Congratulations!
The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $1,924,108 in external grant and contract awards:
Dr. Amber Roache (Nursing) has received $632,091 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “Clinical-Academic Partnerships: Breaking Down Barriers to Care 2023-27.”
Angela Dittmar (Arts-Based Collaborative) has received $11,100 from the Tennessee Arts Commission for the project entitled, “Arts Integration in Midtown: A Catalyst for Community Wellbeing.”
Charlie Mix and Laura Lee (CAGDS) have received $181,730 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “TDOT Collaboratory Proposal: A Shared Online Environment for Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis.”
Dr. Deborah McAllister and Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education), in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, have received $31,166 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the project entitled, “STEM Topics for Pre-service Teachers.”
Dr. Deborah McAllister, Dr. Jason Gordon, and Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education) have received $49,984 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “NSF FF: Planning: Empowering Children to Thrive in the Digital Era through Collaborative Learning Experiences.”
Dr. Elizabeth O’Brien (School of Professional Studies), Dr. Kevin Doyle, Dr. Alexandra Frank (Counseling), Dr. Amanda Hardin (School Psychology), Dr. Amy Doolittle, and Dr. Bethany Womack (Social Work) have received $600,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “Behavioral Healthcare through Interprofessional Training.”
Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education), in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Education, has received $86,000 from the US Department of Education for the project entitled, “2027 TN Governor’s School for Prospective Teachers.”
Dr. Keenan Dungey (Chemistry) has received $4,800 from the American Chemical Society for the project entitled, “Project SEED site in Chattanooga for 2026.”
Dr. Linda Hill (Nursing) has received $17,732 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “2020-27 HRSA Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships.”
Twyler Boykin (Center for Community Career Education) has received $309,505 from the US Department of Education for the project entitled, “University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Upward Bound Math & Science.”
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The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $31,046,592 in external funding, if awarded:
Dr. Brooke Epperson, Tessa Mullinax-Baker, Dr. Rosebelle Peters, Dr. Latisha Toney, Dr. Jenny Holcombe, and Maggie Duckworth (Nursing) have requested $2,965,960 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “BRIDGE-RN – Bridging Rural workforce gaps through Immersive, Deliberate, Guided Entry into practice.”
Charlie Mix and Nyssa Hunt (CAGDS) have requested $10,000 from the Mainspring Conservation Trust for the project entitled, “Mainspring Conservation Trust – Conservation Priority Model Update.”
Charlie Mix, Nyssa Hunt, and Laura Lee (CAGDS) have requested $40,549 from Skytec LLC for the project entitled, “Riparian Buffer Assessment and Prioritization Model.”
Dominique Tran (Center for Global Education) has requested $10,000 from the Institute of International Education for the project entitled, “STEM Global Career Pathways: Helping UTC STEM Students Turn Study Abroad into Career Success.”
Dr. Hannah Barger, Dr. Kristen Singletary, April Anderson, Dr. Jenny Holcombe (Nursing), and Kenneth Scannapiego (Financial Aid) have requested $3,249,995 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “CARE Nursing Scholars: Cultivating Access and Readiness through Education.”
Huu Hoang Nguyen and Dr. Mina Sartipi (CUIP) have requested $53,000 from UrbisIQ LLC for the project entitled, “EdgeGuard-V2X: Cloud-Edge AI for Congestion Prediction and Location-Specific Traffic Advisories.”
Dr. Jared Pienkos (Chemistry) has requested $75,000 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for the project entitled, “Changing the properties of transition metal compounds with N-O chemistry.”
Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education) has requested $1,005,963 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Professionally Responsive Instructional Support Model.”
Dr. Jessica Hackathorne, Dr. Taylor Kozell, Dr. Rebecca Littleton, Dr. Erin Melhorn (Occupational Therapy), and Kenneth Scannapiego (Financial Aid) have requested $3,249,990 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “GATEWAY – Growing Access to Therapy through Education, Workforce development, Advocacy, and communitY.”
Dr. Kara Hamilton and Dr. Joel Harden (Health & Human Performance) have requested $15,000 from Fast Break Athletics for the project entitled, “2027 Fast Break Phase III.”
Dr. Kimberly Wingate and Dr. Stephanie Brennan (School of Education) have requested $350,000 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, ” UTC Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program (RTAP) Expansion Grant Application.”
Dr. Kristina Wick (Nursing) has requested $218,273 from the Tennessee Department of Health for the project entitled, “Tennessee Memory Care Assessment Network.”
Dr. Kristina Wick and Dr. Meagan Oslund (Nursing) have requested $3,464,471 from the Tennessee Department of Health for the project entitled, “MobileMOC – Healthcare Resiliency Program.”
Dr. Kate McKinney, Farron Kilburn, Dr. Christopher Doneski, Dr. Jason Peter, and Bethany Weaver (Nursing) have requested $2,161,325 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “Pathways to Practice: Advancing Nurse Practitioners from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Southeast Tennessee.”
Matthew Holzmacher, Brett Fuchs, and Sean O’Brien (Campus Law Enforcement) have requested $125,000 from the US Department of Justice for the project entitled, “Enhancing Community-Oriented Policing Efforts at the UT Chattanooga Campus.”
Dr. Meagan Oslund and Dr. Kristina Wick (Nursing) have requested $1,500,000 from the Tennessee Department of Health for the project entitled, “Active Nutrition and Community Health Outreach for Rural Counties (ANCHOR): Community-Centered Chronic Disease Prevention in Rural Tennessee.”
Dr. Mina Sartipi, Dr. Mohamed Fadul, Austin Harris, Huu Hoang Nguyen, and Yasir Hassan (CUIP) have requested $5,029,401 from the US Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “COSMOS: Cooperative Sensing & Mitigation for Optimized Intersection Safety.”
Dr. Murat Barisik (Nanoengineering Center) has requested $100,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Collaborative Research: Continuous Airborne Viral Aptasensing in Built Environments.”
Dr. Nagwan Zahry (Communications) has requested $27,878 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Tennessee Coordination Hub: AI Tennessee: Driving Growth and Leadership in AI.”
Dr. Nancy Fell, Janine Boehme, Dr. Rebecca Littleton, Dr. Carolyn Padalino (Physical Therapy), and Kenneth Scannapiego (Financial Aid) have requested $3,250,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “Strengthening The Rehabilitation Workforce through Investment in Disadvantaged Students and Education (STRIDE).”
Dr. Rahul Bhosale (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Dr. Abdel Karrar, Dr. Nurhidajat Sisworahardjo (Electrical Engineering), Dr. Reetesh Ranjan (Mechanical Engineering), and Dr. Kumar Yelamarthi (CECS Dean) have requested $409,376 from the Appalachian Regional Commission for the project entitled, “Bridging Nuclear and Manufacturing: An Interdisciplinary Workforce Development Initiative for Appalachia.”
Dr. Rahul Bhosale (Civil and Chemical Engineering) has requested $599,988 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Toward Low-Temperature Isothermal Solar Chemical Looping Reforming of Methane Coupled with H2O/CO2 Conversion through Compositionally Complex Cerium Oxides.”
Dr. Rick Dierenfeldt, Dr. Tammy Garland, and Dr. Laura Lutgen-Nieves (Criminal Justice), in collaboration with the Hamilton County Coalition, have requested $159,347 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “Substance Use Disorders and Recovery in Rural Tennessee Counties.”
Sean O’Brien and Ben Chassen (Campus Law Enforcement) have requested $76,428 from the US Department of Justice for the project entitled, “Annual Drug Enforcement Administration State and Local Task Force Agreement.”
Dr. Venkateswara Kode (Civil and Chemical Engineering) has requested $632,219 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Humidity-Regulated Atmospheric Resource Recovery Using Functionally Paired Sorbents.”
Dr. Wolday Abrha (Engineering Management and Technology) has requested $461,440 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Enhancing Engineering Education Through Multidisciplinary Research Engagements.”
Dr. Xiunan Wang (Mathematics) has requested $476,603 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Mathematical Theory and Inference for Memory- and Perception-Driven Movement in Marine Megafauna.”
Dr. Yingfeng Wang (Computer Science and Engineering) has requested $100,000 from the Google Inc. for the project entitled, “TASK-EFT: Application-Aware Error Budgeting for Resource-Efficient Early Fault-Tolerant Quantum Simulation.”
Dr. Yukun Yuan (Computer Science and Engineering) has requested $596,796 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Toward Human-Aligned Service-Oriented Cyber-Physical Systems through Closed-Loop Sensing and Control Co-Design.”
Dr. Zihao Wang (Computer Science and Engineering) has requested $632,590 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CAREER: Generative Integrity Learning for High-Value Translational Inverse Problems.”