College of Engineering faculty pursue external funding of their research. Below is a list of the College's research grants and contracts for 2017.
Current Research Grants and Contracts
12/30/17 Brad Weldon (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Weldon/Adam Sanchez," Federal Highway Administration, $7,500
12/20/17 Brad Weldon (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Weldon/Manning," Federal Highway Administration, $10,000
12/20/17 Brad Weldon (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Weldon/Cheng," Federal Highway Administration, $1,500
12/20/17 Craig Newtson (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Newtson/William Toledo," Federal Highway Administration, $5,000
12/20/17 David Jauregui (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Jauregui/Cuaron," Federal Highway Administration, $3,500
12/20/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "Transportation Fellowship Program Bandini/Alcantar," Federal Highway Administration, $1,500
12/15/17 Jessica Houston (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "IFSEEN - Integrating Food Science/Engineering and Education Network: A Partnership to Integrate Efforts and Collaboration to Shape Tomorrow’s Hispanic Food Safety/Science Leaders," University of Texas - Pan American, $25,418
12/15/17 Jessica Houston (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "IFSEEN - Integrating Food Science/Engineering and Education Network: A Partnership to Integrate Efforts and Collaboration to Shape Tomorrow’s Hispanic Food Safety/Science Leaders," University of Texas - Pan American, $54,093
12/15/17 Jessica Houston (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "IFSEEN - Integrating Food Science/Engineering and Education Network: A Partnership to Integrate Efforts and Collaboration to Shape Tomorrow’s Hispanic Food Safety/Science Leaders," University of Texas - Pan American, $18,689
12/15/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Junction Flows," US Air Force Research Laboratory, $43,500
12/14/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Actinide Chemistry Research in Support of WIPP (ACRSP2)," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $365,085
12/12/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "A Local Analysis of the Fluid Dynamics and Flow Physics of Dynamic Stall on Helicopters," US Army/Army Research Office, $38,381
12/6/17 Phillip De Leon (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Hilbert Spectral Analysis for Identification and Classification of Bursty Data in Congested Frequency Bands," Sandia National Laboratories, $50,362
12/6/17 Phillip De Leon (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Hilbert Spectral Analysis for Identification and Classification of Bursty Data in Congested Frequency Bands," Sandia National Laboratories, $48,238
11/30/17 Ehsan Dehghan Niri (Civil Engineering), "Overweight and Oversize Vehicles," New Mexico Department of Transportation, $25,000
11/29/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Direct In-Vivo Radiobioassay Services for NWP," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $15,000
11/8/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "A Local Analysis of the Fluid Dynamics and Flow Physics of Dynamic Stall on Helicopters," US Army/Army Research Office, $43,080
10/24/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Volatile Organic Compound and Hydrogen/Methane Analyses 2017," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $20,000
10/24/17 Paul Furth (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Supervisory Circuit," Sandia National Laboratories, $94,000
10/17/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Technical Support and Space Utilization for WIPP Laboratories," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $30,745
10/15/17 Zohrab Samani (Civil Engineering), "I-Corps: Liquid Organic Fertilizer Produced through Annaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste," National Science Foundation, $50,000
10/5/17 David Voelz (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Effects of Non-Kolmogorov Turbulence and Aerosols on Long-Range, Optical Propagation through the Atmosphere," NorthWest Research Associates, Inc, $80,135
10/1/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "CEMRC WIPP-EM," US Department of Energy, $500,000
10/1/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "CEMRC WIPP-EM," US Department of Energy, $48,827
9/27/17 David Rockstraw (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "Development of Optical Diagnostics Using 3D Printed Mechanoluminescent Materials," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $48,725
9/19/17 Satishkuma Ranade (Southwest Technology Development Institute), "Advanced Power Electronics for Grid Storage," Sandia National Laboratories, $43,000
9/18/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Direct In-Vivo Radiobioassay Services for NWP," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, -$14,000
9/18/17 Laura Boucheron Spence (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Extending Academic Analytics: Application to Engineering Education at New Mexico State University," US Department of Education, $240,516
9/14/17 Paul Andersen (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "FY 2016 and FY 2017 Pollution Prevention Grant Program," Environmental Protection Agency, $13,285
9/14/17 Paul Andersen (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "FY 2016 and FY 2017 Pollution Prevention Grant Program," Environmental Protection Agency, $91,715
9/12/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Junction Flows," US Air Force Research Laboratory, $14,500
9/1/17 Jocelyn White (Civil Engineering), "NMSU Student Support Services Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Health Sciences ," US Department of Education, $232,265
9/1/17 Delia Valles-Rosales (Industrial Engineering), "Collaborative Integration of USDA-Research in the Advanced Teaching Laboratories of STEAM to Accelerate Time-Critical Research and Develop Students’ Professional Skills and Competitiveness in STEAM," University of Texas at El Paso, $35,000
9/1/17 Delia Valles-Rosales (Industrial Engineering), "Collaborative Integration of USDA-Research in the Advanced Teaching Laboratories of STEAM to Accelerate Time-Critical Research and Develop Students’ Professional Skills and Competitiveness in STEAM," University of Texas at El Paso, $35,000
9/1/17 Delia Valles-Rosales (Industrial Engineering), "WHEELS OF CHANGE: A Consortium to Develop Champions in Agriculture in the Areas of Sustainable Energy and Natural Resource Management ," University of Texas at El Paso, $120,000
9/1/17 David Voelz (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Novel Characterization Measurements and Meterological-Driven Modeling of Turbulence and Refraction in the Lower Atmosphere for Directed Energy App-lications," US Department of Defense/Office of Naval Research, $10,000
9/1/17 David Voelz (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Novel Characterization Measurements and Meterological-Driven Modeling of Turbulence and Refraction in the Lower Atmosphere for Directed Energy App-lications," US Department of Defense/Office of Naval Research, $319,834
9/1/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Investigation of 3D Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction: A Combined Approach Using Experiments, Numerical Simulations and Stability Analysis ," University of Arizona, $10,000
8/22/17 Borys Drach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Intrinsic Residual Stresses in 3D Woven Composites: A Comprehensive Approach to Inhibit their Development and Determine their Impact on Monotonic and Cyclic Properties," University of New Hampshire, $105,996
8/1/17 Douglas Cortes (Civil Engineering), "Bio Mediated and Bio Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $30,448
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $232,867
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $67,800
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $34,500
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $54,500
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $25,572
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $73,200
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $49,800
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $25,000
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $1,770
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $31,100
8/1/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "CBBG Veteran Student Supplement," Arizona State University, $10,000
8/1/17 Ruey-Hung Chen (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Study of Evaporation, Micro-Explosion, and Combustion of Nanofluid Fuel Droplets," National Science Foundation, $352,524
7/15/17 Borys Drach (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Intrinsic Residual Stresses in 3D Woven Composites: A Comprehensive Approach to Inhibit their Development and Determine their Impact on Monotonic and Cyclic Properties," University of New Hampshire, $53,637
7/11/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Technical Support and Space Utilization for WIPP Laboratories," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $30,744
6/30/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Volatile Organic Compound and Hydrogen & Methane Analysis," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $30,956
6/29/17 David Mitchell (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Collaborative Research: CCS: Coding for 5G and Beyond: Limits and Efficient Algorithms," National Science Foundation, $47,330
6/19/17 Gabriela Cisneros (Civil Engineering), "Winrock - Clean Energy, Environment, and Water Support," Winrock Intnat. Inst. for Agricultural Development, $67,129
6/16/17 David Jauregui (Civil Engineering), "2015 Annual Inspection of Los Alamos Canyon Bridge," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $750,000
6/15/17 David Jauregui (Civil Engineering), "2016 Bridge Inspection Program for New Mexico," New Mexico Department of Transportation, $53,499
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $10,775
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $500,000
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $30,000
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $45,034
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $26,000
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $21,540
6/12/17 Paola Bandini (Civil Engineering), "NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics," Arizona State University, $66,141
6/1/17 Mingjun Wei (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Army High Performance Computing Research Center - Task#1, #2, #3 and #4," Stanford University, $9,248
5/31/17 David Voelz (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Wave Optics of Deep Atmospheric Turbulence," University of Dayton, $30,000
5/24/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Volatile Organic Compound and Hydrogen & Methane Analysis," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $17,930
5/10/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Numerical Investigation of Active Flow Control of Low-Pressure Turbine End-Wall Flows," Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $362,454
4/26/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "CEMRC WIPP-EM," Department of Energy, $60,800
3/28/17 Hongmei Luo (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "EFRC/CASP: Semiconductor Quantum Dots," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $22,500
3/25/17 Hongmei Luo (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "Investigation of Electrode-Electrolyte Interactions Using Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films Via Polymer-Assisted Deposition (PAD)," Argonne National Laboratory, $25,000
3/16/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "A Local Analysis of the Fluid Dynamics and Flow Physics of Dynamic Stall on Helicopters," US Army/Army Research Office, $400,000
3/3/17 Mark Chidester (Engineering College), "Testing Samples for Terapore Technologies," Terapore Technologies, $39,998
2/17/17 David Jauregui (Civil Engineering), "2016 Bridge Inspection Program for New Mexico," New Mexico Department of Transportation, $94,251
2/15/17 Wei Tang (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "CAREER: Integrated Research and Education on Delta-Sigma Based Digital Signal Processing Circuits for Low-Power Intelligent Sensors," National Science Foundation, $39,437
2/13/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Volatile Organic Compound and Hydrogen & Methane Analysis," Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, $42,460
2/10/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "Actinide Chemistry Research in Support of WIPP (ACRSP2)," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $60,910
2/10/17 Andreas Gross (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "A Local Analysis of the Fluid Dynamics and Flow Physics of Dynamic Stall on Helicopters," US Army/Army Research Office, $43,165
2/7/17 Sukumar Brahma (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Development and Testing of Protection Scheme for Renewable-Rich Distribution Systems," Sandia National Laboratories, $90,000
1/30/17 Julio Martinez (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "Nanostructured Kondo Topological Insulators for Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials," US - Israel Binational Science Foundation, $26,000
1/16/17 Pei Xu (Civil Engineering), "Pilot Evaluation of a Sustainable Autonomous Brackish Groundwater Desalination System," US Department of Interior/Bureau of Reclamation, $8,000
1/11/17 David Rockstraw (Chemical and Materials Engineering), "Development of Optical Diagnostics Using 3D Printed Mechanoluminescent Materials," Los Alamos National Security, LLC, $12,000
1/11/17 Brad Weldon (Civil Engineering), "Feasibility Analysis of Ultra High Performance Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Bridge Applications Phase IV," New Mexico Department of Transportation, $8,000
1/10/17 Phillip De Leon (Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Hilbert Spectrum Analysis of Moving Targets in ISR Data," Sandia National Laboratories, $12,000
1/1/17 Russell Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center), "In-Vivo Radiobioassay Services," Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS), $18,690
