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Funded Research

2009

• Project to examine the role of social networks in terrorism
• Research aims to improve distributed video compression
• SWTDI receives second award to support photovoltaic program
• Funding supports pollution prevention activities
• Cameras to monitor, track and analyze meteor events
• IEE receives energy technologies funding
• Design Contest funding set to improve food safety
• Organic Waste Utilization Project receives continuation funding
• Research aims to mitigate abnormal network feeder behavior
• New Mexico AMP receives funding for fourth phase
• Research validates computer models of WIPP performance
• Researchers look at advanced laser radar systems for UAV navigation
• NSF funds research on Gaskinetic Schemes for Micro-Scale Flows with Heat Transfer
• Researchers developing solar-powered sensor networks
• Research aims to improve radar imaging
• NSF funds collaborative research on Global/Local System Identification of Strongly Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
• Computational scheme to simulate complex gas flows
• Desert Sands arsenic removal project receives funding
• IEE to help reduce cotton industry pesticide use
• CEMRC to conduct performance assessment of WIPP
• Collaborative research investigates cosmic radiation
• NASA provides funding for gravity compensation simulation study
• NRC continues funding or nuclear minor
• SWTDI continues solar codes and standards work
• Program to encourage students to pursue doctoral degrees
• BIA funds 2009 Water Technician Training Program
• Grant funds feasibility study for novel astronaut training method
• NMSU water desalination program received Office of Naval Research grant
• CEMRC continues EPA compliance recertification application
• Pavement distress evaluation program funded for another year
• Researchers to explore feasibility of ultra high-performance concrete applications
• Dust storm detection and notification system goal of project
• CEMRC to continue environmental analyses of WIPP
• Researcher to develop advanced particle simulation software package
• Graduate student developing structural health monitoring system
• Grant funds stochastic delayed systems research
• CEMRC receives more funding to support the WIPP site
• CEMRC receives additional funding for volatile organic compound analyses
• IEE to investigate viability of commercial algae production
• Researchers to improve examination of dark matter particles
• Collaborative research investigates composition of cosmic rays
• NMSU photovoltaic activities support national program
• Presidential award recipient to continue computer processor research
• Electrical engineers developing green technologies in sensor networks
• Sky cameras to track meteors throughout New Mexico
• Researchers receive additional funding from Army Research Office for fuel cell project
• Project to investigate perceptual audio quality through human brain responses
• WIPP workers continue to be monitored by CEMRC
• Radiological monitoring of Eunice uranium enrichment facility to continue
• CEMRC continues Lie Down and Be Counted program
• Additional funding received for WIPP monitoring
• Researchers investigate new methodology for structural health monitoring
• Project to develop geothermal algal biofuels test facility at NMSU

2008

• NASA project to further understanding or organic molecules in solar system
• Funding received to improve integration of distributed energy resources
• IEE receives funding to continue wind-energy research
• CEMRC conducting performance assessment
• NMSU civil engineers to inspect railroad bridges
• Solar America Board for Codes and Standards receives increase in funding
• Pollution prevention funding to help local entities
• Student awarded graduate fellowship to research distributed video coding
• CEMRC to provide technical and safety support for research at National Enrichment Facility
• Surveying engineer to support height modernization in New Mexico
• IEE receives funding to continue wind-energy research
• Funding received to improve integration of distributed energy resources
• Students to research food safety technologies
• NSF award aimed to improve manufacturing engineering learning
• New Mexico AMP receives five-year funding award
• NSF gives award for STEM scholarships
• Design and development of a Ku-band planar scanning array using Rotman lens
• Reduced-order modeling of shear layers research continues
• Student receives competitive NASA fellowship
• Bridge to the Doctorate program receives additional funding
• ConocoPhillips funds desalination research
• CERMC continues to support actinide chemistry research program
• Flapping-wing aerodynamics and control focus of research
• Researchers to improve MTBE removal technology
• Researchers National Science Foundation funds Project ENABLE
• Research to investigate distributed error-correction strategies in wireless networks
• IEE receives funding to conduct dirty bomb response training
• NMSU receives grant for developing organic solar cells
• Chemical engineering receives funding for development of novel adsorbent for hydrogen storage
• Organic Waste Utilization Project funding continues
• Civil engineering department receives bridge inspection contract
• Civil engineering conducts Water Resources Technician Training for Native Americans
• Grant funds study to assist astronauts working in reduced-gravity environments
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission supports nuclear engineering minor at NMSU
• LANL funds continuing research
• Simulating reduced gravity in space flight training using an exoskeleton
• Research to use model validation on nanoparticle-reinforced resins
• Searching for evidence of dark matter in the cosmic radiation
• Cosmic ray research receives continuing funding
• Civil engineers to help NMDOT analyze pavement performance
• New radiobioassay system to be used at WIPP
• BEST program receives funding
• NASA grant to help development of renewable energy technology courses
• Transition from Manual to Automatic Rutting Measurement: Effect on Pavement Serviceability Index Values
• Award supports photovoltaic evaluations
• Funding to continue monitoring of WIPP site awarded
• SWTDI receives additional support for Solar America Board for Codes and Standards
• U.S. EPA supports NMSU environmental design contest
• CEMRC to provide monitoring for Eunice Nuclear Enrichment Facility
• Award supports model validation methodology development
• NMSU receives grant for Water Security Program
• U.S. EPA Performance Assessment of WIPP
• Facility maintenance and in vivo radiobioassay services
• Whole-body count support
• Volatile organic compound monitoring
• Studies of small molecules in metal-organic frameworks
• Radionuclide monitoring
• Model-based, single-microphone speech enhancement
• Construction of all-sky cameras
• Pavement distress evaluation program
• Laboratory investigations at WIPP
• NASA EPSCoR award for aerospace research

2007

• Nile Basin hydrology and ecology under extreme climatic conditions
• Scientific radiological and laboratory support
• Solar America Board for Codes and Standards
• Model for overall thermal pressure coefficient (TPC) of a composite reinforced with layered particles
• Bio-gas production from waste
• Monitoring Smart Bridge under traffic loading conditions
• Performance parameters of a Ku-band planar scanning array
• Exploitation of polarimetric imagery
• Computer simulation models
• Microsatellite target system
• Continued WIPP support

2006

• 2006 Pavement Rating and Data Collection— Southern New Mexico
• Adaptive Laser Beam Control Using Return Photon Statistics
• Bridge to the Doctorate Award
• Construction of a Volatile Organic Compound Laboratory at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
• Development of Ridge Deck Fogging System
• Dissemination of GRASP Faculty Development Program (Gaining Retention and Achievement for Students Program)
• Effective Utilization of Commercial Wireless Networking Technology in Planetary Environments
• EPA Pollution Prevention Grant
• Failures of Riprap Protection Systems — Phase II
• Food and Drug Administration
• Frank M. Tejeda Center for Excellence in Environmental Operations
• Free-Space Laser Communications: Propagation and Beam Formation Investigations (modification)
• GCDB Data Analysis and Conversion Project Plan
• Glove Box Analysis (modification)
• Gripping and Assembly of Micro Devices
• Integrated EEG and Brain Mapping for Brain-Machine Interfaces in Security Monitoring (modification)
• Lung and Whole Body In Vivo Radiobioassay Measurements for Waste Control Specialist Employees
• Model Validation Methodology (modification)
• National Science Foundation Bridge to Doctorate Award for Alliance for the Participation of Minorities
• New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (modification)
• NMSUsat2
• Non-Destructive Structural Evaluation Technology
• RASEM Squared
• Research Supporting Satellite Communications Technology
• Responsive Space Study Project
• Sandia Performance Assessment
• Scientific and Support Services for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carlsbad Operations—Actinide Chemistry and Repository Science Program
• Scientific and Technical Support for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Washington
• Storage Optimization in a Microgrid (SURP)
• Support for WERC Design Contest: Carbon Sequestration
• Using Remote Sensing to Demonstrate Potential Water Saving in Agriculture and Riparian Vegetation
• Water and Bio-Security: Innovative Membranes for Water Treatment and as Smart Sensors (modification)
• WERC Arsenic Water Treatment Program
• Wireless and Optical Wave Laboratory Development