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Florida International UniversityFIU Digital CommonsOffice of Research and Economic DevelopmentNewsletters Office of Research and Economic Development5-2019ORED Communicator - May 2019Office of Research and Economic Development, Florida International UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/research_newsletterThis work is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of Research and Economic Development at FIU Digital Commons. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. Formore information, please contact dcc@fiu.edu.Recommended CitationOffice of Research and Economic Development, Florida International University, "ORED Communicator - May 2019" (2019). Officeof Research and Economic Development Newsletters. 66.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/research_newsletter/66Upcoming Events  May  May 1 and May 2, 9 am to 6 pm, SASC, 8th Annual Florida Forensic Science Symposi-um, presented by FIU’s International Forensic Research Institute, part of the Global Forensic and Justice Center  May 7, 2:30 to 3:30 pm, TBD, Preparing for IACUC Inspections, presented by the Office of Research and Economic Development  May 29, 30 and 31, 9 am to 5 pm, Miami Beach Urban Studios, 15th Annual Work-shop on LC/MS/MS Applications in Environmental Analysis and Food Safety—annual scientific meeting that provides a forum for scientists, researchers, government agencies and industry partners to share and discuss results pertaining to environ-mental and food analysis using hyphenated chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques  June  June 12, 9 am to 4 pm, FIU @ I-75, Emotional Intelligence: You Got It! Now Use It!, presented by Neil Katz, registration required, cost between $275 and $300  Awards Received—March 2019  FIU researchers were awarded $9,576,483 in March 2019. Below is a listing of awards received.  Agarwal, Arvind College of Engineering & Computing Mechanical & Materials Engineering Army Research Office Initial Processing-Microstructure-Properties Maps for Metal Matrix Composites  $105,942  Agoulnik, Alexander Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Human & Molecular Genetics Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases Continuation Relaxin receptor agonists for treatment of liver fibrosis $437,423  Azizinamini, Atorod College of Engineering & Computing Civil & Environ Engineering U.S. Department of Transportation Increase ABC-UTC Proposal FY 16-17 (modification #2) $1,400,100  ORED Communicator Awards Received  March 2019 (cover) Contact Us (page 11) Funding Opportunities  (page 11) Upcoming Events (cover) May 2019 May 2019 ORED Communicator Page 2 For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Awards Received—March 2019 (continued)  FIU researchers were awarded $9,576,483 in March 2019. Below is a listing of awards received.  Bastida, Elena Maria Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention National Institutes of Health Initial Yr3-CLaRO's Community Engagement & Dissemination Core $43,088  Baum, Marianna Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Dietetics & Nutrition National Institute on Drug Abuse Pre-Award OMICs to define impact of cocaine on immunity & HIV persistence in treated HIV infection $31,600  Bejar, Elizabeth M Academic Affairs - Student Affairs Vice President’s Office Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increase HSI-PATHWAYS Hispanic Serving Institutions: Pathways to the Professoriate $74,941  Bhansali, Shekhar College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Initial REU Site: Wearable & Emerging technologies - Facilitating research Opportunities  $359,642  Bond, Mark College of Arts, Sciences & Education Biology Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Initial Distinguished Marine Policy Fellow $62,500  Casas, Alexander  Office of the President University Police National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Supplemental Guard Services for the National Hurricane Center  $52,466  Chapagain, Prem  College of Arts, Sciences & Education Physics Oragenics Inc. Initial Computational modeling of lantibiotics interactions with lipid II & membrane $70,000    Page 3 ORED Communicator May 2019  For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Cheng, Zhe College of Engineering & Computing Mechanical & Materials Engineering National Science Foundation Initial CAREER: Fundamentals & New Materials for Hydrogen Electrode of Proton  $128,170  Clarke, Peter  College of Engineering & Computing Computer Info Sciences National Science Foundation Increase Collaborative Project: Engaged Student Learning - Design & Development Level II $15,501  Clarke, Peter  College of Engineering & Computing Computer Info Sciences National Science Foundation Increase Participant Support for 800005576  $18,166  Coles, Erika  College of Arts, Sciences & Education Psychology Children's Trust Initial A Summer Program for Children with or at risk for serious behavior problems $758,505  Comer, Jonathan  College of Arts, Sciences & Education Psychology National Institute of Mental Health Continuation Improving Engagement & Outcomes among Traditionally Underserved Children  $8,010  Cooke, Marcus  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health Initial Urinary DNA Adductomics for the Assessment of Exposure to Cancer Risk Factors $277,950  Cooke, Marcus Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Environmental Health Sciences Environmental Health Sciences Initial Automation of the comet assay for high throughput genotoxicity testing $76,152  Cruz, Jose Miguel Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Latin American & Caribbean Center Tinker Foundation Inc. Initial Tinker Field Research Grant $15,000  May 2019 ORED Communicator Page 4 For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Dares, Christopher College of Arts, Sciences & Education Chemistry Battelle Continuation Novel Synthesis of Neptunium Irradiation Targets through Advanced Electrochemical  $90,000  De La Rosa, Mario  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work School of Social Work National Institutes of Health Initial Yr3 - Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities – ClaRO $18,063  De La Rosa, Mario  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work School of Social Work National Institutes of Health Initial Yr3 -CLaRO's Investigator Development Core $3,715  Devieux, Jessy Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism Increase Alcohol & HIV: Bio-behavioral Interactions & Interventions $41,479  Devieux, Jessy Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism Increase Effects of experimentally-induced reductions in alcohol consumption on brain cognitive $173,905  Dou, Remy College of Arts, Sciences & Education Teaching & Learning National Science Foundation Initial CAREER: Talking Science: Early STEM Identity Formation through Everyday Science Talk $152,651  Espinal Tejada, Carlos Arturo Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Sanofi Initial Assessment of acellular vaccination programs in Mexico, Costa Rica, & Panama $116,400  Fonseca, Brian Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs J Gordon Institute of Public Policy & Citizenship National Institute of Standards & Technology Pre-Award National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Annual Conference $37,800  Page 5 ORED Communicator May 2019  For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Gaiser, Evelyn  College of Arts, Sciences & Education Biology National Science Foundation Increase LTER: Drivers of Abrupt Change in the Florida Coastal Everglades $9,999  Garcia, Orlando  College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts Music Miami-Dade County Initial 2019 New Music Miami ISCM Festival $4,505  Georgakopoulos, Stavros College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Increase REM Supplement to 800002807 $13,600  Georgakopoulos, Stavros College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Increase Participant Sup to 800011403 $86,400  Gladstone, Susan Academic Affairs - Other Units Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU The BASS Museum of Art Initial IDEAS Program in City of Miami Beach $22,040  Gladstone, Susan Academic Affairs - Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Initial FY18-19 FL Division of Cultural Affairs General Program Support $5,825  Gonzalez Jr, Raul College of Arts, Sciences & Education—Psychology National Institute on Drug Abuse Initial Exercise, cognition, & cannabis use in adolescents $35,577  Hossain, Muhammad  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Environmental Health Sciences Environmental Health Sciences Initial Pesticide Exposure & Adult Neurogenesis: Role of ER Stress $52,414    May 2019 ORED Communicator Page 6 For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Ibarra, Julio Academic Affairs - CIARA National Science Foundation Increase REU Supplement $12,000  Ibarra, Julio Academic Affairs - CIARA National Science Foundation Continuation IRNC Backbone - AmLight Express & Protect (ExP)  $121,481  Ibarra, Julio Academic Affairs - CIARA National Science Foundation Continuation IRNC: RXP: AtlanticWave-SDX: a distributed intercontinental experimental SDX  $111,883  Iyengar, Sundararaj Sitharama College of Engineering & Computing Computer Info Sciences Army Research Office Initial Artificial Intelligence (AI) Embedded Information Assurance (IA) Workshop Proposal $28,143  Jung, Ranu College of Engineering & Computing Biomedical Engineering U.S. DOD/Defense Advanced Research Project Increase Sub-Project for Participants $7,500  Kavallieratos, Konstantinos College of Arts, Sciences & Education—Chemistry U.S. Department of Energy Increase DOE Nuclear Fellowships for FIU $7,500  Kiszka, Jeremy College of Arts, Sciences & Education—SEAS French Agency for Biodiversity Initial Better understanding conflicts between marine mammals & fisheries  $115,176  Lage, Onelia  Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Humanities Health & Society American Medical Association Initial Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine: Innovation in Education & Healthcare Delivery $15,000  Lothridge, Kevin College of Arts, Sciences & Education—SISH Honolulu Police Department Initial Honolulu PD Training Manual $12,600 Page 7 ORED Communicator May 2019  For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Lothridge, Kevin College of Arts, Sciences & Education SISH University of Tampa Initial UT DNA Training $19,939  Lothridge, Kevin College of Arts, Sciences & Education SISH FLIR Detection Inc. Initial Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer User Training & Maintenance $15,371  Madhivanan, Purnima Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Epidemiology Allergy & Infectious Diseases Supplemental Clinical study of a single-use, point-of-care molecular diagnostic device for the detection  $6,285  Maidique, Modesto  College of Business Global Leadership Management Miami-Dade County Initial Chapmanville Leadership Development Program Cohort 3 $250,000  Martin, Felix E Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Politics & International Relations Smith Richardson Foundation Initial Restoring Deterrence: Policy Choices after Conventional & Nuclear Direct Deterrence Failure $7,500  Mason, Michelle College of Law Law Dean Admin & Faculty AccessLex Institute Initial FIU Law Path to the Profession Initiative Project $124,850  Mondal, Ananda Mohan College of Engineering & Computing Computer Information Sciences National Science Foundation Increase CAREER: RUI: NetDA -- Protein Network-Based Software for Disease Analysis  $226,194  Mondal, Ananda Mohan College of Engineering & Computing Computer Information Sciences National Science Foundation Increase Participant Payments $4,320  May 2019 ORED Communicator Page 8 For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Morris, Staci  Academic Affairs - Other Units Community Based Research Institute Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Pre-Award Community Partnership for Preventing Health Risks among Florida Urban  $16,940  Murray, Edward  Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Metropolitan Center City of Delray Beach Initial Delray Beach Competitive Assessment & Cluster Strategies Study $56,000  Oberbauer, Steven College of Arts, Sciences & Education Biology National Science Foundation Increase Collaborative Research: Using the ITEX-AON network to document & understand  $28,001  Olenick, Maria Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences Nursing Undergraduate U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Initial VA Nursing Academic Partnership Program (VANAP) $95,421  Olson, Richard Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Politics & International Relations Florida Division of Emergency Management Initial FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida $585,000  Pala, Nezih College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering Army Research Laboratory Increase 3D Simulation of THz Plasmonic Structures $90,000  Randall, Thaddeus  Academic Affairs - Other Units International Student & Scholar Services Institute of International Education Initial IIE Student Emergency Initiatives:  Venezuelan Student Relief Funds $10,000  Rehage, Jennifer College of Arts, Sciences & Education Earth & Environment U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Increase Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic Refuges  $81,000  Page 9 ORED Communicator May 2019  For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Rehage, Jennifer College of Arts, Sciences & Education Earth & Environment National Park Service Increase Effects of freshwater inflows & seagrass die-off on recreational fisheries:  $292,495  Richardson, Jason  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Deans Office Environmental Health Sciences Initial Mechanism of Gene Environment Interactions in Alzheimer's Disease $384,174  Richardson, Jason  Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Deans Office Neurological Disorders & Stroke Initial Advanced Development of Drugs to Mitigate Parathion Intoxication $358,800  Rodriguez-Lanetty, Mauricio College of Arts, Sciences & Education Biology National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Initial FAU-FIU-NASA Joint Operations for Summer 2019 NEEMO Mission $90,000  Rogers, Jamie L Academic Affairs - Other Units GIS Center & Digital Collection Southeast Florida Library Information Ne Initial Preserving our National Parks’ Ecological, Historic, & Cultural Heritage $3,000  Rojas, Patria Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention National Institutes of Health Initial Yr3-HoMBRES en Familia (Hispanic Men Building Respect, Education $70,107  Roudenko, Svetlana Anatolyevna College of Arts, Sciences & Education Math & Statistical Sciences National Science Foundation Initial Nonlinear phenomena in stochastic & deterministic dispersive PDE $61,985  Sanchez, Mariana Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Health Promotion & Disease Prevention National Institutes of Health Continuation Pre- to Post-Immigrant Drinking & Driving Trajectories  $297,444  May 2019 ORED Communicator Page 10 For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Sousa, Jacqueline Bueno College of Business Dean’s Office University of West Florida Increase FL SBDC at FIU 2019 – state award $214,222  Steadman, Casey  Academic Affairs - Other Units The Wolfsonian The BASS Museum of Art Initial STEAM Initiative in City of Miami Beach Schools with The Wolfsonian FIU $6,900  Trexler, Joel  College of Arts, Sciences & Education Biology Springer Initial Oecologia Editor-in-Chief $168,060  Uluagac, Arif Selcuk College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Continuation Collaborative  Research: SuRPASS:  NSF SFS Unique Scholarship Program  $40,469  Uluagac, Arif Selcuk College of Engineering & Computing Electrical & Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Continuation Participant Payments to 800007822 $367,422  Unwalla, Hoshang Jehangir Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Immunology & Nano Med National Institute on Drug Abuse Supplemental Lung comorbidities in HIV patients $146,500  Villar, Maria Elena College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts CARTA Deans Off National Geographic Society Initial Communicating Conservation: Students & audiences & advocates $30,045  Wdowinski, Shimon College of Arts, Sciences & Education Earth & Environment Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Initial Coastal flooding hazard in Florida: Evaluating the contribution of local subsidence $197,227  Page 11 ORED Communicator May 2019  For updates, corrections, suggestions, and/or general comments, please email Mercedes.rodriguez@fiu.edu Funding Opportunities ORED has a new, improved and interactive webpage for funding opportunities. Please visit http://research.fiu.edu/funding/#current.   Limited Submissions Current limited submission opportunities are available at http://research.fiu.edu/funding/limited-submissions/.   Contact ORED Senior Leadership Name Title Email Address Andrés G. Gil Vice President for Research & Economic Development Andres.gil@fiu.edu Tonja Moore Associate Vice President, Strategic Planning & Operations Tonja.moore@fiu.edu Luis P. Salas Associate Vice President, International Research, Space Optimization and Compliance Luis.salas@fiu.edu Mirtha Alberto Director, Budget & Cost Analysis Mirtha.alberto@fiu.edu Henry Artigues Director, External Partnerships & Economic Development Henry.artigues@fiu.edu David Driesbach Assistant Vice President, Research Information Systems David.driesbach1@fiu.edu Christopher Grayson Director, Research Integrity Christopher.grayson@fiu.edu Emily Gresham Assistant Vice President, Innovation & Economic Development Emily.gresham@fiu.edu Robert Gutierrez Assistant Vice President, Research Development & Pre-Award Robert.gutierrez@fiu.edu Pedro Hernández Director, Technology Management & Commercialization Pedro.hernandez7@fiu.edu Regnier Jurado Director, Research Management Solutions Regnier.jurado@fiu.edu Donna Kiley Director, Post-Award Donna.kiley@fiu.edu Lidia Kos Associate Vice President for Research, Associate Dean—University Graduate School Lidia.kos@fiu.edu Maureen Pelham Director, Research Development Director, Postdoctoral Scholar Services Maureen.pelham@fiu.edu Horatiu Vinerean Director, Laboratory Animal Research; Attending Veterinarian Horatiu.vinerean@fiu.edu Susan Webster Assistant Vice President for Research, Assistant Dean—University Graduate School Susan.webster@fiu.edu     OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 11200 SW 8th Street—call 305-348-2494 for specific personnel’s location Miami, FL 33199 http://research.fiu.edu  

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