| Date | Project | Funding Source |
|---|---|---|
| 10/2019–09/2022 | NASA MIRO Center for Advancement Measurements in Extreme Environments PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PIs: Stephen Ackley, Kiran Bhaganagar, Christopher Combs, and Alberto Mestas-Nuñez (University of Texas at San Antonio), John Cassano (UC Boulder), Marylyn Raphael (UCLA), and Tomeka Wilson (Alamo College). |
NASA, #80NSSC19M0194 ($3,000,000) |
| 01/2019–12/2021 | Elements: Data: HDR: Collaborative Research: Developing an On-Demand Service Module for Mining Geophysical Properties of Sea Ice from High Spatial Resolution Lead PI: Hongjie Xie (with collaborative institutions Missouri State University and University of George Mason). Co-PI: Alberto Mestas-Nuñez. |
NSF CSSI Program (total funding $597,000, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $220,000) |
| 04/2018–04/2021 | Impacts of Cloud-Lead Coupling on the Surface Energy Budget of the Arctic Sea Ice-Atmosphere System Institutional PI: Hongjie Xie (Lead PI: Court Strong, University of Utah). |
NASA Cryosphere Program, #80NSSC18K0843 (total funding $471,000, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $99,000) |
| 09/2017 | Developing Effective Agorithms (ICESat-2) for Improving Observations and Forecasting of Freeboard, Ice Thickness, and Leads in Operational Ice Charts for Southern Oceans PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PIs: Stephen Ackley, Alberto Mestas-Nuñez, Blake Weissling, and Yongli Gao. |
NASA ICESat-2 Early Adopter Program (for proof of concept and early data access) |
| 03/2017–03/2020 | Sea Ice Mpping and Coastal Polynya Monitoring in the Ross Sea, Antarctic, Using High Resolution TerraSAR-X Data PI: K. Hollands (Germany Aerospace Center). Co-PIs: Hongjie Xie and others. |
Germany Space Agency (for TSX radar images acquisitions) |
| 10/2015–09/2018 | Improvement of Minority Education in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (MSEIP at The University of Texas at San Antonio) PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PIs: Lance Lambert, Yongli Gao, and Hatim Sharif. MSEIP at The University of Texas at San Antonio details |
DoEd MSEIP Program ($749,705) |
| 09/2015–08/2016 | Reconstruct Paleo-Lake Shorelines and Monsoon Variability over the Tibetan Plateau since Late Pleistocene PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PIs: Yongli Gao and Marina Suarez. |
University of Texas at San Antonio GREAT ($20,000) |
| 06/2015–06/2018 | Collaborative Research: Polynyas, Ice Production and Seasonal Evolution in the Ross Sea (PIPERS) PI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PIs: Hongjie Xie and Blake Weissling. |
NSF ($661,351) |
| 02/2014–01/2015 | Intelligent Energy Systems Research Program PI: Rolando Vega. Co-PI: Hongjie Xie and others. |
CPS Energy ($467,974) |
| 01/2013–12/2017 | Wave-Ice and Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction during the Chukchi Sea Ice Edge Advance PI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PI: Blake Weissling. |
Office of Navy Research ($276,348) |
| 01/2013–12/2014 | Dynamic Monitoring and Evaluation between Grassland Ecological Environment and Snow/Ice and Lakes on Tibetan Plateau PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PI: Tiangang Liang (Lanzhou University, China). |
NSF of China/Chinese Oversea Collaborative Fund (¥200,000) |
| 09/2012–08/2013 | Snow Freeboard and Ice Thickness Distributions and Changes over Bellingshausen-Amundsen Sea from IceBridge Data PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PI: Hatim Sharif. |
University of Texas at San Antonio/CRSGP ($30,000) |
| 09/2011–02/2014 | Climate Change Communication: Engineering, Environmental Science, and Education PI: Hatim Sharif. Co-PI: Hongjie Xie and others. |
NASA ($501,814) |
| 06/2011–05/2014 | Developing and Applying an Integrated Multi-Scale Earth System Modeling Framework to Study the Impacts of Changing Climate, Local Weather, and Land Use and Watersheds and Downstream Coastal Ecosystems Institutional PI: Hongjie Xie (Lead PI: Zong-liang Yang, UT Austin). Co-PIs: Wei Min Hao, Hae-cheol Kim, David Maidment, Paul Montagna, James McClelland, and Hongjie Xie. |
NASA Interdisciplinary Science Program, #NNX11AE42G (total $1,655,524, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $120,000) |
| 10/2010–09/2013 | Minority Opportunities for Research Experience in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (MORESE at The University of Texas at San Antonio) PI: Hongjie Xie. Co-PIs: Lance Lambert and Hatim Sharif. MORESE at The University of Texas at San Antonio details |
DoEd MSEIP Program, #P120A100092 ($561,434) |
| 08/2010–07/2011 | Vertically Pointing Radar Reflectivity and Rainfall Measurements at Different Heights and Comparison with a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge and WSR-88D Level II Reflectivity PI: Hongjie Xie (in collaboration with Austin/San Antonio NWS Office, PI: J.W. Zeitler). Co-PI: Hatim Sharif. |
NOAA UCAR/COMET Program ($11,934) |
| 03/2010–12/2011 | Polar and Planetary Sciences Modules for K-12 TeachersPI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PIs: Hongjie Xie and Carmen Fies. | NASA supplement for education: primary grant NASA #NNX08AQ87G ($30,000) |
| 01/2010–12/2011 | Collaborative Research: The Sea Ice System in Antarctic Summer, Oden Southern Ocean Expeditions PI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PIs: Hongjie Xie, and Brent Nowak. |
NSF Antarctic Sciences Division/AOAS ($340,718) |
| 09/2009–09/2011 | A Collaborative Geospatial Decision Support System for Managing Coastal River Basins Institutional PI: Hongjie Xie (Lead PI: Alex Sun, Southwest Research Institute). Co-PIs: Ron Green, Olufemi Osidele, and Hongjie Xie. |
NASA Applied Sciences Program (total $247,439, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $24,153) |
| 11/2008–08/2009 | Remote Sensing Urban Heat-Island Phenomenon in Four Texas Cities: Houston, Dallas-Ft Worth, San Antonio, and El Paso PI: Hongjie Xie. |
2008/2009 Tenure-Track Research Award Competition ($22,000) |
| 08/2008–07/2009 | Better Understanding NEXRDA Level II Reflectivity Using a Network of Four Double-Gauge Platforms in a Single Radar Cell PI: Hongjie Xie (in collaboration with Austin/San Antonio NWS Office, PI: J.W. Zeitler). |
NOAA UCAR/COMET Program ($10,424) |
| 06/2008–06/2011 | Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness from Space: Validating Estimates from the Laser and Radar Satellite Altimeters with Ship-Based Measurements PI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PIs: H. Xie, T. Marcus (NASA/GSFC), and T. Worby (Australia). Collaborators: J. Zwally, D. Yi, and S. Laxon. |
NASA Cryosphere Program, #NNX08AQ87G (total $585,964, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $533,263; NASA/GSFC portion $52,701) |
| 04/2008–05/2009 | Robotic Exploration of the Geophysical and Microbial Environments at the Ice Sea Water Interface of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Co-PI: Stephen Ackley (PI: Brent Nowak). |
2008/2009 Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ($30,000) |
| 09/2007–08/2009 | Martian Surface Compositions and H2O/CO2 Circulation Investigations Using OMEGA and THEMIS Data PI: Hongjie Xie. |
NASA/TSGC NIP ($10,000, plus $10,000 matching funds from The University of Texas at San Antonio) |
| 07/2007–12/2007 | Developing an Algorithm for Automatically Producing Multi-Day MODIS Terra and Aqua Snow Cover Composite for its Better Utilities PI: Hongjie Xie. |
USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award ($3000) |
| 05/2007–05/2010 | Using Satellite Data and Fully Coupled Regional Hydrologic, Ecological and Atmospheric Models to Study Complex Coastal Environmental Processes Institutional PI: Hongjie Xie (Lead PI: Zong-liang Yang, UT Austin). Co-PIs: David Maidment, Paul Montagna, James McClelland, Guo-yue Niu, and Hongjie Xie. Coastal Zone Interdisciplinary Science Project details |
NASA Interdisciplinary Science Program, #NNX07AL79G (total $1,236,979, University of Texas at San Antonio portion $120,000) |
| 01/2007–12/2009 | Imperial Marginality and Frontier: Kallawayas and Chunchos in the Eastern Inka Borders Collaborator: Hongjie Xie (PI: Sonia Alconini, Department of Anthropology). |
NSF ($154,269) |
| 09/2006–08/2010 | Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic—SIMBA Drift Station PI: Stephen Ackley. Co-PI: Hongjie Xie. |
NSF Polar Program ($533,000) |
| Supplemental Fund to the SIMBA Project Awarded for participation in the Oden expedition in December 2006 and data processing and analysis. |
NSF Polar Program and IPY Program ($61,980) |
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| 09/2006–08/2008 | Enhanced Short-Term Hydrometeorological Forecasting PI: Hatim Sharif. Co-PI: Hongjie Xie. |
NOAA MSI Program ($99,856) |
| 08/2006–02/2008 | Validating DSP Precipitation Product Using 50 GBRA Rain Gauge Rainfall PI: Hongjie Xie (in collaboration with Austin/San Antonio NWS Office, PI: J.W. Zeitler). |
NOAA UCAR/COMET Program ($9906) |
| 04/2006–09/2006 | Validation of Remotely Sensed Precipitation Using Rain Gauge Data in the Texas Hill Country PI: Hongjie Xie. |
USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award ($5000) |
| 01/2006–07/2006 | NEXRAD Radar Rainfall Downscaling PI: Hongjie Xie. |
Subcontract from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; funded by the New Mexico WRRI ($10,000) |
| 10/2005–09/2008 | Minority Opportunities for Research Experience in Earth Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio (MORE Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio) PI: Hongjie Xie. MORE Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio details |
DoED ($281,653) |
| 09/2005–08/2006 | Early Detection of Oak Wilt Using Hyperspectral Technology Blake Weissling (PhD student under Hongjie Xie's supervision). |
NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Fellow Award ($5000) |
| 06/2005–12/2005 | Establishing a Spectral Library of Oak Wilt for Early Detection Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Approach PI: Hongjie Xie. |
USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award 2005 ($5000) |
| 01/2005–07/2005 | Mars Remote Sensing for Determining Martian Evolution of the Surface and Interior PI: Hongjie Xie. |
Faculty Research Award ($5000) |
