RESEARCH FUNDING
Date Agency Amount Short Title Result
Requested
2012 USAID $10,000 Research support for Tarek funded
Ibrahim
2011 NSF $275,000 Goodell, Philip C (Principal), 4 co-Principals "Collaborative Research:
Evidence for Melt flow networks during Partial Melting and Exhumation:
Insights from Migmatites in a Collisional Orogen," not funded
2010 NSF $400,000 , "Using 21st Century Media to Teach Earth Science to 21st Century Students,"
Not funded
2011 Nine Sigma $713,000 Unlocking a World-Class HREE National not funded
Cleveland, Ohio Treasure in Far West Texas
2007 IGPP $15,000 Summer internship for not funded
(LANL) Katrina Pekar
2007- OCWM $55,000 Fellowship for Katrina Pekar funded
2010 DOE
2007 DOE $34,225 continuation of Pena Blanca funded
Project,
2006 IAEA $10,000 euros sponsor Uranium Session @ funded
6th International Geological Conference
OF THE Gulf States, El Ain, U.A.E.
2005 IAEA $3600 Chemical Analyses funded
2004 DOE $3.5 million Pena Blanca Natural Analogue funded
(LANL) to Yucca Mt. NV.
8 collaborating groups
2003 USGS $67,000 Quaternary Faulting not funded
2003 NASA $486,257 Remotely Sensed not funded
Grain Size Determinations
2003 EPA $393,704 Potential Groundwater Contamination
And it’s Effect on a Border
Minority Community not funded
Agency Short Title Amount Result
Requested Date
Co-PI
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EPA STAR Grant
Texas A & M Univ.
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Classification of salt crusts formed on soils using remote sensing images, incorporated with laboratory and field spectra
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3/01
$160,000
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Not funded
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PI
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US Department of
Agriculture
NRICGP
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Absorption Features of Salt and Salt Affected Soils in Field, Laboratory and AVIRIS Reflectance Spectra: Mapping Applications
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11/01
$302,925
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Not funded
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Co-PI
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EPA STAR Grant
Appendix 9
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Application of Remotely Sensed Data to Regional Scale Salinity Assessment: Middle Reach of the Rio Grande
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7/99
$424,345
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Not funded
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Co-PI
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Yucca Mt. Project, DOE
Appendix 10
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Pre-proposal. Characterizations of interactions between uranyl silicate bodies and acid sulfate geochemical systems…
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1999
$82,000
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Not funded;
Not rejected
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PI
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UACJ, & MCK Industries
|
Site Evaluation of Cerro Las Calaveras, Chihuahua,
Mexico
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$10,000
8-98
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funded
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Co-PI
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NATO Science Programme Link. Grant
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Innovative study of natural analogs for the first geological radwaste repository in Russia
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10/98
$29,940
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Not funded
|
Co-PI
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CERM RFP
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Independent Appraisal of Technical Data at the Proposed Texas Low-Level Nuclear Waste Site at Sierra Blanca
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1998
$63,000
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Not funded
|
Co-PI
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U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
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Integrated Remotely Sensed Data with Other Data Sets, to Characterize Riparian Habitat, in the Central Reach of the Rio Grande, New Mexico and Texas
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1998
$42,000
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Not funded
|
Co-PI
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Southwest Center for Environmental Research & Policy
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A Feasibility Study: Hazardous Waste Management in the Central Portion of the US-Mexico Border
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1/98
$25,000
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Not funded
|
Co-PI
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Multimedia Educational Information Delivery Initiative; The University of Texas System
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A Texas Mountain as a Multi-media Learning Module, with Studies Spanning Ten Different Orders of Magnitude of Scale
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1997
$23,000
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Not funded
|
PI
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US EPA
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Bioremediation of Chromium in Contaminated Soils and Potential Application to the Bioremediation of Cr(vi) Contaminated Sites
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$68,000
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Funded 1994-96
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FUNDED PROJECTS ONLY
Date Short Title and Agency Amount
2007 continuation of Pena Blanca $34,225.
Project, DOE
2006 IAEA sponsor Uranium Session @ $10,000 euros
6th International Geological Conference
OF THE Gulf States, El Ain, U.A.E.
2004 Pena Blanca Natural Analogue to Yucca Mt. NV. $3.5 million
DOE (LANL), 8 collaborating groups
1994-96 Bioremediation of Chromium in Contaminated Soils and Potential $75,500
Application to the Bioremediation of Cr(VI) Contaminated Sites
EPA/SCERP
1990-94 Research Career Opportunities in the Physical Sciences $1.1 million
National Science Foundation, The Research Careers for Minority
Scientists Program (RCMS); Site Grant; PCG was director
1989 The Utilization of Jarosite (K Fe3(SO4)2(0H)6 as an Age dating Tool 2,100
University Research Institute, U. T. El Paso
1986 Development of a Fluid Inclusion Laboratory $21,000
NSF-instrumentation and Facilities program, $15,000; UTEP,
additional $6,000
1985 Acquisition of Electron Microprobe for Petrologic-Geochemical $299,000
Investigations NSF/RIMI program UTEP contribution
of additional, $150,000, (co-PI)
1984-87 A Model for the Formation of Uranium Deposits in Felsic Environments: $11,000
A Comparison with the Chinese Experience National Research Council
1980 Attendance at short course on "Volcanic Rocks and their Vent Areas $600
Faculty Development Grant,UT El Paso
1978-84 Significance of Uranium in Volcanic Terranes $145,000
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
1978-81 Integrated Geophysical and Geological Interpretation of West Texas $140,000
(w/G.R. Keller and others)
Bendix Field Engineering, Grand Junction, CO
1979-80 Geologic Study of the Proterozoic Unconformity in the Van Horn area, $34,000
Texas (w/D. Davidson)
Bendix Field Engineering, Grand Junction, CO
1978-79 Experimental leaching of Uranium from Tuffaceous Rocks $34,000
Bendix Field Engineering, Grand Junction, CO
1977-79 Computer-oriented Teaching Modules in Geochemistry $17,500
National Science Foundation, Washington
1976-77 Synthesis of sulfosalt standards: $640
University Research Institute, UT El Paso
1975-76 Investigations of Pyrite Whiskers $760
University Research Institute; UT El Paso
1974 Participation in NATO Advanced Studies Institute and Symposium on $2,300
Metallogeny and Plate Tectonics, St. Johns, Newfoundland
1972 The Chemical and Thermal Regime of Ore Deposition $7,900
CUNY Faculty Research Grant #1298
Recent Applications for Company Assistance
Companies usually prefer to pay these funds directly to the students.
Date Company Student Amount Title Result
2003 Glamis D.McDonough $6,000 summer MS thesis work not funded
2004 Penoles R. Manriques_ $6,000 summer MS thesis work funded
2005 MagAg Hugo Galvan $10,000 summer MS thesis work funded
2006 Cameco Matt Cannon $10,000 uranium geochemistry funded
Gift Fund
2007 Cameco $10,000 geochemistry not funded
$12,000 unified theory
2008-- Golden Mike Feinstein $40,000/year PhD dissertation funded
2010 Predator x2
(Bill Sherrif)
2008-9 Quaterra Joe Lori 2008: $23000 MS thesis funded
Resources 2009: $7000
2009 Mexico Carlos Martinez $14,000 PhD support funded
Metals _______________
2003-2009 Total $150,000
Other Industrial/Agency Gifts
1996 Hydrothermal Laboratory; USGS (replacement costs) $125,000
1995 Francisco Gold, Ltd. (S. Sellepack thesis support) $ 12,000
1989 ITT, Fluid Inclusion Studies of Gypsum at the WIPP Site $ 500
1987 Pathfinder Minerals, Energy Fuels (A. Kwarteng) $ 6,000
1987 Uranium in breccia pipes (A. Kwarteng)
Industry $ 12,00 0 USGS $ 20,000
1986 U.S. Geological Survey (L. Davis thesis) $3,000
1985 Utah International (w/G.R. Keller) $ 5,000
1984 Superior Oil Co., Minerals Division (L Davis thesis); analytic costs $ 4,000
1983 New Mexico Bureau of Mines (D. Harvey) $1,200
1982-83 Shell Exploration, Houston (W. Shannon thesis) $ 7,500
1982 AMOCO Exploration, Denver (W. Sherriff thesis) $ 6,000
1980-81 Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction; analytic services $225,000
1979-81 Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction; analytic services $ 65,000
1979-80 Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion lab; analytic services $ 11,000
1978-8 Exxon Minerals Corp., Salt Lake City, UT; analytic services $ 23,000
1978 St. Joe Minerals Corp., Denver; analytic services $ 7,000
1976 ASAR Co.; analytic services 750
1972-74 Cia. de Minas Buenaventura; analytic services $ 6,000
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED
University of Texas at El Paso
2013 Mahar, M.A., In-situ, integrated U-Pb, Hf and O isotopic study of igneous, metamophic and detrital zircons. Implications to crustal evolution and geodynamics
2013 Martinez, C., Remote Sensing and GIS studies in the Sierra Madre,
2012 Pekar, Katrina, . Modeling of transport rates of uranium through unsaturated soil at Pena Blanca,
Chihuahua, Mexico
2012 Velarde, R. (cochair with T. Gill) Mechanisms of airborne transport of uranium;
2010 Feinstein, M., Study of the epithermal precious metal deposit at High Grade, Ca.
2007 Naser, Yousef; (ESE) Geochemical Mapping of Colorado using NURE data,
2006 Zumlot, Tassier; (ESE) Geochemical Mapping of New Mexico using NURE data,
Assistant professor, Saudi Arabia
2006 Marquez, Elia; (ESE) Arsenic geochemistry in groundwater in the El Paso/Ciudad
Juarez Region, assistant professor, Polytec, Mexico City
2003 Ghrefat, Habes; (ESE) Hyperspectral and multispectral studies of evaporate minerals at White
Sands, N.M., Assistant Professor, Saudi Arabia
2002 Crawford, Guy., (MSE) Synthesis of complex chalcogenide materials with curved
crystalline habit, Chief environmental officer, Louisana Energy Services Enrichment
Facility, Eunice, N.M.
2000 Howari, Fares Mohd, (ESE), Reflectance spectra of common salts in arid soils (320-2500 nm) : application of remote sensing, professor, United Arab Emirates
2000 Sellepack, Steven M. (MSE), Computational structural investigation of Select II-VI compounds and radtkeite (A-Hg3S2ClI), environmental, Houston.
1998 Wong, Virgina, A study of radionuclide migration in the Pena Blanca natural analogue site, Chihuahua Mexico (co-chair w/E.Y. Anthony), Inspector, IAEA, Vienna.
1997 Bader, Janet, Potential for bioremediation of a soil heavily contaminated with hexavalent chromium, (co-Chair with S. Pillal), (environmental specialist, White Sands, N.M.)
1997 Reyes C., Ignacio, Geological studies in the Sierra Pena Blanca, Chihuahua México (Prof., Geol. Engineer., Auton. Univ. Ciudad Chihuahua).
1996 Machorro S., R.A., Water quality at Lago de Izabal, Guatemala: Geochemical characterization and assessment of tropic status (co-chair w/J. Walton, Civ. Eng.) (prof. @ Univ Guatemala)
1988 Kwarteng, A.J., Remote sensing applied to the exploration for uranium mineralized breccia pipes in northwestern Arizona (head of GIS, Sultan Quoom Universuty,Oman)
1988 Lueth, V.W., Studies of the geochemistry of the semimetal elements: Arsenic, antimony, and bismuth; (Mineralogist, New Mexico Bur. Mines and Mineral Resources; Socorro, NM)
1987 Harder, V.M., Fission tracks in fluorite and apatite with geologic applications, 82 p.; Co-chair w/R.F. Roy; teacher, El Paso area.
1983 Wilkerson, G.G., The geology of the Batopilas Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico, 642 p., 37 plates (Bur. Land Mgt.; Bakersfield, CA).
1982 Hoffer, R.L., Uranium geochemistry of selected rock units from Marysvale volcanic field, Piute, Utah; 268 p. (retired Research Specialist, Dept Geol Sci., UT El Paso)
1981 Evans, K.C., Geochemical reconnaissance for uranium in middle Tertiary ash-flow tuffs of the Morey Peak Quadrangle, northern Nye County, Nevada; 316 p., 6 plates (Independent; Midland, TX)
1981 Trentham, R.C., Leaching of uranium from felsic volcanics and volcaniclastic, model, experimental studies, and analysis of sites; 204 p (UT Permian Basin; Midland TX)
1981 Orajaka,I.P., Mineralogy and uranium geochemistry of selected volcaniclastic sediments in the western United States - An exploration model ( now Provost, was Prof & Chair., Dept Geol Sci, Anambra State Univ of Tech; Awka, Nigeria).
MASTER THESIS SUPERVISED
2013 Nicole Kyger the geology and geochemistry of the Sierra Blanca Laccoliths, Sierra Blanca, Texas.
2013 Amed Gomez Quintana Rare earth element geochemistry of the Sierra Blanca laccoliths, Texas
2007 Feinstein, Mike; Contributions to the Geology of the Cuenca del Oro, Chihuahua. PhD candi
date, UTEP
2006 Martinez P., C., MS, (EE,UACJ) Hidrogeología Ambiental e Hidrocenso de los Acuíferos
del Estado de Chihuahua. El Caso de los Sistemas Kársticos. Tesis de Maestría. Universidad
Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,.
Environmental Hydrology and Water Census of the Aquifers of the State of Chihuahua.
2005 Galvan, Hugo; Regional and Local of Mineralization in the Lower Batopilas and
Urique rivers, Sierra Madre, Chihuahua, Mexico. Studying for PhD, Tasmania
2005 Manriquez, R.; Characteristics of the major epithermal gold deposits in the
northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico, working Couer Silver Mines, Mexico.
2005 McDonough, C., Characterization of the La Reforma Mini Basin and Range
Province and Constraining the Nature of the Seri-Tahue Terrane Boundary, Tasajeras Quadrangle, northwestern Mexico, working environmental, San Francisco.
2004 Gutierrez, Hugo, Physical and eco-hydrological watershed characterization of a semi-arid
environment in central Chihuahua, Mexico, MSIS Program
2002 Dominguez-A., Miguel, Geochemical mapping of southwestern New Mexico, an assessment of
the regional environmental status, assistant professor, UACJ.
2001 Cordova, Dina. One hundred years of point source contamination in downtown El Paso, TX.
55 p., 12 Tables. . Masters of Science, Interdisciplinary Sciences. (MSIS)
EPISD teacher.
1998 Borrego, Patricia, Comparative NURE data heavy metal analyses from three southwestern U.S.
two degree quadrangles (w/D.V. LeMone). Working environmental, Ft. Bliss.
1997 Pérez-Santiago, Vilma, Heterogeneity and water quality in the Rio Grande Alluvium, downtown
El Paso, Texas. Working environmental, Florida
1997 Sellepack, Steven, The geology and geochemistry of the El Sauzal gold prospect, southwest
Chihuahua, México. Working environmental, Houston
1995 Porras H., Fermin, Caracterización de los basureros clandestinos en la Colonia de Anapra, Juárez, Chihuahua (Univ. Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez)., professor, UACJ
1995 Afseth, D., The development of a multi-element toxic chemical environmental factor for a southwestern New Mexico target region; 121 p., Davis Industries, Phoenix, Az.
1995 Arshad, Muhammad, 1995, Solidification/stabilization of hazardous waste of Cleveland Mill Superfund site, New Mexico (co-chair w/H. Oey, Civil Engr.), working in environmental, Alabama
1995 Sandoval, J., The evaluation of saline lakes in eastern New Mexico and western Texas for their potential utilization as salinity-gradient solar ponds. Employed, environmental geology, San Antonio, Tx.
1993 Machorro-S, Rudy A., Geology of the northwestern corner of the Granados quadrangle, central Guatemala (co-chair w/F. Julian). Professor, Univ. of Guatemala.
1988 Miller-Diaz, R., The geology of the Temoris Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico, 81 p., 1 plate.
Owner, Miller Associates, geological consulting, Phoenix, Az.
1987 Davis, L., Geochemical reconnaissance of the Loma Plata area, Presidio County, TX; 135 p., 1
plate.
1986 Miranda-G., M., Geology and uranium mineralization of the Sierra los Arados, Chihuahua, Mexico; 210 p., 5 plates. Chief Geologist, Orion Minerals, Gro, Mx.
1986 Shannon, W.M., Lithogeochemistry of intrusive rocks of the Quitman-Sierra Blanca igneous complex, Hudspeth County, TX; 243 p., owner, chemical analytical lab, Grand Junction, Co.
1985 Reyes, I.A., Geology and uraniferous mineralization in the Sierra de Coneto, Durango, Mexico; 262 p., 3 plates., professor, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico.
1985 Harvey, D., Cassiterite mineralization in the Black Range Tin Deposit, Sierra and Catron Counties, NM; 148 p., 1 plate., precious metals geologist, Nevada.
1981 Strickland, F.G., Structure, stratigraphy, and economic geology of Goat Ridge, Luna County,
NM; 101 p., 1 plate.
1981 Aiken, M.J., Mineralogy and geochemistry of a lacustrine uranium occurrence, Andersen Ranch, Brewster County, TX, 162 p.
1980 Mitchell, S., Geology of Sierra Gomez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 142 p.
1980 Pyron, A.J., Geology and geochemistry of the El Paso tin deposit, Franklin Mountains, El Paso
County, TX, 111 p., consultant geologist, Pennsylvania.
1978 Macer, R.J., Fluid inclusion studies of fluorite around the Organ Cauldron, Dona Ana County,
NM, 107 p. consultant geologist, Tucson, AZ.