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Roberto Osegueda

Roberto Osegueda

Vice President for Research
Administration Building, 209
(915) 747-5680 
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The University of Texas at El Paso has made great strides in building capacity and creating an environment of growth for research. With $91 million in annual research expenditures in FY 2018, UTEP is designated a top tier research university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This achievement is due in part to the capital investment the University has made in research equipment and facilities, an investment that has facilitated the recruitment and retention of faculty who successfully compete at the national level. UTEP’s success also is enhanced by the supportive climate for research, creative, and scholarly activities in all of the University’s colleges.

Through this portal you will find information on current research initiatives, funding opportunities, research programs, research policies and procedures, opportunities for collaboration and procedures for licensing innovations produced by research.

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Oscar Najera, a junior psychology major, presents his research at the 2019 Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Summer Symposium on August 3, 2019. His project seeks to determine whether speakers of two languages can use a memorization technique known as Paired Associative Learning more successfully than monolingual people. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

Undergraduate Research Talent on Display at 2019 COURI Summer Symposium

Josue Martinez, a sophomore computer engineering major who was a visiting student at The University of Texas at El Paso in summer 2019, has a very clear idea of what he would tell any fellow undergraduate student who is pondering a research experience.

The Center for Inland Desalination System (CIDS) at The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $400,000 Desalination and Water Purification Research grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to study desalination of water for direct potable reuse, or converting municipal wastewater to drinking water. Leading the research Shane Walker, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and director of CIDS (standing), and Malynda Capelle, Ph.D., associate director of CIDS. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Receives $400K to Study Converting Wastewater to Potable Water

The Center for Inland Desalination System (CIDS) at The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $400,000 Desalination and Water Purification Research grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to study desalination of water for direct potable reuse, or converting municipal wastewater to drinking water.

Members of the Border Solutions Alliance, which includes top U.S. and Mexican researchers and representatives from food, climate, energy, border safety and cybersecurity agencies, participated in the Southwest Binational Workshop June 10-12, 2019, in UTEP’s Tomás Rivera Conference Center. Photo: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications

Border Scholars Discuss Binational Solutions at UTEP

As conditions such as population growth and climate change evolve, residents of the U.S.-Mexico border region, home to over 12 million people, face new challenges. A group of binational researchers recently met at UTEP to offer possible solutions.

From left, UTEP Assistant Professor Jeannie Concha, Ph.D.; Sandra Gonzalez, EPDA executive director; Terry Sanchez, EPDA diabetes nurse educator; and Daniel Montes, Southwest University co-director of the Diesel and Automotive Programs, celebrate the opening of the Diabetes Garage on Aug. 2, 2018. With support from a $324,800 grant, Concha will implement the program in El Paso and in two other Texas cities by 2021. Photo: Laura Trejo / UTEP Communications

UTEP Awarded Grant to Expand Men’s Diabetes Program

The Diabetes Garage, a men’s diabetes management and self-care program, will offer men in Texas who have the disease the gift of health to last a lifetime.

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