Faculty Research Awards
The following are awards that were made for FY13 but received by The University after September 1,
2013:
Henderson, Rashaunda, Millimeter-wave Antenna Far-field Measurement System, Office of Naval
Research: $323,676
Chan, Julia Y, Crystal Growth of Intermetallics with Competing Magnetic Interactions, National Science
Foundation: $247,866
Leonardi, Stefano, PIRE: USA/Europe Partnership for Integrated Research and Education in Wind
Energy Intermittency: From Wind Farm Turbulence to Economic Management, Johns Hopkins University:
$96,188
Evans, Monica, Improving Patient Safety and Healthcare Delivery Effectiveness through Serious Gaming
Technology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: $83,500
Tobey, Emily, Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation, University of Southern California:
$77,698
Goeckner, Matthew, NSF IUCRC: Investigations of Pulsed RF Processing Plasmas, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign: $70,000
Tobey, Emily, Effects of Early Acoustic Hearing in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients, Washington
University in St. Louis: $65,661
Lary, David, Methane emissions from near-field sources using an electric aircraft, Environmental Defense
Fund: $46,000
Campbell, Thomas, Developmental Phonological Disorders, University of Wisconsin at Madison: $40,649
Hamlen, Kevin, IUCRC: Metamorphic Extensions to Frankenstein Malware for Defensive Testing,
Raytheon: $35,000
Goux, Warren, ICC: SABRE Project, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: $31,337
Leonard, Tammy, The Fair Park Cancer Prevention Pilot Study: A Community - Academic Partnership,
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: $30,420
Frensley, William, Simulation of Advanced Infrared Detectors, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: $30,026
Leonardi, Stefano, MURI: Friction Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surface in High Reynolds
Number Turbulent Flow, Princeton University: $24,749
The following are awards over $100,000 received by UT Dallas faculty from Federal sponsors between
September 1, 2013 and November 31, 2013:
Gregg, Robert, Phase-Based Control of Locomotion for High-Performance Prostheses and Orthoses,
National Institutes of Health: $2,295,000
Ober, Raimund, High Accuracy Quantum Dot Tracking in Live Cells, National Institutes of Health:
$1,261,308
Malko, Anton, Rational Design of Hybrid Nanocrystal/Silicon Architectures: From Fundamentals of Energy
Transfer to Applications of Energy Sustainability, US Department of Energy: $811,000
O, Kenneth, Multiple Harmonic Hybrid Load Pull System for Waveform Engineering, US Air Force Office
of Scientific Research: $640,511
Hamlen, Kevin, Binary Retrofitting of Untrusted Software Components for Secure Software Complexity
Reduction, Office of Naval Research: $593,221
Hsu, Julia, Impact of Interfacial Contact Layers on Photon-to-Electron Conversion Loss in Organic Solar
Cells, National Science Foundation: $474,278
Chabal, Yves, Materials World Network, SusChEM: Control of Interfacial Chemistry in Reactive
Nanolaminates (CIREN), National Science Foundation: $406,034
Oldow, John, Quaternary and late Neogene growth of the Cucomungo Canyon restraining bend and
associated deformation rates, Death Valley - Fish Lake Valley fault system, western Great Basin, National
Science Foundation: $397,365
Baron, Michael, ATD: Efficient online detection based on multiple sensors, with applications to
cybersecurity and discovery of biological threats, National Science Foundation: $392,502
Chabal, Yves, Role of structure in chemical functionalization of oxide-free silicon surfaces and
nanoparticles, National Science Foundation: $383,654
Bensoussan, Alain, Mean Field Games, Mean Field Type Control and Extensions, National Science
Foundation: $339,570
Namgoong, Won, A High-Performance Wideband Receiver for Cognitive Radio, National Science
Foundation: $330,000
Brown, Matthew, Engineering Ethics as an Expert Guided and Socially Situated Activity, National Science
Foundation: $299,969
Gnade, Bruce, High Current Density Cold Cathode Electron Sources, US Army Research Lab: $294,219
Makris, Georgios, TWC: Small: Collaborative: Toward Trusted 3rd-Party Microprocessor Cores: A Proof
Carrying Code Approach, National Science Foundation: $216,606
Gans, Nicholas, Human Machine Interface for Including Out-of Sequence Information in UAV Target
Search, US Air Force Research Laboratory: $159,998
Ploski, Jonathan, Optimization of Adeno-Associated Virus for the Study of Amygdala Dependent Learning
and Memory, National Institutes of Health: $153,000
Pourkamali, Siavash, EAGER: Ultra-Sensitive Resonant MEMS Magnetometers with Internal ThermalPiezoresistive Amplification, National Science Foundation: $150,609
Chabal, Yves, AIR Option 1: Tech Translation - Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Coating Tech for Integrated
Electrode-Membrane-Inner Wall Case Coating for Long Life Commercial Li-Sulfur Battery, National
Science Foundation: $150,000
The following are awards over $20,000 received by UT Dallas faculty from non-Federal sponsors
between September 1, 2013 and November 31, 2013:
Chapman, Sandra, Enhancement of Cognitive Brain Performance in Service Members - Active Duty and
Veterans - Cooperative IAC with The University of Texas SW Medical Center: $1,125,000
Gogate, Vibhav, Lifted Inference for Probabilistic Programming, SRI International: $741,290
Heelis, Roderick, COSMIC-2 Spacecraft IVM Support Project, University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research: $305,000
Stewart, Marianne, Public Attitudes about Foreign Aid, Gates Foundation: $284,464
Rajashekara, Kaushik, 50kVA Bi-Directional High Temperature Converter, Microsemi Corporation:
$225,000
O, Kenneth, Affordable Breath Analyses for Monitoring of Diabetes, Samsung Advanced Institute of
Technology: $203,181
Evans, Julia, Cognitive Processing and Sentence Comprehension in SLI, Ohio University: $172,771
Izen, Joseph, US Atlas Operations Program Office, Brookhaven National Laboratory: $109,873
Pourkamali, Siavash, SBIR Phase II: MEMS Resonant Nanobalance Dew Point Meters, FemtoScale:
$106,148
Auciello, Orlando, Novel Piezoelectric - Based MEMS Blood and Eye Pressure Sensors, Samsung
Advanced Institute of Technology: $100,001
Bray, Timothy, Technical Assistance for the Trinity Master Security Plan, The Trinity Trust: $85,000
Connell, Nadine, CHOICES Curriculum for At-risk Youth in Dallas, Criminal Justice Division: $80,000
Geissman, John, Collaborative Research: Filling the Triassic Geochronologic Gap: A Continuous Cored
Record of Continental Environmental Changes in Western North America, Columbia University: $78,444
Ahn, Jung-Mo, Funding for Research Technician to Evaluate Utility of LXXLL Peptidomimetics Using
Molecular Assays, Tissue Culture Assays and Animal Experiments at UT Southwestern Medical Center,
The University of Texas SW Medical Center: $53,838
Yang, Duck Joo, Study of Lignin as a Low Cost Precursor for Carbon Fiber, Korean Institute of Carbon
Convergence: $40,000
Grant Award Numbers
In 1st quarter FY14 (September 1, 2013 through November 30, 2013), faculty submitted 194 proposals
through the Office of Sponsored Projects. During this same period, there were 39 research awards
processed through the Office of Sponsored Projects.
The total research dollars awarded to the University through proposals submitted or contracts
negotiated by the Office of Sponsored Projects in 1st quarter FY14 is $13,658,702. This total does not
include gifts donated for research or any cost share amounts. Each School/Center contributed to this
total as follows:
Arts & Humanities
Natural Science and Mathematics
Economic, Political & Policy Sciences
Jindal School of Management
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Engineering and Computer Sciences
$299,969
$2,372,365
$449,464
$339,570
$1,297,771
$8,899,562
$299,969
A&H
$2,372,365
$449,464
$339,570
$8,899,562
$1,297,771
NSM
EPPS
SOM
BBS
ECS
The Office of Sponsored Projects also processed 52 contracts that did not involve funding (e.g., Material
Transfer Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, etc.).