Awards Chronicle by Month (FY 2021)
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medrano, G. | Smith, B. & Ayala-Schueneman, M. | Dr. George O. Coalson Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources | Texas State Library & Archives Commission | $25,000 |
| Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Support Services (Regular) | U.S. Department of Education | $1,730,805 | |
| Martinez, M. | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Support Services (STEM) | U.S. Department of Education | $1,309,440 | |
| Winterbottom, J. | Joint Admission Medical Program 2021 (JAMP) | Joint Admission Medical Program | $12,636 | |
| Kunta, M. | Studies on the effectiveness of peraclean®5, electrolyzed water, and electro-biocide on the viability of Elsinoë australis, the causal agent of sweet orange scab (SOS) disease | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $57,467 | |
| Sétamou, M. | Evaluation of a Novel Device for Releasing Volatile Repellents Against Asian Citrus Psyllid: Optimizing active ingredient and deployment strategies for field-scale use | University of Florida / U.S. Department of Agriculture | $53,473 | |
| Smith, F. | Pawelek, K. | TxDOT Native Plant Integration Program for Texas | Texas Department of Transportation | $500,000 |
| Schuster, G. | TX AQI Germplasm Lab 2020-2021 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $442,702 | |
| Sétamou, M. | Citrus Germplasm Safekeeping Program 2020-2021 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $88,056 | |
| Sétamou, M. | Citrus Commodity Pest Survey 2020-2021 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $536,840 | |
| Sétamou, M. | The Texas Citrus Clean Plant Program 2020-2021 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $111,106 | |
| DeYoung, R. | Perotto, H. | Feral Swine Damagement Management | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $148,500 |
| Chumbley, S. | Higher Education Agricultural Technology Training | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $296,301 | |
| Brennan, L. | Perotto, H. | California Quails Fragmentation Effects | Tall Timbers | $96,659 |
| Smith, F. | Monarch Monitoring through Candidate Conservation Agreement between TxDOT and TAMUK | Texas Department of Transportation | $68,200 | |
| Perotto, H. | Brennan, L., Tanner, E. | Quantifying Habitat for Scaled Quail in South Texas | American Bird Conservancy | $7,000 |
| Sétamou, M. | Ancona, V., Kunta, M. | Enhancing Productivity of HLB-endemic Orchards via Improved Soil-health Management | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $433,860 |
| Cherry, M. | Foley, A., DeYoung, C., Ortega, A. | White-tailed Deer Population Parameters and Large Mammal Surveys on East Foundation Properties | East Foundation | $331,816 |
| Rajib, A. | Evaluating Non-flooplain Wetlands for Flood-Risk Reduction and Nutrient Mediation in the Mississippi River Basin | U.S. Department of Defense | $249,968 | |
| Zhang, X. | Sources of Primary Electrons in Nanosecond Pulsed Breakdown in Water | U.S. Department of Energy | $50,000 | |
| Liu, X. | Shen, H. | A numerical model of a membrane liquid desiccant heat pump system | Jiangsu Lianzhong & Liansheng Air Conditioning Equipment Co., LTD | $56,431 |
| Nekovei, R. | Verma, A., Yelisetti, S., Mishra, A. | Planning for an Advanced Extra-Planetary Remote Sensing Center | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $39,995 |
| Li, H. | Jin, K., Peel, L. | Parallel Pathways of Excellence to Engage Minority Students in Aerospace Engineering | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $50,000 |
| Zhang, X. | Piloting an Idea-A-Thon to Upgrade the Employment Prospects of Jordanian Youth via 21st Century Skill Development | U.S. Department of State | $75,000 | |
| Zhang, X. | Capacity Building toward a Center for Occupational Safety Training Serving South Texas and Beyond: Year 1 Developmental Project | U.S. Department of Labor | $109,980 | |
| Velez-Hernandez, M. | Nelson, S., Machado, T. | AgriCULTURE: Agriculture Connections to USDA: Lifestyle and Training of Undergraduates through Real World Experiences in Texas and Puerto Rico | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $275,000 |
| Hewitt, D. | Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Graduate Student Scholarships (continuation of Account #570050) | Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo | $40,000 | |
| Hewitt, D. | SALE - Graduate Student Assistantships (Grant) | San Antonio Livestock Exposition | $25,000 | |
| Hewitt, D. | SALE - Graduate Student Assistantships (Scholarships) | San Antonio Livestock Exposition | $15,000 | |
| Xi, W. | Rideout-Hanzak, S. | Assessing impacts of exceptional drought on forests in East Texas - An analysis of tree mortality using FIA data and a forest drought model | U.S. Department of Agriculture | $26,343 |
| Smith, F. | Collect, development, and release of native seed resources for Texas | U.S. Department of Agriculture (NRCS/CESU) | $390,000 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator (s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen, G. | Flores, A. | Fostering Pathways to Success | U.S. Department of Education | $3,000,000 |
| Hernandez, F. | Tanner, E., Tanner, A., Hewitt, D., Wester, D. | Keeping a Pulse on Texas Quails: A State-wide Collaborative Effort to Address the Quail Decline in Texas | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department | $67,896 |
| Lombardi, J. | High Resolution Spatial Data to Inform Ocelot Conservation and Mitigation Efforts in South Texas | U.S. Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service | $45,000 | |
| Sétamou, M. | Louzada, E., Kunta, M., Ancona, V. | Sustainable Support for CORE Research Programs at TAMUK Citrus Center (2020-2021) | Texas Citrus Producers Board | $120,000 |
| Sétamou, M. | The Texas Citrus Budwood Certification Program FY 2021 | Texas Citrus Producers Board | $148,935 | |
| Smith, S. | SHF: Small: Turning Visual Noise into Hardware Efficiency: Viewer-Aware Energy-Quality Adaptive Mobile Video Storage | University of South Alabama / National Science Foundation | $28,681 | |
| Jin, K. | Li, H., Chatelain-Jardon, R. | Pathway to Excellence for Minority Students on Supply Chain Management and Logistics Standards through Interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation (PEMS) | Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology | $74,998 |
| Smith, S. | SHF: Small: Turning Visual Noise into Hardware Efficiency: Viewer-Aware Energy-Quality Adaptive Mobile Video Storage | University of South Alabama / National Science Foundation | $28,681 | |
| Jin, K. | Li, H., Chatelain-Jardon, R. | Pathway to Excellence for Minority Students on Supply Chain Management and Logistics Standards through Interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation (PEMS) | Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology | $74,998 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funding Source | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobes, D. | Coastal Prairies Native Seed Project | The Trull Foundation | $8,000 | |
| Kunta, M. | CAP: Evaluation And Validation Of Novel, Huanglongbing Resistant/Tolerant Citrus Hybrid Scion Cultivars | University of California - Riverside / U.S. Department of Agriculture | $333,778 | |
| Ballard, B. | Managing a Landscape for Grassland Obligate Shorebirds in Coastal Texas | Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation | $22,200 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballard, B. | Comparing Spring Migration Strategies of Northern Pintails from Wintering Areas Across North America | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | $299,998.00 | |
| Baumgardt, J. | Inventory of Nilgai Antelope on the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park in Brownsville, TX | DJ&A, P.C./ U.S. Department of Interior-National Park Service | $18,928.00 | |
| Kuvlesky, W. | Developing wild turkey surveys in Texas | Rachael & Ben Vaughan Foundation | $12,500.00 | |
| Mathis, C. | Machen, R. | King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management External Practitioner-led Workshops | Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo | $7,500.00 |
| Ortega, J. | Hernandez, F., Brennan, L. | Bobwhite Response To Cattle Grazing and Rangeland Management on Sweden Ranch | Greater Houston Community Foundation/Hildebrand Foundation | $167,729.00 |
| Shackelford, C. | West Texas Native Seeds | Faye L. and William L. Cowden Charitable Foundation | $10,000.00 | |
| Smith, F. | Continued Support of the South Texas Natives Project | Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation | $300,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camacho, L. | Deploying Intensified, Automated, Mobile, Operable, and Novel Designs (DIAMOND) for Treating Shale Gas Wastewater - Collaborative proposal Submitted through TAMU | U.S. Department of Energy | $19,927.00 | |
| Galan, J. | Sanchez, E. | Rational Structure-Based Design of Broad Neutralizing Humanized svMP mAbs | National Institutes of Health | $216,935.00 |
| Hedquist, B. | Su, H., Garza-Reyna, G. | Social Studies Scholars Initiatives- S3 Initiative | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, National Geographic Society | $35,428.15 |
| Henke, S. | Determination If Translocation Is A Viable Management Option for Texas Tortoises | Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation | $24,600.00 | |
| Henke, S. | Medium and large-size mammal habitat occupancy across a South Texas landscape mosaic | Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation | $12,600.00 | |
| Kunta, M. | CAP: Providing Practical Solutions for HLB Treatment and Prevention | New Mexico Consortium / U.S. Department of Agriculture | $119,366.00 | |
| Rideout-Hanzak, S. | Anderson, C.J. | A Talk on the Wild Side | Rotary Club of Corpus Christi - Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist | $46,140.00 |
| Sawyer, J. | Analysis of Assumptions and Contributions for the U.S. Beef Cattle Industry to Reach Carbon Positivity | National Cattlemen's Beef Association | $10,000.00 | |
| Shackelford, C. | Texas Native Seeds Program - West Texas Project | Shield-Ayres Foundation | $10,000.00 | |
| Tewes, M. | Ocelot and Jaguarundi Monitoring Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings, Cattle Guards, and Fencing on Farm-to-Market 1847, Cameron County | Texas Department of Transportation | $91,064.37 | |
| Velez-Hernandez, M. | Bohm, R. | Neurological, Learning and Memory Disorders in Drosophila melanogaster | The Moxley Family Foundation | $20,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, F. | Texas Native Seeds Program: Addressing Non-native Grass Competition in Restoration Efforts in South and Central Texas | Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation | 100,000.00 | |
| Ancona, V. | Development of an automated delivery system for therapeutic materials to treat HLB infected citrus | University of Florida/U.S. Department of Agriculture | 62,691.00 | |
| Anderson, C. J. | Brennan, L. | Invasive Rose-ringed Parakeet Distribution and Culling on Kauai | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 89,000.00 |
| Chumbley, S. | Conkey, A. | Wildlife Education and Sustainability Training (WEST) Program | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 104,432.00 |
| DeYoung, R. | Cherry, M., Hewitt, D., DeYoung, C., Ohnishi, M. | Faith Ranch East-West Yana Study | Stedman West Foundation | 125,000.00 |
| Martinez, M. | TAMUK THECB Workstudy Mentorship Program 2017-2021 | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | 28,676.00 | |
| McLauchlan, L | Hicks, D. | New to IUSE: EHR DCL: Engaged Student Learning Off Campus: Hands-on Distance Learning in Engineering and Computer Science through IoT Kits | Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi / National Science Foundation | 33,276.00 |
| Peel, L. | Texas Space Grant Consortium Program | Texas Space Grant Consortium / University of Texas / NASA | 1,000.00 | |
| Rideout-Hanzak, S. | Wester, D., Henke, S., Perotto, H., Tanner, E. | Assessment of South Texas Loma Habitat for Texas Tortoise | Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | 64,692.00 |
| Zhang, X. | A multi-level, multi-stage modeling framework for the analysis and design of seawater desalination using renewable energy | U.S. Department of the Interior | 74,655.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator (s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chumbley, S. | Teaching Agricultural Communications for Career Success (TACCS) | University of Arkansas / U.S. Department of Agriculture - NIFA | $134,244.81 | |
| Jobes, D. | Smith, F., Pawelek, K. | Native Seed Mix Development for the Harris County Flood Control District | Harris County Flood District | $179,481.00 |
| Nijim, M. | Goyal, A., Mishra, A., Hicks, D. | Building Cyber Intelligence Workforce through AI-Based Cybersecurity Education and Training | Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | $466,324.00 |
| Rodriguez, L. | Reiser Robbins, C. | Spring 2021 Lecture Series in Honor of National Women’s History Month | Humanities Texas / National Endowment for the Humanities | $2,400.00 |
| Falk, A. | Restoration of Height Appropriate Native Vegetation Under Solar Panels | Orsted Onshore North America | $125,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer, T. | Baker, S. | A Tiered Approach to Student Engagement and Retention Through Undergraduate Research | Greater Texas Foundation | $289,741.91 |
| Kim, T. | A Study on Cybersecurity Function for Power Transformer Diagnosis System | Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) | $31,876.07 | |
| Henke, S. | Perotto, H. | Identifying Best Practices to Survey for Spot-tailed Earless Lizards and Determining Reptile Communities Along Habitat Gradients in South-Central Texas with Special Reference to the Spot-tailed Earless Lizard | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | $342,144.00 |
| Machado, T. | Donato, C., Stanko, R., Garcia, M., Apple, J., Nelson, S. | Multicultural-Scholars Pre-Vet Experiential Agriculture Learning (M-SPEAL) | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) s | $200,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry, M. | Estimating Elk Abundance and Herd Demographics in Virginia | Virginia Tech University / Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources | $106,246.00 | |
| Sung, C. | Collaborative Activities of the Key Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma Stem-like Cancer Cells | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | $414,000.00 | |
| Cherry, M. | DeYoung, R., Hewitt, D., DeYoung, C. | Determinants of Deer Morphology on Faith Ranch (East West Yana Study) | Stedman West Foundation | $200,000.00 |
| Stanko, R. | Chumbley, S., Nelson, S., Machado, T., Donato, C., Schuster, G. | GO START NOW: Getting Occupational Student Training in Agricultural Research Through Novel Workshops | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $975,314.00 |
| Henke, S. | Medium and large-size mammal habitat occupancy across a South Texas landscape mosaic | Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation | $14,700.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hahn, C. | Departmental Grant | The Robert A. Welch Foundation | $150,000.00 | |
| Kim, T. | Digital Twin for Grid-Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems | Soongsil University-Korea / Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation | $66,607.00 | |
| Sétamou, M. | Enhancing mitigation of the invasive Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood and possible associated viruses through development of effective sampling and monitoring methods in multiple agricultural systems in Texas | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $127,871.00 | |
| Schuster, G. | PROMISE SCHOLARS: Providing Resources and Opportunities in STEAM Education | Laredo Community College / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $25,225.00 | |
| Ancona, V. | Monitoring for Antibiotic Resistance in Citrus Groves Treated with Mycoshield (Calcium Oxytetracycline) | Nufarm Americas, Inc. | $182,114.46 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajib, A. | Developing a robust modeling workflow for flood hazard prediction in the Gulf of Mexico watersheds (Phase I) | International Consulting Engineers (ICE) | $59,681.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Sponsor | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez, E. | Aptamer therapeutic for safe and low-cost treatment of snake bite envenomation | Fannin Partners, LLC / National Institutes of Health (NIH) | $195,184.00 | |
| Kim, E. | OER Implementation for TCC Arts 1303 & 1304 | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) | $4,917.80 | |
| Young, T. | Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant | Department of Health and Human Services / Texas Department of Family & Protective Services | $75,599.00 | |
| Perotto, H. | Promote NRCS as an employer of choice for diverse populations, with an emphasis on Hispanic students. Perform conservation planning using spatial data science | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $120,000.00 | |
| Liu, X. | Shen, H. | Smart Operations of Common HVAC Systems | University of Nebraska-Lincoln / Turntide Technologies, Inc. | $225,000.00 |
| Setamou, M. | Enhancing the sustainability of citrus production via multi-pronged grove management strategies in grower participatory trials in Texas | Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $254,289.20 | |
| Setamou, M. | Texas Citrus Budwood Certification Program FY 2022 | Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | $165,000.00 |