Congratulations!
The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $878,853 in external grant and contract awards:
Dr. Keenan Dungey, Dr. Jared Pienkos, Dr. Luis Sanchez Diaz, and Dr. Wang Yong Yang (Chemistry and Physics) have received $9,600 from the American Chemical Society for the project entitled, “2024 ACS Project SEED at UTC.”
Charles Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have received $200,685 from the City of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “Take Root: Analyzing, Mapping, and Restoring Chattanooga’s Urban Forests.”
Susan Lazenby (Radio Station) has requested and received $122,054 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the project entitled, “2024 WUTC Radio Community Service Grant.”
Dr. Belinda Lee (Center for Community Career Education) has received $374,217 from the US Department of Education for the project entitled, “University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Upward Bound Program.”
Dr. Joey Shaw and Dr. Stylianos Chatzimanolis (Biology, Geology and Environmental Science) have requested and received $36,001 from the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “2024 Survey for Nine EPB Rights-of-Way.”
Charles Mix (IGTLab) has received $44,028 from the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership for the project entitled, “Aquatic Connectivity Barrier Geospatial Data Validation, Phase II.”
Charles Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have received $2,806 from the Sudbury Valley Trustees for the project entitled, “Sudbury Valley Trustees Web Map and Applications Enhancements.”
Dr. Kimberly Wingate (School of Education) has received $54,960 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, “Occupational Educator Scholarships 2024-27.”
John Freeze (Center for Professional Education) and Rebecca Hurst have received $34,502 from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs for the project entitled, “JAG – Southeastern Leadership Academy 2023-2026.”
Good Luck!
The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $7,866,666 in external funding, if awarded:
Dr. Sherah Basham (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) in collaboration with the American Society of Evidence Based-Policing has requested $87,057 from the National Institute of Justice for the project entitled, “A multi-site randomized controlled trial of rapid video response for low-risk and domestic violence calls for service.”
Dr. Tian Li (UTC Research Institute), Dr. Tatiana Allen (Chemistry and Physics), Dr. Christopher Cox (Mathematics), Dr. Yu Liang (Computer Science and Engineering), Dr. Reinhold Mann (Vice Chancellor for Research) and Dr. Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering) have requested $3,500,000 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the project entitled, “UTC Quantum Center.”
Charles Mix (IGTLab) in collaboration with the Enterprise Center has requested $27,579 for the project entitled, “EPA Air Quality Sensor Site Location Analysis; Spatial Data Science Support for The Enterprise Center & Student Fellows Program.”
Charles Mix (IGTLab) has requested $3,479 from the Enterprise Center for the project entitled, “Affordable Connectivity Plan Impact Spatial Analysis & Mapping.”
Dr. Andrew Denney, Dr. Sherah Basham, Dr. Ricki Dierenfeldt, and Dr Gale Iles (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) in collaboration with the Hamilton County Government have requested $52,575 from the Bureau of Justice Administration for the project entitled, “Recidivism Reduction Initiative.”
Dr. Ricki Dierenfeldt, Dr. Andrew Denney, Dr. Sherah Basham, and Dr Gale Iles (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) in collaboration with the Hamilton County Government have requested $161,896 from the the Bureau of Justice Administration for the project entitled, “Recidivism Reduction Initiative.”
Dr. Ricki Dierenfeldt, Dr. Gale Iles, and Dr. Tammy Garland (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) in collaboration with the Hamilton County Government have requested $159,346 from the Health Resources and Services Agency for the project entitled, “Subaward from Hamilton Co. Coalition RCORP proposal.”
Dr. Christina Policastro (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) has requested $11,193 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Improving Death Coding With Novel Methodologies To Identify And Treat Misclassification Of Youth Trauma-Related Mortality.”
Dr. Erkan Kaplanoglu and Dr. Gokhan Erdemir (Engineering Management and Technology) have requested $58,896 from the JTEKT North America Corporation for the project entitled, “Smart Robotic Gripper with Enhanced Capabilities for Pinion Gear Systems.”
Dr. Chandra Ward (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University has requested $168,182 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Community-in-the-Loop Approach for Democratizing the Design, Development, and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence for Public Transportation Planning and Operations.”
Dr. Mina Sartipi (UTC Research Institute) has requested $325,582 from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project entitled, “TNGO Quantum.”
Dr. Mina Sartipi (UTC Research Institute) has requested $160,422 from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project entitled, “TNGO EV.”
Dr. Tianya Zhang (CUIP) has requested $330,469 from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project entitled, “Chattanooga Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicle (Chatt-SAEV) Pilot Project.”
Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education) has requested $55,571 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, “2024 Governor’s School for Prospective Teachers at UTC.”
Dr. Jejal Reddy Bathi (Civil Engineering), Dr. Junrong Shi (Social Work), Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas (Mechanical Engineering) have requested $64,848 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Revitalizing Urban Resilience: Bridging Stormwater Gaps Through Green Infrastructure Innovation”
Dr. Jejal Reddy Bathi (Civil Engineering), Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education), Dr. Junrong Shi (Social Work), Dr. Dalei Wu (Computer Science and Engineering), Charles Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) in collaboration with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, East State University, Tennessee Technological University and Alabama A & M University, have requested $2,049,663 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “BRIDGE (Building Research, Inclusion, Development, Growth, and Education) for Advanced Multiscale Water Resource Management and Sustainability in East Tennessee.”
Dr. Tian Li (Chemistry and Physics) and Dr. Donal Reising (Electrical Engineering) have requested $549,909 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Demonstration of Sub-Shot-Noise Limited Distributed Quantum Sensing on a Commercial Metropolitan-Scale Quantum Network via Deep Learning Aided Noise Suppression.”
Dr. Mengjun Xie (Computer Science and Engineering) and Dr. Stephanie Philip (School of Education) in collaboration with Worcester Polytechnic Institute have requested $99,999 from the National Security Agency Institute for the project entitled, “GenCyber 2024 Program.”