AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE INNOVATION NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURERS - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INCUBATOR - COUNTY OF EL PASO COST SHARE

This funding supports development of the Aerospace and Defense Innovation Network for Manufacturers that will adopt proven management principles and best practices to ensure success and continuous improvement for the Network.

NOAA CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND METEOROLOGY - RENEWAL

This collaborative project addresses airborne particulate matter, integrated environmental forecasting, and climate modeling with a focus on dust (mineral/soil) aerosol, which is a growing concern in the dry regions of the U.S.

UTEP′S MINER TEACHER RESIDENCY AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: LATINX TEACHERS PREPARATION AND INDUCTION TO SERVE STUDENTS OF COLOR

This project recruits, prepares, and retains predominantly Latinx teachers in high-needs certification areas to serve students in high-needs school districts through an intensive, 3-year residency and induction program tied to a research-based evaluation and support system for teachers.

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR HISPANIC TEACHER PREPARATION AT UTEP

The Hawkins Center of Excellence in Hispanic Teacher Preparation at UTEP aims to strengthen the Hispanic teacher pipeline in the El Paso region through strategic, partnership-driven efforts in recruitment, high-quality preparation, and retention of teachers, particularly in the high-needs area of bilingual education.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SOUTHWEST INNOVATION NODE

This funding supports UTEP as an NSF I-Corps Hub: Southwest Region to leverage entrepreneurial resources for training and growth of the region’s innovators.

NOAA EPP/MSI COOPERATIVE SCIENCE CENTER FOR EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES

This 5-year renewal grant supports the NOAA EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Center on Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (CESSRST) in increasing the number of students, particularly those from underrepresented communities, who graduate with degrees aligned with the CESSRST mission.

AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE INNOVATION NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURERS - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INCUBATOR - CITY OF EL PASO COST SHARE

This project establishes the Aerospace and Defense Innovation Network for Manufacturers, which adopts proven management principles and best practices across a range of successful innovation programs.

OVERCOMING TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY BARRIERS TO ADOPTING GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES

This project investigates the interrelation between gasifier operating conditions (pressure, temperature, gasifying agent, residence time) and feedstock parameters (feedstock constituents, blending ratio, moisture content, particle size) to improve H2 production, syngas quality and efficiency.

AI INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING CHALLENGES

This research, in partnership with the AI Institute at SUNY Buffalo, uses machine learning approaches to develop an artificial intelligence device that will screen critical interactions of children with speech and language-related disorders.

MATERIAL ENGINEERING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY NEEDS

This project develops 3D printable materials that are resistant to chemical attack and show damage tolerance during irradiation.

ENGINEERING ADVANCED MOLD MATERIALS

This project develops an additive manufacturing process of refractory-based materials using novel hybrid processing methods.

PARENTS FOR HPV PREVENTION - PADRES POR LA PREVENCION DEL HPV

The project increases human papillomavirus vaccination rates of vaccine-eligible children in three underserved communities using a linguistically-, culturally-, and evidence-based vaccine educational intervention.

CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

This project explores gasification-based systems to improve hydrogen generation from feedstock waste to achieve net-zero/net negative carbon emission.

DEEPER INSIGHT INTO TREATMENT AND RE-USE FROM PRODUCED WATER DATA

This project collects produced water data, validates, and integrates these data into a water treatment database for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory to identify regions with high water use impact and low data availability.

DEVELOPING EVIDENCE-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESS IN STEM: INCREASING THE RETENTION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN

This collaboration with TAMUCC is fulfilling the goal of transport our model to other gateway Courses-Institutions. In this case Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) are both Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) in Texas, that had previous collaborations, so we expect to have a very successful output.

DEVELOPMENT OF A MOUSE MODEL TO STUDY TARGETED THERAPY TO PREVENT CNS INVASION BY PEDIATRIC T-ALL

This research defines novel platforms to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia common in children, reducing the effects of current medical treatments.

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY AUTOMATION

This project offers a promising technique for the rapid analysis of materials that has potential for streamlining manufacturing processes and analysis of legacy materials.

FULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF CUSTOM-FORM LITHIUM BATTERIES

In collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, this project establishes the fabrication methods needed to produce custom form lithium-ion batteries using additive manufacturing techniques.

EVALUATION OF GLOVEBOX DESIGN OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY

This funding supports senior capstone projects in the UTEP Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, specifically analyses of how current glovebox designs can be improved, specifically long-term alternatives for conducting actinide work in gloveboxes.

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT: INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE OF AMERICAS, EL PASO, TEXAS

This project conducts interdisciplinary research to monitor and assess air quality conditions and their effects at one of the downtown urban international crossings in the Paso del Norte airshed, addressing both indoor and outdoor air quality pollution.

GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF PLANETARY STIMULANTS FOR FIGURES OF MERIT PROJECT

This project provides geotechnical analysis of at least 10 bulk simulants to include testing, post-processing of data, and database development.

DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-FIDELITY ROBOTIC SYSTEM DIGITAL TWIN FOR IN-SPACE WELDING

To develop the robotic system digital twin, this project characterizes its motion and forces, develops synthetic data sets of its performance, and validates the digital twin representation.

LUNAR AND GEOSCIENCE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT SERVICES

This project provides provide research and development, technical services, and/or supplies as stipulated in the subcontract with Jacobs Technology.

CYBERSECURITY MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE

We will integrate multiple open datasets related to software and hardware vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and cyber-attacks. We will use these datasets to develop machine learning models unifying different conditions and actors that jeopardize the security of ICS/OT systems. These models can be used to recommend possible mitigation approaches for any weaknesses, thus enabling various stakeholders (e.g., designers, manufacturers, vendors) to maintain secure ICS/OT systems.

XRD LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF PLANETARY SIMULANTS FOR FIGURES OF MERIT PROJECT

This project provides planetary regolith simulant mineral characterization functions, such as conforming materials to safety guidelines and standards.

MOBILE HEARING SCREENING KIT

This funding supports the development of a transportable Mobile Hearing Screening Kit that will evaluate hearing loss in children in rural and under-developed areas in the El Paso region.

R01: ASTROCYTIC WNK-SPAK-NKCC1 CASCADE IN WHITE MATTER ASTROGLIOSIS AND INJURY

This research examines chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-induced white matter and hippocampal damage that leads to cognitive impairment.

CAREER:EXTENDING INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION IN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE BY DEFINING THE MECHANISTIC ROLE OF STRIOSOMAL MICROCIRCUITS IN DECISION-MAKING

This research creates a foundation for future studies that define the mechanisms behind behavioral tasks that involve combinations of neuroeconomic decision-making.

R01: TARGETING NADPH OXIDASE FOR PANCREATIC CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY

This project determines whether NADPH oxidase is a critical mediator for identifying pancreatic cancer.

R01: UNRAVELING THE ROLE OF NADPH OXIDASE IN INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED PANCREATIC DISEASES

This project designs new targets for prevention and treatment in humans of inflammation- associated pancreatic diseases.

ARCTIC RESEARCH MAPPPING 2023

This project advances the Arctic Research Mapping and Arctic Observing Viewer computer applications.

REALIZING THE BENEFITS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR THE MICROSTRUCTURAL CONTROL OF POLYMER MATERIAL SYSTEMS

This project will change the paradigm of polymer materials from disposable to reusable through additive manufacturing-enabled microstructural control. The knowledge generated by this project will also provide engineering foundations for future impacts based on a single materials design approach.

CAREER: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY THROUGH ROBUST PROVENANCE AND INFORMATION SHARING

This CAREER project investigates and explores robust provenance with secure information-sharing mechanisms to enhance the resiliency of critical national infrastructures and provide means to effectively protect and mitigate the associated threats.

ADVISE TEXAS FUND

This funding leverages the efforts of Advise TX College Advising Corps and the Virtual Advising Project by developing a hybrid advising program to prepare and transition low-income secondary youth for transition to college.

AI-INTEGRATED RESILIENT PROACTIVE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION, MONITORING AND CONTROL APPLICATIONS

The project designs and develops algorithms and tools for enhancing the resiliency and reliability of the Distributed Energy Resources grid.

DETECTING AND LOCALIZING NON-FUNCTIONAL VULNERABILITIES IN MACHINE LEARNING LIBRARIES

This project detects and explains critical non-functional vulnerabilities in the presence of malicious users, who try to compromise availability and confidentiality of Machine Learning core libraries.

PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CO-DOPED BATIO3 CERAMIC THIN FILMS

Multi-functional materials expected to revolutionize the present-day electronic device technologies. However, precisely controlling the size, composition, and structure of functional materials is a technological challenge. To solve this problem, the PI at UTEP proposes a novel approach to realize high quality materials for electronic devices. If successful, the project will substantially benefit the Air Force, while the research program provides excellent opportunities for UTEP graduate students to collaborate with AFRL.

METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BASED HETEROSTRUCTURE ELECTROCATALYSTS WITH TAILORED ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTION FOR COST-EFFECTIVE AND DURABLE FUEL CELLS

This project designs a heterostructure catalyst that converts chemical energy to electricity, which is cost effective and durable.

MODEL BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM INTEGRATION - A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT

This project prepares and improves the technical skills of the emerging STEM workforce of the Rio Grande Valley region and the Paso Del Norte region in Systems Engineering with a focal area of Model-Based Systems Engineering.

UNDERSTANDING INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA FOR SOLAR H2 PRODUCTION AND N2 REDUCTION

This project investigates the basic principles of energy conversion using light and applied to the photocatalytic oxidation of water oxidation, which has potential to increase the energy efficiency of light to chemical energy.

EARLY DETECTION OF GASTRIC CANCER TO MITIGATE HIGH-RISK PRECURSORS AMONG HISPANICS

This project develops an early stage cancer detection biosensor and investigates whether this diagnostic tool can mitigate the risk of gastric cancer, especially among Hispanics.

IDENTIFYING THE COMPONENTS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS-INDUCED CELLULAR SURVIVAL PATHWAYS IN COLORECTAL CANCER HISPANIC HEALTH DISPARITIES

This project investigates the impact of genetic factors on colorectal cancer risk, particularly for Hispanics to mitigate Hispanic health disparities.

INSIGHTS INTO THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOCRYSTALS BY IN-SITU ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

This project investigates the catalytic activity of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) to generate fundamental insights enabling the rational design of TMD-based electrocatalysts.

FY 2023 COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT

This funding supports the general operations of public radio.

HISPANIC FEMALE BREAST CANCER TUMOR AND CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE MODEL WITHIN A CAPILLARY CIRCUIT

This project creates patient-specific, single-source 3D breast cancer tumor and cardiovascular tissue models to investigate anti-cancer drug efficacy and cardiotoxicity.

EL PASO COUNTY PRETRIAL RISK ASSESSMENT

This project examines the utility of the El Paso Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument before and during the pandemic.

COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

This funding trains advisors who serve in 16 area high schools through UTEP’s Outreach and Student Access department.

3RD US - AFRICA CONFERENCE NANOTECHNOLOGY CONVERGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH

Funding supports travel to the US-North Africa conference to establish collaborations in nanotechnology convergence for sustainable energy, environment, climate change, and health.

ENHANCED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY FOR ADVANCED BREAST CANCER

This project improves the destruction of breast cancer tumors through a novel approach.

CITY OF EL PASO INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE 2

This funding identifies and analyzes high risk traffic intersections in the City of El Paso, resulting in recommendations to improve safety

HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMIC MATERIALS

The main goal of the proposed work is for The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to partner with the Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) on research to examine the high temperature and multiaxial response of aerospace materials that may include high temperature ceramic materials, high temperature elastomeric polymer materials, and/or advanced aerospace composite materials. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will perform mechanical characterization of these material using biaxial, tension, compression, three point bend and/or four point bend experiments that incorporate stereo digital image correlation (DIC) for strain mapping. UTEP will integrate the NGAS DIC system with stereo thermal imaging with a biaxial testing system provided by NGAS.

EL PASO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ACTION NETWORK

This funding strengthens backbone support of the Collaborative to achieve collective impact of its network in re-engaging youth in the El Paso region.

METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSES OF TUNGSTEN

This project develops and optimizes processing parameters for tungsten powdered stock materials of interest to Army Research Laboratory.

FUSE: CO-DESIGN OF GERMANIUM OXIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS FROM DEPOSITION TO DEVICES

The project team leads team-building activities across NSF-PREM-funded universities to develop research collaborations in the design and development of new materials and devices for power electronics and infrared detection.

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE ACCEPTANCE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL EXAMINING TRUSTWORTHY MESSENGERS OF VACCINE INFORMATION IN HISPANIC PARENTS

This project promotes the uptake of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), particularly among Hispanic families, as Hispanics are disproportionately impacted by HPV-associated cancers, which has been magnified by the pandemic.

DIRECT INK WRITE OF FIBER-REINFORCED CERAMICS FOR HYPERSONICS APPLICATIONS

This project designs and manufactures short fiber reinforced high-temperature ceramic composites using direct-ink-write 3D printing techniques

INTEL - IEC - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO GRADUATE PATHWAY PROGRAM

This research supports research capacity building and advancing students into graduate studies.

DEVELOP NOVEL 3D ANTENNAS AND DEVICES FOR ARMY APPLICATIONS

This project advances antenna and hybrid direct-write 3D printing technology in order to develop new antennas for Army applications that fully exploit the benefits and new degrees of freedom offered by 3D printing.

IDA-AEROSPACE CENTER NASA SBIR

This funding provides testing facilities and personnel to support direct measure performance of a prototype embedded electrospray thruster using the existing UTEP electric propulsion test facilities

EXAMINING COGNITIVE AND DECISION-MAKING PERSPECTIVES: IDENTIFYING DESCRIPTIVE, PRESCRIPTIVE, AND PREDICTIVE METHODS PERTAINING TO INSURRECTION BEHAVIOR

In partnership with the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), this project examines individuals involved in the January 6 insurrection who have pled guilty to understand the growing civil unrest in the U.S.

MULTIMODAL WEB TOOL ENHANCEMENTS AND SHAPEFILES FOR UPDATING PERFORMANCE MEASURES

This funding supports maintenance of web applications that release public data derived and analyzed from federal, state, regional, and local agencies.

DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER TRANSPORTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

This funding supports students in pursuing advance degrees in transportation-related disciplines.

GOOGLE EDUCATION EQUITY AGREEMENT

This is a 5 year agreement between GOOGLE and UTEP for hosting Tech Exchange students who are at UTEP and Florida International University.

POPULATION STRUCTURE, MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, HABITAT NEEDS, AND BASIC LIFE-HISTORY MATRICES OF MEXICAN DUCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

This research investigates the overall population movement of the Mexican duck, an endemic resident of the Chihuahuan desert of interior Mexico and southwestern USA.

ANALOG ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT ARTEMIS LUNAR OPERATIONS 2023

This grant supports participation in the Artemi lunar operations, providing expertise in field geology.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND DIGITAL HEALTH LITERACY

THE AT&T Foundation grant will be used to support training 40 promotores (as) de salud (lay professionals dedicated to promoting prevention and health promotion) in health Information technology and digital health literacy to provide educational outreach to increase access to healthcare and social services in low-income communities in El Paso.

EL PASO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH STRATEGIC PLANNING GRANT

This funding supports the Opportunity Youth Forum to deepen pathways for El Paso area youth using collective impact and community-level collaboration strategies for community change.

OZONESONDES IN SAN ANTONIO AND EL PASO

This project supports the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to construct and launch specially-designed weather balloons equipped with ozone sensors (ozonesondes) at UTEP as part of a statewide monitoring campaign.

NSF I-CORPS PROGRAM: NSF I-CORPS SOUTHWEST FEBRUARY MARCH 2023

The I-Corps program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory, accelerating the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded, basic-research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.

PERMIAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT LAB: EXPANDING RESILIENCE OF ENERGY COMMUNITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL RESEARCH, AND ACTION

This funding establishes the Permian Energy Development Lab to position selected universities and colleges in Texas and New Mexico to expand their global leadership in energy research and education.

MILLER: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSIS

This project provides research and development, technical services, and/or supplies to Jacobs Technology.

PREDICTING SEASONAL INFLUENZA HOSPITALIZATIONS USING SEMI-MECHANISTIC MODELS THAT INCORPORATE IMMUNOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

This project adapts validated COVID-19 forecast and scenario projection models to produce flu epidemic forecasts and make long-term flu projections.

ASIAN/AMERICAN RHETORIC AFTER THE ATLANTA SHOOTINGS: PUBLIC MEMORY, STORYTELLING, AND TECHNOLOGIES

This project examines Asian/American discourses and grassroots storytelling in the wake of the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings through social justice lenses.

ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER: AN INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS HEALTH MISINFORMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS

This project launches a dual initiative that advances health equity and digital health literacy in the U.S.-Mexico border by training, equipping, and empowering community health workers and undergraduate social work students.

CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP

The Center and its Fellowships Committee are please to invite you to spend the Spring Term 2023 as a Visiting Fellow in the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. The spring term begins in early January and ends in late April. We ask you to make a presentation in our informal lunchtime colloquium mentioned below. Attendance to the lectures at the Center is expected, as is participation in the weekly reading group. When your Fellowship concludes, we ask that you submit a brief report on your visit; and that you make appropriate mention of your residence in the Center in publications based on work undertaken during your stay as a Visiting Fellow.

UTEP DIABETES AWARENESS EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

This project develops modules for undergraduate students in the B.S. in Public Health focused on delivering diabetes awareness to the Paso del Norte community.

SUPPLEMENT: GENOMIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LANDSCAPE-LEVEL HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN WILD AND DOMESTICATED CONGENERS

The supplementary funding for this research project supports an undergraduate researcher who will support the investigation of the genomic consequences from domestic and wild interbreeding of North American mallards at the population and micro-evolutionary levels.

RECONSTRUCTING THE GENOMIC HISTORY AND CONSERVATION THREAT FROM A CENTURY OF GAME-FARM MALLARD RELEASES IN NORTH AMERICA

This project determines the adaptive consequences that a century of game-farm mallard stocking efforts have had on wild mallard populations.

EXPERIENCING THE BOSQUE

This multi-year project brings people together to create and grow as we reconnect to and learn, through artist-led public workshops, about the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo valley environment at the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park.

APSA DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVANCING RESEARCH GRANT FOR INDIGENOUS POLITICS

This project’s goal is to document all cases involving Indigenous Peoples before state supreme courts, US appellate courts, and the US Supreme Court from 1960-2020. To do this, we need to identify cases for inclusion, collect and code data, and engage in a sophisticated mixed methods approach for analysis. The parent project for this grant request is a multi-year, NSF funded study to examine how Indigenous Peoples fair in the US judicial system (SMA #2222547), which included funding for graduate, but not undergraduate students. Political Science, especially the subfield of Law and Courts, has well documented issues with lack of diversity (Reid and Curry 2019). Our goal with this supplemental grant is to partner with undergraduate students to give them not only training and mentorship but allow them complete access to the data and ability to co-author with the PIs to jump start their success in graduate education.

You’re Doing the Work, Get it Out There! Disseminating & Publishing Community-Engaged Scholarship

Fri, 04/21/2023 - 09:00, Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC) Room 346

Expertise CoP: Community of Engaged Scholars

Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program on Smart Cities (Summer 2023)

Mon, 05/15/2023 (All day), Prague, Czech Republic

Expertise CoP: Smart Cities