The following awards were granted in December 2017. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below. To download the data used in this report, please see the link following the chart.
Data available in accessible Excel spreadsheet: Awards for December 2017
Award Admin School |
Lead PI |
Project
|
Direct Sponsor |
Prime Sponsor |
Obligated Award Amount |
| College of Architecture & Design | Poole, John | Operating funds in support of Philip Enquists Governors Chair 17-18 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $29,166 | |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Sorensen, Soren | Studies of Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter | DOE – US Dept. of Energy | $569,000 | |
| Emery, Joshua | OSIRIS-REx | University of Arizona (UA) | NASA – Headquarters Washington DC | $636,353 | |
| Grzywacz, Robert | Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $250,000 | ||
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | Graduate Research – Sanjeev Dahal (Ussery lab) | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $8,259 | ||
| Burr, Devon | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE OUTREACH : ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN TENNESSEE | Vanderbilt University (Vandy) | NASA – Headquarters Washington DC | $90,675 | |
| Reynolds, Todd | Identification of CDP-DAG and serine binding sites in Candida albicans phosphatidylserine synthase, an antifungal drug target | HHS – NIH – NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | $223,457 | ||
| Mikucki, Jill | Autonomous Melt-Probe Penetration of Dirty Ice with Clean Sampling for Life Detection | University of Washington (UW) | NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $102,000 | |
| Riding, Robert | Hybrid Carbonates | Total | $129,100 | ||
| Grissino-Mayer, Henri | The Historical Dendroarchaeology of the Lincoln Cabin at Knob Creek, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA | DOI – NPS – National Park Service – Southeast Region | None | $2,679 | |
| Grissino-Mayer, Henri | Absolute Dating of Tree Rings on a Dugout Canoe Uncovered during Hurricane Irma in Cocoa, Florida | Florida Department of State | None | $2,250 | |
| Hollenbach, Kandace | Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Samples from Site 8 (44AB442) at Monticello, Albemarle County, VA | Thomas Jefferson Foundation | $8,000 | ||
| Haslam College of Business | Cathey, Amy | New MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2017 – Solicitation 6300016797 | DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) | None | $80,032 |
| College of Communication & Information | Allard, Suzanne | Support for Biological and Environmental Research Information System (BERIS)- Communications and Management Expert | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $236,768 | |
| Allard, Suzanne | Sr. Technical Writer / Business Analyst | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $156,845 | ||
| Tenopir, Carol | Understanding Use of Scholarly Sources to Improve Engineering Education (UUSSEE) | Engineering Information Foundation | $24,750 | ||
| College of Education, Health, & Human Services | Ehrlich, Samantha | Physical Activity in Pregnancy for Intergenerational Obesity Prevention | HHS – NIH – NIDDK – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | $146,086 | |
| McIntyre, James | Advocacy – SCORE Strategic Planning Work (Targeted Innovation Efforts) | State Collaborative on Reforming Education | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $287,319 | |
| Crouter, Scott | Neighborhood Risk Factors for Falls in the Elderly | University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) | HHS – NIH – National Institutes of Health | $14,538 | |
| Hodge, Lynn | East TN STEM Hub | Battelle Memorial Institute | State of Tennessee | $30,997 | |
| Scott, Jason | Inclusive Recreation Physical Education Activity Program | University of Tennessee Foundation | L5 Foundation | $5,000 | |
| Tickle College of Engineering | Wirth, Brian | A Multiscale Investigation of the Mechanisms Controlling Materials Degradation | DOE – SC – Office of Science | $659,118 | |
| Tomsovic, Kevin | Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network | Southern Company Services, Inc. | $50,000 | ||
| Fu, Joshua | Assistance of Air Benefit and Attainment Assessment and Cost Analysis System | Chang Jung Christian University | Taiwan Environmental Protection Adminstration | $65,000 | |
| Rose, Garrett | Development of a Memristive Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Array (mrDANNA) | DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory | $32,000 | ||
| Weber, William | IBML Use for ORNL BES Irradiation Project | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $21,840 | ||
| Ekici, Kivanc | Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $30,004 | ||
| Liu, Yong | Frequency Response Assessment and Improvement of Three Major North American Interconnections due to High Penetrations of Photovoltaic Generation | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | None | $63,095 | |
| Langston, Michael | Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction | Jackson Laboratory | HHS – NIH – NIDA – National Institute on Drug Abuse | $31,000 | |
| Loeffler, Frank | Validating the use of engineered sorbents to sequester mercury released from contaminated soils and sediments | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $19,500 | ||
| Paddison, Stephen | Elucidating Correlation of Morphology with Charge Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquids | DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office | $39,326 | ||
| 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 | $45,910 | |
| 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 | $49,915 | |
| 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 | $25,434 | |
| Rose, Garrett | Next-generation neuromorphic coprocessor power consumption in the beyond exascale era | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $54,461 | ||
| Costinett, Daniel | WBG Device Characterization and Application for Converter Design | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $10,900 | ||
| Costinett, Daniel | Transportation Electrification | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $6,893 | ||
| Li, Xueping | MATI: Maintenance Advance Technology Initiative Project | DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) | $256,165 | ||
| Vaidya, Uday | CERC BEE – Composite Accessories for Precast Walls | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $27,500 | ||
| Babu, Sudarsanam | Next Generation Topology Optimization Design Using Non-Isotropic Property Sets | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $15,000 | ||
| Han, Lee | DOT Freight & Passenger Modeling Analysis Support | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $11,400 | ||
| Hayward, Jason | Development and testing of a time of flight photon counting imaging detector | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $7,601 | ||
| Hayward, Jason | Safeguards technology research in coincidence and multiplicity counting of nuclear materials | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $10,025 | ||
| Zinkle, Steven | Fusion blanket concepts assessment | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $59,060 | ||
| Tomsovic, Kevin | Collaboration with ORNL on Networked and Nested Microgrid Coordination | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $50,001 | ||
| Babu, Sudarsanam | Qualification of AM components through In-situ Process Monitoring and Computational Modeling | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $43,000 | ||
| Bray, Larry | Updating the 2004-2005 Terminals on the Tennessee and Cumberland Waterways | US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority | None | $50,000 | |
| Wirth, Brian | Development of a Mechanistic Hydride Behavior Model for Spent Fuel Cladding Storage and Transportation | Pennsylvania State University (PSU) | DOE – NE – NEUP- Office of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Engineering University Program | $210,000 | |
| Webster, Sheila | Worker Training at DOE facilities | National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education | HHS – NIH – NIEHS – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | $150,000 | |
| Braiman, Yehuda | External Cavity Design and Dynamics of High Frequency Modulated, High Power Blue Diode Lasers | DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research | $56,679 | ||
| Li, Fangxing | A Deep Learning Algorithm for Multi-Scenario Power System Security Assessment under Uncertainties | ISO New England | $60,196 | ||
| Tomsovic, Kevin | CURENT Industrial Partner Agreement – Full Member | SPARQ Global LLC | $10,000 | ||
| Tomsovic, Kevin | Full Member – CURENT Industrial Partner Agreement | Knoxville Utilities Board | $10,000 | ||
| Chvala, Ondrej | Molten Salt Modeling Activities – Dynamic Models | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,000 | ||
| Clarke, David | Support of Fuel Economy Information Program | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $250,000 | ||
| Costinett, Daniel | Low-EMI, High Efficiency WPT Receiver | FutureWei Technologies | $40,000 | ||
| Langston, Michael | A Framework for Integration and Analysis of Multilevel Omics Data | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) | $32,410 | ||
| Komistek, Richard | In vivo determination of knee kinematics for subjects having a MicroPort Medial Pivot or DePuy Attune PCR TKA | Microport Orthopedics, Inc. | $137,500 | ||
| Hu, Anming | Weldability and Hydrogen Compatibility Evaluation of High-Mn and Ultra-High Strength Steels | POSCO | $52,000 | ||
| College of Social Work | Dukes, Denzel | Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development | University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) | HHS – ACF – Administration for Children and Families | $4,554 |
| Cunningham, Maryanne | DHS Child Care Assessment Supportive Services Program (STARS) FY18 | Tennessee Department of Human Services | HHS – ACF – Administration for Children and Families | $43,260 | |
| Patterson, David | Coordinated Entry System | City of Knoxville Community Development Division | $90,452 | ||
| Patterson, David | City of Knoxville Support HMIS Dashboard FY 18 | City of Knoxville Community Development Division | $36,000 | ||
| Research Centers & Institutes | Riedinger, Leo | Patrick Caveney ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $840 | |
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $33,608 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Pranab Chowdhury ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $12,225 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Holly Ray ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $840 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Benjamin Mohr GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $10,209 | ||
| Feigerle, Charles | Dynamics in Multi-component Polymeric Materials | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $30,000 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | ESE Bredesen Center Eva Muntunga GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $840 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bresedesen Center ESE Artem Maksov GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $14,892 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Tong Wu GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,258 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE Eric Muckley GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Elizabeth Norred, Bredesen Center ESE GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $840 | ||
| 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 | $22,000 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Adeola Adediran | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE John Izaak Miller GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $42,364 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $22,571 | ||
| Crosby, Lonnie | CADES ORNL | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $100,000 | ||
| Crosby, Lonnie | Machine Learning & Data Visualization – Senter | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $40,000 | ||
| Hu, Bin | Synthesis and characterization of Organometal Trihalide Perovskites | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $34,837 | ||
| Khomami, Bamin | Polymer Synthesis and Characterization | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,610 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Emilio Ramirez | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Keith Britt | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $22,361 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,470 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Ryan Saylor Bredesen Center GRA ESE | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $1,890 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center DSE GRA John Qiu | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $23,581 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Sarah Eichler Inwood | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $22,737 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Riddhi Shah | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $55,468 | ||
| Riedinger, Leo | Bredesen Center ESE GRA Riddhi Shah | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $2,558 | ||
| Cahill, Katie | Develop an Asset Mapping of County and Community Resources Available to Address Opioid Abuse for Volunteer Tennessee | Volunteer Tennessee | $29,360 | ||
| Feigerle, Charles | Fluorination of conversion based cathode oxides | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $25,000 | ||
| Feigerle, Charles | Synthesis Capabilities | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $48,054 | ||
| Duscher, Gerd | High resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Metastable Nanomaterials | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $76,749 | ||
| UT Space Institute | Kamali-Moghaddam, Saeed | Analytical Measurements of Ferric Citrate Samples | RCI Pharma Development LLC | $2,100 | |
| Other | Katsaras, John | Heberle Katsaras 10.2017 | DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $50,000 |