Research Gazette

March 2018 Grant Awards

TOTAL AWARDS: $308,864

Dr. Brooke Blevins; Dr. Karon LeCompte; School of Education; $56,600; iEngage Summer Civics Institute 2018; Hatton Sumners Foundation
Dr. Tao Mei; Mathematics; $15,000 (additional funds); Brazos Analysis Seminar; National Science Foundation
Dr. Truell Hyde II; Academic Affairs; $50,000 (additional funds); Region XII Evaluation of Reconfigurable Classroom of the Future; Education Service Center Region 12
Dr. Cole Matson; Environmental Science; $86,321; A comprehensive petrochemical vulnerability index for improved decision-making and marine biodiversity risk assessment in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem; Arizona State University – Gulf of Mexico Research
Dr. Charles Walter; Academic Affairs; $25,000; NASA@MyLibrary Project; Pacific Science Center and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Dr. Susan Johnson; Educational Psychology; $15,200 (additional funds); Customization of Classroom Practices within the Waco ISD Grant: Continuation of Support Services; Waco Independent School District
Dr. Jay Dittman; Physics; $10,000 (additional funds); US CMS Baylor University Activities Related to the US CMS HCAL System; Fermilab
Dr. Tonya N. Davis; Education Psychology; $20,434 (additional funds); Behavior Therapy; HOT Mental Health Mental Retardation
Dr. Truell Hyde II; Academic Affairs; $4,750 (additional funds); PK-4: Self-ordering of interacting complex plasma particles in microgravity; Jet Propulsion/NASA
Dr. Kelly Ylitalo; Health and Human Sciences; $10,612; Texas Healthy Community Project; Waco McLennan County Public Health District
Dr. Thad Scott; Biology; $14,947; Continuous realtime limnological profiling at Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas; Tarrant Regional Water District

April 2018 Grant Awards

TOTAL AWARDS: $902,283.99

Dr. Shelley Conroy; School of Nursing; $575,854; NSRP FY 2017; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Dr. Scott James; Geosciences; $44,489.99 (additional funds); SSFL Area IV Groundwater Numerical Modeling; CDM Smith
Dr. Renee Umstattd Meyer; Health & Human Services; $135,645 (additional funds); Salud Para Usted y Su Familia [Health for You and Your Family]: Family-Focused Childhood Obesity Prevention; Texas A&M
Dr. Renee Umstattd Meyer; Health & Human Services; $14,963; PAPRN+4: Chicago Play Streets; John Hopkins University
Dr. Kathy Krey; Texas Hunger Initiative; $15,685 (additional funds); Research in Food Security in Texas; Share Our Strength
Dr. Tonya Davis; Education Psychology; $47,520 (additional funds); Baylor University Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Program Partnership; Focus Behavioral Associates
Dr. Mary Ann Faucher; School of Nursing; $4,727; Women’s perception on the use of video calls in early labor; AABC Foundation
Dr. Stephanie Gerow; Education Psychology; $48,400; Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Program Partnership Grant; Central Texas Behavior Analysis and Baylor University
Dr. Sun Joon Jang; Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion; $15,000; Baylor Study of One Heart - Texas Mentoring Initiative; One Heart

May 2018 Grant Awards

TOTAL AWARDS: $2,481,090.88

Dr. Cole Matson; Environmental Science; $87,222 (additional funds); A comprehensive petrochemical vulnerability index for improved decision-making and marine biodiversity risk assessment in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem; Arizona State University
Dr. Eva Doyle; Health, Human Performance & Recreation; $9,297 (additional funds); Smart Babies Initiative; Waco Foundation
Dr. Brandon Herrera; Electrical and Computer Engineering; $15,000; Research and Engineering Development; Texas Tech
Dr. Caleb Martin; Chemistry and Biochemistry; $390,000; CAREER: Constructing Conjugated Heteroarene Architectures via Ring-Expansion Reactions with Anti-Aromatic Boroles; National Science Foundation
Dr. Kenishi Hatakeyama; Physics; $20,000; LHC Physics Center Graduate Scholar – 2018; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Dr. Keith Schubert; Electrical and Computer Engineering; $85,604; Functional NIRS; Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
Dr. Stephen McClain; Mechanical Engineering; $80,609; The influence of multiple intreating primary modes and mode representation on hypersonic boundary-layer stability and transition prediction; University of Delaware
Dr. Zhenrong Zhang; Physics; $19,944 (additional funds); OP: Surface- and
Coherence-Enhanced Raman Sensing on MoS2 Heterogeneous Catalysts; National Science Foundation
Dr. Kevin Jackson; Student Life; $6,000; Steppin Out ­— Day of Service; Walmart Foundation
Dr. Mack Grady; Electrical and Computer Engineering; $140,000; Development of a Synchrophasor-Based Grid Strength Index for ERCOT; Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Dr. Stephen Trumble; Biology; $122,260 (additional funds); Collaborative Research: Foraging Ecology and Physiology of the Leopard Seal; National Science Foundation
Dr. Jay Dittman; Physics; $44,000 (additional funds); US CMS-Baylor University Activities Related to the LHC CMS Detector Upgrade HCAL Subsystem 2015; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Dr. Daniel Romo; Chemistry and Biochemistry; $250,000; Novel Strategies for B-Lactone Synthesis and Annulation to Impact Basic Cell Biology; The Welch Foundation
Dr. Robert Marks; Electrical and Computer Engineering; $288,790; Artificial and Natural Intelligence: Identifying & Applying the Difference; Discovery Institute
Dr. Caleb Martin; Chemistry and Biochemistry; $10,000 (additional); Lewis Acids; The Welch Foundation
Dr. Stephen Trumble; Biology; $160,276.88 (additional funds); Reconstructing Stress and Stressor Profiles in Baleen Whale Earplugs; Office of Naval Research
Dr. Howard Lee; Physics; $65,000; Chemical Sensing with Enhanced Raman and Coherent Anti-Stoke Raman Spectroscopy on Epsilon-Near-Zero Metasurfaces; Welch Foundation
Dr. Paul Gordon; Health & Human Sciences; $1,475; Microbiota Compositions and Physical Activity Levels in Short Versus Adequate Sleepers; Texas American College of Sports Medicine
Dr. Paul Gordon; Health & Human Sciences: $1,500; The effect of obesity on skeletal muscle macrophage composition and muscle regeneration; Texas American College of
Sports Medicine
Dr. Andy Hogue; Honors College; $49,830; Traditioned Innovation Project; Duke University/Lilly Foundation
Dr. Gaynor Yancey; School of Social Work; $327,456; Congregational Study for Discernment: Processes and Outcomes around The Christian/LGBTQ Discussion; Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation
Dr. Kenneth Van Treuren; Mechanical Engineering; $1,500; Integrating EML into the Engineering Curriculum; Kern Family Foundation
Dr. Kenichi Hatakeyama; Physics; $280,000; Elementary Particle Physics at Baylor; US Department of Energy
Dr. Touradj Solouki; Chemistry & Biochemistry; $25,327 (additional funds); Characterization of isoform-specific stress-activated protein kinases and heart macromolecular ensembles: Regulation of Cardiac Mechanical Function by Stress-Activated MAP Kinases; Central Texas Veterans Health Care Systems