The following awards were granted in June, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for June 2015
UTK Award (06/01/15 – 06/30/15) * |
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INVESTIGATOR |
TITLE |
SPONSOR |
AWARD |
College of Arts and Sciences |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gunther, Mary |
University of Tennessee Nurse Faculty Loan Program |
HHS – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$133,905 |
College of Social Work |
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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 |
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Moeller, Trevor |
ACE Booster Phase II |
Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories LLC |
$75,000 |
Campus Centers and Institutes |
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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 |
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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 |
* 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 7/14/2015
- Sponsor Name might be changed at a later time because the official name has not yet been setup in the system as of July 14, 2015