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

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• 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%

• DMREF: Organic Semiconductors by Computationally-Accelerated Refinement (OSCAR)

  Anthony, J. & Risko, C.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/16 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Organic Semiconductor 100%
  • Electronics 40%
  • Material 30%
  • Crystal Structure 25%
  • Solid 25%

• Doctoraol Dissertation Research: Shade: Mining Investment, Mineral Rights, and Land Tenure

  Mutersbaugh, T.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/15 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Legal Geography 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Ownership 75%
  • Geography 75%
  • Investment 50%

• DoE EPSCoR: Discovery, Design, Synthesis and Testing of High Performance Structural Alloys

  Balk, J.

  Department of Energy

  9/1/18 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Alloy 100%
  • Alloy Element 66%
  • Design 66%
  • Research 66%
  • Property Relationship 33%

• DoE EPSCoR: Magnetization Dynamics and Soft X-Ray Vortex Beam Formation in Nanoscale Magnetic Metamaterials

  Hastings, J. & Delong, L.

  Department of Energy

  8/1/16 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Segment 100%
  • Square 66%
  • Spin 66%
  • Array 66%
  • Ice 66%

• Duke Energy CCP Conversion and Innovative Use

  Oberlink, A. & Robl, T.

  Electric Power Research Institute

  7/24/15 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Science and Technology 100%
  • Technology 100%
  • Product 36%
  • Process 36%
  • Utilization 18%

• EAGER: Nanoparticle Enhanced Near-IR Photobacterial Conversion of Organic Waste to Hydrogen

  Bhattacharyya, D., Hastings, J. & Kim, D. Y.

  National Science Foundation

  2/1/17 → 1/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Nanoparticle 100%
  • Hydrogen 100%
  • Waste Material 71%
  • Wavelength 71%
  • NIR Spectroscopy 71%

• 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%

• Electric Machines for Power Electronics Drives with Wide Band Gap Devices

  Ionel, D.

  Regal Beloit America Incorporated

  1/9/17 → 1/8/19

  Project: Research project

• Electric Motor Design, Analysis and Optimization

  Ionel, D.

  American Centrifuge Operating LLC

  10/1/18 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

• Electric Motor Topologies and Optimization

  Ionel, D.

  Regal Beloit America Incorporated

  2/1/19 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• Energy Cooperatives to support the National Coal Resources Data System

  Hower, J.

  7/1/10 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Support 57%
  • Plant 42%
  • Sample 28%
  • Petrology 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• Enhanced Chia Production & Product Development

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 57%
  • Proteins 42%
  • Fields 21%
  • Lodging 21%

• Enhanced Chia Production & Product Usage

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/16 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 43%
  • Proteins 31%
  • Lodging 18%
  • Mutagenesis 12%

• Enhanced Chia Production & Product Usage

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/17 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 64%
  • Proteins 35%
  • Fields 21%
  • Lodging 21%

• Enhanced Science on the ISS: Influence of Gravity on Electrokinetic and Electrochemical Assembly in Colloids

  Smith, S.

  8/3/17 → 8/2/21

  Project: Research project

  • International Space Station 100%
  • Experiment 85%
  • Colloid 71%
  • Sample 42%
  • Kentucky 42%

• 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%

• Escaping the Refractory Limit: Enabling new VED operational paradigms through mechanism-based re-engineering of thermionic cathodeemitting materials

  Balk, J. & Beck, M.

  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

  4/7/16 → 12/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Grain Size 100%
  • Cathode 77%
  • Material 66%
  • Performance 44%
  • Phase Composition 44%

• 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%

• 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%

• Evaluating the Influence of the Forestry Reclamation Approach on Hydrology and Water Quality in Appalachian Coal Minesp

  Barton, C., Agouridis, C. & Yeager, K.

  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

  10/1/16 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Water Resource 100%
  • Extraction 80%
  • Watershed 60%
  • Water Quality 60%
  • Impact 60%

• Evaluation, Scaled Testing, and Testing Design of Active Explosion Barriers Systems for the US Underground Coal Mines

  Silva Castro, J. & Calnan, J.

  Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  9/1/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Explosion 100%
  • Research 44%
  • Mining Engineering 44%
  • Coal Mine 33%
  • Proposal 22%

• Evaluation of acidic atmospheric deposition and its influence on soil solution composition in the Daniel Boone National Forest

  Barton, C. & Karathanasis, A.

  Forest Service

  11/22/11 → 11/22/16

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Datum 60%
  • Solution Chemistry 40%
  • Atmospheric Deposition 40%
  • Proposal 20%

• 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%

• 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%

• Examining Nuclear Structure with Fast Neutrons

  Yates, S.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/19 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Laboratory 100%
  • University 58%
  • Universities 58%
  • Kentucky 50%
  • Research 41%

• Experimental Study of Local Extinction in Laminar and Turbulent Flames

  Renfro, M.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/15 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Flames 100%
  • Flame 92%
  • Extinction 76%
  • Combustor 30%
  • Utilization 23%

• Experimental Testing and Design of Protective Measure For Communications and Tracking Systems Subjected to Catastrophic Events in Underground Coal Mines

  Silva Castro, J. & Novak, T.

  12/1/16 → 3/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Explosion 100%
  • Protection 100%
  • Event 100%
  • Elements 100%
  • Testing 100%

• Experimental Utah Coal Tar Pitch - Based Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Utah

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • University 100%
  • Utah 78%
  • Pitch 78%
  • Fibre 57%
  • Fiber 57%

• FEEDER: Foundations for Engineering Education for Distributed Energy Resources

  Holloway, L., Colliver, D., Cramer, A., Fei, Z., Liao, Y. & Sottile, J.

  University of Central Florida

  9/30/13 → 3/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Smart Grid 100%
  • Engineering Education 25%
  • Renewable Technology 25%
  • Procedures 25%
  • Engineering Program 25%

• 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

• 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%

• Fire Prevention and Safety Project: Smoke Alarm Installation

  McCool, R.

  Federal Emergency Management Agency

  9/6/16 → 9/5/17

  Project: Research project

  • Smoke 100%
  • Fires 63%
  • Project 45%
  • Education 26%
  • Prevention 21%

• Firewood Scout in Kentucky

  Lensing, J.

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  4/1/16 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • State 100%
  • Kentucky 90%
  • Pests 45%
  • University 36%
  • Universities 36%

• FlexPower Advanced PE for Solar PV

  Ionel, D. & Liao, Y.

  Flex Power Control Incorporated

  3/1/19 → 11/30/20

  Project: Research project

• Fog and Froth-Based Post-Combustion CO2 Capture in Fossil Fuel Power Plants

  Nikolic, H. & Liu, K.

  Department of Energy

  5/1/19 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Fog 100%
  • Solvent 66%
  • Combustion 33%
  • Performance 33%
  • Carbon Capture 33%

• Functionalization approaches to high mobility organic semiconductors

  Anthony, J., Payne, M., Risko, C. & Thorley, K.

  Merck KGaA

  10/1/12 → 11/15/15

  Project: Research project

• 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%

• Fundamental Physics with Hadrons and Nuclei, from Quarks to the Cosmos

  Gardner, S.

  Department of Energy

  7/1/96 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Baryon 100%
  • CP Violation 66%
  • Decay 66%
  • Probe 66%
  • Dark Matter 66%

• FUNDAMENTALS OF CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITES

  Craddock, J.

  Kord Technologies

  10/1/19 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Fundamental Studies on the Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts

  Honaker, R., Werner, J., Zhang, W. & Groppo, J.

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  8/1/17 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Earth 100%
  • Minerals 85%
  • Coal 71%
  • Rare Earth Element 57%
  • Clay Mineral 57%

• Fundamental Study of Hadronic Structure

  Korsch, W.

  Department of Energy

  2/1/99 → 4/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Gluon 33%
  • Spin 33%
  • Spallation 33%
  • Neutron Source 33%