17,982
Karl Klose F.tularensis Virulence Protein Structure and Function for National Institutes of Health, June 11, 2008
$210,977.00
Dr. Miguel Yacaman Joint Physics Graduate Program for Southwest Research Institute, June 11, 2008 $11,388.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Curation Preparation for Webb, Nueces, Tom Green, Refugio, Kent, McCullouch, Hall, Grayson and Runnels Counties for Texas Department of Transportation, June 11, 2008 $1,249.00
Dr. Rajendra Boppana Research and Development of Wireless Network Protocols for Signal Technology, June 11, 2008 $69,585.00
Dr. Tao Wei Proteomic Characterization of Fugu Fry Cells under DNA Replication Stress and the Induced Aging for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, June 10, 2008 $10,800.00
Dr. Steve Tomka Historic Coordination Reports for Camp Mabry for Adjutant General's Department, June 10, 2008 $49,756
Dr. Jose Lopez-Ribot Small Molecule Inhibitors of Candida Albicans Biofilm Formation for National Institutes of Health, June 9, 2008 $169,681.00
Dr. Can Saygin CAMLS Industry Consortium Membership - Intelitek for Intelitek, Inc., June 9, 2008
$30,000.00
Dr. Miguel Yacaman Alloys at the Nanoscales; the Case of Nanoparticles for National Science Foundation, June 9, 2008 $71,509.00
Dr. Adria Bodour Minority Recruitment and Retention Grant in Support in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for NACME, June 9, 2008 $2,000.00
Dr. Frank Chen Design and Development of a Low Pressure Pneumatic Coal Conveying and Separation System - Phase I for Xinwen Mining Group, Ltd., June 5, 2008 $565,218.00
Victoria Jones The Triangle of Trade: Preparing U.S. Busineses for Success in Latin America and Asia for U.S. Department of Education, June 5, 2008
$90,000.00
Kenneth Porter South Texas Technology Management for Office of the Governor, June 4, 2008
$9,109.00
Rhonda Gonzales Bantu Roots and Reason: A History of Religion in Central East Tanzania, c. 1000 BCE to 1800 CE for National Research Council, June 4, 2008
$1,500.00
Raul Reyna San Antonio Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) 2008 (Summer Food Service Program) for Texas Department of Agriculture, June 4, 2008
$65,000.00
Qing Yi Program Analysis and Optimization for the Empirical Tuning of Scientific Applications for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, June 4, 2008
$930.00
Jose Lopez-Ribot Host Immunity and Virulence in Candida Albicans Pathogenesis for National Institutes of Health, June 3, 2008
$336,965.00
Dr. Betty Travis Teacher Quality Grant, 2008-2009, Algebra I for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June 2, 2008 $87,000.00

May 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Dr. Geoffrey Crowley Neutral Atmospheric Density Interdisciplinary Research Funding for University of Colorado, May 30, 2008 $35,533.00
Karl Klose Identification of F. tularensis Vaccine Strains for University of New Mexico/NIH, 5/30/2008
$105,689.00
Karl Klose Identification of F. tularensis Vaccine Strains for University of New Mexico/NIH, 5/30/2008
$163,198.00
Yusheng Feng MRTI Guided Integrative Model for Cancer Treatment for National Institutes of Health, May 30, 2008 $138,730.00
Dr. Mauli Agrawal North American Energy Summit for County of Bexar, May 27, 2008 $10,000.00
Dr. Chonglin Chen Multilayered YSZ/GCO Structure for Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell Applications for UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, May 23, 2008
$20,000.00
Dr. Carlos Garcia Lab-On-A-Robot: Building a Second Prototype and Performing In-Field Tests for University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, May 23, 2008
$25,000.00
Dr. Weiming Cao UltraScan Software Maintenance and Development for University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, May 23, 2008 $28,826
Qi Gong Electrical and Computer Engineering
Naval Postgraduate School, May 21, 2008
$27,881
Hai-Chao Han Biomechanics of Artery Kinking - REU Supplement for National Science Foundation, May 20, 2008 $6,000.00
Dr. Miguel Jose Yacaman Fabricate Solar Cell and Other Devices useful for Commercialization for Servicios Industriales Penoles, SA de C.V., May 19, 2008 $80,000.00
Roxanne Henkin San Antonio Writing Project
National Writing Project, University of California, May 19, 2008
$43,000
Waldemar Gorski Departmental Research Grant
Welch Foundation, May 19, 2008
$45,000
John R. McCarrey Novel Sperm Glycolytic Enzymes as Contraceptive Targets
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, May 19, 2008
$7,439
Steve Tomka KM69 Research Design – Supplemental Work Authorization #4
Texas Department of Transportation, May 19, 2008
$20,774
Raul Reyna 2008 TexPREP - Sid Richardson
Sid W. Richardson Foundation, May 19, 2008
$123,000
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez UTSA Marc U*STAR Program for National Institutes of Health, May 19, 2008 $519,589
Dr. Tiffanye Vargas-Tonsing An Examination of Sport Coaches' Perceptions of Athletes Exhibiting Signs of ADHD and their Perceived Reactionary Behavioral Response for Association for Applied Sport Psychology, May 19, 2008 $2,140.00
Dr. Tao Wei A Countermeasure against War Injury Related Infections with Acinetobactor baumannii for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008 $26,926
Dr. Gail Taylor Summer Research Program for Underrepresented Minority Pre-Med Students for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008 $21,156.00
Dr. David Hansen 2009 San Antonio Regional History Fair for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008 $5,000.00
Dr. Stephan Bach Reduction of Oxidative Stress in the Eye by Reseratrol for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008 $19,191.00
Dr. Taeg Nishimoto Beyond the Alamo: The Creation of a Unique San Antonio Tourist Guidebook to Showcase Historical through Modern Local Architecture and Design for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008 $12,925.00
Dr. Amar Bhalla Design and Processing of Novel Electronic Composite Materials Funding for National Science Foundation, May 15, 2008 $195,850.00
Steve Tomka Integrated Cultural Resource Management Program and Tribal Coordination 2007-2008
Texas Adjutant General’s Department, May 15, 2008
$63,358
Cliff Paredes Export Readiness Training Program
Southern U.S. Trade Association, May 15, 2008
$201,627
Raul Reyna SA PREP - San Antonio Area Foundation 2008 for San Antonio Area Foundation, May 15, 2008
$27,700.00
Steve Tomka San Antonio Missions Historical Park – San Juan Septic Tank Installation Monitoring, NPS Task Order #5
National Parks Service, May 14, 2008
$1,691
Chonglin Chen Nanofabricaton of New Materials Via Self Organization on Anisotropic Epitaxial Oxide for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, May 12, 2008
$58,000.00
Yufang Jin REU in Nonlinear Control of UAV/UGV
National Science Foundation, May 12, 2008
$91,757
Dr. Rena Bizios Novel Multidisciplinary Strategy to Optimize Stem Cell Function Pertinent to Bone Tissue Engineering for Funding for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board , May 12, 2008 $41,500.00
Dr. Jianwei Niu Formal Methods in Access Control Policy Analysis and Design for Funding for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board , May 12, 2008 $145,999
Dr. Ratnam Rama Sound Pattern Recognition in the Auditory Midbrain for Funding for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, May 12, 2008 $150,000
Dr. Rudy Reyna Water Quality/Water Conservation Curriculum for San Antonio Water System, May 9, 2008 $70,000.00
Clint Whaley Technical Proposal in Reply to RFP #H98230-06-R-0914 for ATLAS
National Security Agency, May 9, 2008
$58,000
Dr. Jose Weissmann TxDot needs Assessment Sub Contract to UTSA - Bridges for UT Austin Center for Transportation Research, May 8, 2008 $50,000
Harry Millwater Probabilistic Design for Rotor Integrity for Southwest Research Institute/FAA, May 7, 2008
$35,000.00
Dr. Ruyan Guo Intra-Arterial Revascularization and Local Brain Cooling in Acute Stroke Treatment for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, May 6, 2008
$34,196.00
Dr. Grainne McCabe Reproductive Ecology of an Endangered Primate: Diet & Foraging Behavior Alteration in Adult Female Sanje Mangabeys for Primate Conservation, Inc., May 6, 2008 $2,200.00
Judy M. Teale Neuroimmunology and Pathology of Neurocysticercosis
National Institutes of Health, May 6, 2008
$285,956.11
Jose Iovino Latin American Symposium on Mathematical Logic, Paraty, Brazil, May 11-17, 2008
National Science Foundation, May 6, 2008
$20,000
Karl Eschbach Memorandum of Agreement – Services Pertaining to Medicaid Program and Other Health Issues
Methodist Healthcare Ministries, May 5, 2008
$106,105
Rick Gonzalez UTSA TRIO-Upward Bound NISD Project for Department of Education, May 5, 2008
$387,547.00
Karl Klose Identification of F. tularensis Vaccine Strains for University of New Mexico/NIH, 5/1/2008
$32,632.00
Dr. G.V.S. Raju CRI: Experimental Research in High-Performance Computing and Wireless Networking Funding for National Science Foundation, May 1, 2008 $166,238.00
Karl Eschbach Texas Legislative Council
Texas Legislative Council, May 1, 2008
$277,855
Kathleen Mittag San Antonio Mathematics Collaborative 07-08 Middle School Mathematics: Part II (Amendment)
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, May 1, 2008
$75,000
Jyotsna Sharma-Srinivasan A Biotic Inventory of Free-Living Arctic Marine Nematodes
University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 1, 2008
$4,000
Dhiraj K. Sardar Synthesis, Photoluminescence, and Laser Characteristics of Rare Earth Ions Doped in a HEMA, a Polymeric Plastic Host
American Chemical Society, May 1, 2008
$8,000

April 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Jyotsna Sharma-Srinivasan Nematodes and Ciliates of the Caspian Sea as Environmental Indicators
U.S. Civilian Research & Development, April 30, 2008
$8,000
Harriett Romo Proposal to Study Parent Involvement in Six Schools
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, April 29, 2008
$20,000
Ricardo Gonzalez THECB G Force Funds
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, April 29, 2008
$117,000
Belinda Flores Teacher Academy Induction Learning Community
Greater Texas Foundation, April 29, 2008
$356,499
Gayle Nicoll Development of an Active Living Guideline for the City of New York
City of New York Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, April 29, 2008
$4,999
R. Clint Whaley Research for Undergraduate Supplemental Funding Request for CNS-0551504
National Science Foundation, April 29, 2008
$12,000
Dr. Rudy Reyna Texas Workforce Commission - TexPREP 2008 for Texas Workforce Commission, April 25, 2008 $168,500.00
Dr. Rudy Reyna Greater Texas Foundation TexPREP 2008 Funding for Greater Texas Foundation, April 24, 2008 $499,824.00
Miguel Jose Yacaman Toward Rational Design of Branched Metallic Nanostructures: How Wet Chemistry Can Play a Leading Role in Nanotechnology
Welch Foundation, April 23, 2008
$23,071
Ricardo Gonzalez ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp
Greater ExxonMobil Foundation, April 22, 2008
$80,000
Ricardo Gonzalez Greater San Antonio After School All Stars Tutoring Program (The 21st CCLC Grant – Cycle 3)
Greater After-Schools All-Stars-San Antonio, April 22, 2008
$12,800
Carlos Garcia Analysis of Oleander Extracts by Capillary Electrophoresis
Nerium Biotechnology, April 17, 2008
$1,950
Stephen Saville NRG1 Regulated Genes in Candida Albicans Pathogenicity
National Institutes of Health, April 17, 2008
$269,572
Donald Kurtz Bacterial Proteins Containing Novel Iron Sites
National Institutes of Health, April 17, 2008
$330,964.74
Brent Nowak Model Based Design (MBD) Development Program
Southwest Research Institute, April 11, 2008
$45,500
Yusheng Feng MRTI Guided Integrative Model for Cancer Treatment
National Institutes of Health, April 11, 2008
$200.81
Christine Moseley Redesigning an Earth Systems Science/Advanced Earth Systems Science Lab Using the National Repository of Online Content
University of Texas System, April 10, 2008
$2,500
Judy M. Teale Effect of Aging on Immunity to Tularemia
National Institutes of Health, April 7, 2008
$329,046
James P. Chambers Configuration/Development of an Abiotic Energy Generating Module
U.S. Army, April 3, 2008
$400,000
Dr. Thomas Forsthuber Superagoinst Peptide-Mediated T Cell Tolerance in EAE for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, April 1, 2008 $170,272.00

March 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Dr. Miguel Jose Yacaman Controlling the Shape and Particles using Wet Chemistry Methods and its Application to Synthesis of Hollow Bimetallic Nanostructures. for Welch Foundation, March 31, 2008 $50,000.00
Dr. Hyunsoo Han Ir/Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylation for The Welch Foundation, March 31, 2008 $50,000
Ricardo Gonzalez Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Phase IV
University of Texas at El Paso, March 27, 2008
$25,750
Raul Reyna TexPREP-TG 2007
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, March 27, 2008
$164,500
Elizabeth Murakami Ramalho Research to Develop a Typology of Educator Preparation Programs in Texas Colleges and Universities
University of Texas at Austin, March 27, 2008
$27,900
Mariela A. Rodriguez Examining the Relationship among Principal Attributes, Teacher Quality and Student Achievement in Texas
University of Texas at Austin, March 27, 2008
$28,000
Belinda Flores Identifying Factors that Contribute to the Retention of Effective Teachers in Low Performing Texas Public Schools
University of Texas at Austin, March 27, 2008
$96,700
Belinda Flores The Relationship of Teacher Knowledge and Application of Content, Pedagogy and Cultural Understanding in Successful Math and Science Classrooms
University of Texas at Austin, March 27, 2008
$116,700
Geoffrey Crowley Neutral Atmospheric Density Interdisciplinary Research (NADIR)
University of Colorado, March 26, 2008
$114,467
Dr. Daniel Jimenez CRI: IAD Resources for Branch Prediction Research Funding for National Science Foundation, March 26, 2008 $233,730.00
Floyd L. Wormley, Jr. Protective Host Immunity Against Pulmonary Cryptoccoccosis
National Institutes of Health, March 21, 2008
$347,029
Dr. Rhonda Gonzales Bantu Roots and Reason: A History of Religion in Central East Tanzania, c.1000 BCD to 1800 CE for National Research Council, March 19, 2008 $1,500.00
Garry Cole A Recombinant Protein Vaccine Against Coccidioides
National Institutes of Health, March 19, 2008
$353,750
Stephen Saville Analysis of Candida albicans NRG1-Regulated Gene Expression In Vivo
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, March 19, 2008
$208,217
Thomas Forsthuber Mechanism of Steroid Resistance in EAE/MS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, March 19, 2008
$278,578
Karl Eschbach IAC – Annual Preparation of Allocation Factors
Texas Workforce Commission, March 18, 2008
$31,729
Steve Tomka NPS Task Order #4
U.S. Department of Interior/National Park Service, March 18, 2008
$19,400
Steve Tomka Salado Creek at IH-10
Adams Environmental Inc., March 18, 2008
$1,780
Steve Tomka Natural and Cultural Resources Analysis
Texas Adjutant General’s Department, March 18, 2008
$62,631
Steve Tomka Losoya House/Radio Shack, Bexar County Project
Texas Historical Commission, March 18, 2008
$29,896
Raul Reyna COSA-PREP 2008
City of San Antonio, March 17, 2008
$38,892
Ravi Sandhu CT-ISG: Secure Knowledge Management: Models and Mechanisms
National Science Foundation, March 17, 2008
$128,138
William T. Flannery SAIC-JM Waller Associates Mentor-Protégé Program: GIS and Quality Assurance Support Services
Science Applications International Corporation, March 17, 2008
$24,785
Joo L. Ong 50/50 HA:TCP Scaffolds
U.S. Army, March 13, 2008
$350,920
Raymond T. Garza San Antonio Health Services Research Program (SAHSRP)
National Institutes of Health, March 13, 2008
$407,352
Steve Tomka The Nursery at Brackenridge Park and Mini-Railroad Tract Relocation Project
City of San Antonio, March 6, 2008
$7,456
Ali Tosun High Throughput I/O for Large Scale Data Repositories
National Science Foundation, March 5, 2008
$198,777
Carola Wenk Career: Application and Theory of Geometric Shape Handling
National Science Foundation, March 5, 2008
$162,745
Debora Zamora Central Respiratory Chemoreception in the Amphibian
National Institutes of Health, March 4, 2008
$11,327
Charles Wilson Neostriatal Cholinergic Interneurons Firing Patterns
National Institutes of Health, March 4, 2008
$309,142
John R. McCarrey Regulation of a Spermatogenesis-Specific Gene
National Institute of Health, March 3, 2008
$64,629
Chunjiang Qian Benchmark Study of Fossil Plant Control System Dynamic Performance
Alstom Power, Inc., March 3, 2008
$13,158
Harry W. Jarrett Muscle Cell Signaling
National Institutes of Health, March 3, 2008
$236,981
Charles Wilson Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons Firing Patterns
National Institutes of Health, March 3, 2008
$54,442

February 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Steve Tomka City of Bastrop Convention Center and City Hall – Pedestrian Survey
City of Bastrop, Office of the City Manager, February 25, 2008
$8,802
Rama Ratnam Effects of Aging on Otoacoustic Emissions in the Common Marmoset
National Institutes of Health, February 14, 2008
$103,047
Alan Dutton Evaluation of Predicted Water-Level Declines in Ogallala Aquifer in Roberts County, Texas
Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, February 14, 2008
$12,200
Amar Bhalla Sensors Small Team: Ferroelectric Thin Film Active Sensor Arrays for Structural Health Monitoring
University of South Carolina, February 14, 2008
$31,577
Dr. Rudy Reyna SA PREP 2009-Kenedy Foundation for John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, February 12, 2008 $20,000
Karl E. Klose Sigma 54 and Vibrio Cholerae Pathogenesis
National Institutes of Health, February 8, 2008
$134,167
Mehdi Shadaram Increasing Opportunity, Retention and Graduation Rates for Minority Females through a Systemic TETC 2007 Best Practices-Based Process
Texas Workforce Commission, February 5, 2008
$194,413
David Akopian Testing and Analyzing GPS Receiver Data
National Instruments Company, February 1, 2008
$3,891

January 2008

 Investigator  Title/Funding Agency / Date Amount
Amar Bhalla Studies of Relaxors and Ferroelectromagnetic Materials
Southern University through the U.S. Department of the Navy, January 31, 2008
$24,237
Karl Eschbach UTMB Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, January 30, 2008
$41,935
Steve Tomka Los Compadres
Los Compadres, January 30, 2008
$6,384
Mark A. Hager Economic Impact Analysis for Port San Antonio
Port of San Antonio, January 30, 2008
$14,304
Robert Renthal Identification and Evaluation of Chemicals Controlling Health and Reproduction of the Red Imported Fire Ant
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, January 30, 2008
$5,000
Steve Tomka St. Peter-St. Joseph Children’s Home Pedestrian Survey Project
Chesney Morales and Associates, Inc., January 30, 2008
$4,922
Sonia Alconini Imperial Marginality and Frontier: Kallawayas and Chunchos in the Eastern Inka Borders
National Science Foundation, January 29, 2008
$41,517
Michael Jennings Building a Faculty Community: The Development of a College Teaching, Excellence and Mentoring Center as Resource for Faculty Development
Professional and Development (POD) Network, January 29, 2008
$4,325
Richard Tangum Walzem Corridor Study
Windcrest Economic Development Corporation, January 29, 2008
$10,750
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Westlake
Southwest Research Institute, January 25, 2008
$45,066.46
Hongjie Xie Martian Surface Compositions and H2O/CO2 Circulation Investigations using OMEGA and THEMIS Data
University of Texas at Austin, January 24, 2008
$10,000
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Livi
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$42,653.66
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Broiles
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$58,517.66
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Grotheer
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$44,120.06
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Alguiza
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$42,653.66
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Ebert
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$44,120.06
Eric Schlegel Southwest Research Institute Support for Physics Graduate Students – Randol
Southwest Research Institute, January 24, 2008
$42,653.66
Miguel Jose Yacaman Study of Ag Nanoparticles with H2O Base for Supro Scientific, 1/19/2008
$84,600.00
Andrew T. Tsin A Study in Diabetic Eye Disease – Damage in Diabetic Retinopathy due to Acrolein and its Mitigation by NBHA
Kronkosky Foundation, January 18, 2008
$75,000
William Angrove Supplemental Online Curriculum
Southside Independent School District, January 17, 2008
$150,000
Adria Bodour Optimization of Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons at Camp Stanley Storage Activity Boerne, Texas
Noblis, January 3, 2008
$50,000
Arturo Ayon Advanced MEMS Actuators for Wireless Communications
U.S. Department of the Army, January 2, 2008
$31,733
Raymond T. Garza Community Survey and Analysis
City of San Antonio, January 2, 2008
$50,000

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