Congratulations!
The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $763,934 in external grant and contract awards:
Dr. Hill Craddock and Taylor Perkins (Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences) in collaboration with the University of Missouri have received $11,510 from the Missouri Department of Conservation for the project entitled, “Population genomics of diversity, adaptation, and gene flow in American chestnut.”
Dr. Deborah McAllister (School of Education), in collaboration with Georgia Tech Research Institute, has received $17,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the project entitled, “Inspiring NASA’s Next Generation through Building, Coding, and Machine Learning Missions (NASA ML-BOTS).”
Dr. Jejal Reddy Bathi (Civil & Chemical Engineering), Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas (Mechanical Engineering), and Dr. Stephanie DeVries (Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences) have received $24,997 from the Environmental Protection Agency for the project entitled, “Microplastics Sampling for Stormwater Management.”
Dr. Lani Gao (Mathematics) has requested and received $29,672 from TeleSpecialists for the project entitled, “Graduate Assistantship via Data Analysis.”
Bryan Lane (WUTC) has requested and received $109,543 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the project entitled, “Radio Community Service Grant for WUTC.”
Dr. Yunye Shi (Mechanical Engineering) has received $196,995 from the US – NSF – National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Characterizing and improving algae-derived biofuel droplet burning.”
Dr. Belinda Lee (Center for Community Career Education) has received $374,217 from the Department of Education for the project entitled, “University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Upward Bound Program.”
Good Luck!
The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $3,892,574 in external funding, if awarded:
Dr. Jose Barbosa (Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences) and Dr. Sandra Affare (Engineering Management & Technology) in collaboration with Northeastern University have requested $5,321 from The National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Agriculture & Nutrition for Girls While Encouraging Leadership & Stem-Enrichment (ANGELS).”
Dr. Tian Li (Chemistry and Physics) and Dr. Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering) have requested $799,935 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Deep Learning Aided Distributed Quantum Phase Sensing with Squeezed States.”
Dr. Hamdy Ibrahim (Mechanical Engineering), in collaboration with the UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Health Science Center, has requested $797,276 from the Department of Defense for the project entitled, “Bioactive magnesium implants with controlled degradation and biocompatibility for orthopaedic applications.”
Dr. Michael Danquah (Civil and Chemical Engineering) and Dr. Reetesh Ranjan (Mechanical Engineering) in collaboration with several other public universities have requested $249,865 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Innovations in enzyme engineering for enhanced CO2 capture.”
Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi (Mechanical Engineering), in collaboration with Purdue University Northwest, has requested $192,150 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Structural Integrity Assessment of Next-Generation Additively Manufactured Parts using Seeded Defects.”
Dr. Andrew Bailey (Health & Human Performance) and Charlie Mix (IGTLab) have requested $8,983 from the Chattanooga Sports Committee for the project entitled, “Chattanooga Marathon.”
Dr. Krysta Murillo, Charlotte Ellington, Dr. Allen Pratt, and Dr. Kim Wingate (School of Education) have requested $100,000 from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission for the project entitled, “Each One Reach One 2023-2025.”
Charlie Mix (IGTLab) and Nyssa Hunt have requested $29,565 from the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership for the project entitled, “Aquatic Connectivity Barrier Geospatial Data Validation.”
Dr. Joanne Romagni (Vice Chancellor for Research) has requested $1,672,083 from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission for several projects supporting academic initiatives and educational excellence.
Dr. Anthony Skjellum (SIMCenter) has requested $34,312 from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the project entitled, “Low-level Message Passing Benchmarks.”
Charlie Mix (IGTLab) has requested $3,084 from the City of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “Parks & Outdoors Plan Map.”