Awards for April 2016

UT Knoxville Awards (4/1/16 – 4/31/16)*

Investigator

Title

Sponsor

Prime Sponsor

Obligated Award Amount

College of Architecture & Interior Design

Collett, Bradford

Regional Water quality Improvement Playbook

Southeast Tennessee Development District

$24,500

Poole, John

Operating funds in support of Philip Enquist’s Governor’s Chair 14-15

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,834

College of Arts & Sciences

Allison, David

Destroying Pathogenic Bacteria Using Targeted-Nanoparticles

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$22,847

Becker, Jeffrey

The quiesome and signalosome of a model GPCR

HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$276,260

Dolislager, Fredrick

Hosting and Maintenance of an Alaska-Specific Risk-Based Cleanup Levels Calculator

State of Alaska

$130,000

Emery, Joshua

OSIRIS-REx

University of Arizona (UA)

NASA – Headquarters Washington DC

$13,705

Fitzpatrick, Benjamin

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Does Transgressive Segregation in PhysiologicalNiche Explain the Rapid Spread of Invasive Genes into a Native Population

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$18,493

Gross, Louis

UT-Battelle EPA Risk-Environment Assessment and Decision Analyses

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,000

Gross, Louis

UT-Battelle EPA Risk-Environment Assessment and Decision Analyses

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$150,000

Hollenbach, Kandace

Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of 9GN173, Glyn County, GA

Brockington and Associates

$10,279

Hollenbach, Kandace

Subsistence Analysis of Sites 1Ma279 & 1Ma597, Madison County, Alabama

Brockington and Associates

$3,659

Hughes, Karen

Digitization TCN: Collaborative: The macrofungi Collections Consortium: Unlocking a biodiversity resource for unde54rstanding biotic interactions, nutrient cycling and human affairs

The New York Botanical Garden

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

-$31,044

Kalisz, Susan

Messy breakups of the plant and fungal world: mutualism disruption and plant reproductive allocation shifts caused by allelopathic invaders could be a mechanism of native biodiversity decline

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

$5,000

Labrador-San Jose, Mariano

FMR1 protein and chromatin insulators mediate chromatin function and genome integrity

HHS – NIH – NINDS – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

$226,500

Lloyd, Karen

The role of uncultured microbes in the Arctic marine sediment carbon cycle

Simons Foundation

$540,000

McKinney, Michael

Monitoring survey of the threatened Mountain magazine shagreen land snail

USDA – Forest Service

$10,000

Moersch, Jeffrey

From Habitability to Biosignatures: Changing Planetary Environments and the Fingerprints of Life

SETI Institute

NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

$29,167

Smith, Jeremy

Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Mercury Transformation

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

-$99

Steen, Andrew

Does hydroxyl radical liberate bioavailable organic carbon in subsurface sediments?

Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$78,094

Taylor, Lawrence

SSERVI Environment and Evolution of Exploration Destinations: Science and Engineering synergism -SEEED.

Brown University (BU)

NASA – Headquarters Washington DC

$9,662

Taylor, Lawrence

Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Sciences (CLASS)

University of Central Florida (UCF)

NASA – Headquarters Washington DC

$16,269

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Chen Qian GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Weili GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$1,795

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Graduate Research – Sanjeev Dahal (Ussery lab)

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Diurnal and Circadian Control of Protein Synthesis

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$150,595

Williams, Richard

Operation and Maintenance of CTBTO Auxiliary Seismic Station AS107/TKL

Southern Methodist University (SMU)

DOD – SEC – DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency

$3,375

Zhao, Bin

Thermally Responsive Nanoparticle Dispersions Via Brush-Grafting

Applied Physics Laboratory – Johns Hopkins University (APL JHU)

DOD – Department of Defense

$42,689

College of Communication & Information

Potnis, Devendra

Project MISSILE (Mobile Information Skills and Solutions in Library Education)

US – NARA – Institute of Museum and Library – Office of Museum Services

$40,121

Tenopir, Carol

Experience Assessment: Building User Experience and Assessment Capabilities in Libraries and Information Centers (Master’s Level Project)

US – NARA – Institute of Museum and Library – Office of Museum Services

$811,501

College of Engineering

Benson, Roberto

DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL PRETREATMENT AND STABILIZATION ROUTES FOR SPIDER SILK CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$32,264

Berry, Michael

Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$12,500

Berry, Michael

Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$7,091

Braiman, Yehuda

High power blue diode laser array for underwater applications

DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research

$124,999

Burton, Mark

Continued Support for Appalachian Rail Capacity Conservation

US – ARC – Appalachian Regional Commission

None

$30,000

Cherry, Christopher

Assessment of Mobility and Transit Access to Captive Riders in Suburban and Rural Areas – RES2016-16

Univeristy of Memphis (UM)

Tennessee Department of Transportation

$94,401

Donovan, David

Fusion Materials and Technology

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$15,046

Egami, Takeshi

Physics of metallic glasses

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$38,887

Ekici, Kivanc

Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$22,000

Gao, Wei

Acquisition of Software-Defined Radio Equipments for Adaptive Mobile Networking at the Tactical Edge

DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office

$125,758

Gregor, Jens

Limited view image reconstruction

DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)

$45,000

Gregor, Jens

Reconstruction algorithms for neutron imaging device

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$106,514

Hazen, Terry

Administrative Support for East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition

East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition

$86,899

Hazen, Terry

ENIGMA subcontract

DOE – SC – LBL – Lawrence Berkely National Lab – University of California

$79,795

Heilbronn, Lawrence

Nuclear Energy Fellowship/Scholarship Program

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

-$5,500

Huang, Jian

Visualizing Urban Micro-Climate and Energy Efficiency

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Irick, David

Performance of a Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery System on an Automotive Engine

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$179,518

Kihm, Kenneth

Multi-Scale Energy Transport in High Temperature heat pipes for Leading Edges

Lockheed Martin

DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force

$47,595

Langston, Michael

Confidential

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare

DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory

$50,000

Langston, Michael

Genetic and Inflammatory Markers of Sepsis

University of Pittsburgh (PITT)

$700

Maldonado, Guillermo

Performance Assessment of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuels within Aggressive Operational Power Histories

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$213,255

Mukherjee, Dibyendu

Measurement of dissolved Oxygen content in Silicon single crystals using advanced Quantitative Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (Q-LIBS)

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited

$56,501

Nguyen, Ke

Catalyst Aging and Poisoning

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,819

Papanicolaou, Athanasios

Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$15,000

Papanicolaou, Athanasios

Increasing the Resilience of Agricultural Production in the Tennessee and Cumberland River Basin through More Efficient Water Resource Use

University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture – AgResearch

USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture

$270,539

Papanicolaou, Athanasios

A Critical Zone Observatory for Intensively Managed Landscapes

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$94,771

Rack, Philip

Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$50,965

Ragauskas, Arthur

THF Co-Solvent Biomass Fractionation to Catalytic Fuel Precursors with High Yields

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$400,000

Rawn, Claudia

Center for Integrative Materials Joining Science for Energy Applications (CIMJSEA) Membership Agreement

DOE – UT-Battelle, LLC

$50,000

Rawn, Claudia

Membership Agreement

Welding Research

$25,000

Reinbolt, Jeffrey

Furthering University of Tennessee Undergraduate Research Education (FUTURE) for Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering

HHS – NIH – NIBIB – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

$43,200

Sawhney, Rapinder

FCM Fuel Production Process Model and Roadmap Analysis

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,000

Skutnik, Steven

GO! PGM Logistics studies of used nuclear fuel transport for the Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST)

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,479

TerMaath, Stephanie

Probabilistic Multi-Scale Damage Tolerance Modeling of Composite Patches for Naval Aluminum Alloys

DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research

$110,000

Vaidya, Uday

Governor

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

-$27,000

Wang, Dali

An Agent-based Simulation and Analysis Framework for Cell Development (year 2)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

$55,590

Wirth, Brian

Modeling Nuclear Fuels Performance: Pellet Clad Interaction

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$51,192

Young, Matthew

Capstone Sponsor Agreement

Eastman Chemical Co.

$15,000

College of Social Work

Cunningham, Maryanne

Evaluation of Douglas-Cherokee Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program — Expansion (TOP)

Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority

HHS – OASH – Office of Adolescent Health

$45,733

Cunningham, Maryanne

TN DHS — TPOPS (Clear Wrap)  FY14

Tennessee Department of Human Services

HHS – ACF – Administration for Children and Families

$202,687

Cunningham, Maryanne

CSSEP Knox 6th District FY13

Tennessee Department of Human Services

HHS – ACF – Administration for Children and Families

$607,082

Haslam College of Business

Bell, John

Supply Chain Transparency

DOD – Air Force – AFIT – Air Force Institute of Technology

$30,000

Bruce, Donald

Families First

Tennessee Department of Human Services

$225,000

Cathey, Amy

New MBA/MSBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2015 – Summer 2016

DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$56,707

Cathey, Amy

New MBA/MSBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2015 – Summer 2016

DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$38,711

Noon, Charles

Quality Business Analytics Graduate Students

DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)

None

$30,000

Other

Eighmy, Thomas

Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation

Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp.

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$47,478

RCI

Greene, David

Economic Analysis of the Effects of the CAFE/GHG Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles on the Distribution of Income in the U.S.

Energy Foundation

$40,000

Riedinger, Leo

ESE Bredesen Center Eva Muntunga GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$26,832

Riedinger, Leo

Erik Walker ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$31,211

Riedinger, Leo

ESE Bredesen Center Carly McKown GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$26,830

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE Tong Wu GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,472

Riedinger, Leo

Seong Jin An ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,654

Riedinger, Leo

Andrew Lepore ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,000

Riedinger, Leo

Deborah Weighill ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Riedinger, Leo

Alex Pawlowski ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,454

Riedinger, Leo

Mechanical behavior of materials for transporation and power plants – Senand Microstructure-property relationships in cast aluminum alloys-Roy

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$37,560

Riedinger, Leo

Asa Roy ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,035

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Reed Wittman

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,347

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kun Lou

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$13,124

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Robert Brese

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$13,500

Wereszczak, Andrew

High-Pressure-Induced Structural Changes in Silicate Glasses

DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office

$118,273

UTSI

Moeller, Trevor

ACE Booster Phase II

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC

$59,999

Moeller, Trevor

Medium-scale Cryotank Testing Support

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC

DOD – SEC – DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

$20,000

Moeller, Trevor

Senior Design Projects with AEDC

DOD –  AEDC/FMF

DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force

$20,000