Research Awards
Listed awards include research awards from various federal agencies, state agencies, industries and foundations. These awards have specific research requirements and are distinct from philanthropic gifts associated with capital campaigns, endowed scholarships, dean’s priority items or unrestricted gifts. Multiyear contract awards and grants are listed by the original award date, include the total expected award amount and may not reflect later changes such as funding cuts or transfers. Due to sponsor restrictions, some qualifying awards may not be listed.
Information regarding research awards including University-wide metrics and listings is available at the Office of Research and Innovation.
2025
June 2025
Rashaunda Henderson
Title: Travel: 2025 International Microwave Symposium Project Connect Travel
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $25,000
Bingzhe Li
Title: CAREER: Cross-layer Optimization for DNA Storage to Improve Scalability, Reliability and Performance
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $241,188 for 1st 2 years; expected $623,733 for 5 years
Hongbing Lu
Title: SRA: The Application Study of Functionalized Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes Materials in Composites, Plastics, Coatings and Asphalt
Sponsor: Graphene TX
Amount: $50,000
Hongbing Lu
Title: STTR: Development of Melt Spinnable Polyacrylonitrile Based Carbon Fiber Precursor
Sponsor: Graphene TX
Amount: $100,000
Georgios Makris
Title: P6-2025 Evaluating Resilience of Analog Neural Network ICs to Radiation-Based Model Pertubation Attacks
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Amount: $85,000
Siavash Pourkamali
Title: I-Corps: Translation Potential of Micromachined Electrostatic Cooling Fans
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000
Matthew Wong
Title: SEED: TCI: Heterogenous Integration of Ill-Nitride Light-Emitting Devices on Silicon Platform
Sponsor: The University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $40,000
Jie Zhang
Title: SEED: TCI: Generative AI Enabled Cybersecurity of Small Modular Reactors and Microreactors
Sponsor: The University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $35,000
May 2025
Shuang Cui
Title: SEED: SPIRe: Efficient Recovery of Valuable Chemicals from Kraft Black Liquor Using Thermo-Responsive Polymer Absorbents
Sponsor: University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $60,000
Yongsheng Gao
Title: SEED: SPIRe: AI-Assisted Design of Polymeric Vectors for Genetic Engineering of Platelets
Sponsor: University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $60,000
Vibhav Gogate
Title: DROIDDS: Data-Efficient, Robust, Ontology Induction for Deontic-Compliant Decision Support
Sponsor: University of Southern California through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) HR00112590089
Amount: $44,960 for 1st Increment; expected $299,825 (if phase 2 is funded)
John Hansen
Title: R.A.S.P. – Real-time Anonymization and Speech Protection
Sponsor: Honeywell
Amount: $363,051 for phase 1; expected total of $746,360 if phase 2 is awarded
Hongbing Lu
Title: SBIR: Robotic-Inserted, Shape-conforming Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays
Sponsor: Qualia Oto Inc.
Amount: $75,000
April 2025
Zhiyu Chen
Title: SEED: NFRS: Enhancing Large Language Model for Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conversations
Sponsor: The University of Texas at DallasAmount: $25,000
Ruijiang Gao
Title: SEED: NFRS: Large Language Model for Business Hypotheses Discovery
Sponsor: The University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $25,000
Jiyoung Kim
Title: CRA: International Collaboration Research between International Future Semiconductor Innovation and Commercialization Center at University of Texas at Dallas and Inha University Sponsor: Inha University
Amount: $13,728
Moon Kim
Title: Development of Ascendium through the Discovery of Meta-stable New Phases for Multi/Extreme Environment Applications
Sponsor: Kookmin University
Amount: $137,500
Ifana Mahbub
Title: I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Wireless Implant for Brain Neuromodulation
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $50,000
Ifana Mahbub
Title: SRA: All-Metal Additively Manufactured High-Gain, Wide Bandwidth High Power Handling Capable Phased-Array Design in K-band
Sponsor: Fabric8Labs Inc.
Amount: $35,999
Georgios Makris
Title: Administration of UT Dallas CHEST I/UCRC Research Projects
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Amount: $100,000
Georgios Makris
Title: LP25_4 An Experimentation Platform for Research and Training in Hardware-Induced Covert Channels in Wireless Communications
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Amount: $375,000
Eric Meyers
Title: EMG Sleeve to Enable At-home, Closed-loop Targeted Plasticity Therapy
Sponsor: Battelle Memorial Institute
Amount: $32,552
Zhenpeng Qin
Title: Enhancing Non-Viral Neuron-Specific Molecule Delivery Across Species in the CNS
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $821,998 for year 1; expected $3,926,916 for 5 years
Yue Zhou
Title: Fundamental Understanding of Interface Evolution and Mass Transfer in Li-metal Batteries by Theory-guided Experimental Studies
Sponsor: Welch Foundation
Amount: $300,000
March 2025
Kanad Basu
Title: CAREER: Security-Aware Next Generation Embedded Hardware Design
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $347,792 for period 1; expected $545,801 for 5 years
Kyeongjae Cho
Title: UT Dallas Next-Gen Battery Manufacturing Incubator
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Amount: $1,666,279
Stuart Cogan
Title: A Single-Cell and Cell-Type Resolution Artificial Retina for Vision Restoration
Sponsor: Stanford University
Amount: $87,254 for year 1; expected $351,455 for 3 years
Jin Ryong Kim
Title:CAREER: Designing Next-Generation Thermal User Interfaces for Multisensory VR Experience
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $107,654 for year 1; expected $593,868 for 5 years
Theodore Moise
Title: Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) Center (TNC)
Sponsor: The University of Texas at Austin and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Amount: $1,169,197 for year 1; expected $2,499,880 for 2 years
Tien Nguyen
Title: IPA SRA: Implementing Product Features for DMI AI Software (pWing)
Sponsor: Digital Management, LLC
Amount: $59,562 for 1 year
David Schmidtke
Title: Deciphering Links Between Leukocyte Activation and Infections in VAD Patients
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $608,874 for year 1; expected $2,281,878 for 4 years
Zejiang Wang
Title: A Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Framework for Developing Communications Requirements of Energy Centric CDA Applications
Sponsor: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amount: $136,850
February 2025
Stuart Cogan
Title: Brain Glucose Deficiency: Mechanisms and Modulation
Sponsor: Cornell University
Amount: $736,618 for year 1; expected $1,250,476
Joseph Pancrazio
Title: Brain Glucose Deficiency: Mechanisms and Modulation
Sponsor: Cornell University
Amount: $736,618 for year 1; expected $1,250,476
Yichen Ding
Title: QuSec-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging
Sponsor: Purdue University
Amount: $390,454
Nandika D’Souza
Title: MUREP: Resilient Supply Chain Ecosystem for Agile Manufacturing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUREP-SAM)
Sponsor: University of North Texas
Amount: $51,840
Shalini Prasad
Title: READ: A Non-Invasive Platform for Exploring Salivary Biomarkers for IBD
Sponsor: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Amount: $110,000 for year 1; expected $220,088 for 2 years
Zhenpeng Qin
Title: Enabling the Therapeutic Delivery for Spin Cord Glioma by Epidural Light-Guided Modulation of Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $679,176 for year 1; expected $3,360,102 for 5 years
Yapeng Tian
Title: SCH: AI-Assisted Vision: Scene-Aware Augmented Reality Systems to Support Low Vision People in Activities of Daily Living
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin at Madison
Amount: $92,338 for period 1; expected $331,340 for approximately 4 years
Zeijang Wang
Title: Real-Sim Core Tool
Sponsor: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amount: $118,802
January 2025
Katherine Brown
Title: TxACE BIO: Ultrasound Platform for Wearable Applications
Sponsor: The University of Texas at Dallas
Amount: $40,000
Wei Li
Title: Design, Fabrication, and Repair of Multi-Material Gears for Improved Performance and Reliability of Wind Turbine Systems
Sponsor: General Electric
Amount: $500,939
Wei Li
Title: Integrated Computational Materials Modelling Framework for Investigating the Process-Structure-Property Linkage of the Lunar Metal Welding with Internal Defects
Sponsor: NASA
Amount: $249,296 for year 1; expected $748,958 for 3 years
Georgios Makris
Title: Task 3160.056: Generative AI-Based Test Generation for Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits
Sponsor: Semiconductor Research Corporation
Amount: $105,000 for year 1; expected $315,000 for 3 years
Georgios Makris
Title: P6-2023 Follow-on Project: Testing of Process Control (PCMs) for Wafer-Level Provenance Attestation
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Amount: $264,583
Majid Minary
Title: PFI-TT: 3D Printed Zirconia Dental Restorations
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $550,000
Arindam Pal
Title: Non-Invasive Modulation of Endothelial Calcium Signaling to Study Vascular Behavior (Award number 25PRE1377051)
Sponsor: American Heart Association
Amount: $69,548 for 2 years
Zeijang Wang
Title: Autonomous Heavy-Duty Vehicle Sensor Suites
Sponsor: Autonomous Heavy-Duty Vehicle Sensor Suites
Amount: $78,799
Kianoosh Yousefi
Title: YIP: Sea Spray-Induced Fluxes at High Wind Conditions: Synergistic Experiments and Data-Driven Modeling
Sponsor: Stanford University
Amount: $87,254 for year 1; expected $351,455 for 3 years