The following awards were granted in August 2017. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for Aug 2017
Lead PI |
Project Title |
Direct Sponsor |
Prime Sponsor |
Obl Award Amnt |
College of Arts and Sciences |
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| Alexandre-Jouline, Gladys | Chemotaxis sensing preference in plant-microbe associations | US – NSF – National Science Foundation | $898,089 | |
| Allison, David | Destroying Pathogenic Bacteria Using Targeted-Nanoparticles | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $7,615 | |
| Anderson, David | Prehistoric and Historic Archaeological Context Update for Fort Polk, U.S. Army | DOI – NPS – National Park Service | $88,550 | |
| Angst, Michael | Phase I Archaeological Coring for the Proposed Dredge Channel for the City of Stevenson Municipal Park, Guntersville Reservoir, Jackson County, Alabama | US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority | $7,243 | |
| Angst, Michael | Archaeological Monitoring of Construction for the Proposed City of Stevenson Municipal Park, Guntersville Reservoir, Jackson County, Alabama | US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority | $5,011 | |
| Barrera Olivares, Francisco | Transmembrane peptides for targeting acidosis | HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences | $15,493 | |
| Bembenek, Joshua | Cell Cycle Regulation of Membrane Trafficking | HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences | $28,245 | |
| Dadmun, Mark | Support of GradStudent for Dr. Mark Dadmun | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $29,999 | |
| Egami, Takeshi | Dynamics of Biologically Relevant Model Membrane Systems | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,000 | |
| Feller, Daniel | The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition | US – NARA – National Historical Publications and Records Commission | None | $115,500 |
| Freeberg, Ernest | Correspondence of James K. Polk | US – NARA – National Historical Publications and Records Commission | None | $18,065 |
| Gavrilets, Sergey | Modeling the dynamics of conflict and cooperation within and between multifarious social groups | DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office | $58,569 | |
| Gordon, Kristina | Clinical Practicum Training | East Tennessee Children’s Hospital | $10,000 | |
| Greene, Geoffrey | Experimental Weak Interactions With Pulsed and Continuous Cold Neutrons | DOE – US Dept. of Energy | $340,000 | |
| Grzywacz, Robert | Nuclear Spectroscopy Studies with Radioactive and Stable Ion Beams | DOE – US Dept. of Energy | $454,000 | |
| Hristov, Miroslav | University of Tennessee Ready for the World Music Series | Tennessee Arts Commission | $3,400 | |
| Karakashian, Ohannes | Stochastic multi-level methods for uncertainty quantification | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $3,348 | |
| Mays, Jimmy | Scaled-up synthesis of deuterated isoprene | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $27,186 | |
| McKay, Larry | Paleoflood Study | Electric Power Research Institute | $95,679 | |
| McKee, Bruce | Mechanism of Meiotic Pairing in Drosophila Males | HHS – NIH – National Institutes of Health | $326,463 | |
| McSween, Harry | Participation in DAWN Science Team | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | NASA – Headquarters Washington DC | $43,482 |
| Petridis, Loukas | Zinkicide: A Nanotherapeutic for HLB | University of Central Florida (UCF) | USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture | $285,710 |
| Plaut, Conrad | Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (N. Dexter) | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $33,305 | |
| Plaut, Conrad | Analysis of asymptotic limits of hyperbolic relaxation laws | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $21,495 | |
| Shaw, Shih-Lung | Transportation Research Support – U.S. DOT, Phase IV | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $13,448 | |
| Shaw, Shih-Lung | Transportation Research Support – New York State DOT, Phase III | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $2,174 | |
| Sokolov, Alexei | New Paradigms in Passive Polymer Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Separation | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $11,902 | |
| Sokolov, Alexei | Dielectric and Rheological studies of polymerized ionic liquids | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $12,500 | |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | Graduate Research Villalobos | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $3,000 | |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | Graduate Research Villalobos | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $6,465 | |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | Comparative Genomics bioinformatics and proteomics | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $36,919 | |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | GRA – Palumbo student stipends | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $48,675 | |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | GRA Cooper | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $4,506 | |
| Wilhelm, Steven | Development of a tractable genetic system for Aureococcus anophagefferens | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | $150,473 | |
| Williams, Richard | Confidential | Southern Methodist University (SMU) | DOD – SEC – DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency | $17,212 |
| Zhao, Bin | Stimuli-Responsive Shape Changing Molecular Brushes | US – NSF – National Science Foundation | $225,759 | |
Haslam College of Business |
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| Cathey, Amy | New MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2017 – Solicitation 6300016797 | DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) | None | $40,000 |
| Murray, Matthew | Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee on the State’s Economic Outlook | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $95,619 | |
| Murray, Matthew | Economic Forecasting Services to the Tennessee Valley Authority | US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority | $185,925 | |
College of Communication & Information |
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| Allard, Suzanne | Support For Computational Science and Engineering Division-UTBattelle (Nelson) | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $7,500 | |
| Allard, Suzanne | Support For Computational Science and Engineering Division-UTBattelle (Nelson) | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $50,371 | |
College of Education,Health, & Human Sciences |
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| Brewer, Ernest | Veterans Upward Bound Program | ED – US Dept. of Education | $315,916 | |
| Brewer, Ernest | Educational Opportunity Center | ED – US Dept. of Education | $476,833 | |
| Wolbers, Kimberly | National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities | Salus University | ED – US Dept. of Education | $192,501 |
Tickle College of Engineering |
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| Abidi, M | UT-B Multispectral Measurements | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $50,000 | |
| Blalock, Benjamin | Multi-channel Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (MISA) | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $62,499 | |
| Dongarra, Jack | Sparse Iterative Solver Benchmarking and the SparseBenchProject | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $83,380 | |
| Donovan, David | Plasma Diagnostic Development and Data Analysis on the Proto-MPEX Linear Plasma Experiment | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $11,562 | |
| Duty, Chad | Dr. Chad Duty Joint Faculty appointment FY18 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $90,613 | |
| Egami, Takeshi | Atomistic Study of Bulk Metallic Glasses | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $37,651 | |
| Egami, Takeshi | Neutron scattering study of disordered materials under pressure | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $58,971 | |
| Frymier, Paul | Graduate Assistance in the Area of Need: A Teaching and Research Program for Creating Advanced Materials Experts at the University of Tennessee | ED – US Dept. of Education | $197,704 | |
| Hall, Howard | Governor | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $65,752 | |
| Han, Lee | Freight and Passenger Big Data Analysis – DOT Research Support IV | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $22,873 | |
| Han, Lee | Research & Analysis Support to Non-Federal Sponsored Project | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $13,032 | |
| Han, Lee | DOT Freight & Passenger Modeling Analysis Support | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $14,249 | |
| Hayward, Jason | Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $5,000 | |
| Hayward, Jason | Development and testing of a time of flight photon counting imaging detector | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $13,500 | |
| Hayward, Jason | Safeguards technology research in coincidence and multiplicity counting of nuclear materials | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $5,013 | |
| Heilbronn, Lawrence | Nuclear Energy Fellowship/Scholarship Program | DOE – US Dept. of Energy | $329,554 | |
| Heilbronn, Lawrence | Visiting Faculty Research Program | Oak Ridge Associated Universities | $5,000 | |
| Hines, J | The Nuclear Engineering Faculty Development Program at the University of Tennessee | US – NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission | $449,999 | |
| Jantz, Michael | Collaborative, Tier-Conscious Data Management for Next-Generation Memory Systems | Intel Corporation | $75,000 | |
| Jantz, Michael | RCAPTS: Readiness Certification Assurance Process Tracking System | DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) | $35,000 | |
| Langston, Michael | A Framework for Integration and Analysis of Multilevel Omics Data | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) | $13,093 | |
| Liu, Yilu | ORNL Y Liu CEDS | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | |
| Ma, Zhongguo | Development of an Irradiated Minerals, Aggregates, and Concretes (IMAC) Database | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $4,305 | |
| Maldonado, Guillermo | Study of Mass Transport in Molten Salt Reactors | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $43,345 | |
| Mench, Matthew | Support of IAHE Activities | International Association for Hydrogen Energy | $10,000 | |
| Ostrowski, James | Symmetric Convex Sets: Theory, Algorithms, and Application | DOE – SC – Office of Science | $135,743 | |
| Peterson, Gregory | Peterson Joint Faculty Amendment FY18 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $65,718 | |
| Rack, Philip | Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | |
| Rack, Philip | Rack: Joint Faculty Appointment FY18 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $29,964 | |
| Rawn, Claudia | I/UCRC Full Grant: Center for Integrative Materials Joining Science for Energy Applications (CIMJSEA) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (UTK) Site | US – NSF – National Science Foundation | $64,999 | |
| 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 | $126,000 | |
| Tolbert, Leon | WBG Traineeship – Daniel Merced | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $7,631 | |
| Townsend, Lawrence | IMPROVED NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION MODELS FOR SPACE RADIATION TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS | NASA – Langley Research Center | $39,000 | |
| Vaidya, Uday | GO PGM: Techno-economical Calculations and Energy Analysis | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $8,000 | |
| Vaidya, Uday | CERC BEE – Composite Accessories for Precast Walls | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $27,400 | |
| Vaidya, Uday | Long Fiber Composites Molding and Big Area Additive Manufacturing Tooling for Aircraft Braking Industry | Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems | $372,634 | |
| Wang, Fei | An Ultra-light Highly Efficient MW Class Cryogenically Cooled Inverter for Future All Electric Aircraft Applications | Boeing | NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $50,141 |
| Wang, Fei | Multi-functional High-efficiency High-density Medium Voltage SiC Based Asynchronous Microgrid Power Conditioning System Module | North Carolina State University (NCSU) | DOE – EERE – The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | $250,000 |
| Zinkle, Steven | Advanced processing of ODS steels | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $15,000 | |
College of Nursing |
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| Bonom, Julie | HRSA Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program | HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration | None | $2,800 |
| Lindley, Lisa | Barriers to Hospice and Palliative Care Utilization among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients Living in Poverty | Dana Faber Cancer Institute | HHS – NIH – NINR – National Institute of Nursing Research | $31,443 |
College of Social Work |
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| Cunningham, Maryanne | Baby University Evaluation | Signal Centers, Inc | $30,000 | |
| Patterson, David | FY 2017-2018 Knox County CDBG | Knox County Community Development Office | HUD – Housing and Urban Development | $10,000 |
| Patterson, David | 2017-2018 City of Knoxville ESG Homeless Grant | City of Knoxville Community Development Division | HUD – Housing and Urban Development | $15,000 |
| Rao, Uma | Ethnic Influences on Stress, Energy Balance and Obesity in Adolescents | HHS – NIH – NIMHD – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities | $76,115 | |
Research Centers & Institutes |
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| Auxier, John | Support for Lt Saul King’s Master’s Project | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,601 | |
| Buehler, Matthew | Oak Ridge National Laboratory University Engagement for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards Courses at the University of Tennessee, Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | DOE – NNSA – National Nuclear Security Administration | $28,000 |
| Egami, Takeshi | vLocal Structure by Neutron Diffraction | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $24,000 | |
| Glasby, Ryan | DOE-FieldView-HO | Intelligent Light | DOE – NNSA – LLNL – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $25,000 |
| Gross, Louis | Mathematics support for spatio-temporal population and population dynamics modeling and simulation | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | None | $34,924 |
| Hale-Salvo, Hannah | University of Tennessee Support for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP). | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $50,000 | |
| Hall, Howard | Research into optical methods for on-line measurement of gas-phase metal fluorides in support of the Enrichment Sciences Program | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $27,575 | |
| Hall, Howard | Sub-Saharan Africa | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $16,875 | |
| Hall, Howard | Support Nuclear Materials Detection | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $16,500 | |
| Rack, Philip | SNS Diamond Foils | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $30,001 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Narendran Raghavan ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $11,500 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $21,000 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Pranab Chowdhury ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $10,000 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,309 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Eric Muckley GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $13,852 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Christine Ajinjeru GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $54,608 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Vidya Kishore Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $57,134 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Reed Wittman | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kun Lou | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Adeola Adediran | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $15,000 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,710 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Clyde (Josh) Beers GRA Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,020 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ashley Cliff | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $12,115 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Chance Brown | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,547 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Anna Furches GRA Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $44,464 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Zachary Sims | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $39,280 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Deeksha Rastogi GRA Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $44,062 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Sam Evans – GRA Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $460 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $9,124 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Ryan Saylor Bredesen Center GRA ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $33,907 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ryan Daniels | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $19,905 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ronald Sadlier | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,624 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Jasmine Kreig GRA, Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $35,215 | |
| Simpson, Michael | Multimodal Chemical Imaging using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $26,931 | |
UT Space Institute |
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| Abedi, Reza | Computational Support for Numerical Solutions of Radiative Transfer Equations | Riverside Research | $67,785 | |
| Chen, Ying-Ling | A Quantitative Purkinje Technique for Early Cataract Detection | Swift-Info Technology | $200,000 | |
| Schmisseur, John | Enhancements in Isolator Operability | CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) | $10,044 | |
Other |
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| Abel, Steven | CHAUHAN, Gaurav Research | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $18,241 | |
| Pawlicki, Alison | Mechanistic Understanding of Mo and/or Organic Friction Modifier Containing Low Friction Tribofilms | Infineum | None | $49,929 |