Research Funding

Research Funding

  • Microplastics Sampling for Stormwater Management, Environmental Protection Agency, Total budget: $24,995, Role: PI (Principal Investigator)
  • City of Chattanooga Agreement: Black Creek Stormwater Capture & Reuse, City of Chattanooga, $17,500. Role: PI, 01/2023 – 12/2029
  • The Effect of Extreme Climate Shifts to Pavement Infrastructure in Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Total budget: $275,000, Role: Co-PI, 08/2022 – 01/2025.
  • Introducing High School Students to Smart Planning for Stormwater Management, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation, Total Budget: $1,986, Role: PI Funding Period: 05/2022 – 04/2023
  • A Framework for Quantitative Assessment of the Environmental, Social, and Economic Benefits of TDOT Infrastructure Projects (green infrastructure), Tennessee Department of Transportation, Total budget: $275,000, Role: Co-PI, 09/2020 – 08/2023
  • Towards Enhancing Bioretention Treatment of Emerging Plastic Pollution in Urban  Runoff, Total Budget: $60,000 ($30,000 external (USGS) + $30,000 (internal, UTC match)), Role: PI, Funding Period: 09/2022 – 08/2023
  • Watershed Nonpoint Source Hydrology and Pollutant Load Modeling: Model Set-up and Uncertainty Analysis, An International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Modeling and Design, ASCE EWRI and IITH, India., Faculty Development Grant Spring 2023, UTC, Funding: $1,500.00
  • Three-Dimensional Modeling of River Flows Under Extreme Weather Scenarios, Funding Agency: the U.S. Geological Survey via Tennessee Water Resources Center, Total Budget: $60,000 ($20,000 external (USGS) + $40,000 (internal, UTC match)), Role: PI, Funding Period: 06/18 – 12/2019
  • Modeling Fate and Transport of Engineered Nanomaterial in Surface Waters, Funding Agency: Tennessee Higher Education Commission Center for Excellence, Total Budget: $96,217, Role: PI, Funding Period: 07/18 – 06/2019
  • The Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science & Engineering (CEACSE) Distinguished Lecture Series grant, Spring 2019, Total Budget $1,450.
  • Integration of Satellite Observations with Numerical Watershed and Hydrodynamic Models for Surface Water Quality Studies, Funding Agency: Tennessee Higher Education Commission Center for Excellence, Total Budget: $96,204, Role: Co-PI, Funding Period: 07/19 – 06/2020
  • Simulating Bio-Environmental Interactions Using Omics Approaches, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Center for Excellence, Total Budget: $100,000, Role: Co-PI, Funding Period: 07/19 – 06/2020
  • URaCE Summer Research, June 2019 – August 2019, Nanomaterial characterization and treatment (Undergraduate Student funding)
  • RET – Engineering and Data Analytics in Smart Cities, Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Total Budget: $ 599,224, Role: Presenter, one of six proposed extension projects for high school teachers, Funding Period: 09/19 – 09/2022