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Congratulations! <\/em><\/h4>\n

The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $536,900 <\/strong>in external grant and contract awards:<\/em><\/p>\n

Sean O’Brien and Benjamin Chassen (Campus Law Enforcement), in collaboration with the Financial Commission for Appalachia HIDTA have received $19,000 from the US Executive Department for the project entitled, “Annual Drug Enforcement Administration State and Local Task Force Agreement.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Donald Reising and Dr. Joshua Tyler (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with SRI International, have received $216,810 from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the project entitled, “2025 IARPA End-Gen-TA2.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Kimberly Wingate and Dr. Stephanie Brennan (School of Education) have received $301,090 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, “UTC Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program (RTAP) Expansion Grant Application.”<\/p>\n

Good Luck!<\/em><\/h4>\n

The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $33,184,896 <\/strong>in external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Yukun Yuan (Computer Science and Engineering), in collaboration with Central State University, has requested $121,505 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for the project entitled, “A Low-cost Precision Weed Management System for Small-scale Farmers: AI-powered Approach to Video-based Drone Scouting & Targeted Spraying.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Yukun Yuan and Dr. Zihao Wang (Computer Science and Engineering), in collaboration with Central State University, have requested $187,085 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for the project entitled, “From Mites to Models: An AI-Powered Imaging Platform for Rapid Mite Detection and Data Science Training.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Ryan Zwart, Dr. Andrew Bailey, and Dr. Eric Hungenberg (Health & Human Performance) have requested $5,310 from the City of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “2026-27 City of Chattanooga Department of Parks and Outdoors (Outdoor Chattanooga) Placer.Ai Visitation Reporting.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with Florida State University, has requested $60,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Collaborative Research: Sub-Shot-Noise Limited Distributed Quantum Sensing on a Commercial Metropolitan-Scale Quantum Network via Deep Learning Aided Noise Suppression.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Samuel David (Chemistry) has requested $332,733 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “A New Kinase-Substrate Interaction at an Old Node.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Shaogang Ren, Dr. Yu Liang (Computer Science and Engineering), Dr. Gregory Heath (Health and Human Performance), and Dr. Jin Wang (Mathematics) have requested $513,599 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Causal Learning for Epidemiological Modeling and Intervention Optimization under Uncertainty.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Zihao Wang (Computer Science and Engineering), in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, has requested $107,050 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “CT-Centered Missingness-Aware Multimodal AI for Dynamic Risk Assessment of Severe Cerebral Edema and Neurologic Recovery After Cardiac Arrest.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Shahnewaz Karim Sakib (Computer Science and Engineering) has requested $7,000 from the OpenMined Foundation for the project entitled, “Attention Head Compression for Efficient Answer Verification and Model Routing.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Jason Miller (Psychology) has requested $49,711 from the Russell Sage Foundation for the project entitled, “Muslim Immigration and Symbolic Threat: A Cyclical Relationship with Christian Nationalism.”<\/p>\n

Latisha Hubbard (Student Conduct & SOS) has requested $6,600 from the Swipe Out Hunger for the project entitled, “Scrappy’s Cupboard Food Pantry.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Mina Sartipi and Dr. Rick Mukherjee (Quantum Center), in collaboration with the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, have requested $29,018,214 from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project entitled, “Quantum Infrastructure for Commercialization and Knowledge (QUICK) – Equipping Researchers and Industry with Shared Access to Next-Generation Capabilities.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Venkateswara Kode (Civil and Chemical Engineering) has requested $20,000 from the University of Tennessee Research Foundation for the project entitled, “Humidity-Regulated Sorbent Wheel for Direct Air Capture.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Weidong Wu and Dr. Ignatius Fomunung (Civil and Chemical Engineering) have requested $20,000 from the University of Tennessee Research Foundation for the project entitled, “Affordable Pavement Intelligence: From Real-Time Distress Detection to Maintenance Planning.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Huu Hoang Nguyen and Dr. Mina Sartipi (CUIP), in collaboration with UrbisIQ LLC, have requested $70,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “SBIR Phase I: iCityGuardian – Language-Guided Cross-Camera Monitoring for Real-Time Incident Reconstruction.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Abdul Ofoli and Dr. Moses Acquah (Electrical Engineering) have requested $195,802 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Cell-Resolved Health Assessment with Robust, Generalizable, Calibrated Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries (CHARGE).”<\/p>\n

Austin Harris (CUIP) has requested $736,127 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “AI-Infrastructure-Hubs: AI Tennessee-Scaling Statewide Compute Access for AI-Enabled Discovery.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Gokhan Erdemir (Engineering Management and Technology) has requested $199,099 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Detecting and Predicting Strategic Manipulation in Collaborative AI-Driven Robotic Systems.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Lakmali Weerasena (Mathematics), Dr. Joey Shaw (Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science), and Nyssa Hunt (CAGDS) have requested $497,084 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Predicting Invasive Plant Dynamics Through Integrated Ecological Learning and Spatial Modeling.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Mohandas Pillai (Mathematics) has requested $83,117 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Analysis: Soliton Dynamics in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Inspired by Physics.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Rahul Jayan (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $199,833 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: From Single Atoms to Clusters: Nuclearity Dependent Ensemble Requirements for Discharge and Charge in Na-gas batteries.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Serkan Varol (Engineering Management and Technology) has requested $158,167 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Cognitive Workload and Visual Attention During Digital-Twin Manufacturing Disruptions.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Surya Ayalasomayajula (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $197,555 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Network-Coupled Physics-Preserving Models for Predictive Battery Management and Second-Life Assessment.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Vahid Rasouli Disfani (Computer Science and Engineering) and Dr. Moses Acquah (Electrical Engineering) have requested $199,937 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Physics-Grounded, Calibrated Battery Health Inference from Field Operation: Condition-Invariant Features, Degradation-Mode Transfer, & Coverage-Guaranteed Lifecycle Decisions.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Venkatesh Pulletikurthi (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $199,368 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: From Real-Time Data to Predictive Intelligence: Parametric Identification for Data-Integrated Low-Order Modeling of Urban Canopy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations! The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $536,900 in external grant and contract awards: Sean O’Brien and Benjamin Chassen (Campus Law Enforcement), in collaboration with the Financial Commission for Appalachia HIDTA have received $19,000 from the US Executive Department for the project entitled, “Annual Drug Enforcement Administration State and Local Task Force Agreement.”… <\/p>\n

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