2017 Archive 607 Projects

PROJECT SPONSOR AMOUNT

Effects of Reproduction and Lactation on Post-Menopausal Bone Health, Liyun Wang, 10 mo.

University of Pennsylvania $ 158,688

Development of Fluorine NMR as a Versatile Probe of Structure and Chemical Environments in Proteins, Tatyana Polenova, 4 yr.

University of Pittsburgh $ 309,202

Accurate and Efficient Modeling of Ionic Interactions: Charge Redistribution, Polarization and Dispersion, Sandeep A Patel, 3 yr 11 mo

University of South Florida $ 393,319

Low Power Silicon Photonics, Dennis W Prather, 3 yr

University of Texas at Austin $ 823,338

Texas Coastal Zone Coordinated Simulations and Field Measurements: the Role of Langmuir Cells in Sediment Suspension and Oil-Mineral Aggregation, Joseph Kuehl, 2 yr.

University of Texas at Dallas $ 120,727

Beginning Farmer Workshop, Daniel Severson, 1 yr. 1 mo.

University of Vermont $ 16,330

Development of a Multi-Grid, Two-Layer Boussinesq Model System to Facilitate Large-Scale Computations for Ship-Wakes, Surface Waves and Coastal Erosion, Fengyan Shi, James Kirby, 1 yr.

US Army Corps of Engineers $ 150,237

Synthesis of Glucose-Oxime Conjugates for GLUT-Facilitated Transport of Reactivators Across the Blood Brain Barrier, John Koh, 1 yr.

US Army Medical Research $ 207,883

Identifying Musculoskeletal System Interactions with Ankle-foot Orthoses to Ultimately Augment Solider Performance, Elisa Arch, 1 yr.

US Army Research Laboratory $ 36,616

Optimizing Strength in Fused Deposition Modeling to Make Next Generation Materials, Michael Mackay, 3 yr.

US Army Research Laboratory $ 578,169

ARO Short Term Innovative Research (Stir) 3D Printing of Metal Oxide Framework (MOF) Materials, Mark Steven Mirotznik, 6 mo

US Army Research Office $ 34,312

Probing Novel Syntrophic Microbial Interactions, Eleftherios Papoutsakis, 9 mo.

US Army Research Office $ 72,262

A Comprehensive System for 3D Augmented Reality with Fusion on Radar, IR, Color, Depth and Classification of Hidden Target Objects, Chandra Kambhamettu, 5 yr.

US Army Research Office $ 954,492

Studies on Biology and Natural Enemies of Spotted Lantern Fly, Charles Bartlett, 11 mo.

US Department of Agriculture $ 4,589

Annual Renewal of the Beneficial Insect Lab, Douglas Tallamy, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 5,000

Delaware Detection of Plant Diseases, Nancy Gregory, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 5,613

Assist in Rearing Wood-Boring Insects Such as Emerald as Borers and Asian Longhorned Borers and their Natural Enemies, Douglas Tallamy, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 20,000

Genomic Sequence and Analysis of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas, Nicole Donofrio, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 25,386

Biological Control of Invasive Insect Pests, Including (but not limited to) Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Douglas Tallamy, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 48,181

Investigation of Anastatus as Potential Biocontrol Agents of Lycorma Delicatula and Other Hemiptera Including Potential Non-Target Organisms, Charles Bartlett, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 71,032

Crop Insurance Education in Delaware, Laurie Wolinski, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 266,801

Training for 20 Participants in the EPDR & PDOMR Certificate Training Programs, Eric Benson, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 376,056

Understanding Sources, Chemical Forms, and Stability of Recalcitrant and Residual Phosphorus Pools in Agricultural Soils, Deb Jaisi, Donald Spark, 4 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 518,060

Characterization and Mitigation of Bacterial Pathogens in the Fresh Produce Production and Processing Continuum, Kalmia Kniel, 2 yr. 11 mo.

US Department of Agriculture $ 599,999

Delaware Hatch Capacity Award, Mark Rieger, 1 yr.

US Department of Agriculture $ 2,257,622

Predictive Coarse-Grained Modeling of Morphologies in Polymer Nanocomposites with Specific and Directional Intermolecular Interactions, Arthi Jayaraman, 3 yr.

US Department of Energy $ 726,000

Unique Optical Excitations in Topological Insulators, Stephanie Law Toner, 5 yr.

US Department of Energy $ 750,003

Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Alcohols, Feng Jiao, 3 yr.

US Department of Energy $ 971,202

Direct Ammonia Fuel Cells for Transport Applications, Shimshon Gottesfeld, Yushan Yan, 3 yr.

US Department of Energy $ 2,009,126

Ultimately Transformed and Optimized Powertrain Integrated with Automated and Novel Vehicular and Highway Connectivity Leveraged for Efficiency (Utopian Vehicle), Andreas Malikopoulos, 3 yr.

US Department of Energy $ 4,031,489

Operational Support to the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage, Debra Hess Norris, 1 yr 5 mo

US Department of State $ 153,398

Development of Mushroom Mycelium Based Biocomposites for Fashion Products, Huantian Cao, Kelly Cobb, 1 yr.

US Environmental Protection Agency $ 18,148

Quantifying Wintering Mid-Atlantic Black Duck Occupancy Dynamics as a Function of Landscape Composition, Christopher Williams, 1 yr.

US Fish and Wildlife Service $ 70,459

Geologic Map of the Dover Quadrangle, Delaware, Kelvin Ramsey, 1 yr.

US Geological Survey $ 204,250

University of Delaware Upward Bound Program, John France, 5 yr.

US Office of Education $ 339,321

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement, Lynn Okagaki, DEPUTY PROVOST ACAD AFFAIRS, 5 yr.

US Office of Education $ 365,207

Examining the Use of Automated Essay Evaluation Software for Improving Students’ Writing Achievement, Joshua Wilson, Charles MacArthur, 2 yr.

US Office of Education $ 399,999

An Efficacy Follow-Up Study of the Long-Term Effects of Reading Recovery Under the i3 Scale-Up, Henry May, Steven Amendum, 3 yr.

US Office of Education $ 1,099,999

Improving Cold Weather Foam Depopulation Operation, Eric Benson, Robert Alphin, 1 yr. 6 mo.

US Poultry And Egg Association $ 70,639

Advanced Material Development for Additive Manufacturing of Electromagnetically Functionalized Composites, Mark Mirotznik, Shridhar Yarlagadda, 1 yr.

USAF Office of Scientific Research $ 278,393

Photonic-to-RF Instrumentation Systems for Manufacturing and Testing of Integrated Components, Dennis Prather, 1 yr.

USAF Office of Scientific Research $ 358,301

Weyl Fermion Devices for Chipscale Communications, James Kolodzey, 3 yr

USAF Office of Scientific Research $ 730,981

Target Identification Problems in Inverse Scattering Theory, David L Colton, Peter Monk, 3 yr

USAF Office of Scientific Research $ 903,239

Conference on Advancing Behavioral and Experimental Economics Methods and Applications to Sustainable Environmental and Agricultural Mgmt, Leah Harris Palm-Forster, Kent Messer, 1 yr

USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture $ 52,564

System Optimization Opportunities Due to Vehicle Connectivity and Automation, Andreas Malikopoulos, 11 mo.

UT-Battelle, LLC $ 68,000

Supported Living Transition Support and Research, Steven Eidelman, Nancy Weiss, 1 yr.

Vaya Health $ 35,000

N-SPACE Sensors, Erik Thostenson, 9 mo.

Venturewell $ 6,504

Designing Innovative Solutions to the Grand Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Jeannie Stephens, Daniel Freeman, 1 yr 6 mo

Venturewell $ 38,005

The Effect of Tow Duration and Estimate Dredge Efficiency for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Sea Scallop Dredge Survey, Arthur Trembanis, 1 yr.

Virginia Institute of Marine Science $ 199,999

Unlocking the Black Box of Microbial Epigenetics, Jennifer Biddle, 3 yr.

W. M. Keck Foundation $ 1,372,062

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