Awards Chronicle (FY 2023)
Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funding Source | Total Award Amount |
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Alam, S. | Hosur, M., Hossain, M., Guo, G. | Study of damage mechanics and material response of composite armor by multi-scale modeling and testing | Department of Defense | $799,986 |
Alexander, M. | Ren, J., Rajib, A., Ramirez, D. | Preparing Future Workforce for Sustainable Environment with Data and Computer-driven STEM Training | Halliburton Foundation | $15,000 |
Ammari, H. | REU Site: Gluing Computer Science and Convex Geometry: Research Experiences for Undergraduates from Community Colleges | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $409,903 | |
Ammari, H. | CISE-MSI: RCBP-ED: CNS: MBARKA: A Multi-tier Basic Architecture for fault-toleRant and K-secure IoT-based Autonomous campus monitoring systems | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $400,000 | |
Ancona, V. | Donato, C., Reyes-Cabrera, J. | Connecting the Dots in the Global Fresh Produce Market | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $270,096 |
Baker, S. | Pilot Program to Address Learning Loss in South Texas to Improve Student Achievement | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $500,000 | |
Baker, S. | Pena, D. | Javelina Summer Bridge Program | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) | $250,000 |
Ballard, B. | Investigating the Ecology of the Cackling Goose During the Non-Breeding Period in the Southern and Central Great Plains | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department | $299,993 | |
Ballard, B. | Use of coastal refugia by overwintering waterfowl using Audio Recording Units (ARUs) | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) | $191,296 | |
Ballard, B. | Ecology of the Cackling Goose during the Non-Breeding Period | Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department | $20,000 | |
Bohm, R. | Joint Admission Medical Program 2023 | Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) | $12,662 | |
Camacho, L. | Conference: 2024 Membranes: Materials and Processes GRC and GRS | Gordon Research Conference / National Science Foundation (NSF) | $20,000 | |
Cherry, M. | DeYoung, R., Hewitt, D. | Investigating Potential Inhibitory Roles of Organic Copper and Zinc in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Prion Protein Misfolding and Propagation | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $244,377 |
Cherry, M. | Linking wildlife communities to forest management on Boggy Slough Conservation Area | T.L.L. Temple Foundation | $106,289 | |
Cherry, M. | Determination of Fecal Triiodothyronine and Cortisol As Physiological Proxies of Animal Welfare | Wild Animal Initiative | $25,860 | |
Chumbley, S. | Wildlife Education Teacher Training (WETT) | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) | $51,700 | |
DeYoung, R. | Perotto, H., Cherry, M. | National Feral Swine Damage Management | U.S. Department of Agriculture - APHIS - Wildlife Services | $220,000 |
Espiritu, J. | Donato, C., Aguirre, O. | Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship: A Binational (U.S.-Brazil) Faculty and Student Exchange Program | Department of State (DoS) | $34,250 |
Falk, A. | Bow, J. | Partners in Pollination: Capacity building for agriculture STEM research in pollinator conservation on Texas grasslands | Tarleton State University / USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture | $187,000 |
Falk, A. | Lehmann Lovegrass Herbicide & Native Seeding Research Trials | Quail Ranch LLC | $34,469 | |
Falk, A. | Coordination of TxDOT’s Participation in the Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances | Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) | $119,000 | |
Foley, A. | Perotto, H. | Evaluating the use of Drones to Estimate White-tailed Deer Population Sizes | Rotary Club of Corpus Christi - Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist | $10,000 |
Fu, X. | PFI-RP: AI-Driven Grid-Following and Grid-Forming Technologies for Robust and Reliable Grid Integration of Inverter-based Resources | University of Alabama / National Science Foundation (NSF) | $161,264 | |
Goyal, A. | Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: DP: CPS: Cyber Resilient 5G Enabled Virtual Power System for Growing Power Demand | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $110,851 | |
Goyal, A. | Design and Simulation of the 5G Communication Infrastructure Between Solar Micro-Inverters and SCADA System | Tennessee State University / American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) | $3,600 | |
Hessami, A. | Ren, J., Al-Hamdan, O. | Analysis of Sediment Transport in the Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays | Texas General Land Office (TGLO) | $188,060 |
Hewitt, D. | SALE - Graduate Student Assistantships (Grant) | San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. (S.A.L.E.) | $12,500 | |
Hewitt, D. | SALE - Graduate Student Assistantships (Scholarship) | San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. (S.A.L.E.) | $7,500 | |
Hewitt, D. | Hernandez, F., Tewes, M., Ballard, B., Hilton, C., Perotto, H., Scognamillo, D., Henke, S., Falk, A., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Tanner, A., Tanner, E., Wester, D. | Impacts of the US Customs and Border Wall on Wildlife, Wildlife Habitats, and Endangered Species Recovery | Department of Interior - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | $12,214,430 |
Hossain, M. | Jin, K., Li, H., Sowell, M. | RET Site: Integration Data-driven research in Renewable Energy Across Disciplines (ID-READ) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $600,000 |
Hossain, M. | Li, H., Jin, K., Turner, B., Sowell, M. | Promote Sustainable Agriculture Concepts in Education through Multidisciplinary Research and Pedagogical Trainings (PACE) | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $500,000 |
Kim, T. | Ammari, H., Fu, X. | Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: RPEP: CPS: A Resilient Cyber-Physical Security Framework for Next-Generation Distributed Energy Resource at Grid Edge | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $737,373 |
Kunta, M. | CAP: Development, evaluation, and delivery of citrus HLB management approaches by targeting its nature as a pathogen-triggered immune disease | University of Florida / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $503,020 | |
Laughlin, D. | CN: A coordinated network for the improvement of HLB research and extension outputs | University of Florida / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $180,497 | |
Laughlin, D. | The Effect of Seed Moisture and Storage Temperature on the Viability of Citrus Rootstock Seeds | California Citrus Nursery Board (CCNB) | $28,665 | |
Laughlin, D. | Ancona, V. | Establishing a water-use profile for the water-efficient specialty crop, dragon fruit, in South Texas | Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) | $70,834 |
Laughlin, R. | Hilton, C., Henke, S. | Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wild and domestic animal populations in Central and South Texas | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $2,408,770 |
Li, H. | Jin, K., Xiao, C., Goswami, J., Dipeolu, A. | Research Engagement, Quality Assurance, and Mental Readiness for Remote Learning | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $749,631 |
Li, H. | Ren, J., Ramirez, D., Sherris, A., Robbins, C. | IGE: Transdisciplinary Research in Graduate Engineering Education (IGE-TREE) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $487,251 |
Li, H. | Bioproducts and Bioenergy from Warm-Season Perennial Grass Feedstock for Low-input Conditions with Positive Water and Carbon Footprint | Texas A&M AgriLife Research / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $97,112 | |
Li, H. | Ren, J., Ramirez, D., Sinha, T. Jin, K. | Minority-focused Multi-level Engagement through Research Integrated Team Projects Across Agriculture Disciplines (MERIT) | US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $245,119 |
Liu, X. | Energy Audit for Schulman Theatres | Schulman Theatres Inc. | ||
Liu, X. | Shen, H. | Energy Audit on Two Commercial Buildings | Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | $2,000 |
Machado, T. | Donato, C., Stanko, R., Nelson, S. | Natural Resource Career Development Program and NRCS tour | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $150,000 |
Machado, T. | Apple, J., Nelson, S. | Manager Education and Agriculture Technical Skills (MEAT'S) Workforce | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $950,000 |
Machado, T. | Apple, J. | Workforce TEAM (Training, Experience About Meat) | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $650,000 |
Marin, J. | Allred, P. | College Readiness and Success Models 2023 | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | $100,000 |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Upward Bound Rural | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $1,437,685 | |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University Kingsville Upward Bound Math and Science UBMS | U.S. Department of Education | $1,488,005 | |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Veterans Upward Bound TAMUK VUB | U.S. Department of Education | $1,437,685 | |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University Kingsville Upward Bound Math and Science UBMS Rural | U.S. Department of Education | $1,488,005 | |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Child Care Means Parents in School | U.S. Department of Education | $1,766,932 | |
Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Educational Opportunity Centers Program | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | $1,160,250 | |
Mast, N. | Expanding the TExAS Scholar Program (TExAS: Teaching with Experiential learning in Animal Science) | USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture | $749,998 | |
Mast, N. | DeYoung, R., Chatelain-Jardon, R. | LEADING Hispanics to Federal Agency Employment (LEADING: Leading and Enhancing Agricultural Development In the Next Generation) | USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture | $20,000,000 |
Mathis, C. | Machen, R. | Sustaining our Ranching Heritage through Hybrid Education and Outreach Delivery | Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (HLSR) | $9,000 |
Mukhopadhyay, A. | Digital Ethnic Futures Course Development | Salem State University / Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium | $2,500 | |
Nijim, M. | Hicks, D., Mishra, A., Goyal, A., Al-Bataineh, H. | Multi-Tiered Education and Research for Preparing a Future Cyber Engineering Workforce | Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | $999,676 |
Nijim, M. | Mishra, A., Goyal, A., Hicks, D. | Pathways to Graduate Studies in Cyber Intelligence | Texas A&M AgriLife Research / Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | $501,377 |
Perotto, H. | Tanner, E. | Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with TAMU | Texas A&M AgriLife Research / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $17,312 |
Petracca, L. | Promoting Ocelot Conservation Through Research on East Foundation Ranches | East Foundation | $123,796 | |
Petracca, L. | Cherry, M., DeYoung, R., Hewitt, D., Hilton, C., Heffelfinger, L. | Assessing and mitigating potential ecological impacts to large mammals along the border wall in the Rio Grande Valley Texas | Department of Interior (DOI) - Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) | $1,752,476 |
Rajib, A. | Integrating Earth Observations and Ecosystem Models for Improved Characterization and Conservation of Playa Wetlands | USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Services | $332,233 | |
Rajib, A. | Ramirez, D. | Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: Cyber Training for Open Science in Climate, Water and Environmental Sustainability | National Science Foundation | $150,601 |
Ren, J. | Ramirez, D., Sinha, T., Li, H., Sherris, A. | NRT-HDR: Transdisciplinary Research and Education for Air and Water Resources Solutions in Coastal Communities (TREAWS) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $2,000,000 |
Rideout-Hanzak, S. | A Talk on the Wild Side | Rotary Club of Corpus Christi - Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist | $10,000 | |
Robinson, B. | Collaborative Research: Investigating the Philosophical Commitments of University Scientists across Disciplines | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $90,509 | |
Sanchez, E. | The Procurement of BioAnalyzers to Expedite and Enhance Services Provided by the National Natural Toxins Research Center | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | $164,044 | |
Scalan, G. | Huff, K. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville VITA Grant Program | Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service | $5,000 |
Schuster, G. | NC FY 23 Germplasm Quarantine Program | USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine | $669,029 | |
Setamou, M. | Citrus Commodity Pest Survey 2022-2023 | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) | $536,840 | |
Setamou, M. | Citrus Germplasm Safekeeping Program 2022-2023 | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) | $88,056 | |
Setamou, M. | Systems approach to organic management of the Asian citrus psyllid | University of Florida / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $281,727 | |
Setamou, M. | Chow, A. | Testing the efficacy of bait sprays with insecticides of different mode of action on Mexican fruit fly (Diptera: Tephridae) | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $130,710 |
Setamou, M. | Development of an effective attractant for the Asian citrus psyllid | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) | $362,066 | |
Setamou, M. | Chow, A. | Deployment of bait stations as key component of systems approach for the eradication program of Mexfly in Texas | U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine | $143,943 |
Setamou, M. | Chow, A. | Novel deployment strategy of MalEX, an attract and kill strategy for the control of citrus leafminer | U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine | $141,589 |
Setamou, M. | The Texas Citrus Clean Plant Program 2023-2024 | USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine | $139,050 | |
Sétamou, M. | The Texas Citrus Clean Plant Program 2022-2023 | U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS-PPQ | $135,000 | |
Sétamou, M. | Developing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plans to manage an emerging pest, chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsals) in TX | Texas A&M University / USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine | $6,000 | |
Sétamou, M. | Ancona, V., Kunta, M., Reyes-Cabrera, J. | Sustainable Support for CORE Research Programs at TAMUK Citrus Center (2022-2023) | Texas Citrus Producers Board (TCPB) | $120,000 |
Shackelford, C. | Native Seeds Development and Outreach for Grassland Restoration in the Pecos River Watershed (NM, TX) | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) | $195,892 | |
Shackelford, C. | Native Seed Source and Methodology Testing | Exxonmobil Global Services Company | $281,412 | |
Tanner, E. | DeYoung, R. | Wild Turkey Population Dynamics and Brood Survival | Oklahoma State University / Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation / Department of the Interior | $160,394 |
Tewes, M. | Scognamillo, D., Lombardi, J., Cherry, M. | Leopard Distribution, Density, and Population Size for Sustainable Management in Botswana | Safari Club International Foundation | $558,032 |
Tewes, M. | Ocelot and Bobcat Ecology, Conservation, and Monitoring along US Highway 77 | Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT) | $985,515 | |
Turner, B. | Developing Southern Plains Region Management And Resiliency Tools for Agricultural Systems (SMART Ag Systems) | USDA-Agricultural Research Service | $200,000 | |
Villarreal, L. | Educator Preparation Program Planning | U.S. Department of Education / Texas A&M University System | $25,000 | |
Wayland, T. | Falk, A. | West Gulf Coastal Plain Seed Source Development Project | U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Services | $445,000 |
Young, T. | Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant | Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) | $391,317 | |
Zhang, X. | Capacity Building toward a Center for Electrical Safety Training Serving South Texas and Beyond: Year 3 Development Project | Department of Labor (DoL) | $89,069 | |
Zhang, X. | Zuo, L. | Model-Based Design of Smart Structures for High-Voltage Applications | Department of Defense | $600,632 |