Grants

  • Collaborative Research: E-RISE: Center for AI-Driven Process Control for Cell Manufacturing (NSF-2546505, SP, $6,499,975)

  • Conference: Frontiers of Living and Colloidal Active Systems (NSF-2536342, PI, $50,000)

  • NASA MOSAICS: Controlled Assembly of Amphiphilic Janus Particles in Polymer Matrix for Novel 3D Printing Applications In Space (80NSSC24K1615, PI, $300,000)

  • Collaborative Research: HSI Pilot Project: PRACTICE - Performance Refinement through AI Correction in Technical Writing for Chemical and Electronics Engineering (NSF-2421131, PI, $271,000)

  • Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Strategic University Practices to Expand Research (SUPER) Partnerships (NSF-2432509, PI, $400,000)

  • UPR-UW PREM: Center for Advancing Research and Training for STEM Success, (NSF-2425113, SP, $4.2M)

  • Sub-Award from SERDP Self-Assembly of PFAS Mixtures in the Presence of Inorganic Ions and Hydrocarbon Surfactants During Wetting and Drying (W912HQ24C0076ER24-4061, Co-PI, $408,166)

  • Sub-Award from NSF Phase II CREST/CUNY Center for Interface Design and Engineering Assembly of Low-Dimensional Systems (IDEALS II) (NSF-2112550, SP, $155,000)

Current Funding:

  • Wisconsin - Puerto Rico Partnership for Research and Education in Materials [Wi(PR)2EM], Division of Materials Research (NSF-1827894, PI, $3,870,000)

  • Ultrasound microfluidic cell manipulation and separation (IPDR, Co-PI, $15,000 UPRM subaward)

  • EPSCoR Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies (CAWT): Engineered (Bio)Interfaces, Energy Harvesting/Storage and Data Analytics for Health and Diagnostic Monitoring (NSF-1849243, SP, $17,100,000)

  • Ph.D. Enrichment Program (UPRM, Co-PI, $498,065)

  • Collaborative Research: Dynamic Clustering and Rheology of Magnetic Janus Particles with Shifted Dipoles, NSF Particulates and Multiphase Processes (CBET-1705656, Co-PI, $189,580)

  • LSAMP BD: University Of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation (NSF-1906130, PI, $1,058,802)

  • Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Active Particles in Anisotropic Fluids, NSF Fluid Dynamics (CBET-1510949, PI, $168,050)

  • Development of a composite system (surfactant-particle) including non-ionic green surfactants for enhancing efficiency of green detergents through colloidal scrubbers (NSF-1842921, SP, $225,000)

  • HSI Conference: Accelerating the Impact of HSI STEM Education and Research on Innovation Ecosystems (DUE-1802552, Co-PI, $99,999)

  • Virtual Mentorship Program for University Innovators and Entrepreneurs (Co-PI, $30,000)

  • CC*IIE Networking Infrastructure: SciNet: A ScienceDMZ for Science and Engineering Research at University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (OAC-1440552, Co-PI, $498,604)

  • Dynamic Simulations of Reconfigurable Complex Fluids From "Janus" and "Catalytically-Driven" Colloidal Particles (CBET-1055284, PI, $403,420)

  • REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Reconfigurable and Multifunctional Soft Materials at UPRM (DMR-1460704, PI, $275,000)

  • CAREER: Dynamic Simulations of Reconfigurable Complex Fluids From "Janus" and "Catalytically-Driven" Colloidal Particles (NSF-1055284, PI, $215,985)

  • Hands-on Learning of Soft Matter Science and Engineering via Design of Innovative Consumer Products (P&G, PI, $9,000)

  • Rotational dynamics of colloidal particles in liquid crystal media (NSF, Co-PI, $130,790)

  • Active Particles in Nematic Fluids (NSF, PI, $25,000)

  • Pathways to Innovation (NSF, Co-PI)

  • Nanotechnology from basic science to emerging applications: Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (NSF, SP, $75,000 UPRM subaward)

  • Catalytic nano- and micro-motors: from first principles to design (CRDF, PI, $7,500)

  • MRI: Acquisition of a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system to promote state-of-the-art experimental techniques for fluid dynamics research and education at UPRM (CBET-1039915, Co-PI, $184,979)

  • Autonomous motion of colloidal particles induced by chemical reactions: osmotic propulsion (NSF, PI, $150,000)

  • UPR Disaster Recovery Coordinators (EDA- 01-79-14923/113890, PI, $1,110,000)

  • A Proposal for Strengthening the Innovation Support Ecosystem within the University of Puerto Rico (EDA, Co-PI, $465,000)

  • Building an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at UPRM through the Pathways to Innovation Program (UPRM, PI, $78,000)

  • Dynamics of Active Particle Clusters (XSEDE, PI)

  • Expanding the New Venture Design Experience Via Flippled Classroom, VentureWell (Co-PI, $20,000)

  • Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 (NSF, SP, $150,000)

  • Supplement Request to support REU student (NSF, PI, $7,000)

  • Supplement Request to support REU student (NSF, PI, $7,000)

  • Symposium Proposal: Colloidal Soft Matter (IMRC, PI)

  • The effect of sub-lethal concentrations of nanoparticles on the metabolism of Enterococcus faecalis: a model gram positive fermentative bacterium (NSF, PI, $5,000)

  • Toxicity and Motion of Enzymatically Induced Nanomotors in a Biological Environment (NSF, PI, $300,000)

  • UPRM Seed Money (UPRM, PI, $5,000)

Past Funding: