NASA JSC AND UTEP CSETR ALLIANCE FOR LUNAR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

This project designs, develops, and tests low-pressure water extraction from vapor subliming from thermal mining processes to separate water from other volatiles and passively capture water without large radiators or additional power.

RISK MANAGEMENT AND ADVANCING LATINX IN THE ACTUARY PROFESSION

This project supports the newly implemented Risk Management concentration degree program; assesses and expands secondary teacher engagement; and implements and further develops the Prudential Financial Services Risk Management Academy and Financial Services Bootcamp.

TEXNET CALIBRATION SHOTS

This project will identify an accurate seismic velocity model of the subsurface of the west Texas Delaware Basin and south Texas Eagleford shale areas in order to determine the hypocenters of earthquakes occurring in these areas caused by the injection of produced oil field brines.

SOUTHWEST ALLIANCE FOR AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT

This project aims to bolster the aerospace and defense skills development of undergraduate students by developing specialized tracks/curriculum in composites manufacturing and circuit board design using active and experiential learning, design projects, and internships.

THERMAL AGING OF AlSi10Mg

This project investigates the effects of thermal treatments and service temperatures upon long term performance of powder bed additive manufacturing.

ARTS CREATE

This grant supports visits to the UTEP campus by 1000+ El Paso County high school students, which includes the Rubin Center and the studios in the Department of Art.

TXDOT-TXAPA ASPHALT PAVEMENT QUALITY INITIATIVE BALANCED MIX DESIGN WITH RAP

This project develops a Balanced Mixture Design specification utilizing recycled materials, including recycled asphalt pavement (RAP).

SUPPLEMENT: STEMGROW PROGRAM

This project supports a significant increase in student interest, performance, persistence, and STEM graduation, leading to STEM careers and graduate enrollment.

SPECIFICATION FOR USE OF NONNUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IN MEASURING PROPERTIES OF UNBOUND PAVEMENT MATERIALS

This project explores mechanisms for measuring and evaluating in-place properties of unbound paving materials.

YES, SHE CAN: CLOSING THE STEM HISPANIC GENDER GAP

This project focuses on Hispanic female students to: (1) increase enrollment in STEM studies; (2) increase completion of a Professional Science Master’s degree; and (3) improve financial literacy.

DEVELOPING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LEADERS OF TOMORROW

This project includes: (1) course development designed to challenge the knowledge, skills, and abilities of computer science students that position them to thrive in the computing workforce; (2) ethnographic research to understand factors leading to skills development; and (3) professional development of faculty and learning assistants.

SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANTS

This project provides targeted topic training for excavation and trenching hazards prevention to non-English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso area with a safe workplace campaign with support from UTEP, EPCC, and the Consulate General of Mexico.

CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER: A COMPARISON OF LEGAL RESIDENTS, ILLEGAL RESIDENTS AND NATIVE-BORN CITIZENS IN EL PASO TEXAS

In partnership with the El Paso Sheriff′s Office, this research project will collect and analyze U.S. Census data and Sheriff’s Office data to examine the extent to which patterns of criminal behavior differ across natural-born citizens, legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants after controlling for individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics.

CONGEALED WATER MATERIALS AND PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT

This project develops and tests materials that are environmentally sustainable and economically feasible alternatives to be used in hypersonic testing at Holloman High Speed Test Track.

EVALUATION OF FUJIFILM EDM MEMBRANES AND PROCESS

Building on an existing mathematical model to predict performance, this project evaluates two methods of desalination using electrodialysis metathesis (EDM): Zero Discharge Desalination and a method developed by Fujifilm. This project expands the mathematical model to the different EDM membranes and the Fuijifilm EDM technique.

OPTIMIZING LABORATORY CURING CONDITIONS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT TO BETTER SIMULATE FIELD BEHAVIOR

This research project investigates existing and novel methods to resist rutting and cracking of asphalt pavement.

SBIR I: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX GAMMA-TIAL COMPONENTS FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATION

This project develops processing parameters for the two-powder bed fusion additive manufacturing techniques of electron beam melting and selective laser melting.

ACQUISITION OF ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION SYSTEM TO REALIZE ADVANCED HIGH ELECTRICAL STRENGTH MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS

This award supports the acquisition of an advanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) system to fabricate high quality materials and understanding the interplay between processing conditions, microstructure and optical and electronic properties in order to establish strategies to enhance their functional device performances.

A RESEARCH PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING THROUGH LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT CS CURRICULUM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

In partnership with the El Paso Independent School District, this research-practice partnership will plan, co-design, and pilot a linguistically and culturally-relevant computer science (CS) curriculum in middle school with the goal of broadening the participation of emergent bilingual students and Latinx students in CS education.

ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM

This grant supports the UTEP Health-Focused Interprofessional Education Community of Practice to enable interprofessional collaborative practice throughout the Paso del Norte community in order to promote health and wellness.

A NOVEL MICROBIAL NATIVE SULFUR FORMATION PATHWAY (STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: AMANDA LABRADO)

This fellowship supports research on micro-organisms that form native sulfur and carbonate rocks at the top of salt domes in Earth’s subsurface to understand how they function, understand their environments, and identify the minerals they produce.

WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

This grant supports training and coaching in Spanish to the Woodland Foods in Waukegan, Illinois, a client of the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A CARBON DIOXIDE ISOTOPE ANALYZER FOR MONITORING REAL-TIME CARBON FLUXES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS & TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

To better understand the carbon cycle, this grant provides funding to acquire a tunable diode laser-based CO2 isotopic analyzer with the capability to simultaneously and continuously measure both CO2 concentrations and isotopes.

BORDER BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER

This program addresses cancer health disparities by developing, growing and sustaining the infrastructure and programs of the Border Biomedical Research Center in promoting high-quality cancer research and translating meaningful findings back to the local community.

U01 - ADAPTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT ENCUENTRO IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

Partnering with two community-based organizations, this research project adapts, implements, and tests the effectiveness of a multilevel community-based HIV risk reduction behavioral intervention (Project Encuentro) to increase HIV testing and reduce sexual and injection and non-injection risk behaviors in drug users.

ASPET INDIVIDUAL SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - NINA BELTRAN

This fellowship supports research for Nina Beltran who will examine the impact of eating a high fat diet on sensitivity of male and female rats to the behavioral effects of two serotonin (5-HT) receptor agonists, such as lorcaserin, a relatively new drug that is FDA-approved for the treatment of obesity.

LIGHTWEIGHT ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED BELL CRANK

The objective of this project is to design, build, and test a representative bell crank that meets mechanical requirements and loading conditions.

BORDER TUNER: PARTICIPATORY CROSS-BORDER INSTALLATION BY RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER

This grant supports “Border Tuner,” a large-scale, participatory art installation that highlights the connections between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

BORDERLAND EXPRESSWAY ANALYSIS PROPOSAL: PHASE I

This Phase 1 project generates economic impact analyses associated with the construction of a 4-lane Borderland Expressway between Anthony, NM and northeastern El Paso to route cargo vehicular traffic around El Paso.

US-MEXICO BORDER RURAL COMMUNITIES RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

This project implements a Rural Coordinated Community Response (RCCR) to serve six rural Texas counties: Brewster, Culberson, El Paso (rural tracts), Hudspeth, Presidio, and Jeff Davis. These counties are majority Hispanic, immigrant, binational, low access and socio-economically disadvantaged.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO (UTEP) SUPPORT OF WHITE SANDS COMPLEX (WSC)

This grant supports student interns under the oversight of Peraton at the NASA White Sands Facility.

FRUSTRATED SPINS: ENABLING TARGETED DESIGN TOWARDS MULTIFUNCTIONAL QUANTUM MATERIALS

This project focuses on a targeted design of quantum materials with specific lattice topologies enabling futuristic quantum computing and environment-benign magnetocaloric effect emerging from it.

ARTS RESPOND EDUCATION

In order to utilize art as a catalyst for understanding our world, this grant supports high school student visits to the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts and other UTEP sites, such as the Centennial Museum, the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, and the Lhakhang Temple.

PURSUING THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF THE SUMOYLATION SYSTEM BY CHARACTERIZING THE MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE SUMO LEVELS IN THE CELL

This project characterizes (1) the contribution of alternative splicing to the regulation of SUMO (i.e., Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier) levels in the cell and (2) the functional properties of the SUMO alpha isoforms.

IN-TANK CIRCULATION OF BELT-PRESSED BIOSOLIDS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE VOLUME AND WEIGHT REDUCTION

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

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF BLOOD CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (CECS) AS A PAH DIAGNOSTIC MARKER AND TO IDENTIFY AGE-SPECIFIC PAH MEDIATORS

This project isolates circulating endothelial cells (CECs) from whole blood of PAH patients (pediatric vs adult) to assess whether these cells are valid biomarkers for PAH and to identify novel gene expression profiles that could explain the different functional abnormalities between adult and pediatric PAH.

RAINWATER HARVESTING DEMONSTRATION AND EDUCATION FOR BORDER REGION COLONIAS

Through low cost rainwater harvesting, this project enables residents of colonias in El Paso County to reduce the amount of water that they haul and/or purchase in order to reduce stress and anxiety related to the fear of running out of water and high risks from hauling water.

PERCEIVED IMMIGRATION LAWS IMPACT ON HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS HIV BEHAVIOR

In collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Lechuga will oversee research sites to ensure procedures are in alignment with project aims and will assist in analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.

IMPLEMENTATION OF MATERIALS AND PERFORMANCE DATA FOR TEXAS FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS & OVERLAYS

This project provides services to TxDOT as needed by an existing research project. Services include providing access to existing data, monitoring and evaluating changes in pavement material properties, and quantifying traffic growth trends.

ACCELERATING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR DEFENSE

The objective is the acceleration and advancement of the manufacturing readiness of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology. Specifically, this project will focus on rapid AM alloy development, low cost powders for AM applications, and AM process qualification and verification using powder bed monitoring technology.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROGRAM

This grant supports a team of undergraduate students in the Electrical Engineering capstone course through purchase of materials related to Micro Cyber Range Systems.

RO1: MOLECULAR BASIS OF ECDYSTEROID ACTION IN THE MOSQUITO

This research project will conduct bioinformatics analyses to characterize the role of 20/EcR in negative regulation of genes during vitellogenesis, identify EcR binding sites and detection of direct targets of EcR, map the chromatin states of juvenile hormone target genes, and identify direct targets of Methoprene tolerant.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY TO IMPROVE EL PASO WATER DRINKING WATER OPERATIONS

The project will improve water treatment efficiency and cost effectiveness at El Paso Water plant sites.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP STUDYING MEMORY MODELS FOR COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY CODES

The project determines how memory consistency models and cache coherence for heterogeneous systems impact productivity and performance of computational chemistry codes.

INTERN: NSF NANOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NANTECHNOLOGY ENABLED WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS (NEWT)

The main objectives of this internship are to: (1) learn how water treatment system design decisions are made using proprietary engineering techno-economic analysis software packages; (2) contribute to expanding their modeling capabilities for emerging treatment systems; and (3) collaborate and learn from peers and experts to enhance professional skills preparation for working in industry.

AM DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSES

The EM Lab will work closely with ARL to identify new materials suitable for 3D antennas in high-g environments to include dielectrics and conductors.

REDUCING CHILD LEAD EXPOSURE IN THE EL PASO BORDER REGION: EDUCATING PROMOTORAS TO EDUCATE PARENTS REGARDING EARLY CHILD LEAD EXPOSURE

This project educates certified Promotoras in the El Paso border region on child lead exposure risks and child lead exposure prevention, and deploys a team to disseminate such knowledge to families in high-risk neighborhoods.

BLOCKCHAIN EMPOWERED PROVENANCE FRAMEWORK FOR SENSOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND DATA FLOW SECURITY IN FOSSIL-BASED POWER PLANTS

This project develops a blockchain empowered provenance platform for identity management and process integrity for sensors in fossil-based power plants.

DIGITIZATION TCN: COLLABORATIVE: AMERICAN CROSSROADS: DIGITIZING THE VASCULAR FLORA OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES

This project images, transcribes, and geo-references the biodiversity collections of plant specimens at UTEP in order to be available online.

ACCELNET: PERMAFROST COASTAL SYSTEMS NETWORK (PERCS-NET) -- A CIRCUMPOLAR ALLIANCE FOR ARCTIC COASTAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE

The Permafrost Coastal Systems Network (PerCS-Net) will accelerate the process of scientific discovery and promote convergence through an international, transdisciplinary network focused on science, engineering, and societal issues associated with permafrost-influenced coasts.

SC1: DEVELOPING A URINE-BASED SCREENING AND RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR PROSTATE CANCER

This project develops a urine-based screening tool for prostate cancer that could affect at least 13 million men who receive prostate cancer screening every year, as early diagnosis and treatment would avoid over-diagnoses and overtreatment of indolent cancer

ON POLITICAL WARFARE

This research project involves the production of a monograph on the classic principles of political warfare in order to provide context and lessons learned for today`s strategic environment.

FACILITATED LEARNING AT SPANISH SPEAKING INSTITUTIONS

This project supports a postdoctoral fellow to extend the value of Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) to the greater Hispanic community and promote inclusion by creating new PLTL materials in Spanish, translating the existing materials, and learning all aspects of conducting a PLTL Program in order to return to Mexico to promote PLTL practice in STEM disciplines.

SUSTAINABLE WORK PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY

This 4-phase vocational training program supports successful employment of persons affected by and living with spinal cord injury, including community engagement, independence, and inclusion for these individuals.

R25: ENGAGEMENT IN HIV CARE EXPERIENCES OF SUBSTANCE USING PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER: PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS' PERSPECTIVES

This study investigates the barriers and facilitators of HIV care engagement among substance using people living with HIV (SUPLH) residing on the U.S.-Mexico border from the perspectives of SUPLH and providers.

JAMP PROGRAM 2020

This renewal supports the Medical Professions Institute targeted at pre-med students, including support for admission into medical school admission.

CONFERENCE FOR AN NSF NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

In collaboration with Georgia Tech, Syracuse University, and Stanford University, this award supports a 2-day conference to build a research network for sustainable urban infrastructure.

SUPPLEMENT: COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND POST-PARTUM WOMEN (LATINA AND NATIVE AMERICAN), CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HIGH RISK U.S.-MX BORDER COMMUNITIES

This supplement expands comprehensive treatment, prevention, and recovery support services for women and their children in residential substance use treatment facilities and their non-residential family members in El Paso, including four underserved local U.S.-Mexico border communities in El Paso County.

STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON FE OXIDE FORMATION: A CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE GROWTH OF HEMATITE VERSUS GOETHITE

In order to understand the kinetics of transformation from ferrihydrite to hematite and/or goethite, this project investigates the sensitivity of the kinetics to temperature and pore solution pH to optimize applications of hematite/goethite paleoclimate proxies, which is of importance to the environment.

BEYOND THE MARGIN: A (CRITICAL) QUALITATIVE STUDY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN INTERCOLLEGIATE FORENSICS

This project aims to explore the perspectives of people of color in competitive intercollegiate forensics, as forensics scholarship has generally not been attentive to issues of identity and difference in the activity despite the centrality of identity for individual performers, coaches, and judges.

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE FK506 ANALOGS AS MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR (MIP) INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDAMALLE

Gram-negative, pathogenic bacteria use the evolutionary conserved virulence factor Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator (Mip) for tissue penetration, dissemination and survival within human host cells. This project aims to develop non-immunosuppressive FK506 analogs as drug-like Mip inhibitors for the treatment of Mip-dependent pathogens.

THE REAL PRICE OF COLLEGE: IMPROVING ESTIMATES OF DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED

This grant increases awareness among college administrators about the significant limitations of the current calculation of students’ "demonstrated financial need" to include awareness of the negative Expected Family Contribution and the role that living expenses play in the Cost of Attendance.

UTEP BIOREPOSITORY AS A TISSUE SOURCE SITE (TSS) FOR CPTAC- ALL YEARS

The CPTAC study will contribute to the goals of CPTAC by providing high-quality, well-annotated biospecimens suitable for inclusion in genomic and proteomic studies, resulting in a greater understanding of the proteome, the phosphoproteome and other post-translational modifications present in the cancerous tumors.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PERMAFROST CARBON NETWORK: SYNTHESIZING FLUX OBSERVATIONS FOR BENCHMARKING MODEL PROJECTIONS OF PERMAFROST CARBON EXCHANGE

This project co-leads carbon flux synthesis to include updating the synthesis with new data and sites.

PARKER SOLAR PROBE POST-LAUNCH MICROMETEOROID RISK ANALYSIS

This project focuses on trade study changes of parts of the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft or its instruments, provides validation of models and algorithms to reduce dust fluence, and supports the planning and analysis of hypervelocity test data.

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

This primary focus of this research project is to apply fundamental principles on the determining role of niobium in steel alloys in dictating structure-property relationship, with consequent impact on mechanical properties.

HIGH SCHOOL-TO-HIGHER

This high-school-to-higher-education grant supports UTEP and EPCC efforts in increasing the percentage of Region 19 high school graduates who directly enroll in postsecondary programs.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM

This grant provides services to participants from migrant and seasonal farmworker backgrounds through three intensive 13-week academic sessions each year.

TXDOT MATERIAL ACADEMY WORKSHOP

This grant supports the development of materials for Academy Workshops related to the topic of soils and subgrades that aims to connect lecture/lab to field experiences and problem solving.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE MAGMATIC AND ERUPTIVE SYSTEM OF MOUNT EREBUS VOLCANO, ANTARCTICA

As a replacement to the now defunct Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory seismic network in Antarctica, this project supplements a broadband seismic network with several other instrument types, including crater rim camera and photogrammetry setups, infrasonic sensors, and a dense, temporary deployment of seismic nodes to image the shallowmost portion of the conduit system, responsible for variability in eruptive activity.

Global Reach Updates with Associate Provost David Ruiter

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 03:30, Collaboration Hub - Library Basement

Expertise CoP: Global Reach Community

Interprofessional Education Transgender Case Study

Fri, 02/21/2020 - 11:30, Tomas Rivera Conference Center

Expertise CoP: Health-Focused Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional Education Refugee Case Study

Fri, 07/03/2020 - 11:30, Tomas Rivera Conference Center

Expertise CoP: Health-Focused Interprofessional Education