Recipients 2026

We congratulate the following departments which received the Spring 2026 TIP Grant Award.


Development, Implementation & Assessment of AI Role Play Simulations for MARK 4379 – Personal Branding for Career Readiness
Dept: Marketing & Entrepreneurship
College: C.T. Bauer College of Business 
Submitting Dean: Xianjun Geng


Metacognitive Prompting: Building the Future with Critical Thinking Skills in Higher Education
Dept: Jack J. Valenti School of Communication
College: College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Submitting Dean: Daniel P. O'Connor


The Use of AI to Enhance Deep Learning and Data Visualization Skills in a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Course
Dept: Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences
College: College of Education
Submitting Dean: Catherine Horn


CLEAR Lab: AI Pedagogy Innovation Studio for Teaching and Learning
Dept: Curriulum and Instruction
College: College of Education
Submitting Dean: Catherine Horn


Data Communications: Hands-on Learning with Software-Defined Radio and AI integration
Dept: Engineering Technology
College: Cullen College of Engineering
Submitting Dean: Pradeep Sharma


AskNaro: A Course-Specific AI Teaching Assistant for Instructor-Controlled, Source-Grounded Learning
Dept: Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: Cullen College of Engineering 
Submitting Dean: Pradeep Sharma 


How, What, and Why of AI in the First-Year Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum
Dept: Engineering Undergraduate Programs
College: Cullen College of Engineering 
Submitting Dean: Pradeep Sharma 


Applied AI and Cloud Services for Workforce-Ready CIS Graduates
Dept: Information Science Technology
College: Cullen College of Engineering 
Submitting Dean: Pradeep Sharma 


From FacetoFace to Multimodal: Redesigning Analytics Education for the AI Age
College: Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership
Submitting Dean: Dennis Reynolds


AI-Enhanced Market Feasibility Analysis in Hospitality Education
College: Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership
Submitting Dean: Dennis Reynolds


AI-supported Faculty Development Initiative to Improve Narrative Evaluations
Dept: Clinical Sciences
College: Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Submitting Dean: Jonathan McCullers


AI-Enhanced Precision Learning in Human Genetics
Dept: Biology and Biochemistry
College: College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Submitting Dean: Gregory B. Dudley


Enhancing BCHS 3304 with Artificial Intelligence Components
Dept: Biology and Biochemistry
College: College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Submitting Dean: Gregory B. Dudley