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) * | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |