Energy Research Priority Area

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Grants and Contracts per year 1996 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2025

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• 397 Finished

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• 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

• FY18 UK CAER Site Remediation PPATS (429-0)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

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

• FY19-20 UK Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) (C1135)

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

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

• 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%

• 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%

• GAANN Fellowship Program in the Department of Physics at the University of Kentucky

  Gorringe, T.

  Department of Education

  9/1/15 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Physics 100%
  • Students 85%
  • Universities 71%
  • Astronomy 57%
  • Area 42%

• Gasification Combined Heat and Power from Coal Fines

  Liu, K., Challman, D., Groppo, J. & Nikolic, H.

  Department of Energy

  12/6/17 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Fischer-Tropsch 100%
  • Impact 80%
  • Gasification 80%
  • Kentucky 80%

• 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%

• 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%

• Graphene Nanoribbons By Design

  Anthony, J.

  Office of Naval Research

  7/31/12 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Nanoribbon 60%
  • Material 40%
  • Amplifier 20%
  • Graphite 20%

• Graphene Nanoribbons By Design

  Anthony, J.

  Office of Naval Research

  7/31/12 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Nanoribbon 60%
  • Material 40%
  • Amplifier 20%
  • Graphite 20%

• Guidelines for Assessing CCPs in Pond and Landfills for Beneficial Use

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

  Electric Power Research Institute

  12/6/16 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Ash 100%
  • Concrete 50%
  • Diptera 50%
  • Quality 25%
  • Sample 25%

• Harnessing Wind Energy to Improve Grain Safety From Aflatoxin

  A. Adedeji, A.

  Environmental Protection Agency

  11/1/17 → 10/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Aflatoxin 100%
  • Cereal 54%
  • Drying 50%
  • Air 22%
  • Contamination 22%

• Health Center Cluster/UK North Fork Valley Community Healthcare Center

  Quillen, L., Dotson, C., Fields, J., Hughes, J., Johnson, S., Miller, T., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, K., Stone, D., Taylor, W., Kingery, J., Haynes, K., Hollen, M., Johnson, C. & Knox, T.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Communities 100%
  • Medical Centres 71%
  • Service Industries 71%
  • Population Censuses 57%
  • Valleys 57%

• 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%

• Heterogeneous Aging Mechanisms of Combustion and Biomass Burning Emissions

  Guzman, M.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/19 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Project 100%
  • Polyphenol 83%
  • Hydroxyl Radical 66%
  • Student 50%
  • Air 50%

• High Energy Density Metal-Oxides for Energy Storage: in silico Electrochemistry to Control Interface Chemistry

  Risko, C.

  Research Corporation for Science Advancement

  7/1/18 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Metal Oxide 100%
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage 82%
  • Electrode 64%
  • Electrolyte 52%
  • Surface Structure 47%

• High Energy Physics Tools for Precision Neutrino Interactions

  Hill, R.

  Department of Energy

  5/1/18 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Neutrino 100%
  • Calculation 33%
  • Dark Matter 33%
  • Events 33%
  • Particle Physics 33%

• High Performance Public Facilities Workshop

  Marksberry, A.

  8/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • Service 66%
  • Public 66%
  • Planning 33%
  • Support 33%

• High Potential Redox Couples: Design Strategies for Survival in Diverse Environments

  Kaur, A. & Odom, S.

  8/1/18 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Radical Cation 100%
  • Application 75%
  • Electron Particle 50%
  • Lithium Ion Battery 50%
  • Redox Potential 50%

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

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  3/1/16 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

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

  Hower, J. & Groppo, J.

  Physical Sciences Inc.

  12/1/17 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

• 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

• IACMI: Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation-State Funding

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

  KY Economic Development Cab

  1/28/16 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

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

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• IACMI Task 6.18: Preparation of Mesophase Pitch Feedstock for Carbon Fiber

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Tennessee

  5/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Filters 100%
  • Knowledge 100%
  • Oils 100%
  • Petroleum 100%

• I-Corps: Electron-Donating Phenothiazines for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

  Odom, S., Kaur, A. & Landon, J.

  11/1/16 → 10/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Aqueous 100%
  • Electron Particle 50%
  • Engineering Process 50%
  • Phenothiazine 50%
  • Cells 50%

• Identification and Characterization of Coal and Coal By-Products Containing High Rare Earth Element Concentrations

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

  Department of Energy

  10/1/16 → 4/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Rare Earth Element 100%
  • Coal 100%
  • Lanthanoid Atom 100%
  • Concentration 66%
  • Mining Engineering 33%

• Identification of Potential Roof Problems Using LED Lighting & Numerical Modeling of Highwall Stability Using FLAC

  Silva Castro, J., Perry, K. & Unrug, K.

  9/27/11 → 9/26/16

  Project: Research project

  • Student 100%
  • Scientific Modelling 50%
  • Completion 25%
  • Graduate Student 12%
  • Coal 12%

• Improved Chia Production & Product Usage

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/15 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Seeds 46%
  • Foods 26%
  • Proteins 26%
  • Lodging 20%

• 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%

• Improved Face Ventilation for Extended-Cut Continuous Mining Using a Wing Regulator and Scrubber Control System

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

  Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Incorporated

  10/1/15 → 1/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Face 100%
  • Dust 83%
  • Ventilation 83%
  • Methane 50%
  • Air Flow 50%

• Influence of Energy Landscapes, Charge-Carrier Mobilities, and Morphology on the Thermoelectric Properties of Pi-Conjugated Polymer Blends

  Graham, K.

  American Chemical Society

  6/1/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Polymer 100%
  • Thermoelectrics 80%
  • Charge Carrier 80%
  • Electrical Conductivity 80%
  • Polymer Blend 60%

• Innovative Uses of Fly Ash

  Robl, T. & Oberlink, A.

  Electric Power Research Institute

  7/27/15 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

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

• 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

• Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation

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

  KY Economic Development Cab

  5/1/16 → 1/31/17

  Project: Research project

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

• Integrating Restorations, Microstructural Analyses, and Forward Finite Element Modeling to Understand Deformation in Contractional Salt Systems

  Thigpen, J.

  American Chemical Society

  8/1/19 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Deformation 100%
  • Wall Rock 80%
  • Diapirism 60%
  • Strain 60%
  • Behavior 40%

• Integration of Social Behavioral Modeling for Smart Environments to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Smart Cities

  Silvestri, S.

  Missouri University of Science and Technology

  10/10/17 → 12/14/21

  Project: Research project

  • User 100%
  • Design 50%
  • Behavioral Modeling 20%
  • Smart City 20%
  • Psychological Effect 20%

• Intensified Flue Gas Desulfurization Water Treatment for Reuse, Solidification, and Discharge

  Gao, X., Landon, J., Liu, K. & Omosebi, A.

  Duke Energy KY Inc

  1/22/18 → 1/21/20

  Project: Research project

• Intensified Flue Gas Desulfurization Water Treatment for Reuse, Solidification, and Discharge

  Omosebi, A., Landon, J., Liu, K. & Gao, X.

  Department of Energy

  1/22/18 → 1/21/20

  Project: Research project

  • Flotation 100%
  • Zero Liquid Discharge 66%
  • Desulphurisation 55%
  • Gas 55%
  • Flu 55%

• 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

• 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

• Invasive Pest Outreach: Focus Firewood

  Lensing, J.

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  6/1/18 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Pests 100%
  • Outreach 75%
  • Entomologists 25%
  • Beetle 25%
  • Canker 25%

• 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

• Investigation of Inorganic-Organic Perovskite Solar Cells

  Chen, Z.

  Advanced Semiconductor Processing Technology LLC

  4/1/17 → 4/11/22

  Project: Research project

• Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Li-ion Anodes

  Cheng, Y.

  Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC

  2/28/17 → 1/11/19

  Project: Research project

  • Lithium Ion 100%
  • Anode 37%
  • Mechanical Properties 37%
  • Intermetallics 37%
  • Mechanical Property 37%

• 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%

• JCESR Renewal

  Kaur, A. & Odom, S.

  10/15/18 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Concentration 100%
  • Solvation 100%
  • Energy Storage 50%
  • Flow Battery 50%
  • Crystalline Material 50%