Awards for June 2016

UT Knoxville Awards (6/1/16 – 6/31/16)*

Investigator

Title

Sponsor

Prime Sponsor

Obligated Award Amount

College of Arts & Sciences

Alexandre-Jouline, Gladys

Beneficial Plant-Bacterial Interactions

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,632

Anderson, David

Collaborative Research: DINAA (Digital Index of North American Archaeology): Facilitating Big Picture Research in AmericanArchaeology

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$140,661

Batista, Cristian

Cristian Batista JFA (2016-2017)

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$72,600

Bryson, Megan

Esoteric Networks: Transregional Buddhism in the Dali Kingdom

American Council of Learned Societies

$35,000

Feigerle, Charles

Functionalized Carbon Materials and Recovery of Uranium From Seawater

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$75,000

Feigerle, Charles

Dynamics in Multi-component Polymeric Materials

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$25,000

Feng, Xiaobing

Novel numerical methods for fully nonlinear second order elliptic and parabolic Monge-Ampere and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$91,555

Fomin, Nadia

The study of high-momentum nucleons and quark distributions

DOE – SC – Office of Science

$75,000

Grissino-Mayer, Henri

Tree-Ring Dating to Determine the Year of Construction of the Blount Mansion, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Blount Mansion Association

$1,693

Grzywacz, Robert

Center of Excellence for Radioactive Ion Beam Studies for Stewardship Science

Rutgers University (RU)

DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration

$627,494

Horn, Sally

Pollen Analysis at the Rock Creek Mortar Shelter, Tennessee

East Tennessee State University (ETSU)

Tennessee Historical Commission

$3,457

Kamyshkov, Yuri

WATCHMAN Project

DOE – NNSA – LLNL – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

$12,963

Kamyshkov, Yuri

Elementary Particle Interactions

DOE – SC – Office of Science

$38,000

MacLean, Calvin

Production Support of the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Season Opener

University of Tennessee Foundation

University of Tennessee Medical Center

$5,000

MacLean, Calvin

Clarence Brown Theatre 2016/2017 Project Support of The Crucible

City of Knoxville

$9,500

MacLean, Calvin

Clarence Brown Theatre Artist Support for Violet

Tennessee Arts Commission

$5,100

Maroulas, Vasileios

A distributed sparsity-cognizant framework for dynamic tracking of multiple threats

University of Texas – Arlington (UTA)

DOD – Air Force – AFOSR – Air Force Office Scientific Research

$43,137

Mayes, Melanie

Collaborative Research: Elucidating unifying principles of soil C-N coupling using a continental-scale grassland experimental network

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$27,660

McKay, Larry

Paleoflood Study

Electric Power Research Institute

$57,426

McSween, Harry

Participation in DAWN Science Team

Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles

NASA – Headquarters Washington DC

$20,000

Moore, Todd

Grad student clinical placement at Crisis Stabilization Unit of Helen Ross McNabb

Helen Ross McNabb Center

$5,000

Moore, Todd

Grad student clinical placement at Cherokee

Cherokee Health Systems

$90,000

Musfeldt, Janice

Spectroscopic Investigations of Complex Magnetic and Electronic Materials

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$10,570

Nagle, Nicholas

Census Fellowship: Demographic heterogeneity and migration

DOC – US Census Bureau

$50,000

O’Meara, Brian

CAREER: Reducing Barriers for Comparative Methods

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$142,778

O’Meara, Brian

CAREER: Reducing Barriers for Comparative Methods

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$166,519

Perfect, Edmund

Hydraulic conductivity measurements of self-sealing liners for algal cultivation facilities

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$19,819

Peterson, Cynthia

Program for Excellence and Equity in Research (PEER)

HHS – NIH – NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$991,236

Platter, Lucas

CAREER: Uncertainty Estimates in Low-Energy Nuclear Physics

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$90,000

Riding, Robert

Continental Microbial Carbonates: Fabrics, Processes, and Facies

Total

$44,220

Schulze, Timothy

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Nanoalloy Crystal Growth

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$245,180

Siopsis, George

ARL Workshop on quantum stochastic differential equations for the quantum simulation of physical systems

DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office

$10,000

Sokolov, Alexei

Dielectric and Rheological studies of polymerized ionic liquids

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$50,000

Su, Chunlei

2016 Apicomplexon Genome Analysis Workshop

HHS – NIH – NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

$6,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

manesh shah

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$74,451

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Graduate Research – Sanjeev Dahal (Ussery lab)

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Vonarnim, Albrecht

Chen Qian GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$9,385

Williams, Richard

Operation and Maintenance of CTBTO Auxiliary Seismic Station AS107/TKL

Southern Methodist University (SMU)

DOD – SEC – DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction Agency

$20,250

Haslam College of Business

Fox, William

Tennessee Economic Environment Quarterly Updates

Tennessee Secretary of State

$18,676

Hewett, Kelly

Leveraging Customer Experience to Manage Innovation Investments

Marketing Science Institute

$4,000

Murray, Matthew

Economic Forecast of the TN Valley Region

US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority

$61,682

Stewart, Joseph

Better Business Deals – Combined Synopsis/Solicitation FA8601-16-R-0023

DOD – Air Force – Department of the Air Force

$431,324

College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences

Benner, Susan

Teach/Here

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$340,400

Crouter, Scott

Novel Approaches for Predicting Free-Living Physical Activities in Youth

HHS – NIH – NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

$542,228

Golden, Barry

Aerospace Education-STEM-

Tennessee Department of Transportation-Aeronautics Division

$75,000

Meschke, Laurie

COMPASS:  Combating Obesity’s Multiple chronic conditions through Preparation Activities Shared among Students

University of Tennessee – Chattanooga

Health ResourcesandService Admin

$39,972

Terry, Paul

The African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study

University of Virginia

HHS – NIH – National Institutes of Health

$19,081

College of Engineering

Babu, Sudarsanam

Development of a Novel Close-Looped Adaptive Welding Quality Control System

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$7,000

Coble, Jamie

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

DOE – PNNL – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab

$30,000

Djouadi, Seddik

Design and implementation of control laws to enable responsive building loads to offset photovoltaic (PV) sources

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$24,000

Dongarra, Jack

Sparse Iterative Solver Benchmarking and the SparseBenchProject

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$200,000

Duty, Chad

Dr. Chad Duty Joint Faculty appointment

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$42,490

Egami, Takeshi

Atomistic Study of Bulk Metallic Glasses

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$70,000

Ekici, Kivanc

Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$30,000

Ekici, Kivanc

Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$25,000

Frankel, Jay

A Novel Calibration Method for Estimating Transient Surface Heat Flux under Hypersonic Heating Conditions for Global Reach Vehicles

DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory

$14,000

Gao, Yanfei

Evolution of Structural and Deformation Heterogeneities across Multiple Length Scales in Metallic Glasses

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$47,598

Han, Lee

Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$7,131

Hayward, Jason

Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 1

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,584

Hayward, Jason

Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,000

Heilbronn, Lawrence

Nuclear Energy Fellowship/Scholarship Program

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$258,849

Heilbronn, Lawrence

Continuation of Isotope Production at Accelerator and Reactor Facilities

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,765

Hines, J

Moderator Demonstration Facility

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$7,560

Hu, Bin

Addressing Donor:acceptor Interface and Electrode Interface for Enhancing Photovoltaic Actions in Organic Solar Cells

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$6,000

Islam, Syed

Alarm Processing in Power Systems

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$20,541

Jin, Mingzhou

PEV Pricing Under ZEVs

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,169

Kalyanaraman, Ramakrishnan

Nanosecond MagnetoThermal (MaTh) Optical Switching

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$314,910

Kalyanaraman, Ramakrishnan

Nanosecond MagnetoThermal (MaTh) Optical Switching

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$314,910

Komistek, Richard

In Vivo Determination of Knee Kinematics for Subjects Having either a DePuy Attune or ConforMIS PS TKA

ConforMIS

$290,474

Komistek, Richard

In vivo comparison of knee kinematics for subjects implanted with either a Smith & Nephew Journey PCR or BCR TKA

Smith and Nephew, Inc and Affiliates

$385,500

Komistek, Richard

In vivo hip analyses using both an inverse and forward solution mathematical models

DePuy Products Incorporated

$308,357

Liaw, Peter

Fundamental Study of Low-Cycle-Fatigue Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$134,284

Liaw, Peter

Computational Materials Assessment of High-Entropy Alloys and Entropic Stabilization of Nickel Superalloys for Turbine Applications

QuesTek Innovations, LLC

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$10,000

Ma, Zhongguo

Study of Alkali-Silica Reaction Effects on Stressed-Confined Concrete Nuclear Thick Structures

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$400,000

Maldonado, Guillermo

Performance Assessment of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuels within Aggressive Operational Power Histories

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$220,963

Papanicolaou, Athanasios

Support of the Standard Modular Hydropower Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$62,000

Penumadu, Dayakar

The Effect of Marine Environment on the Compression Behavior and Fatigue Loading of CFVE Sandwich Structures

DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research

$30,000

Penumadu, Dayakar

NDI System for Quantification of Subsurface Residual Stress in the Laboratory

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.

DOD – Navy – Department of the Navy

$10,000

Rack, Philip

LSU Subcontract to UT Physics forPortion of DOE SISGR Project

Louisiana State University (LSU)

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$65,000

Rack, Philip

Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$1

Rack, Philip

Collaborative Research: Computations, Modeling and Experiments of Self and Directed Assembly for Nanoscale Liquid Metal Systems

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$195,999

Rack, Philip

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

University of Notre Dame

DOE – US Dept. of Energy

$33,880

Sarles, Stephen

ModulEAR:  a modular platform for passive collection, amplification, and spectral analysis of acoustic energy and other stimuli

DOD – Air Force – AFOSR – Air Force Office Scientific Research

$192,941

Sawhney, Rapinder

Lean Summer Program 2016

Jiangnan University

$14,000

Tomov, Stanimire

Programming with OpenMP4 for Exascale Investigations (POMPEI)

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$36,603

Tomsovic, Kevin

Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network

US – OIG – TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority

$50,000

Townsend, Lawrence

IMPROVED NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION MODELS FOR SPACE RADIATION TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS

NASA – Langley Research Center

$30,000

Wade, Eric

Quantifying and Reducing Motor Compensation After Stroke in Ambient Settings

HHS – NIH – NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

$349,048

Weber, William

IBML Use for ORNL BES Irradiation Project

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$48,020

Wirth, Brian

Diagnostics and Modeling in Support of Boundary Physics Research on NSTX Upgrade

DOE – SC – Office of Science

$168,469

Xu, Donghua

Modeling Hydride Formation in Zirconium

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$120,000

Zawodzinski, Thomas

Anion Exchange Membranes for use in Alkaline Fuel Cells

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$19,000

Zawodzinski, Thomas

Studies of Mass Transport of Components of Electrochemical Systems for Energy Storage, Conversion and Beyond using Broadband NMR Diffusion and Imaging

DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research

$730,000

College of Nursing

Gunther, Mary

University of Tennessee Nurse Faculty Loan Program

HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration

$190,902

College of Social Work

Patterson, David

VMC Matching Funds FY 17

Volunteer Ministry Center

$2,000

Patterson, David

Catholic Charities Matching Funds FY16-17 for HUD/HMIS

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, Inc.

HUD – Housing and Urban Development

$500

RCI

Crosby, Lonnie

Dr. Carrillo research in the area of structure and dynamics of soft matter materials

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$56,009

Crosby, Lonnie

Odbadrakh Coarse Grained Density

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$12,921

Crosby, Lonnie

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

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$501

Glasby, Ryan

Aerodynamic Separation Element Continuum Modeling

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$43,265

Gross, Louis

NIMBioS: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis

US – NSF – National Science Foundation

$3,600,000

Hall, Howard

Technical Evaluations of Nonproliferation Strategies and Technologies

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration

$12,970

Hall, Howard

Support of Project-level activities associated with INSEP Program

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,864

Layton, Alice

Renewal of Integrated Watershed Management in Oostanuala Creek Watershed, Tennessee: stakeholder education, improving targeting and understanding of stakeholder behavior to improve implementation of best management practices for water quality

University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture – AgResearch

USDA – NIFA – National Integrated Water Quality Program

$8,794

Riedinger, Leo

Yunchao Li ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$3,911

Riedinger, Leo

Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$17,290

Riedinger, Leo

Yunchao Li ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$6,000

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE Clarissa Bleker GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Scott Satinover

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$6,672

Riedinger, Leo

Modeling plasma surface interactions involving hydrogen and helium bombardment of tungsten

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$62,022

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Swapnil Desai

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$8,685

Riedinger, Leo

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of High-Heat Flux Water-Cooled Divertor Components

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$54,330

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE Clarissa Bleker GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$33,000

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Sarah Eichler Inwood

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$8,467

Riedinger, Leo

Yunchao Li ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$6,697

Riedinger, Leo

Emilio Ramirez ESE student Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$22,638

Riedinger, Leo

Narendran Raghavan ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$10,000

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE GRA Kristine Cabugao

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$53,602

Riedinger, Leo

Bredesen Center ESE Kokouvi Akato GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$62,137

Riedinger, Leo

William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$18,110

Riedinger, Leo

Blake Palles ESE Bredesen Center GRA

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$1,300

Riedinger, Leo

Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$5,667

Riedinger, Leo

Sudershan Gangrade GRA Bredesen Center ESE

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$6,117

Sims, Charles

Reconciling Methods for Measuring US Oil Dependence

DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

$24,998

Stainback, Joseph

Nuclear Safeguards Curriculum Development Workshop for Sub-Saharan Africa University of Tennessee July 18-22, 2016

DOE – SC – ANL – Argonne National Lab

$21,812

UTSI

Davis, Lloyd

Novel Analysis Tools for Producing Higher Indican Yielding Plants for Bio-based Indigo Production

Stony Creek Colors

$1,200

Schmisseur, John

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

DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research

$363,542

Vasconcelos da Costa, Jose

Process FemtoSci supplied nanodiamond in laboratory.

International FemtoScience, Inc.

$5,000