The following awards were granted in May, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for May 2015
UTK Award (05/01/15 – 05/31/15) * |
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INVESTIGATOR |
TITLE |
SPONSOR |
AWARD |
College of Architecture and Design |
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Poole, John |
Operating funds in support of Philip Enquist’s Governor’s Chair 14-15 |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$20,834 |
College of Arts and Sciences |
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Burghardt, Gordon |
Studies of black bear play behavior |
Wildlife Research Institute *6 |
$4,000 |
Burr, Devon |
Early Career Fellowship Proposal |
NASA |
$33,250 |
Fedo, Christopher |
Resolving basaltic sediment characteristics from 2D images using known 3D data: interpreting Mars surface processes from lander imagery |
NASA |
$71,141 |
Feigerle, Charles |
Synthesis of Novel Catalysis |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
Feigerle, Charles |
Dynamics in Multi-component Polymeric Materials |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$33,309 |
Gavrilets, Sergey |
Modeling the dynamics of conflict and cooperation within and between multifarious social groups |
DOD – Army Research Office |
$20,000 |
Grzywacz, Robert; Bingham, Carrol |
Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$425,000 |
Grzywacz, Robert; Grzywacz-Jones, Katherine |
Center of Excellence for Radioactive Ion Beam Studies for Stewardship Science |
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey/DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration |
$609,643 |
Hinton, Don |
Undergraduate Mathematics Conference |
Mathematical Association of America/NSF |
$1,400 |
Lenhart, Suzanne; Day, Judy |
Environmental Components in Disease Models |
North Carolina State University/NIH |
$75,783 |
Mays, Jimmy |
Synthesis of Block Copolymers for Anion Conducting Membranes |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$39,052 |
McSween, Harry |
Achondrite Petrogenesis |
NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA |
$100,000 |
O’Meara, Brian |
Collaborative Research: ABI Development: An open infrastructure to disseminate phylogenetics knowledge |
NSF |
$148,101 |
Park, Jae |
Mechanisms of the programmed cell death of post-embryonic neurons |
NIH |
$362,133 |
Phan, Tuoc |
Asymptotical stability and regularity theory in nonlinear PDEs |
Simons Foundation |
$35,000 |
Plaut, Conrad |
Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,000 |
Sepaniak, Michael |
Aging and Analysis of Uranium |
DOE – Y-12 Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) |
$25,000 |
Shaw, Shih-Lung |
Transportation Research Support |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$11,336 |
Sokolov, Alexei |
Dynamics of Associating Polymers: From Association to Segmental and Chain Relaxations |
NSF |
$133,000 |
Sorensen, Soren; Read, Kenneth |
Studies of Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter |
Dept. of Energy |
$410,000 |
Steadman, Dawnie |
Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics/Lipidomics Approach |
Lincoln Memorial University/Dept. of Justice – National Institute Of Justice |
$11,888 |
Stuart, Gregory |
A Program of Research and Mentorship on Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence |
NIH – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
$197,605 |
Taylor, Lawrence |
SSERVI Environment and Evolution of Exploration Destinations: Science and Engineering synergism -SEEED. |
Brown University – Office of Sponsored Projects/NASA |
$13,800 |
Taylor, Lawrence |
Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Sciences (CLASS) |
University of Central Florida/NASA |
$15,993 |
Weitering, Hanno |
Electronic Complexity in Epitaxial Rutile Heterostructures |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,304 |
Wilhelm, Steven; Campagna, Shawn; LeCleir, Gary |
Effect of the gut microbiota on malaria |
University of Louisville/NIH |
$136,015 |
Wilhelm, Steven; Zinser, Erik; Campagna, Shawn; Fozo, Elizabeth |
Collaborative research: An integrated approach to understanding the function of the potent hepatotoxin microcystin in the growth & ecology of Microcystis |
NSF |
$268,929 |
Zhao, Bin |
Thermosensitive Block Copolymers for Digital Printing |
Dupont Company |
$93,274 |
Haslam College of Business |
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Bray, Larry; Burton, Mark |
TN Tombigbee Waterway Authority Impact Study |
Mississippi State University |
$30,000 |
Bruce, Donald |
Families First Case Characteristics SNAP and TANF Study |
TN Dept. of Human Services |
$238,605 |
Cathey, Amy |
MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 |
DOE – BWXT Y-12/Dept. of Energy |
$101,528 |
Degennaro, Ramon |
Reading Group on Entrepreneurial Finance Topics |
Charles Koch Foundation |
$5,000 |
Fox, William; Kessler, Lawrence |
Tennessee Economic Environment Quarterly Update Reports |
Tennessee Secretary of State |
$18,000 |
College of Communication and Information |
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Suttles, Barbara |
Support For Computational Science and Engineering Division-UTBattelle (Nelson) |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$271,968 |
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences |
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Brewer, Ernest |
Academic Enrichment Upward Bound |
Dept. of Education |
$347,684 |
Zhao, Ling |
Anti-obesity effects of adipose-targeting resveratrol nanocarriers |
Texas Tech University/NIH |
$118,625 |
College of Engineering |
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Berry, Michael |
Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$9,169 |
Blalock, Benjamin |
Multi-channel Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (MISA) |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$67,737 |
Blalock, Benjamin; Tolbert, Leon; Wang, Fei; Costinett, Daniel |
Development of a SiC based high temperature three-phase voltagesource converter with maximum switching speed and adaptive operation capability for high efficiency |
II-VI Foundation |
$95,000 |
Bosilca, George |
Innovative Computing Laboratory Summer Intern |
DOE – BWXT Y-12 |
$11,340 |
Bosilca, George; Herault, Thomas |
SI2-SSI: Collaborative Research: Task-based Environment for Scientific Simulation at Extreme Scale (TESSE) |
NSF |
$1,178,068 |
Clarke, David |
Database Applications |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,968 |
Coble, Jamie |
Enhanced Risk Monitors with Integrated Equipment Condition Assessment |
DOE – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab |
$30,000 |
Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George |
Fault Resilience Communication |
Japan Science and Technology Agency |
$173,780 |
Egami, Takeshi |
Neutron Scattering Study of Localized Atomic Vibration |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,999 |
Fu, Joshua |
Air quality assessment to MeadWestvaco on potential VOC emission controls in Beijing, China |
MeadWestvaco, Inc. |
$98,575 |
Hall, Howard |
A Bayesian Approach to Broad-Area Nuclear/Radiological Search Operations |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
$84,052 |
Hall, Howard; Heilbronn, Lawrence; Wirth, Brian; Ruggles, Arthur; Sickafus, Kurt; Counce, Robert |
UT Radiochemistry Center of Excellence |
DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration |
$1,200,000 |
Hayward, Jason |
Neutron Scattering Instrumentation Research and Development for High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Imaging at Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
DOE – Office of Science |
$150,000 |
Irick, David |
Automotive Support for Turbocharger Project |
BorgWarner, Inc. |
$18,847 |
Kihm, Kenneth |
proprietary funding source |
proprietary funding source |
$30,000 |
Li, Husheng |
Collaborative Research: Physical Dynamics Aware Coding for Communications in Cyber Physical Systems: Analysis, Algorithms and Implementation |
NSF |
$8,000 |
Maldonado, Guillermo |
VVER 1000 Computational Modeling and Benchmark Calculations |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$51,020 |
Mench, Matthew |
Support of IAHE Activities |
International Association for Hydrogen Energy |
$25,000 |
Ostrowski, James |
Collaborative Research: Almost Symmetric Integer Programs |
NSF |
$5,000 |
Peterson, Gregory |
Joint Institute for Computational Sciences Proposal to NSF05-625: High Performace Computing System Acquisition: Towards a Petascale Computing Environ |
NSF |
$2,980,790 |
Sangoro, Joshua |
Ion dynamics and charge transport in ultrathin films of polymerized ionic liquids |
NSF |
$348,000 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
Personal Credit Modeling Based on Social Network |
VPAL Laboratory, Inc *6 |
$60,000 |
Skutnik, Steven |
Migration of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Data to the ORNL Unified Database |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,592 |
Tomsovic, Kevin |
Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network |
Dominion Power |
$100,000 |
Townsend, Lawrence |
Additional Improvements to the HZETRN Code and the NUCFRG2 Database |
NASA – Langley Research Center |
$45,000 |
Wirth, Brian; Maingi, Rajesh |
Diagnostics and Modeling in Support of Boundary Physics Research on NSTX Upgrade |
DOE – Office of Science |
$180,000 |
Zhao, Xiaopeng |
Collaborative Research: Hybrid Bifurcation with Applications in Cardiac Dynamics |
NSF |
$10,000 |
UTK-College of law |
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Kuney, George |
Y-12/UT Law Field Placement Program |
DOE – BWXT Y-12 |
$35,016 |
College of Social Work |
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Davis, Cindy; Moore, Matthew |
Distress Screening and Traumatic Stress in Oncology Social Work |
American Cancer Society |
$40,000 |
Patterson, David |
KARM 2014 Matching Funds for Knox HUD/HMIS |
Knox Area Rescue Ministries |
$5,000 |
UTSI |
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Chen, Ying-Ling |
A Quantitative Purkinje Technique For ll Early Cataract Detection |
Swift-Info Technology |
$100,000 |
Schmisseur, John |
A Systematic Characterization of the Structure and Dynamics of Transitional Shock/Boundary Layer Interactions |
DOD – Office Of Naval Research |
$397,150 |
Other |
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Stewart, Joseph |
Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ |
DOD – Dept. of the Air Force |
$388,287 |
Campus Centers and Institutes |
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Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Odbadrakh Coarse Grained Density |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$26,221 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Aziz Urban Mobility & Energy |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$35,000 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Dr. Carrillo research in the area of structure and dynamics of soft matter materials |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$39,214 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Machine Learning Based Network Intrusion Detection-Martin |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,137 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Assist NCCS at ORNL- McNally |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$37,222 |
Crosby, Lonnie {JICS/JICS} |
Assist NCCS at ORNL- Whitt |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$28,267 |
Glasby, Ryan {JICS/JICS} |
CFD Code Development and Testing – Phase 1 |
Centrus Energy Corporation/Dept. of Energy |
$10,000 |
Jakowski, Jacek {JICS/JICS} |
Jakowski NWChem Collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Lab |
DOE – Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Lab |
$15,432 |
Murray, Matthew {Baker Center/Baker Center}; Sims, Charles {Baker Center/Baker Center} |
To Conduct An Examination Of The Economic Impact Of Ucor On Anderson, Knox And Roane Counties And The State Of Tennessee |
DOE – URS CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)/DOE – National Nuclear Security Administration |
$20,962 |
Peterson, Gregory {JICS/JICS} |
2015 International HPC Summer School |
NSF |
$98,792 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Yunchao Li ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$34,952 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Roisin Langan |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,678 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
ESE Bredesen Center Carly McKown GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,678 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
ESE Bredesen Center Eva Muntunga GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$31,660 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Robert Brese |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$30,774 |
Riedinger, Leo {Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center} |
Bredesen Center ESE Clarissa Bleker GRA |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$33,228 |
Sayler, Gary {JIBS/CEB} |
BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee, Phase II |
DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$131,029 |
MultiCollege/Center |
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Rashidi, Abbas(Engr); Wright, Courtney(C&I) |
ComCon Summit: Innovative Professional Workshop Series to Enhance Communication Skills Pertinent to Construction Engineering Students |
Engineering Information Foundation |
$24,993 |
Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana(CEB); Lloyd, Karen(A&S) |
IRES: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Microbiology and Biogeosciences of Siberian Deep Subsurface Permafrost |
NSF |
$249,987 |
* 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 June 1, 2015
- Sponsor name might be changed at a later date because the official name has not yet been set up in the system as of June 1, 2015.