The following awards were granted in November, 2014. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for November 2014
UTK Award (11/01/2014 – 11/30/2014) * |
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| INVESTIGATOR | TITLE | SPONSOR | AWARD |
| College of Arts and Sciences | |||
| Burr, Devon | An Integrated Study of the Evolution of Cerberus Fossae, Mars: Fracture Mechanics, Volcanology, and Megafloods | University of Idaho/NASA | $44,106.00 |
| Elias, Dwayne | Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments | Duke University/NIH – National Institute of Environmental Sciences | $56,700.00 |
| Hollenbach, Kandace | Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of 1JE391, Jefferson County, AL | University of Alabama | $2,399.00 |
| Hollenbach, Kandace | Documenting the Historical Landscape of the Battle of Fort Sanders | Dept. of Interior – National Park Service | $45,130.00 |
| Hollenbach, Kandace | Phase I archaeological Survey of KUB Gas Main Corridor, Knox County, Tennessee | Gresham,Smith and Partners | $4,016.00 |
| Loeffler, Frank | Performance Assessment of Past Bioremediation Approaches for Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones | CB&I Federal Services, LLC/Dept. of Defense | $17,439.00 |
| Long, Brian | Redox-Switchable Coordination Catalysis: An Advanced Tool for Catalyst Control and Tailored Polyolefin Synthesis [7.3 Polymer Chemistry: Young Investigators Program] | Army Research Office | $50,000.00 |
| Mccracken, Gary | Subcontract with University of Southern California, Santa Cruz: The Effect of Sociality on Transmission and Spread of a Multi-host Pathogen | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz/NSF | $70,482.00 |
| Moersch, Jeffrey | Search for Aqueous Minerals With Mars Exploration Rover Mini-TES Experiment | NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory | $20,000.00 |
| Pan, Chongle; Hettich, Robert | Linking phylogenetic identity and biogeochemical function of uncultivated marine microbes with novel mass spectrometry techniques | Oregon State University/Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | $101,835.00 |
| Papenbrock, Thomas; Nazarewicz, Witold | RIKEN/RIA Theory Center | Dept. of Energy | -$130.00 |
| Sepaniak, Michael | Separation Chemistry and Spectrometry for Nuclear Forensic Analysis. | DOE – BWXT Y-12 | $57,974.00 |
| Shaw, Shih-Lung | Transportation Research Support | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $6,704.00 |
| Shaw, Shih-Lung | Ecosystem Functional Testing Platform for Community Land Model û Phase III | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $41,844.00 |
| Smith, Jeremy | Post-Doc Steve Tomanicek | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,420.40 |
| Steadman, Dawnie | Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics/Lipidomics Approach | Lincoln Memorial University/DOJ – National Institute Of Justice | $88,380.00 |
| Vonarnim, Albrecht | manesh shah | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $20,000.00 |
| College of Communication and Information | |||
| Suttles, Barbara | Support for Biological and Environmental Research Information System (BERIS)- Communications and Management Expert | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $49,689.00 |
| Suttles, Barbara | Fort Campbell Energy Management Program Database Migration and Upgrade | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy | $28,642.00 |
| College of Education, Health and Human Sciences | |||
| Fussell, Elizabeth; Wilhoit, Brian; Cihak, David; Gibbons, Melinda | Future Program | Dept. of Education | $315,260.00 |
| Moran, Mary | A Competency-Based Licensure Model for Head Start Teachers | Knox County Schools/HHS – Administration for Children and Families | $15,000.00 |
| Mulligan, Geraldine; Kohring, Aaron | The Boling Center | University of Tennessee – Health Science Center/U.S. Administration on Developmental Disabilities | $64,783.00 |
| Raynor, Hollie | Increasing Sleep Duration: A Novel Approach to Weight Control | Miriam Hospital | $5,605.00 |
| Skolits, Gary | Evaluation of TEACH Project – Extension of Contract | University of Louisiana at Monroe/Dept. of Education | $50,000.00 |
| College of Engineering | |||
| Babu, Sudarsanam; Zinkle, Steven; Rawn, Claudia; Pharr, George | Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Institute | American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Insitute (ALMMII)/Office Of Naval Research | $57,300.00 |
| Bhat, Gajanan | Value-added Cotton Rich Nonwovens by incorporating Cotton Fibers in Meltblown Webs | Cotton, Inc. | $24,497.00 |
| Choo, Hahn | High-Performance Magnesium Alloys and Composites by Efficient Vapor Phase Processing | Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc/Army Research Office | $53,665.00 |
| Clarke, David | Fuel Economy Guide | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $53,528.00 |
| Clarke, David | DOE/EPA Fuel Economy Information | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $24,516.00 |
| Dongarra, Jack | Keeneland: National Institute for Experimental Computing | Georgia Institute of Technology-Electrical and Computer Engr | $87,800.00 |
| Ekici, Kivanc | Bifurcating Heat Exchanger Efficiency Simulations | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $32,495.00 |
| Fu, Joshua | Assistance of Air Benefit and Attainment Assessment and Cost Analysis System | Chang Jung Christian University/Taiwan Environmental Protection Adminstration | $16,000.00 |
| George, Easo | Silicon Effects in Iridium Alloys | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $22,103.00 |
| Greene, David | Research and Analysis for Hydrogen Systems and Vehicle Technologies | Argonne National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy | $21,500.00 |
| Gregor, Jens | Trustworthy Vehicle Computing System — Analysis System Design and Development | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $37,737.00 |
| Hayward, Jason | Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 2 | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $5,000.00 |
| Hayward, Jason | Gamma ray imaging experimental support for nuclear safeguards and security applications | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $40,352.00 |
| Hayward, Jason | Time Correlated Measurements with Nuclear Materials Identifications System – 1 | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $5,000.00 |
| Irick, David | Advanced Vehicle Systems Technical Support | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $39,938.00 |
| Liaw, Peter | Developing Advanced Light-Weight High-Entropy Alloys: Modeling and Experiments | Army Research Office | $74,446.00 |
| Liaw, Peter | Corrosion Studies of LiH | DOE – BWXT Y-12 | $80,792.00 |
| Mandrus, David | EFRI 2-DARE: Spin-Valley Coupling for Photonic and Spintronic Devices | University of Washington/NSF | $57,892.00 |
| Melcher, Charles | Lu-free Scintillators for PET | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc./NIH | $25,000.00 |
| Paddison, Stephen | First principles modeling of cation (H+, Li+, and Na+) transport in solid polymer electrolytes | Dept. of the Army | $95,568.00 |
| Penumadu, Dayakar | The Effects of Sea Water on Composite Facing Sandwich Layups, and of Polymeric Composites for Naval Applications. | Office Of Naval Research/Dept. of the Navy | $20,000.00 |
| Peterson, Gregory | XSEDE: eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment | University of Illinois/NSF | $1,670,500.00 |
| Rack, Philip | ORNL IGZO transistors | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $80,000.00 |
| Rack, Philip; Noh, Joo Hyon | Thin Film Transistor and Sensor Development Flexible Substrates | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $14,998.00 |
| Rack, Philip; Srijanto, Bernadeta | Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $34,011.98 |
| Ragauskas, Arthur | Chemical Pretreatment and Characterization of Biomass Samples for Dynamic Visualization of Ligncellulose Degradation by yIntegration of Neutron Scattering Imaging and Computer Simulation | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $80,000.00 |
| Terpstra, Daniel; Peterson, Gregory | A Co-Design Approach for Advances in Software and Hardware | Iowa State University/Air Force Office Scientific Reseach | $196,628.00 |
| Tolbert, Leon | Graduate Research Assistantship for Master Students (GRAMS) – MSSE | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $32,987.00 |
| Tomsovic, Kevin | Program Income for NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network | Huawei Technologies | $9,980.00 |
| Truster, Timothy | Implementation of Crystal Plasticity in WARP3D – Phase II | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $40,000.00 |
| Weber, William | IBML Use for ORNL EDDE EFRC Project | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $119,200.00 |
| Wirth, Brian | Modeling Nuclear Fuels Performance: Pellet Clad Interaction | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $44,266.00 |
| Zhang, Yanwen | Program Management Support for Nuclear and Fusion Energy Applications | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $8,000.00 |
| College of Nursing | |||
| Hutson, Sadie | Investigation of Potential Cancer Clusters at Pikeville Medical Center | Oak Ridge Associated Universities/Pikeville Medical Center | $12,822.00 |
| College of Social Work | |||
| Cunningham, Maryanne; Hadjiharalambous, Chris | Evaluation of Douglas-Cherokee Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program – Year 4 | Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority/HHS – Office of Adolescent Health | $12,000.00 |
| Cunningham, Maryanne; King, Janet | FY 15 Boys and Girls Clubs Program Assessment | Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley | $12,643.00 |
| Dukes, Denzel; Hemmelgarn, Anthony; Cunningham, Maryanne; Cheatham, Joanna | Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center | National Safe Place/HHS | $100,000.00 |
| Wodarski, John; Macmaster, Samuel | Using New Media to Reach African American and Hispanic/Latino MSM | HHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | $125,000.00 |
| Other | |||
| Gard, Brian | HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN | Tennessee Office of Homeland Security-Tennessee Emergency Management Agency/Dept. of Homeland Secutiry – FEMA | $63,000.00 |
| Campus Centers and Institutes | |||
| Crosby, Lonnie (JICS/JICS) | Fabrication and testing of novel sources of entangled photons | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $47,517.00 |
| Hall, Howard (Baker Center/Baker Center) | Technical Evaluations of Nonproliferation Strategies and Technologies | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory/National Nuclear Security Administration | $6,532.00 |
| Halloy, Christian (JICS/JICS) | Beste Catalysis and Electron Transport | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $115,541.00 |
| Hazlewood, Victor (JICS/JICS) | XD Technology Audit and Insertion Service | University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign/NSF | $59,895.00 |
| Riedinger, Leo (Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center) | Kyle Sander Bredesen Center ESE | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $29,744.50 |
| Riedinger, Leo (Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center) | Keith Britt ESE GRA Bredesen Center | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $5,419.00 |
| Riedinger, Leo (Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center) | Erik Walker ESE Bredesen Center GRA | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $32,893.91 |
| Riedinger, Leo (Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center) | Guinevere Shaw ESE Bredesen Center | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $27,093.00 |
| Riedinger, Leo (Bredesen Center/Bredesen Center) | Ryan Hansen – Research Scientist 1 for the Bredesen Center | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $30,392.00 |
| MultiCollege/Center | |||
| Ostrowski, James(Engr); Halloy, Christian(JICS) | Beste Catalysis and Electron Transport | DOE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $72,143.00 |