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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  SBIR: Experimental Data for Validation of a Turbine Resonant Stress Prediction System

  Capece, V.

  9/17/14 → 5/6/16

  Project: Research project

• Field Demonstration of Tekcrete Fast, Tekcrete Fast HF Prototype, and TekArmor Composite Materials

  Robl, T.

  9/9/14 → 6/8/15

  Project: Research project

  • Strength 100%
  • Electric Potential 33%
  • Hardness 16%
  • Force 16%
  • Leadership 16%

• SusChEM: Promotion of Nickel Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass-derived Oils to Fuel-like Hydrocarbons

  Crocker, M. & Santillan-Jimenez, E.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/14 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Catalyst 100%
  • Hydrocarbon 50%
  • Catalysis 50%
  • Decarboxylation 50%
  • Amount 33%

• Development of Chia, Salvia Hispanica L., as a Sustainable Oil Source for Renewable Chemical Applications

  Hildebrand, D. & Phillips, T.

  Cono SA

  9/1/14 → 12/31/17

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

• Improved Chia Production & Product Usage

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Seeds 100%
  • Foods 100%
  • Oils 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Harvest Date 50%

• Power System Studies and Research for Improved Planning and Operation

  Liao, Y.

  LG&E and KU Services Company

  9/1/14 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

• Combustion Studies of High Water Content Fuel

  Li, T.

  9/1/14 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Combustion 100%
  • Liquid 50%
  • Experiment 50%
  • Vaporization 50%

• National Geological And Geophysical Data Preservation Program

  Curl, D.

  US Geological Survey

  9/1/14 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Documents 100%
  • Record 83%
  • Document 83%
  • Disc Recordings 83%
  • Records 83%

• Coal Mine Dust Mitigation through Novel Scrubber Development and Numerical Modeling

  Schafrik, S., Novak, T. & Wedding, W.

  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

  9/1/14 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Dust 100%
  • Coal 34%
  • Ventilation 30%
  • Surfaces 26%
  • Network 21%

• Renewable Lubricants from Plant Oils # Ashland/UKY

  Hildebrand, D.

  Ashland Inc

  9/1/14 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

• Power System Studies and Research for Improved Planning and Operation

  Liao, Y.

  LG&E and KU Services Company

  9/1/14 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

• Clean WateR3 - Reduce, Remediate, Recycle: Informed Decision-Making to Facilitate Use of Alternative Water Resources and Promote SustainableSpecialty Crop Production

  Ingram, D.

  9/1/14 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon 100%
  • Carbon Footprint 100%
  • Water Footprint 64%
  • Model 52%
  • Life Cycle Assessment 52%

• SARE Sustainable Ag Training Program (MSP)

  Meyer, A.

  9/1/14 → 6/7/15

  Project: Research project

  • Training 100%
  • Kentucky 100%
  • Administrative Structure 66%
  • Conferences 50%
  • Farmers 33%

• Electric Warship Early Design Space Methods Incorporating Dynamic Energy Storage

  Cramer, A.

  Office of Naval Research

  8/18/14 → 8/18/14

  Project: Research project

  • Warship 100%
  • Power Engineering 100%
  • Energy Storage 75%
  • Design-Space Exploration 75%
  • Early Stage 50%

• Electric Warship Early Design Space Methods Incorporating Dynamic Energy Storage

  Cramer, A.

  Office of Naval Research

  8/18/14 → 8/17/15

  Project: Research project

  • Warship 100%
  • Power Engineering 100%
  • Energy Storage 75%
  • Design-Space Exploration 75%
  • Early Stage 50%

• Design and Construction Considerations for a Protected Compressed Air Line to a Refuge Alternative

  Silva Castro, J. & Lusk, B.

  8/15/14 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Compressed Air 100%
  • Refuge 100%
  • Compressor 62%
  • Air 62%
  • Alternatives 62%

• SusChEM: Carbohydrate Recognition in Type B Carbohydrate Binding Modules

  Dziubla, T. & Payne, C.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/14 → 1/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Recognition 100%
  • Carbohydrate 100%
  • Carbohydrate-Binding Module 75%
  • Cellulose 62%
  • Energy 50%

• 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

• Energy-Scavenging Thermogalvanic Cells for Improved Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power Plants and Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Systems via Waste Heat Utilization - Topic 8

  Lippert, C., Craddock, J., Holubowitch, N. & Landon, J.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  8/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Capture System 100%
  • Coal 75%
  • Coal-Fired Power Plant 75%
  • Efficiency 75%

• 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%

• Techno-economic and Lifecycle Evaluation of Optimized Photobioreactor- and Pond-based Microalgae Systems for CO2 Mitigation - Topic 1

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

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  8/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Microalgae 57%
  • Algae 42%
  • Alga 35%
  • Emission Reduction 28%

• Coal-fueled pressurized chemical looping combustion (PCLC) combined cycle for power generation and CO2 capture - Topic 2

  Liu, K. & Chen, L.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  8/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Carbon Capture 66%
  • Chemical Looping Combustion 66%
  • Cost 58%
  • Project 50%

• Spectroscopy and Imaging of Organometallic Radicals

  Yang, D.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/14 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Metal 100%
  • Metallocene 100%
  • Atom 50%
  • Synthesis (Chemical) 50%
  • Spectroscopy 50%

• NSF EPSCoR: Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future

  Andrews, R., Beck, M., Bhattacharyya, D., Cheng, Y., Crofcheck, C., DeBolt, S., Gentry, M., Odom, S., Ren, W., Rodgers, D. & Payne, C.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/14 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Research 100%
  • Pillar 85%
  • Kentucky 57%
  • Technology 42%
  • Materials 42%

• Berea Sandstone Consortium

  Parris, T., Eble, C. & Greb, S.

  Multiple Industry Sponsors

  8/1/14 → 4/30/16

  Project: Research project

• Proposal to Host Borlaug Fellow from Mexico on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Composting

  Taraba, J., Coyne, M. & Reed, M.

  7/22/14 → 9/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Composting 100%
  • Compost 75%
  • Greenhouse Gas 75%
  • Research 62%
  • Moisture 62%

• Demonstration of an Algae-based System for CO2 Mitigation from Coal-fired Power Plants

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

  Duke Energy KY Inc

  7/10/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Laboratory and Bench-Scale Testing for Rare Earth Elements

  Honaker, R., Eble, C., Hower, J., Silva Castro, J. & Weisenfluh, G.

  Leonardo Technologies Incorporated

  7/8/14 → 12/15/14

  Project: Research project

• Kentucky Cooperative Extension Education Energy Outreach Program, 2014-2015

  Fehr, R.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • UK 100%
  • Outreach 100%
  • Cooperatives 100%
  • Extension Education 50%
  • Electronic Circuits 50%

• Electric Power Distribution System Optimization in the Presence of Renewable Distributed Generation

  Cramer, A.

  Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Ed

  7/1/14 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Control 100%
  • Distribution System 100%
  • Power Distribution 75%
  • Optimization 50%
  • Generation 50%

• Kentucky Energy Club Collaborative

  Groppo, J. & Medina, S.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Clubs 100%
  • Students 80%
  • Program 60%
  • Occupations 60%
  • Higher Education Institution 40%

• Micro-scale Experimental Investigation of Carbon Oxidation

  Martin, A. & Panerai, F.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon 100%
  • Ablation 50%
  • Computer Simulation 33%
  • Tomography 33%
  • Device Material 33%

• KSEF RDE: Search for Topological Insulators in Pyrochlore Iridate Thin Films

  Seo, A., Cao, G. & Delong, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Pyrochlore 100%
  • Metalloid 33%
  • Topological Insulator 27%
  • Spin-Orbit Coupling 22%
  • Electron Spin 22%

• Mine Mapping Program

  Hiett, J.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Mining 100%
  • Mines 100%
  • Licensing 57%
  • Oil 42%
  • Gases 28%

• Energy Education Awareness and Action (E2A2)

  Fehr, R.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Efficiency 100%
  • Education 66%
  • Cooperatives 66%
  • State 66%
  • Program 66%

• Coal Education - Video Documentary Project

  Parker, S. & Martinez, J.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Project 100%
  • Electricity 66%
  • Revenue 33%
  • Landscape 33%
  • Decision Maker 33%

• Maxey Flats Nuclear Disposal Site

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • Research Centre 100%
  • Site 50%
  • Disposal 50%
  • Water Resource 50%

• Carbon Management Research Group Slipstream Cost share Topic 1

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

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  7/1/14 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Capture System 50%
  • Slipstream 30%
  • Demonstrates 20%
  • Critical Point 20%

• Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant FY15 AIP-FFA

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Agreement 100%
  • Contract Law 100%
  • Health 57%
  • Kentucky 57%
  • Service 57%

• KSEF RDE: Harnessing Starch Using Thermophilic Starch Kinases and Phosphatases

  Gentry, M.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Starch 100%
  • Phosphatase 27%
  • Kinase 22%
  • Glucose 18%
  • Amylase 13%

• Development of Low-cost Activated Carbon for Removal of VOCs and Pharmaceuticals from Residential Drinking Water

  Lipka, S.

  7/1/14 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

• KSEF RDE: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Investigation of Fluorescent Carbon Dots

  Kim, D. Y.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/14 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon Quantum Dot 100%
  • Statistical Ensemble 80%
  • Carbon 40%
  • Spectroscopy 40%
  • Photophysics 20%

• KSEF RDE: Drilling for biofuel: uncovering the potential of wasp venom for the production of renewable energy

  DeBolt, S.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/14 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Venom 100%
  • Wasp 80%
  • Drilling 80%
  • Enzymes 60%
  • Lysozyme 60%

• RAFT Derived PAN Fiber

  Weisenberger, M. & Morris, E.

  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

  7/1/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Polymer 100%
  • Fiber 33%
  • Solution 33%
  • Polymer Types 33%

• Mine Mapping Program

  Schubert, T. & Hiett, J.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Mining 100%
  • Mines 100%
  • Licensing 57%
  • Oil 42%
  • Gases 28%

• KSEF RDE: Novel approach to the study of a new alloy for energy applications

  Menon, M.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Band Gap 100%
  • Alloy 50%
  • Approach 33%
  • Condition 33%
  • Investigation 33%

• Resource Assessment for the Extraction of REE from Coal

  Honaker, R., Eble, C., Groppo, J., Hower, J. & Weisenfluh, G.

  Leonardo Technologies Incorporated

  6/30/14 → 11/14/14

  Project: Research project

• KY EPSCoR: Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future

  Andrews, R., Crocker, M. & Lipka, S.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  6/1/14 → 12/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Program 100%
  • Research 50%
  • Process 33%
  • Science 33%
  • Engineering Science 33%

• Metal Plated MWCNTs

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

  Science and Technology Corporation

  5/30/14 → 4/28/15

  Project: Research project