Awards for April 2015 | Office of Research & Engagement

The following awards were granted in April, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.

Spreadsheet: Awards for April 2015

UTK Award (04/01/2015 – 04/30/2015) *
INVESTIGATOR	TITLE	SPONSOR	AWARD
College of Arts and Sciences
Becker, Jeffrey	The quiesome and signalosome of a model GPCR	NIH – National Institute of General Medical Sciences	$276,260
Calhoun, Tessa	Transient Absorption Microscopy and Second Harmonic Generation	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$39,999
Dolislager, Fredrick; Gross, Louis; Galloway, Leslie; Stewart, Debra	FY2015&2016 Risk Integration Technical Support	DOE – URS CH2M Oak Ridge LLC	$5,193
Elias, Dwayne	Development of in-situ Hg Remediation Approaches based on Methylmercury Bioavailability	University of Maryland, Baltimore County/NIH – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	$25,000
Gavrilets, Sergey	Modeling the dynamics of conflict and cooperation within and between multifarious social groups	Army Research Office	$20,000
Hollenbach, Kandace	Zooarchaeological Analysis of 41HR184, Harris County, Texas	Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc.	$745
Jonsson, Colleen	Evolutionary Mechanisms of RNA Virus Host Switching	NIH – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	$427,809
Jouline, Igor; Baudry, Jerome	Computational Genomics of Signal Transduction	NIH – National Institute of General Medical Sciences	$281,526
Kamyshkov, Yuri	WATCHMAN Project	DOE – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	$15,000
Maclean, Calvin; Byrd, David; Alley, David	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Arts and Cultural Alliance Arts and Heritage Fund	$7,125
Mannik, Jaan	CAREER: Understanding robustness of cellular organization in Escherichia coli through nanofabricated environments	NSF	$4,500
Mays, Jimmy	Synthesis of miktoarm triblock terpolymers and dipolar block copolymers	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$35,000
Seshagiri, Urmila	What is Duty?	National Endowment for the Humanities	$22,000
Steadman, Dawnie	The Isotopic Taphonomy of Human Remains	Arizona State University-Research and Creative Activities/Dept. of Justice – National Institute Of Justice	$112,236
Van De Moortel, Aleydis	Mitrou Archaeological Project	Institute for Aegean Prehistory	$27,000
Vonarnim, Albrecht	manesh shah	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$77,000
Zhou, Haidong	CAREER: Emergent Quantum Spin-Liquid in Yb-Pyrochlores and Yb-Spinels	NSF	$140,000
College of Communication and Information
Suttles, Barbara	Support for the Neutron Sciences Directorate at ORNL	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$31,200
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Boyd, Karen	Shaping the college student experience for personally and socially responsible civic action: Reflections of the Dixon vs. Alabama State Board of Education (1961) participants at 50 Years	NASPA Foundation	$6,000
Golden, Barry	Basic Aerospace Education Workshop – 2015	TN Dept. of Transportation-Aeronautics Division	$35,000
College of Engineering
Arel, Itamar; Gu, Gong; Holleman, Jeremiah	Scalable Power-Efficient Signal Analysis Systems using Hybrid Analog Computation	Defense Advanced Research Project Agency	$1,133,022
Babu, Sudarsanam	Integration of Phase Transformation Models with Computational Weld Mechanics Software	Siemens	$120,000
Babu, Sudarsanam	Development of a Novel Close-Looped Adaptive Welding Quality Control System	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$30,000
Babu, Sudarsanam	Nuclear Materials Engineering Graduate Assistantship	DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security	$220,000
Berry, Michael	Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$24,200
Bhat, Gajanan	Value-added Cotton Rich Nonwovens by incorporating Cotton Fibers in Meltblown Webs	Cotton, Inc.	$24,501
Blalock, Benjamin	A Harsh Environment Capable, Fully Integrated Amplifier with High-Voltage Output Drive for Piezoelectric Transducers and MEMS	NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory	$5,000
Braiman, Yehuda	Detection of Weak Magnetic Signals in Noisy Environment	DOD – Office Of Naval Research	$100,000
Cate, Matthew	Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas CDC-FRA-DP14-1416 Community Coalitions for Change: Healthy Living in Tennessee (C3)	University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture – Veterinary Medicine UTIA/HHS – CDC	$36,242
Clarke, David	Database Applications	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,968
Clarke, David	Fuel Economy Guide	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$85,761
Clarke, David	DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$42,468
Clarke, David	Fuel Economy Web Site	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$69,415
Clarke, David	Fuel Economy Program, Clean Cities, & Your MPG	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$48,476
Coble, Jamie	Multivariate analysis to support the deployment of the Multi-Isotope Process Monitor at H-Canyon	DOE – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab	$20,000
Cox, Chris	Administrative Support for East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition	East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition	$39,680
Desmidt, Hans	Design and Analysis of a Novel Two-Speed Inline Epicyclic Bevel Gear Transmission Concept	Vertical Lift Consortium/Dept. of the Army	$66,584
Egami, Takeshi	Atomistic Study of Bulk Metallic Glasses	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$89,900
Egami, Takeshi	Development of Dynamic PDF Method	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$120,000
Fu, Joshua	Arctic Black Carbon Project	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy	$19,172
Gregor, Jens	Trustworthy Vehicle Computing System — Analysis System Design and Development	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$32,072
Han, Lee	Transportation Policy, Planning, and Energy Efficiency Research Support – I	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$3,105
Han, Lee	Freight & Passenger Transportation Data Analysis Research Support – I	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$12,803
Hayward, Jason	Data fusion algorithm development for mobile, dual gamma ray and neutron standoff imager	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$4,692
Hayward, Jason	Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,000
Hayward, Jason	Automated Algorithm Development for Analysis of Radiation Portal Monitor Data	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$21,675
Irick, David	Design Electrical System for a Lightweight All Electric Vehicle	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$21,368
Kalyanaraman, Ramakrishnan; Duscher, Gerd	Ferroplasmons: Theory and Experimental Investigations of Visible Light Plasmons in Ferromagnets	Army Research Office	$144,000
Kihm, Kenneth	proprietary funding source	proprietary funding source	$70,000
Liaw, Peter	AOI 5-A Computational Design and Performance Prediction of Creep-Resistant Ferritic Superalloys	Dept. of Energy	$200,000
Mandrus, David	Correlated and Complex Materials	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$23,221
Rawn, Claudia; Barashev, Alexander	Computational Materials Science Investigation of the Effects of Nuclear Irradiation on Structural Materials	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$76,134
Richards, Stephen; Flinchum, Deanna	Prospectus for a Regional Center in US DOT Region 4 US DOT Strategic Goal Primary Focus: Safety	Dept. of Transportation – Research and Innovative Technology	$1,693,400
Sawhney, Rapinder	Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Round 3-Project Eric	Knoxville/Knox County-Community Action Committee/Community Transportation Association of America	$39,600
Tolbert, Leon	Microgrid Control and Protection	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$25,000
Townsend, Lawrence	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Measurement Investigation Science Mission Phase	University of New Hampshire/NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center	$17,473
Wang, Fei	Investigation of Advanced Power Module Packaging Technologies	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$35,892
Weber, William	IBML Use for ORNL Project ERKCM86	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$15,000
Zhang, Yanwen	Microstructure Characterization in Ceramic- and Metallic-based Materials	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$16,600
College of Social Work
Cunningham, Maryanne; Hadjiharalambous, Chris	Knoxville Police Department Project Safe Neighborhoods Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation Design	Knoxville Police Department/Dept. of Justice	$44,945
Cunningham, Maryanne; Hadjiharalambous, Chris	21st Century Afterschool and LEAPs Program Evaluation FY 2015	TN Dept. of Education	$1,551,805
Patterson, David	YWCA 2015-16 Matching Funds for KnoxHMIS [HUD]	YWCA Knoxville	$320
UTSI
Bomar, Bruce	G Range Telemetry	AEDC-FMF/Dept. of the Air Force	$45,000
Other
Stewart, Joseph	Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ	Dept. of the Air Force	$105,683
Campus Centers and Institutes
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Fluids in Nanoporous Matrices	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$69,081
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Mitchell HPC Project	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$7,161
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Mini-Apps: Building Laboratories for Portable Performance from the Petascale to the Exascale	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$44,871
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Theory of Neutron Scattering in Strongly Correlated and Disordered Materials.	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$67,195
Hall, Howard {Baker Center/Baker Center}	Technical Evaluations of Nonproliferation Strategies and Technologies	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration	$98,716
Hall, Howard {Baker Center/Baker Center}	Radionuclides released during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel–Support on the Off-Gas Sigma Team	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration	$16,377
Huang, Jian {JICS/JICS}	Optimizing VisIt for Next-Generation Architectures Year 2	Intel Corporation	$150,000
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Andrew Lepore ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$57,861
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Erik Walker ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$30,000
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Yunchao Li ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$11,034
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Tracey Wellington Bredesen Center ESE GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,000
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Stephen Signore ESE Bredesen Center Graduate Research Assistant	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$14,854
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Victoria DiStefano ESE GRA Bredesen Center	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$25,923
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Holly Ray ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$17,353
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Robert Moseley, ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$51,666
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	ESE Bredesen Center GRA Anna Wanhala	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$31,678
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Bredesen Center ESE Benjamin Mohr GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$31,661
Sayler, Gary {JIBS/CEB}	BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee, Phase II	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$352,459

* Note:

Awards that were excluded in this list:
1. Awards with negative or zero award amount
2. The salary payments for Joint Appointment like Governor’s Chairs, distinguished scientists, and Joint Faculty
3. Restricted awards (awards with restircted flag checked)
Format for Investigator column: All based on investigator home department except ‘Campus Centers and Institutes’.
Campus Centers and Institutes column : {award admin center_institute / Investigator_home_college_school}.
Format for Sponsor column : {direct sponsor / prime sponsor} if there is a prime sponsor
Award data was pulled based on Award Notice Date (data entry date).
Data was pulled on May 1, 2015