Awards for May 2015

INVESTIGATOR

TITLE

SPONSOR

AWARD

College of Architecture and Design

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kuney, George

Y-12/UT Law Field Placement Program

DOE – BWXT Y-12

$35,016

College of Social Work

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

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

Stewart, Joseph

Air Force Acquisition Improvement Support (FA7014-10-R-0008) – IDIQ

DOD – Dept. of the Air Force

$388,287

Campus Centers and Institutes

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

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