The following awards were granted in December, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Download spreadsheet: Monthly Awards for December 2015
UT Knoxville Awards (12/1/15 – 12/31/15)* |
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Investigator |
Title |
Direct Sponsor |
Prime Sponsor |
Obligated Award Amount |
College of Arts & Sciences |
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Allison, David |
Destroying Pathogenic Bacteria Using Targeted-Nanoparticles |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$22,845 |
|
Bhaduri, Budhendra |
UT-ORNL-CSED Population Research |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$16,178 |
|
Binder, Brad |
Structure-Function Analysis of Ethylene Receptors |
Dartmouth College |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$67,129 |
Dadmun, Mark |
Characterization and Design of Novel Polymeric Materials for Fused Deposition Modeling |
Honeywell Federal Management and Technologies, LLC |
$99,999 |
|
Dadmun, Mark |
Support of GradStudent for Dr. Mark Dadmun |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$7,500 |
|
Darby, Erin |
‘En-Hazeva at the Cross-Roads: An Iron Age Fort on the Edge of Empire |
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) |
US – NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities |
$16,800 |
Eckerd, Adam |
Cancer Screening Agent-Based Model |
HHS – CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
$14,465 |
|
Feigerle, Charles |
Functionalized Carbon Materials and Recovery of Uranium From Seawater |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$57,345 |
|
Feigerle, Charles |
Dynamics in Multi-component Polymeric Materials |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$66,619 |
|
Greene, Geoffrey |
Geoffrey Greene JFA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$34,192 |
|
Grzywacz, Robert |
Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$179,109 |
|
Grzywacz, Robert |
Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$215,834 |
|
Guo, Hong |
Data Analysis and Computational Modeling /Simulations for Engineering CAM Photosynthetic Machinery into Bioenergy Crops |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$70,000 |
|
Jouline, Igor |
Culturing of the uncultured: reverse genomics and multispecies consortia in oral health and disease |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
HHS – NIH – NIDCR – National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
$273,510 |
Kilbey, Sidney |
Polymer Nanocomposite Systems for Additive Manufacturing |
Honeywell Federal Management and Technologies, LLC |
$115,000 |
|
MacLean, Calvin |
A Lesson Before Dying |
US – NEA – National Endowment for the Arts |
$20,000 |
|
Olsson, Carl |
Agrarian Crossings: The Shared Struggle to Remake the U.S. and Mexican Countryside in the Twentieth Century |
US – NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities |
$50,400 |
|
Papenbrock, Thomas |
Theoretical Nuclear Structure |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$147,585 |
|
Platter, Lucas |
Lucas Platter JFA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,456 |
|
Plaut, Conrad |
Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$20,132 |
|
Prins, Brandon |
Political Reach, State Fragility, and the Incidence of Maritime Piracy: Explaining Piracy and Pirate Organization, 1993-2012 |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
$75,000 |
|
Shefner, Jon |
Host the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP-Administrative Office) |
Society for the Study of Social Problems |
$172,051 |
|
Sparer, Tim |
Heparan sulfate binding peptides as a novel anti-cytomegalovirus therapeutic platform |
University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) |
$15,000 |
|
Steadman, Dawnie |
Advancement of Rapid DNA Technology on Human Remains |
NetBio, Inc. |
$48,510 |
|
Steadman, Dawnie |
Biometric Viability During Human Decomposition |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$47,645 |
|
Steiner, Andrew |
Andrew Steiner JFA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,529 |
|
Taylor, Lawrence |
SSERVI Environment and Evolution of Exploration Destinations: Science and Engineering synergism -SEEED. |
Brown University (BU) |
NASA – Headquarters Washington DC |
$14,175 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht |
Graduate Research – Sanjeev Dahal (Ussery lab) |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,000 |
|
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences |
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Fisher, Leslee |
More than Recruiters: The Experiences of African American Female Assistant Coaches in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball |
National Collegiate Athletic Association |
$6,000 |
|
Hodge, Lynn |
Connecting Math and STEM Through Modeling |
Tennessee Higher Education Commission |
$65,808 |
|
White, Connie |
Tennessee State Personnel Development Grant |
Tennessee Department of Education |
ED – US Dept. of Education |
$2,332,268 |
College of Engineering |
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Arel, Itamar |
Scalable Power-Efficient Signal Analysis Systems using Hybrid Analog Computation |
DOD – SEC – DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Project Agency |
$1,206,387 |
|
Babu, Sudarsanam |
Reliability Centered Additive Manufacturing Design Framework |
Applied Optimization, Inc. |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
$25,163 |
Bosilca, George |
Open SHMEM and UCX |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
|
Clarke, David |
Support to DOE Project-Shared Freight Transportation and Energy Commodities |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$9,472 |
|
Clarke, David |
DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information & Market Research |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$26,387 |
|
Clarke, David |
DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$17,611 |
|
Clarke, David |
Fuel Economy Guide |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$38,787 |
|
Clarke, David |
Fuel Economy Web Site |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$26,709 |
|
Clarke, David |
Fuel Economy Program, Clean Cities, & Your MPG |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$19,906 |
|
Costinett, Daniel |
Efficiency improvement and interference reduction of wireless charging system through system integration |
Semiconductor Research Corporation |
Intel Corporation |
$100,000 |
Counce, Robert |
Evaluation of Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Phosphate Processing Streams |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,000 |
|
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 |
$45,000 |
|
Dongarra, Jack |
Optimizing Linear Algebra for Applications on Intel® Xeon Phi? Coprocessors |
Intel Corporation |
$185,427 |
|
Egami, Takeshi |
Neutron Scattering Research Network for Epscor States |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
-$1,070 |
|
Everett, Jerry |
Judicial Outreach Liaison Program (JOL) |
TDOT – Tennessee Highway Safety Office |
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin (AS400) |
$93,925 |
Fu, Joshua |
Input Data Development for MOVES 2010b |
Tennessee Department of Transportation-Division of Planning |
DOT – US Department of Transportation |
$213,641 |
Gregor, Jens |
Limited view image reconstruction |
DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) |
$24,000 |
|
Gregor, Jens |
Backend Data Model for Supercomputer Health Monitoring and Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
-$4,619 |
|
Gregor, Jens |
Reconstruction algorithms for neutron imaging device |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$25,112 |
|
Han, Lee |
Transportation and Energy Statistics Analysis – DOE Research Support |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$11,458 |
|
Han, Lee |
Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,800 |
|
Han, Lee |
Traffic Queue Prediction and Warning System |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$113,778 |
|
Hayward, Jason |
Next Generation Safeguards Initiative Human Capital Development Internships |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,443 |
|
Hayward, Jason |
Next Generation Safeguards Initiative Human Capital Development Internships |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,443 |
|
Hayward, Jason |
Next Generation Safeguards Initiative Human Capital Development Internships |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,443 |
|
Heilbronn, Lawrence |
Continuation of Isotope Production at Accelerator and Reactor Facilities |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$41,709 |
|
Hu, Bin |
Revealing Key Polarization, Spin and Energy Parameters in Controlling Deeper Photovoltaic Processes in Perovskite Solar Cells By Using Unique Magneto-Optic Measurements |
DOD – Air Force – AFOSR – Air Force Office Scientific Research |
$250,000 |
|
Huang, Jian |
Visualizing Urban Micro-Climate and Energy Efficiency |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$20,000 |
|
Jin, Mingzhou |
Life Cycle Assessment for |
Boeing |
National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining |
$74,097 |
Jin, Mingzhou |
Flight Risk Analysis, Validation, and Optimization |
Federal Express |
$49,542 |
|
Khattak, Asad |
Highway Safety Manual, Safety Performance Functions (SPF) and Roadway Calibration Factors |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$135,356 |
|
Langston, Michael |
Data Structures, Algorithms and Tools for Ontological Discovery |
Jackson Laboratory |
HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
$63,477 |
Li, Xueping |
Interactive Debriefing Application (IDA) for Simulation |
University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) |
$15,000 |
|
Liaw, Peter |
Preliminary Investigation into the Short Crack Behavior of TI-6AL-4V |
VEXTEC Corporation |
$8,228 |
|
Mandrus, David |
Correlated and Complex Materials |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$7,730 |
|
Materassi, Donatello |
CAREER: Design of in-line controllers for continuously operating networks with structural uncertainty |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$83,722 |
|
Melcher, Charles |
Operating Agreement of the Scintillation Materials Research Center |
Siemens |
$2,500,000 |
|
Nambisan, Shashi |
Ground Truthing of Data from Naturalistic Driving Studies and Associated Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
DOT – FHWA – Federal Highway Administration |
$70,392 |
Papandrew, Alexander |
High-Performance Nanocomposite Fuel Cell Electrodes |
University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) |
$15,000 |
|
Parang, Masood |
TLSAMP Phase III |
Tennessee State University (TSU) |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$88,000 |
Rashidi, Abbas |
ComCon Summit: Innovative Professional Workshop Series to Enhance Communication Skills Pertinent to Construction Engineering Students |
Engineering Information Foundation |
-$17,526 |
|
Rose, Garrett |
Development of a Memristive Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Array (mrDANNA) |
DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory |
$20,000 |
|
Schwartz, John |
Engineering Design Procedures and Standard Drawings for Highway Construction Sediment Basins |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$97,003 |
|
Sun, Kai |
Survey on R&D Needs for Parallel Power System Restoration |
Eleon Energy |
$30,025 |
|
Terpstra, Daniel |
A CO-DESIGN APPROACH FOR ADVANCES IN SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE |
Iowa State University (ISU) |
DOD – Air Force – AFOSR – Air Force Office Scientific Research |
$209,302 |
Tolbert, Leon |
Square Kilometer Array |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,479 |
|
Tomsovic, Kevin |
Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network |
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd |
$10,000 |
|
Wade, Eric |
Augmenting Muscle Activation and Function Following Perinatal Brachial Injury |
Thomas Jefferson University |
American Physical Therapy Association |
$995 |
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 |
$200,000 |
Wirth, Brian |
Modeling Nuclear Fuels Performance: Pellet Clad Interaction |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$54,307 |
|
Wirth, Brian |
High Fidelity Ion Beam Simulation of High Dose Neutron Irradiation |
University of Michigan |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$171,316 |
Wirth, Brian |
A Multiscale Investigation of the Mechanisms Controlling Materials Degradation |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
$624,999 |
|
Wood, Richard |
TerraPower Sodium Fast Reactor Safety Analysis Support |
Technology Resource |
TerraPower |
$42,600 |
Xu, Donghua |
Modeling Hydride Formation in Zirconium |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$60,000 |
|
Yan, Jiaqiang |
SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN CORRELATED MATERIALS: NOVEL PHASES AND PHENOMENA |
Ohio State University (OSU) |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$81,949 |
Zawodzinski, Thomas |
Electrolyte Materials and Physical Chemistry for Electrochemical Devices |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
$300,000 |
|
Haslam College of Business |
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Degennaro, Ramon |
Reading Group on Entrepreneurial Finance Topics |
Charles Koch Foundation |
$10,000 |
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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 |
$157,626 |
Eighmy, Thomas |
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation |
Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp. |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$1,326,667 |
RCI |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Support to the Comparative Genomics Group |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,000 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Programming Support for NCCS HPC Operations Infrastructure Team-Simmerman |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$42,613 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Eclipse Integrated Computational Environment (ICE) – Burova |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,480 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Soft Hybrid Materials Goswami |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$37,000 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Analysis & Understanding of Large Volumes of Structured & Unstructured Data-C. Stahl |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$30,116 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Bennett: LIVV and NEAMS Support and Development |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$19,067 |
|
Crosby, Lonnie |
Dr. Carrillo research in the area of structure and dynamics of soft matter materials |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$47,219 |
|
Glasby, Ryan |
Next Generation Navier-Stokes Solver Development and Algorithm Scalability Analysis and Support |
High Performance Technologies of Charlotte NC |
DOD – Department of Defense |
$66,667 |
Murray, Matthew |
Apex Clean Energy Project |
Apex Clean Energy |
$14,966 |
|
Norby, Richard |
Experimental Design for Amazon-FACE Experiment |
Fundacao Amazonica de Defesa da Biosfera |
Inter-American Development Bank |
$85,000 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
-$4,000 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,000 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Roisin Langan |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
-$21,118 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Jayde Aufrecht, Bredesen Center ESE GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,228 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Travis Lange ESE GRA Bredesen Center |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$9,500 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Anthony Gianfrancesco ESE GRA Bredesen Center |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
-$13,170 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Melissa (Missy) Showers GRA Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,052 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center DGF Nicholas Dexter GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$29,945 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Deborah Weighill ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$11,537 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE John Izaak Miller GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$52,993 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$12,523 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Kyle Sander Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$21,000 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Stephen Signore ESE Bredesen Center Graduate Research Assistant |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,500 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Jeff Beegle ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$34,202 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Elizabeth Norred, Bredesen Center ESE GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$13,405 |
|
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Michelle Halsted |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$18,722 |
|
Stainback, Joseph |
University of Tennessee Support for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP). |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$56,558 |
|
UTSI |
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Davenport, Joel |
PRF GE Research Support |
Aerospace Testing Alliance |
$4,000 |
|
Moeller, Trevor |
Medium-scale Cryotank Testing Support |
Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC |
$5,000 |
|
Schmisseur, John |
Confidential |
IQMRI |
$157,206 |
|
Schmisseur, John |
Confidential |
DOD – AEDC/FMF |
DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory |
$400,724 |
Vakili, Ahmad |
Demonstrate an Innovative Balance Damage Protection System |
DOD – AEDC/FMF |
$51,113 |
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Vakili, Ahmad |
Research in UTSI’s High Speed Wind Tunnel |
Control Vision, Inc. |
DOD – SEC – DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Project Agency |
$5,000 |
* Note:
- Awards that were excluded in this list:
- Awards with negative award amount
- The salary payments for Joint Appointment like Governor’s Chairs, distinguished scientists, and Joint Faculty
- Award data was pulled based on Award Effective Date.
- Data was pulled on 10/6/2016
- 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
- Investigator listed is Lead Principal Investigator.