November 2015 Awards

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Brokesh, Edwin, Kansas Soybean Commission, $3,840, “KSU Biodiesel Product Monitoring and Exploration Project.”

COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Hatcliff, John, Vasserman, Eugene, and Ranganath, Venkatesh, US Department of Defense, $46,000, “Methodologies and Tools for Securing Medical Device Systems in Integrated Clinical Environments (ICE).”

Neilsen, Mitchell, US Department of Agriculture, $35,000, “Enhancement of Software Tools for Predicting Embankment Erosion of Earthen Dams.”

Neilsen, Mitchell, US Department of Energy, $25,000, “Thermal Battery Model Interface Development.”

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Prakash, Punit, Hologic, Inc., $28,655, “Computer Modeling of GYN Microwave Ablation.”

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Eckels, Steven and McCullough, Elizabeth, Multi-Sponsor, $600, “Thermal Properties of Textile Products.”

Day, Julia (Apparel Textiles and Interior), Manzo, Christopher (Interior Architecture and Product Design), Eckels, Steven, and Kim, Jooyoun (Apparel Textiles and Interior), $14,981, US Environmental Protection Agency, “Net Zero Energy Air Filtration: Innovative Filter Media Applications for Improved Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency.”