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MFGE Success 2019-20

2019-2020

Faculty Grants and Contracts            
Faculty Name(s)  Grant/Contract Title Agency Period (start-end) Amount External/Internal  
Bahram Asiabanpour Bluewater: A Smart Circular Economy for Integrated Organic HydroponicAquaponic Farming to Empower an Underrepresented Workforce USDA 9/2020-9/2024 $250,000 External  
Jitendra S. Tate Deposition and Curing of Thermoset Mixtures for Thermal protection NASA STTR 09/01/20-09/30/21 $125,000 External  
Heping Chen Real-Time Deep Leaning for Robotics Assembly Process Optimization Texas State University 1-1-20 to 12-31-20 $16,000 Internal  
Namwon Kim Internaltional Research Accelerator Texas State University 06/17/20 - 06/17/21 $15,000 Internal  
Jitendra S. Tate Eco-NaNo: Eco-Friendly Natural Novel Fibers for Sustainable Composites Texas State University 09/01/19-12/31/20 $14,100 Internal   
Jitendra S. Tate Additive Manufacturing Process for Extruding  UHTR Composites  Jacobs/NASA JSC 4/26/19-12/31/20 $11,000 External  
Austin Talley SDD MFG Hunt and Hunt/ Mike Bowman 9/30/2019 5,000 External  
             
             
Faculty Awards and Recognitions          
Faculty Name Award Title Agency/Organization Year External/Internal Comment  
Jitendra S. Tate Composites Educator of the Year 2020 Society of Plastics Engineers 2020 External  North America Recognition  
Namwon Kim Brain Pool Award National Research Foundation Korea 2020 External The Award is designed to invite outstanding overseas scientists through high impact joint research activities, and to establish a long-term international cooperation network.   
Bahram Asiabanpour Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) 2020 External International (to be announced publicly in a couple of weeks)  
Jitendra S. Tate Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service  Texas State University 2020 Internal Yet to announce formally  
Austin Talley Presidential Distinction Award for Teaching TxState 2020 Internal    
Bahram Asiabanpour Alpha Chi Favorite Professor The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Favorite Professor 2019-2020 Internal .  
Namwon Kim Presidential Research Leave Award Texas State University 2020 Internal .  
Bahram Asiabanpour Honorary Professor of International Studies Texas State University 2020 Internal Permanent title  
             
             
Student Awards, Recognitions, Success          
Student Name  Title Institution Period (start-end) Faculty and role (if any) External/Internal Comment
Fatema T. Zohra First Place Award, Aerodef-SME research and development competition in the graduate category SME- Aerodef 2020 Asiabanpour, Mentor/Advisor External National level
Otto Randolph Best Paper Award 2020 Modeling & Simulation Division  IISE Conference 2020 Asiabanpour, Coauthor External International conference
Brent Newberry-Olson, Genisis Segundo, Johnisa Hauling Second Place Award, Aerodef-SME research and development competition in the undergraduate category SME- Aerodef 2020 Asiabanpour, Mentor/Advisor External National level
Harish Kallagunta,  SAMPE Leadership Award  SAMPE 2020 Tate, Research/leadership letter, support letter External This award covers the travel, conference registration, lodging and boarding. 
Arigbabowo, Oluwasola K,  SAMPE Leadership Award  SAMPE 2020 Tate, Research/leadership letter, support letter External This award covers the travel, conference registration, lodging and boarding. 
Panta, Subash SAMPE Leadership Award  SAMPE 2020 Tate, Research/leadership letter, support letter External This award covers the travel, conference registration, lodging and boarding. 
Genisis Segundo SXSW Innovation Lab: 3D Printing with Recycled Material TxState 43891 Talley, Tata, Londa External Selected and slated to present at SXSW
Heba Afify SXSW Innovation Lab: 3D Printing with Recycled Material TxState 43891 Talley, Tata, Londa External Selected and slated to present at SXSW
Adrian Medina SXSW Innovation Lab: 3D Printing with Recycled Material TxState 43891 Talley, Tata, Londa External Selected and slated to present at SXSW
Brandon McDearman SXSW Innovation Lab: 3D Printing with Recycled Material TxState 43891 Talley, Tata, Londa External Selected and slated to present at SXSW
Austin Benjamin SXSW Innovation Lab: 3D Printing with Recycled Material TxState 43891 Talley, Tata, Londa External Selected and slated to present at SXSW
Faraz Moghimi Three minutes thesis (3MTĀ®) University Runner-Up Award Texas State University 2020 Asiabanpour, Advisor Internal .
Fatema T. Zohra Texas State Doctoral Merit Fellowship, $9,000 Texas State University 2020 Asiabanpour, Advisor Internal .
Harish Kallagunta,  Dissertation Research Support Fellowship, $5,000 Texas State University 9/01/19-8/31/20 Tate, Scope of work, Quotes for materials, Support letter Internal .
Arigbabowo, Oluwasola K,  Thesis Research Support Fellowship, $2,000 Texas State University 9/01/19-8/31/20 Tate, Scope of work, Quotes for materials, Support letter Internal  .
Robert Brushaber  Thesis Research Support Fellowship, $2,000 Texas State University 9/01/19-8/31/20 Tate, Scope of work, Quotes for materials, Support letter Internal  .
Fatema T. Zohra Texas State Student Government Scholarship Texas State University 2020 Asiabanpour, Advisor Internal  .
Fatema T. Zohra Outstanding Achievement in International Education Award  Texas State University 2020 Asiabanpour, Advisor Internal  .
             
             
Any other newsworthy success            
Faculty/student  Name Event Comment        
Austin Talley Promotion to Assistant Professor of Practice .        
Anahita Emami Promotion to Assistant Professor .