August 2018 Awards

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Sharda, Ajay, Flippo, Daniel and Brokesh, Edwin, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, $249,696, “Testing and Evaluation Services Agreement.”

Welch, Stephen (Agronomy), Duke, Linda (Beach Museum of Art), Alvarez Santos, Eduard (Agronomy), SV, Krishna Jagadish (Agronomy), Hettiarachchi, Ganga (Agronomy), Fritz, Allan (Agronomy), Poland, Jesse (Plant Pathology), Albin, Nathan (Mathematics), Bello, Nora (Statistics), Dunn, Cindi (Education), Flippo, Daniel and Kulesza, Stacey (Civil Engineering), National Science Foundation, $2,000,000, “RII Track-2 FEC: Building Field-Based Ecophysiological Genome-to-Phenome Prediction.”

Mooreberg, Colby (Agronomy) and Zhang, Naiqian, National Science Foundation, $190,368, “Collaborative Research: EAGER SitS: Automated Imaging Platform for In Situ Sensing and Analysis of Roots, Fungi, and Soil Solution Chemistry.”

Hutchinson, Stacy, The Nature Conservancy, $30,000, Modeling the Impact of Sustainable Development in the Blue River Watershed.”

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Welch, Stephen (Agronomy), Hettiarachchi, Ganga (Agronomy), Hansen, Ryan, Kulesza, Stacey (Civil Engineering) and Parameswaran, Prathap (Civil Engineering), National Science Foundation, $300,000, “EAGER SitS: Sustainable Biosensor Integration for Precision Management of Agricultural Soils.”

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Welch, Stephen (Agronomy), Duke, Linda (Beach Museum of Art), Alvarez Santos, Eduard (Agronomy), SV, Krishna Jagadish (Agronomy), Hettiarachchi, Ganga (Agronomy), Fritz, Allan (Agronomy), Poland, Jesse (Plant Pathology), Albin, Nathan (Mathematics), Bello, Nora (Statistics), Dunn, Cindi (Education), Flippo, Daniel (Biological and Agricultural Engineering) and Kulesza, Stacey, National Science Foundation, $2,000,000, “RII Track-2 FEC: Building Field-Based Ecophysiological Genome-to-Phenome Prediction.”

Welch, Stephen (Agronomy), Hettiarachchi, Ganga (Agronomy), Hansen, Ryan (Chemical Engineering), Kulesza, Stacey and Parameswaran, Prathap, National Science Foundation, $300,000, “EAGER SitS: Sustainable Biosensor Integration for Precision Management of Agricultural Soils.”

Jones, Christopher, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., $17,383, “Phase 1 Initial Mechanical Testing for PLAROCK Aggregates.”

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Neilsen, Mitchell, US Department of Energy, $28,344, “Thermal Battery Model Interface Development.”

Prabhakar, Pavithra, US Department of Defense, $111,000, “Formal Synthesis of Robust, Optimal Controllers for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.”

Amariucai, George, National Science Foundation, $10,810, “SBE: Small: Continuous Human-User Authentication by Induced Procedural Visual-Motor Biometrics.”

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Scoglio, Caterina, US Department of Agriculture, $66,150, “Long-Distance Dispersal and Disease Outbreaks: Effects of Initial Prevalence, Basic Reproduction Number, and Control Tactics.”

Prakash, Punit, Beard, Warren (Clinical Sciences) and Ganta, Chanran (Veterinary Diagnostic Lab), National Science Foundation, $105,303, “STTR Phase I: Directional Minimally Invasive Microwave Antenna for Precise Spatial Control of Thermal Ablation.”

Prakash, Punit, Broncus Medical, Inc., $68,778, “Experimental Platform for Characterizing Bioheat Transfer during Thermal Ablation of Lung Tumors.”

INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Heier Stamm, Jessica, National Science Foundation, $9,143, “CAREER: Measuring the Impact of Public Health Supply Chain Coordination Structures on the Effectiveness of Disaster Preparedness and Response.”

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Hosni, Mohammad and Jones, Byron, US Department of Health and Human Services, $68,220, “Aircraft Cabin Pathogen Dispersion and Control Research Laboratory Services.”

KANSAS INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICES

Snead, Bruce, Hanson, Brian and Snyder, Kristina, US Environmental Protection Agency, $200,000,”National Radon Program Services (NRPS).”

MECHANICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Bahadori, Amir, McNeil, Walter and Roberts, Jeremy, US Department of Energy, $167,493, “A Dedicated Laboratory for Radioactive Sample Handling.”

Hobeck, Jared, National Science Foundation, $203,109, “Collaborative Research: Rethinking the Role of Building Envelopes with Smart Morphing Facades (Smorphacades).”