Awards for August 2015 | Office of Research & Engagement

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

Spreadsheet: Awards for August 2015

UTK Awards (8/1/15 – 8/31/15)
Investigator	Title	Sponsor	Award
College of Arts & Sciences
Bhaduri, Budhendra	UT-ORNL-CSED Population Research	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$20,315
Butefish, Kurt	Operating Funds for the Tennessee Geographic Alliance	Tennessee Geographic Alliance	$90,806
Cyr, Howard	Geoarchaeological Consultation fo a Multi component Site in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee	AMEC	$2,412
Efremenko, Yuri	Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, and Low Background Physics	DOE – SC – Office of Science	$80,000
Emery, Joshua; Lucas, Michael	Building Blocks of the Terrestrial Planets: Mineralogy of Hungaria Asteroids	NASA – Headquarters Washington DC	$30,000
Emery, Joshua; MacLennan, Eric	Factors Influencing Asteroid Regolith: An Observational Investigation	NASA – Headquarters Washington DC	$30,000
Ezzell, Timothy	Using New and Emerging Technologies to Promote Appalachian Tourism	East Tennessee State University (ETSU)	$4,500
Feller, Daniel	The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition	US – NARA – National Historical Publications and Records Commission	$105,000
Freeman, Mark	Work with Parks: Developing the Museum Management Program (PMMP) Web Catalog	DOI – NPS – National Park Service	$47,000
Grzywacz, Robert	Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$311,571
Grzywacz, Robert; Bingham, Carrol; Grzywacz-Jones, Katherine; Riedinger, Leo	Nuclear Spectroscopy Studies with Radioactive and Stable Ion Beams	DOE – US Dept. of Energy	$485,000
Hatcher, Robert	Detailed Geologic Mapping of the Ft. Oglethorpe 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, and the east half of the Hooker (west) and the west half of the East Ridge (east) 7.5-minute Quadrangles in the Valley and Ridge and Cumberland Plateau, Georgia-Tennessee	DOI – NPS – National Park Service	$43,000
Hay, Jessica	Infant statistical learning: Resilience, longevity, and specificity	HHS – NIH – NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	$241,243
Horn, Sally; Boehm, Mathew	Doctoral Dissertation Research: Fire-Vegetation-Climate Interactions Across the Holocene on the U.S. Southeastern Coastal Plain	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$15,387
Jonsson, Colleen	Evolutionary Mechanisms of RNA Virus Host Switching	HHS – NIH – NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	$117,098
Katsaras, John	Dynamics of Biologically Relevant Model Membrane Systems	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$74,345
Maroulas, Vasileios	GO! PGM Indices of Bioenergy Sustainability	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$61,707
McKee, Bruce	Mechanism of Meiotic Pairing in Drosophila Males	HHS – NIH – National Institutes of Health	$321,484
Mezzacappa, Anthony; Hix, William; Messer, Otis	Simulating Core-collapse Supernovae: from the Central Engine to the Stellar Surface	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$254,990
Mezzacappa, Anthony; Lentz, Eric; Yakunin, Konstantin	Core Collapse Supernova Gravitational Wave Signature Predictions based on 3D Ab Initio Models with Increasing GR Realism	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$91,915
Moersch, Jeffrey	ASU Subcontract: Spectral Mapping and Thermophysical Characterization of the Martian Surface	Arizona State University (ASU)	$57,815
Moore, Todd	Practicum experience for Clinical Psychology	Helen Ross McNabb Center	$5,000
Moore, Todd; Levy, Jacob	Practicum Experience for Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students	Cornerstone of Recovery	$36,000
Nazarewicz, Witold	FUSTIPEN – France-US Theory Institute for Physics with Exotic Nuclei	DOE – US Dept. of Energy	$35,000
Nazarewicz, Witold; Papenbrock, Thomas	Nuclear Computational Low Energy Initiative (NUCLEI)	DOE – SC – Office of Science	$105,000
Platter, Lucas	Electroweak reactions in Low-energy nuclear physics	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$70,000
Plaut, Conrad	Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$4,100
Plaut, Conrad	Moment methods for transport equations	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,803
Schussler, Elisabeth	RCN-UBE: Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP 2.0): Advancing Research, Synthesizing Evidence	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$499,685
Shaw, Shih-Lung	Transportation Research Support	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$3,992
Smith, Jeremy	Post-Doc Steve Tomanicek	DOE – SC – ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$54,897
Vonarnim, Albrecht	Chen Qian GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,000
Vonarnim, Albrecht	Weili GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,000
Vonarnim, Albrecht; Gilchrist, Michael	Translational landscape that links cell growth with proliferation in root meristems	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$706,344
Weitering, Harm	Theoretical Investigation of electronic and structural properties of two-dimensional semiconductors	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$25,000
Haslam College of Business
Cathey, Amy	MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2013 – Spring 2015	DOE – Y12 – BWXT Y-12	$17,711
Cathey, Amy	MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2014 – Spring 2015	DOE – Y12 – BWXT Y-12	$38,755
Fox, William; Carruthers, Celeste; Luna, Leann; Kessler, Lawrence	F&A Appropriation	Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration	$159,200
Fox, William; Cathey, Amy	MIXED METHODS FOLLOW-UP STUDY ON THE MARKET FOR TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGES	Tennessee Board of Regents	$138,279
Fox, William; Harris, Matthew	Tennessee State Data Center	Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration	$278,000
Stewart, Joseph	IPA – Richard Kent Werner	DOD – Department of Defense	$234,503
College of Communication and Information
White, Candace	Corporate perspectives on the role of global public relations and CSR in public diplomacy	Pennsylvania State University (PSU)	$8,000
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
McNeely, Clea	Finding Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Truancy and Crime: An Evaluation of the Ramsey County Truancy Intervention Programs	University of Minnesota (U of M)	$59,380
Raynor, Hollie	LIVE: SMART: Smartphone Intervention for Weight Control	Miriam Hospital	$24,309
Terry, Paul	The African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study	University of Virginia	$34,055
College of Engineering
Arel, Itamar	A Study of Deep Cortical Processing Algorithms for Advancing Next-Generation Machine Learning Systems	Stanford University (SU)	$189,999
Babu, Sudarsanam	Alloy Design Rules of Additive Manufacturing	DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory	$65,000
Clarke, David	Support to CTA Research Programs	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$18,112
DeSmidt, Hans	Design and Analysis of a Novel Two-Speed Inline Epicyclic Bevel Gear Transmission Concept	Vertical Lift Consortium	$12,505
Djouadi, Seddik	Design and development of models of electric grid components to support the simulation environment for cyber-physical system security	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$15,232
Dongarra, Jack	PaRSEC: A Modular Software Framework for Performance & Productivity on Hybrid Ma	DOE – SC – Office of Science	$346,569
Dongarra, Jack	CSR:Medium:Collaborative Research: SparseKaffe: high-performance,auto-tuned, energy-aware algorithms for sparse direct methods onmodern heterogeneous architectures	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$262,091
Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George	Unified Common Communication Substrate (UCCS)	DOE – SC – ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$25,000
Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George	ARGO: An Exascale Operating System and Runtime	DOE – SC – ANL – Argonne National Lab	$163,776
Dongarra, Jack; Kurzak, Jakub	SHF: Small: Empirical Autotuning of Parallel Computation for Scalable Hybrid Systems	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$450,000
Dongarra, Jack; Luszczek, Piotr	Collaborative Research: EMBRACE: Evolvable Methods for Benchmarking Realism through Application and Community Engagement	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$124,999
Gu, Gong	Synthesis and Characterization of Macromolecules for Mono-Molecular Electronics: A Preliminary Investigation	DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research	$25,568
Hall, Howard	Governor	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$120,511
Han, Lee	Energy and Transportation Statistics and Freight Analysis	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$10,045
Han, Lee	Tennessee SHRP2 Travel-Time Reliability Tools ImplementationPart I.B – Pilot/Implementation for TDOT	Tennessee Department of Transportation	$49,993
Han, Lee	Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,600
Han, Lee	Tennessee SHRP2 Travel-Time Reliability Tools ImplementationPart I.A – Pilot/Implementation for TDOT and Knoxville TPO	Tennessee Department of Transportation	$299,997
Hayward, Jason	Gamma ray imaging experimental support for nuclear safeguards and security applications	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$48,284
Heilbronn, Lawrence; Heilbronn, Lawrence	Nuclear Energy Fellowship/Scholarship Program	DOE – US Dept. of Energy	$547,500
Hines, J; Pevey, Ronald	Moderator Demonstration Facility	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$12,387
Hu, Bin	Introducing Magneto-Optical Functions into Soft Materials	National Dong Hwa University	$30,000
Hu, Bin	Addressing Donor:acceptor Interface and Electrode Interface for Enhancing Photovoltaic Actions in Organic Solar Cells	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$6,000
Huang, Baoshan; Shu, Xiang	Evaluation of Geosynthetics Reinforcement in Flexible Pavement Structures Using Accelerated Pavement Testing	Tennessee Department of Transportation	$264,113
Islam, Syed	Substation Resiliency Report	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$19,999
Kihm, Kenneth	proprietary funding source	Lockheed Martin	$70,000
Liu, Yilu	Large-scale Power System Linearity Study and Application Development Using a Data-driven Model	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$289,733
Ma, Zhongguo	Study of Alkali-Silica Reaction Effects on Stressed-Confined Concrete Nuclear Thick Structures	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$507,416
Maldonado, Guillermo	Joint Faculy (FY 15)	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$60,151
Mandrus, David	Studies of Correlated Electron Materials	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$42,000
Mandrus, David	EFRI 2-DARE: Spin-Valley Coupling for Photonic and Spintronic Devices	University of Washington (UW)	$60,161
Melcher, Charles	Transparent Non-Cubic Ceramics Using Magnetic Fields to Control Microstructural Orientation	Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.	$4,835
Moore, Shirley; McCraw, Heike; Bosilca, George; Dongarra, Jack; Terpstra, Daniel	Institute for Sustained Performance, Energy, and Resilience (SuPER)	DOE – SC – Office of Science	$215,000
Paddison, Stephen	Quantitative determination of partial structure factors for polymerized ionic liquids with molecular dynamics simulations	DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office	$50,000
Palomino, Angelica	Rheology of Fine Coal Refuse and Observations of In-Situ Characteristics	University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture	$126,711
Passian, Ali; Parang, Morteza; Farahi, R	Physical Sciences-Oncology Network Data Coordination Center	Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc	$194,714
Pulgar Painemal, Hector; Tomsovic, Kevin; Djouadi, Seddik	Dynamically strengthening the forthcoming power grid: Location and control of fast energy storage systems	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$355,372
Sawhney, Rapinder	Lean Summer Program 2015-2016	ITESM Campus Aguascalientes	$182,855
Skutnik, Steven	Technical support for reactor physics methods development	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$10,000
TerMaath, Stephanie	Finite element analysis support	DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)	$27,573
Tian, Chao	CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Fundamental Limits of Information Systems: A Computational Approach	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$368,354
Wade, Eric; Tan, Jindong	SCH: EXP: Contingent Cueing for the Alleviation of Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease in Ambient Settings	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$551,196
Wang, Shanfeng	Multi-functional Polymer Structures for Promoting Neurite Extension and Myelination	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$304,921
Weber, William	IBML Use for ORNL Project ERKCM86	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$7,300
Wirth, Brian	Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$40,000
Young, Matthew	Capstone Sponsor Agreement	Eastman Chemical Co.	$15,000
Zhang, Zhili	In Situ Quantitative Spatially-resolved Ablation Diagnostics in High-Enthalpy Flows. Topic: AF15-AT38	Spectral Energies, LLC	$49,543
Zhang, Zhili	Pulse-Burst-Laser-Based Diagnostics for High-Speed 2D Fuel–Air Ratio and Heat–Release Rate Measurements for Combustor/Augmentor Instability	Spectral Energies, LLC	$30,024
Zhang, Zhili	Portable Passive High-Speed Hyperspectral Image Sensor For Diagnostics in Practical Combustion Devices	Spectral Energies, LLC	$25,609
Zhang, Zhili	High-Speed Noninvasive Multi-Parameter Laser Diagnostics for High-Mach-Number Flows	Spectral Energies, LLC	$99,990
Zhang, Zhili	Collaborative Research: Pre-Ionization Controlled Laser Plasma Formation for Ignition Applications	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$45,000
College of Nursing
Beebe, Lora; Roman, Marian; Raynor, Hollie; Thompson, Dixie; Schumann, David; Wyatt, Tami; Skolits, Gary	Recovery-Based Interprofessional Distance Education (RIDE) Program	HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration	$357,358
Gaylord, Nan; Mixer, Sandra; Fancher, Susan; Bland, Tamara; Morrow, Jennifer	Collaborating in Caring for Chronically-ill Children (C4): Interprofessional Education to Care for Children and Families with Multiple Chronic Conditions	HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration	$353,182
College of Social Work
Cunningham, Maryanne; Cheatham, Joanna	Signal Centers East CCR&R FY16	Signal Centers, Inc	$508,825
UTSI
Abedi, Reza	A stochastic and computational approach for fracture modeling of quasi-brittle materials	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$264,131
Brooks, Steven	Collaborative Res: GEOTRACES Arctic Section: Determination of Atmospheric wet and dry deposition and air-sea exchange of mercury species from coastal	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$91,205
Davenport, Joel	PRF GE Research Support	Aerospace Testing Alliance	$12,000
Schmisseur, John	In Situ Quantitative Spatially-resolved Ablation Diagnostics in High-Enthalpy Flows. Topic: AF15-AT38	University of Tennessee – Knoxville	$20,457
Campus Centers and Institutes
Crosby, Lonnie	Beste Catalysis and Electron Transport	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$28,827
Crosby, Lonnie	Odbadrakh Coarse Grained Density	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$120,000
Greene, David; Khattak, Asad	Predicting Fuel Economy to Support Vehicle Purchasing Decisions	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$110,567
Hall, Howard	Radionuclides released during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel–Support on the Off-Gas Sigma Team	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$15,825
Riedinger, Leo	Mariya Absar ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$4,920
Riedinger, Leo	Kristian Myhre ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$9,751
Riedinger, Leo	Peter Shankles ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$13,563
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center DGF Nicholas Dexter GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$21,154
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$4,920
Riedinger, Leo	Jayde Aufrecht, Bredesen Center ESE GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$7,890
Riedinger, Leo	Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,945
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE GRA Jonathon Romero	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$3,763
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE Kokouvi Akato GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$58,046
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ryan Saylor	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$13,046
Riedinger, Leo	Biometric Platforms – Fred Heberle	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$50,000
Riedinger, Leo	Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$12,198
Riedinger, Leo	William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,991
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE GRA Lauren Riley	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$22,577
Riedinger, Leo	Patrick Caveney ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$12,915
Riedinger, Leo	Stephen Signore ESE Bredesen Center Graduate Research Assistant	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$24,757
Sayler, Gary	BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee, Phase II	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$64,669
Other
Ellenburg, Sarah	AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRADLEY COUNTY GOVERNMENT’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	Bradley County	$7,560
Hodges, Carolyn	The Graduate Research Fellowship Program	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$198,500
Wood, Pia	Technical Proposal for Professional Campus Recruitment Services	US – Peace Corps	$15,250
MultiCollege/Center
Bishop, Pamela; Sturner, Kelly; Lenhart, Suzanne; Gross, Louis	Math: EAGER: Assessing Interdisciplinary Examples Impacting Math Learning Goals	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$299,990
Budiardja, Reuben; Endeve, Eirik; Cardall, Christian; Mezzacappa, Anthony	SI2-SSE: A Software Element for Neutrino Radiation Hydrodynamics in GenASiS	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$432,488

* 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 11/12/2015
Sponsor Name might be changed at a later time because the official name has not yet been setup in the system as of November 12, 2015