The following awards were granted in July, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for July 2015
UTK Awards (07/01/15 – 07/31/15) * |
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INVESTIGATOR |
TITLE |
SPONSOR |
AWARD |
College of Arts and Sciences |
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Alexandre-Jouline, Gladys; Morrell-Falvey, Jennifer; Alexiades, Vasilios |
Real Time Chemotaxis in Commensal Plant-microbe Associations |
NSF |
$276,046 |
Allison, David |
Destroying Pathogenic Bacteria Using Targeted-Nanoparticles |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,231 |
Burr, Devon |
Characterizing the history of a diverse inverted fluvial landscape: Mapping and Morphometry of the Aeolis Dorsa Region |
NASA |
$111,743 |
Classen, Aimee |
Incorporating rhizosphere interactions and soil physical properties into a soil carbon degradation model through experimenting across ecotypes |
Dept. of Energy |
$314,702 |
Dolislager, Fredrick; Galloway, Leslie |
Hosting and Maintenance of an Alaska-Specific Risk-Based Cleanup Levels Calculator |
State of Alaska |
$3,000 |
Feigerle, Charles |
Alternative Plating Processes for Metal Electroplating Based on Ionic Liquids |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$149,134 |
Feigerle, Charles |
UV and Visible Raman Analysis of Uranium Hydride |
DOE – Los Alamos National Laboratory |
$25,000 |
Hopko, Derek |
Practicum experience for Clinical Psychology |
University Health Systems, Inc. |
$14,000 |
Kalisz, Susan |
LTREB Renewal: The population dynamics of forest understory invasion; mechanistic experiments with generalist herbivores, natives, and invaders |
NSF |
$520,383 |
Kilbey, Sidney |
Organization and Interfacial Interactions of Surface-Tethered Layers of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains |
NSF |
$281,502 |
Loeffler, Frank; Ritalahti, Kirsti; Hettich, Robert |
Advanced Environmental Molecular Diagnostics to Assess, Monitor, and Predict Microbial Activities at Complicated Chlorinated Solvent Sites |
DOD – Dept. of the Army |
$340,593 |
MacLean, Calvin; Alley, David; Byrd, David |
Open-Captioning Initiative |
University of Tennessee Foundation/East Tennessee Foundation |
$5,000 |
MacLean, Calvin; Alley, David; Byrd, David |
Of Mice and Men |
City of Knoxville |
$10,000 |
Moersch, Jeffrey |
From Habitability to Biosignatures: Changing Planetary Environments and the Fingerprints of Life |
SETI Institute/NASA |
$30,732 |
Moore, Todd |
Practicum experience for Clinical Psychology |
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital |
$10,000 |
Moore, Todd; Levy, Jacob |
Practicum Experience for Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students |
Cherokee Health Systems |
$90,000 |
Moore, Todd; Levy, Jacob |
Practicum Experience for Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students |
Knoxville Family Justice Center |
$16,000 |
Perfect, Edmund |
Hydraulic conductivity measurements of self-sealing liners for algal cultivation facilities |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$72,060 |
Plaut, Conrad |
Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$6,341 |
Prins, Brandon |
Political Reach, State Fragility, and the Incidence of Maritime Piracy: Explaining Piracy and Pirate Organization, 1993-2012 |
DOD – Office Of Naval Research |
$50,000 |
Sepaniak, Michael |
Analytical Characterization and Advancement of MEMS Chemical Sensors |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$42,051 |
Shaw, Shih-Lung |
Transportation Research Support |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,992 |
Sokolov, Alexei |
Dynamics of Associating Polymers: From Association to Segmental and Chain Relaxations |
NSF |
$133,000 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht |
GRA – Utturkar |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$24,268 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht |
GRA Punita Manga |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$48,865 |
Weitering, Harm |
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Recharge Usage |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,334 |
Wise, Steven |
Efficient, Adaptive, and Convergent Numerical Methods for Phase Field and Phase Field Crystal Equations with Applications |
NSF |
$35,000 |
Haslam College of Business |
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Fox, William; Lemon, Tammy; Carruthers, Celeste |
Maintain the Tennessee Longitudinal Data System |
TN Dept. of Education |
$750,000 |
Taylor, Edward |
Provide Services Supportive of the Wage & Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration |
Dept. of Labor |
$1,089,666 |
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences |
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Chen, Jui-Chi |
Research services pertaining to the Tennessee Welcome Centers |
TN Dept. of Tourist Development |
$9,500 |
Kohring, Aaron |
Transition & Self Determination Support |
TN Dept. of Education |
$549,150 |
Meschke, Laurie |
COMPASS: Combating Obesity’s Multiple chronic conditions through Preparation Activities Shared among Students |
University of Tennessee – Chattanooga/Health Resources&Service Admin |
$39,597 |
Sarratt, Angela |
Project TRiPS: Therapeutic Recreation in Public Schools |
TN Dept. of Education |
$869,349 |
Spence, Marsha; Haughton, Betsy; Raynor, Hollie; Kavanagh, Katherine; Fitzhugh, Eugene; Smith, Delores; Fouts, Hillary |
Public Health Nutrition Leadership Education and Training for a Healthy MCH Population |
HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$196,792 |
Stokes, Jamia |
Diversity in Teaching 2015 |
Tennessee Higher Education Commission |
$100,000 |
College of Engineering |
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Babu, Sudarsanam |
Physics based selection of SLM process parameters to mitigate defects and to control deposit microstructure |
Applied Optimization, Inc./NASA |
$239,472 |
Clarke, David |
Database Applications |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,968 |
Clarke, David |
The University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign’s proposal for Tier 1 UTC |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Dept. of Transportation – Research and Innovative Technology |
$61,800 |
Counce, Robert |
Evaluation of Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Phosphate Processing Streams |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$35,000 |
Cox, Chris |
Administrative Support for East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition |
East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition |
$40,623 |
DeSmidt, Hans |
Design Evaluation of 2-speed Transmission Systems for Compound Helicopter Main Gearboxes |
Vertical Lift Consortium/DOD – Dept. of the Army |
$100,000 |
Egami, Takeshi |
Physics of metallic glasses |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
Egami, Takeshi |
Atomistic Study of Bulk Metallic Glasses |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$50,000 |
Egami, Takeshi |
Neutron scattering study of disordered materials under confinement |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$20,031 |
Fathy, Aly |
Reconfigurable RF Front-end for Multi-GNSS/Communication SDR Receiver |
MaXentric Technologies, LLC/DOD – Dept. of the Air Force |
$45,000 |
Gao, Wei |
CRII: NeTS: Exploiting System and Network Dynamics in Mobile Clouds |
NSF |
$85,944 |
Han, Lee |
Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,600 |
Hayward, Jason |
Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2 |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$2,722 |
Hines, J |
National Academy for Nuclear Training Fellowship Awards |
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)*6 |
$25,000 |
Irick, David |
Design Electrical System for a Lightweight All Electric Vehicle |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$6,087 |
Laursen, Siris |
SusChEM: Mechanistic Studies of Photocatalytic Water-Splitting and CO2Reduction: The control of surface chemical reactivity and its effect on product distribution |
NSF |
$305,776 |
Mandrus, David; Yan, Jiaqiang |
Building New Spintronic Materials with Layered Chalcogenides |
NSF |
$277,462 |
Papanicolaou, Athanasios |
IDEA proposal: A Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Detection System for Assessing Scour Countermeasures and the Stability of Hydraulic Structures. |
National Academy of Sciences/Dept. of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration |
$50,000 |
Parker, John; Kim, Ungtae |
A Practical Approach for Remediation Performance Assessment and Optimization at DNAPL Sites for Early Identification and Correction of Problems Considering Uncertainty. |
DOD – Dept. of the Army |
$105,267 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
ORNL Neptonium-237 Oxide Quality Enhancement |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$54,611 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
Lean Summer Program 2015-2016 |
Fundacao para o Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico |
$44,850 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
Lean Summer Program 2015-2016 |
Madre Consultoria ME Ltda.*6 |
$17,250 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
Lean Summer Program 2015-2016 |
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Campus Bucaramanga |
$3,450 |
Schwartz, John |
Improving the GRSM’s understanding of its natural resources and processes and thereby enhancing protection of the Park’s resources |
Dept. of Interior – National Park Service-Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
$95,000 |
Skutnik, Steven |
Migration of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Data to the ORNL Unified Database |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$1,307 |
Skutnik, Steven |
Technical support for reactor physics methods development |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,000 |
Sun, Kai |
Research and Implementation on Adomian Decomposition to Support ORNL Parallel Power System Simulation Project |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$59,119 |
Tomsovic, Kevin |
Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network |
Electric Power Research Institute |
$50,000 |
Xu, Donghua |
Modeling Hydride Formation in Zirconium |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
Zhang, Yanwen |
Microstructure Characterization in Ceramic- and Metallic-based Materials |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$16,600 |
Zinkle, Steven |
Nuclear Fuels Fundamental Research |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$14,784 |
Zinkle, Steven |
Gov Chair Research Support Funds |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
Zinkle, Steven |
Advanced Fuel Forms for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications |
NASA |
$74,000 |
College of Nursing |
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Bonom, Julie |
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program (NAT) |
HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$16,665 |
Gaylord, Nan; Niederhauser, Victoria |
Center for Nursing Practice |
University of Tennessee Foundation |
$238,970 |
College of Social Work |
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Cunningham, Maryanne; Cheatham, Joanna |
DHS Child Care Assessment Supportive Services Program (STARS) FY16 |
TN Dept. of Human Services/HHS – Administration for Children and Families |
$934,000 |
Patterson, David |
2014-2015 City of Knoxville ESG Proposal |
City of Knoxville Community Development Division/Housing & Urban Development |
$730 |
Patterson, David |
FY 2015-2016 Knox County CDBG Match |
Knox County Community Development Office/Housing & Urban Development |
$10,000 |
Patterson, David |
KnoxHMIS Exhibit 2 Renewal 2015-2016 |
Housing & Urban Development |
$132,282 |
Wodarski, John |
The Tennessee Residential Treatment Program for Pregnant and Postpartum Women |
HHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services |
$523,304 |
UTSI |
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Davenport, Joel |
Starpac 3 Valve Correlation Study |
Aerospace Testing Alliance |
$5,500 |
Davenport, Joel |
NSMS Hot Probe Study |
Aerospace Testing Alliance |
$5,000 |
Johnson, Jacqueline |
Large Area, High Resolution Storage Phosphor Detectors for High Energy (MeV) Digital Radiography |
DOE – BWXT Y-12 |
$30,000 |
Moeller, Trevor |
12V Vertical Thrust Stand (Breakdown and Delivery) to AEDC |
Aerospace Testing Alliance |
$5,853 |
Vasconcelos da Costa, Jose; Terekhov, Alexander |
Prototyping of Nanostructures |
Ultra Small Fibers, LLC*6 |
$50,564 |
Yu, Andrew |
Component Management in Logistics and Supply Chain Systems |
DOE – Sandia National Lab |
$30,000 |
Zhang, Feng |
Development of next-generation lubricant additives for high-efficiency engines |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$16,475 |
Campus Centers and Institutes |
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Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Joel Denny – High Level Intermediate Language Representation |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$173,902 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Bennett: LIVV and NEAMS Support and Development |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$18,197 |
Greene, David {Baker Center/Baker Center} |
Research and Analysis for Hydrogen Systems and Vehicle Technologies |
DOE – Argonne National Lab/Dept. of Energy |
$49,039 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Kyle Sander Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$29,726 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Guinevere Shaw ESE Bredesen Center |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$58,131 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Travis Lange ESE GRA Bredesen Center |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$19,304 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Mallory Ladd ESE GRA Bredesen Center |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$12,043 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Alex Lewis ESE Bredesen Center Graduate Research Assistant |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$49,441 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of High-Heat Flux Water-Cooled Divertor Components |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,695 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Zachary Langford ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,500 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Narendran Raghavan ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$25,600 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,350 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Pranab Chowdhury ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,134 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,677 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
GRA Chang Liu Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,500 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$7,463 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Jeff Beegle ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$16,633 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Asa Roy ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$17,125 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center 2015 Summer Interns |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,105 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE Christine Ajinjeru GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,415 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Vidya Kishore Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$9,474 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ryan Daniels |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$21,093 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kaitlin Palla |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$21,468 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
David Garcia Bredesen Center ESE GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$21,468 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kristine Cabugao |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$32,570 |
Other |
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Alexander, Mark |
OUTstanding Seminar |
University of Tennessee Foundation/Appalachian Community Fund |
$500 |
Eighmy, Thomas |
Kavli BRAIN Coffee Hour |
The Kavli Foundation*6 |
$10,000 |
Stewart, Joseph |
Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ |
DOD – Dept. of the Air Force |
$201,352 |
MultiCollege/Center |
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Allard, Suzanne(C&I); Eaker, Christopher(Other) |
UT subcontract with the Council on Library and Information Resources grant with the Institute of Museum and Library Services |
Council on Library and Information Resources/Institute of Museum & Library-Office of Museum Services |
$11,300 |
Jonsson, Colleen(A&S); Brothers, Ernest(Other); Buchan, Alison(A&S); Gavrilets, Sergey(A&S); Lenhart, Suzanne(A&S) |
NIMBioS: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis |
NSF |
$4,052,200 |
Lasater, Karen(NUR); Brown, Kathleen(EHHS); Colby, Sarah(EHHS); Fancher, Susan(NUR); Mixer, Sandra(NUR); Morgan, Katherine(NUR); Myers, Carole(NUR); Niederhauser, Victoria(NUR) |
Improving Clinical Education for Advanced Practice NURses through Academic-Practice Partnerships (ICE) |
HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$656,124 |
Loeffler, Frank(Engr); Campagna, Shawn(A&S); Ritalahti, Kirsti(A&S); Yan, Jun(A&S) |
Biogeochemical Controls over Corrinoid Bioavailability to Organohalide-Respiring Chloroflexi |
NIH – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
$193,924 |
Murray, Matthew(Baker Center); Fox, William(BUS); Kessler, Lawrence(BUS) |
Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee |
TN Dept. of Economic and Community Development |
$185,600 |
Speraw, Susan(NUR); McRae, John(A&D); Schwartz, John(ENGR); Skolits, Gary(EHHS) |
Appalachian Community Health and Disaster Readiness: An Interprofessional Practi |
HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$500,000 |
* Note:
- Awards that were excluded in this list:
- Awards with negative or zero award amount
- The salary payments for Joint Appointment like Governor’s Chairs, distinguished scientists, and Joint Faculty
- Restricted awards (awards with restircted flag checked)
- Format for Investigator column: All based on investigator home department except ‘Campus Centers and Institutes’.
Campus Centers and Institutes column : {award admin center_institute / Investigator_home_college_school}. - Format for Sponsor column : {direct sponsor / prime sponsor} if there is a prime sponsor
- Award data was pulled based on Award Notice Date (data entry date).
- Data was pulled on 8/4/2015
- Sponsor Name might be changed at a later time because the official name has not yet been setup in the system as of August 4, 2015