Energy Research Priority Area

Grants and Contracts

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

• 35 Active
• 397 Finished

Grants and Contracts per year

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• Research project

  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

• Autonomous Underground Mining Systems to Improve Safety - Intelligent Coal Mining

  Agioutantis, Z., Schafrik, S. & Sottile, J.

  Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Incorporated

  12/1/17 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Car 100%
  • Railroad Cars 100%
  • Project 71%
  • Safety 57%
  • Feeder 42%

• 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%

• 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%

• Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Earth Science Research and Training of the Next Generation of Geoscientists

  Moecher, D.

  National Science Foundation

  3/15/16 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Scanning 100%
  • Research 90%
  • Zircon 45%
  • Student 45%
  • School 45%

• Material Response Reconstruction of Ablative TPS Using Accurate Boundary Layer Modeling

  Martin, A.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  1/28/16 → 1/27/20

  Project: Research project

  • Datum 100%
  • Material Model 100%
  • Surfaces 100%
  • Simulation 83%
  • Approach 83%

• 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%

• 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%

• KSEF RDE: Energy Efficient Digital Signal Processor Based On Reversible Nanomagnetic Logic

  Thapliyal, H.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Energy Efficient 100%
  • Digital Signal Processor 83%
  • Spintronics 83%
  • Computing 66%
  • Memory 50%

• Production of Carbon Fiber from Coal-Derived Pitch

  Weisenberger, M.

  University of Utah

  9/23/16 → 9/23/20

  Project: Research project

  • Tasks 100%
  • Carbonization 50%
  • Coal 50%
  • Pitch 50%
  • Thermogravimetric Analysis 50%

• Consultation on Energy Savings Performance Contracting

  Copley, G.

  KY Department for Local Government

  4/23/17 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Savings 100%
  • Consultation 66%
  • Performance 66%
  • Efficiency 33%
  • Counselling 33%

• Trace Element Sampling and Partitioning Modeling to Estimate Wastewater Composition and Treatment Efficacy at Coal Generators

  Hower, J.

  9/10/18 → 9/9/19

  Project: Research project

  • Trace Element 100%
  • Wastewater Treatment 57%
  • Coal 35%
  • Partitioning 28%
  • Pollution Control Device 28%

• Probing the Mechanistics of a Molecularly Tailored Solid/Solid Interface

  Guiton, B.

  Research Corporation for Science Advancement

  2/1/19 → 1/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • X-Ray Diffraction 100%
  • Solid 83%
  • Solid State 83%
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy 83%
  • Polymer Electrolyte 66%

• Technical Assistance for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Projects in Rural Kentucky

  McNeill, S., Montross, M. & Overhults, D.

  Rural Development

  3/18/19 → 9/18/20

  Project: Research project

  • Farm 100%
  • Energy Saving 60%
  • Kentucky 60%
  • Project 60%
  • Energy Conservation 60%

• The Perfect Pitch Southeast Kentucky Development

  Davis, A.

  KY Community & Technical College System

  6/15/19 → 9/26/20

  Project: Research project

  • Task 100%
  • Loss 100%
  • Coal 66%
  • Kentucky 66%
  • Job Loss 66%

• Directing the Thin-Film Morphologies of Organic Semiconductors by Design

  Risko, C.

  Office of Naval Research

  8/16/16 → 8/15/19

  Project: Research project

  • Material 100%
  • Polymer 80%
  • Device 80%
  • Thin Film Morphology 80%
  • Morphology 80%

• 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%

• KSEF RDE: Searching for New Transparent Conducting Oxides via Plasma Hydrogenation

  Seo, A. & Kim, D. Y.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/17 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Transparent Conducting Oxide 100%
  • Hydrogenation 71%
  • Devices 42%
  • Optoelectronics 28%
  • Indium Tin Oxide 28%

• Local Government Energy Retrofit Program

  Copley, G.

  KY Department for Local Government

  7/1/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Contract Law 100%
  • Funding 66%
  • Local Government 50%
  • Service Industries 33%
  • Savings 33%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• KSEF RDE: Safe, Low-cost High Energy Density Dual Ion Battery

  Lipka, S. & Swartz, C.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/16 → 10/21/16

  Project: Research project

  • Sodium Ion 100%
  • Flux Density 66%
  • Lithium Ion 66%
  • Zinc 66%
  • Active Material 33%

• Support Services in Petrographic Analysis of Coal and Fly Ash Studies

  Hower, J.

  9/1/15 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Investigation 55%
  • Support 44%
  • Plant 44%
  • Kentucky 22%

• KY EPSCoR: Magnetization Dynamics and Soft X-Ray Vortex ...KY EPSCOR Matching

  Hastings, J.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  8/1/16 → 7/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Probe 100%
  • Ice 83%
  • Spin 83%
  • Electron Spin 83%
  • Orbitals 66%

• 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%

• Kentucky Coal Education-Mining Geology

  Greb, S.

  KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

  11/14/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Core 100%
  • Coal 50%
  • Roofs 41%
  • Rock 33%
  • Information 33%

• Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center

  Sanderson, W., Anderson, D., Browning, S., Bunn, T., Christian, J., Hahn, E., Honaker, R., Purschwitz, M., Reed, D., Sottile, J., Warshawsky, N. & Ashford, K.

  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

  7/1/12 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Doctor of Philosophy 100%
  • Occupational Safety 100%
  • Student 100%
  • Students 83%
  • Education 83%

• 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%

• 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%

• Development of Peridynamics Capability for Modeling of Metallic Nuclear Fuels

  Chen, H.

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  6/18/19 → 4/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Fuel 100%
  • Tensor 100%
  • Peridynamics 66%
  • Project 66%
  • Failure Criterion 50%

• Development of Solution Spun Bio-Derived Carbon Fiber from Fractionated Lignin

  Morris, E. & Weisenberger, M.

  University of Tennessee

  1/1/18 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Lignin 100%
  • Carbon Fiber 60%
  • Fiber 30%
  • Solution 20%
  • Characterization 10%

• N-ACTIVITY

  Liu, K., Challman, D. & Placido, A.

  Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

  9/1/18 → 9/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • Membrane Module 47%
  • Combustion 35%
  • Separation Performance 29%
  • Elements 29%

• ARRA: National Geothermal Data System Program

  Curl, D. & Cordiviola, S.

  Arizona Geological Survey

  5/24/10 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Image 100%
  • Depth 66%
  • Temperature 66%
  • Datum 33%
  • Sample 33%

• Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Sciences: UK Mining Engineering Tasks

  Honaker, R., Agioutantis, Z. & Lusk, B.

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  7/1/11 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Mining Engineering 100%
  • Research 85%
  • Water 57%
  • Engineering 57%
  • United Kingdom 42%

• Compiling Kentucky Coal Information for the National coal Resource Data System 2010-2015

  Weisenfluh, G. & Eble, C.

  US Geological Survey

  7/1/10 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Coal 100%
  • Datum 23%
  • Data System 23%
  • Geological Survey 23%
  • Kentucky 15%

• US-China Clean Energy Research Center Advanced Coal Technology Consortium

  Liu, K., Challman, D. & Crocker, M.

  West Virginia University

  10/1/10 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Membrane 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 100%
  • Catalyst 66%
  • Carbon Capture 50%
  • Combustion 50%

• Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment

  Andrews, R., Andrews, W., Anyaegbunam, C., Bhattacharyya, D., Filson, A., Fryar, A., Hampson, S., Ormsbee, L., Price, S., Rohrbacher, G., Wang, Z., Woolery, E., Zhu, J. & Dinger, J.

  Department of Energy

  9/15/03 → 5/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • University 69%
  • Investigation 50%
  • Research 30%
  • Natural Resource 30%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• RNA Nanotechnology in Cancer Therapy

  Guo, P., Haque, F., Shu, D., Zhang, H. & Khisamutdinov, E.

  1/16/12 → 1/16/16

  Project: Research project

  • RNA 100%
  • Cancer Cell 19%
  • Animal Experiment 14%
  • DNA 9%
  • Small Interfering RNA 9%

• 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%

• 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%

• Maxey Flats Nuclear Disposal Site

  Hampson, S.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • Site 50%
  • Disposal 50%
  • Water Resource 50%
  • Houses 50%