FACULTY SUCCESS

1. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Arulanandam • Funding from the National Institutes of Health and DoD on regular basis • Directs the DoD Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics • Research Focus: • Vaccine development with Chlamydia trachomatis and Francisellatularensis • 4 Patents for his work have already been issued with others pending Dr. Bernard Arulanandam Professor of Microbiology & Immunology; Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor in Biology; Associate Dean of Research for Scientific Innovation, College of Sciences

2. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Ravi Sandhu • The Executive Director of the Institute for Cyber Security at UTSA • Examines basic and applied research in cyber security • Research Focus: • Cloud Computing Security • Attribute-Based Access Control • Data and Application Security and Privacy • Cyber Security Foundations Dr. Ravi Sandhu Professorof Computer Science; Executive Director and Chief Scientist Institutefor Cyber Security; Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security

3. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Doug Frantz’s lab is currently working on: • Growing new heart muscle cells • Turn cancerous cells benign • Developing drug-like molecules that target stem cells to treat heart disease and cancer • Research Focus: • Novel methods of organic chemistry • Stem cell differentiation Dr. Doug Frantz Associate Professor; Chemistry Department

4. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Misty Sailors is currently researching: • Reading instruction of teachers and reading achievement of young children in Malawi • The cost effectiveness and short- and long-term cost benefit of the Read Malawi Program • Research Focus: • Literacy tools found in elementary classrooms • The professional development of reading teachers and literacy coaches • International reading program development • Reading research methodologies Dr. Misty Sailors Professor; Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Department

5. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Llyod Potter • Texas State Demographer • Directs the Texas State Data Center • Research Focus: • Population and socioeconomic characteristics, trends, projections, and dynamics • Program assessment and evaluation • Demography of energy, water, mental health, injury, health, labor force, mortality, and education Dr. Lloyd B. Potter Professor of Demography; Director, Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research; Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Policy

6. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Daniel Pack’s research includes: • An Unmanned Systems Laboratory • Intelligent and Sensor-Based robotics for Military and Civilian applications • Research Focus: • Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles • Intelligent and Sensor-Based Control • Distributed Estimation • Optimal Sensor Management Dr. Daniel Pack Professor and Department Chair Mary L. Clarke Endowed Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

7. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Rashed-Ali’s current projects include: • Energy efficiency retrofits of historic homes, • Use of augmented reality technology in undergraduate STEM education, • Post-occupancy evaluations of buildings. • Research Focus: • Energy Efficient Buildings, • Building Performance Simulation, • Design Decision Support Systems, • Sustainability Assessment Frameworks and Rating Systems. Dr. Hazem Rashed-Ali Associate Professor;Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies,College of Architecture

8. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Hamid Beladi • Editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance, the North American Journal of Economics and Finance and Frontiers of Economics and Globalization • Examines fundamental theoretical and methodological contributions to international trade and global business issues • Research Focus: • International trade and investment • Cross-border mergers • Issues related to multinational corporations • Foreign investment and designing of incentive-compatible contracts Dr. Hamid Beladi Professor of Economics; Associate Dean of Research

9. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Rebekah Smith is currently investigating • The effects of a familiar context on how young and older adults remember to perform intended actions. • Differential effects of distinctiveness on true and false memory in young and older adults. • Research Focus: • Cognition in young and older adults • Remembering to perform actions in the future, called prospective memory. • False memories and how these memory errors can be avoided. Dr. Rebekah E. Smith Associate Professor of Psychology; Director, Cognitive Aging Lab, College of Liberal and Fine Arts

10. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Nicole Beebe’s funded research includes: • Insider threat detection using digital forensics • Advanced data type classification • Digital forensic ranking algorithms • Intelligent digital forensics search systems • Research Focus: • Digital Forensics • Information Security • Data Mining and Analytics Dr. Nicole L. Beebe Assistant Professor; Dept. of Information Systems & Cyber Security Center for Education and Research in Information and Infrastructure Security

11. FACULTY SUCCESS • Dr. Yusheng Feng’slab is currently working on: • Tumor growth modeling • Cancer cell migration simulation • 3D stereoscopic simulators for medical training • Research Focus: • Computational Cancer Research • Cardiothoracic Surgery Simulation • Immersive Virtual Surgery Training • Novel Medical Device Design Dr. Yusheng Feng Professor and Center Director; Computational Bioengineering Center for Simulation, Visualization and Real-Time Prediction (SiViRT)