Research Gazette

December 2016 Grant Awards

TOTAL AWARDS: $1,430,546

Dr. Erich Baker; Computer Science; $74,721 (additional funds); Data Structures, Algorithms and Tools for Ontological Discovery; The Jackson Laboratory

Dr. Pete Grandjean; HHPR; $91,940; Lifestyle Intervention for Weight Loss, Health & Fitness Enhancement; ICON PLC

Dr. Bill Hockada; Geosciences; $110,000; Structure-Catagenesis Relationships: Molecular Controls on Kerogen Thermal Evolution and Hydrocarbon Formation; American Chemical Society

Dr. Truell Hyde; Office of Vice Provost for Research; $50,000 (additional funds); Huckabee Evaluation of Reconfigurable Classroom of the Future; Huckabee, Inc.

Dr. Seung Kim; Electrical Engineering; $271,309; CAREER: A low cost, label-free, multiplexable optical cavity biosensor with high sensitivity, high selectivity, and a large dynamic range using chained differential detection; National Science Foundation

Dr. Ryan King; Biology; $45,841; Importance of Headwater Streams to Productivity in downstream rivers of the Kenai Lowlands; Alaska State Wildlife Fund

Dr. Karon LeCompte; Curriculum and Instruction; $45,000; iEngage Civics Institute 2017; Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Inc.

Dr. David Nichols; Political Science; $5,000; Religious Institutions and Associational Freedom in U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence; Charles Koch Foundation

Dr. Kevin Pinney; Chemistry; $125,000; Small-Molecule Anticancer Agents: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation; Mateon Therapeutics, Inc.

Dr. Becky Scott; Social Work; $586,735; Interdisciplinary Study for the Community Health Workers and Integrated Health Managers in Waco; Episcopal Health Foundation

Dr. Joseph Taube; Biology; $25,000; Multi-staged analysis of gene expression and epigenetic regulation during reversible epithelial mesenchymal transition during the metastasis of breast cancer cells and the investigation of a novel histone demethylase inhibitor for blocking this process; Temple Health and Bioscience District

January 2017 Grant Awards

TOTAL AWARDS: $229,709.75

Dr. Erica Bruce; Environmental Science; $56,135.75; Investigation of Novel Therapeutic Interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – Investigational New Drug Application Studies; The Edward N. and Margaret G. Marsh Foundation

Dr. Scott Koziol; Electrical Engineering; $30,000; Field Programmable Analog Array Architecture for Efficient Analog Computation of Partial Differential Equations; Mavric Semiconductors/DARPA

Dr. Joe Kuehl; Mechanical Engineering; $27,000 (additional funds); Open-Coastal Ocean Connectivity through Bottom Boundary Layer Observations and LES Simulation; University of Texas at Dallas

Dr. Marlene Neill; Journalism, Public Relations, and New Media; $1,800; The Use of Influence Tactics by Public Relations Practitioners to Provide Ethics Counsel; Pennsylvania State University/Arthur W. Page Center

Dr. Keith Schubert; Electrical Engineering; $21,774 (year 3 funding); Computational Tools for Real-Time Adaptive Particle Therapy; Binational Science Foundation

Dr. Lori Spies; Nursing; $30,000; Building Capacity through Education to Prevent Infant Deaths at the NICE Foundation in Mahabubnagar District India; Laerdal Foundation

Dr. Joseph White; Biology; $37,649 (additional funds); Collaborative Research: Integrated Data-Model Analysis of CO2-Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks in Dynamic Paleo-Icehouse; National Science Foundation

Dr. Joe Yelderman; Geosciences; $25,351 (additional funds); Internship-STGCD; Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District

February 2017 Grant Awards

Dr. Erica Bruce; Environmental Science; $50,000; Advanced Wound Healing Therapeutics for Military Combat Casualty Care; Wells Fargo Dr. George Cobb; Environmental Science; $5,100; Community Efforts to Increase Awareness and Consumption of Locally Grown Fresh Foods; Waco-McLennan County Public Health District,

Dr. Jay Dittmann; Physics; $10,000; US CMS BU Activities Related to the US CMS HCAL Subsystem; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Dr. Truell Hyde; Office of Vice Provost for Research; $50,000 (additional funds); Region XII Evaluation of Reconfigurable Classroom of the Future; Region 12 Education Service Center

Dr. Susan Johnsen; Educational Psychology; $15,200; Customization of Classroom Practices within the Waco Independent School District Grant: A Continuation of Support Services; Waco ISD

Dr. Joe Kuehl; Mechanical Engineering; $296,133; Global Dynamics Approach to Gap Leaping and Loop Current Systems; National Science Foundation

Dr. Tao Mei; Mathematics; $15,000; Brazos Analysis Seminar; National Science Foundation

Dr. Jeffrey Petersen; Educational Leadership; $1,055; The Collegiate Sport Club Model: Organizational Structure and Management; Ball State University

Dr. Christie Sayes; Environmental Science; $59,688; Comprehensive Nanocellulose Physicochemical Characterization of Nanocellulose Materials; Vireo Advisors, LLC

Dr. Tim Shah; Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion; $53,184; Georgetown RFP 2017 Shah; Georgetown University

Dr. Tim Shah; Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion; $286,984; RFI TRT Sub Shah; The Religious Freedom Institute, Inc.

Dr. Jon Singletary; Social Work; $100,000; Mastering your Marriage; Chris Kyle Frog Foundation