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2016 Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity

UNLV Innovation

An annual accounting of research and economic development productivity over the previous fiscal year.

The UNLV Division of Research and Economic Development reports annual data characterizing institutional research activity in order to evaluate campus research productivity and to facilitate benchmarking to promote future growth.

Data on sponsored programs expenditures, awards, and proposals, as well as technology transfer activity, doctoral conferrals, and more.

In Print

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Conserving America’s National Parks: 1916-2016, Celebrating 100 Years of Conservation, Commitment, and Care Scott Abella, CreateSpace

Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style Deirdre Clemente,University of North Carolina Press

Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis Georgiann Davis, New York University Press

9/11 Fiction, Empathy, and Otherness Tim Gauthier, Lexington Books

Checking Into Research, Angela Ramsey

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Four hospitality researchers, like the industry they study, have put the customer first. In the process, they’ve uncovered some of the mysteries behind consumer behavior.

Brutality In Our Bones, Charles E. Reineke

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Debra Martin, winner of the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, uses the remains of the dead to uncover the roots of human violence.

Research Briefs

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• A new bacterial phylum
• Battling underage trafficking
• A program to boost campus entrepreneurship
• Digging up the dirt on Mars
• Fighting HIV in Nigeria
• New ‘Innovation Corps’
• Music-oriented video games
• Walker Recieve Top NSHE Research Award
• The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient ‘Super-Earth’
• National Archives Grant Funds
• By the Numbers
• Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award
• Researchers’ Health-Tracker Technology
• Gaming Research MOU
• Research Is Ours

No Debating Unlv’S Bright Future

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EVEN AS THE UNIVERSITY is poised to capture the world’s attention in a new way—as host of the final U.S. Presidential Debate on October 19—the achievements of UNLV scientists and scholars will continue to keep our university in the spotlight long after the candidates move on. -- Dr. Len Jessup, UNLV President

2015 Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity

UNLV Innovation

An annual accounting of research and economic development productivity over the previous fiscal year.

The UNLV Division of Research and Economic Development reports annual data characterizing institutional research activity in order to evaluate campus research productivity and to facilitate benchmarking to promote future growth.

Data on sponsored programs expenditures, awards, and proposals, as well as technology transfer activity, doctoral conferrals, and more.

In Print, Corey Levitan

UNLV Innovation

Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas, 1940-1990, Joanne Goodwin University of Nevada Press

Global Patents: Limits of Transnational Enforcement, Marketa Trimble Oxford University Press

Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Perspective, Daniel Allen and Steven Paul Woods Oxford University Press

Racialized Schools: Understanding and Addressing Racism in Schools, Jesse Brinson and Shannon Smith Routledge

Face Of The Future, Megan Downs

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Paul Oh, robotics visionary, believes Nevada is poised to become the nation’s premier destination for all manner of “unmanned systems,” those technological marvels that are rapidly redrawing the boundaries between man and machine.

A Quest For Our Earliest Ancestors, Charles E. Reineke

UNLV Innovation

Brian Villmoare’s identification of a 2.8 million-year-old jawbone suggests our earliest human ancestors — that “branch of the human family tree that leads to us” — were thriving almost half-a-million years earlier than scientists had previously supposed.

Bullish On Research, Dan Michalski, Shane Bevell

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UNLV patent applications have tripled in the last two years, and three startup companies have been formed, demonstrating the university’s revitalized commitment to bringing its research to the marketplace. Learn about three innovative discoveries that are contributing to the remarkable growth in commercialization of UNLV research.

Deploying bacteriophages to boost sagging populations of honeybees; using lithium-rich antiperovskite to develop cheaper, safer batteries; pioneering new processes for recovering and separating crucial rare earth metals: In seeking solutions to real-world issues, these scientists’ projects have emerged as top candidates for commercialization.

Despair Interrupted, Afsha Bawany

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Both as a scholar and a social worker, Ramona Denby-Brinson has been changing conversations about child welfare, children’s mental health, cultural competency and social policy. Her goal? To help Nevada’s most vulnerable citizens get a shot at a better life .

Research Briefs

UNLV Innovation

• Unwelcome flora
• An attack on HIV
• Body-camera survey
• Up-close Nobel laureates
• A battery-powered partnership
• Gaming law
• Robotic “muscles”
• Full-day kindergarten
• Funds for biomedical research
• A low-oxygen fish

The Power Of Partnership In Research

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It’s my distinct pleasure to invite you to read this issue of UNLV Innovation, the university’s research magazine. I’m delighted at the prospect of our many friends and supporters learning more about the exceptional research and scholarship at UNLV. Since arriving here last year, I’ve had the opportunity to meet many of the distinguished scientists and scholars on our campus, and I can tell you that the research expertise at UNLV is absolutely outstanding. -- Dr. Len Jessup, UNLV President

2014 Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity

UNLV Innovation

The UNLV Division of Research and Economic Development reports annual data characterizing institutional research activity in order to evaluate campus research productivity and to facilitate benchmarking to promote future growth.

Data on sponsored programs expenditures, awards, and proposals, as well as technology transfer activity, doctoral conferrals, and more.

In Print, Todd Peterson

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Cosmic Dawn: The Search for the First Stars and Galaxies, George Rhee Springer, 2013

Gandhi’s Teachers: Henry David Thoreau Satish, Sharma Gujarat Vidyapith, 2013

A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan Todd E. Robinson Temple University Press, 2013

The Book of Important Moments, Richard Wiley Dzanc Books, 2013

In Nursing And Allied Health, Recent Research Promises Patient Benefits, Kevin Dunegan

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By expanding research and encouraging collaboration, UNLV’s nursing and allied health faculty are advancing patient outcomes.

• Yu Kuang
• Kai-Yu Ho
• Barbara St. Pierre Schneider
• Jennifer Kawi
• Susan VanBeuge
• Steen Madsen

Cultivating Research, Charles E. Reineke

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Faculty Opportunity Awards help innovative ideas blossom into fully formed scientific and scholarly investigations.

UNLV’s Faculty Opportunity Awards program provides seed funding for faculty researchers with promising ideas and a desire to pursue additional funding from government agencies, foundations, or private industry. The program has supported a wide variety of campus research projects involving multidisciplinary teams, single investigators, and other faculty working to develop intellectual property.

• Elizabeth Hausrath
• Rebecca Gill
• Janet Dufek
• Ying Tian

Paths To Innovation, Megan Downs, Robyn Campbell-Ouchida, Shane Bevell

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As uncertainties cloud the future of funding support for higher education, UNLV’s ability to market its intellectual property becomes ever more crucial. Three projects provide textbook cases for how it’s done.

• Kwang Kim
• Mark Yoseloff
• Bryan Spangelo

Research Briefs

UNLV Innovation

• Switch SUPERNAP, Intel Partner with UNLV to Boost Scientific Research and Economic Development
• How Long Is It Safe To Stay In Space?
• “Exquisitely Preserved” Fossil Find Sheds Light on a Distant Era
• Graduate Programs Earn High Marks from U.S. News
• Southwest Found To Be Among the Most “Climate-Challenged” Regions in the Nation
• Public Weighs in on Pros and Cons of Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Historical Nevada Newspapers To Be Digitized Through NEH Grant
• Earth’s Most Plentiful Mineral Finally Makes an Appearance
• $1.4 Million Grant To Expand Clinical Social Work Education & Research
• Researchers Employ Bluetooth Technology In Blood-Flow Sensor

Annual Report On Unlv Research Activity, Unlv Innovations Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

The UNLV Division of Research and Economic Development reports data characterizing institutional research activity in order to measure and evaluate campus research productivity and to facilitate benchmarking to promote future growth. The following report contains compilations of standard institutional research metrics, as well as pertinent graduate education data.

The Story Of Four Fellowships, Jean R. Norman

UNLV Innovation

Meet four recipients of UNLV's most prestigious graduate fellowships and learn about their research and their gratitude for the funding that made it possible.

From Breakthrough To Business, Unlv Innovations Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

UNLV faculty discoveries have commercial applications with value to the university, the private sector, and, ultimately, you. Learn about three different faculty members who are working to move their innovative thinking out of the laboratory and into the boardroom.

Research Briefs, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

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• UNLV Leads $20 Million Project on Solar Energy-Water Nexus
• UNLV to Receive $20.3 Million NIH Grant to Support Clinical and Bench-to-Bedside Research
• Fossilized Remains of Extinct Wolf Species Discovered In Nevada
• Physicist Seeks to Build a Safer, More Efficient Lithium-ion Battery
• Study: Elevated Levels of Lead Found in Mexican Hot Sauces
• Extreme Climate Change Linked to Early Animal Evolution

Research Report Unlv Highlights, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

- Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication

- UNLV Selected for DOE Nuclear Energy University Program

A Career Achievement, Suzan Dibella

UNLV Innovation

Meet several UNLV recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Award, the highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.

- Brian Hedlund

- Jennifer Rennels

- Dong-Chan Lee

- Frank van Breukelen

- Sajjad Ahmad

Beautiful Science, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

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The path to discovery can be painstaking, complex, and … aesthetically beautiful. In the following pages, UNLV scientists provide some of the most striking images they’ve examined as part of their research. Learn how these fascinating photos were captured and what they represent.

Silver State Scholars, Suzan Dibella, Barlow-Curtis Dawn

UNLV Innovation

UNLV faculty members Shawn Gerstenberger and Woosoon Yim recently received the university’s most prestigious research honor, the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award.

- Shawn Gerstenberger

- Woosoon Yim

Research Briefs, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

- New Scorpion Species Discovered

- Medication Errors by Both Domestically and Internationally Trained Nurses Studied

- Researchers Discover Magnetic Bacteria with Potential for Emerging Biotech Industry

- Stalagmites Provide Clues on the Demise of Early Civilizations

- Anthropologist Explores the Impact of Honey on Human Evolution

- Expanding the Reach of Scholarly Communication

Research Briefs, Tony Allen

UNLV Innovation

- Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication

- UNLV Study: Southwest Desert Ecosystems Can Take Decades To Recover from Wildfires