Monica Jung de Andrade

Awards and Grants

Recognitions and Awards

• Personal:

  Board of Directors, Materials Research Society, USA	2019-2021
  Woody White Service Award, Materials Research Society, USA	2017
  Golden Key Faculty Appreciation Recognition, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA	2017
  2016 Materials Research Society Postdoc Hardship – MRS Spring Meeting, USA	2016
  Gold R&D 100 Market Disruptor Product Recognition Award, 53rd Annual R&D 100 Awards, USA	2015
  Chair of the International Student Academic Affairs Subcommittee, Materials Research Society, USA	2013-2018
  UTDallas Inventor Recognition, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA	2013-2014
  Founder and President of the Materials Research Society Chapter – nominated the most active chapter of the year, USA	2013-2014
  UTDallas Inventor Recognition, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA	2011-2012
  Tech Titans Award (UTDallas NanoExplorers Team), Metroplex Technology Business Council, USA	2011
  PETROBRAS National Award of Technology, “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen by Using Natural Gas,” 1st Prize Gas Category, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., Brazil	2005
  National CNPq Graduate Fellowship Program, Brazil	2005-2009
  National CAPES Graduate Fellow Program, Brazil	2002-2004
  National CNPq Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Brazil	1998-2001

• Mentees:
  

  1st place Embedded Systems, Special Award Signal Processing 2nd Place by Texas Instrum., and Special Award Naval Science by US Dept of Navy/Marine Corps .- Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science & Eng. Fair 2016 – Embedded Systems category (Mentee: Muhammad Ahnaf), “Development of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis and a Foot-Based Control Mechanism,” USA	2016
  Honorable Mention – Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair 2016 – Materials Science category (Mentee: Jason Zhang), “The Effects of Heat-Dissipative Fluids on Thermal Actuators,” USA	2016
  Honorable Mention XVII Salão de Iniciação Científica (Mentee: C.M. Halmenschlager), “Deposição Química Por Vapor Catalisada (DQVC) de Silicato de Magnésio”, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	2005

Grants

Awarded:

1. National Science Foundation (NSF 18-1: Conference proposal), U$D 10,270.00 (PI), Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing for Sustainability symposium – Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2018, USA, 2018.
2. Materials Research Society Foundation (2016 Postdoc Hardship travel grant), U$D 500.00 (PI), USA, 2016.
3. Materials Research Society Foundation (MRS Special Projects Program), U$D 3,130.00/year (PI), MRS-UTDallas Chapter Outreach Activities, USA, 2013.
4. Programa de Apoio a Núcleos de Excelência (PRONEX Research Grant), U$D 350,000.00/year (Senior Director), Materiais Nanoestruturados para Aplicações Industriais, Brazil, 2009.
5. Agência Natural de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustiveis (ANP-PRH-38 Research Grant), U$D 200,000.00/year (Senior Director), Programa Formação de Recursos Humanos em Eficiência Energética Aplicada ao Setor de Petróleo, Biodiesel e Gás Natural, Brazil, 2009.
6. CAPES-COFECUB (CAPES-COFECUB 562-07 Research Grant), U$D 150,000.00/year (Senior Director), Obtenção pela Técnica de Spark-Plasma de Nanocompósitos de Matriz Vitrea Reinforçados com Nanotubos de Carbono, Brazil/France, 2006-2009.
7. CAPES-COFECUB (CAPES-COFECUB international fellowship), U$D 50,000.00/year (PI), Brazil/France, 2007-2009.
8. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq international fellowship), U$D 50,000.00/year (PI), Brazil/Germany, 2006-2007.

Submitted:

1. Muscular Distrophy Association (MDA Venture Philanthropy Grant Award), requested U$D 500,000.00 (Co-PI), Upper Extremity Orthotic Powered by Artifical Muscle, USA, 2016.
2. National Institutes of Health (NIH R21 – Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award), requested U$D 750,000.00 (Co-PI), Upper Extremity Orthotic Powered by Artificial Muscles with User-control integration, USA, 2016.

Selected Publications