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This edition highlights Scopus-indexed publications and ORSP grant awards from the UTEP Engineering research community for the month of February 2024. Each publication is accompanied by a DOI link for easy access to the article. Our goal is to keep faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and doctoral students informed about the latest research developments within the College. We also include essential grant deadlines and research workshops in the Newsfeed.
FACULTY & RESEARCH STAFF OPPORTUNITIES:

2024 NSF Engineering (ENG) CAREER Proposal Workshop
 
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is pleased to announce that they are hosting the virtual 2024 NSF Engineering (ENG) CAREER Proposal Workshop on May 15 - 17, 2024.
 
Registration is now open – please encourage your early career faculty to register here by March 20.
 
This virtual workshop will provide early career faculty with knowledge and strategies to enable the formulation of more competitive CAREER proposals for submission to the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG).
 
Registrants are invited to participate in Days 1 (May 15) and 3 (May 17) of the workshop. Up to 300 registrants will be selected to participate in a Mock Panel Review Session on Day 2 (May 16) of the workshop. For more information, visit the website or contact careerworkshop@asee.org

NSF CISE CAREER Workshop
 
The NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is hosting a hybrid event on April 29-30, 2024.
 
 In-Person Event Location: George Washington University, Washington D.C.
 
This workshop is designed to offer guidance and support to early-career faculty members preparing to submit proposals for the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. Primary objectives of the workshop are to assist participants in crafting compelling research and education plans. Additionally, the event serves as a valuable platform for early-career faculty to engage with NSF program directors, fostering networking opportunities and ideas among peers within the CISE community. 
 
Complete event details here.
 
 Important Dates
  • In-person attendance and travel fellowship application deadline: March 22, 2024
  • Virtual attendance registration deadline: April 12, 2024
  • Workshop dates: April 29-30, 2024
  • Virtual one-on-one meeting dates: May 1-3, 2024
 
Registration is now open – Early career faculty are encouraged to register here.

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES:

Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencia y Tecnologia (Conahcyt) for Masters and Doctoral students
 
Application period begins on March 25 through May 24, 2024.
 
Convocation can be read here: https://conahcyt.mx/wp-content/uploads/convocatorias/becas_extranjero/convocatorias/2024/Convocatoria_BEXT_MAE_DOC_CyH_2024.pdf
 
(Conahcyt) offers graduate funding opportunities to Mexican National master’s and doctoral students admitted or enrolled in a graduate program outside of Mexico. Students must be physically present at the designated institution and enrolled full-time in areas such as science, humanities, and arts & culture. Awardees can be eligible for tuition, health insurance, and monthly stipends from the Mexican government.
 
Eligibility Information:
  • Mexican National or Dual Citizenship
  • Admitted to a doctoral/master’s program

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program
 
The SULI program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission.
 
The SULI program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in collaboration with the DOE laboratories/facilities.
 
Benefits
  • Research interns spend 10 weeks (summer term) or 16 weeks (semester term) at a DOE laboratory engaged in a research project under the guidance of a laboratory scientist or engineer.
  • Host laboratories provide enrichment activities, including career professional development workshops (e.g. technical and scientific writing skills development, poster, or oral presentation activities, etc.), laboratory tours, scientific lectures and seminars.
  • Host laboratories provide all required site specific training.
  • Participants receive a stipend of $650 per week during the appointment.
  • Selected students are reimbursed for one round trip domestic travel to the host laboratory (if permanent address is more than 50 miles from the host laboratory). Transportation expenses will be reimbursed on the basis of the most direct route.
  • Housing information will be provided to interns prior to arrival at the host laboratory.

Applications for Fall 2024 are now open!
 
More details at: https://science.osti.gov/wdts/suli
 
Doctoral Student Publications
 
Jesus Cruz (Advisor Eric MacDonald)
Improved Productivity with Multilaser Rotary Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2022.0288

Master’s Student Publications
 
Alfonso Fernandez (Alumni, in collaboration with Ryan B. Wicker)
On the thermal emissive behavior of four common alloys processed via powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2024.104023
 
Mario Mata Corral (in collaboration with Wilson Poon)
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.103042

Undergraduate Student Publications
 
Damian Alvarez (in collaboration with Wilson Poon)
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.103042

Doctoral Alumni Publications (in Collaboration with UTEP Engineering Faculty)
 
Rodolfo Aguirre (Advisor David Zubia)
Exploring poly-crystallization in semiconductors through assumption-less growth simulations: CdTe/CdS case study
Journal of Applied Physics
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188765
 
Navid Attarzadeh (Advisor Chintalapalle V. Ramana)
One-Step Synthesis and Operando Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Characterization of Heterostructured MoP-Mo2N Electrocatalysts for Stable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14160

Research Staff Publications

Alexis Maurel
Solvent-free extrusion of a LiFePO4-based monofilament for three-dimensional printing of a lithium-ion battery positive electrode
Journal of Power Sources
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233973
 
Ambadi Lakshmi-Narayana
One-Step Synthesis and Operando Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Characterization of Heterostructured MoP-Mo2N Electrocatalysts for Stable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14160

Faculty Publications

Hector Erives-Contreras
Simulation of a Geosynchronous Satellite with DIRSIG™ and Observations from Two Falcon Telescopes
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40295-023-00419-2
 
Eric MacDonald
Improved Productivity with Multilaser Rotary Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2022.0288
 
Devesh Misra
Effect of retained austenite on impact-abrasion wear performance of high-strength wear-resistant steel prepared by dynamic partitioning process
Wear
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.205200
 
Simultaneous improvement of strength and toughness via two-stage aging for a secondary hardening steel
Materials Science and Engineering: A
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.146171
 
Achieving high strength and high ductility of dual-phase steel via alternating lamellar microstructure
Materials Science and Engineering: A
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.146072
 
Effect of La on the Corrosion Behavior and Mechanism of 3Ni Weathering Steel in a Simulated Marine Atmospheric Environment
Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-023-01624-6
 
Aryzbe Najera
Simulation of a Geosynchronous Satellite with DIRSIG™ and Observations from Two Falcon Telescopes
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40295-023-00419-2
 
Wilson Poon
Quantifying nanoparticle delivery: challenges, tools, and advances
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.103042
 
Chintalapalle V. Ramana
One-Step Synthesis and Operando Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Characterization of Heterostructured MoP-Mo2N Electrocatalysts for Stable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14160
 
Chemical-Composition Tuning-Enabled Optimization of Structure, Properties, and Performance of Lead-Free (1 - x)BaZr0.05Ti0.95O3-(x)Ba0.92Ca0.08TiO3 Electroceramics
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06914
 
Effect of Manganese-Doping on the chemical and optical properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles
Materials Science and Engineering: B
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2023.117134
 
Anabel Renteria
Optimal sensor placement for permanent magnet synchronous motor condition monitoring using a digital twin-assisted fault diagnosis approach
Reliability Engineering & Systems Safety
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2023.109714
 
Deepak Tosh
GaTeBaSep: game theory-based security protocol against ARP spoofing attacks in software-defined networks
International Journal of Information Security
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00749-0
 
Miguel Velez-Reyes
Simulation of a Geosynchronous Satellite with DIRSIG™ and Observations from Two Falcon Telescopes
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40295-023-00419-2
 
Ryan B. Wicker
On the thermal emissive behavior of four common alloys processed via powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2024.104023
 
David Zubia
Exploring poly-crystallization in semiconductors through assumption-less growth simulations: CdTe/CdS case study
Journal of Applied Physics
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188765
PI Name: Aggarwal, Palvi
CO-PI 1 Name: Kiekintveld, Christopher D
Proposal Title: PSYCCDEF: Psychologically Inspired Cognitive Cyber Defenses: Overall Budget
Award Amount: $1,656,355.00
Agency: Peraton Inc. (COMM)
 
PI Name: Choudhuri, Ahsan
CO-PI 1 Name: Quintana, Joel
CO-PI 2 Name: Luna, Sergio A
Proposal Title: SRG: Low-Cost Missile
Award Amount: $5,975,000.00
Agency: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NPO)
 
PI Name: Tandon, Vivek
Proposal Title: Identification of Critical Transportation Infrastructure to Enhance Resiliency During and After Hydrometeorological Event
Award Amount: $99,999.00
Agency: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (FED)

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