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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank the efforts of all R&D Center personnel that provided valuable
information contained in this Annual Report 2007-2008, but especially to Miguel A.
González, from the Receiving Office, and Marelix Marrero, from the Office of External
Resources (ORE), for their excellent work.
Yuri Rojas-Ramírez
Director
R&D Center, UPRM
October 31, 2008
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Table of Contents Introduction 5 Message from the Director 6 R&D Center Strategic Plan 7 R&D Center’s Main Clientele 11 R&D Center Personnel 12 Organizational Structure 13 Executive Summary 14
Comparison by Category 15
Proposal Submission Analysis 16 Proposals Database 29 Research and Development Center 30 College of Agricultural Sciences 30 College of Arts and Sciences 30 College of Engineering 35 External Funding Received 43 Projects Approved 54 Funds Obtained by Researchers 66
Administrative Resources 71 Office of External Resources (ORE) 72 Administration 73 Accounting and Finance 75 Budget Office 86
Purchasing Office 89
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Human Resources Office 93 Additional Compensations, Special Appointments and Other Personnel Actions College of Arts and Sciences 97 College of Engineering 99 Others 101
Receiving Office 103 Operations and Maintenance 105
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Introduction The Research and Development Center (R&DC) of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez was established September 12th 1986, by Certification 86-87-56 of the Council of Higher Education through the exemplary efforts of Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Candelario (Department of Chemical Engineering) and Dr. Juan G. González-Lagoa (Marine Sciences). The Center’s first official Director, Dr. Manuel Hernández-Avila (Marine Sciences) was appointed in Octo-ber 1994; he served until June 1999. Dr. Ramón E. Vásquez-Espinosa (Electrical and Com-puter Engineering) served from July 1999 until March 2000. Dr. Allen R. Lewis (Biology) was the third appointed Director and served from March 2000 through June 2001. Professor Lueny Morell (Chemical Engineering) directed the R&DC from July 2001 until August 2002. Dr. Fer-nando J. Bird-Picó (Biology), served until December 31, 2005. Dr. David Suleiman-Rosado (Chemical Engineering) was Director from January 1st, 2006 until August 10th, 2007. Our current—and seventh - Director is Professor Yuri Rojas-Ramírez (Mathematical Sciences), who was appointed on August 11, 2007. Dr. Marisol Vera (Chemistry) is Associate Director.
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Message from the Director Prof. Yuri Rojas One, two, three
t has been a little over a year since I became Director of the R&D Center—a long and productive year.
We reconstituted the Board of Directors and had two very fruitful meetings, with full participation of the members from the industry. I am very pleased to say that the Board approved a Strategic Plan for 2008-2016. The document is aligned with the University of Puerto Rico’s decalogue Diez para la Década, as well as with UPR-Mayagüez’s plan. It pursues the R&D Center’s operational excellence and is directly tied to its revised mission and vision statements, previously approved by the Board. Through this exercise, all of us who work at the R&DC commit to conduct our business with integrity, responsibility and a sense of urgency, for the benefit of our country and our institution. The Plan’s main objectives can be summarized in what we have called the “One, two, three” of the R&D Center: (1) Promote research and creative endeavors at UPRM, providing support and strategic direction, while fomenting collaboration with other sectors, (2) Manage efficiently its human, fiscal and infrastructure resources, and (3) Disseminate the body of research. Aligned with these three objectives, six strategies and twenty tactics have been identified (see pages 7-10). Examples of activities developed by the R&D Center under the Plan’s frame of action are: • the five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish and
institutionalize a Proposal Development Office at the R&D Center, • the Bio Sciences and Engineering Initiative (BioSEI), now in its second year • the expanded Research Administration Academy, • the publication of Mío CID / My R&D, our quarterly newsletter, and of the research
magazine Sin Límites, in both English and Spanish, and • offering the National Council of University Research Administrators—NCURA’s
Fundamentals of Sponsored Projects Administration workshop in Mayaguez. We are very proud of all these efforts and all the people who have worked to make them come true.
From left to right, R&D Center`s Legal Advisor, Griselle Hernández, Esq., Prof. Yuri Rojas and Dr. Marisol Vera
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UPRM R&D CENTER STRATEGIC PLAN 2008-2016
MISSION To promote, develop and facilitate creative endeavors, research and development at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM) that foster the technological, economic and social wellbeing of Puerto Rico, in collaboration with government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector.
VISION To become the entity responsible for establishing world recognition of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez as Puerto Rico’s leading institution for research and creative endeavors, and the greatest contributor to the socioeconomic development of Puerto Rico.
VALUES
Integrity, Responsibility and Commitment: To conduct our work with integrity, responsibility and sense of urgency, and with a strong commitment to the institution, the community and the environment.
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On the UPRM campus
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OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
OBJECTIVE 1: PROMOTE
Strategy 1: Promote basic and applied research and other research endeavors. Tactic 1.1: Provide adequate seed money funding for research in
thrust areas. Tactic 1.2: Establish a technology transfer office with emphasis in ca-
pacity building, demonstrative projects and commercialization . Tactic 1.3: Team up with other UPRM units to identify and engage in
initiatives relevant to Puerto Rico’s current and future technologi-cal needs and challenges, along with industry and gov-ernment.
Tactic 1.4: Strengthen the quality and quantity of research facilities.
Strategy 2: Provide strategic direction to UPRM’s research and development activities.
Tactic 2.1: Collaborate with other UPRM stakeholders and units to strategically plan the advancement of R&D through activities such as: identifying key research thrust areas, promoting research, evaluating and disseminating research outcomes. [UPR stakeholders and units include UPRM Colleges, Agricultural Experimental Station, Cooperative Extension Service, Intramural Practice Program and Office of Graduate Studies.]
Tactic 2.2: Promote the establishment of a research and graduate stud-ies deanship, or equivalent structure, to lead research activities on Campus.
Tactic 2.3: Benchmark to assess research needs, and postulate solutions.
Strategy 3: Collaborate with government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector to develop a scientific, technological and business ecosystem to serve the community with emphasis on Puerto Rico.
Tactic 3.1: Team up with other UPRM units, the private sector and government to identify and engage in initiatives relevant to Puerto Rico’s current and future technological needs and chal-lenges, along with industry and government
Tactic 3.2: Develop MoUs with research partners and strategic alliances with funding sources (GDB, investors)
Tactic 3.3: Open doors to external partners interested in high technology entrepreneurship initiatives
Tactic 3.4: Promote Puerto Rico as an R&D hub
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OBJECTIVE 2: MANAGE
Strategy 4: Manage efficiently the R&D Center resources (economic, human and infrastructure).
Tactic 4.1: Continuously improve R&DC activities to achieve opera-
tional excellence, applying Lean-Six-Sigma for process optimiza-tion.
Tactic 4.2: Establish policies and procedures for infrastructure alloca-tion based on UPRM R&D priorities, with the collaboration of the stakeholders.
Tactic 4.3: Develop a maintenance and conservation plan, which incor-porates environmentally sound initiatives.
Strategy 5: Procure the needed resources (economic, human and infrastructure)
for the deployment and execution of the strategic plan.
Tactic 5.1: Develop strategic alliances with funding sources Tactic 5.2: Recommend policies for resource deployment (human, in-
frastructure and equipment) to ensure successful research and de-velopment activities
Tactic 5.3: Develop and submit, to appropriate authorities, policy drafts on staffing, space, shared facilities and instrumentation
OBJECTIVE 3: DISSEMINATE
Strategy 6: Disseminate research and development results within and outside the
university. Tactic 6.1: Publish and maintain a R&D magazine, newsletter, web
page and blog Tactic 6.2: Establish and promote periodic R&D symposia for UPRM
faculty, researchers and graduate students, in partnership with world-wide researchers
Tactic 6.3 Disseminate and promote UPRM’s R&D capabilities
MANAGE
DI SSEMINATE
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R&D Center’s Main Clientele
• UPRM researchers and educators • UPRM administrators • UPRM graduate and undergraduate students • Researchers and personnel from Puerto Rico’s scientific, industrial and technological
community • Federal and local agencies and private entities that fund research and development • Employees of externally-funded projects
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Executive Summary 2007 - 2008 The most important facts of this year were the following:
• 245 proposals submitted and $93.0 million requested (16.7% and 39.2% increase respectively from the previous year) • $20.2 million received in external funds (17.5% decrease)
• $14.8 million received in federal funds (11.4% reduction) • $2.5 million received in local funds (40.5% reduction) • $1.3 million received in private funds (41.4% reduction)
• Four agencies account for over 86.3% of (non pass-through) federal funds received
— up from 85% last year:
• NOAA - $3.1 million (24.0% increase) • NSF - $3.0 million (29.9% reduction) • DoD - $1.6 million (21.6% reduction) • NIH - $1.4 million (14.5% reduction)
• NOAA replaced NSF as the greatest grant contributor to UPRM. • The Department of Education of Puerto Rico accounts for 62% of the local funds
received. • For the second straight year, the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering received more external funding than any other department in our campus ($3.4 million).
• The Department of Physics received more external funding than any other
department in the College of Arts and Sciences, and had the highest increase. • The top ten departments receiving external funding (including 6 from the College of
Arts & Sciences and 3 from the College of Engineering) accounted for 85.4% of the total external, institutional and other funding received—down from 92.3% last year.
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Comparison by Category
2006 - 2007
2007 - 2008
Category # Funds # Funds Change %
Change %
# $
External Funds
- $24,521,764.00 - $20,224,093.01 - -17.5%
Federal and Pass Through Funds
- $16,705,845.00 - $14,798,812.32 - -11.4%
Local Funds - $4,163,859.00 - $2,475,831.00 - -40.5%
Private Funds - $2,198,970.00 - $1,289,419.00 - -41.4%
Matching Funds (UPR)
14 $1,453,090.00 17 $1,660,030.69 +21.4% +14.2%
Indirect Costs Collected by UPRM
- $2,347,794.00 - $2,614,086.00 - +11.3%
Proposals Submitted
210 $66,789,523.84 245 $92,961,161.26 +16.7% +39.2%
Undergradu-ate Assistant-ships
264 $696,112.70 454 $963,229.99 +72.0% +38.4%
AMEX Use & Ex-penses
8,050 $1,866,437.38 7,701 $1,870,081.48 -4.3% +0.2%
Seed Money* Projects
18 $90,000 5 $223,250 -72.2% +148.0%
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Number of Proposals Submitted245
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Federal Agencies Where Proposals are Being Submitted
NSF (100)
NOAA (19)
NIH (10)
USDA (9)
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (4) DHS (4)
US Department of Education (4) DoE (3)
DoD (9)
NASA (7)
EPA (3) Department of Commerce (1) US Department of State (1)
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Private Companies Where Proposals are Being Submitted
ACS (4) Texas Instruments, Inc. (3)
AES Corporation (2) Hewlett Packard (2)
INDUNIV (2) Lockheed Martin Corporation (2)
American Mathematical Society (1) CDM (1)
CRA-W (1) Henry Dreyfus Foundation (1)
HFSP (1) Honeywell (1)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1) Johnson & Johnson Company (1)
McNeil Healthcare, LLC (1) MHIA (1)
National Writing Project (1) Nine Sigma (1)
PACE (1) Popular Insurance, Inc. (1)
Pratt & Whitney (1) Shaw Environmental, Inc. (1)
Syncro Pile, Inc. (1) Victoria del Mar, Inc. (1)
Local Agencies Where Proposals are Being Submitted
AAA (2)
Department of Family (1)
Department of Justice (1) Puerto Rico Highway Authority (1)
ADS (1)
Añasco Municipality (1) OPM (1)
PR DRNA (4)
Department of Education of PR (7)
Isabela Municipality (2)
PREAA (1)
Department of Justice (1) CES (1)
Institutional Programs Where Proposals are Being Submitted
UPRM CCRI (13)
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Number of Proposals Submitted by Faculty 2007 - 2008
Arts & Sciences 104
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Agricultural Sciences
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R&D Center (CID)
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Engineering 131
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Proposals Submitted by Faculty
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Funding Requested by Faculty 2007 - 2008
Engineering $56,678,160.10
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Arts & Sciences $32,290,254.16
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Agricultural Sciences
$1,632,897.00 2%
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EngineeringArts & SciencesAgricultural SciencesR&D Center (CID)
Average Funding Requested by Faculty 2007 - 2008
Average Funding Requested by Agency 2007 - 2008
College Average Funding Requested
Agricultural Sciences $326,579.40 Arts and Sciences $326,164.18
Business Administration $0.00 Engineering $435,985.85
R&D Center (CID) $589,962.50
Average Funding Requested per Proposal
Federal Government $498,866.28 Institutional $ 96,031.69
Private Companies $ 110,785.65 Local Government $115,517.08
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Dr. Rinaldi is the director of the recently funded NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Functional and Nanostructured Materials at UPRM. This program supports students who are US citizens or permanent residents in conducting supervised research for ten weeks at the UPRM. Further information and an application form can be found on the UPRM PREM website.
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Agricultural Science Professors submits most of their proposals through the Agricultural Extension and the Experimental Station.
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2007 - 2008 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND FUNDS REQUESTED
Department # Proposals Submitted
% Change from 2006-07 Funds Requested % Change from
2006-07 Biology 12 -20.00% $ 3,683,426.00 22.80%
Chemistry 22 46.67% $ 7,519,178.24 153.02%
English 1 0.00% $ 30,000.00 -87.81%
Geology 17 88.89% $ 3,220,855.00 188.60%
Humanities 1 N/A $ 2,873,188.00 N/A
Marine Sciences 29 31.82% $ 9,601,363.00 72.79%
Mathematics 10 233.33% $ 1,595,140.00 1.32%
Physics 3 -62.50% $ 925,774.00 -65.64%
Social Sciences 9 0.00% $ 2,841,329.92 161.94%
Total 104 26.83% $ 32,290,254.16 77.00%
2007 - 2008 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND FUNDS REQUESTED
Department # Proposals Submitted
% Change from 2006-07 Funds Requested % Change from
2006-07 Chemical Engineering 23 21.05% $ 6,148,800.00 -37.69%
Civil Engineering 28 7.69% $ 7,731,311.35 -48.32%
Electrical & Computer 35 2.94% $ 21,010,998.00 141.97%
Engineering Sciences & 19 58.33% $ 9,373,909.00 120.48%
Industrial Engineering 13 18.18% $ 9,314,185.75 319.34%
Mechanical Engineering 13 -18.75% $ 3,098,956.00 -12.14%
Total 131 11.02% $ 56,678,160.10 30.26%
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2007 - 2008 COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND FUNDS REQUESTED
Department # Proposals Submitted
% Change from 2006-07 Funds Requested % Change from
2006-07
Business Administration 0 N/A $0.00 N/A
2007 - 2008 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND FUNDS REQUESTED
Department # Proposals Submitted
% Change from 2006-07 Funds Requested % Change from
2006-07 Agricultural Education 0 -100.00% $ - -100.00%
Agricultural Engineering 1 0.00% $ 709,857.00 213.70%
Agronomy and Soils 2 100.00% $ 423,934.00 102.51%
Animal Industry 2 100.00% $ 499,106.00 104.28%
Food Science & Technology 0 N/A $ - N/A
Total 5 0.00% $ 1,632,897.00 -66.19%
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Top Five Departments with Highest Amount of Funding Requested During 2007-2008
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Department # Proposals Submitted Electrical & Computer Engineering 35 Marine Sciences 29 Civil Engineering 28 Chemical Engineering 23 Chemistry 22
Department Funding Requested Electrical & Computer Engineering $21,010,998.00 Marine Sciences $ 9,601,363.00 Engineering Sciences & Materials $ 9,373,909.00 Industrial Engineering $ 9,314,185.75 Civil Engineering $ 7,731,311.35
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2007 - 2008 Proposals Submitted by the College of Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Education Agricultural Engineering
Agronomy & Soils Animal Industry
Food Science & Technology
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$6,148,800.00$7,731,311.35
$21,010,998.00
$9,373,909.00 $9,314,185.75
$3,098,956.00
2007 - 2008 Funding Requested by Engineering Departments
Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering Sciences & Materials
Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering
$0.00$1,000,000.00$2,000,000.00$3,000,000.00$4,000,000.00$5,000,000.00$6,000,000.00$7,000,000.00$8,000,000.00$9,000,000.00
$10,000,000.00
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$3,683,426.00
$7,519,178.24
$30,000.00
$3,220,855.00$2,873,188.00
$9,601,363.00
$1,595,140.00
$925,774.00
$2,841,329.92
2007 - 2008 Funding Requested by Arts & Sciences Departments
Biology Chemistry EnglishGeology Humanities Marine SciencesMathematics Physics Social Sciences
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$0.00
$709,857.00
$423,934.00
$499,106.00
$0.00
$0.00
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$400,000.00
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$800,000.00
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2007 - 2008 Funding Requested by Agricultural Sciences Departments
Agricultural Education Agricultural EngineeringAgronomy & Soils Animal IndustryFood Science & Technology
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Research and Development Center (CID)
Office of the Director Vera Colón, Marisol Establishment and Institutionalization of a Proposal Development Unit at the University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez NIH $475,200.00 Sea Grant Chaparro Serrano, Ruperto Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship - Brandi Todd
NOAA $43,500.00 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship - Kamil Armaiz
NOAA $43,500.00 SEAMAP-C NOAA $240,483.00 Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program Institutional Plan 2008-2010
NOAA $2,036,000.00 Ojeda Serrano, Edgardo Selectividad Pesquera del Buche (Seno) en Chincho-rros de Playa con mallas de 1", 2" y 2.5", a lo largo de la costa Oeste de la Isla de Puerto Rico
PR DRNA $39,867.00
College of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Engineering Harmsen, Eric Impact of Climate Change on Caribbean Island Hydrol-ogy
NASA $709,857.00
Agronomy and Soils Schroder, Eduardo Providing Support for Technical Assistance, Training and Best Practice to Coffee, Banana and Cacao Farmers in the Dominican Republic
US Department of State $299,985.00 Wessel Beaver, Linda Enhancement of Drought Tolerance of Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) through a Collaborative Effort among Institutions from the U.S. Great Plains and the Caribbean
USDA $123,949.00 Animal Industry Ortiz, Guillermo Promoting Student Recruitment and Retention in the Animal Science Discipline by Enhancing Molecular Biology Scientific Instrumentation for Teaching
USDA $249,366.00 Rodríguez Carias, Abner Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources: An Integrated Research and Educational Approach in Sci-ence and Engineering
USDA $249,740.00
College of Arts And Sciences Biology Cafaro, Matías José Workshop on Trichomycete / Other Gut Fungi / Laboubeniomycetes NSF $20,020.00 REU Site: Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research (PRIMER): Undergraduate Experience
NSF $125,469.00 Carrero Martínez, Franklin A. RIG: Postsynaptic molecular assembly at the onset of neuromuscular synaptogenesis in vivo
NSF $174,844.00
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED (JULY 1, 2007 - JUNE 30, 2008)
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Chaparro Serrano, Mildred University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Planning Grant (IT-Start)
NSF $198,475.00 Diffoot Carlo, Nanette Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Howard Hughes $1,379,080.00 Franz, Nico Mario A New Infrastructure for Invertebrate Biodiversity Research in Puerto Rico NSF $318,292.00 Massol Deya, Arturo MO-Midwest Soil Microbial Observatory (MiSMO): Ecology of Anaerobic Processes that Affect Nutrient Turnover, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Agrochemical Fate NSF $112,035.00 MO - A Global Bioreactor Network Initiative - Temporal and Spatial Variability Within Ammonia-Oxidizing Microbial Communities NSF $106,291.00 Ríos, Luis A. The selection of a hydrogenotrophic methanogen from a natural environment by Syntrophus aciditrophicus during the syntrophic oxidation of benzoate NSF $174,977.00 Thaxton, Jarrod The potential for restoration to break the grass/fire cycle in dryland ecosystems in Hawaii USDA $12,800.00 Chemistry Castro Rosario, Miguel E. Basic and applied research for the detection of environmental TNT NSF $213,163.00 Real time imaging and spectroscopy studies of nucleation and nanoparticle growth in solution NSF $213,163.00 Basic and applied research for environmental TNT detection NSF $221,144.00
Functional nanostructure for real time heart malfunction detection NSF $397,164.00 Fundamental studies of high energy materials storage in hollow nanostructures ACS $150,000.00 Real time imaging and spectroscopy studies of nanostructure nucleation and growth in solution NSF $221,143.00 Functional Nanostructure for real time-heart miss function detection NIH $323,396.00 Cortés Figueroa, José E. RUI: Electronic Properties, Structures and Reactivities of Buckymetallocenes and (60) Fullerides- Functionalized Organometallic Catalysts NSF $331,397.00 Cruz Pol, Astrid J. AGEP- Central NY, Caribbean, Hopkins - AGEP Alliance NSF $374,415.00 De Jesús, Marco A. IMR: Acquisition of Confocal Raman Microscope for Research and Education Training of the Chemical and Photolytic Reactivity of Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites NSF $276,689.00 Hernández Rivera, Samuel P. Raman Telescope for Remote Spectroscopic Detection of Explosives and Other Threat Agents DHS $400,000.00 López Garriga, Juan Graduate and Undergraduate Students Enhancing Science and Technology in k-12 schools (II) NSF $88,140.00 Advance Education to Support Vocational Technical High School Degrees in Biotechnology and Chemical Technology NSF $620,768.00 Oxygen uptake in hemoglobin: Dynamics of cooperativity in real time HFSP $300,000
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López Quinones, Gustavo E. Solid-Phase Species of Iron and Nitrogen in Redox Stratified Peatlands NSF $72,418.00 Meléndez Martínez, Enrique Metallocene Anticancer Agents and their Interactions with Biomolecules NIH $1,215,103.00 Pastrana Ríos, Belinda An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards the Study of Proteins and Protein-Protein Interactions Henry Dreyfus - Foundation $60,000.00 Calcium Binding Human Centrosome Associated Proteins and their Complexes NIH $943,835.00 Román Velázquez, Felix R. Research Experiences to Foster Experimental Learning and to Enhance Education in Food, Soils and Environmental Sciences USDA $499,578.58 Romañach Suárez, Rodolfo Near Infrared Determination of Drug Concentration and Dissolution for Intact Tablets McNeil Healthcare, LLC $44,829.66 MRI: Acquisition of NIR Chemical Imaging Spectrometer to Study Novel Organic Composites NSF $290,795.00 English Pratt, Ellen E. Mayagüez Writing Project National Writing Project $30,000.00 Geology Cavosie, Aaron J. Preservation of impact evidence in the sedimentary record: Erosion of the Vredefort and Sudbury craters a guide to identifying Hadean impacts NSF $178,929.00 Chizmadia, Lysa J. Understanding Aqueous Alteration of Amorphous Silicate Smokes as a Mechanism to Deliver Water to the Early Earth NASA $331,313.00
Exploration of Aqueous Alteration in Primitive Meteorites NASA $30,000.00 Miller, Thomas Digital Scanning of Puerto Rico Geologic Paper Maps USGS $1,182.00 Santos Mercado, Hernán Science on Wheels: Enhancing Enviromental Literacy in Earth System Science for K-12 Schools NOAA $700,593.00 Schellekens, Johannes H. Collaborative Research: Island arc magmatic processes: When, where, and why do island arc batholiths form? NSF $215,509.00 Von Hillebrandt, Christa G. Operating, maintaining, analyzing data and reporting on seismic activity from the Portugués (PORP) and Cerrillos (CELP) seismic stations DOD $17,615.00 Upgrade PRSN to Provide Local and Regional Tsunami Warning Capabilities NOAA $310,000.00 Tsunami Evacuation Map for Lajas Municipality NOAA $24,964.00 National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, Puerto Rico NOAA $198,254.00 National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, Puerto Rico NOAA $433,895.00 National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, Puerto Rico NOAA $306,850.00 Installation and Maintenance of a Sea Level Gauge in the Dominican Republic NOAA $69,920.00 Wang, Guoquan Broadband Strong-Motion Recordings: Combining Colocated or Closely-Spaced Accelerometer and High- Rate GPS Data USDA $49,936.00
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Integrating High-Precision GPS Into the Geoscience Curriculum and Undergraduate Research of Puerto Rico NSF $334,345.00 REU Supplement to NSF-MRI Project Ear-0722540 NSF $17,550.00 Introducing GPS and its Applications in Earth Science to Students and Educators of Puerto Rico NASA $30,000.00 Humanities Collins, Dana L. Resource Center in General Education: Towards Student Success in General and STEM Education at UPRM U. S. Department of Education $2,873,188.00 Marine Sciences Aponte, Nilda E. Mapping Grouper Spawning Aggregation Sites with Passive Acoustic and Multibeam Sonar Technology (USF) Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $19,300.00 Appeldoorn, Richard S. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - Phase 3, Year 2 NOAA $350,000.00 Expanding and Upgrading the Dive Facilities of the Magueyes Island Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez NSF $330,570.00 Corredor García, Jorge E. The National Center for the Security and Resiliency of Maritime Commerce and Coastal Communities DHS $875,000.00 Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Calcification of the Caribbean Coral Reefs Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $31,164.00 Development of a Multi-Regional Storm Glider Integrated Operations Center NOAA $403,951.00 Collaborative Research-ETBC; Transcriptomics of Oceanic River Plumes-Linking Biogeochemistry to Gene Expression NSF $175,191.00
Morell, Julio M. Modeling Studies in Support of the Establishment of an Official Baseline Reference for the Delineation of the Maritime Zone of Puerto Rico PR DRNA $146,318.00 Support to the Caribbean Regional Association for Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing NOAA $1,199,348.00 Support to the Caribbean Regional Association for Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing NOAA $799,529.00 Implementation of the Caribbean Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System NOAA $2,561,766.00 Otero Morales, Ernesto A Molecular Microbial Diversity Approach: Linking Coral Reef, Water Quality and Microbial Communities in Caribbean Coastal Systems Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $138,583.00 The distribution and impact of pollutants derived from commercial products used for personal care and boating: Triclosan, triclocarban and Irgarol in rivers, estuarine and... Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $134,626.00 Schizas, Nikolaos V. Going, going, gone? Temporal changes of genetic diversity in scleractinian corals of Puerto Rico Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $119,944.00 Phylogenetic Relationships Within the Caribbean Shrimp Genus Lysmata Based on Multigene, Adult Morphology and Larval Development Patterns NSF $301,165.00 Schmidt, Wilford E. Lagrangian and Eulerian measurements of surfzone and nearshore currents in an Acropora palmata environment; Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, Rincón, Puerto Rico Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $153,496.00 Collaborative Research: MIP: Pressure Influences on Microbial Life in the Puerto Rico Trench NSF $119,740.00
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Sherman, Clark E. Character and Timing of a Reef Give-Up Event on the Southwest Puerto Rico Shelf Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $123,032.00 Cross-Shelf Sedimentation Patterns, Southwest Puerto Rico Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $81,580.00 Weil Machado, Ernesto F. Collaborative Research: Characterization Caribbean Yellow Band Disease: An Integrative investigation of coral ecology, microbial dynamics, and gene expression profiling NSF $151,337.00 Trophic dynamics, benthic community structure and coral disease severity NSF $158,341.00 The synergistic effects of temperature, light, and pathogen stress: Physiological response mechanisms in Scleractinian corals Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $17,189.00 Uncovering the Functional Role of Coral-Associated Microbial Communities Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $66,131.00 Microbiological and etiological responses in Montastraea faveolata infected with Caribbean yellow band disease (YBD) to rising ocean temperature and nutrient pollution Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $140,169.00 Collaborative Research - The Ecology of Coral CO- Infections under Climate Stress NSF $510,643.00 Winter, Amos Onshore geological constraints of rates of deformation of the Muertos Megathrust: Collaborative Research (M. Tuttle & Associates, William McCann, and University of Puerto Rico) USGS $11,374.00 Collaborative Research with William McCann and University of Puerto Rico: Unraveling the Recent History of Active Faults near the Puerto Rico South Insular Shelf USGS $26,726.00
Collaborative Research: The Caribbean as a plexus for tropical/extratropical connections: emerging evidence from speleothems and climate model simulations NSF $370,450.00 Yoshioka, Paul M. Fish Mesograzers: Ecological 'Gatekeepers' of Coral Reef Systems Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $84,700.00 Mathematical Sciences Acuña Fernández, Edgar Data Mining Tools for Improving Data Center Management HP $184,000.00 Cáceres Duque, Luis Fernando AFAMaC-Matemáticas PR Department of Education $500,000.00 Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ciencias de Excelencia PR Department of Education $24,956.00 Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ingles de Excelencia PR Department of Education $24,956.00 Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Ciencias Sociales de Excelencia PR Department of Education $24,956.00 Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Español de Excelencia PR Department of Education $24,864.00 PROTaSM Puerto Rico Opportunities for Talented Students in Mathematics American Mathematical Society $15,000.00 Escuela LMM de Yauco: maestros de Matemáticas de Excelencia PR Department of Education $24,864.00 McGee, Daniel Using Web Based Technology to Improve Performance and Retention in Remedial and Precalculus Courses U. S. Department of Education $274,837.00 Yong, Xuerong CAREER: Graph Matrices in Analyzing the Capacity of Two- Dimensional Constrained Codes NSF $571,483.00
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Physics Jiménez, Héctor NOAA-UPRM Educational Partnership NOAA 300,007.00 López Santiago, José R. Alianza para el Fortalecimiento del Aprendizaje en Matemáticas y Ciencias - Ciencias (AFAMaC - Cien cias) PR Department of Education $500,000.00 Lysenko, Sergiy Ultrafast optical dynamics in nanocomposite optoelec tronic structures based on VO2 NSF $125,767.00 Social Sciences Bonilla Mujica, Janet L. Bienestar psico-emocional de la Universidad de Puerto Rico: Hacia una política institucional CES $29,106.00 Brusi Gil De La Madrid, Rima PREPArate UPRM Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) partnership
U. S. Department of Education $1,800,961.00 Díaz Rodríguez, Walter Communicating Hurricane Information NSF $84,082.00 Seijo Maldonado, Luisa Rosario Proyecto Comunidades Verdes PR DRNA $64,893.98 Proyecto SIEMPRE VIVAS OPM $87,440.00 Proyecto SIEMPRE VIVAS Department of Justice $219,486.94 Protejamos y Eduquemos a Nuestros Niños y Niñas Hacia una Cultura de Paz PR Department of Family $50,000.00 Valdés Pizzini, Manuel Advancing a Caribbean Marine Ecosystem Research Plan (2008-2013) NOAA $366,862.00 Mapping Governance for Coral Reefs Conservation in Puerto
Rico: Strategies for the Improvement of Compliance and Enforcement Caribbean Coral Reef Institute - UPRM $138,498.00
College of Engineering Chemical Engineering Acevedo Rullán, Aldo Rheological Characterization and Modeling of Gelatin Formulations - Renewal INDUNIV $33,159.00 Material Characterization of Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC) Johnson & Johnson Company $10,000.00 Colucci Ríos, José A. Genomics Energy from Tropics Research and Educa tion Konsortium (GENETREK) NSF $200 Estévez, Luis Antonio Conversion of Wastewater Treatment Facilities Into Sustainable Sources of Biocrude for Producing Fuels EPA $202,580.00 Hernández, Arturo J. Engineering Research Center in Thin Ordered Porous Film Systems for Energy, Environment and Electronics (TOP Films) NSF $284,708.00 Hu, Bo Genetic Engineering Microalgae for Bio-Gasoline, Bio- Diesel, and Nutrient Production DOE $835,655.00 Production of Nisin from Cheese Whey by Mixed Cul- tures of Yeast and Metabolically Engineered Lactococ- cus lactis USDA $479,753.00
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Synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron embedded with chitosan alginate and their applications in environ mental remediation NSF $150,000.00 Production of Nisin from Cheese Whey by Mixed Cul- tures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Metabolically Engineered Lactococcus lactis NSF $299,073.00 Mandavilli, Satya N. Distillation Column Reactor NSF $198,474.00 Alternatives to Fossil Fuels Using Indigenous Agricul- tural Byproducts / Wastes as Biomass NSF $294,158.00 Alternatives for Fossil Fuels from indigenous Agricul- tural Byproducts/Wastes NSF $649,207.00 Martínez Iñesta, María M. Development of a Scattering Characterization Tech- nique to Study the Nucleation and Growth Mechanism of Supported Metals ACS $100,000.00 Rinaldi Ramos, Carlos M. NSF-ERC "Center for Nanoparticle based Ionic Mate- rials (NIMS) NSF $569,192.00 Bioengineered Functionally Organized and Responsive Materials (BioFORM) NSF $959,993.00 Sridhar, Lakshmi N. Colaborative Research: Biobutanol fermentation Proc- ess: Theory and Experiments NSF $197,358.00 Collaborative Research: theoretical and experimental analysis of the biobutanul fermentation process NSF $217,434.00 Ethanol fermentation process: theory and experiments ACS $134,000.00 Suleiman Rosado, David Phase Equilibria of Methane Hydrates in High-Pressure Microemulsions ACS $100,000.00 Highly Selective Cross-Linked Ionomers for Separat-
ing Acetic Acid/Water Solutions Nine Sigma $74,934.00 Torres Lugo, Madeline Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Magnetically Actu- ated siRNA Delivery NIH $427,120.00 Velázquez Figueroa, Carlos Modeling and Optical Control of Granulation Processes INDUNIV $32,000.00 Civil Engineering Aponte, Luis D. BRIGE: Broadening the knowledge through research in Wind Engineering at UPRM NSF $174,965.00 Deng, Yang Development of a Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron- Medicated Oxidation Process for Remediation of Sub- surface Organic Contaminants NSF $150,000.00 Godoy, Luis Multiscale Study of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers Subjected to Aggressive Environments NSF $392,484.00 Guevara, José O. Assessment of Blast Damaged Structural Bridge Components DOD $214,427.74 Hwang, Sangchul Remote Telemetry Monitoring of Surface Water Filtra- tion Systems in the Rio Piedras Community in San Germán, Puerto Rico EPA $24,959.40 Supplementary Work on Enhanced Biochemical Decomposition and Settlement of Landfills AES Puerto Rico $24,526.60 Open Pit Quarry Reclamation and Restoration with AGREMAX Reutilization AES Puerto Rico $75,759.70 Remote Telemetry Monitoring of Surface Water Filtra- tion Systems in the Rio Piedras Community in San Germán, Puerto Rico Shaw Environmental, Inc. $27,364.00
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López, Ricardo NEESR-SG: Seismic Evaluation of Existing Intake Towers and Spillway Piers NSF $307,999.00 NEESR-SG Innovative Strengthening Techniques for Tubular Concrete Structures NSF $188,310.00 Padilla Cesteros, Ingrid Dynamic Transport and Exposure Pathways of Phtha- lates and TCE in Karst Groundwater Systems NIH $2,113,550.00 Pagán Trinidad, Ismael HBCU/MI Proposal for 2008 Students Summer Re- search Internship Program Department of Commerce $352,599.31 Pando López, Miguel A. Individual PAESMEM Award NSF $10,000.00 NEESR-GC: Integrated Seismic Risk Assessment of Dams NSF $364,890.00 ERC - Center for Urban Subsurface Space Develop- ment and Infrastructure Preservation NSF $1,770,000.00 NEESR-SG: Topographic effects in strong ground mo- tion: from physical and numerical modeling to design NSF $338,042.00 Analyses and Interpretation of the TAMU-NGES Syn- chropile Load Tests and Software Development Syncro Pile, Inc. $17,395.00 Ramos Cabeza, Ricardo Modeling Tunnel Vulnerability Mitigation Systems DOD $63,000.00 Rivera Santos, Jorge Plan de Muestreo o Seguimiento de Concentraciones de Gases y Plan de Implantación de Sistema de Muestreo de Calidad de Aguas Subterraneas Isabela Municipality $16,159.00 FY 2008 State Water Resources Research Institute Program USGS $72,405.00 Evaluación Física, Química y Mineralógica de los Sue los en las inmediaciones del Manantial de Baños de
Coamo y Determinación de Flujo Promedio de las Aguas Termales Hotel Coamo Springs, Inc. $31,637.00 BMP Training and Demonstration Farm for the Reduc- tion of NPS of Pollution EPA $178,530.00 The Northeast States and Caribbean Islands Regional Water Program: Regions One & Two Regional Water Resources Project 2008-2012 USDA 304,399.00 Estudio Hidrogeológico para la Determinación del Gradiente Hidráulico en el Sistema de Relleno Sani- tario del Municipio de Añasco Añasco Municipality $11,229.00 Valdés Díaz, Didier M. Host Sites for the year 2008 Summer Transportation Institute (STI) PR ACT $50,469.00 Vélez Rodríguez, Linda L. Propuesta para el Proyecto Especial sobre análisis espacial de la finca Número 196 - sus predios A y B - ubicada en Puerta de Tierra en el Municipio de San Juan, PR Department of Justice $16,679.60 Wendichansky Bard, Daniel A. NEES II Development and Testing of a Protective Self Centering Bracing System Using Pneumatic Springs NSF $374,633.00 NEES II Innovative Details and Materials for Seismic Resistant Design of Steel Structures NSF $64,899.00
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Colom Ustariz, Jose G. MRI: Development of a Metereological Radar Network for Puerto Rico's West Coast NSF $1,924,184.00 Irizarry Rivera, Agustín Achievable Renewable Energy Targets for Puerto Rico's Renewable Energy Porfolio Standard PREAA $263,021.00 Jiménez Cedeño, Manuel A. L-DMOS Model Validation Circuits Texas Instruments, Inc. $51,072.00 Juan García, Eduardo J. Acoustical Guidance of Liquid-Filled Tubes and Cathe ters NIH $1,034,280.00 Acoustic Monitoring of Central Venous Catheters NIH $446,400.00 Lu, Kejie SOPHY: A New Paradigm for Improving Wireless Network Security on the Physical Layer NSF $245,294.00 Wireless Highway: A Framework towards Service- Oriented Wireless Edge Networks NSF $152,688.00 Manian, Vidya A Geometric Approach to Hyperspectral Texture Mod eling for Image Enhancement and Automatic Target Detection DOD $299,916.00 Advanced Processing and Pattern Recognition for Hyperspectral Images DOE $139,998.00 Advanced Skin Diagnostics and Assessment Lockheed Martin Corporation $100,000.00 CARRER: Spatial Modeling and Variational Methods for Non-Linear High Dimensional Image Processing NSF $406,099.00 Moura Dos Santos, Andre Luiz CT-ISG: Secure Human Interactions NSF $499,666.00
Orama Exclusa, Lionel R. Ocean Wave Energy to Grid Power Converter Victoria del Mar, Inc. $124,954.00 Ortiz Rivera, Eduardo I. CAREER: A Research and Education Program in Photovoltaic Systems and Renewable Energy for Dis tributed Generation at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez NSF $490,200.00 Research and Development of Models and Protocols for a Sustainable at Puerto Rico NSF $299,987.00 Upgrading the Electrical Engineering Curriculum Inte grating Hands On, Renewable Energy Lab Exercises NSF $180,031.00 Electrical Characterization and Optimal Power Elec tronics Topologies for Renewable Energy Applications NSF $249,916.00 Using Technology to Improve Mathematics and Sci ence Achievement NSF $4,999,795.00 Palomera García, Rogelio 2008 Continuation of the TI Analog, Digital, and Mixed-signal Electronics Program at the UPRM Texas Instruments, Inc. $118,015.00 BJT Model Validation Circuits and Scalable Models Texas Instruments, Inc. $63,925.00 Ramírez, Alberto Delving for a Richer Socio-Economical Analysis of the Electric Energy System NSF $341,964.00 Rivera Gallego, Wilson SMART: Scalable Methods for Adaptive Resource Management HP $74,765.00 CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: Cyber-Infrastructure for Collaborative Information Processing NSF $249,100.00 CSR-DMSS, SM: Scalable Methods for Adaptive Re source Management (SMART) NSF $448,662.00
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Rodríguez Rivera, Néstor J. The Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institu- tions (extension) NSF $205,038.00 Rodríguez Solís, Rafael A. Center for Ultra Cold Matter Engineering Systems (CUMES) NSF $2,034,382.00 Rodríguez, Domingo A. Simulation of Natural Systems Using the Integrated References Framework Concept NSF $178,258.00 CDI Type I: Signal Flow Characterization in Distrib- uted Systems for Novel Information Representation NSF $295,141.00 Collaborative Research CRI: IAD Project Ensayo: A Virtual EOC for Research, Training, and Discovery in Disaster Management NSF $199,321.00 Santiago, Nayda G. Evaluating the use of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) for Hyperspectral Image Processing CRA-W $9,500.00 Sepúlveda Alancastro, Nelson Development of Remotely Accessible Nano Manufac- turing Laboratory for Undergraduate Education NSF $21,906.00 Serrano, Guillermo J. BRIGE: Low-Power Analog/Mixed Signal Circuit De- sign for Implant Applications NSF $168,520.00 Vélez Reyes, Miguel ERC: Sustainable Urban Futures 2100 (SF 2100) NSF $3,500,000.00 A Proposal to Create a Center of Excellence for Mari- time, Remote Island, and Extreme Environment Secu- rity DHS $795,000.00 Center of Excellence in Awareness and Limitation of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) DHS $400,000.00
Engineering Sciences and Materials Li, Yang Magnetic, thermoelectric and magnetocaloric proper- ties in new rare-earth doped cage-like nanostructured clathrate materials DOD $450,612.00 Magnetism in 4f-encapsulated clathrate: New nanostructured magnetism materials NSF $288,714.00 CAREER: Integrated and Education in Magnetism and Thermoelectricity for Clathrate Materials with Mag- netic Nanostructured Arrays NSF $524,342.00 MRI: Acquisition of a cryogen-free physical property measurement system for research and education at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez NSF $376,700.00 Perales Pérez, Oscar Juan Evaluation of Waste Tire Crumb Rubber as Sorbent for Heavy Metal Ions from Water: A Puerto Rican Case- Study ADS - PR $149,992.00 The use of recycled crumb rubber for the removal of heavy metals, explosives and organic compounds DOD $602,474.00 Study on removal of heavy metals ions from the final discharge - Miradero facility CDM $12,282.00 Portela Gauthier, Genock Program for the improvement of students interest on basic physics and engineering concepts U. S. Department of Education $192,077.00 Ramírez Vick, Jaime E. Combination Growth of Oxide Nanoscaffolds for the Assessment of Osteoblast-Biomaterial Interactions NIH $377,090.00
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Silva Araya, Walter F. Hydrogynamic and Salinity Study for Boquerón Wild life Refuge PR DRNA $187,223.00 Estimation of Water Losses and Development of Unaccounted-for Water Methodologies for Puerto Rico AAA $222,000.00 Desarrollo de un modeo Hidráulico Operacional del Sistema de Distribución de Agua Potable para Cabo Rojo AAA $175,000.00 Singh, Surinder Functional Nanostructured Materials for Theranostics (therapeutics and diagnostics) NSF $149,999.00 Suárez, Oscar Marcelo CREST: Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical and E Energy Driven Systems and Applications NSF $4,999,996.00 Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Construc tion in Coastal Region NSF $84,571.00 Point Defects, thermodynamics, and mechanical prop erties of phases inA1-A1B2-based alloys NSF $106,134.00 Acquisition of Nanoindentation System for Research and Education on Materials at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez NSF $217,316.00 Establishment of a Surface Characterization Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez DOD $104,955.00 Uwakweh, Oswald N. C. Understanding the role that the electronic structure and scattering processes have on magnesium diboride high- field properties NSF $152,432.00 Industrial Engineering Carlo Colón, Héctor J. A System Dynamics Model for the K-12 Educational Systemto Quantify the Effects of Policies in the Num ber of Students Entering STEM Fields NSF $155,680.00
Comparative study of conveyors and vehicles material handling in semiconductor fabs MHIA $7,230.00 Cesaní Vázquez, Viviana Forecasting Budgets at Popular Insurance Inc. Popular Insurance, Inc. $22,580.00 Medina Borja, Alexandra N. Collaborative Proposal: A Systematic Approach to Leadership and Global Awareness in Engineering NSF $449,412.00 CAREER: Incorporating System Dynamics and Spatial Heterogeneity in an Integrated Performance Evaluation Framework for Social Services NSF $795,676.00 Pomales García, Cristina Anthropometry and Posture of Hispanic Primary School Children NIH $138,347.00 Ramírez Beltrán, Nazario Center for Applied Remote Sensing in Support of Soci ety NASA $5,000,000.00 Improvement of the Hydro-Estimator and NEXRAD over Puerto Rico NOAA $150,000.00 Estimation of Internal Rainfall, Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Variability Within a Remotely Sensed Pixel NASA $730,233.00 Project impacts of changes in cover and land use in tropical islands NASA $842,669.00 Impacts of future changes and related hurricane activity on energy supplies and demands in the Caribbean Ba- sin DOE $450,000.00 Resto Batalla, Pedro Design for Manufacturability Support to Honeywell DSES - Glendale Honeywell $72,402.75
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Rullán Toro, Agustín Can gaming provide enough context to improve know- ledge integration and retention in engineering fresh- men? Developing a computer game for industrial engi- neering NSF $499,956.00 Mechanical Engineering Cáceres Valencia, Pablo G. Acquisition of a Versatile High Resolution X-Ray Dif- fraction Equipment for Materials Research and Educa- tion NSF $352,428.00 MRSEC- Center for Rational Discovery and Design of Materials NSF $599,961.00 Transport Properties of Rapidly Solidified Layered and Misfit Compounds NSF $623,131.00 Goyal, Vijay K. Health Monitoring Using Physics of Failure Models for Gears and Bearings in EMA Lockheed Martin Corporation $49,989.00 Pace Instructional Computer Center PACE $15,000.00 Statistical Characterization of Reactive Material Microstructures DOD $26,000.00 Jia, Yi Micro Passive Wireless Sensors for Bearing Health Monitoring in Harsh Environment NSF $264,660.00 Leonardi, Stefano Goali: Understanding Pin Fin Flowfields to Promote H Heat Transfer NSF $240,508.00 CAREER: Flow and transport of particles in urban areas NSF $411,470.00 Collaborative Research: Topographic Control of Air plane Wake Vortices NSF $105,272.00 V-shaped Ribs-Turbulated cooling Pratt & Whitney $131,378.00
Ruiz, Orlando On the Exploration of Very High Flux through Fluid Control using Drop on Demand NSF $114,262.00 Sundaram, Paul A. Development and Implementation of a Certificate Pro- gram in Nuclear Engineering U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission $164,897
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$4,286,452.32
External Funding Obtained by Source 2007-2008
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$7,049,637
$2,472,072
$2,782,503
$4,512,181
$4,795,035
$4,990,505
$4,163,859
$2,475,831
$10,750,017
$11,197,288
$13,037,133
$15,234,427
$15,249,131
$15,932,046
$16,705,845
$14,798,812
$2,873,418.16
$3,231,071.92
$2,574,754.69
$4,065,468.86
$4,011,762.52
$3,235,616.68
$2,198,970.00
$1,289,419.00
$3,205,295
$2,167,976
$2,907,669
$4,721,795
$2,158,648
$1,970,849
$1,453,090
$1,660,031
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$‐
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$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
1,420,770.001,413,078.00
802,293.00
2,350,857.69
649,684.30
2,668,373.00
1,311,561.00
98,516.00
155,625.36270,000.00
2007 ‐ 2008 Funding Obtained by Arts & Sciences Departments
Biology Chemistry Geology Marine Sci Math Sci
Physics Sea Grant Social Sci Ind Biotech English
$-
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
$3,500,000
$1,409,721
$2,105,960
$3,150,710
$473,298
$105,985
$618,072
2007 - 2008 Funding Obtained by Engineering Departments
Chemical Civil
Electrical & Computer Science & Materials
Industrial Mechanical
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$-
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
$18,000
$17,549
$5,000
$12,100
2007-2008 Funding Obtained by Agricultural Sciences Departments
Crop Protection Agronomy & Soils Food Sci & Tech
Top Ten Departments that Obtained External Funding 2007-08
Includes Funding Obtained through R&D Center only. The College of Agricultural Sciences also receives external funding through the Experiment Station and the Extension Service.
Rank Department or Program (*)
Last Year’s Rank
Amount Change (%)
1 Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 $3,395,722.32 -10.9
2 Physics 8 2,668,373.00 +51.7
3 Marine Sciences 7 2,370,857.69 +17.6 4 Civil Engineering 3 2,184,842.25 -16.8
5 Biology 6 1,474,116.00 -30.8
6 Chemistry 4 1,415,078.32 -45.2
7 Chemical Engineering 5 1,409,720.50 -42.1
8 Sea Grant (*) 9 1,311,561.00 -4.3
9 Geology Not Ranked 802,293.00 N/A
10 Mathematical Sciences 2 649,684.30 -76.2
TOTAL (85.4% of total external funds received)
$17,682,248.38 -21.9
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62
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Principal Investigator Funds
Acevedo, Aldo $ 145,000.00
Acosta, Felipe $ 96,261.00
Acuña, Edgar $ 83,056.00
Appeldoorn, Richard $ 689,794.00
Armstrong, Roy $ 841,611.00
Asencio, Eugenio $ 7,800.00
Bogere, Moses $ 200,000.00
Breckon, Gary $ 25,000.00
Buxeda, Rosa $ 155,625.36
Cáceres, Luis $ 557,500.00
Cafaro, Matías J. $ 47,470.00
Carrero, Franklin $ 119,950.00
Castro, Miguel $ 30,000.00
Cedeño, Jose R. $ 3,000.00
Cesaní Viviana $ 22,580.00
Chaparro, Mildred $ 618,629.00
Chaparro, Ruperto $ 1,489,583.00
Colucci, Benjamín $ 716,173.84
Colucci, José $ 61,050.00
Corredor, Jorge $ 27,192.00
Couvertier, Isidoro $ 19,500.00
Cruz Pol, Sandra $ 555,209.90
Díaz, Rubén $ 58,550.00
Díaz, Walter $ 49,930.00
Ducoudray, Gladys $ 40,000.00
Estévez, Antonio $ 100,000.00
Fernández, Félix $ 259,798.00
Ferrer, Mercedes $ 5,000.00
Figueroa, Alberto $ 78,154.00
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Principal Investigator Funds
Franz, Nico M. $ 153,793.00
Gallardo, Fernando $ 17,549.00
Hernández, Arturo J. $ 6,700.00
Hernández, Samuel $ 451,603.00
Hernández, William $ 1,000.00
Hwang, Sangchul $ 151,217.45
Irizarry, Agustín $ 263,021.00
Jia, Yi $ 79,603.00
Jiménez, Manuel $ 54,172.00
Just, Frederick $ 230,093.00
Leonardi, Stefano $ 65,689.00
López Garriga, Juan $ 692,729.00
López, Angel $ 463,094.90
López, Gustavo $ 151,130.00
López, José R. $ 550,000.00
López, Ricardo $ 44,127.00
Lu, Kejie $ 149,999.00
Martínez Iñesta, María M. $ 25,150.00
Mazak, Catherine $ 240,000.00
Meléndez, Enrique $ 176,182.00
Mercado, Aurelio $ 253,742.69
Miller, Thomas $ 1,182.00
Morell, Julio $ 399,699.00
Nadathur, Govind $ 68,296.00
Negrón, Edna $ 12,100.00
Olivencia, Rafael A. $ 38,000.00
O'Neill, Efraín $ 4,436.00
Orama, Lionel $ 6,000.00
Orengo, Moisés $ 1,544,302.00
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Principal Investigator Funds
Padilla, Ingrid $ 196,081.00
Padovani, Agnes $ 50,000.00
Pagán Trinidad, Ismael $ 364,005.36
Palomera, Rogelio $ 103,095.00
Pando, Miguel $ 17,395.00
Pastrana, Belinda $ 201,237.00
Perales, Oscar $ 8,000.00
Perdomo, José $ 49,847.00
Pomales, Cristina $ 5,000.00
Portela, Genock $ 202,354.00
Pratt, Ellen E. $ 30,000.00
Ramírez Vick, Jaime $ 29,995.00
Ramos, Ricardo $ 37,144.00
Resto, Pedro $ 72,405.00
Rinaldi, Carlos $ 163,057.00
Ríos, Carlos $ 275,000.00 Rivera Santos, Jorge $ 301,406.00
Rodríguez, Domingo $ 406,570.00
Rodríguez, Néstor J. $ 497,031.00
Romañach, Rodolfo $ 36,800.32
Santiago, Nayda G. $ 50,297.45
Seguel, Jaime $ 52,757.00
Seijo, Luisa $ 48,386.00
Sepúlveda, Nelson $ 554,909.00
Serrano, David $ 9,632.00
Siritunga, Dimuth $ 283,402.00
Suárez, Oscar M. $ 239,431.00
Suleiman, David $ 53,326.00
Sundaram, Paul $ 172,005.00
Thaxton, Jarrod $ 12,800.00
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Principal Investigator Funds
Torres, Madeline $ 164,610.00
Torres, Rosie $ 61,323.00
Uwakweh, Oswald $ 23,513.00
Valdés Pizzini, Manuel $ 25,478.00
Valdés, Didier $ 55,469.00
Valentín, Ricky $ 50,000.00
Vásquez, Ramón $ 260,000.00
Velázquez, Carlos $ 697,312.55
Vélez, Bienvenido $ 10,000.00
Vélez, Linda $ 16,679.60
Vélez,Miguel $ 1,056,094.87
Von Hillebrandt, Christa G. $ 621,105.00
Wang, Guoquan $ 167,206.00
Winter, Amos $ 69,523.00
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External Resources Office he External Resources Office (ORE, in Spanish) is responsible for reviewing, endorsing and submitting proposals to
external sponsors. It also insures compliance with agency requirements as well as institutional policies. Our main goals are to increase the quantity and quality of projects receiving external funding. Additional goals are dissemination of available funding opportunities and to encourage faculty participation in seeking research funds. Workshops were scheduled for the 2008 Fall semester addressing proposal and budget preparation and electronic submissions. We also sponsored a panel of successful researchers, kind enough to share their time and experiences with peers. This has been a joint effort with the Center for Professional Enhancement.
From left to right, Mrs. Evelyn Albino, Miss Marelix Marrero and Mrs. Yomaira Maldonado.
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Administration he Administration office coordinates, distributes, and supervises all work performed by the following offices:
Accounting and Finances, Human Resources, Budgeting, Purchasing, Information Systems, Receiving and Dispatch, and Technical Services and Maintenance. The Administration office also provides support to all the programs and affiliated research institutes of the Research and Development Center. Currently, the Center has 47 employees; 35 employees are paid from institutional funds, and 12 are appointments paid from indirect costs. During FY 2008, the Research and Development Center operated with $1,765,820.00 which was used for administration and operating expenses. In addition, we received $958,792.08 from indirect costs, which was used for salaries and fringe benefits, seed money and matching funds. Information Systems The Information Systems Office gives support to the R. & D. Center’s computerized Systems infrastructure. This support is extended to its Research Projects, both in and out of the Center’s facilities. The Office provides support to users, maintains and repairs computers and its peripherals and maintains the wired and wireless networks’ hardware. New Director’s and External Resources offices: Equipment and cabling was purchased and installed in order to integrate the new Director’s and External Resources offices to the Center’s ethernet network. Cabling was also installed to allow for telephone to be connected through the Ethernet network. Office Automation: The Office continued to create and maintain the R&D Center’s Administrative Databases. Improved or upgraded Databases:
• Human Resources – Licencias.mdb and PAPPs XP.mdb • Operations and Maintenance – Inventario Supplies XP.mdb • Budget – Presupuestos FY 2006.mdb • R&D Center – Pre-Award & PostAward - CIDDB.mdb • Purchasing – Purchase Order Registry - Compras XP.mdb
From left to right, Mrs. Janice Acevedo, Mrs. Madeline Méndez and Mrs. Ruth Montalvo.
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Database Created:
• Accounting – Viajes.mdb, Comprobantes.mdb, Remesas.mdb
From left to right, Mr. Carlos Cardona and Omar Ruiz.
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Accounting and Finance he Accounting and Finance department has the following objectives:
• Submit financial reports, upon request, with specific information that provides a current picture of our institution’s fiscal condition and the projects being developed.
• Assist UPRM professors with the
administrative procedures relevant to the development of their projects.
The Duties of the Accounting and Finance Office
• Regulate the proper use of external and institutional funds.
• Implement and supervise institutional, federal, state and other policies and procedures. • Advise the Director and Administration on the policies and procedures for using
external and institutional resources. • Advise and guide professors, researchers, students and university officials on policies
and procedures for effectively administering external and institutional funds. • Serve as liaison among the various units of the UPR system, federal agencies, offices
of the Government of Puerto Rico, private industries, foundations, public corporations and others.
• Analyze funding allocations for statistical purposes. • Effectively allocate in the appropriate codes of the UPR Financial Resource System
(FRS) all expenses from external and institutional funds. • Bill the various units of the UPR system, federal and state agencies, public
corporations, foundations, private corporations and others. • Keep a roster of projects and accounts per college, department, researcher, and agency
(information to be used for statistical purposes). • Prepare financial reports for external and internal users. • Prepare statistical annual reports for the Director, the Planning and Development
Office and other federal and state agencies.
From left to right, Miss. Mayra Borrero, Miss. Griselle Rodríguez, Mr. Ricardo Vargas, Mr. Emilio Figueroa, Mrs. Janellis Valle, Mrs. Maria Castillo, Mrs. Geneida González and Mr. José Torres.
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• Supply auditors with requested information for external and/or internal auditing.
We would like to point out that all funds (external and institutional) that were administered at the R&D Center, and that came from the Resource Center for Science and Engineering of Central Administration, are included in the tables and graphs presented in this report.
Needs
• Update our computers with new programs that allow us to prepare reports efficiently • A data entry to register the payment vouchers directly form the Center's accounting
office.
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In this fiscal year, 454 students received undergraduate assistantships for a total amount of $963,229.99. The Industrial Biotechnology Program awarded 40 undergraduate assistantships for a total amount of $179,445.70, the program or department that awarded the highest number of assistantships, followed by Chemical Engineering with 56, for a total amount of $156,064.68.
2007-2008 DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS BY DEPARTMENT
Department Num. of Students Amount
Business Administration 11 $ 24,731.93 Agronomy 12 10,548.50 Biology 39 154,863.00 Biotechnology 40 179,445.70 Political Science 2 5,280.00 Applied Science 2 1,288.00 Social Sciences 11 22,922.00 Physics 12 35,715.00 Geology 9 4,840.00 Humanities 2 1,400.00 Computer Engineering 48 64,194.92 Civil Engineering 67 89,375.66 Electrical Engineering 62 64,268.55 Electrical & Comp. Eng. 8 9,921.75 Industrial Engineering 6 9,772.00 Mechanical Engineering 34 44,325.00 Animal Sciences 8 6,519.00 Chemical Engineering 56 156,064.68 Matematical Sciences 8 8,882.00 Industrial Microbiology 1 6,000.00 Chemistry 16 62,872.30
TOTAL 454 $963,229.99
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Funds for Indirect Costs Collected by Fiscal Year The UPR-Mayagüez Campus generated $2,614,086.00 in indirect costs from approved proposals. Indirect costs are those costs associated with the administrative services and facilities provided by the Institution to facilitate research; they are initially received at the Central Administration of UPR. UPRM receives 75% of the indirect costs it generates, 25% stays in UPR Central Administration. The Central Administration portion goes to cover 75% of the matching funds requested.
$2,213,471.00 $2,283,664.00 $2,218,802.00 $2,347,794.00
$2,614,086.00
$‐
$500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00
03‐04 04‐05 05‐06 06 ‐07 07‐08
F&A (Indirect) Costs Collected by Fiscal Year
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Money for Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs Collected by Source In FY 07-08, the highest percentage (61.19%) of money for F&A (Facilities & Administrative Costs (also known as Indirect costs) was generated from the federal government. The private sector contributed with 29.78% and the local Government with 9.03%.
F&A (Indirect) Costs Distribution The allocation formula for distributing F&A (Indirect) costs provides the Research and Development Center with a sliding scale that in FY 2007-08 enabled it to distribute $98,028.23 to various departments of UPRM, $98,028.23 to UPRM colleges, and $196,056.45 to UPRM researchers.
F&A COSTS DISTRIBUTION FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008
DOLLAR AMOUNT R&D Center (41.25%) $ 1,078,310.48 Researchers ( 7.50%) $ 196,056.45 Colleges ( 3.75%) $ 98,028.23 Departments ( 3.75%) $ 98,028.23 UPRM Special Fund (18.75%) $ 490,141.13
UPR Central Admin. (25.00%) $ 653,521.50
Federal$1,599,613.00
61.2%
Local Government$236,069.00
9.0%
Private$778,404.00
29.8%
F&A (Indirect) Costs Collected by SourceFiscal Year 2007-2008
Federal
Local Government
Private
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VOUCHERS REPORT - ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT The following report details paid vouchers through fiscal year 2008. Vouchers are divided by concept with the corresponding amount.
CONCEPT ABRV. AMOUNT
American Express AM 14
Advanced Payments AP 607
Assistantships AS 25
Contracts C 292
Direct Payments DP 1,273
Purchase Orders PO 1,198
Reimbursements RE 355
Stipends S 26
Travel Advances TA 656
Travel Liquidations TL 980
Wire Transfers WT 16
TOTAL 5,442
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MONTH MATERIALS TRAVEL MINOR EQUIP-MENT PAID TOTAL EX-
PENSES #
JULY-07 $100112.92 $50405.90 $14755.29 $165274.11 $176372.03 701
AUGUST-07 67718.53 41340.08 19675.55 128734.16 137633.69 593
SEPTEMBER-07 70732.65 125790.17 18972.07 215494.89 240892.82 715
OCTOBER-07 94034.00 38853.55 16317.12 149204.67 164416.56 686
NOVEMBER-07 118640.58 42574.00 16641.30 177855.88 159074.55 692
DECEMBER-07 55882.76 28657.51 14389.17 98929.44 111386.46 515
JANUARY-08 45063.05 19611.55 16707.40 81382.00 73357.74 321
FEBRUARY-08 98680.65 39557.62 23080.27 161318.54 169241.92 684
MARCH-08 81841.08 50295.40 19400.15 151536.63 157649.81 699
APRIL-08 83123.96 37780.83 18578.53 139483.32 142240.91 784
MAY-08 82425.41 47119.75 20979.55 150524.71 157538.73 636
JUNE-08 66351.50 79154.48 18357.54 163863.52 180276.26 675
TOTAL $961,666.39 $601,140.94 $218,154.18 $1,783,601.87 $1,870,081.48 7701
AMERICAN EXPRESS CORPORATE CARD BY CATEGORY
FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008
A total of 203 researchers are currently using the R&D Center’s AMEX card service. It is important to point out that the AMEX card has been used 7,701 times, for a total expense of $1,870,081.48, a 5% increase over last year. The number of researchers using the card is continuing to increase.
Below is the distribution of AMEX usage per month and category. Note that overall, most of AMEX expenditures (0.54%) are related to purchases of materials and supplies. Travel is the second most common expenditure with 0.34% of the total expenses, followed by minor equip-ment (0.12%).
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Credit Card At the end of April of 1996, UPR President and UPRM Chancellor authorized the implementation of the American Express (AMEX) corporate credit card at the R&DC. Its use was solely for faculty researchers. Procedures and controls were developed for the use, administration and payment of the card.
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$1,742,424.00 $1,796,413.25 $1,866,437.38 $1,870,081.48
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AGENCY AMOUNT
DoD-ARMY $1,268,774.93
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 84,809.23
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 89,132.14 NOAA 303,366.87
USDA 65,587.11
USDOI 20,554.27
TOTAL $1,832,224.55
AMOUNTS BILLED BY MAIL TO FEDERAL AGENCIES FY 2007-2008
AGENCY AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
67,595.05
DoD-ARMY
132,692.70
DoD-NAVY
5,798,601.96
NASA GODDARD
1,003,219.16
NIH
875,215.94
NOAA
3,014,798.98
NSF
2,060,671.01
USDA
171,233.27
USDoE
351,329.45
USEPA
10,605.07
USGS
105,590.79 TOTAL $13,591,553.38
AMOUNTS BILLED ELECTRONICALLY TO FEDERAL AGENCIES FY 2007-2008
TOTAL BILLED TO FEDERAL AGENCIES $15,423,777.93
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AGENCY DOLLAR AMOUNT AES 56,311.85 BOSTON APPLIED 79,603.00 CARNEGIE MELLON 95,697.24 CDM CARIBBEAN 3,151.12 COLEGIO SAN IGNACIO 44,624.70 CPES 281,180.41 FERMILAB 4,700.00 FUNDACIÓN COMUNITARIA DE PR 35,234.50 GEOPHYSICAL 20,617.00 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 499,330.75 JOHNS HOPKINS 67,516.20 LOCKHEED MARTIN 150,000.00 MACULAY BROWN 57,588.63 MANDAREE 29,171.17 MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD 4,200.00 NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB. 87,611.92 HONEYWELL 21,585.24 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 798,777.14 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 81,709.70 PRATT & WHITNEY 41,413.11 QUEENSLAND 35,000.00 RENSSELAER LAB. 750.00 ROBERTO WOOD MEDICAL SCHOOL 36,110.00 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 643,243.75 SER - NATIONAL PARK 11,085.34 SHAW ENVIRONMENTAL 11,848.24 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL UNIV. 2,598.15 TAMU 36,943.27 THE SHAW GROUP 2,950.70 UMASS 620,809.76
UNIVERSITY AND TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE 5,600.00
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 7,002.41 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 43,618.49 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 46,657.60
INVOICES SENT TO PRIVATE AGENCIES FY 2007-2008
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AGENCY TOTAL BILLED UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA $ 6,443.50
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 9,121.60
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 4,658.03 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 7,485.65
VIRGINIA TECH 213,801.75
VIRGINIA TECH 21,848.49 WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 9,224.00 WYETH PHARMACEUTICAL 5,000.00
TOTAL $4,241,824.41
AGENCY AMOUNT
ESTATAL ACAA 7,191.36 AEE 14,661.47 AUTORIDAD DE CARRETERAS 695,909.34 COMPAÑÍA DE TURISMO 2,976.00 COMISIÓN DE SEGURIDAD EN EL TRÁNSITO 86,567.93 CT 13,984.05 DEPARTAMENTO DE EDUCACIÓN 2,020,805.73 DEPARTAMENTO DE LA FAMILIA 37,447.01 DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES 35,062.78 EAA 23,351.40 FEMA 290,034.95 JUNTA DE CALIDAD AMBIENTAL 5,567.00 MUNICIPIO DE CAGUAS 60.68 OFICINA DE LA PROCURADORA DE LA MUJER 32,217.79 OFICINA DEL COMISIONADO DE SEGUROS 209,529.87 PRIDCO 131,574.48 TOTAL $3,606,941.84
AMOUNTS BILLED TO STATE AGENCIES - FY 2007-2008
AMOUNTS BILLED TO PRIVATE AGENCIES—FY 2007-2008
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Budget Office he principal mission of the Budget Office of the R&D Center is to offer excellent service to professors, students, campus officers and fellow
workers in a fast, precise and reliable manner. This office has direct contact with several campus offices, such as Pre-Auditing, Accounting, Budget, Payroll, Accounts Payable, and the Chancellor’s Office. This contact is necessary due to the nature of the work performed in the R&D Center’s Budget Office, which revolves around the administration, development and execution of budgets that are assigned to various research projects and that must follow federal, state and institutional guidelines. Fundamental Duties of the R &D Center Budget Office
• Intervention between contracting agencies and UPRM in order to match the budget with the distribution, dates, personnel, etc. in accordance with the contract objectives
• Creation of Accounts
• Control and administration of budgetary assignments pertaining to research projects.
• Budgetary distribution and redistribution of external and matching funds.
• Evaluation and registration of fund transfers.
• Periodic analysis of salary expense codes (1000) and fringe benefit codes (2000)
managed by the office.
• Evaluation and registration of Financial System (FRS) liabilities pertaining to Personal Action Proposals, Wages to Workers, Wages to Students, and Fringe Benefits.
• Assignment of position numbers to employees and students working under external
funds.
• Creation of positions for regular employees, special appointments, compensations, workers’ wages, student wages, and salary differentials in the Human Resources System (HRS).
From left to right, Mrs. Brunilda Negrón, Mr. Edwin Vélez and Mrs. Wanda González.
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STUDENT WAGES COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department Number of Students Amount
Biology 34 $22,257.06
Marine Sciences 19 $44,409.25
Social Science 9 $3,997.50
Physics 16 $4,139.60
Geology 16 $29,426.83
English 3 $2,050.00
Sea Grant 31 $33,749.88
TOTALS 142 $158,747.58
Mathematical Sciences 8 $7,086.00
Chemistry 6 $11,631.88
• Performance of annual rollover of personnel positions for the following fiscal year.
• Periodic mailings to investigators, professors, secretaries and administrators about negotiated changes occurring in and/or affecting fringe benefits.
• Auditing of student/workers’ attendance sheets pertaining to research accounts.
• Certification of funds for overtime payments.
• Maintenance of research accounts database for closing purposes.
• Maintenance and control of salary and benefits balances on Excel (FRS does not
allocate fringe benefits).
• Updating of Access accounts database for R & D Center reports. • Analysis of payroll by employee, in order to prepare Quarterly Unemployment
Reports for the Puerto Rico Labor and Human Resources Department.
• Preparation of the annual report for the Workers Compensation Administration and the corresponding adjustment entries for external fund employees
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department Number of Students Amount
Civil 30 $44,498.95
Electrical & Computer 57 $54,963.12
Industrial 8 $29,118.50
Materials 7 $9,578.80
Chemistry 8 27,187.61
TOTAL 94 $207,146.98
Mechanical 14 $41,800.00
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Department Number of Students Amount
Food Science & Technology 2 $1,157.50
TOTAL 4 $2,699.50
OTHER OFFICES
Department Num. of Students Amount
CoHemis 5 $3,848.10
Medical Services 8 $3,228.38
Research and Development Center 7 $7,339.21
TOTAL 20 $14,415.69
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Purchasing Office he Purchasing Office conducts all transactions related to orders placed through R&D administered accounts.
Purchasing Office staff members help and instruct investigators regarding the procedures and requirements of the office. The Purchasing Office Supervisor supervises the office. She also serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Office. In addition, the office has two Purchasing Agents and one Administrative Assistant II, who serves as the office secretary. The mission of the Purchasing Office is to submit all purchase orders requested by investigators. It is essential that the Purchasing Office follow up on those orders and see that they are received in a timely fashion, as established in each purchase order. At the close of this fiscal year, the Purchasing Office had been issued a total of 1221 orders, representing an investment of $4,961,125.58. This was a slight increase of 10 purchase orders over the number of orders placed last year. Of the total investment, laboratory equipment was the highest investment category ($2,431,891.06). A total of 117 purchase orders were paid using the AMEX Corporate Card. Of the total funding invested using the AMEX card, 63% ($122,229.74) was to buy airfare. From this amount $14,630.26 corresponds to student airfare. This was followed by professor’s airfare with 7% ($12,375.13) of the total amount invested. Achievements During FY 2008, the Purchasing Office achieved the following: Kept a register of all the orders submitted, discounts negotiated, and savings achieved. During this fiscal year, the office was able to save $248,345.65 to UPRM researchers. Continued using the Microsoft Access database, which has helped in the prompt preparation of reports and in the automatic assignment of purchase order numbers, saving a great deal of time.
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Continued using the AMEX card. The card is used to purchase materials and equip-ment that cost less than $1,000. In this eighth year of using the AMEX card, 117 or-ders were made, for a total investment of $195,713.60. Using the credit card allowed merchandise to be received sooner than it otherwise would be, and purchases to be made from sources that do not accept purchase or-ders. Kept a detailed register, by expense and geographic area, of all the orders placed with the AMEX card. Used email to communicate with both researchers and suppliers, which helped greatly in the purchasing process. The office was able to receive quotes and specific
Purchase Orders
During this fiscal year, a total of 1331 requisitions were registered on FRS by R&D Center personnel. The number of purchase orders requisitioned varies considerably from month to month. The average number of purchase orders for fiscal year 07-08 was 102 orders per month. The following table shows the monthly investment in purchase orders. The month with the most investment dollars in requisitions was October, with $960,780.82.
MONTH NUMBER OF ORDERS
INVESTMENT
July 12 $11,524.68 August 108 $515,049.38 September 92 $248,942.76 October 140 $571,836.07 November 78 $565,793.78 December 101 $505,611.90 January 83 $117,623.27 February 128 $730,931.24 March 101 $341,935.85 April 117 $224,476.77 May 120 $517,369.02 June 141 $610,030.86 TOTAL 1221 $4,961,125.58
MONTHLY INVESTMENT IN PURCHASE ORDERS 2007-2008
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Monthly Investment in Purchase Orders The following graph shows the same information that appeared in the previous one. For convenience, the graph below shows the number of purchase orders processed by month, along with the corresponding investment in dollars.
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NUMBER OF ORDERS AND INVESTMENT BY CATEGORY (2007-2008)
Projections for the Purchasing Office To continue updating and fine-tuning our database with Microsoft Access, along with the R&D Center’s Information Systems Office.
AMEX ORDERS AND INVESTMENT (2007-2008)
TYPE OF EXPENSE
NUMBER OF ORDERS
INVESTMENT
Office Materials 89 $76,669.54 Laboratory Materials 301 $213,505.05 Materials and Software 45 $ 81,500.99 Other Materials 256 $329,322.47 Professional Services 57 $207,525.65 Equipment Maintenance 89 $153,578.93 Equipment Leasing 127 $567,979.43 Laboratory Equipment 136 $2,431,891.06 Computer Equipment 67 $379,602.15 Office Equipment 28 $96,602.57 Other Equipment 20 $394,637.85 Transportation 6 $28,309.89
Total 1221 $4,961,125.58
MONTH NUMBER OF ORDERS INVESTMENT July 6 $ 3,528.34 August 6 $3,770.63 September 8 $80,965.60 October 7 $4,787.14 November 5 $1826.61 December 3 $5,888.01 January 6 $2,969.85 February 17 $12,488.23 March 14 $6,553.86 April 16 $10,145.78 May 16 $12,231.79 June 13 $50,557.76
TOTAL 117 $195,713.60
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Human Resources Office e provide specialized services in order to meet the specific needs of researchers and their staff. Those services include
identifying and hiring experts for research projects based on technical needs, labor laws, recruiting benefits, and related fields of UPRM research effort. Our office has multiple functions and responsibilities which run parallel to the services offered to regular employees. The office also acts as liaison between faculty researchers and other offices regarding their Additional Compensation documents. The office provides operational rules, auditor and government ethics requirements, flexible and rapid tracking procedures in support of research and development activities. This report includes the work processed from July 1st 2007 to June 30, 2008 (FY 2007– 2008)
• During the academic year and the summer period, we processed additional compensations to faculty members for a total of $3,596,887.31. (2% decrease)
• During the summer period, we processed a total of $1,119,197.00 (1% decrease)
• During the report period, we processed additional compensation payments for a
total of $277,559.00 for administrative and technical staff. (1% increase)
• Hiring or renewal of Special Appointment employees for total of $1,945,679.24. (1% increase)
• A total of 334 Student Job Requisitions were processed. (1% increase)
• Additional compensation payments were as follows:
Engineering: $1,696,669.38 (1% increase) Arts and Sciences: $1,736,925.54 (1.30% increase) Other: $ 161,292.42 (1% increase)
From left to right, Mrs. Leticia Gallardo, Mrs. Nérida Montalvo, Mrs. Ileanna Latorre and Mr. Jay Jaxon.
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Special Services • To provide information and direction on the processes, according
to the Regulation of the University of Puerto Rico, collective agreements and applicable Laws.
• Job Posting, including internet announcements.
• Recruiting services for research programs and our main office
• Reclassification counseling for supervisors and employees
• Employee Medical Plan Services, including renewals and claims
• Personal and mortgage loan processing for qualified employees, though the Retirement Plan, the Asociación de Empleados del E.L.A. and the Cooperativa de las Agencias Agrícolas
• Retirement process services
• Certifications
• Transfer Services from other Agencies and Federal Government
• Additional Compensations services
• Attendance reports for R&D Center and externally funded projects
• Timely submission of fiscal years reports
• Providing requested reports to federal and state government agencies
• Maintaining, updating and providing access to the data system information
• Updating of Human Resources System (HRS) data and screens
• Statistical Reports
• Report disability cases (e.g. OSHA 300 Report)
• Preparing reports for the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office
• Employee Relations
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Achievements
• During fiscal year the office processed over 800 transactions related to service and procedures.
• Updated and posted forms on our web page.
• The economic impact of transactions made through our office has
been in the amount of $5,656,833.37.
• Medical Plan renovations • Member of 51 UPRM Committee of Disability Law
• Member of UPRM Ergonomic Committee
• Support UPR Central Administration in the implementation of
new programs and benefits and union contracts.
• Internet Job Posting
• Complied with the Office of Government Ethics
• Maintained and updated electronic Employee License balance report
• Attended labor Department seminars and conferences
• Coordinated schedules to our employees through the UPR
Retirement System to update benefits certifications • Collaborated on the EEO Office Annual Report
• Established a file control system for basic job positions • Created Compensatory Time Control Reports • Promoted weekly delivery of Attendance Reports to keep records
updated
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Human Resources Office Needs
• We are in the process of relocating our office to an area that better complies with governmental laws and regulations.
Projections
• To provide guidelines on human resources processes as part of an educational program.
• Procedures Manual
The following graphs illustrate how research at UPRM has evolved. This information is sorted out by deanships, departments and programs.
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Receiving Office urrently, this office has four (4) employees; one administrative assistant, two messengers (one in charge of all mailings, internal and
external, and the other in charge of all delivery of equipment and materials) and a supervisor, who is in charge of everything related to receiving, dispatching, and all administrative duties of the office. Personnel of this office are responsible for the delivery and return of equipment or research material of needing repair, validation or calibration. Purchases received are verified against the original approved purchase order. This year, we received 1,886 orders in our office, a 1.0% decrease with respect to last year. We picked up 47 orders at various stores (8.0% decrease). We processed 1,272 receiving reports (8.0% increase) . We sent equipment and correspondence using special services on 53 occasions (8.0% increase). The following table shows the number of stamps used per month. This gives us an idea of the number of pieces of mail that we processed during the fiscal year.
MONTH NUMBER OF STAMPS USED July 188
August 501 September 509 October 417 November 356 December 226 January 302 February 587 March 242 April 480 May 345 June 460
TOTAL 4,613 (9.1% increase)
MAILING PROCESSED BY MONTH (2007-2008)
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Operations and Maintenance his office is responsible for the overall maintenance of the R&D Center facilities. Our operational units and their employees are as follows:
• Supervision (1) • Secretarial work (1) • General maintenance (2) • Gardening (2) • Janitors (4) • Electrical services (1)
Tasks completed this year
• Relocated the Offices of the Director,
Associate Director, External Resources and the Legal Advisor to the Director of the R & D Center.
• Refurnished a space for a Clean Room Lab., previously occupied by the External Resources Office.
• Relocated modular units 110, 111 and 119 for the Accounting Office Projections
• Relocation of R&DC Archive to Room 114 of the Principal Building • Refurnishing of Room 116 • Relocation of the Human Resources Office to the space previously occupied by
the Director’s Office • Furnish a Lactation Room • American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance: bathrooms, sidewalks,
stairs, ramps, etc. • Installation of mechanical arms as part of implementation of Access Control
System into the R&DC grounds • Refurnishing of buildings A-1, A-2, and A-3, to be used as museums by the
Solar Vehicles Program.
From left to right, Mr. Edgardo Ramírez, Mr. Jorge Santos, Mrs. Ruth Miura, Mr. Noel Molina, Mr. José Schmit, Mr. José Salas, Mr. Sigfredo Mercado and Mr. Javier Martínez.
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Research and Development Center
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Campus P.O. BOX 9001
Mayagüez P.R. 00681-9001
