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  Updating Energy Infrastructure, Coal Resource, and Coal Information Websites

  Weisenfluh, G.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Information 69%
  • Website 40%
  • Kentucky 30%
  • Site 30%

• Support for the 38th Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering

  Contreras, M.

  7/1/15 → 7/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Forest Engineering 100%
  • Motivation 66%
  • Research Programs 33%
  • Forests 33%
  • Annuals 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%

• Evaluation of Coal Waste Slurries for Mineral Recovery

  Honaker, R. & Groppo, J.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/15 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Rare Earth Element 100%
  • Coal 75%
  • Slurry 62%
  • United States of America 50%
  • Coal Seam 37%

• SBIR: Novel cathode for long-cycling capacitive deionization

  Gao, X.

  PowerTech Water LLC

  7/1/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

• 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 → 1/31/16

  Project: Research project

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

• Coal-fueled pressurized chemical looping combustion (PCLC) combined cycle

  Liu, K. & Chen, L.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/15 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Tasks 69%
  • Project 60%
  • Cost 50%
  • Iron 40%

• Kentucky Energy Education and Outreach Project

  Fehr, R.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • UK 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Outreach 100%
  • Electronic Circuits 50%
  • Service Industries 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%

• Microalgae-based Carbon Dioxide Capture and Recycle for the Production of Fuels and Plastics

  Crocker, M. & Crofcheck, C.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/15 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Biomass 100%
  • Microalgae 66%
  • Production 66%
  • Fuel 66%

• 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%

• 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%

• Spintronics and Reversible/Adiabatic Logic Based Ultralow Power Computing and Memory Units for Digital Signal Processing

  Thapliyal, H.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Computing 100%
  • Digital Signal Processing 85%
  • Power Dissipation 28%
  • Computing Power 14%
  • Computer 14%

• 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%

• CHFS/DPH FY15-16 UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Contract Law 100%
  • Agreement 100%
  • Cabinet 83%
  • Health 83%
  • Service 83%

• 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%
  • Manufacturing 50%
  • Value 33%
  • Creativity 33%
  • Student 25%

• 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%

• 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%

• Coal Gas Basins

  McGlue, M. & Greb, S.

  PetroChina Company Ltd

  6/22/15 → 6/21/18

  Project: Research project

• Equipment Support for Production Engineering Program

  Saito, K., Akafuah, N. & Salaimeh, A.

  Denso North America Foundation

  6/11/15 → 6/10/18

  Project: Research project

  • Students 100%
  • Manufacturing 50%
  • Learning 50%
  • Production Engineering 50%
  • Program 41%

• Oak Ridge Associated Universities Travel Grant

  Odom, S.

  6/8/15 → 11/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Redox Flow Battery 100%
  • Group 33%
  • Lithium-Ion Batteries 16%
  • Oak Ridge 16%
  • Evaluation 16%

• Effect of grading technique on forest productivity of high-value tree species in reforested surface mine lands

  Lhotka, J., Barton, C. & Stringer, J.

  Department of the Interior

  6/1/15 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Productivity 100%
  • Investigation 85%
  • Planting 57%
  • Land 57%
  • Reforestation 57%

• Graphene-Based Membranes: Collaborative Research between Monash University, Australia and University of Kentucky

  Bhattacharyya, D.

  Monash University

  4/24/15 → 12/15/18

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • University 37%
  • Research 25%
  • Graphene 25%
  • Kentucky 12%

• 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%

• Physical Model study of the TVA Paradise Intake

  Yost, S.

  Bell Engineering

  4/17/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

• 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

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

• 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%
  • Renewable Energy 33%
  • Environmental Impact 33%

• 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%
  • Solid 100%
  • Liquid 100%

• Service and Support for Algae Photobioreactor Project for Lian Heng Hui Investment Co., Ltd

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

  Lian Heng Hui Investment Company Ltd

  4/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

• Collaboration on Demonstration of 1-M ton/yr Post-Combustion CO2 Capture for Enhanced Oil Recovery at Shengli Oil Field Phase One

  Liu, K. & Liu, K.

  KeyLogic Systems Incorporated

  4/1/15 → 5/15/15

  Project: Research project

• Global Bioenergy, Biofuels and Biorefining Network: GB3-Net

  Crocker, M.

  3/31/15 → 4/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Biofuel 100%
  • Network 100%
  • Biomass 100%
  • Biorefining 100%
  • Networks 100%

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

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  3/18/15 → 9/15/17

  Project: Research project

• What AGN revergeration maps tell us: plasma simulations of dense accreting gas

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  2/1/15 → 1/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Gases 100%
  • Black Holes 57%
  • Reverberation 57%
  • Plasma Simulation 42%
  • Active Galactic Nucleus 42%

• A Database Design for Management of Time-Series Data in Underground Coalmines

  Agioutantis, Z.

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  2/1/15 → 1/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Mines 100%
  • Datum 88%
  • Sensor 88%
  • Real Time 77%
  • Parameter 55%

• 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%

• Model Development and Experimental Validation of Reactive Gas and Pyrolysis Product Interactions with Hot Carbon Chars

  Martin, A. & Panerai, F.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  1/16/15 → 1/15/19

  Project: Research project

  • Models 100%
  • Model 100%
  • Pyrolysis Gas 80%
  • Experiments 80%
  • Ablation 60%

• 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%

• STTR: Novel Flotation Techniques for REE Enrichment of Raw Materials

  Groppo, J. & Hower, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  1/14/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

• Production of Briquettes for Gasification

  Taulbee, D.

  1/12/15 → 7/31/15

  Project: Research project

• STEM PRIDE: Partnering with Research & Industry to Develop STEM Educators for College and Career Readiness

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

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 100%
  • Occupations 100%
  • Occupational Career 100%
  • Teachers 80%
  • Instructor 80%

• 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%

• Heating Broiler Barns with a Wood Pellet Furnace

  Overhults, D.

  12/1/14 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Heating 100%
  • Heating System 75%
  • Barn 75%
  • Heating Systems 75%
  • Barns 75%

• Using a research center-based mentoring program to increase the participation of African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans in engineering

  Santillan-Jimenez, E. & Henderson, W.

  National Science Foundation

  12/1/14 → 11/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Mentoring 100%
  • Engineering 53%
  • Student 38%
  • Students 34%
  • Program 30%

• SBIR: High Power, Long Endurance MnO2/CFx Battery for Sonobuoys Based on Interpenetrating Conductive Network

  Lipka, S.

  12/1/14 → 5/31/15

  Project: Research project

• SBIR Phase I OPTION- In-Plane Conductivity Improvement to Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  11/17/14 → 2/20/15

  Project: Research project

• Evaluation of Fowling Issues in Spray Drier Scrubbers

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

  Electric Power Research Institute

  11/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Evaluation 100%
  • Dry Scrubber 50%
  • Site Inspection 50%
  • Spray Dry Scrubber 50%
  • Study Plan 50%

• Application of Chemical Looping with Spouting Fluidized Bed for Hydrogen-rich Syngas Production from Catalytic Coal Gasification

  Liu, K., Fan, Z. & Chen, L.

  Department of Energy

  10/1/14 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Syngas 100%
  • Catalyst 81%
  • Gasification 72%
  • Process Modeling 54%
  • Oxygen Carrier 54%

• NASA EPSCoR: Influence of Gravity on Electrokinetic and Electrochemical Colloidal Self-Assembly for Future Materials

  Smith, S. & Lumpp, J.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  10/1/14 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Colloid 100%
  • Research 69%
  • NASA 46%
  • Space Stations 46%
  • Crystals 46%

• Task 7.1.2.2 - Alternate Energy Absorbers for Lightweight Command Launch Unit

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  9/25/14 → 7/11/15

  Project: Research project

• Task 7.1.2.5 - Motorcase Insulation Development and Characterization

  Craddock, J.

  Materials Sciences Corp

  9/22/14 → 7/11/15

  Project: Research project