April 2016 Awards
BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Wang, Donghai, United Sorghum Checkoff Program, $180,000, “Evaluation of the Potential of Pedigreed Sorghum Mutants for Biofuel Production.”
Wang, Donghai, US Department of Agriculture, $11,000, “Acquisition of Goods and Services.”
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Hohn, Keith and Vadlani, Praveen, US Department of Defense, $75,000, “Novel Biomass Conversion Process for Production of Butylenes.”
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Beck, B. Terry, Wu, Chih-Hang, Peterman, Robert, BNSF Railway Foundation, $77,849, “Determining the Transfer Length and Prestress in Concrete Railroad Ties.”
COMPUTER SCIENCE
DeLoach, Scott, US Army, $115,610, “CREACT: Advanced Network Security Metrics for Cyber REsilience and Asset Criticality Measurement in Mission Success.”
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Miller, Ruth and White, Warren, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, $3,485, “Kansas State University Wind Turbine Design Team 2016.”
INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Beck, B. Terry, Wu, Chih-Hang, Peterman, Robert, BNSF Railway Foundation, $77,849, “Determining the Transfer Length and Prestress in Concrete Railroad Ties.”
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Eckels, Steven and McCullough, Elizabeth, Multi-Sponsor, $1,200, “Thermal Properties of Textile Products.”
MECHANICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Beck, B. Terry, Wu, Chih-Hang, Peterman, Robert, BNSF Railway Foundation, $77,849, “Determining the Transfer Length and Prestress in Concrete Railroad Ties.”
Bindra, Hitesh, US Department of Energy, $76,634.67, “Experimental Investigation of Forced Convection and Natural Circulation Cooling of a VHTR Core Under Normal Operation and Accident Scenario.”
Lease, Kevin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, $7,000, “Competitive Programs: Research Experience: Charles Balkenbusch Internship – NASA Ames 2016.”
McGregor, Douglas and Ugorowski, Philip, US Department of Energy, $100,000, “Technical Assistance on High Temperature MPFD Development.”
Wanklyn, Kevin, Kansas Department of Transportation, $15,000, “Proposal to Evaluate the Effectiveness of High Friction Surfaces to Mitigate Highway Tire Noise.”
Miller, Ruth and White, Warren, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, $3,485, “Kansas State University Wind Turbine Design Team 2016.”