Physics And Astronomy

Grants and Contracts

Grants and Contracts per year 1996 2000 2003 2004 2005 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2025

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• 303 Finished

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  EAGER: Interfacing Nanotubes and Graphene into Ordered Crystallographic Orientations Through Substrate-Induced Strain

  Strachan, D.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/16 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Material 63%
  • Alignment 54%
  • Electronics 54%
  • Mechanisms 36%

• 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%

• Novel States in Spin-Orbit-Coupled and Correlated Materials

  Cao, G.

  8/1/16 → 9/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Correlation 100%
  • Acceleration 62%
  • Synthesis (Chemical) 50%
  • Spin Polarization 50%
  • Single Crystalline Solid 50%

• Parton Distribution Function and Orbital Angular Momentum

  Liu, K.

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  7/11/16 → 6/10/18

  Project: Research project

  • Nucleon 100%
  • Quantum Chromodynamics 69%
  • Quark 40%
  • Physics 40%
  • Gluon 40%

• Fellowship for Benjamin Riley: FY 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Gaithersburg

  Crawford, C.

  National Institute of Standards & Technology

  5/1/16 → 9/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Undergraduates 100%
  • Research Grants 66%
  • Program 33%
  • Fellowships 33%
  • Funding 33%

• ORAU Travel Grants Program

  Seo, A.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  3/3/16 → 8/15/17

  Project: Research project

  • Ferroelectricity 100%
  • Universities 50%
  • Utilization 50%
  • Thin Films 50%
  • Strain 50%

• NSF IPA for Mike Cavagnero

  Cavagnero, M.

  1/11/16 → 1/9/19

  Project: Research project

  • Act 100%
  • Personnel 100%
  • Molecular Physics 33%
  • Atomic Physics 33%
  • Optical Physics 33%

• NSF IPA for Mike Cavagnero

  Cavagnero, M.

  1/11/16 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Act 100%
  • Molecular Physics 33%
  • Atomic Physics 33%
  • Optical Physics 33%
  • Mutual Agreement 33%

• NSF IPA assignment for Mike Cavagnero

  Cavagnero, M.

  1/11/16 → 1/9/18

  Project: Research project

  • Act 100%
  • Personnel 100%
  • Molecular Physics 33%
  • Atomic Physics 33%
  • Optical Physics 33%

• NSF IPA assignment for Mike Cavagnero

  Cavagnero, M.

  1/11/16 → 1/10/17

  Project: Research project

  • Act 100%
  • Molecular Physics 50%
  • Optical Physics 50%
  • Atomic Physics 50%
  • Mutual Agreement 50%

• LSST Science Preparation

  Wilhelm, R. & Yan, R.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  1/1/16 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Surveys 100%
  • Matching 40%
  • Big Data 40%
  • Students 40%
  • Support 40%

• Designing Mathematics and Science Project-Based Environments: Spanning Astronomical and Atomic Spaces Year 2

  Wilhelm, J., Guiton, B., Wilhelm, R. & Hearn, J.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/16 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Education 100%
  • Administrative Structure 83%
  • Grants 66%
  • Child 50%
  • Higher Education 50%

• Deciphering the Fossil Record in Quasar Ionization Echoes

  Ferland, G. & Chatzikos, M.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  10/1/15 → 9/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Clouds 100%
  • Active Galactic Nucleus 100%
  • Ionization 66%
  • Fossil Record 66%
  • Observation 66%

• NNCI: The Kentucky Multi-Scale Manufacturing and Nano Integration Node (MMNIN)

  Hastings, J., Andrews, R., Balk, J., Delong, L. & Cao, G.

  University of Louisville

  9/15/15 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Nodes 100%
  • Microtechnology 80%
  • Multiscale 80%
  • Facilities 60%
  • Networks 40%

• Plant Fund Scope: NNCI: The Kentucky Multi-Scale Manufacturing and Nano Integration Node (MMNIN)

  Hastings, J., Andrews, R., Balk, J., Delong, L. & Cao, G.

  University of Louisville

  9/15/15 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Microtechnology 100%
  • Nodes 83%
  • Universities 83%
  • Multiscale 66%
  • Facilities 50%

• Research on String Theory and Gauge Theory

  Das, S. & Shapere, A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/15/15 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Physics 100%
  • Theory 100%
  • Research 75%
  • Time 66%
  • Field Theory 58%

• 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 66%
  • Universities 55%
  • Astronomy 44%
  • Area 33%

• CAREER: Artificial 2D Superlattices of Epitaxial Pyrochlore Iridates

  Seo, A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/15 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Pyrochlore 100%
  • Electron Correlation 50%
  • Thin Films 50%
  • Quantum Phenomena 33%
  • Metalloid 33%

• Precision Muon Experiments

  Gorringe, T. & Gohn, W.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/15 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Muon 100%
  • Physics 71%
  • Data Acquisition 71%
  • Students 71%
  • Data Transmission 42%

• Precision Measurements with Neutrons

  Plaster, B.

  Department of Energy

  8/1/15 → 8/1/15

  Project: Research project

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Magnetic Fields 60%
  • Physics 60%
  • Neutron Source 60%
  • Data Transmission 40%

• Spin as a Probe into the Structure of the Universe

  Fatemi, R.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/15 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Spin 100%
  • Protons 77%
  • Magnetic Moment 66%
  • Muon 66%
  • Standard Model 44%

• KSEF RDE: X-Ray Vortex Beam Generation via Coherent Scattering from Patterned Ferromagnetic Thin Films

  Delong, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • X Ray 100%
  • Angular Momentum 100%
  • X-Ray 100%
  • Eddy 85%
  • Orbitals 85%

• KY EPSCoR: Imaging Static and Dynamic Magnetization of Nanoscale Metamaterials

  Delong, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  6/6/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Magnetization Dynamics 100%
  • Nanoscale 50%
  • Metamaterial 50%
  • Statics 50%

• KY EPSCoR: Imaging Magnetization of Nanoscale Metamaterials

  Delong, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  6/6/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Nanoscale 100%
  • Metamaterial 100%
  • Magnetization 100%

• Collaborative Research: Controlled Disorder and Topological Defects in Magnetically Frustrated Thin Film Metamaterials

  Delong, L. & Hastings, J.

  National Science Foundation

  6/1/15 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Spin 100%
  • Ice 100%
  • X Ray 57%
  • Thin Films 57%
  • Metamaterial 42%

• H-alpha Filaments and Feedback in NGC4696 at the centre of the Centaurus cluster

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  6/1/15 → 5/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Emission 100%
  • Heating 62%
  • Model 62%
  • Particle 50%
  • Nebula 50%

• LSQ Cell Charging Equipment Grant

  Korsch, W.

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  3/2/15 → 8/30/22

  Project: Research project

• Relativistic magnetic effects in 4d-5d transition metal oxides

  Cao, G.

  3/1/15 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Perovskites 100%
  • Electron Spin 50%
  • Transition Element 50%
  • Spin 50%
  • Transition Metal 50%

• 2015 ORAU Travel Grant

  Seo, A.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  2/26/15 → 9/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Ferroelectricity 100%
  • Utilization 50%
  • Thin Films 50%
  • Optoelectronic Device 50%
  • Application 50%

• 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%

• 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%

• Lattice QCD Calculation of Nucleon Structure

  Liu, K., Draper, T. & Horvath, I.

  Department of Energy

  2/1/15 → 1/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Fermion 100%
  • Pion 75%
  • Nucleon 75%
  • Measuring Instruments 50%
  • Quantum Chromodynamics 50%

• Designing Mathematics and Science Project-Based Environments: Spanning Astronomical and Atomic Spaces

  Wilhelm, J., Guiton, B., Hearn, J., Wilhelm, R. & Coleman, C.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/15/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Science 100%
  • Project 66%
  • Standards 58%
  • State 50%
  • Standard 50%

• KY EPSCoR: Fabrication of Thermoelectric Skutterudite Samples for In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

  Guiton, B. & Strachan, D.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Thermal Conductivity 100%
  • Class 66%
  • Electrical Resistivity 66%
  • High Resolution 66%
  • In Situ 66%

• High Resolution and High Temperature Microscopy of Skutterudite Thermoelectrics

  Guiton, B. & Strachan, D.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  1/1/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Thermal Conductivity 100%
  • High Resolution 100%
  • Class 66%
  • Electrical Resistivity 66%
  • Determines 66%

• Unification of Active Galactic Nuclei

  Elitzur, M.

  12/1/14 → 11/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Active Galactic Nuclei 100%
  • Torus 44%
  • Distribution Function 22%
  • Modeling 22%
  • X Ray 11%

• Meeting the Challenge of Webb - Spectroscopic Simulations of Star-Forming Regions and Active Galactic Nuclei

  Ferland, G.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  11/1/14 → 10/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Environment 100%
  • Utilization 75%
  • Active Galactic Nucleus 75%
  • Gases 50%
  • Active Galactic Nuclei 50%

• Emission-lines from AGN&Starbursts: new steps to understanding their message

  Ferland, G.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/14 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Active Galactic Nuclei 100%
  • Students 62%
  • Region 50%
  • Simulation 50%
  • Recombination 37%

• Theory of Light Hydrogenlike Bound States: Multiloop Corrections in Muonic and Electronic Atoms and Ions

  Eides, M.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/14 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Light 100%
  • Hydrogen 100%
  • Atoms 85%
  • Protons 85%
  • Proton 85%

• ORNL Travel Grant

  Seo, A.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  8/26/14 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Temperature 100%
  • Thin Films 100%
  • Ferroelectricity 100%

• Hamiltonian Theory of Fractionally Filled Chern Bands, and Disorder in Quantum Hall Antiferromagnets

  Murthy, G.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/14 → 1/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Time 100%
  • Disorder 83%
  • Polyimide Macromolecule 83%
  • Symmetry 50%
  • Foci 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%
  • Correlation 33%
  • Topological Insulator 27%
  • Spin-Orbit Coupling 22%

• Wang: NRAO Student Observing Support Award to Xiang Wang

  Ferland, G.

  National Radio Astronomy Observatory

  6/1/14 → 4/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Student 100%
  • Particle 100%
  • Support 100%
  • Dust 100%
  • Crab Nebula 100%

• Collaborative Research: nEDM: A Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron

  Plaster, B., Crawford, C. & Korsch, W.

  California Institute of Technology

  6/1/14 → 11/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Universities 50%
  • Dipole Moment 50%
  • Magnetic Fields 50%
  • Magnets 50%

• In-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry on complex oxide hetero-interfaces

  Seo, A.

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  5/1/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• NASA EPSCoR: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Solid State Li-ion Nanobatteries

  Guiton, B. & Strachan, D.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  5/1/14 → 5/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Li-Ion Battery 100%
  • Solid State 66%
  • Fracture 66%
  • Technology 66%
  • Battery 66%

• The life and death of H2 in a UV-rich environment - Towards a better understanding of H2 excitation and destruction

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  3/1/14 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Model 100%
  • Concentration 66%
  • Vibration 50%
  • Environment 50%
  • Molecule 33%

• The life and death of H2 in a UV-rich environment - Towards a better understanding of H2 excitation and destruction

  Troland, T.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  3/1/14 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Model 100%
  • Concentration 66%
  • Environment 50%
  • Vibration 50%
  • Molecular Gas 33%

• KY EPSCoR: Stellar Parameter Determinations for Spectral Type A-stars using Spectral Energy Distribution Information

  Wilhelm, R.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/14 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • A Stars 100%
  • Parameter 80%
  • Stars 60%
  • Spectroscopy 40%
  • Spin 40%

• KY EPSCoR: Fabrication and Characterizationof Electron-Transparent Nanobatteries for In Situ Microscopy

  Guiton, B. & Strachan, D.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Li-Ion Battery 100%
  • Fracture 66%
  • Technology 66%
  • Material 66%
  • Electrodes 33%