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Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Highlights

TAMIU Named Recipient of $400K THECB Award Supporting Environmental, Public Health Initiative

TAMIU has received a $400,000 award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program. Continue Reading

TAMIU Research Highlights: Faculty Scholarship Featured in Second Quarterly Showcase

Now in its second iteration, TAMIU Research Highlights continues to showcase University faculty research areas and scholarly publications. Continue Reading

TAMIU Prof. Named A&M System Research Fund Recipient for Supply Chain Study

Dr. Miguel Gaston Cedillo-Campos, assistant professor of Business, in the TAMIU A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business (ARSSB), was awarded funding through the Research Excellence Fund awarded by the Texas A&M University System. Continue Reading

TAMIU Prof. Named A&M System Research Fund Recipient for Mental Health, Criminal Justice Study

TAMIU assistant professor of Criminal Justice and interim director of the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program, Dr. Brittany Hood, was recently named a recipient of the Research Excellence Fund for Strategic Initiatives. Continue Reading

Our Seminar Series from Previous Years

Dr. Alfred Addo-Mensah
Professor, Department of Biology & Chemistry
  • Grant Name: Synthesizing Peptide/Amide-Based MXenes for 3-D Ink Formulation, Biosensing and Composite Fabrication
  • Grant award: $201,044
  • Funding agency: Clarkson Aerospace
Dr. Alfred Addo-Mensah

Dr. Fatick Nath
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
  • Grant Name: Investigation of Nano-stabilized Nitrogen-foamed Stimulation Fluids to Evaluate Fracture Effectiveness for Water-Sensitive Shale Formation
  • Grant Award: $55,000
  • Funding Agency: American Chemical Society
Dr. Fatick Nath

Dr. Monica Mendez
Associate Professor, Department of Biology & Chemistry
  • Grant Name: Mitigation and Risk Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Recycled Irrigation Water
  • Grant Award: $299,986
  • Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture
Dr. Monica Mendez

Dr. Ruvini Pathirana
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Chemistry
  • Grant Name: NSF-BRC-BIO: Polyamine Regulated Morphogenesis in Candida Albicans
  • Grant Award: $500,902
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Dr. Ediza Garza
Associate Professor, Psychology
  • Grant Name: Student Emotional and Academic Success
  • Grant award: $2,990,053
  • Funding agency: Department of Education

Dr. Kennith Tobin
  • Grant Name: Tracking Graduate Student Success at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
  • Grant Award: $2,923,228
  • Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Dr. Deepak Ganta
Associate Professor, School of Engineering
  • Grant Name: HSI Pilot Project: Investigating Impact of an Active Learning Informed and Creative-Video-Based Psychosocial Enrichment Intervention on Retention of Hispanic Engineering Students
  • Grant Award: $200,000
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Deepak Ganta

Dr. Lourdes Viloria
Associate Professor, Educational Programs
  • Grant Name: HSI Pilot Project: Building Academic Success Early for STEM (BASE)
  • Grant Award: $199,998
  • Funding Agency: National Science FoundationTAMIU Logo
Dr. John Kilburn
  • Grant Name: GET PHIT Gaining Equity in Training for Public Health Informatics and Technology
  • Grant award: $473,480
  • Funding agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services- Subaward to TAMIU from UT HSC-Houston

Dr. Khaled Enab
  • Grant Name: DOE- EnergyWerx Capacity Building Thermal Energy
  • Grant Award: $100,000
  • Funding Agency: Department of Energy

Dr. Zhiyang Li
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
  • Grant Name: The Petroleum Research Fund
  • Grant Award: $55,000
  • Funding Agency: American Chemical Society 
Li

Dr. Habib Ammari
Endowed Professor, School of Engineering
  • Grant Name: REU Site: Gluing Computer Science and Convex Geometry: Research Experiences for Undergraduates form Community Colleges
  • Grant Award: $429,903
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation TAMIU Logo
Dr. Peter Haruna & Dr. Mehnaaz Momen
  • Grant Name: Webb County Counterpart Funding
  • Grant award: $50,000
  • Funding agency: Department of Social Sciences
Momen

 


Dr. James O'Meara
  • Grant Name: Preparing STEM Majors as Outstanding Certified Secondary Mathematics Teachers for High Need Schools
  • Grant Award: $1,199,532
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation 

Dr. Sara Melendez
  • Grant Name: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Simulation Education Training Program
  • Grant Award: $1,489,619
  • Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration 
Deepak Ganta

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