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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  Students Understanding Research in Realistic Explorations in Astronomical Learning (SURREAL) Project

  Wilhelm, J., Wilhelm, R. & Jackson, C.

  Mentors & Meals

  12/1/13 → 5/15/15

  Project: Research project

  • Student 100%
  • Students 100%
  • Moon 77%
  • Natural Satellites 63%
  • Exploration 45%

• Data Acquisition System for the n3He experiment

  Crawford, C.

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  11/18/13 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

• Collective Phenomena in Dirac and Chern Electronic Systems

  Murthy, G.

  US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/13 → 9/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Physical Property 66%
  • Number 66%
  • Semiconductor 33%
  • Quasiparticle 33%

• Collective Phenomena in Dirac and Chern Electronic Systems

  Murthy, G.

  US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/13 → 9/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Physical Property 66%
  • Number 66%
  • Semiconductor 33%
  • Quasiparticle 33%

• Collective Phenomena in Dirac and Chern Electronic Systems

  Murthy, G.

  US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/13 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Physical Property 66%
  • Number 66%
  • Semiconductor 33%
  • Quasiparticle 33%

• Collective Phenomena in Dirac and Chern Electronic Systems

  Murthy, G.

  US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/13 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Physical Property 66%
  • Number 66%
  • Semiconductor 33%
  • Quasiparticle 33%

• Collective Phenomena in Dirac and Chern Electronic Systems

  Murthy, G.

  US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/13 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • Graphene 100%
  • Physical Property 66%
  • Number 66%
  • Semiconductor 33%
  • Quasiparticle 33%

• Reading the message in the light: understanding STIS and COS spectra, preparing for the Webb Era

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  10/1/13 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • UV/VIS Spectroscopy 100%
  • Model 60%
  • Emission 60%
  • Ionization 60%
  • IR Spectroscopy 60%

• MRI Consortium: Development of Instrumentation to Measure the Spin Precession Frequency in the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment

  Gorringe, T. & Fatemi, R.

  University of Washington

  9/15/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Standard Model 100%
  • Physics 100%
  • Value 75%
  • Muon 75%
  • Particle Physics 50%

• DMREF: Theory-guided Experimental Wearch of Designed Topological and Band-Inverted Insulators

  Cao, G.

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Time 100%
  • Group 50%
  • Nonconductor 50%
  • Single Crystalline Solid 50%
  • Crucible 50%

• KSEF RDE: Hybrid Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Materials for Nanoelectronic Devices

  Strachan, D.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/13 → 6/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • Material 100%
  • Probe 100%
  • Graphene 75%
  • Device 75%
  • Nanoelectronics 25%

• Data Acquisition System for the Nab Experiment

  Crawford, C.

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  2/20/13 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

• A Universal Relation for Inelastic Molecular Collisional Rates in Support of NASA FIR/SUBMM Observations of Molecular Gas

  Ferland, G.

  University of Georgia

  1/25/13 → 1/24/15

  Project: Research project

  • Observation 100%
  • Titanium Oxide 100%
  • Young Stellar Objects 60%
  • Calculation 40%
  • Scattering 40%

• Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) survey commissioning and execution

  Yan, R. & Zhang, K.

  1/1/13 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Survey 100%
  • Surveys 100%
  • Work 63%
  • Sample 27%
  • Datum 27%

• In Situ TEM Imaging of Solid State Li-ion Nanobatteries

  Guiton, B. & Strachan, D.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  1/1/13 → 12/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Solid State 100%
  • Nanowires 100%
  • Nanowire 100%
  • Shapes 66%
  • Substrates 66%

• KY EPSCoR: Research to Compare Informal and Formal Environments towards Understanding How Middle Level Students Learn Math and Science

  Wilhelm, J., Jackson, C. & Wilhelm, R.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/13 → 12/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Student 100%
  • Exploration 88%
  • Students 83%
  • Learning 72%
  • Evaluation 66%

• Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) - I

  Kocevski, D.

  12/1/12 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Surveys 100%
  • Active Galactic Nucleus 75%
  • Images 25%
  • X Ray 25%
  • Galaxies 25%

• Research on Gauge Theories, Gravity, and Strings

  Das, S. & Shapere, A.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/12 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Theory 100%
  • University 69%
  • Research 44%
  • Universities 34%
  • State 30%

• KSEF RDE: Colossal Negative Volume Thermal Expansion Coupled to Magnetic and Orbital Orders in Mott Insulators

  Cao, G.

  7/1/12 → 12/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Material 100%
  • Thermal Expansion 75%
  • Volume 37%
  • Insulators 25%
  • Coefficients 25%

• KSEF RDE: Two-Dimensional Confinement of Strongly Correlated and Spin-Orbit Coupled Electrons in 5d Transition-Metal Oxide Quantum-Wells

  Seo, A. & Delong, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/12 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Electronics 100%
  • Quantum Wells 66%
  • Electron Particle 50%
  • Electronic State 33%
  • Two Dimensional 33%

• Precision Measurementswith Low Energy Neutrons

  Crawford, C.

  Department of Energy

  7/1/12 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Symmetry 100%
  • Neutrons 100%
  • Coil 30%
  • Shapes 20%
  • Spin 20%

• Low Energy, High Precision Muon Experiments

  Gorringe, T.

  National Science Foundation

  5/15/12 → 4/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Students 100%
  • Physics 83%
  • Muon 83%
  • Standard Model 33%
  • Data Acquisition 33%

• Fundamental Studies of the Proton Spin in QCD

  Fatemi, R.

  National Science Foundation

  5/15/12 → 4/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Spin 100%
  • Protons 72%
  • Quark 54%
  • Gluon 36%
  • Quantum Chromodynamics 36%

• Novel phenomena in quantum magnets with strong spin-orbit coupling

  Kaul, R.

  4/11/12 → 4/10/13

  Project: Research project

  • Spin-Orbit Coupling 100%
  • Group 66%
  • Regimes 66%
  • Coulomb Repulsion 33%
  • Coming Year 33%

• SEMPA Study of the Nucleation, Stability and Dynamics of Ferromagnetic Vortices....."

  Delong, L.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  4/9/12 → 2/28/14

  Project: Research project

  • Nucleation 100%
  • Stability 100%
  • Investigation 100%
  • Laboratory 100%
  • Grant 100%

• The Nature of the Crab Nebula Filaments

  Ferland, G.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  4/3/12 → 4/2/16

  Project: Research project

  • Particle 100%
  • Dust 100%
  • Cores 100%
  • Photons 66%
  • Crab Nebula 66%

• COS spectra of a Filament in NGC1275 - Testing the Particle Heating Mechanism

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  2/1/12 → 1/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Spectra 100%
  • Particle 50%
  • Ionization 50%
  • Perseus Cluster 50%
  • Heating 25%

• Researching Equity in STEM Classrooms as Middle Level Students Experience the NASA-based Realistic Explorations in Astronomical Learning Curriculum

  Wilhelm, J., Jackson, C. & Wilhelm, R.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  1/1/12 → 12/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Learning 100%
  • Science 80%
  • Curriculum 80%
  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 40%
  • Students 40%

• Collaborative Research: Spectral diagnostics of heavy elements at high redshift

  Ferland, G.

  National Science Foundation

  9/15/11 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Spectra 100%
  • Ion 66%
  • Very Large Telescope 66%
  • Coefficients 66%

• Calibration of the WFC3 Emission-Line Filters and Application of the Results to the Greatest Source of the Uncertainties in Determining Abundances in Gaseous Nebulae

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  9/1/11 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Calibration 100%
  • Emission 100%
  • Ring Nebulae 50%
  • Gaseous Nebulae 50%
  • Utilization 50%

• Restricted Scope: Theory of Light Hydrogenlike Bound States: High Order Corrections Ions: High Order Corrections in Muonic and Electronic Atoms and Ions

  Eides, M.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/11 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Electronics 100%
  • Inorganic Ion 50%
  • Analytical Method 37%
  • Proton 37%
  • Hydrogen 37%

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

  Eides, M.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/11 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Electronics 100%
  • Inorganic Ion 50%
  • Analytical Method 37%
  • Proton 37%
  • Hydrogen 37%

• MRI: Development of an Electron-Beam based Instrument to Study Nanoscale Processes in Liquids

  Hastings, J., Cheng, Y., Delong, L., Singh, V. & Strachan, D.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/11 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Electron Beam 100%
  • Nanoscale 87%
  • Liquids 75%
  • Liquid 75%
  • Engineering 62%

• CAREER: Novel States of Correlated Quantum Matter in Numerical Simulations, Field Theories and Natural Systems

  Kaul, R.

  9/1/11 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Physics 100%
  • Students 85%
  • Universities 71%
  • Quality 28%
  • Utilization 28%

• Restricted Scope for Participant Support: CAREER: Novel States of Correlated Quantum Matter in Numerical Simulations, Field Theories and Natural Systems

  Kaul, R.

  9/1/11 → 6/17/16

  Project: Research project

  • Physics 100%
  • Students 85%
  • Universities 71%
  • Quality 28%
  • Utilization 28%

• Gas Flows and Rapid Metal Enrichment in AGN

  Ferland, G.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/11 → 1/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Independent Component Analysis 100%
  • Active Galactic Nucleus 83%
  • Codes 66%
  • Impact 50%
  • Emission 50%

• Student participation in the NPDGamma Experiment

  Crawford, C.

  Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  7/1/11 → 9/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • Student 100%
  • Students 100%
  • Occupations 66%
  • Experiments 66%
  • Experiment 66%

• REU Supplement: Numerical simulations of non-equilibrium plasmas and their spectra - extensions to the molecular environs of AGN & Starburst Galaxies

  Ferland, G.

  National Science Foundation

  6/10/11 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Spectra 100%
  • Environment 50%
  • Hydrogen 50%
  • Gases 37%
  • Dust 37%

• Keeping the cool gas in galaxy clusters warm

  Ferland, G.

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  5/31/11 → 5/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • Gases 100%
  • Star Formation 100%
  • Cooling 66%
  • Galaxy Clusters 66%
  • Ionization 66%

• Contstraining the Cold Gas and Dust in Cluster Cooling Flows

  Ferland, G.

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  4/1/11 → 9/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Star Formation 100%
  • Gases 66%
  • Cooling 66%
  • Galaxies 66%
  • Dust 66%

• Understanding the Messages in the light- the general-purpose AMDfA atomic/molecular database

  Ferland, G.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  4/1/11 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Database 100%
  • Charge Transfer 50%
  • Gases 50%
  • Recombination 50%
  • Ionization 50%

• Cold gas and dust in cool-core galaxy clusters

  Ferland, G.

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  3/15/11 → 3/14/16

  Project: Research project

  • Molecular Cluster 100%
  • Cool Cores 66%
  • Galaxy Clusters 66%
  • Cores 66%
  • Halos 66%

• US-Egypt Travel to a workshop on Holographic Techniques in Cosmology, Luxor, Egypt February 6-10, 2011

  Das, S. & Shapere, A.

  National Science Foundation

  2/1/11 → 7/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Egypt 100%
  • Scientist 50%
  • Research 50%
  • Cosmology 50%

• DUSTY-PHOTZ: Dusty Starbursts, Photometric Redshifts, and Star Formation in the Distant Universe

  Elitzur, M.

  1/11/11 → 1/10/16

  Project: Research project

  • Spectral Energy Distribution 100%
  • Galaxies 100%
  • Universe 75%
  • Model 50%
  • Star Formation 50%

• Plasma Simulations That Meet the Challenges of COS and STIS

  Ferland, G.

  Space Telescope Science Institute

  10/1/10 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Plasma Simulation 100%
  • Atomic Physics 50%
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Generator 50%
  • Database 50%
  • Server 50%

• Holography, Supersymmetry and Numerics in Quantum Critical and Quantum Lifshitz Theories

  Murthy, G., Das, S., Kaul, R. & Shapere, A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/15/10 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Quantum Information Theory 100%
  • Equilibrium 100%
  • Supersymmetry 75%
  • Time 75%
  • Model 75%

• A General Purpose Atomic and Molecular Data Interface for Astrophysical Modeling

  Ferland, G.

  University of Georgia

  7/1/10 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project

• Search for an Electric Dipole moment in 225 Ra

  Kalita, M. & Korsch, W.

  Argonne National Laboratory

  4/13/10 → 4/12/15

  Project: Research project

  • Dipole Moment 100%
  • Atoms 75%
  • Spin 25%
  • Region 25%
  • Electric Fields 25%

• Measurements of Low Energy Neutrons from Neutron-Induced Fission

  Kovash, M.

  1/11/10 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Fission 100%
  • Neutrons 100%
  • Model 25%
  • Knowledge 25%
  • Area 12%

• IR Emmission and the Viewing Angle of AGN

  Elitzur, M.

  1/1/10 → 12/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Active Galactic Nuclei 100%
  • Viewing 71%
  • Torus 57%
  • Emission 28%
  • Dust 14%