Awards for February 2015 | Office of Research & Engagement

The following awards were granted in February, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.

Spreadsheet: Awards for February 2015

UTK Award (02/01/2015 – 02/28/2015) *
INVESTIGATOR	TITLE	SPONSOR	AWARD
College of Arts and Sciences
Barnes, Craig; Buchan, Alison	C3Bio	University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture – AgResearch/DOE – Office of Science	$59,996
Burr, Devon	Aeolian Sediment Transport and Landscape Modification on Titan	The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/NASA	$25,289
Cousineau, Marie-Helene	Laser Stripping for High Intensity Proton Beams	DOE – Office of Science	$250,000
Feigerle, Charles	Functionalized Carbon Materials and Recovery of Uranium From Seawater	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$35,532
Grzywacz, Robert; Bingham, Carrol	Support for Joint Insitute for Nuclear Physics and Applications	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$640,000
Guidry, Michael	Neutron Image Modeling	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$36,984
Mundorff, Amy	Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains	New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner/Dept. of Justice – National Institute Of Justice	$49,426
Reynolds, Todd	Screen for phosphatidylserine synthase inhibitors: antifungals & lipid probes	NIH	$393,411
Sepaniak, Michael	ChIMES for Detection of Significant Gas Phases Chemicals	DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security	$9,999
Sepaniak, Michael	Aging and Analysis of Uranium	DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security	$25,000
Shaw, Shih-Lung	Transportation Research Support	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$6,704
Vonarnim, Albrecht	GRA stipends ‘Berven’	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$188,400
Vonarnim, Albrecht	manesh shah	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$26,115
Vonarnim, Albrecht	Chen Qian GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,000
Zhao, Bin	High Refractive Index Nanocomposites via Brush-Grafting of Si Nanoparticles	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory	$49,990
Haslam College of Business
Fox, William; Harris, Matthew	Peer Review of Tennessee Health Care Papers	Patients for Fair Compensation	$21,365
Fox, William; Kessler, Lawrence	Economic Impact Assessment of the Volkswagen Chattanooga assembly plant	Volkswagen Group of America	$34,948
Leitnaker, Mary	University of Tennessee Support for Business Analytics in Quality Assurance	DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security	$155,213
College of Communication and Information
Tenopir, Carol	Pay it Forward: Investigating a Sustainable Model of Open Access Article Processing Charges for Large North American Research Institutions	The Regents of the University of California/Andrew W Mellon Foundation	$95,000
College of Engineering
Arel, Itamar; Gu, Gong; Holleman, Jeremiah	Scalable Power-Efficient Signal Analysis Systems using Hybrid Analog Computation	Defense Advanced Research Project Agency	$49,773
Babu, Sudarsanam	Additive Manufacturing of Aluminum-alloys for HFIR application.	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$50,000
Blache, Klaus	Computational Facility Complex R&M Analysis-Year2	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$41,787
Braiman, Yehuda	Detection and Characterization of a Weak Signal in Noisy Turbulent Environment	DOD – Office Of Naval Research	$36,902
Clarke, David	Database Applications	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,968
Frankel, Jay	Preliminary and Abbreviated Test Plan for ORNL-UTK Project involving Temperature Calibration Block for Inverse Heat Conduction by the UTK CIEM	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$10,000
Han, Lee	Freight & Passenger Transportation Data Analysis Research Support – I	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,540
Heilbronn, Lawrence	Secondary Light-Ion Cross Sections and Transport from Intermediate-Energy Heavy-Ion Experiments	NASA – Langley Research Center	$75,000
Herbert, Erik; Pharr, George	Mechanical Properties at the Protected Lithium Interface	UT-Battelle, LLC/Dept. of Energy	$49,782
Hu, Bin	Revealing Key Polarization, Spin and Energy Parameters in Controlling Deeper Photovoltaic Processes in Perovskite Solar Cells By Using Unique Magneto-Optic Measurements	Air Force Office Scientific Reseach	$250,000
Huang, Baoshan; Dong, Qiao	Implementation and Improvement of Pavement & Asset Management Systems in Tennessee	TN Dept. of Transportation	$112,672
Huang, Baoshan; He, Qiang	Assessing the Applications of Red Mud from Bayer Process in Flue-Gas Desulfurization and Geopolymer Formation in Shandong, China	Hebei Institute of Construction and Geotechnical Investigation	$400,001
Mench, Matthew	Hypervelocity Impact Assessment	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,044
Morris, James	Atomistic Study of Metallic Glasses	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$5,000
Mukherjee, Dibyendu	Measurement of dissolved Oxygen content in Silicon single crystals using advanced Quantitative Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (Q-LIBS)	SunEdison Semiconductor Limited	$66,520
Papanicolaou, Athanasios	A Critical Zone Observatory for Intensively Managed Landscapes	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/NSF	$95,923
Penumadu, Dayakar	Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composites and Microstructure	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$25,000
Rawn, Claudia	Membership Agreement	Welding Research	$50,000
Rawn, Claudia	CMP Membership	Materials Properties Council, Inc.	$50,000
Sawhney, Rapinder	ORNL Neptonium-237 Oxide Quality Enhancement	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$23,000
Sawhney, Rapinder	Changing a National Paradigm: Design and Model a Centralized Inventory Scheme for National Laboratories	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$16,045
Termaath, Stephanie; Retherford, Jennifer	Probabilistic Multi-Scale Damage Tolerance Modeling of Composite Patches for Naval Aluminum Alloys	DOD – Office Of Naval Research	$130,000
Townsend, Lawrence	Additional Improvements to the HZETRN Code and the NUCFRG2 Database	NASA – Langley Research Center	$75,000
Wirth, Brian	High Fidelity Ion Beam Simulation of High Dose Neutron Irradiation	University of Michigan/Dept. of Energy	$165,331
Zawodzinski, Thomas	Uses of Lignin in Electrochemical Systems	TennEra LLC	$150,000
College of Social Work
Cummings, Sherry	Leadership Education Excellence in Caring for Children with Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities	Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Health Resources&Service Admin	$9,560
Cunningham, Maryanne; Hadjiharalambous, Chris; Dukes, Denzel	FY 15 Harmony Family Center TRANSform Trauma II Grant Program Evaluation	Harmony Family Center/HHS – Administration for Children and Families	$100,000
Other
Baumann, Timothy	Consolidation, Rehabilitation, and Digitization of TVAÆs Archaeological Collections at the University of Tennessee	Tennessee Valley Authority	$245,000
Campus Centers and Institutes
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Fluids in Nanoporous Matrices	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$27,632
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Aziz Urban Mobility & Energy	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$43,275
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}	Developing and Applying Real-Time Electron and Nuclear Dynamics Approaches – Jakowski	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$27,732
Greene, David {Baker Center/Baker Center}	Technical Support to Enhance the LAVE-Trans Model and Estimate Costs of Oil Dependence	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$24,375
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Andrew Lepore ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$10,000
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Jacob McMurrary ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$9,155
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Peter Shankles ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$9,195
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Patrick Caveney ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$8,719
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Anthony Gianfrancesco ESE GRA Bredesen Center	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$7,525
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Bredesen Center GRA Jennifer Trumbo ESE	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$29,763
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}	Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$24,397
MultiCollege/Center
Ezzell, Timothy(A&S); Wilt, Catherine(Engr); Ogle, James(A&S)	Development of Best Practices among Case Study Communities From the Strategies	Appalachian Regional Commission	$37,338