Energy Research Priority Area

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• 397 Finished

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• Maintenance Free Filters for Continuous Miner Scrubber Systems

  Schafrik, S.

  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

  9/1/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Cleaning Efficiency 100%
  • Design 100%
  • Filters 100%
  • Performance 50%
  • Pressure Drop 50%

• Sorption Enhanced Mixed Matrix Membranes for Hydrogen (H2) Purification and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture

  Liu, K. & Placido, A.

  Research Foundation of State University of New York

  9/1/19 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Facilities 100%
  • Field Test 50%
  • Syngas 50%
  • Carbon Capture 50%
  • Gasification 50%

• Disentangling Relationships among Dopant Structure, Dopant and Polymer Energetics, Thin-Film Morphology, and the Electrical Properties of Doped Conducting Polymer Films

  Graham, K. & Risko, C.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/19 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Doping Material 100%
  • Doping (Additives) 100%
  • Organic Semiconductor 88%
  • Polymer 41%
  • Doping 41%

• NRT: IN FElloWS & an Academy of Innovators at the Nexus of Food, Energy & Water Systems

  Santillan-Jimenez, E., Barton, C., DeBolt, S., Moe, L., Agouridis, C., Escobar, I., Mark, T., Crocker, M. & Landon, J.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/19 → 8/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Mentoring 100%
  • Professional Skill 85%
  • Training 85%
  • Food 71%
  • Students 57%

• Roof Bolting Module Automation for Enhancing Miner Safety

  Schafrik, S. & Agioutantis, Z.

  Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Incorporated

  9/1/19 → 2/28/23

  Project: Research project

  • Robot 100%
  • Roofs 89%
  • Trajectories 30%
  • Mining 30%
  • Automation 20%

• 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%

• Collaborative Research: Crosslayer Optimization of Energy and Cost Through Unified Modeling of User Behavior and Storage in Multiple Buildings

  Silvestri, S. & Ionel, D.

  National Science Foundation

  9/15/19 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • User 100%
  • Energy Optimization 50%
  • Storage System 50%
  • Machine Learning 50%
  • Algorithms 50%

• Conasauga Shale Research Consortium (CSRC)

  Hickman, J. & Harris, D.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/19 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Datum 100%
  • Oil 50%
  • Gas 50%
  • Research 35%
  • West Virginia 28%

• Demonstration of Scaled-Production of Rare Earth Oxides and Critical Materials from Coal-Based Sources Using Innovative, Low Cost Process Technologies and Circuits

  Honaker, R., Werner, J. & Yang, X.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/19 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Rare Earth Element 100%
  • Pilot Plant 60%
  • Coal 60%
  • Oxide 40%
  • Earth 40%

• FUNDAMENTALS OF CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITES

  Craddock, J.

  Kord Technologies

  10/1/19 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Demonstration of Scaled-Production of Rare Earth Oxides and Critical Materials from Coal-Based Sources Using Innovative, Low Cost Process Technologies and Circuits

  Honaker, R. & Werner, J.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/19 → 10/1/19

  Project: Research project

  • Rare Earth Element 100%
  • Pilot Plant 60%
  • Coal 60%
  • Oxide 40%
  • Earth 40%

• Pilot Membrane Module Testing Using Ohio Coal

  Liu, K.

  Ohio State University

  10/1/19 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane Module 100%
  • Flue Gas 100%
  • Coal 80%
  • Testing 60%
  • Energy Engineering 60%

• DMREF: Collaborative Research: Achieving Multicomponent Active Materials Through Synergistic Combinatorial, Informatics-Enabled Materials Discovery

  Risko, C.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/19 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Solution 100%
  • Conjugated Polymer 100%
  • Material 100%
  • Aqueous Solution 100%
  • Application 100%

• Fundamental Understanding of Dynamic Interfacial Phenomena in Solid State Batteries

  Cheng, Y. & Seo, A.

  General Motors Research

  10/1/19 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

• CPS: Medium: Data-Driven Adaptive Real-Time (DART) Flow-Field Estimation Using Deployable UAVs

  Hoagg, J., Bailey, S., Martin, A. & Sama, M.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/19 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Real Time 100%
  • Fluid Dynamics 47%
  • Pilotless Aircraft 43%
  • Project 34%
  • Contaminant 30%

• GAANN Fellowship Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky

  Johnson, M., Cramer, A., Ionel, D. & Lumpp, J.

  Department of Education

  10/1/19 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Teaching 100%
  • Program 83%
  • Fellowships 66%
  • Engineering 50%
  • Students 50%

• SBIR [Phase II]: A15-008 SEQUENTIAL Low Thermal Conductivity Fiber for Solid Rocket Nozzle Insulation

  Craddock, J. & Weisenberger, M.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  10/12/19 → 12/11/19

  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%

• RII Track-4: Elucidating Enzyme-Ionic Liquid Interactions to Enable Effective Lignin Valorization

  Shi, J.

  National Science Foundation

  12/1/19 → 11/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Lignin 100%
  • Ionic Liquid 57%
  • Biomass 28%
  • Catalyst 28%
  • Aqueous Solution 14%

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

  Kim, D. Y.

  Samsung Electronics Company Ltd

  12/1/19 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Belite Cement, and Concretes; Novel Low-Energy Approaches to Making Concrete Extremely Durable

  Jewell, R. & Robl, T.

  Department of Energy

  1/1/20 → 1/9/20

  Project: Research project

  • Ordinary Portland Cement 100%
  • Energy Engineering 100%
  • Durables 75%
  • Products 75%
  • Calcium Sulphoaluminate 75%

• Phase 2 STTR: Reliable Manufacturing Of Scandia-Doped Tungsten Powders for Thermionic Cathodes

  Balk, J.

  Engi Mat Company

  1/21/20 → 1/20/22

  Project: Research project

• Lattice Calculation of Nucleon Structure

  Liu, K., Horvath, I., Draper, T. & Horvath, I.

  Department of Energy

  2/1/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Pion 100%
  • Fermion 87%
  • Volume 87%
  • Nucleon 75%
  • Quark 62%

• Applying Transient Reflectance Spectroscopy to Decipher the Impact of Energetics and Electronic Coupling on Interfacial Recombination in Hybrid Halide Perovskites

  Graham, K.

  National Science Foundation

  2/15/20 → 10/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Perovskites 100%
  • Halide 50%
  • Photovoltaics 50%
  • Recombination 37%
  • Electronics 25%

• CAREER: Energy Management for Smart Residential Environments through Human-in-the-loop Algorithm Design

  Silvestri, S.

  National Science Foundation

  3/1/20 → 2/28/25

  Project: Research project

  • Residential Environment 100%
  • User 100%
  • Energy Consumption 100%
  • Algorithm Design 75%
  • Classes 50%

• Analysis and Optimization of Special Electric Machines with PMs in the Stators and Reluctance Rotors

  Ionel, D.

  QM Power Incorporated

  3/1/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

• 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

• Regional Initiative to Accelerate CCUS Development

  Greb, S.

  Battelle Memorial Institute

  4/22/20 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Effort 100%
  • Carbon Sequestration 83%
  • State 83%
  • Geological Survey 83%
  • Surveys 83%

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

  Ionel, D. & Liao, Y.

  LG&E and KU Services Company

  5/8/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

• AI-Enabled Discovery and Physics-Based Optimization of Energy-Efficient Processing Strategies for Advanced Turbine Alloys

  Schoop, J. & Poonawala, H.

  Department of Energy

  5/15/20 → 5/14/22

  Project: Research project

  • Turbine 100%
  • Energy Engineering 72%
  • Gas Fuel Manufacture 36%
  • Manufacturing 27%
  • Strategy 27%

• Estimating In-Depth Radiative Propoerties of Carbon Composites (Fiber Form)

  Poovathingal, S. & Martin, A.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  6/1/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Radiation 100%
  • Microstructure 57%
  • Models 57%
  • Model 57%
  • Coefficient 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%
  • Ash 33%
  • Lightweight Aggregate 33%