UTEP FIRST: UNITED TOWARD EQUITY AND PROGRESS: FACULTY INSTITUTIONAL RECRUITMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION

This project hires six faculty in the FIRST cohort who have research interests in minority health disparities to transform institutional culture through Inclusive Excellence, leading to supportive and inclusive environments.

DIGITAL ENGINEERING AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS DESIGN CENTER AT EL PASO, AT YOUNGSTOWN, AND AT HUNTSVILLE

This funding supports workforce development of digital engineering for the next generation of U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturing capabilities.

HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

This project develops advanced thermal management schemes for hypersonic air vehicles that are capable of operating at high heat fluxes.

RAMP: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS FOR DIVERSE SCIENTISTS (ROADS) IN EXTREME DRYLAND ENVIRONMENTS

Funding supports a transformative research training and professional development program for post-baccalaureates from environmental and ecology programs who graduated from UTEP or other regional Minority Serving Institutions with an aim of embedding them within a diverse professional network.

DRIVE AM PHASE 3

The project develops a comprehensive additive manufacturing knowledge base that will serve as a repository for state-of-the-art technical knowledge.

DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERED METALLIC COMPOSITES FOR CONTROL OF COMPRESSIVE DEFORMATION AND FAILURE MODES

This project develops fundamental understanding of manufacturing methodologies to spatially vary the density and traditional engineering properties of microstructures.

ADVANCING THE NATIONAL READINESS OF HYPERSONIC MATERIALS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

This project develops a Hypersonics Material Readiness Program that will develop a design guideline specifically focused on machine parameters for Powder Bed Fusion and Laser Directed Energy Deposition.

NANOSCALE MANGANESE AND IRON MICRONUTRIENTS TO INCREASE PHOTOSYNTHESIS, CROP YIELD AND ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE

This project evaluates the effects of four synthetized nanoscale Mn and Fe species on four model crops to understand the effect of critical engineered nanomaterials on agricultural productivity.

R25: SUMMER MENTORING AND RESEARCH IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY METHODOLOGIES IN NEUROSCIENCE OF DRUG-ADDICTION

This funding supports continuation of the Summer Mentoring and Research in Transdisciplinary Methodologies in the Neuroscience of Drug-Abuse Program, specifically targeted at secondary and undergraduate students and designed to increase their research knowledge and skills of substance abuse disorders.

R16: IN VIVO RELEVANCE OF THE SCHLAFEN-MEDIATED INNATE IMMUNE MECHANISM IN FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION

This research investigates the antiviral mechanism of a Type 1 interferon-stimulated protein to counter such viruses as West Nile, dengue, and Zika.

THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM

This funding establishes the Mental Health Service Provision and Awareness Program in the Canutillo Independent School District (CISD) and neighboring areas, connecting community partners in developing a network of care.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EROSION AND TRANSPORT OF COHESIVE PARTICLES

This project investigates cohesive particle flows in the environment, such as sand, sediment, and snow flowing in air and water.

TEXAS MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE CENTER YEAR 9

This funding supports the work of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center to enhance the competitive position of Texas’ manufacturing sector.

THWAITES INTERDISCIPLINARY MARGIN EVOLUTION: THE ROLE OF SHEAR MARGIN DYNAMICS IN THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE THWAITES DRAINAGE BASIN

This funding supplement supports the acquisition and analysis of controlled-source seismic data (2-D and 3-D) from the shear margin of Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica to estimate future sea level rise.

INVESTIGATING THE NATURE AND TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE (ECSZ) IN SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA

This research funding supports the documentation of changes in the style of faulting and constraint times of faulting in the currently inactive paleo-ECSZ (Eastern California shear zone).

ASSESSING GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND AQUIFER PROSPECTIVELY IN THE LOWER VALLEY AREA, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS

This grant conducts a feasibility study to determine new well locations that will provide cost-effective and reliable water for consumption by Lower Valley communities.

SYNTHETIC 3D MODEL OF THE CAROTID ARTERY TO STUDY EXERCISE-INDUCED CHANGES IN ENDOTHELIAL GENE EXPRESSION – SUPPLEMENT TO DR. DANIEL CONDE

This award supports Dr. Daniel Conde in developing a 3D synthetic model of the human carotid artery to simulate in vivo personalized AX-induced blood flow patterns and endothelial shear stress and to determine gene expression/transcription and molecular changes in endothelial cultured cells in vitro.

DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPUTING COURSES

This project enhances computer science students’ ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing, by the time they graduate from our degree programs.

MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT INITIATIVES AMONG HISPANICS

This project develops an integrated social network analysis and mining model to estimate the degree of COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation consumed by the Latino community.

WILLINGNESS TO PAY SURVEY FOR VIDA WATER

This funding supports dissemination activities to communicate the results from the Texas-wide Vida Water survey administered in 2022.

TR - PNNL-UTEP PHYSICS PARTNERSHIP IN CRITICAL ELEMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

This funding supports students in iteratively calculating the x-ray spectra of atoms and molecules, specifically the ethyl trifluoroacetate that exhibits an unusually broad range of core-level excitations.

DRIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING KECK FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION CENTER

This funding supports two fellows in the DRIVE AM Keck Fellowship Program who will participate in research and training activities.

GEOSCIENCES-VETERANS EDUCATION AND TRAINING SUPPLEMENT TO THWAITES INTERDISCIPLINARY MARGIN EVOLUTION

This supplementary funding supports an Air Force veteran and UTEP Ph.D. student, Tara Sweeney, in Antarctic fieldwork to extend the research of the existing NSF grant exploring the Thwaites shear margin.

SUPPLEMENT #2: DEVELOPMENT OF A GRAPHENE-BASED BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROCHIP SENSOR FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

This supplemental funding supports two undergraduate students in research to develop an electrochemical device for early detection of colorectal cancer biomarkers.

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS TRANSGENDER HEALTH INEQUITY IN AN UNDERSERVED, PREDOMINANTLY LATINX COMMUNITY

This interdisciplinary project develops and implements a community-based health education program to improve transgender individuals' understanding of the safe use of hormone replacement therapy, speech and voice modification, verified health and wellness resources in the region, and self-advocacy for gender affirming care.

INSPIRING NETWORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF POSTSECONDARY INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY WITH THE COMPUTING ALLIANCE OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

This research-praxis partnership examines and supports a network of 40 HSIs in the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI)—an NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES national alliance—to promote and sustain organizational change that advances racial equity.

R16 SURE: BILINGUAL DISCOURSE COMPREHENSION: HOW IS TEXT INTEGRATION AFFECTED BY OVERLAP IN LANGUAGE?

This grant examines the strength of cohort-activation and coherence-based retrieval affect the match in language across contexts, genre of text, and cross-language reading experience for bilinguals.

THE EFFECTS OF EATING A HIGH FAT DIET ON THE THERAPEUTIC AND ABUSE-RELATED EFFECTS OF MORPHINE

This project investigates the impact of eating a high fat diet (which can lead to obesity) on the therapeutic and abuse-related effects of morphine, an opioid analgesic drug, using rat models.

R16: CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS WITH POTENT ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY

This funding supports research on anti-cancer compounds that have potential to kill human cancers and, thus, reduce cancer health disparities.

CAREER: UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICS OF TURBULENT FLOW, EROSION AND DEPOSITIONAL PATTERNS IN RIVER SYSTEMS

This research develops a novel methodological framework, to couple a flow/sediment transport solver with a movable bed module aided by machine learning algorithms, applied to the field of fluvial geomorphology.

NEUROCOGNITIVE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE PERCEPTION OF RACE

This research examines how geographic location and minority/majority status of a racial group influences race perception, which has downstream implications for interpersonal intergroup behavior, including prejudice and discrimination.

FACILE METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF URANIUM-CARBON MULTIPLE BONDS

This research investigates the fundamental chemistry of the f-element series with a primary focus on uranium to better understand the fundamentals of uranium and actinide chemistry.

ONE-STOP SHOP BUSINESS CENTER: DATA ANALYTICS, PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS

This project compiles data on similar local and state business hub projects in the U.S., both historic and current examples, to create the metrics needed to measure the performance of the one-stop shop.

MULTIQUBIT ENTANGLING GATES FOR SOLID-STATE QUBIT SYSTEMS

This research project investigates possible multiqubit entangling gates for more than two qubits in solid-state-based qubit platforms of semiconductor spin qubits and superconducting qubits.

COLLIDER PHYSICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEUTRINOS, DARK MATTER, AND HEAVY IONS FOR DIVERSITY

This funding supports CANDID fellows who will receive mentoring and professional and technical skills development.

POINT-OF-CARE MICRODEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE PERTUSSIS-LIKE RESPIRATORY DISEASES FROM BORDETELLA SPECIES

This research project develops a new low-cost paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic device for rapid, specific, and sensitive diagnosis of three contagious respiratory diseases caused b B. Pertussis, the only vaccine-preventable infection that remains endemic in the U.S.

RAPID GEOLOCATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY EMITTERS WITH MACHINE-LEARNING

Using machine learning, this project trains networks to map radio frequencies (RF) and to determine whether to reject RFs that may be adversarial.

LOWER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT GIS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

This project is a continued collaboration with the Lower Valley Water District to complete an asset management database for the water system with all the required attributes.

CRUDE OIL EXTRACTS AS FEEDSTOCKS FOR SOLAR WATER SPLITTING

This project develops and tests oil-in-water nano emulsions as low-cost options to polar organic molecules, such as alcohols.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING

In collaboration with Bell Textron Inc., this project focuses on the development of a digital thread toward understanding the effect of internal defects on part properties in the context of metal additive manufacturing.

EXPLOITING COGNITIVE BIASES TO DISRUPT ATTACKER′S DECISION MAKING

This research develops scenarios that could induce and exacerbate cognitive bias in cyber attackers to disrupt their decision-making.

COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA VACCINE UPTAKE INITIATIVE PROGRAM

This funding implements a nationwide campaign to ensure older adults and people with disabilities get the latest COVID and flu vaccines.

SUPPLEMENT: PREM CENTER FOR ENERGY AND BIOMATERIALS

This funding supplement supports a new collaboration between UTEP PREM researchers and cancer and biology scientists at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of El Paso to accelerate interdisciplinary research addressing grand challenges in cancer.

TXDOT MATERIALS ACADEMY

This funding development of the Academy that will conduct training based on materials used in highway construction for TxDOT approval.

REDUCING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GAP BY INCREASING AWARENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHERN DOÑA ANA COUNTY

This project creates and/or expands a network of health care providers that will reduce health care costs, improve quality of care, and/or improve access to care as it builds the capacity of Community Health Workers and Tribal Community Health Representatives in New Mexico.

MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE TO THE NOVEL INSECTICIDE CLOTHIANIDIN IN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE

This research investigates the genetic mechanisms underlying the development of resistance to clothianidin in Anopheles gambiae, the main vector of malaria parasites in Sub-Saharan Africa

DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOPROTECTIVE ANTICANCER DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

This project develops an advanced drug delivery system that can deliver the FDA-approved anticancer drug to the human body without compromising physiological functions.

EARLY DETECTION AND GENETIC EVALUATION OF HISPANIC OVARIAN CANCER PATIENTS

This project creates a Hispanic-centered organoid biobank for ovarian cancer patients and an organoid model specific to Hispanic patients to study the genomic differences and treatment responses between racial/ethnic groups.

INVESTIGATION OF RADIATION SHIELDING OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ELECTRONIC PACKAGING

In close partnership with Sandia National Laboratory, this funding supports research of additive manufactured electronic packages with enhanced radiation shielding properties.

OPERANDO MAGNETIC RESONANCE OF THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION OVER TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE CATALYSTS

This research explores reaction schemes for the hydrogen evolution reaction of nanocrystals to understand the transient oxidation states and the paramagnetic catalytically-active spin species created during the charging-discharging cycles of electrochemical cells.

INTERN SUPPLEMENT FOR LI CHEN AT CAROLLO ENGINEERS

This funding supports doctoral student Chen in advancing the understanding and performance of ion exchange membranes for electrically-driven aqueous ionic separations (e.g., desalination, ion removal/recovery, etc.) and ion selectivity.

ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DOCUMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF REGIONAL DIABETES INITIATIVES

This funding supports continuation of awareness, education, and coordination around diabetes prevention, screening, and management to reduce diabetes prevalence with the Paso del Norte region.

SUPPLEMENTAL GEOTHERMAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT A PHD STUDENT

This supplemental funding supports PhD student Kaushik Pradhan for three months at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop temporal monitoring frameworks for the detecting and tracking of fluid-generated fractures in the ontext of geothermal energy production.

INTERNATIONAL THWAITES GLACIER COLLABORATION

This funding is coordinated by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration Science Coordination (ITGC) Office to support science field data activities that will maximize the effectiveness of the ITGC program.

SUPPLEMENT: BPC-DP: CODING LIKE A DATA MINER: A CULTURALLY RELEVANT DATA ANALYTICS INTERVENTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

This funding supplement supports continuation of Coding Like a Data Miner to co-design and implement participatory action research investigating teaching and learning using cultural relevance in computational data mining.

NATIONAL PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS (NPS): ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ACADEMIC AND CAREER BRIDGE CONSORTIUM FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

In collaboration with Wright University and the University of Kansas, this project establishes state and national academic and career bridge pathway programs for transitioning underserved community college students into 4-year degree programs in cybersecurity.

DEVELOPMENT OF PHD2/HADCS INHIBITORS FOR ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER

This research investigates preventive measures to lower the kidney toxicity of current chemotherapies for cervical cancer.

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL FACTORS AND PATHWAYS DRIVING

This continuation of funding supports research to understand therapeutic targeting strategies for regulating prostate cancer cell growth and to identify and characterize novel drivers of such cancer genesis and progression.

NUCLEAR SCIENCE IN TEXAS TO ENHANCE AND ADVANCE MINORITIES - SUPPLEMENT

This supplemental funding supports continuation of the NuSTEAM collaboration among partner institutions in Texas.

EARLY MUSIC LATIN AMERICA PROJECT

This funding serves to educate the public in the southwestern United States and amateur classical musicians nationwide in the robust and often-neglected repertoire of Renaissance and Baroque classical Latin American music.

AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHTING ALZHEIMER′S IN MIDLIFE (AA-FAIM)

This funding promotes timely detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) for Black populations and increases inclusion of Black adults in ADRD research.

DEVELOPMENT OF A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER /OPIOID USE DISORDER CURRICULUM AND FIELD WORK FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

This project builds capacity of Community Health Workers who prevent, treat, and assist in recovery of substance and opioid use disorders in underserved communities along the Texas/Mexico border.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN COLONIAS OF HUECO TANKS

This project assesses the water quality of drinking water in Colonias in the Paso del Norte Region and provides residents with alternatives to treat their drinking water.

A SAFETY-AWARE ECOSYSTEM OF REPUTABLE SUAS

This funding supports engagement of students in research of small Unmanned Aerial Systems in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame and NASA.

GEOLOGIC MAP OF PARTS OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS SE AND LOBO SW QUADRANGLES: COMPLEX LARAMIDE DEFORMATION IN THE INDIO MOUNTAINS, WESTERN TEXAS

This project investigates the geometry and evolution of Laramide contractional structures through field mapping using drones.

CAPTURING ONGOING DIVERSIFICATION: A COMPLETE PHYLOGENY OF AN AVIAN RADIATION USING DENSE SAMPLING OF TIPS

This supplemental funding supports a summer research experience for an undergraduate student who will conduct focused laboratory work and analyses to identify cryptic diversity within suboscine birds

DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION

This project develops software using generative adversarial models to synthesize artificial electronic health record data to ensure privacy.

RAPID: MECHANISMS OF FIRE-INDUCED CARBONATE FORMATION IN A COLD DESERT ECOSYSTEM

This project investigates the mechanisms of soil carbonate formation as a result of dryland wildfires to determine its impact on carbon storage in desert ecosystems.

REU: SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING: INSIGHTS INTO THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOCRYSTALS BY IN-SITU ELECTRON PARAMAGNE

This EAGER grant establishes an atomic-scale holistic understanding of the interplay between the structure, chemistry, activity, and mechanisms of hydrogen evolution reaction on specific nanocrystallites in real time.

NSF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FOR INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING NETWORKING CONFERENCE

This travel grant enables six US-based graduate students to attend the International Federation for Information Processing NETWORKING 2023 conference in Barcelona, Spain from June 12 to June 15, 2023.

BLACK AND BROWN CARBON: AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS IN EL PASO

In collaboration with the University of Houston and Baylor University, this funding supports data collection and its interpretation collected from atmospheric and air pollution monitoring instruments in El Paso.

SIMULATION OF CONFORMAL FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES

In collaboration with Kraetonics, LLC, this project simulates frequency selective surfaces that have been spatially varied over a surface.

LIFE EXPERIENCES OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES LIVING IN THE US-MEXICO BORDER

This investigation explores the life experiences of Limited English Proficient Hispanics with established cardiovascular conditions in their interactions with healthcare professionals.

IMPORTANCE OF TARGETED STRETCH EXERCISES FOR PREVENTING WORK-RELATED LOW BACK PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

This funding supports education and training sessions for physical therapists to increase awareness of the benefits of an optional, non-pharmacological approach to dealing with chronic pain.

Free Seminar "Unlocking Imagination: The Science of Prompt Engineering."

Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00, UTEP campus, Liberal Arts Building, Room 107

Expertise CoP: Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI)