Congratulations!
The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $613,735 in external grant and contract awards:
Dr. Jejal Reddy Bathi (Civil & Chemical Engineering) has received $12,500 from the City of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “Black Creek Stormwater Capture and Reuse.”
Cindy Hornsby (Children’s Center), in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Human Services-Child Care Planning and Development, has requested and received $141,247 from the Administration for Children and Families for the project entitled, “TDHS/HHS Child Care Stabilization Funds – Battle Academy.”
Cindy Hornsby (Children’s Center), in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Human Services-Child Care Planning and Development, has requested and received $213,206 from the Administration for Children and Families for the project entitled, “TDHS/HHS Child Care Stabilization Funds – Brown Academy.”
Catherine Kendall (Interior Design) has received $5,815 from the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners for the project entitled, “2023 TBAEE Grant for Equipment.”
Dr. Daniel Loveless (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with a privately-owned company, has received $148,000 from a government entity for a research project.
Charlie Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have requested and received $12,790 from Thrive Regional Partnership for the project entitled, “79 Towns Community Analysis Project.”
Charlie Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have received $8,058 from Tennessee Valley Authority for the project entitled, “Tennessee RiverLine Principal Partnership Funding Agreement 2021-2023.”
Dr. Joseph Owino (Civil & Chemical Engineering) has received $35,125 from the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners for the project entitled, “2023 TBAEE Grant for Equipment.”
Dr. Jill Shelton (Psychology) and Dr. Amy Doolittle (Social Work), in collaboration with Western Kentucky University, have received $6,494 from the Tennessee Department of Health for the project entitled, “Bingocize: An evidence-based health promotion program to improve the quality of life of Tennessee certified nursing facility residents.”
Dr. Tony Skjellum (SimCenter) has received $30,000 from Sandia National Lab for the project entitled, “ATSE Spack.”
Dr. Ruth Walker (Psychology), together with her student, Kathleen Hillman, have requested and received $500 from the Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology for the project entitled, “2022-23 Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant.”
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The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $3,480,941 in external funding, if awarded:
Dr. Laurie Allen (Arts-Based Collaborative) has requested $13,428 from Hamilton County Public Schools for the project entitled, “Battle Academy – Arts360 Project 2023.”
Amy Brock-Hon (Biology, Geology, & Environmental Science), Dr. Keenan Dungey, and Jack Pitkin (Chemistry & Physics) have requested $25,000 from the Alliance of Women Philanthropists for the project entitled, “Clarence T. Jones Planetarium Projector.”
Dr. Dawn Ford (Health & Human Performance) has requested $5,805 from the Alliance of Women Philanthropists for the project entitled, “UTC Service-Learning Initiative for Healthy Communities.”
Dr. Linda Hill (School of Nursing) has requested formula funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships.”
Tish Hubbard (Enrollment Management & Student Affairs) has requested $24,998 from the Alliance of Women Philanthropists for the project entitled, “UTC Basic Needs Program.”
Dr. Seong Dae Kim (Engineering Management & Technology) and Dr. Ignatius Fomunung (Civil & Chemical Engineering) have requested $196,943 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Induced Travel Study Applied in Urban Areas in Tennessee.”
Dr. Seong Dae Kim (Engineering Management & Technology), Dr. Ignatius Fomunung (Civil & Chemical Engineering), and Dr. Thomas Wilson (Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science) have requested $244,401 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Selecting Countermeasures for High-Risk Locations for Wildlife Related Crashes in Tennessee.”
Dr. Lingju Kong (Mathematics), in collaboration with Kennesaw State University, has requested $246,077 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ATD: A Mobile Surveillance System Based on Dynamic Equations and Video Games.”
Dr. Jennifer Lynberg and Dr. Jason Gordon (School of Education) have requested $9,000 from the Alliance of Women Philanthropists for the project entitled, “Women and Diversity in Science: Makerspace Training Lab.”
Dr. Mbakisya Onyango, Dr. Joseph Owino, and Dr. Benjamin Byard (Civil & Chemical Engineering) have requested $225,000 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Development of TN UHPC for Bridge Applications.”
Dr. Mbakisya Onyango, Dr. Jejal Reddy Bathi (Civil & Chemical Engineering), Dr. Seong Dae Kim (Engineering Management & Technology), and Charlie Mix (IGTLab) have requested $200,193 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Evaluation and Development of Cost Prediction Models for Resurfacing Projects to Improve M&R Analysis and Project Development.”
Dr. Joseph Owino, Dr. Mbakisya Onyango, and Dr. Weidong Wu (Civil & Chemical Engineering) have requested $113,301 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Early Age Concrete Acceptance.”
Tracye Pool (English) has requested $10,000 from the UC Foundation for the project entitled, “ChattaMusings.”
Dr. Hong Qin (Computer Science & Engineering) has requested $449,988 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Uncovering driver genes for cell fate determination in cellular aging.”
Dr. Reetesh Ranjan and Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas (Mechanical Engineering) have requested $474,650 from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center for the project entitled, “Numerical Investigation and Multi-Scale Modeling of Differential Diffusion Effects in Stably Stratified Turbulent Flows.”
Dr. Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with Mississippi State University and Worchester Polytechnic Institute, has requested $350,390 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “SaTC: CORE: Medium: Learning to Talk in Noisy Mobile Networks.”
Dr. Morgan Smith (Social, Cultural & Justice Studies) has requested $343,121 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Using the Tennessee River Near Chattanooga to Revolutionize Methodology and Education in Submerged Precontact Archaeology.”
Dr. Ben Stein (Chemistry & Physics) has requested $50,882 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Characterization of non-canonical regulatory pathways in the Caulobacter NtrYX signaling system.”
Dr. Serkan Varol (Engineering Management & Technology) and Charlie Mix (IGTLab) have requested $166,418 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “A Spatial-Temporal Hotspot Analysis of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Other Contributing Factors for Tennessee.”
Dr. Jin Wang (Mathematics) and Dr. Gregory Health (Health & Human Performance) have requested $331,246 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing for Infectious Disease Research.”