The following awards were granted in August 2016. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
(The downloadable spreadsheet has been temporarily removed while data is amended.)
UT Knoxville Awards (8/1/16 – 8/31/16)* |
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Investigator |
Title |
Sponsor |
Prime Sponsor |
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College of Arts & Sciences |
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Agarwal, Pratul |
Conformational sub-states in enzyme catalysis: Applications to ribonuclease |
University of Pittsburgh (PITT) |
HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
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Allison, David |
Destroying Pathogenic Bacteria Using Targeted-Nanoparticles |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Angst, Michael |
Archaeological Monitoring During Construction Of a Fixed Boat Slip and Installation Of Utilities on Site 40MR165, Tellico Reservoir, Monroe County, Tennessee |
US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Angst, Michael |
Phase I Archaeological Survey for the Loyston Point Trail Expansion, Norris Reservoir, Union County, Tennessee |
US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Angst, Michael |
Archaeological Monitoring During Demolition of TVA Building D, Walnut Orchard Road, Anderson County, Tennessee. |
US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Barrera Olivares, Francisco |
Transmembrane peptides for targeting acidosis |
HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
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Batista, Cristian |
Effective exchange interactions for rare-earth materials |
DOE – NNSA – LANL – Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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Cheng, Xiaolin |
SusChEM: Multiscale Interaction Potentials for Cellulose |
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UA) |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Efremenko, Yuri |
Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, and Low Background Physics |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
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Egami, Takeshi |
Viscosity of Aqueous Solution |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Ellis, Kelsey |
Convective mode and Tennessee tornadoes: Climatology, warning procedures, and false alarm rates |
DOC – NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric |
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Emery, Joshua |
Dark material on the large moons of Uranus: What is it and where did it come from? |
NASA – Headquarters Washington DC |
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Emery, Joshua |
Factors Influencing Asteroid Regolith: An Observational Investigation |
NASA – Headquarters Washington DC |
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Feigerle, Charles |
Synthesis of Novel Catalysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Fordyce, James |
Collaborative Proposal: Dimensions: The evolution of novel interactions within a network of plant, insect and microbial biodiversity |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Freeberg, Ernest |
The Correspondence of James K. Polk |
US – NARA – National Historical Publications and Records Commission |
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Gross, Louis |
UT-Battelle EPA Risk-Environment Assessment and Decision Analyses |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Grzywacz, Robert |
Nuclear Spectroscopy Studies with Radioactive and Stable Ion Beams |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Hix, William |
Development of Early Science Problems on Summit with the FLASH Code |
DOE – UT-Battelle, LLC |
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Hollenbach, Kandace |
Paleoethnobotanical Analysis, 40BT8, Blount County, Tennessee |
Legacy Research |
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Katsaras, John |
Dynamics of Biologically Relevant Model Membrane Systems |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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MacLean, Calvin |
ABC Artist Support for “The Crucible” |
Arts and Cultural Alliance of Greater Knoxville |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
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Mengesha, Tadele |
Mathematical Analysis on Peridynamic Models |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Musfeldt, Janice |
DMREF Collaborative Research: Emergent functionalities in 3d/5d multinary chalcogenides and oxides |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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O’Meara, Brian |
Unveiling the Factors Behind the Diversification of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) |
Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) |
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Plaut, Conrad |
Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (N. Dexter) |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Smith, Jeremy |
Post-Doc Steve Tomanicek |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Smith, Jeremy |
Multi-Scale Modeling Framework for Mercury Biogeochemistry |
DOE – BER – Office of Biological and Environmental Research |
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Sparer, Tim |
Pan- and Core-Genomes Models of Functional Properties of the Cores of Various Bacterial Species |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Steiner, Andrew |
Andrew Steiner JFA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Vonarnim, Albrecht |
Chen Qian GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Webster, Clayton |
JFU Contract (Salary) for PI Clayton Webster |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Webster, Clayton |
JFU Contract (Startup Funds) for PI Clayton Webster |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Wise, Steven |
Efficient, Adaptive, and Convergent Numerical Methods for Phase Field and Phase Field Crystal Equations with Applications |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Haslam College of Business |
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Murray, Matthew |
Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee |
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development |
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Stewart, Joseph |
Better Business Deals – Combined Synopsis/Solicitation FA8601-16-R-0023 |
DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force |
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Taylor, Edward |
Provide Services Supportive of the Wage & Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration |
DOL – US Dept. of Labor |
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College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences |
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Brewer, Ernest |
Educational Opportunity Center |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
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Brewer, Ernest |
Veterans Upward Bound Program |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
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Crawford, Lisa |
Tennessee Department of Education Leadership Course |
State Collaborative on Reforming Education |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
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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) |
DOJ – OJP – National Institute Of Justice |
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White, Connie |
Tennessee Teachers’ Professional Development Event Support |
Tennessee Department of Education |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
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Wolbers, Kimberly |
Consortium in Sensory Disabilities, Fellowships |
Salus University |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
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College of Engineering |
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Babu, Sudarsanam |
Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Institute |
American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
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Blalock, Benjamin |
Multi-channel Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (MISA) |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Burton, Mark |
Analysis of the Need for Water Compelled Rate Analysis for Missouri River Navigation |
ECS-GEC JV |
DOD – Army – USACE – ERDC – Corps of Engineers Engineer RandD Center |
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Chen, Chien-Fei |
Collaborative Research: CRISP Type 2: Revolution through Evolution: A Controls Approach to Improve how Society Interacts with Electricity |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Chvala, Ondrej |
Scoping of two-fluid molten salt reactor neutronics |
Flibe Energy Inc. |
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Clarke, David |
Fuel Economy Web Site |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Clarke, David |
DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information & Market Research |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Clarke, David |
DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Clarke, David |
Fuel Economy Guide |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Djouadi, Seddik |
Embedded Instrumentation and Control for Extreme Environments and Multiple Microgrids |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Dongarra, Jack |
Intel Science and Technology Center for Big Data |
University Industry Research Corporation |
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Dongarra, Jack |
Asynchronous Iterative Solvers for Extreme-Scale Computing |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
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Donovan, David |
Ex-Situ Surface Characterization Studies and Boundary Plasma Diagnostic Development for DIII-D |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
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Edwards, Brian |
Flow-Induced Disentanglement in Shear and Elongational Flows of Entangled Polymers: A Hi-Fidelity Molecular Simulation Study |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Fathy, Aly |
Remote Triage Of Combat Causalities: VitalWave |
MaXentric Technologies, LLC |
DOD – Army – Department of the Army |
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Hall, Howard |
Governor |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2 |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 1 |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Automated Algorithm Development for Analysis of Radiation Portal Monitor Data |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
UAV research and development for advanced sample collection capability |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Safeguards technology research in He-3 alternatives for coincidence counting |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Safeguards technology research in segmented gamma scanning |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hayward, Jason |
Next Generation Safeguards Initiative Human Capital Development Internships |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Huang, Jian |
Visualizing Urban Micro-Climate and Energy Efficiency |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Islam, Syed |
Tracking the Health of Soldiers with Advanced Implantable Nano-Sensors |
University of Connecticut (UCONN) |
DOD – Army – Department of the Army |
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Jantz, Michael |
Collaborative, Tier-Conscious Data Management for Next-Generation Memory Systems |
Intel Corporation |
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Komistek, Richard |
In vivo determination of knee kinematics for subjects having either a Stryker Triathlon or ConforMIS PS TKA |
ConforMIS |
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Lang, Maik |
Materials Science of Actinides – EFRC |
University of Notre Dame |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Langston, Michael |
Confidential |
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Warfare |
DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory |
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Li, Husheng |
TWC: Small: Collaborative: Multi-Layer Approaches for Securing Enhanced AMI Networks against Traffic Analysis Attacks |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Liu, Yilu |
Testing and Modeling of Bulk System Components Under EMP/GIC |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Liu, Yilu |
Extreme Event Modeling |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Lukosi, Eric |
Supporting Measurements of Multi-Layered Composites |
Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC |
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Luszczek, Piotr |
HPC training for GO! Pei |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Lyne, James |
Development of a light-weight launch vehicle upper stage using a common bulkhead propellant tank enabled by a eutectic fuel mixture |
TGV Rockets |
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Meek, Thomas |
Urania-based Direct Conversion Neutron Detectors |
DOD – SEC – DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
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Ostrowski, James |
Microgrid Optimization and Validation |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Palomino, Angelica |
Development of Transportation Engineering Data for Safety and Other Studies |
DOI – NPS – National Park Service – Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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Papanicolaou, Athanasios |
Agricultural Soil Erosion and Carbon Redistribution in the Midwest Using Visible Near Infrared Spectroscopy |
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service – Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit |
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Pevey, Ronald |
Moderator Demonstration Facility |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Rack, Philip |
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Rose, Garrett |
NCS-FO: Biomimetic membrane networks as adaptable neuromorphic computation circuits |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Sawhney, Rapinder |
FCM Fuel Production Process Model and Roadmap Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Sawhney, Rapinder |
Lean Summer Program 2016 |
ITESM Campus Aguascalientes |
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Schwartz, John |
Improving the GRSM?s understanding of its natural resources and processes and thereby enhancing protection of the Park?s resources |
DOI – NPS – National Park Service – Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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Tomsovic, Kevin |
ERC for Ultra-Wide Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Vanderzanden, Bradley |
III: Small: Reducing The Graphical User Interface’s Consumption of Power on Mobile Devices |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Wang, Fei |
A Smart and Flexible Microgrid with a Low-cost Scalable Open-source Controller |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Wirth, Brian |
Advancing Understanding of Fission Gas Behavior in Nuclear Fuel through Leadership Class Computing |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Young, Matthew |
Eastman Senior Design FY17 |
Eastman Chemical Co. |
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Zhang, Zhili |
Experimentally Derived Scaling Laws from Spatiotemporally Resolved Measurements in High-Pressure Combustors |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force |
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Zhang, Zhili |
Burst-Mode-Laser-Based Sensor Suite for High-Speed 2D Fuel-Air Ratio and Heat-Release Rate Measurement for Combustor/Augmentor Instability |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force |
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Zhang, Zhili |
Support ORNL in Low-Temperature Geothermal Energy R&D |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Zinkle, Steven |
Nuclear Fuels Fundamental Research |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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College of Social Work |
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Cummings, Sherry |
TRAINING INTEGRATED PROFESSIONALS TO SERVE (TIPS) |
HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration |
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Cunningham, Maryanne |
Signal Centers East CCR&R FY17 |
Signal Centers, Inc |
HHS – ACF – Administration for Children and Families |
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Cunningham, Maryanne |
Abstinence Education Program Evaluation (Pre-Award Activities) |
Decisions Choices and Options |
None |
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Daugherty, Linda |
Legal Aid of East Tennessee Evaluation |
Legal Aid of East Tennessee |
Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee |
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Patterson, David |
FY 2016-2017 Knox County CDBG Match |
Knox County Community Development Office |
HUD – Housing and Urban Development |
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Patterson, David |
Helen Ross McNabb Center Matching Funds FY16-17 for HUD/HMIS |
Helen Ross McNabb Center |
None |
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RCI |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Odbadrakh Coarse Grained Density |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Visual Analytics Tools – Halsey |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Fluids in Nanoporous Matrices |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Support to the Comparative Genomics Group |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Machine Learning & Data Visualization – Senter |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Hall, Howard |
Support for INSEP Programs |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Ostrouchov, George |
Harnessing Scalable Libraries for Statistical Computing on Modern Architectures and Bringing Statistics to Large Scale Computing |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Peterson, Gregory |
International High Performance Computing Summer School 2016 |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Peterson, Gregory |
MRI: Development of iSNARLD (Instrument for Situational Network Awareness for Real-time and Long-term Data) |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
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Pfiffner, Susan |
Assessment of Tracers and Microoganisms Associated with Environmental Samples |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Prins, Brandon |
Crime in Civil Conflict |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Pranab Chowdhury ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Clyde (Josh) Beers GRA Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
GRA Chang Liu Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kaitlin Palla |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE Christine Ajinjeru GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Vidya Kishore Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Erica Grant |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Megan Lilly |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Keith Britt ESE GRA Bredesen Center |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Andrew Lepore ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Zachary Sims |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Deborah Weighill ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE Mark Christian GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Riedinger, Leo |
Hoi Ho GRA Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Smith, Jeremy |
Functional domains in model membranes and protocells probed with high-performance simulation and neutron scattering |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Wiegand, Krista |
Expanding the Issue Correlates of War(ICOW) Dataset |
University of North Texas (UNT) |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
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UTSI |
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Kamali-Moghaddam, Saeed |
Analytical Measurements of Fe-Sucrose Samples |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
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Yue, Zhongren |
Confidential |
Advanced Scientific Support and Engineering Technology |
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Other |
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Eighmy, Thomas |
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation |
Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp. |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Eighmy, Thomas |
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation |
Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp. |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
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Smith, Steven |
UT/ORNL Library Project |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
*NOTE
- Awards that were excluded in this list:
- Awards with negative or zero award amount
- The salary payments for Joint Appointment like Governor’s Chairs, distinguished scientists, and Joint Faculty
- 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 12/16/2015
- Sponsor Name might be changed at a later time because the official name has not yet been setup in the system as of December 16, 2015