RESEARCH UNLV Dr Thomas C Piechota Vice President

RESEARCH @ UNLV Dr. Thomas C. Piechota, Vice President for Research and Economic Development Oct. 16, 2015 An Update on Research Activities

Welcome PRESIDENT LEN JESSUP

FY 2015 Highlights Sponsored Research Metrics: � 609 Proposals Submitted ($226, 756, 850) � 367 Awards Funded ($50, 658, 340) State Investment in Research Connection of research with community needs Interdisciplinary Research

Annual Report FY 2015

Proposals $350, 000 Fisca l Year Proposals $300, 000 FY 08 $228, 366, 587 $250, 000 FY 09 $326, 594, 089 FY 10 $323, 327, 776 FY 11 $210, 857, 602 FY 12 $281, 270, 704 FY 13 $203, 337, 011 FY 14 $274, 921, 676 FY 15 $226, 756, 850 $200, 000 $150, 000 $100, 000 $50, 000 $0 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15

Awards $70, 000 Fisca l Year Sponsored Programs* Research FY 08 $61, 139, 758 $39, 844, 720 FY 09 $59, 874, 418 $40, 097, 479 FY 10 $65, 222, 872 $38, 381, 001 FY 11 $56, 090, 962 $40, 398, 054 FY 12 $40, 772, 216 $22, 565, 629 FY 13 $43, 204, 579 $26, 585, 099 FY 14 $59, 636, 152 $41, 477, 222 FY 15 $50, 658, 340 $32, 082, 224 $60, 000 $50, 000 $40, 000 Sponsored Programs* $30, 000 Research $20, 000 $10, 000 $0 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 *Sponsored Programs includes Research, Instruction & Training, and Other Sponsored Activity (i. e. Public Service, Student Services, e (Beginning in FY 08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Program Reporting).

Expenditures Fisca l Year Sponsored Programs* Research NSF Reported FY 08 $74, 568, 354 $46, 765, 293 $53, 320, 000 FY 09 $59, 359, 059 $36, 156, 589 $41, 652, 000 FY 10 $62, 414, 679 $35, 913, 552 $44, 457, 000 FY 11 $50, 210, 861 $32, 581, 329 $39, 526, 000 $80, 000 $70, 000 $60, 000 Sponsored Programs* $50, 000 Research $40, 000 NSF Reported $30, 000 FY 12 $42, 924, 520 $27, 072, 642 $34, 543, 000 FY 13 $44, 593, 471 $27, 649, 163 $35, 935, 000 $20, 000 FY 14 $48, 144, 405 $31, 027, 377 $39, 448, 000 $10, 000 FY 15 $49, 262, 898 $31, 641, 467 $40, 236, 960 * $0 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 *Sponsored Programs includes Research, Instruction & Training, and Other Sponsored Activity (i. e. Public Service, Student Services, e (Beginning in FY 08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Program Reporting). *NSF Reported Expenditures for FY 2015 is estimated.

FY 2015 Sources of Funding Federal* 1% Source Award s Amount Federal* 131 $31, 562, 706 Federal Pass Through 141 $13, 430, 417 State 47 $2, 381, 089 Industry/Foundatio ns 42 $2, 830, 597 Local 6 $453, 531 Total 367 5% 6% Federal Pass Through State 27% $50, 658, 340 *Beginning in FY 08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Programs Reporting 62% Industry/ Foundations Local

Disclosures & Patent Applications 50 45 Fisca l Year Disclosur es Submitted Patent s Filed FY 08 13 10 35 FY 09 14 8 30 FY 10 3 4 FY 11 6 3 FY 12 9 5 FY 13 18 14 FY 14 37 32 10 FY 15 34 47 5 40 Disclosure s Submitted 25 20 Patents Filed 15 0 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approvals 350 Fisca l Year Biomedic al Social/ Behavior al Tota l FY 08 61 235 296 FY 09 75 254 329 FY 10 91 228 319 FY 11 93 230 323 FY 12 75 214 289 FY 13 77 184 261 FY 14 122 200 322 FY 15 109 186 295 300 250 Biomedical 200 Social/ Behavioral 150 Total 100 50 0 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15

Issued Patents

2014 Issued Patents 8, 703, 756 “Synthetic Procedure and Cancer Treatment with Cisplatin Derivatives” Ø Bryan Spangelo, Van Vo, Pradip Bhowmik, Ontida Tanthmanatham, & Haesook Han 8, 663, 429 “Hollow Glass Microsphere Candidates for Reversible Hydrogen Storage, Particularly for Vehicular Applications” Ø Kristina Lipinska-Kalita & Oliver Hemmers

2015 Issued Patents 9, 105, 434 “High Current, High Energy Beam Focusing Element” Ø Bob Schill 9, 079, 935 “Reducing Risk of Contracting Clostridium-Difficile Associate Disease” Ø Ernesto Abel-Santos & Amber Howerton

Start Ups

Faculty Opportunity Awards

Faculty Opportunity Awards Impact 70 $4, 500, 000 $4, 000 60 $3, 500, 000 50 $3, 000 $2, 500, 000 40 $2, 000 30 $1, 500, 000 20 $1, 000 $500, 000 10 $0 FOA Amount Awarded External Funding Received Investment Payout $1 : $5. 70 0 # of Proposals Submitted # of Proposals Funded Proposal Success ~31% 11 Research Disclosures Submitted & 14 Patent Applications F

Faculty Opportunity Awards Impact Smart Insoles for Diabetic Patients Mohamed Trabia & Janet Dufek

Faculty Opportunity Awards Impact Center for Robotics

Faculty Opportunity Awards FY 2016 New solicitation announced end of October, 2015 Submission date of approximately end of January, 2016 3 Project Categories: Individual Investigator � Innovation/Technology Development � Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research � Emerging Area Seed Grant Center of Excellence Challenge Grant Reviewed by Research Council, Co. RE Council, and external reviewers (where appropriate)

Research Infrastructure Research Computing Network

Research Infrastructure Animal Care Facility Expansion (2016)

Research Infrastructure Proposal Development Support Research Space Core Labs

Featured Research Initiatives Knowledge Fund Projects � National Institute of Personalized Medicine � Center for Gaming Innovation � UNLV Unmanned Aerial Systems/Robotics Mountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus Battery Research & Tesla

Knowledge Fund Projects Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine � Martin External Advisory Board Schiller, Executive Director UNLV Advisory Board

Knowledge Fund Projects Center for Gaming Innovation � Mark Yoseloff, Executive Director, Center for Gaming Innovation � Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute

Unmanned Aerial Systems/Robotics � Paul Oh, Lincy Professor of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Unmanned Aerial Systems/Robotics Two New Surveys Assess Public Attitudes Toward Unmanned Aerial Systems � Joel Lieberman, Professor/Chair � Terance Miethe, Professor Symposium on UAS in Nevada – Implications for Privacy, Law and Technology: Oct. 16, 2014 � Dan Hamilton, Dean, William S. Boyd School of Law � Rebecca Scharf, Associate Professor

Mountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network � Bob Langer, Research Professor � Carl Reiber, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs � Carolyn Yucha, Dean, School of Nursing � John Mercer,

Mountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network (Pilot Grants) � Wendy Woodall, Co-Associate Dean & Associate Professor, School of Dental Medicine ERH screening Medical/Dental Risk Factors and Cardio Vascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Sleep Disorders � Michael Neubauer, Associate Professor in Residence General Practice Residency Program Impact of Periodontal Disease on Outcomes in Diabetes

NSF Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus Research to Explore Solar Energy, Water, and Environmental Issues � Bob Boehm, Director of the Center for Energy Research � Jaci Batista, Professor

Battery Research and Tesla

Recognition of Top Researchers

Community Health Sciences � Melva Thompson. Robinson, Associate Professor � Mark Buttner, Associate Professor � Patricia Cruz Perez, Associate Professor � Carolee Dodge Francis, Associate Professor � Shawn Gerstenberger, Interim Dean, School of Community Health Sciences

HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education � Ramona Denby-Brinson, Professor/Lincy Senior Resident Scholar of Social Sevices � Joanne Thompson, Professor/Director of School of Social Work Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals Grant

Health Care Design � Attila Lawrence, Professor

Other Research Highlights NEH Libraries Project � Jason Vaughn, Director, Libraries Technologies � Cory Lampert, Head of Digital Collections Business � Darryl Seale, Professor Cost-sharing Allocation in Directed Networks Project Educational Psychology � Gregg Schraw, Professor/Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment

Scholarship in Physics and Astronomy � Bing Zhang, Professor � Daniel Proga, Professor � Changfeng Chen, Professor � Yusheng Zhao, Professor

Human Health and Nutrition Anthropology � Alyssa Crittenden, Lincy Assistant Professor

Economic Development Highlights Engineering – License Agreement � Kwang Kim, Professor

Thank you!