Energy Research Priority Area

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• 397 Finished

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• Probing the Mechanistics of a Molecularly Tailored Solid/Solid Interface

  Guiton, B.

  Research Corporation for Science Advancement

  2/1/19 → 1/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • X-Ray Diffraction 100%
  • Solid 83%
  • Solid State 83%
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy 83%
  • Polymer Electrolyte 66%

• Thermal Characterization of Defense Materials

  Craddock, J.

  Army Research Office

  3/14/19 → 3/13/20

  Project: Research project

  • Research 100%
  • Thermal Diffusivity 28%
  • Measurer 28%
  • Testing 28%
  • Universities 28%

• SBIR [Phase II]: In-Plane Conductivity Improvement to Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  10/4/17 → 3/22/20

  Project: Research project

• Application of A Heat-Integrated Post-combustion CO2 Capture System with Hitachi Advanced Solvent into Existing Coal-Fired Power Plant

  Liu, K., Nikolic, H., Thompson, J., Neathery, J. & Remias, J.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/11 → 3/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Solvent 100%
  • Carbon Capture 54%
  • Heat Integration 54%
  • Capture System 45%
  • Coal 36%

• Development of High Capacity Hydrogen Storage for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

  Hwang, H. T. & Hwang, H. T.

  Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation Kyonggi University

  5/1/17 → 4/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Pilotless Aircraft 100%
  • Hydrogen 100%
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 100%
  • Research 66%
  • Additives 66%

• Development of Peridynamics Capability for Modeling of Metallic Nuclear Fuels

  Chen, H.

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  6/18/19 → 4/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Fuel 100%
  • Tensor 100%
  • Peridynamics 66%
  • Project 66%
  • Failure Criterion 50%

• Intermittent and Renewable Resource Integration in the Electric Utility Power System in Kentucky

  Ionel, D.

  LG&E and KU Services Company

  3/15/19 → 5/15/20

  Project: Research project

• In-situ Diagnostics of Coupled Electrochemical-Mechanical Properties of Solid Electrolyte

  Cheng, Y.

  General Motors Research

  10/1/16 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

• Beneficial Re-use of Carbon Emissions from Coal-fired Power Plants using Microalgae

  Crocker, M., DeBolt, S., Groppo, J. & Wilson, M.

  Department of Energy

  6/9/17 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Pond 100%
  • Ponds 100%
  • Biomass 75%
  • University 62%
  • Algae 62%

• Ultra Fast Resonant DC Breaker

  He, J.

  Marquette University

  6/3/19 → 6/2/20

  Project: Research project

  • Direct Current 100%
  • Applications 25%
  • High Efficiency 25%
  • Energy Gap 25%
  • Fast Response 25%

• Kentucky Spirits Research Institute

  DeBolt, S.

  Carbon Science Solutions LLC

  9/20/18 → 6/19/20

  Project: Research project

• Electric Vehicle STEM Project

  Medina, S.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  11/1/19 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Program 100%
  • Programs 100%
  • Students 53%
  • Ethnic Groups 46%
  • Races 46%

• FY20 UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) (C1135)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Health 100%
  • Family 80%
  • Service 80%
  • Health Service 80%
  • Family Services 80%

• Research on Ultra-Fast Resonant DC Circuit Breaker

  He, J.

  Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Ed

  7/1/19 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Direct Current 100%
  • Direct Current Circuit Breaker 57%
  • Fast Response 42%
  • Response Time 42%
  • High Efficiency 42%

• UKy Carbon Fiber & Carbon Fiber Composite Manufacturing Support - Task 1

  Weisenberger, M.

  Leidos Incorporated

  7/24/19 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

• KY EPSCoR: Magnetization Dynamics and Soft X-Ray Vortex ...KY EPSCOR Matching

  Hastings, J.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  8/1/16 → 7/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Probe 100%
  • Electron Spin 83%
  • Ice 83%
  • Spin 83%
  • Orbital 66%

• NSF EPSCoR: RII Track-2 FEC: Unmanned Aircraft System for Atmospheric Physics

  Smith, S., Bailey, S., Guzman, M., Hoagg, J. & Sama, M.

  Oklahoma State University

  8/1/15 → 7/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Unmanned Aircraft System 100%
  • Effort 50%
  • Vehicle 50%
  • Weather 50%
  • Area 37%

• Nanoscale Electrical Transfer and Coherent Transport Between Atomically-Thin Materials

  Strachan, D. & Guiton, B.

  Department of Energy

  8/15/16 → 8/14/20

  Project: Research project

  • Transfer Process 100%
  • Electrodes 100%
  • Nanotube 100%
  • Nanoscale 75%
  • Electron Transfer 75%

• Structural Engineering and In-Depth Characterization of Carbon Nanodots for Next-Generation Organic Light Emitting Diodes

  Kim, D. Y.

  Samsung Electronics Company Ltd

  12/1/18 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

• Tailoring the Ionic Liquid Environment in Nanopores for Green Reaction Engineering

  Rankin, S., Knutson, B. & Ladipo, F.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/16 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Ionic Liquid 100%
  • Environment 50%
  • Catalysis 30%
  • Chemical Reaction 20%
  • Green 20%

• Photovoltaic Based Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) for Vehicular Security

  Thapliyal, H.

  9/15/17 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Functions 100%
  • Vulnerabilities 50%
  • Control Unit 25%
  • Cyber Attack 25%
  • Intellectual Property 25%

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

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

  Rural Development

  3/18/19 → 9/18/20

  Project: Research project

  • Farm 100%
  • Energy Saving 60%
  • Kentucky 60%
  • Project 60%
  • Energy Conservation 60%

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

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

  Rural Development

  3/18/19 → 9/18/20

  Project: Research project

  • Farm 100%
  • Energy Saving 60%
  • Kentucky 60%
  • Project 60%
  • Energy Conservation 60%

• Production of Carbon Fiber from Coal-Derived Pitch

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Utah

  9/23/16 → 9/23/20

  Project: Research project

  • Tasks 100%
  • Carbonization 50%
  • Coal 50%
  • Pitch 50%
  • Thermogravimetric Analysis 50%

• The Perfect Pitch Southeast Kentucky Development

  Davis, A.

  KY Community & Technical College System

  6/15/19 → 9/26/20

  Project: Research project

  • Task 100%
  • Loss 100%
  • Coal 66%
  • Kentucky 66%
  • Job Loss 66%

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  Liu, K., Challman, D. & Placido, A.

  Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

  9/1/18 → 9/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • Membrane Module 47%
  • Combustion 35%
  • Separation Performance 29%
  • Elements 29%

• Fundamental Investigation Into Pillar Design and Global Stability by Integrating Pillar Load and Opening Convergence Response

  Agioutantis, Z.

  Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Incorporated

  8/1/18 → 10/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Pillar 100%
  • Stability 72%
  • Behavior 63%
  • Mining Engineering 63%
  • Response 63%

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

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  12/1/17 → 10/31/20

  Project: Research project

• VPP for DER and DR Optimal Controls

  Ionel, D.

  Tennessee Valley Authority

  7/1/19 → 11/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Computer 100%
  • User 100%
  • Application Software 100%
  • Presentation Workshop 50%
  • Control 50%

• FlexPower Advanced PE for Solar PV

  Ionel, D. & Liao, Y.

  Flex Power Control Incorporated

  3/1/19 → 11/30/20

  Project: Research project

• Pilot-scale Testing of an Integrated Circuit for the Extraction of Rare Earth Minerals and Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts Using Advanced Separation Technologies

  Honaker, R., Groppo, J., Werner, J., Yang, X., Bhagavatula, A., Eble, C., Hower, J. & Zhang, W.

  Department of Energy

  3/1/16 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • By-Product 50%
  • Integrated Circuit 25%
  • Circuit 25%
  • Separation Technology 25%

• IACMI: Task 6.1: Materials and Process Facilities and Technology Area Implementation

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

  University of Tennessee

  7/1/15 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

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

• Use of Spray Dryer Ash Material in Concrete Applications

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

  Electric Power Research Institute

  5/18/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Performance 100%
  • Supplementary Material 50%
  • Spray Dryer 50%
  • Controlling Mechanism 50%
  • Applications 50%

• Precursor Processing Development for Low Cost, High Strength Carbon Fiber for Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Applications

  Weisenberger, M. & Morris, E.

  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

  9/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Fiber 100%
  • Ultimate Tensile Strength 75%
  • High Strength 50%
  • Fibres 50%
  • Carbon 50%

• Investigation of GO Membranes for Treatment of Produced Water and Removal of RCRA Metals From Wastewater by Functionalized Membranes

  Bhattacharyya, D.

  Chevron USA

  12/1/17 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

• ARC Coal Industry Ecosystem (CIE) Analysis Extensions.

  Davis, A.

  West Virginia University

  7/1/19 → 1/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • State 100%
  • Datum 60%
  • Kentucky 40%
  • Identifying 40%
  • Policy 40%

• Community-Engaged Research and Action to Reduce Respiratory Disease in Appalachia

  Browning, S., Bush, H., Cardarelli, K., Christian, J., Mannino, D., Sanderson, W., Schoenberg, N. & Hopenhayn, C.

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  4/15/15 → 1/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Community 100%
  • Respiratory Disease 75%
  • Evaluation 66%
  • Strategy 66%
  • Diseases 66%

• Prompt Fission Neutrons from Pu-239

  Kovash, M.

  3/15/19 → 3/14/21

  Project: Research project

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Fission 88%
  • Neutron Beam 33%
  • Arrays 33%
  • Pulses 33%

• TCRP A-43: Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, Responses

  Erhardt, G. & Chen, M.

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  1/17/19 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Change 100%
  • Strategy 100%
  • Transport 74%
  • Analysis 74%
  • State 50%

• CAREER: Linking the Forward and Reverse Vapor-Liquid-Solid Mechanisms to Synthesize Ordered Integrated Metal-Oxide Nanostructures

  Guiton, B.

  National Science Foundation

  4/1/15 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Liquids 100%
  • Solid State 100%
  • Vapor 100%
  • Liquid 100%
  • Solid 100%

• Nanomanufacturing of Activated Carbon Nanosphere-Based Supercapacitors from Industrial Biomass Waste

  Yang, F. & Chen, R.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Nanosphere 100%
  • Nanomanufacturing System 22%
  • Waste Material 11%
  • Electrode Material 11%
  • Biomass 11%

• US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC II), Advanced Coal Technologies Consortium

  Liu, K., Challman, D., Crocker, M., Chen, L. & Lippert, C.

  West Virginia University

  4/1/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • High Volume 50%
  • Products 50%
  • Duke Energy 50%
  • Algal Cultivation 50%

• Revisiting the Dehydroannulenes

  Anthony, J.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Solid 100%
  • Aggregation 100%
  • Functionalization 100%
  • Aqueous Solution 50%
  • Electron Particle 50%

• Staged Opposed Multi Burner (OMB) for Modular Gasifier/Burner

  Andrews, R., Challman, D., Fan, Z. & Liu, K.

  Department of Energy

  12/1/17 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Burner 100%
  • Fuel 31%
  • Flame Zone 15%
  • Jet 12%
  • Flow 9%

• Phase II: UKy-CAER Heat-integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants

  Liu, K. & Nikolic, H.

  Department of Energy

  4/1/18 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Energy Engineering 100%
  • Research 80%
  • Carbon Capture 66%
  • Capture System 33%
  • Absorber 13%

• Engaging Nontraditional Geoscience Information Stakeholders in Appalachian Kentucky

  Haneberg, W. & Cagle, L.

  National Academy of Sciences

  9/11/19 → 6/1/21

  Project: Research project

  • Stakeholder 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Kentucky 60%
  • Area 60%
  • Prototype 40%

• Development of Passive HC/NOx Trap Catalysts for Low Temperature Gasoline Applications

  Crocker, M.

  9/1/17 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Hydrocarbon 100%
  • Catalyst 83%
  • Science and Technology 83%
  • Technology 83%
  • Lower Temperature 50%

• Beneficiation Technology Deep Dive: Manufactured Aggregates

  Jewell, R.

  Electric Power Research Institute

  6/22/20 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Science and Technology 100%
  • Aggregate 66%
  • Specification 33%
  • Lightweight Aggregate 33%
  • Production 33%

• Working Toward Restoration of Critically Imperiled Forest Tree Species

  Crocker, E.

  KY Division of Forestry

  11/1/18 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Trees 100%
  • Forests 66%
  • Forest Trees 66%
  • Fraxinus 66%
  • Seeds 33%

• SMaRT (Sustainable Materials and Recovery Technologies) for Lexmark Business Development

  Werner, J. & Groppo, J.

  Lexmark International, Inc.

  3/19/20 → 7/2/21

  Project: Research project