Energy Research Priority Area

Grants and Contracts

Grants and Contracts per year 1996 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2025

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• 397 Finished

Grants and Contracts per year

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• FHWA Task Order 31-10-14040 Rural Futures: Impacts of Emerging Trends

  Gibson, J.

  MacroSys LLC

  8/5/14 → 11/30/16

  Project: Research project

• Improved Chia Production & Product Usage

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/15 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 46%
  • Foods 26%
  • Cytochromes 26%
  • Lodging 20%

• Value Creation through Sustainable Manufacturing; September 24 and 25, 2015; Lexington, KY

  Badurdeen, F. & Seay, J.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/15 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Sustainable Manufacturing 100%
  • Sustainability 50%
  • Manufacturing 50%
  • Value 33%
  • Creativity 33%

• IACMI: Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation-State Funding

  Weisenberger, M., Cheng, Y., Craddock, J. & Morris, E.

  KY Economic Development Cab

  1/28/16 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Spinning 100%
  • Fiber 80%
  • Research 80%
  • Energy 60%
  • Enabling Technology 40%

• KSEF RDE: Investigating the Effects of Electrochemical Cycling on the Mechanical Behavior of Activated Carbon Nanospheres

  Yang, F. & Chen, R.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/15 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Nanosphere 100%
  • Activated Charcoal 89%
  • Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitor 80%
  • Research 30%
  • Tasks 20%

• New Estimates for the Macroeconomic Implications of Oil Price Shocks

  Herrera, A. M.

  Resources for the Future Incorporated

  2/15/16 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • USA 100%
  • Oil 100%
  • Oil Price 60%
  • Evaluation 60%
  • Sustainable Energy Supply 60%

• Workshop: Research and Education Needs in Sustainable Manufacturing: Atlanta, GA; July 2016

  Badurdeen, F.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/16 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Manufacturing 100%
  • Sustainable Manufacturing 83%
  • Materials 50%
  • Practice 41%
  • Technology 41%

• Health Center Cluster/UK North Fork Valley Community Healthcare Center

  Quillen, L., Dotson, C., Fields, J., Hughes, J., Johnson, S., Miller, T., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, K., Stone, D., Taylor, W., Kingery, J., Haynes, K., Hollen, M., Johnson, C. & Knox, T.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Medical Centres 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Community 100%
  • Population Censuses 80%
  • Poverty 80%

• Community Business Resillience Program

  Davis, A.

  Rural Development

  8/10/15 → 1/10/17

  Project: Research project

  • Region 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Specific Industry 100%
  • Business 75%
  • Service Industries 25%

• Synchortron X-ray microprobe and microspectroscopy research in low temperture geochemistry

  Unrine, J.

  The University of Chicago

  1/15/15 → 1/14/17

  Project: Research project

  • Universities 100%
  • Beamline 75%
  • X Ray 50%
  • Maintenance 25%
  • Light Sources 25%

• Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation

  Weisenberger, M., Cheng, Y., Craddock, J. & Morris, E.

  KY Economic Development Cab

  5/1/16 → 1/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Spinning 100%
  • Fiber 80%
  • Research 80%
  • Energy 60%
  • Enabling Technology 40%

• Lattice QCD Calculation of Nucleon Structure

  Liu, K., Draper, T. & Yang, Y.

  Department of Energy

  2/1/15 → 1/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Quark 100%
  • Nucleon 63%
  • Fermion 45%
  • Calculation 27%
  • Spin 27%

• IACMI Task 3.2: Optimized Low Cost Carbon Fiber to Enable High Volume Manufacturing of Lightweight Automotive Composites.

  Weisenberger, M., Cheng, Y., Craddock, J. & Morris, E.

  University of Tennessee

  7/1/15 → 1/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Spinning 100%
  • Fiber 80%
  • Research 80%
  • Energy 60%
  • Enabling Technology 40%

• Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership

  Williams, D.

  12/8/14 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Fields 66%
  • Bioenergy 66%
  • Mead 16%
  • Research 16%

• SBIR [Phase II]: Computerized System for Predicting Noise Emission from Mining Machines

  Herrin, D. & Wu, T.

  Tribo Flow Separations LLC

  9/1/16 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

• STTR: Reliable Manufacturing Of Scandia-Doped Tungsten Powders for Thermionic Cathodes

  Balk, J.

  NGimat LLC

  8/30/16 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

• Consultation on Energy Savings Performance Contracting

  Copley, G.

  KY Department for Local Government

  10/7/16 → 3/15/17

  Project: Research project

  • Contract Law 100%
  • Contract 85%
  • Project 71%
  • Savings 57%
  • Buildings 57%

• Metal Plated MWCNTs: 2

  Weisenberger, M., Craddock, J. & Morris, E.

  Science and Technology Corporation

  1/15/16 → 3/27/17

  Project: Research project

• Technical Assistance for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Projects in Rural Kentucky

  McNeill, S., Montross, M. & Overhults, D.

  Rural Development

  4/6/15 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Energy Conservation 100%
  • Measurer 66%
  • Energy Audit 66%
  • Environmental Impact 33%
  • Renewable Energy 33%

• Maintain the Kentucky Mine Mapping Information System

  Schubert, T.

  7/1/16 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Position 100%
  • Athletic Training 50%

• Firewood Scout in Kentucky

  Lensing, J.

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  4/1/16 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Program 100%
  • State 91%
  • Kentucky 83%
  • Universities 33%
  • Pests 33%

• A combined experimental and modeling approach for the design of high current efficiency Si electrodes

  Cheng, Y.

  General Motors Research

  6/1/13 → 4/1/17

  Project: Research project

• Investigation of Scaling Potential in Spray Drier Applications

  Robl, T., Jewell, R. & Oberlink, A.

  Electric Power Research Institute

  4/23/15 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Testing 100%
  • Plant 100%
  • Electric Potential 100%
  • Objectives 75%
  • Materials 75%

• Novel Physical Phenomena in Single-Crystal Oxides

  Cao, G.

  5/15/13 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Material 100%
  • Single Crystals 71%
  • Single Crystalline Solid 71%
  • Single Crystal 71%
  • Students 57%

• An Advanced Catalytic Solvent for Lower Cost Post-combustion CO2 Capture in a Coal-fired Power Plant

  Liu, K., Landon, J., Lippert, C. & Liu, K.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/13 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Water 66%
  • Energy Engineering 66%
  • Mass Transfer 66%
  • Membrane 50%

• Kentucky Industrial Assessment Center (KIAC): Developing the Next Generation Energy Assessment Engineering Workforce

  Colliver, D., Henninger, J., Holloway, L. & Sekulic, D.

  Department of Energy

  9/30/11 → 5/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Assessment 100%
  • Evaluation 76%
  • Kentucky 57%
  • Students 52%
  • Student 47%

• Energy is Elementary

  Hanley, C., Hanley, C., Boss, R., Criswell, B., Krall, R. & Schroeder, M.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  2/15/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Students 100%
  • Teachers 50%
  • Conceptualization 50%
  • Project 50%
  • Understanding 50%

• STEM PRIDE Year 2 Funding

  Hanley, C., Hanley, C., Bondada, S., Cooper, R., Criswell, B., Moe, L., Moecher, D., Proffitt, M., Schroeder, M., Testa, S., Walcott, B. & Webb, N.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Teachers 100%
  • Occupations 80%
  • Occupational Career 80%
  • Service Industries 60%
  • Science 60%

• Bespoke Crystallization to Enable High Performance Organic Electronics and Circuits

  Anthony, J.

  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  4/1/17 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Material 100%
  • Synthesis (Chemical) 83%
  • Crystallization 66%
  • Group 66%
  • Crystalline Material 33%

• KSEF RDE: The Damping and Cyclic Behavior of NiTiHfPd High Strength Shape Memory Alloys

  Karaca, H.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Shape Memory Effect 100%
  • Damping Capacity 50%
  • Actuators 50%
  • High Strength 50%
  • Coupler 50%

• KSEF RDE: A Cyberphysical Approach to Wind Field Estimation with Application to Pollutant-dispersion

  Bailey, S. & Martin, A.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Flow Distribution 100%
  • Flow Field 100%
  • Pollutant Dispersion 50%
  • Boundary Layer 50%
  • Approach 37%

• KSEF RDE: Forest Modeling using Airborne LiDAR Information

  Zhang, J. & Contreras, M.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Optical Radar 100%
  • Approach 66%
  • Cost 33%
  • Shape 33%
  • Algorithms 33%

• Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center

  Sanderson, W., Anderson, D., Ashford, K., Browning, S., Bunn, T., Hahn, E., Honaker, R., Mannino, D., Purschwitz, M., Reed, D., Sottile, J. & Warshawsky, N.

  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

  7/1/12 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Training 100%
  • Student 100%
  • Doctor of Philosophy 100%
  • Occupational Safety 83%
  • Students 83%

• Understanding the Stability and Reactivity of Radical Cations for Improved Overcharge Protection in Lithium-Ion Batteries

  Odom, S.

  7/1/13 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Radical Cation 100%
  • Aromatic Structure 30%
  • Chemical Reaction Product 20%
  • Lithium Ion Battery 20%
  • Electron Delocalization 20%

• Maintain Risk Based Data Management System (RBDMS)

  Lambert, S. & Corbin, J.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Oil 100%
  • Inspection 50%
  • Water 50%
  • Gas Well 50%
  • Position 50%

• Kentucky Energy Education Outreach Program

  Fehr, R.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Energy Efficiency 100%
  • Education 50%
  • Outreach Program 50%
  • Training Session 50%
  • Events 50%

• Program Income: High Performance Public Facilities Workshop

  Marksberry, A.

  8/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Design 100%
  • Planning 100%

• UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Plant 100%
  • Gaseous Diffusion 100%
  • Health 58%
  • Family 50%
  • Service 50%

• Kentucky Coal Education-Mining Geology

  Greb, S.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  11/14/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Core 100%
  • Coal 50%
  • Roofs 41%
  • Rock 33%
  • Information 33%

• High Performance Public Facilities Workshop

  Marksberry, A.

  8/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • Service 66%
  • Public 66%
  • Planning 33%
  • Support 33%

• Kentucky Geological Survey FY2016 Geologic Data Preservation Project

  Curl, D. & Adams, E.

  US Geological Survey

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Datum 100%
  • Goal 81%
  • Limestone 72%
  • Kentucky 54%
  • Project 54%

• A Regional Program for Production of Multiple Agricultural Feedstocks and Processing to Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals

  Mark, T.

  Louisiana State University

  1/1/14 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Biomass 100%
  • Simulation Mode 74%
  • Viability 62%
  • Crops 50%
  • Crop Production 25%

• Ettringite, a Novel Piezoelectric Source Crystal for Energy Harvesting Materials

  Jewell, R., Mahboub, K., Oberlink, A. & Robl, T.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/14 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Piezoelectric 100%
  • Ettringite 72%
  • Energy Harvesting 63%
  • Calcium Sulphoaluminate 54%
  • Cement 45%

• ORAU Travel Grants Program

  Seo, A.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  3/3/16 → 8/15/17

  Project: Research project

  • Ferroelectricity 100%
  • Universities 50%
  • Utilization 50%
  • Thin Films 50%
  • Strain 50%

• MRI Consortium: Development of Instrumentation to Measure the Spin Precession Frequency in the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment

  Gorringe, T. & Fatemi, R.

  University of Washington

  9/15/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Standard Model 100%
  • Physics 100%
  • Value 75%
  • Muon 75%
  • Particle Physics 50%

• High Yield, Economical, and Environmentally Safe Production of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Ash

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  3/1/16 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

• Petroleum Generation in Geologically-Young Lacustrine Rift Basins: Integrated Stratigraphy, Experimental Geochemistry, and Basin Modeling

  McGlue, M.

  American Chemical Society

  9/1/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Lake 100%
  • Geological Fault 100%
  • Petroleum 100%
  • Malawi 100%
  • Structural Basin 80%

• Carbonization of New Cellulosic Wovens for Advanced Thermal Composites

  Weisenberger, M. & Craddock, J.

  Dynetics Inc.

  2/6/17 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

• Kentucky Coal and Energy Data for NCRDS

  Greb, S. & Eble, C.

  US Geological Survey

  9/1/15 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Datum 100%
  • Coal 71%
  • Kentucky 57%
  • Need 42%
  • Data Base 28%

• Restoring native forests and wildlife habitat on coal mined lands in the Cumberland Plateau

  Barton, C.

  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  7/1/15 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Quercus 100%
  • Planting 42%
  • Blacks 28%
  • Hickory 28%
  • Quercus Alba 28%