Active Grants
1. Co-Investigator, “Maker Education and Community Building as Tools to Recruit, Develop, and Retain STEM Teachers,” NSF, Division of Undergraduate Education, Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, St. Edward’s University (SEU), 2020 – 2025, $1,181,608.
2. Co-Investigator, “Ozonesonde Launches in San Antonio and El Paso,” TCEQ via sub-award from University of Houston, 2019 – 2021, $210,000, $109,275 to SEU.
3. Co-Investigator, “Galveston Offshore Ozone Observations (GO3),” Texas Air Quality Research Program (AQRP), The University of Texas at Austin/University of Houston, 2020-2021, $201,754, $68,260 to SEU
Previously Awarded Grants
4. Co-Investigator, “Ozonesondes in El Paso and San Antonio,” TCEQ via sub-award from University of Houston, 2018 – 2020, $150,000 total budget, $87,794 to SEU.
5. Co-Investigator, “Big Island SO2 Survey (Big Island SOS),” NASA Rapid Response funded via subaward from Univ. of Houston, $64,776 total budget, $18,972 to SEU.
6. Co-Investigator, “Analysis of San Antonio Field Study 2017 Monitoring Data,” sub-award from University of Houston, 2018 – 2019, $150,000 total budget, $41,136 to SEU.
7. Co-Investigator, “Amendment #2 to Extension of St. Edward’s University Sub-Award to Support NASA/GESTAR SO2 Validation Project – SO2 Sonde Development and Potential Field Deployment,” NASA Earth Science Division via USRA, $10,000 to SEU.
8. Co-Investigator, “Amendment #1 to Extension of St. Edward’s University Sub-Award to Support NASA/GESTAR SO2 Validation Project – SO2 Sonde Development and Potential Field Deployment,” NASA Earth Science Division via USRA, $50,707 to SEU.
9. Co-Investigator, “Extension of St. Edward’s University Sub-Award to Support NASA/GESTAR SO2 Validation Project,” NASA Earth Science via USRA, $195,000 to SEU – Cancelled 2018.
10. Co-Investigator, “Modification #1 to Support for Ozonesondes in El Paso During 2017,” subcontract from New Mexico State University, Rider 7 Program, Metropolitan Planning Office, El Paso, Texas, 2017, $9,849 to SEU.
11. Co-Investigator, “Support for Ozonesondes in El Paso During 2017,” subcontract from New Mexico State University, Rider 7 Program, Metropolitan Planning Office, El Paso, Texas, 2017, $99,859 to SEU.
12. Co-Investigator, “Support for Ozonesondes in San Antonio During 2017,” subcontract from University of Houston, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2017, $180,000 total budget, $99,402 to SEU.
13. Principal Investigator, “Ozonesonde Releases in Central Texas and Operation of CAMS 1605 at St. Edward’s University,” Capital Area Council of Governments, 2016 – 2017, $53,000.
14. Principal Investigator, “Air Quality in Austin,” 3M Foundation, 2016 – 2017, $10,000.
15. Principal Investigator, “Steelcase Active Learning Center,” Steelcase, Inc., 2016 – 2017, $63,000.
16. Principal Investigator, “Ozonesonde Releases in Southeast and East Texas,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2015 – 2017, $170,000.
17. Co-Investigator, “TICOSONDE: Tropical balloonsonde observations of ozone, water vapor and sulfur dioxide for continued support of satellite calibration and validation capabilities,” NASA Earth Science Division, 2013 – 2017, $672,000 total budget, $271,064 for Morris.
18. Principal Investigator, “Ozonesonde Releases in Southeast and East Texas,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2014 – 2015, $156,612.
19. Co-Investigator, “Characterization of Boundary Layer Meteorology During DISCOVER-AQ Using Radar Wind Profiler and Balloon Sounding Measurements,” University of Texas Air Quality Research Program, 2014 – 2015, C. MacDonald, $15,600 for Morris.
20. Co-Investigator, “O3 and SO2/O3 Sonde Launches in Support of the Proposal, ‘SEAC-IONS,’” NASA Earth Science Division, 2011 – 2014, $500,000 total budget, $9994 for Morris.
21. Co-Investigator, “Air Pollution over the Eastern US: Integration of AURA/OMI NO2 and SO2, Aircraft, and Ground-Based Observations with Numerical Models,” NASA Earth Science Division – Aura Science Team, 2011 – 2014, $599,911 total budget, $18,934 for Morris.
22. Principal Investigator, Amendment #1 to “Ozonesonde Releases in Southeast and East Texas,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2013, $32,055.
23. Co-Investigator, “Enhancing Interest in STEM at NW Indiana Middle and High Schools Through Balloon Launches and Tracking,” Indiana Space Grant Consortium, 2013, $7,451.
24. Principal Investigator, “Ozonesonde Releases from the University of Houston and Smith Point, Texas in support of DISCOVER AQ”, University of Texas Air Quality Research Program, 2012 – 2013, $66,821 for Valparaiso University.
25. Principal Investigator, “Ozonesonde Releases in Southeast and East Texas,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2013, $80,000.
26. Principal Investigator, “U.S. – Japan Bilateral Workshop: The Tropical Tropopause Layer,” NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations Program, 2012 – 2014, $35,418.
27. Principal Investigator, second extension of “HGB O3 Sonde Launches 2010-08 and Vertical Ozone Profiles in Eastern Texas 2010-10,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2012, $142,000.
28. Co-Investigator, “Dual O3/SO2 Sondes in Costa Rica for the Ticosonde Project,” NASA Earth Science Division, 2012, $200,000 total budget, $158,248 for Morris.
29. Principal Investigator, “Mathematics and Science Education Enrollment (MSEED) Program,” NSF STEP Program, 2011 – 2016, $499,951.
30. Principal Investigator, Extension of “HGB O3 Sonde Launches 2010-08 and Vertical Ozone Profiles in Eastern Texas 2010-10,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2011, $67,500.
31. Principal Investigator, “Natural Science Colloquium Series,” Committee to Enhance Teaching and Learning Grant, VU, 2011, $1000.
32. Principal Investigator, “Reprocessing and submission of ozonesonde data to the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) and the NASA Aura Validation Data Center (AVDC),” Creative Work and Research Grant, VU, 2011, $2500.
33. Principal Investigator, “HGB O3 Sonde Launches 2010-08 and Vertical Ozone Profiles in Eastern Texas 2010-10,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2010, $135,000.
34. Principal Investigator, “Houston ozonesonde observations and data analysis during 2009,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2009, $120,500.
35. Principal Investigator, “A study of the influence of Chinese pollution on air quality in Japan,” Fulbright Program, 2008 – 2009, 5,800,000 Yen.
36. Co-Investigator, “Validation of Non-Coincident Trace Species Measured by AURA Using Trajectory Mapping and Statistical Analysis,” NASA Earth Science Division, 2006 – 2008, $495,000 total budget, $104,850 for Morris.
37. Principal Investigator, “Preliminary ozone profile analysis and source partitioning,” Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Summer 2007, $3000 for students + $3000 for supplies.
38. Co-Investigator, “TC4: Ground-based Validation for Aura and CALIPSO with NATIVE and Sondes,” NASA Tropical Composition, Convection & Climate Coupling program, 2007, $157,000 total budget, $52,331 for Morris.
39. Principal Investigator, “Additional Ozonesondes in Northwest Indiana in Support of INTEX-B and Aura Validation,” NASA Earth Science Enterprise, 2006, $50,000.
40. Principal Investigator, “Additional Ozonesondes in Houston, Texas in Support of INTEX-B and Aura Validation,” NASA Earth Science Enterprise, 2006 – 2008, $125,292.
41. Principal Investigator, “Tropospheric Ozone Pollution Project (TOPP): Investigating Air Quality Through Additional Ozonesonde Launches in Houston, Beaumont, and East Texas,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality New Technology Research and Development Program, 2005 – 2006, $107,486.
42. Principal Investigator, “Great Lakes Region Ozonesonde Network (GLRON),” Indiana Space Grant Consortium Early Career Faculty Program, 2005, $3996.
43. Principal Investigator, “Rice University Tropospheric Ozone Pollution Project,” Shell Center for Sustainability, 2003 – 2005, $40,190.
44. Co-investigator, “Atmospheric Transport of Trace Gases and Aerosols: Evaluating Models and Observations,” NASA Interdisciplinary Science Program, 2003 – 2005, $2.2 million total budget, $45,000 for Morris.
45. Co-investigator, “North American – North Atlantic Ozone Soundings During INTEX–A (2004),” NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program, 2004, $150,000 total budget, $5000 for Morris.
46. Principal Investigator, “Measuring Urban Ozone Pollution in Houston, Texas with MICROTOPS,” Rice Space Institute Seed Money Program, 2002 – 2004, $1500.
47. Principal Investigator, “Research in Physics Education (RIPE) Project,” Rice University Brown Teaching Grant, 2001 – 2002 and 2002 – 2003, $5600.
48. Principal Investigator, “MATCH Ozone Loss Analysis Technique,” NASA GSFC, 2002 – 2005, $40,000.
49. Co-investigator, “The Interaction Between the Troposphere and the Stratosphere: The Impact of Climate Change,” NASA Interdisciplinary Science Program, 2000 – 2002, $1.9 million total budget, $45,000 for Morris.
50. Co-investigator, “A Climatology of Tropospheric CO over the Central and Southeastern United States and the Southwestern Pacific Ocean Derived from Space, Air, and Ground-based Infrared Interferometer Spectra,” NASA Earth Science Division, 1998 – 2001, $234,000 total budget.
51. Principal Grant, “Simulation of Aircraft Exhaust Emissions Using the GSFC Trajectory Model,” NASA GSFC, 2000, $10,000.
52. Principal Investigator, “Research in Physics Education (RIPE) Project,” Valparaiso University CELT Expense Grant, 1999 – 2000, $1200.
53. Principal Investigator, “Validation of H2O and O3 Measurements from SAGE III Using Trajectory Mapping and Constituent Reconstruction,” NASA Earth Observing System program,1997 – 2003, $185,000 total budget.
54. Co-investigator, “Validation of MOPITT Column and Profile CO from Spaceborne, Airborne, and Ground-based Interferometers,” NASA Earth Science Division, 1997 – 2000, $237,000 total budget.
55. Principal Investigator, “Simulation of Aircraft Exhaust Emissions Using the GSFC Trajectory Model,” NASA GSFC, 1999, $14,500.