Awards for January 2016 | Office of Research & Engagement

The following awards were granted in January 2016. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.

(The downloadable spreadsheet has been temporarily removed while data is amended.)

UT Knoxville Awards (1/1/16 – 1/31/16)*
Investigator	Title	Sponsor	Prime Sponsor	Obligated Award Amount
College of Arts & Sciences
Cyr, Howard	Geoarchaeological Analysis of Sites 22It725 and 22It276, Isawamba County, Mississippi	Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research		$24,207
Elias, Dwayne	Development of in-situ Hg Remediation Approaches based on Methylmercury Bioavailability	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)	HHS – NIH – NIEHS – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	$40,000
Emery, Joshua	Water and OH on Primitive Bodies: Expanding the Frontier	Applied Physics Laboratory – Johns Hopkins University (APL JHU)	NASA – Headquarters Washington DC	$29,061
Engel, Annette	Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Functional diversity of chemosymbiosis in lucinid bivalves from coastal biomes	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$1,393
Fozo, Elizabeth	Membrane alterations and daptomycin tolerance	HHS – NIH – NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases		$351,512
Guidry, Michael	Neutron Image Modeling	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$17,216
Hollenbach, Kandace	Subsistence Analysis of 40MT82, Montgomery, AL	Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research		$1,392
Hwang, Wonjae	South Korea’s Rise in the Era of Globalization: Power, Economic Development, and Foreign Relations	University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM)	Academy of Korean Studies	$17,301
Loeffler, Frank	Towards Predictive Understanding of Nigrogen Flux in Soils	DOE – US Dept. of Energy		-$2,244
Mannella, Norman	CAREER: Sub-Picosecond Electron Dynamics in Complex Electron Systems	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$100,000
Moersch, Jeffrey	Mineralogy and Aeolian Geology with the Mars Exploration Rover Mission	NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory	NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$15,000
Moersch, Jeffrey	Assessment of subsurface hydrogen content and geochemical anomalies using the Mars Science Laboratory Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons Experiment	NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory		$36,500
Perfect, Edmund	Visualization and Quantification of Water Spreading on Fracture Surfaces in Low Matrix Porosity Rocks	DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office		$49,221
Plaut, Conrad	Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$17,924
Roberts, Daniel	Investigating monolignol transporters using a Xenopus expression system	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$22,650
Taylor, Lawrence	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE OUTREACH : ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN TENNESSEE	Vanderbilt University (Vandy)	NASA – Headquarters Washington DC	$94,540
Vonarnim, Albrecht	manesh shah	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$87,837
Weitering, Harm	Electronic Complexity in Epitaxial Rutile Heterostructures	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$8,628
Weitering, Harm	Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Recharge Usage	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$20,000
Weitering, Harm	Tuning electronic instabilities in triangular surface lattices via subsurface doping	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$140,663
College of Engineering
Bhat, Gajanan	Nonwoven Webs by Melt Blown Processing of Lignin Carbon precursors	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$15,000
Blache, Klaus	Computational Facility Complex R&M Analysis-Year2	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$45,778
Blalock, Benjamin	Multi-channel Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (MISA)	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$30,000
Cate, Matthew	Fiscal Year 2016 Statewide Survey of Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Usage inTennessee	TDOT – Tennessee Highway Safety Office		$166,133
Coble, Jamie	Robust Online Monitoring Technology for Recalibration Assessment of Transmitters and Instrumentation	DOE – PNNL – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab		$97,000
Coble, Jamie	Multivariate analysis to support the deployment of the Multi-Isotope Process Monitor at H-Canyon	DOE – PNNL – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab		$25,000
DeSmidt, Hans	COMPACT ROTORCRAFT TRANSMISSION: Feasibility Analysis and Configuration Design for Test and Evaluation of a Pericyclic Gearbox for Rotorcraft Power Transmission	Vertical Lift Consortium		-$17
Egami, Takeshi	Neutron scattering study of disordered materials under pressure	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$43,099
Egami, Takeshi	Atomistic Study of Bulk Metallic Glasses	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$45,000
Ekici, Kivanc	Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$2,000
Everett, Jerry	Awareness of and Exposure to Media Campaigns in Tennessee	TDOT – Tennessee Highway Safety Office		$126,755
Frankel, Jay	Development of micro-scale thermocouple and temperature calibration in close correlation with inverse heat conduction model.	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$25,000
George, Easo	Template-Directed Directionally Solidified Eutectic Metamaterials	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	DOD – Air Force – AFOSR – Air Force Office Scientific Research	-$90,471
Gregor, Jens	Imaging Algorithms for Aviation Security	Morpho Detection		$71,618
Grossbeck, Martin	Study of Compatibility of Stainless Steel Weld Joints with Liquid Sodium-Potassium Coolants for Fission Surface Power Reactors for Lunar and Space App	DOE – US Dept. of Energy		-$422
Hayward, Jason	Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$3,000
Hayward, Jason	Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 1	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$3,000
Khattak, Asad	Assessing the impact of mixed vehicle technologies on the efficiency of traffic coordination systems	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$35,145
Khattak, Asad	Green Generates Green	Tennessee Department of Transportation		$163,224
Loeffler, Frank	Performance Assessment of Past Bioremediation Approaches for Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones	CB and I Federal Services, LLC	DOD – Department of Defense	$42,864
Lukosi, Eric	Y12 Supporting Simulation and Measurement Campaign	DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS)		$100,018
Maldonado, Guillermo	VVER 1000 Computational Modeling and Benchmark Calculations	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$47,937
Mench, Matthew	Redox Flow Battery Durability and Material Study	WattJoule Corporation		$50,000
Morris, James	Atomistic Study of Metallic Glasses	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$35,307
Ostrowski, James	Remote Off-Grid Microgrid Design Tool	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$75,986
Parang, Masood	TLSAMP Research Conference 2016	Tennessee State University (TSU)	US – NSF – National Science Foundation	$20,000
Parker, Lynne	NSF Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment — Director of CISE’s Information and Intelligent Systems Division	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$274,401
Penumadu, Dayakar	NDI System for Quantification of Subsurface Residual Stress in the Laboratory	Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.	DOD – Navy – Department of the Navy	$15,000
Richards, Stephen	Prospectus for a Regional Center in US DOT Region 4 US DOT Strategic Goal Primary Focus: Safety	DOT – RITA – Research and Innovative Technology		$861,000
Sun, Kai	CAREER: Integrated Research and Education in Nonlinear Modal Decoupling and Control for Resilient Interconnected Power Systems	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$500,000
Tomsovic, Kevin	Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network	New York Independent Systems Operator		$10,000
Trinh, Cong	CAREER: Design, Construction, and Validation of Modular Chassis Cells for Efficient Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Chemicals	US – NSF – National Science Foundation		$99,324
Truster, Timothy	Creep-Rupture Modeling Using Crystal Plasticity in WARP3D	DOE – SC – ANL – Argonne National Lab		$69,994
Upadhyaya, Belle	SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT FOR ADVANCED REACTORS	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$25,212
Weber, William	IBML Use for ORNL BES Irradiation Project	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$17,500
Webster, Sheila	Worker Training at DOE facilities	National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education	HHS – NIH – NIEHS – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	$150,000
Wirth, Brian	Coupling fusion plasma boundary and materials surface physics codes to evaluate plasma surface interaction	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$58,752
Wirth, Brian	Modeling Plasma Surface Interactions using Xolotl-PSI	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$73,924
Haslam College of Business
Stewart, Joseph	Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ	DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force		$4,000
Stewart, Joseph	Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ	DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force		-$18,139
College of Social Work
Cunningham, Maryanne	TPO 2015 Regional Survey	Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission		$32,540
Other
Eighmy, Thomas	Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation	Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp.	DOE – US Dept. of Energy	$554,165
Eighmy, Thomas	Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation	Collaborative Composite Solutions Corp.	DOE – US Dept. of Energy	$233,375
RCI
Auxier, John	Technical Support for LiF Fission Track Devices	Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services		$45,546
Borole, Abhijeet	Microbial electrolysis and bioprocess investigations	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$3,968
Crosby, Lonnie	Lustre Dynamic Support Development-Mohr	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$2,894
Crosby, Lonnie	Aziz Urban Mobility & Energy	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		-$32,431
Crosby, Lonnie	Fluids in Nanoporous Matrices	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$51,176
Crosby, Lonnie	Developing High Quality Software Components Using the Full Engineering Life Cycle – Oesch	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$132,447
Crosby, Lonnie	Lustre Dynamic Support Development-Mohr	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$47,298
Crosby, Lonnie	Dr. Carrillo research in the area of structure and dynamics of soft matter materials	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$39,000
Crosby, Lonnie	Beste Catalysis and Electron Transport	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$100,942
Crosby, Lonnie	Developing and Applying Real-Time Electron and Nuclear Dynamics Approaches – Jakowski	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$113,296
Egami, Takeshi	Synthesis of soft matter	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		-$1,220
Jouline, Igor	Computational Genomics of Signal Transduction	HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences		$280,803
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE Christine Ajinjeru GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$19,460
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center GRA Jennifer Trumbo ESE	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		-$6,306
Riedinger, Leo	Swapnil Desai GRA Bredesen Center ESE	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$27,221
Riedinger, Leo	Mariya Absar ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$15,355
Riedinger, Leo	Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$15,355
Riedinger, Leo	Vidya Kishore Bredesen Center ESE	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$19,167
Riedinger, Leo	Erik Walker ESE Bredesen Center GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$28,789
Riedinger, Leo	Travis Lange ESE GRA Bredesen Center	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$32,884
Riedinger, Leo	ESE Bredesen Center Carly McKown GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$7,919
Riedinger, Leo	ESE Bredesen Center Eva Muntunga GRA	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$6,668
Riedinger, Leo	Ishita Ray GRA Bredesen Center ESE	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$27,948
Stainback, Joseph	SME support to ORNL PNS programs	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$57,993
UTSI
Moeller, Trevor	Testing of Two Actuators in Large Chamber at 70K with 25 Conductors	Square One Systems Design, Inc.	DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force	$4,583
Yu, Andrew	Component Management in Logistics and Supply Chain Systems	DOE – NNSA – Sandia National Lab		$40,000
Zhang, Feng	Development of next-generation lubricant additives for high-efficiency engines.	DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory		$16,056

* Note:

Awards that were excluded in this list:
1. Awards with negative award amount
2. 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.

Office of Research & Engagement

UT Knoxville Awards (1/1/16 – 1/31/16)*

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