TASK ORDER: LEIFESTE - ESTEBANNE TARANGO

This grant supports a student who will work with senior engineering staff on a research project aimed at exploring options for hypervelocity sabot fabrication using additive manufacturing techniques.

HDPE MARKET ANALYSIS IN THE EL PASO NORTE REGION

This research project investigates the business climate of polyethylene resins in order to support investor decision making for Geltmore Real Estate Advisory Team, LLC., in the high- definition polyethylene (HDPE) sector.

EXPLORE STEM CAMPS SUMMER 2019

Using problem-solving and a project-/inquiry-based approach, this project supports summer camp participants in exploring mechanical and aerospace engineering, biomedical, computer & computational science, civil & environmental engineering, industrial and system engineering, material science, and electrical engineering.

INVESTIGATING THE INTERRATER AND INTRARATER RELIABILITY OF THE PHYSICAL THERAPY SPANISH PROFICIENCY MEASURE

The aim of this study is to establish the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the 20-item Physical Therapy Spanish Proficiency Measure (PT-SPM), a tool that English-Spanish bilingual faculty or clinicians can use to assess students' clinically-relevant Spanish proficiency. If the reliability is established, the PT-SPM will be the first valid and reliable tool that can be used by academic and clinical educators to assess physical therapist students' clinically-relevant Spanish proficiency with Spanish-speaking patients.

RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS EMERGING PARTNER

In collaboration with Raise Your Hand Texas, this project creates and implements a continuous improvement plan to improve and sustain the teacher preparation program.

LSAMP UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FACILITIES

The purpose of this request is to seek supplemental funding to support a faculty-student team who will conduct research at the US DOE Ames Laboratory in the summer of 2019. Professor Dr. Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at El Paso, and three of his undergraduate physics students will visit and stay at Ames Laboratory to conduct research on the topic of pressure-induced magnetic properties of van der Waals crystals. More specifically, the team will conduct the following two studies: 1. Magnetic properties of van der Waals crystals (CrGeTe3, CrI3 and CrCl3) as a function of pressure (0-1.3 GPa) at the temperature of 2 K. 2. Magneto-caloric effect of these materials as a function of pressure at cryogenic temperatures at which new magnetic phases are expected to emerge. The research team will be hosted by Dr. Ikenna C. Nlebedim of the Critical Materials Institute, Ames Laboratory, who has provided a letter of commitment (attachment). The proposed project will allow the three students, who are Hispanic, to participate in research at a national research facility with and to pave the way for additional opportunities for future LSAMP students who are majoring in the physical sciences. Increasing the number of such undergraduate research opportunities at US DOE facilities is a major goal of the UT System Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance.

IRES TRACK 1: US-CANADA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON BIOMATERIALS FOR STEM CELL CULTURE AND NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION

Sixteen engineering and science undergraduate students will participate in an international research experience at the University of Victoria. These students will learn to use 3D bioprinting to fabricate pluripotent stem cells laden constructs and adopt new materials toward 3D bioprinting of scaffolds for stem cell culture and differentiation.

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC TRANSDUCERS

This contracted work is to investigate the printing of a piezoelectric ceramic transducers using additive manufacturing technologies. The printed piezoceramic transducers will be tested at ARL to perform acoustic characterization to provide feedback for fabrication technique improvements.

ACQUISITION OF LASER DIFFRACTION PARTICLE SIZING SYSTEM

This grant supports the purchase of a Malvern-Panalytical Mastersizer 3000 Laser Diffraction Particle Sizer to accurately and quickly measure particles in air and water, which enables the continued pursuit of research and STEM education

TRANSFORMING TEACHER PREPARATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO: BUILDING CAPACITY TO PREPARE THE HIGHEST-QUALITY LATINX TEACHERS FOR THE U.S. BORDERLANDS AND BEYOND

This grant supports continuous improvement of the UTEP teacher preparation program to prepare a predominantly Latinx teaching force to: (1) meet the needs of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse learners; and (2) provide rigorous, high-quality learning experiences for all students.

THE IMPACT ON MARITIME SHIPPING AS THE RESULT OF TRADE CONFLICTS BETWEEN CHINA AND U.S.

This research project assesses and compares the historic and current Pacific and Atlantic ports relevance for Chinese-U.S. overall and maritime trade to include historic shipping rate fluctuations as a function of distance across ports and shipped volume.

EXPLORING MOLECULAR CHANGES AND INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES DURING INDUCED UPPER EXTREMITY TENDON OVERLOAD

The objective of this project is to identify and quantify changes at the messenger-RNA (mRNA) level in the inflammatory cytokines IL6 and IL1b from previously stored white blood cells after the completion of a simulated manual assembly task. The team will compare the expression of these genes to a common housekeeping gene using real- time PCR analysis with the Taqman assay system.

U.S.- BRAZIL TRANS-DISCIPLINARY STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM ON PEACE ENGINEERING

In partnership with the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná in Brazil, this project develops a new study abroad program for engineering students centered on Peace Engineering. The focus is on training future engineers to be aware of and sensitive to diversity, social justice, and ethics with an aim of finding innovative engineering solutions to improve the wellbeing of people.

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM OF (MILD) TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES

The Laboratory for Human Motion Analysis and Neurorehabilitat will investigate mild traumatic brain injuries of former military soldiers.

GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LUNAR REGOLITH SIMULANTS

The primary objective of the project is to mechanistically characterize the physical and mechanical properties of the lunar regolith simulants through the development of a full factorial laboratory experiment matrix to determine the frictional and cohesional parameters of the lunar soil simulants at different Relative Compaction (RC%) levels.

EL PASO WATER UTILITIES - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

This project analyzes water demand in the context of selected economic factors for El Paso County and evaluates the El Paso land holdings in the County from a holistic perspective that looks at costs, revenues and taxes.

AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF REACH PLANNING AND ACTION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER COMPARED TO TYPICAL DEVELOPING CHILDREN

The project aims are to establish and analyze differences, if any, between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children and neurotypical (NT) children in the development of an internal model of action to the ipsilateral and contralateral side of the body, and in the execution of a functional reach task to the ipsilateral and contralateral side of the body.

ENGAGING COMMUNITY ACROSS BORDERS THROUGH MEDIA

This multimedia project engages community stakeholders on both side of the U.S.-Mexico border through town hall meetings and various multimedia news products to facilitate greater understanding and communication among residents of the bi-national region.

DEFECTS, ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES IN ADVANCED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS BEYOND GRAPHENE

This grant to the Materials Research Society (MRS) supports the participation of UTEP students in a MRS symposium that will present the latest advances on the magnetic properties of 2D materials and devices using conventional magnetometry, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, and magneto optical Kerr effect.

DEVELOPMENT AND SEX DIFFERENTIATION OF CONTEXT FEAR NEURAL CIRCUITS

This project creates and disseminates whole brain functional neuroanatomical maps of the developing contextual fear learning systems in order to better understand anxiety disorders in pre-adolescent and adolescent females and males.

STREETSAVER TRAINING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES

This research project reviews/develops concepts and protocols for pavement management practices of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) of the San Francisco Bay. Decision-making support guidance will be provided for the calculation of Pavement Condition Index (PCI), PCI deterioration models, treatment needs analysis, PCI-Driven scenario analysis and others.

OZONESONDE LAUNCHES IN EL PASO

This project coordinates 26 El Paso ozonesonde launches per the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality launch criteria and schedule with FAA approval. In summer 2015, two UTEP students will assist with the preparation and launching of the Houston ozonesondes in the city of El Paso.

POPULATION GENETICS OF ARIZONA'S SPRINGSNAIL

Using molecular analyses, this project seeks to analyze the population structure and diversity of Arizona's Springsnails from across six geographical sites throughout Arizona.

RUBIN CENTER EDUCATIONAL FUNDING -SUMMER CAMPS 2019

This grant supports 2019 summer camps on contemporary arts and creative writing for economically disadvantaged students. The focus is utilizing art as a catalyst to create an understanding about the world we live in, specifically focusing on interdisciplinary artistic practices, critical dialogue, design thinking and contemporary culture.

IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE RESILIENCY DURING AND AFTER HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL EVENT

This study identifies critical transportation infrastructure to determine resiliency enhancement in the case of an extreme hydrometeorological event with amplified severity of natural hazards, such as floods, droughts, and storms.

POPULATION ECOLOGY, POPULATION GENETICS, AND CONSERVATION OF THE PACIFIC BLACK DUCK (ANAS SUPERCILIOSA) IN AMERICAN SAMOA

This project fills critical knowledge gaps on overall population assessments, habitat use, and basic ecology of American Samoa's Pacific black ducks. The project determines the relationship of these populations to those on mainland Australia, South Pacific Islands, and New Zealand for future management action.

CHARACTERIZATION OF SAMPLES AND SUPPORT FOR REBAR, BEAMS AND SECTIONS PRODUCED WITH NIOBIUM

This research project explores niobium, as an additive alloy to steel, in its relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties. The objective is to widely adopt the effective usage of niobium and understand its impact on the resulting microstructure and mechanical properties.

LONG-TERM GENETIC EFFECTS OF GAME-FARM MALLARD RELEASES ON WILD MALLARDS IN NORTH AMERICA

This project objective is to test for and better understand the population structure of North American mallards, particularly focusing on eastern populations. Specifically, the aim is to determine the extent of game-farm genetics found across North America, and whether their less adaptive genetics may be leading to the overall decline of eastern mallard populations.

SUSTAINABLE FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

This grant supports manufacturing professionals who deliver training, provide technical assistance and implement best business practices. Focus areas include lean manufacturing and lean office principles, technology solutions, strategic management, quality systems, environment and safety.

FEATURE EXTRACTIONS OF WATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE

This project advances remote sensing imagery collection with high resolution to extract an infrastructure feature as small as 6” in diameter, which will reduce both field cost and time.

LAW SCHOOL PREPARATION INSTITUTE COLLEGE SUMMER PROGRAM

In this program, UTEP students take a series of classes to prepare them for law school through pre-law coursework, advisement and mentoring for the law school entrance exam and applications for law school.

URAD UNMANNED SYSTEMS

The UTEP team will design unmanned aerial vehicles that are rapidly deployable and more easily assembled using a 3D printable design with interchangeable field-replaceable parts. The rapid deployable design can be ready to launch within three minutes with unlimited flight time.

FELLOWSHIP: FOR WANT OF WATER

This fellowship supports the completion and publication of a third book of poems about the Philippines and its violent history of colonization--particularly in relation to the United States--and human rights abuses effected by the government, alongside a chronicling of the violent experience of Filipinx immigrants to the United States.

EVALUATION OF SIEVE SCREENING OF BELT FILTER PRESSED SLUDGE FOR COST-EFFECTIVE DRYING

This project is a continuation of a study to reduce the water content of belt filter-pressed (BFP) sludge in order to significantly reduce the cost of hauling and final disposal of the sludge solids.

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE EL PASO COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

This grant supports new personnel salaries as a result of the reorganization of the Collaborative structure and enhanced vision to enable stakeholders to better address educational attainment, economic prosperity, and quality of life issues that affect the residents of the El Paso region.

PROMOTING THE READINESS OF MINORS IN SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (PROMISE) PROJECT

This project supports youth and their families with Supplemental Social Security Income with an aim of achieving their education and career goals.

FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL: STARTALK 2019

STARTALK 2019 is a summer language immersion program designed to introduce 50 high school students to three less commonly taught languages that are not offered in public schools in El Paso: Arabic, Portuguese, and Russian. The project goal is to recruit more students into the UTEP language programs who might participate in UTEP study abroad projects.

ARCTIC RESEARCH MAPPING APPLICATION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT 2019

This award supports (1) ongoing maintenance of the Arctic Research Mapping Application and the Arctic Observing Viewer, and (2) users' access to an interactive mapping application that hosts information on historic, current, and future arctic research logistics operations.

MAINTAIN SENTINEL AEDES SURVEILLANCE SITES

The goal of this project is to expand the ongoing surveillance of mosquito vectors and monitoring of insecticide resistance along the TX/MX border, a region that is of particular concern for introduction and local transmission of vector-borne diseases such as Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses.

SELF-UNCOLLIMATION TO DEVELOP A RADICALLY MINIATURIZED INTEGRATING SPHERE

This research will mature the concept of self-uncollimation to develop a radically miniaturized integrating sphere. The anticipated device is a spatially-variant self-uncollimating photonic crystal to act a bit like a reverb chamber. Randomness will also be studied to achieve a uniform distribution of power at the edges of the integrating sphere.

STTR I: DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR NEUTRON SCATTERING COLLIMATORS

The tasks that will be performed at UTEP are as follows: 1) create 3D printable thermoplastics loaded with gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3); 2) develop printing parameters for these new thermoplastic composites; 3) perform materials characterization activities; and 4) develop safe handling procedures which can be used for filler materials that have a higher level of toxicity, such as cadmium.

SATELLITE-AIDED REGIONAL DUST FORECASTING FOR VALLEY FEVER SURVEILLANCE, HIGHWAY ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

In collaboration with nine other institutions, this project applies NASA satellite data, computer modeling and statistical techniques to improve forecasting of the health and safety impacts of dust storms.

CENTER FOR LIGNOCELLULOSE STRUCTURE AND FORMATION

This project examines how plants make cellulose and assemble complex cell walls in order to inform future efforts to engineer synthesis of cellulose with novel properties.

SUN CITY STRING PROJECT AT UTEP

The String Project at UTEP is a viable music education initiative for 1st-4th grade students who wish to learn a stringed instrument before 5th grade. The project engages children from diverse socioeconomic levels through interaction with music educators at UTEP, including student teachers.

3D PRINTED ANTENNAS FOR HIGH-G ENVIRONMENT

This project will study 3D printing of three-dimensional antennas for use in high-g environments, including identification of materials, development of specialized design methodologies, and design and testing of candidate devices.

METAL AM DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSES

This project accelerates and advances technology associated with the additive manufacturing (AM) of metals for the needs of the military. Specifically, the focus is on rapid AM alloy development, new AM strategies for repair processing, and AM process qualification and verification using powder bed monitoring technology.

F31: SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE NEUROCHEMICAL MECHANISMS BY WHICH A STRESS PEPTIDE ENHANCES NICOTINE REWARD AND WITHDRAWAL

This graduate fellowship for Mr. Kevin Uribe investigates the role of stress systems in promoting nicotine reward and withdrawal in female rats with an aim of understanding the underlying mechanisms by which stress promotes the behavioral effects of nicotine in women.

IDENTIFICATION OF A LEAD MJC13 FAMILY COMPOUND FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER

This project synthesizes lead candidates with the goal of increasing efficacy, reducing toxicity, and ensuring bioavailability of the compound of MUC13 and assesses ease of preparation, potential amenability to parallel synthesis and the ability to generate diversity from late-stage intermediates.

IDENTIFICATION OF A LEAD GMC1 FAMILY COMPOUND FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER

This project examines data to identify structure-activity relationship (SAR) to define the essential structural elements leading to enhanced potency and reduced non-specific cell death.

EVALUATION SUPPORT INITIATIVE: FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FRESH

At the request of the PATH Foundation, the Paso del Norte Institute for Healthy Living has designed an evaluation of the Fauquier Reaches for Excellence in School Health project for the Fauquier County Public Schools.

EVALUATION SUPPORT INITIATIVE: RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMIT TO BE FIT

At the request of the PATH Foundation, the Paso del Norte Institute for Healthy Living has designed an evaluation of the Commit to Be Fit project for the Rappahannock County Public Schools.

USING LIVE ANIMATION BIOFEEDBACK TO ELICIT CHANGES IN MOTORIC RESPONSE PATTERNS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

This study assess how children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) respond to live animation biofeedback as compared to age- and sex-matched peers with typical development, which may provide crucial information relative to potential therapeutic invention possibilities which may positively effect multiple domains affected by ASD.

EPCC WITH UTEP THE AUTO-GRADUATION AND REVERSE TRANSFER PROGRAM

UTEP will provide support services for auto-graduation and reverse transfer, such as recruitment activities and enrollment operations.

EVALUATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FOR CONTROL OF TASTE AND ODORS CAUSED BY GEOSMIN AND MIB

In order to eliminate the occasional taste and odor problems in El Paso’s water supply, this project evaluates and determines the appropriate dosage of various brands of powdered activated carbon, which controls said problems.

SC3: ENDURING EFFECTS OF JUVENILE KETAMINE EXPOSURE

This research project examines the enduring neurobehavioral consequences of early life exposure to ketamine (KET), an anesthetic that shows promise as a treatment for pediatric major depressive disorder. It is expected that juvenile KET exposure will mediate long-lived behavioral alterations associated with enhanced drug abuse potential (i.e., cocaine), altered responses to stress, and memory-related impairment(s).

DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER TRANSPORTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DDETFP) GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

The Fellowship Program aims to enhance the breadth and scope of knowledge of the entire transportation community in the United States by providing funding for students to pursue advanced degrees in transportation-related disciplines.

ENGENDERING ANTIFASCISM: THE ARGENTINE JUNTA DE LA VICTORIA (VICTORY BOARD) IN TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE- 1930-1946

This grant supports the development of a book on Victory Board experiences with an aim of attracting a large and broad scholarly audience interested in global antifascism, fascism, populism, democracy, feminism, and women's social movements, including a Latin American case.

2019 TOPS SPONSORSHIP FOR CAHSI PARTNERSHIP THE COMPUTING ALLIANCE OF HSIs (CAHSI)

The Computing Alliance of HSIs (CAHSI) will continue to partner with Google in 2019 to create, sustain, iterate, and implement educational programs and outreach activities that educate university students in computer science and related disciplines; and prepare them for careers in the tech industry, academia, and other areas.

SCIENTIFIC TRAINING OF BIODIVERSITY SCIENTISTS AND RANGERS IN ITOMBWE NATURAL RESERVE, DR CONGO

In collaboration with Congolese scientists, the Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, and Itombwe reserve rangers, this project will conduct a multifaceted conservation campaign among Itombwe villages in the Congo to increase awareness of endangered species in the recently established Itombwe Natural Reserve to improve conservation protection of its biodiversity.

KTEP - FY 19-21

KTEP's yearly federal grant is for general operations to include salaries and fringe, program costs, and equipment purchases.

CORRUGATED METAL PIPES REPLACEMENT PROJECT

In collaboration with El Paso Water Utilities, UTEP will generate a storm water geodatabase with the required attributes and images to identify each asset.

We Mean Business

Wed, 04/03/2019 - 08:00, Las Cruces Convention Center, Las Cruces, NM.

Expertise CoP: Entrepreneurship Community of Practice

Opening Meeting: (new) Community of Practice on Aging

Wed, 04/10/2019 - 16:00, Contact: Dr. Dahlia Castillo for location. dahlia@utep.edu

Expertise CoP: Community of Practice on Aging

Public Lecture: "Other Faces: Latinx and Environmental Justice"

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 16:30, Physical Sciences Building room 208

Expertise CoP: Interdisciplinary Research and Education (IDRE)

Interprofessional Education Event

Fri, 07/05/2019 - 12:45, Tomas Rivera - Union East

Expertise CoP: Health-Focused Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional Education Event

Fri, 10/18/2019 - 12:45, Tomas Rivera - Union East

Expertise CoP: Health-Focused Interprofessional Education