Awards for August 2016 | Office of Research & Engagement

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

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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 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

Office of Research & Engagement

UT Knoxville Awards (8/1/16 – 8/31/16)*

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