The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $22,407 <\/strong>in external grant and contract awards: <\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Khalid Tantawi (Mechanical Engineering), in collaboration with Motlow State Community College, has received $4,907 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Preparing the Workforce for Industry 4.0’s Intelligent Industrial Robotics.”<\/p>\n Dr. Deborah McAllister (School of Education) has received $17,500 from the Georgia Tech Research Institute for the project entitled, “Inspiring NASA’s Next Generation through Building, Coding, and Machine Learning Missions.”<\/p>\n The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $3,556,119 <\/strong>in external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Hong Qin (Computer Science and Engineering) has requested $702,436 from the OpenAI for the project entitled, “AI alignment challenge using a toy test-bed: emulating the mal-aligned AI model with poisoned attacked AI models.”<\/p>\n Dr. Hong Qin (Computer Science and Engineering), in collaboration with The University of Rhode Island, has requested $9,659 from the National Institute of Health for the project entitled, “Uncovering the Functional Mechanism of Chemokine Receptor CXCR4.”<\/p>\n Dr. Bradley Harris and Dr. Sungwoo Yang (Civil & Chemical Engineering) have requested $20,895 from the Metasorbex Corporation for the project entitled, “AI-powered nanocarbon catalytic process for direct conversion of CO2 to methanol.”<\/p>\n Dr. Serkan Varol (Engineering Management and Technology) has requested $10,962 from the Volkswagen Group of America for the project entitled, “Engineering & Planning Center at VW- Engineering Management and Technology at UTC.”<\/p>\n Dr. Yunye Shi (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $70,000 from the American Chemical Society for the project entitled, “Experimental Investigation of Light-controlled Active Droplets in Confined Environment.”<\/p>\n Dr. Lakmali Weerasena (Mathematics), Dr. Jennifer Boyd (Biology, Geology and Environmental Science) Dr. Damitha Bandara (Management) and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have requested $571,988 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Innovative Set Covering Models for Effective Conservation Strategies Involving Habitat Connectivity: Optimization Approaches with Emphasis on New Scientific Computing Methods.”<\/p>\n Dr. Priscilla Simms-Roberson, Dr. Susan Thul and Dr. Natalie Owsley (School of Nursing) have requested $1,500,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project entitled, “TN And GA Network for SANE Preparation & Practice.”<\/p>\n Dr. Kimberly Wingate (School of Education) has requested $54,960 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, “Occupational Educator Scholarships 2024-2027.”<\/p>\n Dr. Allen Pratt (School of Education) has requested $615,219, in collaboration with Texas A and M University, from the Institute of Education Science for the project entitled, “Literacy Education and Advancement Rural Network (LEARN) Center.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations! The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $22,407 in external grant and contract awards: Dr. Khalid Tantawi (Mechanical Engineering), in collaboration with Motlow State Community College, has received $4,907 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Preparing the Workforce for Industry 4.0’s Intelligent Industrial Robotics.” Dr. Deborah McAllister (School of Education)… <\/p>\nGood Luck!<\/h4>\n