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  USDA-REAP, South Texas
  Energy Efficiency Project (STEEP), PI, Award number: 50-008-515960131 ($99,041,
  April 2017 – April 2018) 2.     NSF- MRI: Acquisition of a Spark
  Plasma Sintering System for Functional Ceramics at Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Senior
  Personnel,
  Award number: 1828672 ($230,000,
  September 2018 - August 2020) 3.     A
  Novel Graphene Membrane with Mechanical Integrity for Desalination, Faculty
  Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (9/2019 – 5/2020) 4.     Oscillating Flow and
  Multiphase Heat Transfer in Bio-inspired Porous Medium with
  Super-hydrophobicity Coating, Faculty Advisor, $2,000,
  funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2019 – 8/2019) 5.    
  Experimental Study of
  Brine Droplet Evaporation using an Electrodynamic Balance (EDB) Device, Faculty
  Advisor, $2,000, funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2018 – 8/2018) 6.    
  Theoretical and
  Experimental Study of Saline Droplet Evaporation in Solar-thermal Driven Full
  Separation Multi Effect Distillation (FS-MED) System, Faculty Advisor, $2,000,
  funded by UTRGV Engaged Scholar Award. (1/2017 – 8/2017) Facilities The
  Multiphase Transport Laboratory (MTL) at UTRGV is dedicated to the
  research of transport processes in multiphase systems with fluid flow, heat
  and mass transfer, phase change, additive manufacturing, smart materials
  processing, and biomechanical systems. Equipment: 
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