2006 Awards

An Integrated Assessment of Cross-Border Land and Water-Use Changes in the Lower Rio Grande/Bravo Valley Since 1990
Wendy Jepson, Christian Brannstrom, Geography, Texas A&M
Gustavo Garza, Casey Walsh, UNAM

Combating Failures and Malicious Attacks in Communication Networks
Alexander Sprintson, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M
Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM

Electrochemical Technology Development for Micro/nano Manufacturing
Wayne Hung, Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M
Luis Godinez Mora-Tovar, CIDETEQ

Estimating the Non-monetary and Monetary Burden of Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Mexico
Christine Budke, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M
Ana Flisser, National University of Mexico

Evaluation of Phenolics, Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties of Sorghums
Lloyd Rooney, Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M
Sergio Serna-Saldivar, ITESM

High Efficiency Air Cleaning Cyclone Separators
Yassin Hassan, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M
Claudia del Carmen Gutierrez-Torres, IPN

Hybrid Active Imaging Techniques for Potato Inspection
Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M
Ismael Lopez-Juarez, CINVESTAV

Improving the Fatty Acid Composition and Shelf-life Stability in Eggs and Poultry Meat from Poultry Fed with Dietary Levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Conjugated Linoleic Acid
Marcos Sanchez-Plata, Poultry Science, Texas A&M
Ernesto Avila Gonzalez, UNAM

Microbiological Safety of Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce
Alejandro Castillo, Animal Science, Texas A&M
Alejandro Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

New Solutions to Solving Sea Turtle Bycatch from Fisheries Industry Gear in Both U.S. and Mexican Waters
Christopher Marshall, Marine Biology, Texas A&M
Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares, CICESE

Phytoremediation: Merging Biotechnology and Native Species
Marla Binzel, Horticultural Science, Texas A&M
Omar Pantoja, UNAM-Instituto de Biotecnologia

Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Accumulation by the American Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Pueblo Viejo Lagoon, Veracruz and Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas
Luis Cifuentes, Oceanography, Texas A&M
Felipe de Jesus Carrillo Romo
CICATA Altamira-IPN

Preventing colibacillosis Diarrhea in Bovine Calves with Anti-F5 Recombinant Antibodies Produced in Rice Plants
Gerald Wagner, Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M
Alfredo Sahagun Ruiz, UNAM

Retrieval and Interpretation of Shared Cultural Memory from the New Spain Collections of the Cushing Library (Texas A&M) and the Biblioteca Cervantina (Tec de Monterrey)
Nancy Dyer, Gregory Cuellar, Hispanic Studies Library, Texas A&M
Blanca Guadalupe Lopez Morales,Tecnológico de Monterrey

Strengthening the Mexican and U.S.-Avocado Industry by Developing Value-added Processed Avocados and By-products as Functional Foods for Protection against Cardiovascular Disease
Luis Cisneros, Horticultural Science, Texas A&M
Carmen Zevallos Hernandez-Brenes, ITESM

Synthesis of Three Term Controllers Free of Analytical Model Acronym: SCFAM
Shankar Bhattacharyya, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M
Maria Cristina Verde Rodarte, National University of Mexico