PI: Hartman, Cathy (Department of Digital Projects, College of Libraries)
Sponsor: University of New Mexico
Funding Source: New Mexico Digital Newspaper Project
Project Title: “Federal Flow Through from National Endowment for the Humanities (National Digital Newspaper Program)”
Total Project Period: 7-1-2010 - 6-30-2012
Project Award Amount: $233,045
Total Award Amount: $233,045
PI: Hartman, Cathy (Department of Digital Projects, College of Libraries)
Sponsor: Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TexTreasures Grants Program)
Funding Source: Federal Flow Through from Institute of Museum and Library Services
Project Title: “Early Texas Newspaper II”
Total Project Period: 9-1-2010 - 8-31-2011
Project Award Amount: $25,000
Total Award Amount: $25,000
PI: Junghwan, Oh (Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering)
Sponsor: EndoMetric, LLC
Funding Source: Federal Flow Through from National Science Foundation
Project Title: “STTR Phase II: Real-time Analysis and Feedback during Colonoscopy to improve Quality”
Total Project Period: 8-15-2010 to 7-31-2012 (2 years)
Project Award Amount: $152,457
Total Award Amount: $152,457
PI: Kennedy, James (Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences)
Sponsor: Montana State University
Funding Source: Federal Flow Through from National Park Service
Project Title: “Exotic Snail Inventory and Macro Invertebrate Identification at Yellowstone”
Total Project Period: 8-1-2010 - 4-30-2012 (2 years)
Project Award Amount: $21,901
Total Award Amount: $21,901
PI: Andrew J. Torget (Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences)
Co-PI: Rada F. Mihalcea (Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering)
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Project Title: “ Mapping Historical Texts: Combining Text-mining & Geo-visualization to Unlock the Research Potential of Historical Newspapers”
Total Project Period: 9-1-2010 - 8-31-2011
Project Award Amount: $50,000
Total Award Amount: $50,000
PI: Marie C. Koop (Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, College of Arts & Sciences)
Sponsor: Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Project Title: “Research Seminar on Quebec Society and Culture”
Total Project Period: 9/1/2010 - 8/31/2011 (1 year)
Project Award Amount: $8,000
Total Award Amount: $8,000
PI: Paul John Ruggiere (Survey Research Center, College of Public Affairs & Community Service)
Sponsor: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality / Texas Environmental Health Institute
Project Title: “Asthma Rates of Children living near Superfund Sites and in other parts of Texas”
Total Project Period: 8/31/2010 - 8/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $250,000 (1 year)
Total Award Amount: $250,000
PI: Judith Anne C. Forney (School of Merchandising and Hospitality)
Sponsor: The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
Project Title: “Establish The Marriott Culinary Club”
Total Project Period: 2 Years (5/1/2010 - 4/30/2011)
Project Award Amount: $300,000
Total Award Amount: $300,000
PI: Sparr, Sandra Kathleen (Department of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, College of Engineering)
Sponsor: Solar Logic
Project Title: “Fluid-Structure Interaction Stress Analysis of a Parabolic Solar Collector and Drive Mechanism”
Total Project Period: 10/1/2010 - 2/28/2011
Project Award Amount: $5,000
Total Award Amount: $5,000
PI: Paul John Ruggiere (Survey Research Center, College of Public Affairs & Community Service)
Sponsor: Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Project Title: “Screening Study for the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease found within Lubbock County and Surrounding Adjacent Counties”
Total Project Period: 8/1/2010 - 8/31/2011 (1 year)
Project Award Amount: $79,500
Total Award Amount: $79,500
PI: Daniel Taylor (Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Science)
Sponsor: US Department of Defense (Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Project Title: “Comparing Internet and In-Person Brief Cognitive Behavioral Theory of Insomnia”
Total Project Period: 9-27-2010 to 9-26-2014 (4 years)
Project Award Amount: $1,174,273 (All funded at once)
Total Award Amount: $1,174,273
PI: Jiangping Chen (Dept. of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information)
Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Project Title: “Enabling Multilingual Information Access to Digital Collections: An Investigation of Metadata Records Translation”
Total Project Period: 12-1-2010 to 11-30-2012 (2 years)
Project Award Amount: $271,344.00 All funded at once
Total Award Amount: $271,344
PI: Roberts, James (Physics)
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin
Project Title: The Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching
Project Period: 5/1/10-7/31/11
Project Award Amount: $132,201
PI: Taylor, Robert (Caruth Police Institute)
Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation
Project Title: “Reduce Auto Theft in Texas”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: $235,077
PI: Fu, Song (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: New Mexico Institute of Mining
Project Title: “CSR: Small: Failure-Aware Monitoring and Management of Online Availability and Performance for Dependable Computing Clusters”
Project Period: 9/15/10 - 11/15/10
Project Award Amount: $128,580
PI: Gross, Guenter (Biological Sciences)
Sponsor: Southern Methodist University
Project Title: “Neurophotonics Research Center”
Project Period: 9/1/11 - 8/31/12
Project Award Amount: $678,008
PI: Beck, Debrah (Art and Science Student Services)
Sponsor: UT Austin Jamp Council: Admissions Med
Project Title: 2010-2011 Joint Admission Medical Program
Project Period: 9/1/2010 - 8/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $24,846
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Project Title: “Parents Resource Guide Survey”
Project Period: 9/13/10-12/1/10
Project Award Amount: $15,000
PI: Chapman, Kent (Biology)
Sponsor: BARD-US Department of Agriculture
Project Title: “The Involvement of N-Acylethanolamines in Signal Transduction of Microbial Associated Molecular Pattern”
Project Period: 10/1/2010 - 9/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $146,000
PI: Chandler, Yvonne (Library& Information Sciences)
Co-PI: Avery, Elizabeth (UNT Libraries)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “Library Education for the Islanders in the Pacific: A Project to Strengthen Libraries and Library Education in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/13
Project Award Amount: $999,363
PI: Ward, Sandra (Physics)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “Positron and Positronium Collisions with Simple Atoms”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: $54,516
PI: Eddy, Colleen (Teacher Education& Administration)
Co-PI: Harrell, Pamela (Teacher Education& Administration); Hughes, Lee (Biology); Quintanilla, John (Mathematics)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “UNT Science and Mathematics Robert Noyce Scholarship”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/15
Project Award Amount: $749,965
PI: Hensel, Paul (Political Science)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “Collaborative Research. “Contentious Issues in World Politics: Updating the ICOW Dataset”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/13
Project Award Amount: $260,330
PI: Wan, Yan (Electrical Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “EAGER: Collaborative Research: Stochastic Environmental-Impact Modeling for Automated Decision-Making in Infrastructure Networks: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/12
Project Award Amount: $100,643
PI: Hoeinghaus, David (Biological Sciences)
Co-PI: Acevedo, Miguel (Electrical Engineering); La Point, Thomas (Biology); Thompson, Ruthanne (Biology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “WSC-Category 1: Integrated Biophysical-Social Research for Water and Ecosystem Sustainability in an Effluent-Driven Urbanizing Watershed”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: $148,998
PI: Wan, Yan (Electrical Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “CPS: Collaborative Research: Dynamical-Network Evaluation and Design Tools for Strategic-to-Tactical Air Traffic Flow Management”
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/13
Project Award Amount: $170,000
PI: Prasad, Vish (Vice President)
Co-PI: Banerjee, Rajarshi (Material Science); Omary, Mohammad(Chemistry); Lu, Hongbing(MEE); Scharf, Thomas (Material Science)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “ARI-R2: Modernization of Multi-scale Characterization, Analysis, and Synthesis Facility for Material and Devices: Remote Access, Visualization, and Public Engagement”
Project Period: 10/1/10 - 9/30/13
Project Award Amount: $1,046,053
PI: Mihalcea, Rada (CSE)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “Building a Large Multilingual Semantic Network for Text Processing Applications”
Project Period: 9/15/2010-8/31/2013
Project Award Amount: $275,336
PI: Keller, Jean (Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Project Title: "THECB FY 2010 P-16 Regional Councils"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: $49,999.79
PI: Keller, Jean (Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Project Title: "THECB FY 2010 P-16 Regional Councils"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: $24,999.94
PI: Zhang, Haifeng (Engineering Technology)
Sponsor: Army Research Office
Project Title: "Integrated Analysis of Piezoelectric Resonators as Components of Electronic Systems"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 9/30/14
Project Award Amount: $77,813
PI: Yu, Cheng (Engineering Technology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "CAREER: Comprehensive Research on Cold-Formed Steel Sheathed Shear Walls: Special Detailing, Design, and Innovation"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/15
Project Award Amount: $400,010
PI: Littler, Christopher (Physics)
Co-PI: Philipose (Physics)
Sponsor: Army Research Office
Project Title: "Analysis of Electrical Transport Mechanisms In Amorphous Silicon Relevant to Uncooled Microbolometer Sensor Technology"
Project Period: 8/23/10 - 8/22/13
Project Award Amount: $50,000
PI: Dreyer, Kathy (Center for Public Service)
Co-PI: Louis, Donald (Center for Public Service) Arlikatti, Sudha (Public Administration) McEntire, David (College of Public Affairs and Community Service)
Sponsor: Texas Department of State Health Services
Project Title: "First Responder Project"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 8/31/11
Project Award Amount: 191,428
PI: Mitchell, Rodney (Enrollment Management)
Sponsor: U.S Department of Education
Project Title: "University of North Texas Student Support Services"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/15
Project Award Amount: 355,102
PI: Traum, Matthew (Mechanical and Energy Engineering)
Sponsor: Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Project Title: "REU: Texas Center for Undergraduate Research in Energy and Combustion"
Project Period: 8/15/10 - 6/30/13
Project Award Amount: $60,000
PI: Scharf, Thomas (Material Science& Engineering)
Sponsor: Air Force Research Lab
Project Title: "Chameleon Solid Film Lubricants For High Temperatures Bearing Applications"
Project Period: 8/31/2010 - 8/31/12
PI: Stevens, Kevin (Institute for Applied Sciences)
Sponsor: City of Grand Prarie
Project Title: "Production of a Diverse Native Plant Community for the Wetlands on the City of Grand Prairie’s Landfill Site, Grand Prairie, Texas (PHASE II)"
Project Period: 8/1/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $25,000.00
PI: Garber, Martha (Department of Rehab, Social Work, and Addictions)
Co-PI: Holloway, Linda (Department of Rehab, Social Work, and Addictions)
Sponsor: Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Project Title: "Job Placement and Supported Employment Service Program"
Project Period: 8/1/10 - 9/30/11
Project Award Amount: $174,221
PI: Huges, Lee (Biological Sciences)
Co-PI: Thompson, Rudi, Allen, Michael (Biology), Burleson, Mark (Biology), Dzialowski , Ed (Biology), and Chapman, Kent (Biology)
Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Project Title: "Undergraduate Science Education 2010- Core Proposal"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/14
Project Award Amount: $1,300,000
PI: Littler, Chris (Physics)
Sponsor: L-3 Communications Corporation, Electro-Optical Systems Division
Project Title: "The Characterization of Semiconductor Materials of Interest to L3 by appropriate measurements, tests, and Simulations"
Project Period: 8/31/10 - 8/30/11
Project Award Amount: $289,000
PI: Srivilliputhur, Srinivasan (Material Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Project Title: "Atomistic Simulations of Environmentally Assisted Cracking Nickel-Chromium Alloys"
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 8/31/12
Project Award Amount: $100,000
PI: Shepherd, Nigel (Materials Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: Tao Companies LLC
Project Title: "SBIR: Low Resistivity Zinc Oxide by Solution Deposition as a Transparent Conducting Oxide for Solar Cells"
Project Period: 5/1/10 - 4/30/11
Project Award Amount: $35,027
PI: Tarau, Paul (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "SHF: Small: A Framework for Bijective Data Transformations"
Project Period: 8/15/10 - 7/31/11
Project Award Amount: $97,500
PI: Paolino, Philip (Political Science)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "RAPID: Long-Term Unemployment and Individualist Values"
Project Period: 7/15/10 - 7/14/11
Project Award Amount: $82,867
PI: D’Souza, Nandika (Materials Science and Engineering)
Co-PI: Ayre, Brian (Biology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Collaborative Research: Characterization and Modeling of Natural Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites for Correlating Natural Fiber/Matrix Morphology"
Project Period: 8/15/10 - 7/31/13
Project Award Amount: $233,600
PI: Petrie, Trent (Psychology)
Sponsor: National Collegiate Athletic Association
Project Title: "The Physical and Psychological Health of Male Collegiate Athletes"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: 16,931.90
PI: Dong, Qunfeng (Biological Sciences)
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: "Investigation of Cloud Computing to Support Data-Parallel Health Research (Year 1)"
Project Period: 1/1/10 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $56,905
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: City of Amarillo, Tx
Project Title: 2010 Community Health Assessment
Project Period: 9/1/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $23,950
PI: Wilson, Angela (Chemistry)
Co-PI: Petros, Robby (Chemistry)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "REU Site: Opportunities in Chemistry at the University of North Texas"
Project Period: 7/15/10 - 6/30/11
Project Award Amount: $214,551
PI: Burggren, Warren (Biological Sciences)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Developmental Co-dependence and Embryonic Programming of Cardiac and Renal Systems Function in Vertebrates"
Project Period: 8/1/10 - 7/31/12
Project Award Amount: $403,128
PI: Buckles, Billy (Computer Science and Engineering)
Co-PI: Kamesh Namuduri (Electical Engineering)
Sponsor: The Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program
Project Title: "Adding Value to Sparse LiDAR Elevation Data"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 8/31/12
Project Award Amount: $150,000
PI: Chyan, Oliver (Chemistry)
Sponsor: The Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program
Project Title: "Hybrid Nanocomposite High-k Dielectric Flexible Films for Semiconductor Applications"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 7/31/12
Project Award Amount: $63,850
PI: Spinks, Todd (Office of Sustainability)
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office
Project Title: "UNT Campus Distributed Renewable Energy Initiative: Eagle Point Campus Wind Energy Project"
Project Period: 6/15/10 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $200,000
PI: Wan, Yan
Sponsor: MITRE Corporation
Project Title: "Stochastic Weather-Impact Modeling for Flow-Contingency Planning at a Strategic Time Horizon"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 9/30/10
Project Award Amount: $61,599.97
PI: Kennedy, James (Institute of Applied Science)
Sponsor: Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport
Project Title: "Preparation of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Collected During the 2008 Bioassessment on the Receiving waters of Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport for Identification"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 9/30/10
Project Award Amount: $14,253
PI: Chyan, Oliver (Chemistry)
Sponsor: ATMI inc.
Project Title: "Interfacial Study of Cu Bimetallic Corrosion and Inhibition in Post-etching, Post-ashing, Post-CMP Cleaning Solution Environments"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 6/30/11
Project Award Amount: $75,000
PI: Atkinson, Samuel (Institute of Applied Science)
Sponsor: Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
Project Title: "Lake Gaston Aquatic Vegetation Survey"
Project Period: 4/30/10 - 12/30/10
Project Award Amount: $15,067
PI: Henry, Lisa (Anthropology)
Sponsor: Physician Assistant Education Association
Project Title: "Physician Assistant Roles in the Provision of Care to the Medically Undeserved"
Project Period: 6/1/10 - 5/31/11
Project Award Amount: $12,500
PI: Arlikatti, Sudha (Public Administration)
Co-PI: Kendra, James (Public Administration)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Rapid Collaborative: The Forgotten Aspects of Evacuation: Mass Evacuee Processing and Care by Host Communities Following the Haiti Earthquake"
Project Period: 7/15/10 - 6/30/11
Project Award Amount: $19,090
PI: Dantu, Ram (Computer Science)
Co-PI: Wang , Zuoming (Communication Studies)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "MRI/Dev: A Flexible Instrument and Tools for Experimental Research in Next Generation 9-1-1 Services (Supplement)"
Project Period: 8/1/08 - 7-31-11
Project Award Amount: $16,000
PI: Dantu, Ram (Computer Science)
Co-PI: Wang, Zuoming (Communication Studies)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Collaborative Research: CRI: A Testbed for Research and Development of Next" Generation 9-1-1 Services (Supplement)
Project Period: 9/1/08 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $160,000
PI: Ferring, Reid (Geography)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Archaeological Investigations at Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia"
Project Period: 6/1/10 - 5/31/13
Project Award Amount: $147,645
PI: Dahotre, Narendra B. (Materials Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Collaborative Research: Composite Surfacing of Amorphous Materials by Laser Interference Nanopatterning"
Project Period: 7/1/10 - 6/30/13
Project Award Amount: $208,868
PI: Mikler, Armin R. (Computer Science and Engineering)
Co-PI: Tiwari , Chetan (Geography)
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
Project Title: "A Computational Framework for assessing the Feasibility of Bio-Emergency Response Plans"
Project Period: 6/21/10 - 6/20/13
Project Award Amount: $429,608
PI: Garber, Martha (Rehab Social Work Addictions)
Co-PI: Holloway, Linda
Sponsor: Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services/ Division of Blind Services
Project Title: "Employment Online Training for Community Rehabilitation Providers"
Project Period: 6/21/10 - 9/30/11
Project Award Amount: $500,000
PI: Kearbey, Raynard (System Facilities)
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office
Project Title: "University of North Texas at Dallas- Photovoltaic System Project"
Project Period: 3/18/10 - 12/31/11
Project Award Amount: $260,500
PI: Cooke, Stephen A. (Chemistry)
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Project Title: "Experimentally characterizing the electronic structures of f-electron systems using advanced high resolution Fourier transform microwave spectroscopies"
Project Period: 4/15/10 - 4/14/11
Project Award Amount: $65,000
PI: Swigger, Kathleen (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "REU Supplement: HCC: Improving the performance of global software development learning teams"
Project Period: 8/1/09 - 7/31/10
Project Award Amount: $15,000
PI: Williamson, David (Sociology)
Sponsor: Department of Sociology
Project Title: "Sociology Masters Program in Jerusalem, Israel"
Project Period: 5/10/10 - 5/9/11
Project Award Amount: $140,000
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: University of North Texas Health Science Center
Project Title: "Use of Medical Personnel Including Doctors of Osteopathy"
Project Period: 4/1/10 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $50,000
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Public Affairs and Community Services)
Sponsor: Parkland Hospital
Project Title: "Evaluation of Parkland Family Planning Program Part II"
Project Period: 4/1/10 - 6/30/10
Project Award Amount: $17,071
PI: Akl, Robert (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Project Title: "Game Programming for Xbox 360 Summer Camp"
Project Period: 4/1/10 - 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $18,000
PI: Gao, Su (Mathematics)
Co-PI: Jackson, Steve, Mauldin, Dan, Urbanski, Mariusz
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Research Training Group in Logic and Dynamics"
Project Period: 5/15/10 - 4/30/15
Project Award Amount: $1,507,481
PI: Gao, Su (Mathematics)
Co-PI: Jackson, Steve , Mauldin, Dan, Urbanski, Mariusz
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Research Training Group in Logic and Dynamics"
Project Period: 5/15/10 - 4/30/15
Project Award Amount: $1,507,481
PI: Harris, Mary (Teacher Education and Administration)
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin; US Department of Labor—Texas Workforce.
Project Title: "Texas Workforce UTeach Internship Program"
Project Period: 1/11/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $60,000
PI: Garber, Martha (Rehab Social Work Addictions)
Sponsor: Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services/ Division of Blind services
Project Title: "Self employment on line training for DBS"
Project Period: 3/25/10 - 9/30/11
Project Award Amount: $148,695
PI: Rout, Bibhudutta (Physics)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "MRI-R2: Development of electrostatic high energy focused ion beam (HEFIB) nanoprobe system"
Project Period: 3/01/10 - 1/31/12
Project Award Amount: $122,000
PI: Akl, Robert (Computer Science & Engineering)
Sponsor: Texas Workforce Commission
Project Title: Robotics and Game Programming Summer Camps
Project Period: 03/1/2010 - 10/29/2010
Project Award Amount: $63,000
PI: Wilson, Angela (Chemistry); Bagus, Paul (Chemistry)
Sponsor: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Project Title: "The Theoretical and Computational Analysis of Core-Level Spectroscopies"
Project Period: 4/20/2010 - 4/19/2011
Project Award Amount: $42,990
PI: Knezek, Gerald (Learning Technologies)
Sponsor: Irving ISD
Project Title: "Evaluation of Irving ISD Target Tech in Texas (T3)"
Project Period: 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $21,340
PI: Hayslip, Bert (Psychology)
Sponsor: Agency on Aging
Project Title: "Conducting focus groups for grandparents raising grandchildren in the North Texas area"
Project Period: 3/1/10 - 6/30/10
Project Award Amount: $20,000
PI: Murrell, Amy (Psychology)
Sponsor: Hogg Foundation
Project Title: "Enhancing Community Treatment of Trauma with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Importance of Centrality to Identity"
Project Period: 06/1/10 - 05/31/11
Project Award Amount: $14,558.40
PI: Munshi, Sadaf (Linguistics and Technical Communication)
Sponsor: Documenting Endangered Languages (National Science Foundation)
Project Title: "Archive of Annotated Burushaski Texts"
Project Period: 05/01/2010 - 04/28/2012
Project Award Amount: $163,000
PI: Stevens, Kevin (Biology)
Sponsor: City of Grand Prairie
Project Title: "Production of a Diverse Native Plant Community for Wetlands on the City of Grand Prairie’s Landfill, Grand Prairie, TX"
Project Period: 03/15/2010 - 08/15/2010
Project Award Amount: $24,310
PI: Holloway, Linda (Rehabilitative, Social Work& Addictions)
Sponsor: Department of Assistive& Rehabilitative Services
Project Title: "Interagency Contract - VR Intern"
Project Period: 3/15/2010 - 6/25/2010
Project Award Amount: $10,179.41
PI: Frost, Carol (Accounting)
Sponsor: KPMG Research Opportunities
Project Title: "An International Analysis of Pension Measures and Presentation"
Project Period: 3/12/2010 - 6/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $25,000
PI: Urbanski, Mariusz (Mathematics)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Thermodynamic Formalism, Dynamics and Dimensions"
Project Period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2013
Project Award Amount: $239,908
PI: Mohanty, Saraju (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Collaborative Research: CCLI (Exploratory): Introduction of Nanoelectronics Courses in Undergraduate Computer Science"
Project Period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2013
Project Award Amount: $89,999
PI: Ishiyama, John (Political Science)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "REU Site: Civil Conflict Management and Peace Science"
Project Period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $80,000
PI: McEntire, David (Dean College of Public Affairs)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "RAPID: Cross-cultural Analysis of the Disposition of Unidentified Bodies in Haiti"
Project Period: 03/13/2010 - 03/12/2011
Project Award Amount:$39,952
PI: Nelson Hartman, Cathy (Libraries)
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Project Title: "Mapping the Southwest"
Project Period: 5/1/2010 – 4/30/2013
Project Award Amount: $424,096
PI: Ray, Deanne (Counseling and Higher Education)
CO-PI: Sue Bratton (Counseling and Higher Education)
Sponsor: Flow Foundation
Project Title: "Mental Health Services for Low Income and High Need Denton County Adults and Children"
Project Period: 01/01/2010 – 12/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $15,000
PI: Kelber, Jeffry (Chemistry)
Sponsor: Semiconductor Research Corporation
Project Title: "Establishment of a UNT-SRC Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration"
Project Period: 4/1/2010 - 3/31/2013
Project Award Amount: $1,620,390
PI: Milson, Andrew (Teacher Education & Administration)
Co-PI: Oppong, Joseph (Geography)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Enhancing Access to the Geosciences for Latino/a English Language Learners in North Texas (EAGLE-NT)"
Project Period: 4/1/10 - 3/31/11
Project Award Amount: $39,998
PI: Hunt von Herbing, Ione (Biology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Student and Young Scientist Travel for the 34th Annual Larval Fish Conference"
Project Period: 4/1/10 - 3/31/11
Project Award Amount: $15,000
PI: Johnson, Jeff (Biology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Collaborative Research: Balancing selection and MHC variation in an endangered bird"
Project Period: 3/15/10 - 2/28/13
Project Award Amount: $265,910
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: Oklahoma State University
Project Title: "2010 Lower Mountain Fork Survey"
Project Period: 03/01/2010 – 07/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $27,000
PI: Dahotre, Narendra B. (Materials Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: University of Texas-San Antonio
Project Title: "Post-yield behavior vs. bone quality"
Project Period: 01/01/2010 – 07/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $79,705.15
PI: Johnson, Jeff (Biological Sciences)
Sponsor: Craighead Beringia South
Project Title: "Greater Sage-grouse Population Genetic Structure"
Project Period: 02/01/2010 – 01/31/2012
Project Award Amount: $15,500
PI: Dong, Qunfeng (Biology)
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: "Lung Microbiome and Pulmonary Inflammation/ Immunity in HIV infection"
Project Period: 2/1/10 - 9/30/15
Project Award Amount: $81,399
PI: Hunter, Bruce (Institute of Applied Sciences)
Sponsor: City of Denton, Texas
Project Title: "Denton Tree Canopy Inventory"
Project Period: 01/01/2010 – 08/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $20,170.37
PI: Omary, Mohammad (Chemistry)
Sponsor: Welch Foundation
Project Title: "Trip Funds Related to G70550"
Project Period: 6/1/2003 - 5/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $13,422.33
PI: Richmond, Michael (Chemistry)
Sponsor: Welch Foundation
Project Title: "Trip Funds Related to G70571"
Project Period: 6/1/2003 - 5/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $13,422.33
PI: Cutright, William (Counseling & Higher Education)
Sponsor: Welch Foundation
Project Title: "Trip Funds Related to GP6117"
Project Period: 8/1/2010 - 9/30/2010
Project Award Amount: $25,566.35
PI: Stevens, Kevin (Institute of Applied Sciences)
Sponsor: City of Grand Prairie
Project Title: "Integrated Pest Management Strategies to Improve Ecosystem Function on a Detached Oxbow of the West Trinity River, Grand Prairie Landfill Site"
Project Period: 1/1/2010 – 12/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $25,000
PI: Scharf, Tom (Mechanical and Energy Engineering)
Co-PI: D’Souza, Nandika (Mechanical and Energy Engineering); Reidy, Richard (Mechanical and Energy Engineering); Lu, Hongbing (Mechanical and Energy Engineering)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Acquisition of an X-ray Micro-computed Tomography Apparatus for In-situ Three-dimensional Microscopy of Microstructural Evolution of Material under Deformation"
Project Period: 1/15/10 – 12/31/11
Project Award Amount: $350,000
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: State Bar of Texas
Project Title: "Pro Bono Survey"
Project Period: 2/01/2010 – 03/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $19,050
PI: Vasquez, Patrick (Outreach and Community Involvement)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and One Star Foundation
Project Title: "OneStar"
Project Period: 11/01/2009 – 08/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $68,000
PI: Dong, Qunfeng (Biology)
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: "The urethral microbiome in adolescent males"
Project Period: 1/1/10 – 5/31/10
Project Award Amount: $64,474
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: Texas Health& Human Services Commission
Project Title: "Customer Satisfaction Survey – Children With Special Health Care Needs"
Project Period: 1/04/2010 – 6/30/2010
Project Award Amount: $64,248
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: Teacher Retirement System
Project Title: "Customer Satisfaction"
Project Period: 2/01/2010 – 6/30/2010
Project Award Amount: $35,000
PI: Hughes, Lee (Biology)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "RCN-UBE Incubator: A Research Network on Assessing Technology in Undergraduate Biology Education"
Project Period: 2/15/10 – 1/31/11
Project Award Amount: $47,676
PI: Huggett, Duane (Biology)
Sponsor: ILSI-Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
Project Title: "Alternative Fish Bioconcentration Methodology"
Project Period: 1/31/2010 – 06/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $20,000
PI: Dahotre, Narendra (Material Science)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: "Laser Assisted Rapid Surface Microstructured Alumina Ceramic"
Project Period: 1/1/10 – 7/31/11
Project Award Amount: $350,948
PI: Namuduri, Kamesh (Electrical Engineering)
Sponsor: NASA
Project Title: "Guided Planetary Surface Exploration Using Rovers and Wireless Sensor Networks"
Project Period: 12/1/09 – 8/31/10
Project Award Amount: $69,974
PI: Peet, Martha (Learning Technologies)
Sponsor: Education Service Center XV
Project Title: "Evaluation of ESC XV T3 Grant"
Project Period: 10/01/2009 – 09/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $50,000 (for two years)
PI: Halbert, Martin (Libraries)
Co-PI: Cathy Hartman (Information Tech. Services)
Sponsor: National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Project Title: “MetaArchive: A Sustainable Digital Preservation Services for Cultural and Historical Records”
Project Period: 10/01/09 - 12/31/11
Project Award Amount: $274,002
PI: Atkinson, Sam (Biology)
Sponsor: USAE Research and Development Center, LAERF CEERD-EE-A
Project Title: “Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment Agreement for Dian Smith”
Project Period: 1/10/10 - 12/31/11
Project Award Amount:$ 42,206.54
PI: Atkinson, Sam (Biology)
Sponsor: USAE Research and Development Center, LAERF CEERD-EE-A
Project Title: “Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment Agreement for Lynde Dodd”
Project Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/11
Project Award Amount:$37,972
PI: Chapman, Kent (Biology)
Sponsor: Cotton Incorporated
Project Title: “Genetic Engineering of Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Cotton”
Project Period: 1/01/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $50,001
PI: Chapman, Kent (Biology)
Sponsor: Cotton Incorporated
Project Title: “Engineering Seed Value in Cotton”
Project Period: 1/01/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $84,841
PI: Plummer, Mitty (Engineering Technology)
Sponsor: Luninant
Project Title: “Continuation of the BS Degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology”
Project Period: 1/01/10 - 12/31/10
Project Award Amount: $250,000
PI: Johnson, Troy (Enrollment Management)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Project Title: “College Connection 2+2+2 Program Grant”
Project Period: 10/01/2009 – 08/01/2011
Project Amount: $270,000
PI: Holloway, Linda (Rehabilitation, Social Work, and Addictions)
Sponsor: Meadows Foundation
Project Title: “The Job Fit Program: Providing Employment Support for Individuals with Mental Health Disabilities”
Project Period: 08/01/2009 – 07/31/2013
Project Amount: $112,000
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: Louisiana State University
Project Title: “Emergency Management Issues”
Project Period: 11/01/2009 – 02/06/2010
Project Amount: $36,957
PI: Oh, Jung-Hawn (Engineering)
Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Rochester
Project Title: “Improving Colonscopy Quality through Automated Monitoring”
Project Period: 09/01/2009 – 05/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $59,830
PI: Kennedy, James (Arts and Science)
Sponsor: Montana State University
Project Title: “Aquatic Insects Specimen Creek Restoration”
Project Period: 09/01/2009 – 06/30/2010
Proposal Award Amount: $25,000
PI: John, Kuruvilla (Mechanical and Energy Engineering)
Sponsor: Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Project Title: “Rider 8 Project: Corpus Christi Ozone Near Non-Attainment Air Quality Research Activities”
Project Period: 11/09/2009 – 03/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $59,000.01
PI: Keathly, David (Computer Science and Engineering)
Sponsor: Collin County Community College District
Project Title: “Convergence Technology Center”
Project Period: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2010
Project Award Amount: $24,139
PI: Kennedy, James (Institute of Applied Science/Biology)
Sponsor: The Turner Endangered Species Fund
Project Title: “Aquatic Insects Associated with Restoration of Three Western United States Drainages: Cherry Creek, South Fork Flathead River and Costilla Creek”
Project Period: 05/01/2010 – 01/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $14,999.94
PI: Huggett, Duane (Biological Sciences)
Sponsor: European Chemical Manufacturers Association
Project Title: “Alternative Methodology for Standard Laboratory Fish Bioconcentration Tests”
Project Period: 11/01/2009 – 05/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $100,053.34
PI: Wolfe, Lori (Biology)
Sponsor: Texas Department of State Health Services
Project Title: “Texas Teratogen Information Service”
Project Period: 09/01/09 – 08/31/10
Project Award Amount: $80,427
PI: Ruggiere, Paul (Survey Research Center)
Sponsor: State Bar
Project Title: “Public Opinion on Liability Insurance”
Project Period: 11/01/2009 – 12/31/2009
Project Award Amount: $10,000
PI: Vasquez, Patrick J. (Outreach and Community Involvement)
CO-PI: Margaret Peguero (Outreach and Community Involvement)
Sponsor: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Program
Project Title: “Work-study Student Mentorship”
Program Project Period: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $610,018
PI: Bahamon, Gloria (College Readiness and Student Success)
Sponsor: University of North Texas At Dallas
Project Title: “FY 2010-2011 Work-Study Student Mentorship”
Program Project Period: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2011
Project Award Amount: $40,000
PI: Grigolini, Paolo (Physics)
Sponsor: Army Research Office
Project Title: “Workshop: Decision making, a psychophysics”
Project Period: 11/15/09 - 11/14/10
Project Award Amount: $50,000
PI: Strong, Anne (Enrollment Management)
Co-PI: None
Sponsor: US Department of Education
Project Title: “Upward Bound Math and Science”
Project Period: 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2013
Project Award Amount: $297,034
PI: Hongbing, Lu (Mechanical Engineering)
Co-PI: None
Sponsor: OSU flow down from NSF
Project Title: “Surfactant- template polyurea-nanoencapsulted macroporous silica aerogel, a potential new biomaterial for artificial heart valves”
Project Period: 8/17/2009 - 06/30/2012
Project Award Amount: $74,551
PI: Lu, Hongbing (Mechanical Engineering)
Co-PI: None
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Title: “Collaborative Research: Elastic and Viscoelastic Characterization and Modeling of Polymer Based Structures for Biological Application”
Project Period: 8/1/2009 - 11/30/2011
Project Award Amount: $73,712
PI: Lu, Hongbing (Mechanical & Energy Engineering)
Co-PI: None
Sponsor: Oklahoma University (Prime NIH)
Project Title: “Ear Biomechanics for Restoration of Hearing”
Project Period: 8/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Project Amount: $11,864
PI: Salehyan, Idean (Political Science)
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin & Department of Defense
Project Title: “Program on Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa”
Project Period: 6/1/09 – 5/31/14
Project Award Amount: $22,117.80
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