PROPOSALS SUBMITTED (JANUARY-JUNE 2008) NSF $276,689.

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Serrano, Guillermo J. Suarez , Oscar Marcelo
BRIGE: Low-Power Analog/Mixed Signal Circuit Design Acquisition of Nanoindentation System for Research and CID
for Implant Applications Education on Materials at the University of Puerto Rico- López Quiñónez, Gustavo E.
NSF $168,520.00 Mayagüez Vera Colón, Marisol Solid-Phase Species of Iron and Nitrogen in Redox
NSF $217,316.00 Establishment and Institutionalization of a Proposal Stratified Peatlands
Engineering Sciences and Materials Development unit at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez NSF $72,418.00
Industrial Engineering NIH $475,201.00
Li, Yang Roman Velazquez, Felix R.
Magnetic, thermoelectric and magnetocaloric properties in Carlo, Hector J. Sea Grant Research Experiences to Foster Experimental Learning
new rare-earth doped cage-like nanostructured clathrate Comparative study of conveyors and vehicles material and to Enhance Education in Food, Soils and
materials Ojeda Serrano, Edgardo
handling in semiconductor fabs Environmental Sciences
DOD $450,612.00 Selectividad Pesquera del Buche (Seno) en Chinchorros de
MHIA $7,230.00 USDA $499,578.58
Playa con mallas de 1", 2" y 2.5", a lo largo de la costa
MRI: Acquisition of a cryogen-free physical property Ramirez Beltran, Nazario Oeste de la Isla de Puerto Rico Romañach Suarez, Rodolfo
measurement system for research and education at Center for Applied Remote Sensing in Support of Society DRNA $39,867.00 MRI: Acquisition of NIR Chemical Imaging Spectrometer
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez NASA $5,000,000.00 to Study Novel Organic Composites
NSF $376,700.00 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NSF $290,795.00
Improvement of the Hydro-Estimator and NEXRAD over
Magnetism in 4f-encapsulated clathrate: New Puerto Rico Animal Industry Geology
nanostructured magnetism materials NOAA $150,000.00
Ortiz, Guillermo Cavosie, Aaron
NSF $288,714.00
Estimation of Internal Rainfall, Soil Moisture and Promoting Student Recruitment and Retention in the Preservation of impact evidence in the sedimentary record:
Perales Perez, Oscar Juan Evapotranspiration Variability Within a Remotely Sensed Animal Science Discipline by Enhancing Molecular Erosion of the Vredefort and Sudbury craters a guide to
Evaluation of Waste Tire Crumb Rubber as Sorbent for Pixel Biology Scientific Instrumentation for Teaching identifying Hadean impacts
Heavy Metal Ions from Water: A Puerto Rican NASA $730,233.00 USDA $249,366.00 NSF $178,929.00
Case-Study
Mechanical Engineering Rodriguez Carias, Abner Santos Mercado, Hernán
ADS - PR $149,992.00
Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources: Science on Wheels Enhancing Environmental Literacy in
Cáceres Valencia, Pablo G. An Integrated Research and Educational Approach in Earth System Science for K-12 Schools
The use of recycled crumb rubber for the removal of
Acquisition of a Versatile High Resolution X-Ray Science and Engineering NOAA $700,593.00
heavy metals, explosives and organic compounds
Diffraction Equipment for Materials Research and USDA $249,740.00
DOD $602,474.00
Education Schellekens, Johannes H.
Portela Gauthier, Genock NSF $352,428.00 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Collaborative Research: Island arc magmatic processes:
Program for the improvement of students interest on basic When, where, and why do island arc batholiths form?
Leonardi, Stefano Biology NSF $215,509.00
physics and engineering concepts
U. S. Department of Education $192,077.00 Goali: Understanding Pin Fin Flowfields to Promote Heat
Transfer Carrero, Franklin A. Wang, Guoquan
NSF $240,508.00 RIG: Postsynaptic molecular assembly at the onset of Integrating High-Precision GPS Into the Geosciences
Ramirez-Vick , Jaime
neuromuscular synaptogenesis in vivo Curriculum and Undergraduate Research of Puerto Rico
Combination Growth of Oxide Nanoscaffolds for the
V-shaped Ribs-Turbulated cooling NSF $174,844.00 NSF $334,345.00
Assessment of Osteoblast-Biomaterial Interactions
NIH $377,090.00 Pratt & Whitney $131,378.00
In vivo axonal imaging and manipulation: A Marine Sciences
Sundaram , Paul A. nanobiotechnological approach
Silva Araya, Walter F.
Development and Implementation of a Certificate DOC $407,047.00 Corredor García, Jorge E.
Hydrogynamic and Salinity Study for Boquerón Wildlife
Program in Nuclear Engineering Collaborative Research-ETBC; Transcriptomics of
Refuge
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission $164,897.00 Rios, Luis A. Oceanic River Plumes-Linking Biogeochemistry to Gene
DRNA $187,223.00
The selection of a hydrogenotrophic methanogen from a Expression
natural environment by Syntrophus aciditrophicus during NSF $175,191.00
Singh, Surinder Pal
the syntrophic oxidation of benzoate
Functional Nanostructured Materials for Theranostics
NSF $174,977.00 Morell, Julio M.
(therapeutics and diagnostics)
Modeling Studies in Support of the Establishment of an
NSF $150,000.00
De Jesus, Marco A. Official Baseline Reference for the Delineation of the
IMR: Acquisition of Confocal Raman Microscope for Maritime Zone of Puerto Rico
Research and Education Training of the Chemical and PR DRNA $146,318.00
Photolytic Reactivity of Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites
Weil Machado, Ernesto F. Lysenko, Sergie
Collaborative Research: Characterization Caribbean Ultrafast optical dynamics in nanocomposite Mandavilli, Satya N. Ramos Cabeza, Ricardo
Yellow Band Disease: An Integrative investigation of optoelectronic structures based on VO2 Alternatives to Fossil Fuels Using Indigenous Agricultural Modeling Tunnel Vulnerability Mitigation Systems
coral ecology, microbial dynamics, and gene expression NSF $125,767.00 Byproducts/ Wastes as Biomass ERDC $63,000.00
profiling NSF $294,158.00
NSF $151,337.00 Social Sciences Rivera Santos, Jorge
Martinez Iñesta, Maria M. FY 2008 State Water Resources Research Institute
Winter , Amos Díaz Rodríguez, Walter Development of a Scattering Characterization Technique Program
Collaborative Research: The Caribbean as a plexus for Communicating Hurricane Information to Study the Nucleation and Growth Mechanism of USGS $92,335.00
tropical / extratropical connections: emerging evidence NSF $84,082.00 Supported Metals
from speleothems and climate model simulations American Chemical Society (ACS) $100,000.00 Estudio Hidrogeológico para la Determinación del
NSF $370,450.00 Seijo Maldonado, Luisa Gradiente Hidráulico en el Sistema de Relleno Sanitario
Protejamos y Eduquemos a Nuestros Niños y Niñas Hacia Sridhar , Lakshmi N. del Municipio de Añasco
Mathematics una Cultura de Paz Collaborative Research: theoretical and experimental MUNICIPIO DE AÑASCO $11,229.00
ADFAN $50,000.00 analysis of the biobutanul fermentation process
Acuña Fernandez, Edgar NSF $217,434.00 Valdes Diaz, Didier M.
Data Mining Tools for Improving Data Center Proyecto SIEMPRE VIVAS Host Sites for the year 2008 Summer Transportation
Management Department of Justice $219,486.94 Suleiman Rosado, David Institute (STI)
HP $184,415.00 Highly Selective Cross-Linked Ionomers for Separating ACT $50,469.00
Valdés Pizzini, Manuel Acetic Acid/Water Solutions
Cáceres Duque, Luis F. Advancing a Caribbean Marine Ecosystem Research Plan Nine Sigma $74,934.00 Electrical and Computer
Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Matemáticas de (2008-2013)
Excelencia NOAA $366,862.00 Velazquez Figueroa, Carlos Colom Ustariz, Jose G.
Puerto Rico Department of Education $24,864.00 Modeling and Optical Control of Granulation Processes MRI: Development of a Metereological Radar Network
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INDUNIV $32,000.00 for Puerto Rico's West Coast
Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Español de NSF $1,924,184.00
Excelencia Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering
Puerto Rico Department of Education $24,864.00 Juan Garcia, Eduardo J.
Acevedo Rullán, Aldo Aponte , Luis D. Acoustic Monitoring of Central Venous Catheters
Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ciencias Sociales de Rheological Characterization and Modeling of Gelatin BRIGE: Broadening the knowledge through research in NIH $446,400.00
Excelencia Formulations - Renewal Wind Engineering at UPRM
Puerto Rico Department of Education $24,956.00 INDUNIV $33,159.00 NSF $174,965.00 Ortiz, Eduardo
Electrical Characterization and Optimal Power Electronics
Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ciencias de Material Characterization of Sodium Deng, Yang Topologies for Renewable Energy Applications
Excelencia Carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC) Development of a Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron-Medicated NSF $249,916.00
Puerto Rico Department of Education $24,956.00 Johnson & Johnson Company $10,000.00 Oxidation Process for Remediation of Subsurface Organic
Contaminants Upgrading the Electrical Engineering Curriculum
AFAMaC-Matemáticas Hu, Bo NSF $150,000.00 Integrating Hands On, Renewable Energy Lab Exercises
Puerto Rico Department of Education $500,000.00 Genetic Engineering Microalgae for Bio-Gasoline, NSF $180,031.00
Bio-Diesel, and Nutrient Production Guevara, José O.
Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ingles de DOE $836,409.00 Assessment of Blast Damaged Structural Bridge Rivera Gallego, Wilson
Excelencia Components SMART: Scalable Methods for Adaptive Resource
Puerto Rico Department of Education $24,956.00 Production of Nisin from Cheese Whey by Mixed DOC $214,427.74 Management
Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Metabolically HP $74,765.00
Mcgee, Daniel Engineered Lactococcus lactis Hwang, Sangchul
Using Web Based Technology to Improve Performance NSF $299,074.00 Remote Telemetry Monitoring of Surface Water Filtration Rodríguez , Domingo A.
and Retention in Remedial and Precalculus Courses Systems in the Rio Piedras Community in San German, CDI Type I: Signal Flow Characterization in Distributed
U. S. Department of Education $274,837.00 Production of Nisin from Cheese Whey by Mixed Puerto Rico Systems for Novel Information Representation
Cultures of Yeast and Metabolically Engineered EPA $24,959.40 NSF $295,141.00
Physics Lactococcus lactis
USDA $479,753.00 Pando López, Miguel A. Santiago, Nayda
López Santiago, Jose R. Analyses and Interpretation of the TAMU-NGES Evaluating the use of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs)
Alianza para el Fortalecimiento del Aprendizaje en Synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron embedded with Synchropile Load Tests and Software Development for Hyperspectral Image Processing
Matemáticas y Ciencias - Ciencias (AFAMaC - Ciencias) chitosan alginate and their applications in environmental Syncro Pile, Inc. $17,395.00 CRA-W $9,500.00
Puerto Rico Department of Education $500,000.00 remediation
NSF $150,000.00