Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Berkebile, Alan	NRA Coop II/ Nueces River Authority/ $7,200	3 year extension of the cooperative agreement for services between the Nueces River Authority and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Center for Water Supply Studies.
Hicks, David & Robert McMahon	Aquatic Nuisance Species/ Sea Grant/ $117,322	Objective is to examine the Asian green mussel's environmental tolerance limits with respect to temperature (upper and lower thermal limits), salinity, freezing air temperatures, desiccation, and environmental hypoxia, to utilize the results to develop a habitat risk assessment for predicting the North American spread and eventual distribution of this species, to utilize the results to estimate efficacy of physical treatments for use as nonchemical control strategies for mitigation of green mussel fouling in raw water systems.
Nicolau, Brien	Coastal 2001 - Sediment & Water Chemistry Analysis/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department/ $8,000	The purpose of this sub component of Coastal 2001 - Texas is to determine the present conditions of the sediments and water chemistry for each Coastal 2001 station concerning the above-mentioned constituents.
Tarkington, Jay	TPWD AAWP 2002/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department/ $20,000	The goal of AAWP is to promote wetland conservation through a hands-on interactive education program for the general public.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Blount, Grady	Building Environmental Health Services Capacity in State and Local Departments of Public Health/ Corpus Christi Nueces County Public Health District/ $19,532	Development and training of a 24h rapid response food-borne illness team, public education and outreach on food-borne illnesses, tracing and surveillance of food-borne illness utilizing geographic information system (GIS) technology.
Bonner, James	Continuation of the Freeport Flow Info System/ Port of Freeport/ $150,397.22	This proposal, by the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science(CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi through the Texas Engineering Experiment Station(TEES), describes the continuation of the real-time monitoring and reporting system installed in 2000.
Hickman, Graham	Winter Ecology of Burrowing Owls/ Department of Interior - USGS/ $65,000	The purpose of this agreement is to stimulate public support and research, and to facilitate the cooperation of, the two parties in acquiring information on the winter ecology of burrowing owls.
Jeffress, Gary	Corpus Christi Auto Theft Prevention Grant/ City of Corpus Christi/ $36,320	The Corpus Christi Police Department proposes a proactive Auto Theft Unit to focus on the detection and apprehension of suspects.
Michaud, Patrick	GLO Contract 00-041R/ Texas General Land Office/ $66,056.08	Continuation Award; TAMUCC, Conrad Blucher Institute, Coastal Observation Division shall operate and maintain the following National Ocean Service (NOS) National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON): Sabine Pass, TX; Galveston, Pier 21, TX; Galveston, Pleasure Pier, TX; Freeport, TX; Rockport, TX; Corpus Christi, TX; and Port Isabel, TX.
Michaud, Patrick	TGLO Contract 02-118R/ Texas General Land Office/ $380,000	To inspect, operate and maintain the Texas Coastal Water Level Observation Network Stations.
Smith, Elizabeth	Lions/Shelly Park/ City of Refugio/ $3,000	Develop layout for interpretive signs to be placed at various locations along the walking trail within the Lion's/Shelly Park. The sign layout will include a map of the trail and other text including natural history of the plants and animals common to the area and logos of partners involved.
Tunnell, John & Brien Nicolau	Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins - FY 2002/ Nueces River Authority/ $24,508	To provide field assistance and laboratory analysis to assist the NRA in meeting the objectives of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission - Clean Rivers Program.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Michaud, Patrick	TGLO Contract 02-118R	Texas General Land Office
Tunnell, John & Brien Nicolau	Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins - FY 2002	Nueces River Authority

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Bachnak, Rafic	Instrumentation for Engineering Technology Laboratories/ Fluke Corporation/ $21,944	Goal is to create an environment where students are exposed to the workings of real devices, including designing, building, and testing fully operational electronic circuits and systems.
Needham, Jim	Pollution Prevention Partnership-Rider 13/ City of Corpus Christi/ $30,000	Includes identifying business and activities for program delivery based on emission inventory information, the development of pollution prevention strategies for reducing emissions, educational outreach and other action plans for improving the Corpus Christi area air quality and maintain compliance with federal ozone standards.
Tunnell, John & Brien Nicolau	CBBP Phase III - TGLO Lab Analysis/ Texas General Land Office/ $40,000	The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will perform targeted water quality analysis for thirty-one(31) stations located in the Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay systems on a quarterly basis.
Smith, Elizabeth	TNRCC PageMaker	TNRCC

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Kratz, Abby	Non-Competitive Texas Academic Libraries Grant	TIFB
Kuntu-Mensah, Peter	Enhancing Environmental Remote Sensing Education & Research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	DOI-NOAA
Jones, Rebecca & Ric Richard	Hypertension:   Awareness, Detection, Education and Management: A Holistic Approach	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
McEndree, Phillip D.	Secondary Trade and Industrial Teacher Certification Activities in South Texas, Rio Grande Valley, El Paso and Other Areas as Needed	Texas Education Agency
Moore, Michelle	Finding Near Optimal Schedules	NASA
Rhoades, Philip	Abstinence Evaluation Grant Services	Corpus Christi Independent School District
Smith, Elizabeth	Lions/Shelly Park	City of Refugio

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Bachnak, Rafic & Carl Steidley	Instrumentation for a Computer Science & Engineering Technology Lab/ Office of Naval Research/ $82,926	The laboratory will afford Computer Science and Engineering Technology students excellent training opportunities leading toward productive jobs and graduate work in engineering and science.
Chopin, Suzzette	Centers for Excellence/ DHHS/ $3,456	Continuation Award; Project to be jointly conducted by this subcontract between The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi entitled, "Centers of Excellence."
Hopkins, Dee	Ongoing Expansion of the Early Childhood Development Center:  Broadening the Services for at-Risk Bilingual Families/ U.S. Department of Education/ $723,000	Project is designed to expand professional development component, increase the best practices research, expand the Literacy Connection, continue activities of the Wellness Center, provide the Theatre Arts and Artist in Residence Program, bolster the Family Place, increase the Spanish/English library collection, support the replication of the ECDC program and initiate planning for a Science/Math Center expansion of the ECDC.
Marinez, Diane	South Texas Advanced Technology Project/ National Science Foundation/ $104,796	Continuation Award:   The South Texas Advanced Technology Education (STATE) Project is a partnership of five community colleges, several major industry partners, a Texas state agency responsible for technology research, transfer, and education, and an Hispanic serving university.  Project to focus on developing technician training program components that better prepare technician for a workplace where the capacity to continuously incorporate advances in the technologies of operations is a crucial skill set, and one where demand far exceeds supply in South Texas.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Abudiab, Mufid	Predictions of the Maximum Heat Flux in Thin Channels	THECB
Barnes, Steve	Electronic Spill Control School at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Coastal Management Plan(CMP)
Benson, Robert	Genetic Algorithms: Evolving the Repertories of Songbirds in the mind of a computer	THECB
Benson, Robert	Assessing Red Drum Spawning Strategies Through Acoustic & Biochemical Analysis	THECB
Benson, Robert	Do Lights on Cellular Telephone Towers Contribute to Migrating Songbird Mortality?	THECB
Bonner, James	Extension of HF Radar for Water Currents & Direct Observation of Transport Model Coefficients	THECB
Bonner, James	Experimental Investigation of Surf Zone Processes for Coastal Oil Spill Remediation	THECB
Bonner, James	Assessment of Ecological Impact & Public Acceptance	THECB
Dokken, Quenton	Estimating Discard Rate & Release Mortality of Red Snapper in Texas Fisheries	THECB
Fox, Joe	Optimal Feed & Feed Management Technology for Aquaculture to Minimize Environmental Biotechnology	THECB
Fox, Joe	Denitrification vs Dissimilatory N03-Reduction to NH4+(DNRA) in Aquaculture	THECB
Garcia, Mario	On the Development of a Virtual Software System Lab	THECB
Hamilton, Mary Jane	Promoting Educational Progress	The Helene Fuld Health Trust
Hopkins, Dee	Proactive & Preventive Programs to Promote Family Connection & Healthy Interaction Through Knowledge for At-Risk and Low Income Bilingual Families	DHHS
Kelly, Frank	Integration of HF-Radar and Estuarine Models to Nowcast and Forecast TMDLS for Texas Bays	THECB
Lehman, Roy	DNA & Antibiotic Resistance Pattern to Identify Sources of Bacteria in S. TX Waters	THECB
Louchouarn, Patrick	Arsenic and Groundwater Quality in South Texas:  Linking Sources, Fate & Impact	THECB
McKimmy, Paul	PASSport	HUD
Moore, Michelle	Parallel Genetic Multiprocessor Scheduling Algorithms	THECB
Moore, Michelle	Concurrent Software: Complexity Analysis and Practical Application	THECB
Pulich, Warren	Lower Rio Grande Valley Land Use Changes and Effects on Wetlands of Lower Laguna Madre, TX	THECB
Sadovski, Alex	Derivative Free Methods of Non Smooth Optimization and Application Decision Making	THECB
Tissot, Philippe & Patrick Michaud	Web-Based Real-Time Processing and Disseminating of Coastal Data Forecasts Based on Neural Networks	THECB
Tissot, Philippe & Patrick Louchouarn	Arsenic & Radionuclides in South Texas	THECB
Waldbeser, Lillian	Role of Lipids in Diabetic Renal Disease	THECB
Withers, Kim	Biological Sciences	THECB

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Beaver, Carl, Suzanne Dilworth & Elizabeth Smith	Increasing Public Awareness of Memorial Park Extension/ Parks & Recreation Department City of Rockport, Texas/ $8,080	Develop layout for interpretive signs to be placed at various locations along the walking trail within the Memorial Park Extension.  The sign layout will include a map of the trail and other text including natural history of the plants and animals common to the area, safety tips, way to avoid impacts to natural areas and logos of partners involved.
Brendel, Johnston	Summer Youth Camp 2001/ Communities in School/ $25,000	Five week "Summer Youth Camp" including services in the area of Employment, Counseling, Activities, Career Development and Family Involvement.
Dannelly, R. Stephen	Knowledge Based System, Inc./ U.S. Army/ $25,000	Subcontract Award
Johnston, Claudia	Digital Learning Discovery Project/ Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board/ $849,992	Project is to expand the region's technological infrastructure for distance learning initiatives through the use of digital television.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Arnold, Gretchen	South Texas Alliance for the Research and Development of Environmentally Sustainable Technologies	NSF (subcontract with TAMUK)
Avila, Linda	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Family Life Center	Continuous submission; U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Fox, Joe	Gulf Oyster Industry Initiative Further Development of Microbial Probiotics for Enhanced Depuration of Oysters(Crassostrea Virginica), Against Vibrio Vulnificus	Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Jeffress, Gary	South Texas Remote Sensing Cooperative Science Center	Department of Commerce's National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (DOC NOAA)
Tunnell, John W.	Living Marine Resources Cooperative Center	Department of Commerce's National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (DOC NOAA)
Yellen, Elaine A.	The Meaning of Patient Satisfaction Among Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools in South Texas	American Nurses Foundation

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Kelly, Frank, Patrick Michaud, Philippe Tissot & Deidre Williams	Wave Climate Monitoring System for Coastal Users & Shoreline Erosion/ CMP - Grant Program/ $100,000	Propose to install a real-time, wave monitoring buoy off Corpus Christi, TX, will perform standard data quality-assurance/quality-control procedures on the observations and make them accessible on the World Wide Web through the TCOON Website.
Maroney, Robert	Southwest Texas Recruitment & Retention of Teachers Project/ Exxon/ $9,765	The Partnership will increase the number of students in our teaching pipeline by actively recruiting larger numbers of qualified students into teacher preparation programs, and it will increase the number of first-year teachers who remain in teaching by assisting beginning teachers with a teacher induction program.
Michaud, Patrick, Philip Tissot & James Bonner	A Fundamental Upgrade of the Texas Coast Water Level Forecasting System/ CMP - Grant Program/ $78,621	Project will provide a working model for the forecasting of water levels during regular conditions and during low to medium intensity weather events.
Smith, Elizabeth	TPWD Bay User's Guide/ TPWD/ $15,700	(1) Develop design specifications for signage frames and installation; (2) determine appropriate vendor to print the signage on weather-resistant materials and construct/install signage at 12 locations; (3) provide printed signage to construction vendor; (4) construct weather/tamper resistant frames and install according to specific instruction by TPWD and landowners at 12 locations.
Smith, Elizabeth & Grady Blount	Implementation of the ASARCO Conservation Area Management Plan: Year 1/ASARCO, Inc./ $50,720.50	Implementation of the ASARCO Conservation Area Management Plan: Invasive Species Removal and Restoration
Tunnell, Wes	Bioaccumulation & Toxicity Lab Services/ CDM Federal Program Corporation/ $506,079	Continuation Award; Lab services for bioaccumulation and toxicity testing of an area in Louisiana.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Beaver, Carl, Suzanne Dilworth & Elizabeth Smith	Increasing Public Awareness of Memorial Park Extension	Parks & Recreation Department City of Rockport, Texas
Bonner, James	Science and Technology Center for Sensitive Near-Shore Environments	NSF
Dannelly, R. Stephen	Knowledge Based System, Inc.	U.S. Army
De Los Santos, Leonor	USDA Summer Food Application	USDA
Dokken, Quenton	Estimating Discard Rate and Release Mortality of Red Snapper in Texas Fisheries	MARFIN, NOAA, DOC/Texas Tech subcontract
Needham, Jim & Gretchen Arnold	Regional Exploring Wetlands & Waterways Program	Coastal Bend Bay Estuary Program
Needham, Jim & Gretchen Arnold	Nonpoint Source Voluntary Public Outreach Program	Coastal Bend Bay Estuary Program

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Benson, Robert	CCBEP - Birding Ecotourism/CCBEP/ $16,783	This contract is for the purpose of identifying of the primary birding assets of the Coastal Bend, formulating a plan to develop a model "birding master plan" using Port Aransas as the example, and developing a guidance document to assist other organizations in development of their own "birding master plan".
Hopkins, Dee	Demonstration Project on Recruitment and Retention of Special Education Teachers in Texas/ Institute for School - University Partnerships/ $36,500	Research/development/demonstration project intended to (a)increase the number of teachers entering special education certification programs; (b)increase the retention rates of special education teachers who enter the teaching profession, and (c)define the most effective recruitment and retention strategies for Texas special education teachers.
Maroney, Robert	Preparing Teachers for High Need Schools in Texas:  An A&M System Partnership for Collaborative Reform of Education Preparation/ Department of Education/ $221,433	Continuation Award; Project to address the needs of Texas schools, and to improve the effectiveness of Texas A&M University System teacher preparation programs.
Michaud, Patrick	GLO Contract 00-041R/ Texas General Land Office/ $66,056.08	Continuation Award; TAMUCC, Conrad Blucher Institute, Coastal Observation Division shall operate and maintain the following National Ocean Service (NOS) National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON): Sabine Pass, TX; Galveston, Pier 21, TX; Galveston, Pleasure Pier, TX; Freeport, TX; Rockport, TX; Corpus Christi, TX; and Port Isabel, TX.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Carr, Scott & Marion Nipper	SPIMS Workshop	National Science Foundation
Hopkins, Dee	Ongoing Expansion of the Early Childhood Development Center:  Broadening the Services for at-Risk Bilingual Families	U.S. Department of Education
Louchouarn, Patrick	Enhancing Diversity in GeoSciences in South Texas	NSF
Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth	Writing Mexico:   Travel and Intercultural Encounter	NEH
Maroney, Robert	Southwest Texas Recruitment & Retention of Teachers Project	Exxon

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Benson, Robert	EcoFriendly Tourism/City of Corpus Christi/ $25,000	To design and coordinate a new annual event entitled BIOBLITZ, design and deploy three live WebCams at selected sites around Corpus Christi area by February 1, 2001 and to develop and host an Ecotourism Website.
De Los Santos, Leonor & Linda Avila	Applied Connections/Coastal Bend School to Careers/ $24,985.70	Teacher Externship program in the Coastal Bend Area to provide Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies teachers with opportunities to build those bridges and incorporate wok based learning experiences in their curriculum.
Lucido, Frank	Successful School Study/ Texas Education Agency/ $6,200	Continuation Award; Purpose is to examine the significant features and effective practices of successful programs for limited English proficient students at seven study sites along with other assessment and performance measures in Pre-K through 2nd grade.
Nipper, Marion	Sediment Spiking and Toxicity Testing Methods/Environmental Protection Agency (Subcontracting with UTMSI) $450,000.00	The experimental design will include the analysis of benthic recruitment, and of sediment and pore water toxicity using sediments collected from uncontaminated areas in the Gulf of Mexico and spiked with selected contaminants of three categories: metals, individuals polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) or crude and fuel oils; and organochlorinated compounds (OCs).
Rhoades, Phillip W.	YOU Business and Faith Assessment/ United Way of the Coastal Bend/ $10,000	ED-Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities ACT
Rhoades, Phillip W.	YOU Evaluation	Purpose is to evaluate project activities for the Youth Summit, Career Development Conference and Faith Community Conference.
Seiger, Lon	National Youth Sports Program 2001/ 2001 National Youth Sports Program Fund/ $53,000	Additional Award; Low-income youth will have the opportunity to learn or refine new sports-skills, improve their level of physical fitness, participate in sports competition, acquire the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors to help them develop into model citizens of society.
Steidley, Carl	TAMU-CC Computer Science, Engineering Technology, and Mathematics Scholarship Program/ NSF CSEMS/ $275,000	Continuation award; Program is to provide scholarships to outstanding and underrepresented undergraduate students of Computer Science and Mathematics.
Tunnell, Wes	Development of Marine Sediment Toxicity Data for Ordnance Compounds & Toxicity Indentification Studies at Select Naval Facilities/ U.S. Geological Survey/ $54,000	Continuation award for yr 3; Purpose is to determine the relevance of a percent change in survival, growth, or reproduction of an organism in the laboratory compared to a structural or functional response of organisms in the field.
Tunnell, John W. & Brien A. Nicolau	CBBP Bay Sediment Monitoring Project/ Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc./ $75,000.00	Purpose is to conduct sediment chemistry monitoring as an additional component to the CBBEP Surface Water Quality project already under way.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Billiot, Eugene	Laboratory Instrumentation for Undergraduate Teaching/Research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Office of Naval Research
Billiot, Eugene	Investigation of the Guest-Host Interaction of Solid Cyclodextrin with Gaseos PAHS	Welch Foundation
Bachnak, Rafic & Holly Patterson-McNeill	Instrumentation for Recruiting and Teaching Underrepresented Students	USDA HSI Program
Cammerata, Kirk	Genomics-Based Curriculum Development and Integration for HSIs in South Texas	USDA
Chopin, Suzzette E.	South Texas Undergraduate Research Symposium	American Association of Anatomists Outreach Grant
Hopkins, Dee	Demonstration Project on Recruitment and Retention of Special Education Teachers in Texas	Institute for School - University Partnerships
Hopkins, Dee & Rachel Salas	Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Grant	Dept. of Ed
Irby, Charles	Trans Texas Videoconference Network (TTVN)	Telecommunications Infrastructure
Jorgensen, Dan	TAMUCC Community Builders Fellowship Project	HUD
Larkin, Patrick, Eugene Billiot, Feri Billiot, Kirk Cammarata, Patrick Louchouarn and Mark Morvant	Acquisition of Instrumentation for the Chemical and Biological Characterization of Factors Affecting the Distribution and Phytoremediation of Seagrasses in Coastal Bays and Estuaries	NSF - MRI
Loon, Joe	The K-12 GIS Project	Eisenhower - THECB
Nipper, Marion	Sediment Spiking and Toxicity Testing Methods	Environmental Protection Agency (subcontracting with UTMSI)
Steidley, Carl, Steve Dannelly, Mario Garcia, Dulal Kar, and Holly Patterson-McNeil	Extending and Strengthening the Pipeline in Computer Science	NSF MII
Tintera, George & Karen Heinz	The PROPS Project	THECB

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Jeffress, Gary	GPS Surveying for City of Corpus Christi/ City of Corpus Christi/ $14,500	TAMU-CC GIS program will assist City staff in conducting immediate and ongoing GIS basemap accuracy assessment and quality management activities.
Jeffress, Gary	GIS for Juvenile Gang Activity Reduction/ Coastal Bend Foundation/ $10,000	The project will develop a computer system that uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to track juvenile gang activity in Nueces County.
Needham, Jim & Gretchen Arnold	Exploring Wetlands & Waterways III/ Coastal Bend Bays Foundation/ $15,920	Kayak camps for minority students in the Coastal Bend. The objective of this project is to continue highly successful program and to add more sessions to make it available to a wider group of participants.
Quiroz, Anthony	Claiming Citizenship:   Mexican Americans' Struggles for Citizenship/ National Endowment for the Humanities/ $24,000	Extending the reach: faculty research awards program
Rhoades, Philip W.	Weed & Seed 1 and 2 Evaluation/City of Corpus Christi $25,000	City desires to measure the effectiveness and impact of the City-sponsored, federally funded Weed and Seed program through an analysis of community program awareness in the regional program target areas.
Williams, Deidra	CERPA/ Texas General Land Office	University Beach Park at TAMU-CC (Phase I)

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Bachnak, Rafic	Instrumentation for Engineering Technology Laboratories	Fluke Corporation
Bachnak, Rafic & Carl Steidley	Instrumentation for a Computer Science & Engineering Technology Lab	Office of Naval Research
Billiot, Fereshteh H.	Investigation of Chiral Interactions Using Steady State Flourescence Anisotropy	Welch Foundation
De Los Santos, Leonor	Counselor Academy	Coastal Bend Schools to Careers
Harper, Sandra S.	Creating a Transformative Culture of Assessment: A Faculty Development Project	U.S. Dept of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Needham, Jim, Jay Tarkington, Susan Childs and Kim Keplar	Career 2001: Gulf of Mexico Coastal Oceans Academy	Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, COP
Moore, Michelle	ITR/SY Survey and Complexity Analysis of Concurrent Software Implementations for Average Case Applications	NSF ITR Small Projects
Rhoades, Philip W.	Weed & Seed 1 and 2 Evaluation	City of Corpus Christi

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/ Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Dokken, Quenton	Bay & Bait Shrimping Industries of the Coastal Bend:  Status Challenges and Management/ Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program $50,000	The goal of the project is to create a platform from which to address all issues with the health and sustainability of the fisheries and natural ecosystems without bias.
Dokken, Quenton	CORE 2001 - National Ocean Science Bowl Competition/ Consortium of Oceanographic Research & Education/ $10,000	National Ocean Science Bowl Competition
Marinez, Diana	Alliance for Minority Participation/ Texas Alliance for Minority Participation in Engineering, Mathematics and Science/ $86,188	Continuation Award
McEndree, Phillip	Apprenticeship Teacher Training for Part 133, TWC Sponsored Programs 2001/ Texas Workforce Commission/ $20,000	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will provide instructor training courses on a statewide basis to the instructors of the apprenticeship training programs funded with Chapter 133 General Revenue funds.
Rhoades, Phil	Corpus Christi Crime Control Prevention District/ Corpus Christi Crime Control and Prevention District/ $6,000	Goal is to conduct an evaluation of the CCCCPD. The evaluation will include an examination of the progress toward or completion of goals and objectives stated in the CCCCPD Plan adopted on August 26, 1997 and a telephone survey of 400 Corpus Christi residents.
Rhoades, Phil	Youth Opportunities United Data Collection and Analysis Project/ United Way of the Coastal Bend/ $58,824	The goal of the Comprehensive Strategy Data Collection Project will be used in maintaining and updating the Five-Year Youth Opportunities United Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Nueces County.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title	Funding Agency
Jeffress, Gary	GPS Surveying for City of Corpus Christi	City of Corpus Christi
Louchouarn, Patrick & Jill Brandenberger	Arsenic Concentrations in Water Resource of the Choke Canyon/Lake CC Reservoir System in Surface & Groundwaters	Texas Water Resource Institution

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/ Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Berkebile, Alan	Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District Agreement/ Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District/ $26,000	The Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District is responsible for measuring water levels in their monitoring wells, analyzing water samples for the public, participating in educational programs for schools and civic groups, performing water well pump tests, and sharing of all the District generated data with the Texas Water Development Board.
Berkebile, Alan	HDR Engineering II/ HDR Engineering/ $15,500(contract amendment)	Agreement to provide professional services to Nueces River Authority in connection with performing a study that meets the requirements contained in the Texas Water Code and Texas Administrative Code as described in the contract between the Authority and the Texas Water Development Board.
Bonner, Jim	Phase II:  Freeport Flowinfo System/ Port of Freeport/ $19,500	Real-time monitoring and reporting system consisting of measurement unit, located at the DOW finger pier in the turning basin.
Fox, Joe	Gulf Oyster Industry Initiation Evaluation of Probiotic Bacteria in Depuration of Oysters Against Vibrio Vulnificus/ Sea Grant/ $38,250(contract amendment)	Oyster depuration research
Michaud, Patrick	TWDB Contract No. 2000-483/ Texas Water Development Board/ $134,546	Continuation Award; To inspect, operate, and maintain the Texas Water Level Observation Network Stations and an estuarine hydrographic survey.
Nicolau, Brien	Ecological Influence of Treated Wastewater Diversions Delta Habitats in a Semirid Climate, Nueces Estuary, Texas: Year 3/ City of Corpus Christi/ $53,672(contract amendment)	Continuation of the City of Corpus Christi Allison Wastewater Treatment study.
Nicolau, Brien	Surface Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries System - Phase II TGLO/ $100,000	Lab analysis related to the CBBP Phase II project.
Tunnell, Wes	Bioaccumulation & Toxicity Lab Services/ CDM Federal Program Corporation/ $175,000	Lab services for bioaccumulation and toxicity testing of an area in Louisiana.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency	Description
Avila, Linda	Hewlett-Packard Digital Village/ Hewlett Packard	The West Side Hewlett-Packard Digital Village is a metropolitan community which will unite neighborhood residents with its commercial entrepreneurs through the sharing of digital resources for the purposes of increasing verbal, digital, commercial, political, environmental and social literacy to create an egalitarian democracy empowered by the word.
Benson, Robert	CCBEP - Birding Ecotourism/CCBEP	This contract is for the purpose of identifying of the primary birding assets of the Coastal Bend, formulating a plan to develop a model "birding master plan" using Port Aransas as the example, and developing a guidance document to assist other organizations in development of their own "birding master plan".
Carr, Scott	Deepwater Program: Effects of Oil & Gas Exploration & Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico/ U.S. Department of Interior - MMS	The program is intended to assess the impacts of oil and gas exploration and development at a number of selected sites on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico.
De Los Santos, Leonor & Linda Avila	Applied Connections 2001/ Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board	The purpose of the "Applied Connections" Teacher Externship program in the Coastal Bend Area is to provide Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies teachers with opportunities to build those bridges and incorporate work based learning experiences in their curriculum.
Koozer-Olson, Karen	Professional Nurse Traineeship Program/ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	The goal of this project is to provide financial assistance in the form of tuition, fees, books, and stipends for baccaluareate prepared nurses pursuing a masters of science in nursing.
Marroquin, Christine L.	Achieving Excellence Together/ Texas Education Agency	To improve student achievement through deregulation and restructuring that includes staff development, parent and community training, and may also include strategies designed to enrich or extend student learning experiences outside of the regular school day.
Mott, Joanna	Bathing Beach Sampling at Padre Island National Seashore/ Padre Island National Seashore (PINS)	The PI and research personnel from TAMU-CC will conduct on site inspection of Malaquite Beach Pavilion and Bird Island Basin to update the findings of the 2000 PINS Sanitary Survey and will also conduct weekly quality Sampling.
Needham, Jim	Young Environmental Scientists Camp/ EPA	The partnership for Environmental and Safety Outreach(PESO) at TAMU-CC, proposes to work with partners in the community to provide environmental education and assistance to students, teachers, businesses, local governments, and the general public.
Smith, Elizabeth & Grady Blount	Implementation of the ASARCO Conservation Area Management Plan:  Year One/ ASARCO, Inc.	Preserve habitats in the property through permanent conservation strategies.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/ Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Adams, John	Nueces Bay, River & Delta Salinity & Freshwater Inflow Monitoring/ City of Corpus Christi/ $86,286	Continuation Award
Chopin, Suzzette	Centers of Excellence/ Department of Health and Human Services/ $3,456	Continuation Award; Project to be jointly conducted by this subcontract between The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi entitled, "Centers of Excellence."
Hamilton, Mary Jane, Philip W. Rhoades & Elizabeth Sefcik	Safe Communities/ Texas Dept of Transportation/ $90,439	Continuation Award; The purpose is to systematically collect and analyze data related to motor vehicle and other traumatic injury and death in Nueces County and create a Safe Communities Consortium and plan.
Hamilton, Mary Jane & Judith Sutherland	Affirming At-Risk Minority Nursing Students for Success (ARMS)/ DHHS Basic Nurse Education and Practice Program/ $473,235	The purpose of this four phase project is to expand enrollment of under-represented minorities in the generic Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and the Registered Nurse (RN) articulation program and increase graduation rates and success on professional licensure examinations for these groups.
Ibanez, Herminio & Veronica Guerra	Upward Bound Participant Expansion Initiative/ U.S. Department of Education/ $85,567	The Expansion Initiative proposal will be utilized to serve an additional 20 participants from the target schools which meet the Absolute Priority criteria.
Michaud, Patrick	GLO Contract 00-041R/ Texas General Land Office/ $56,048.54	Continuation Award; TAMUCC, Conrad Blucher Institute, Coastal Observation Division shall operate and maintain the following National Ocean Service (NOS) National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON): Sabine Pass, TX; Galveston, Pier 21, TX; Galveston, Pleasure Pier, TX; Freeport, TX; Rockport, TX; Corpus Christi, TX; and Port Isabel, TX.
Michaud, Patrick	GLO - Contract 00-055R/ Texas General Land Office/ $187,000	Continuation Award; To inspect, operate, and maintain the Texas Water Level Observation Network Stations.
Needham, Jim	Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Assistance Program:  Contract 0111 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc $75,000	This contract is for the purpose of providing a focused and aggressive educational effort in preventing and controlling nonpoint source pollution.
Smith, Elizabeth	Bay User's Guide for Laguna Madre/ Texas Parks & Wildlife/ $5,000	Develop an electronic layout for land signs to be placed at boat ramps in and around the Laguna Madre.
Tunnell, Wes & Kim Withers	Benthos Identification/Enumeration-Coastal 2000 TX/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department/ $21,000	The U.S. EPA's Coastal 2000 is a five-year effort led by EPA's Office of Research & Development(ORD) to evaluate the assessment methods it has developed to advance the science of ecosystem condition monitoring.
Withers, Kim	Mollie Beattie Coastal Habitat Community:  Public Education & Access Infrastructure/ Coastal Bend Bays and Estuary Program/ $50,000	Project objective is to design and construct a public access area at the Mollie Beattie Coastal Habitat Community that supports vehicle access to a parking area but restricts vehicle access to the flats; design and construct a display to inform visitors of the history and goals of the Mollie Beattie Coastal Habitat Community and to educate them about tidal flat ecology; design and print educational brochures.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency	Description
Barnes, Steve	Geographic Response Action Plans for Oil Spills in Coastal Bend Bays Estuaries/ Coastal Management Programs	This project is a continuation of a plan developed for the Port of Corpus Christi.  The original project was to be developed in six phases- Corpus Christi Inner Harbor, La Quinta Channel-Ingleside Point, Ingleside-Port Aransas, Corpus Christi Bay shoreline, Mustang Island and the Aransas Pass-Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. In conjunction with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Port Industries, the first three phases have been completed and delivered. This proposed project will complete two of the remaining phases of the plan for Corpus Christi Bay (Corpus Christi Bay shoreline and Mustang Island).
Berkebile, Alan	Development of a Gulf Coast Aquifer Groundwater Availability Model for the Central Gulf Coast/ Texas Water Development Board	Proposal to implement a Groundwater Availability Modeling (GAM) program for the Gulf Coast aquifer in the coastal bend area of Texas (Central Gulf Coast).
Guerra, Veronica	Student Support Services: TRIO Grant/ U.S. Department of Education	TAMU-CC proposes to conduct a Student Support Services (SSS) project serving 180 students. A project with an overall goal to increase retention, graduation rates, and graduate school enrollments and thus create a climate of success.
McEndree, Phillip	Apprenticeship Teacher Training for Part 133, TWC Sponsored Programs in Texas/ Texas Workforce Commission	TAMU-CC will provide instructor training courses on a statewide basis to the instructors of the apprenticeship training programs funded with Chapter 133 General Revenue funds.
Tunnell, Wes & Kim Withers	Interagency Contract 81430 Coastal 2000 Benthic Study/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department	TAMU-CC will provide analyses of benthic samples from approximately 45 Coastal 2000 benthic samples. Analyses will include major taxon group sorts, species identification and counts, QC checks and a written and electronic database of the results.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/ Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Berlanga, David	Bilingual/ESL Education Teacher and Personnel Program/ Department of Education/ $250,000	Continuation Award; program will help train undergraduates and teachers interested in bilingual or English as a Second Language certification
Dokken, Quenton	Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Program to investigate alternative diving technologies/ Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary $25,000	Coordinate and implement a research cruise to the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to investigate and evaluate the use of alternative diving technologies for research purposes.
Rote, Carey	TCH Speakers Program:   Latin American Art/ Texas Council for the Humanities/ $1,151	Humanities lecture to be held November 2-3, 2000
Tunnell, Wes	Texas Adopt-A-Wetland Program/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department $20,000	Goal is to promote wetland conservation through a hands-on interactive education program for the general public.

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/Funding Agency	Description
Berkebile, Alan	Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District Agreement/ Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District	The Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District is responsible for measuring water levels in their monitoring wells, analyzing water samples for the public, participating in educational programs for schools and civic groups, performing water well pump tests, and sharing of all the District generated data with the Texas Water Development Board.
Bonner, James	Health Effects Assessment for Complex Environmental Mixtures/ Environmental Protection Agency	The primary goal of the proposed research is to determine the utility of a battery of in vitro bioassays to predict the adverse health effects associated with exposure to complex environmental mixtures.
Dokken, Quenton	Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Program to investigate alternative diving technologies/ Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary	Coordinate and implement a research cruise to the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to investigate and evaluate the use of alternative diving technologies for research purposes.
Hickman, Graham	Winter Ecology of the Western Burrowing Owl in Southern Texas/ ExxonMobil	Proposed research is divided into five components, which together comprise a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the basic winter ecology of burrowing owls and determine methods which will reverse the decline of this species.
Ibanez, Herminio & Veronica Guerra	Upward Bound Participant Expansion Initiative/ U.S. Department of Education	The Expansion Initiative proposal will be utilized to serve an additional 20 participants from the target schools which meet the Absolute Priority criteria.
Needham, Jim	Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Assistance Program:  Contract 0111 Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc	This contract is for the purpose of providing a focused and aggressive educational effort in preventing and controlling nonpoint source pollution.
Sadovski, Alex & Carl Steidley	Summer Research in Computational and Applied Mathematics/ NSF - REU	The goal of the 6 week annual Summer Undergraduate Research in Computational and Applied Mathematics (SURCAM) program is to provide 10 undergraduate students of South Texas, particularly women and minorities, with research experience in Mathematics and its applications to solve real world problems.
Tunnell, Wes	Texas Adopt-A-Wetland Program/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department	Goal is to promote wetland conservation through a hands-on interactive education program for the general public.
Williams, Deidra	CERPA/ Texas General Land Office	University Beach Park at TAMU-CC (Phase I)

Principle Investigator(s)	Project Title/ Funding Agency/ Amount	Description
Dokken, Quenton	Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Coastal 2000 $3,400	Collect & analyze samples for Coastal 2000 project
McEndree, Phillip D	Professional Development for Secondary Trade and Industrial Teacher Certification Activities in South Texas, Rio Grande Valley, El Paso and Other Areas as needed/ Texas Education Agency/ $49,000	Objectives include to conduct the approved Trade and Industrial Teacher Certification courses during the regular school term and the summer, provide support for the youth leadership (Skills USA-VICA) at the local, district, and state level, provide assistance to regional service centers regarding professional development programs for Trade and Industrial Instructors, and to provide assistance for the Annual Teacher Improvement Conference.
Needham, Jim	CCBEP Nonpoint Source Program / Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program/ $48,500	The Pollution Prevention Partnership (P3) at TAMUCC will work in a cooperative effort with TNRCC to develop and deliver a Nonpoint Source Outreach Program for businesses, cities, schools, and the general public. The Outreach Program will place emphasis on those communities identified as regulated small municipal separate storm sewer systems by EPA's Storm Water Rules.
Needham, Jim	TGLO Non Point Source Program/ Texas General Land Office/ $28,330	The Pollution Prevention Partnership(P3) at TAMUCC will develop and deliver a Nonpoint Source Outreach Program for businesses, cities, schools, and the general public. The project will consist of two phases, an initial phase of project development and a second phase of project delivery.
Nicolau, Brien