Awards for June 2015

INVESTIGATOR

TITLE

SPONSOR

AWARD

College of Arts and Sciences

Agarwal, Pratul

Conformational sub-states in enzyme catalysis: Applications to ribonuclease

University of Pittsburgh/NIH – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$185,231

Alexandre-Jouline, Gladys; Morrell-Falvey, Jennifer; Alexiades, Vasilios

Real Time Chemotaxis in Commensal Plant-microbe Associations

NSF

$6,350

Binder, Brad

Integration of Ethylene and Light in the Control of Phototaxis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

NSF

$100,000

Burr, Devon; Emery, Joshua

Digitizing, generation, and archiving of planetary aeolian threshold data from wind tunnel experiments

NASA

$107,804

Elias, Dwayne

Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments

Duke University/NIH – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

$56,700

Emery, Joshua

Observational constraints on asteroid regoliths

NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

$20,000

Feigerle, Charles

Synthesis of Task-Specific Ionic Liquids for Separation of Rare-Earth Metal Ions

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$141,151

Feller, Daniel

The Papers of Andrew Jackson

Tennessee Historical Commission

$1,595

Fomin, Nadia

The study of high-momentum nucleons and quark distributions

DOE – Office of Science

$58,000

Fomin, Nadia

2015-2016 JSA Graduate Fellowship Award

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC^*6/Dept. of Energy

$12,000

Freeberg, Ernest; Cohen, Michael

The Correspondence of James K. Polk

Tennessee Historical Commission

$1,595

Freeberg, Ernest; Cohen, Michael

The Correspondence of James K. Polk

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

$47,440

Hollenbach, Kandace

Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Samples from the road Restoration Project at Monticello , Albemarle County, Virginia

Thomas Jefferson Foundation

$3,633

Lenhart, Suzanne; Day, Judy

Environmental Components in Disease Models

North Carolina State University/NIH

$58,875

Lloyd, Karen

Karen Lloyd’s Sloan Fellowship

Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation

$50,000

Loeffler, Frank

Anaerobic Microbial Biotransformation and Biodegradation of Bisphenol A (BPA)

American Chemistry Council

$119,245

MacLean, Calvin; Alley, David; Byrd, David

Clarence Brown Theatre Shubert Foundation

University of Tennessee Foundation/The Shubert Foundation

$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

$64,381

Moreo, Adriana; Dagotto, Elbio

Computational Studies of Multiorbital Model Hamiltonians for Iron-Based Superconductors in Quasi One-Dimensional Geometries

NSF

$145,000

Ovchinnikov, Serguei

Effort by S. Ovchinnikov in support of research article and grant proposal preparation

University of North Texas

$18,221

Ray, Victor

No Vacancy: Discrimination in an Online Housing Market

American Sociological Association

$6,582

Riding, Robert

Continental Microbial Carbonates: Fabrics, Processes, and Facies

Total

$105,285

Steen, Andrew

Quantifying the lability of sedimentary organic carbon to microbial extracellular enzymes (IODP Leg 347)

Marine Biological Laboratory^*6/Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation

$22,688

Taylor, Lawrence

SSERVI Environment and Evolution of Exploration Destinations: Science and Engineering synergism -SEEED.

Brown University – Office of Sponsored Projects/NASA

$18,900

Taylor, Lawrence; Howarth, Geoffrey

Mantle Metasomatism and the Origin of Diamonds

NSF

$99,994

Taylor, Lawrence; Howarth, Geoffrey; Pernet-Fisher, John

Evolution of Crusts and Mantles of Planetary Bodies

NASA

$130,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Weili GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$12,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

manesh shah

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$85,454

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Chen Qian GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

GRA – Matthew Entler

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,843

Weitering, Harm

Electronic Complexity in Epitaxial Rutile Heterostructures

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Xue, Ziling

Investigating Novel Reactivities of Transition Metal Complexes and Pathways in the Formation of Microelectronic Materials.

NSF

$100,000

Haslam College of Business

Bray, Larry

Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS) data into the Barge Costing Model (BCM)

Army Corps of Engineers Engineer R&D Center/Dept. of Defense

$98,508

Bruce, Donald; Fox, William

Families First

TN Dept. of Human Services

$225,000

Burton, Mark; Bray, Larry

Chickamauga Lock and Dam Economic Update

Gulf South Research Corporation^*6/Army Corps of Engineers Engineer R&D Center

$43,280

Carruthers, Celeste; Fox, William; Kessler, Lawrence

Assess College Persistence Risk Factors: Tennessee Promise Applicants and Prior Cohorts

tnAchieves^*6

$31,366

Fox, William

Tennessee Child Care Market Rate Study

TN Dept. of Human Services/HHS – Administration for Children and Families

$26,400

Leitnaker, Mary

Support for Business Analytics in Production

DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS)

$89,000

Neilson, William; Li, Jing

Ingroup Favoritism and Gender-biased Task Assignment

Russell Sage Foundation

$2,850

College of Communication and Information

Suttles, Barbara

Support for the Biological and Environmental Research Information System (BERIS) – Science Writer

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$191,330

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Cihak, David; Wright, Rachel

iDirect My Supports

Organization for Autism Research

$2,000

Cowherd, Stephanie

Tennessee DHS/Division of Rehabilitation Services/UT CLEE

TN Dept. of Human Services/Dept. of Education

$788,331

Kronick, Robert

University-Assisted Community School

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, Inc./United Way

$100,000

Moore, Tara

East Tennessee Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

TN Dept. of Education

$3,750,000

White, Connie

Tennessee Teachers’ Professional Development Event Support

TN Dept. of Education/Dept. of Education

$2,214,764

College of Engineering

Abidi, M

RF-IR Data Fusion Phase II

deciBel Research/Missile Defense Agency

$49,303

Alshibli, Khalid

Integrated Experimental-Computational Multiscale Immersed Particle-Continuum Approach to modeling and Simulation of Multiphase Soil Failure Mechanics Under Buried Explosive Loading.

University of Colorado/DOD – Office Of Naval Research

$61,428

Babu, Sudarsanam

In-situ, Nondestructive Inspection during Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Parts

Applied Optimization, Inc./DOD – Dept. of the Navy

$24,000

Berry, Michael

Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$8,741

Borole, Abhijeet

Microbial electrolysis and bioprocess investigations

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$50,383

Cate, Matthew

Fiscal Year 2015 Statewide Survey of Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Usage inTennessee

TN Dept. of Transportation/TN Dept. of Transportation

$165,356

Choo, Hahn

In situ neutron diffraction and fluid dynamics modeling of dynamic recrystallization in Mg alloys

NSF

$104,360

Clarke, David

Database Applications

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$11,936

Coble, Jamie

Multivariate analysis to support the deployment of the Multi-Isotope Process Monitor at H-Canyon

DOE – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab

$19,000

Dongarra, Jack

Extreme-scale Algorithms and Solver Resilience

DOE – Office of Science

$150,000

Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George

Unified Common Communication Substrate (UCCS)

DOE – BWXT Y-12

$60,000

Dongarra, Jack; Luszczek, Piotr

Sparse Iterative Solver Benchmarking and the SparseBenchProject

DOE – BWXT Y-12

$200,000

Duscher, Gerd

High-Resolution, Abberation-Corrected, Z-Contras Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$77,000

Egami, Takeshi

Physics of metallic glasses

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$50,000

Egami, Takeshi

Local Structure by Neutron Diffraction

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$175,000

Egami, Takeshi

Synthesis of soft matter

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,000

Egami, Takeshi

Neutron scattering study of disordered materials under pressure

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$15,000

Everett, Jerry

Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program Clearinghouse

Knox County Schools/Dept. of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration

$572,186

Fathy, Aly

Remote Triage Of Combat Causalities: VitalWave

MaXentric Technologies, LLC/DOD – Dept. of the Army

$152,496

Fu, Joshua

Assistance of Air Benefit and Attainment Assessment and Cost Analysis System

Chang Jung Christian University/Taiwan Environmental Protection Adminstration

$70,000

Fu, Joshua; Hathaway, Jon

Climate data for water resources study

Biohabitats, Inc/Dept. of Commerce

$12,000

Gangaware, Timothy

Knox County MOU and Work Orders – Adopt-A-Watershed

Knox County

$25,000

Gao, Wei

CLM Software Analysis Tool Enhancement-GO! Prgm

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$27,118

Gao, Wei

Adaptive Mobile Networking at the Tactical Edge: A Social-Aware Perspective [Network Science – Communication and Human Networks]

DOD – Army Research Office

$65,969

Hall, Howard

Surrogate Debris Formation

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Defense Threat Reduction Agency

$254,700

Han, Lee

Energy and Transportation Statistics and Freight Analysis

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,135

Han, Lee

Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$11,200

Hayward, Jason

Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 1

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$6,809

Hazen, Terry

Deep Sea Basin Microbiology

BP America

$19,921

Hazen, Terry

ENIGMA subcontract

DOE – Lawrence Berkely National Lab – University of California

$100,000

Lang, Maik

Disordering Mechanisms in Complex Ceramics: Impact of Structural Response on Physical Properties

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

$5,000

Li, Fangxing

Implementing a Wireless Sensing System for Smart Pumping Control

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$8,057

Mandrus, David

Correlated and Complex Materials

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$23,220

Morris, James

Atomistic Study of Metallic Glasses

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,930

Nguyen, Ke

Impact of Lube-Oil Contaminants on the Performance of Three-Way Catalysts (TWCs) and Cu-zeolite SCR Catalysts

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$25,808

Ostrowski, James

2015 Mixed Integer Programming Workshop

NSF

$5,000

Penumadu, Dayakar

The Effects of Sea Water on Composite Facing Sandwich Layups, and of Polymeric Composites for Naval Applications.

DOD – Office Of Naval Research/DOD – Dept. of the Navy

$65,000

Penumadu, Dayakar

Developing Lignin Based Carbon Fiber Composites for Engineering Applications

TennEra LLC

$25,000

Rack, Philip

Rack: continuation: Ion Beam Induced Etching

Intel Corporation

$200,000

Rack, Philip

Self and Directed Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles and Correlation of their Plasmonic Behavior

University of Notre Dame/Dept. of Energy

$76,154

Reinbolt, Jeffrey

Furthering University of Tennessee Undergraduate Research Education (FUTURE) for Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering

NIH – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

$43,200

Sawhney, Rapinder

A Multi Objective Decision Making Tool to Optimize ORNL Footprint in Support of ORNL’s Current and Future Infrastructure Objectives

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$126,000

Sawhney, Rapinder

Y-12 Safeguard and Security Key Performance Indicator Initiative

DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS)

$45,000

Skutnik, Steven

GO! PGM Logistics studies of used nuclear fuel transport for the Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST)

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$55,439

Townsend, Lawrence

Additional Improvements to the HZETRN Code and the NUCFRG2 Database

NASA – Langley Research Center

$39,002

Wereszczak, Andrew; Pharr, George

Glass and Glass-Ceramic Structure and Responding Mechanical Performance

DOD-U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

$73,430

Wirth, Brian

Modeling Nuclear Fuels Performance: Pellet Clad Interaction

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$62,500

Zawodzinski, Thomas

Anion Exchange Membranes for use in Alkaline Fuel Cells

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$31,000

Zhang, Yanwen

Microstructure Characterization in Ceramic- and Metallic-based Materials

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,000

Zhang, Zhili

Collaborative Research: Pre-Ionization Controlled Laser Plasma Formation for Ignition Applications

NSF

$48,100

Zinkle, Steven

Gov Chair Research Support Funds

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,000

College of Law

McKanders, Karla

Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellowship Program

Equal Justice Works^*6/EXEC – Corporation for National and Community Service

$19,890

College of Nursing

Gunther, Mary

University of Tennessee Nurse Faculty Loan Program

HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration

$133,905

College of Social Work

Mason, Lisa

Environment and Social Development: Advancing a Research Agenda

Washington University in St. Louis

$6,000

Patterson, David; Higginbotham, Lisa

FY 16 Salvation Army HMIS Matching Funds

Salvation Army

$750

Patterson, David; Higginbotham, Lisa

VMC Matching Funds FY 16

Volunteer Ministry Center

$2,000

UTSI

Moeller, Trevor

ACE Booster Phase II

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC

$75,000

Campus Centers and Institutes

Brook, Robert {JICS/JICS}

Identifying Opportunities for Vectorization – Brook

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$31,185

Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}

Bennett: LIVV and NEAMS Support and Development

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,198

Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}

Programming Support for NCCS HPC Operations Infrastructure Team-Simmerman

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$42,396

Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}

Lustre Dynamic Support Development-Mohr

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,000

Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}

Analysis & Understanding of Large Volumes of Structured & Unstructured Data-C. Stahl

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$23,598

Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS}

Translating and Implementing Physical Models into Monte Carlo Code – Koju

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$13,234

Glasby, Ryan {JICS/JICS}

A Systematic Characterization of the Structure and Dynamics of Transitional Shock/Boundary Layer Interactions

University of Tennessee – Space Institute/DOD – Office Of Naval Research

$50,000

Halloy, Christian {JICS/JICS}

Kalnaus Energy Storage

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,560

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Keith Britt ESE GRA Bredesen Center

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$14,237

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Emilio Ramirez ESE student Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$13,047

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Modeling plasma surface interactions involving hydrogen and helium bombardment of tungsten

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$59,862

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Mariya Absar ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$3,350

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Seong Jin An ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$26,500

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Mark Christian GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$26,433

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$1,069

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bresedesen Center ESE Artem Maksov GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,113

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Tong Wu GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$58,778

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Eric Muckley GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,469

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center 2015 Summer Interns

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$51,557

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Justin Knowles GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,500

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Piet Jones GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$31,511

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Elizabeth Norred, Bredesen Center ESE GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$22,342

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Jayde Aufrecht, Bredesen Center ESE GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$16,813

Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center}

Bredesen Center ESE Armin Geiger GRA

DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$31,775

Ripp, Steven {CEB/CEB}

From luc to GFP to lux: Evolving an improved zebrafish model for the screening of endocrine disruptor chemicals

NIH

$6,068

MultiCollege/Center

Gibbons, Melinda(EHHS); Benner, Susan(EHHS); Ezzell, Timothy(A&S); Griffin, Travis(Engr); Hardin, Erin(A&S); Ripp, Steven(CEB)

PIPES: Possibilities in Postsecondary Education and Science among rural Appalachian youth

NIH – Office of Research Infrastructure Program

$209,136

Hodge, Lynn(EHHS); Lenhart, Suzanne(A&S); Sturner, Kelly(NIMBios); Walther, Ashley(EHHS)

Math Counts

Campbell County Schools (AS400)/TN Dept. of Education

$41,446

O’Meara, Brian(A&S); Gilchrist, Michael(A&S); Zaretzki, Russell(Bus)

Population genetics-based codon models

NSF

$50,000

Peterson, Cynthia(A&S); Brothers, Ernest(Other); Hodges, Carolyn(Other); Lenhart, Suzanne(A&S); Reed, Gregory(Other)

Program for Excellence and Equity in Research (PEER)

NIH – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$991,236