The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $88,172<\/em><\/strong>6<\/strong> in external grant and contract awards:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Stephan Davenport (Accounting), in collaboration with the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc, has requested and received $2,500 from the Internal Revenue Service for the project entitled, “2021-22 IRS\/Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Stephan Davenport and Dr. Spencer Usrey (Accounting), in collaboration with the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc, have requested and received $10,000 from the Internal Revenue Service for the project entitled, “2022-2023 IRS\/Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Deborah McAllister (School of Education), in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, has received $35,555 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the project entitled, “Elementary and Middle Grades STEM.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Christina Policastro (Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies) has received $36,117 from the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence for the project entitled, “Tommy Burks Victim Assistance Academy 2023.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Priscilla Simms-Roberson (School of Nursing) has received $4,000 from CVS Health for the project entitled, “2022-2023 CVS Health Foundation FNP\/PA Scholarship.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $4,384,893<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> in external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Michael Danquah (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Dr. Dalei Wu (Computer Science and Engineering), and Dr. Amir Alakaam (Health and Human Performance), in collaboration with the University of Otago, have requested $649,301 from the USDA\u2019s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for the project entitled, “DSFAS PARTNERSHIP: Computational and Data-Driven Pipeline for Molecular and Functional Discovery and Assessment of Indigenous Foods.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Stephanie DeVries (Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science), in collaboration with WaterWays, has requested $2,770 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for the project entitled, “Stream and sediment collection and analysis for MyWaterWays.org.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Lucien Ellington and Jeffrey Melnik (School of Education) have requested $88,436 from the Association for Asian Studies, Inc for the project entitled, “Education About Asia Journal Project 2023.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Jennifer Hogg (Health & Human Performance), in collaboration with Emory University, has requested $767,966 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Sex Specific and Adaptive Biofeedback for Transfer of Injury-Resistant Biomechanics to Virtual Reality Simulated Sport.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Jennifer Lynberg (School of Education) has requested $60,571 from the Tennessee Department of Education for the project entitled, “Tennessee Governors School for Aspiring Teachers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Ziwei Ma (Mathematics), in collaboration with the University of Texas at El Paso, has requested $299,994 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “SCH: Rehabilitation Evaluation of Neurologic Motor Disorders using Wearable Sensors and Anomaly Detection of High Dimensional Time Series Models.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi (Mechanical Engineering), in collaboration with Purdue University, has requested $321,785 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Actuation Fatigue and Crack Growth Behavior of Shape Memory Alloy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Elizabeth O’Brien (Counseling), in collaboration with Hamilton County Public Schools, has requested $349,616 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project entitled, “Mental Health Service Interns at Hamilton County Schools.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Elizabeth O’Brien (Counseling) has requested $54,699 from the State of Tennessee for the project entitled, “School Psychology Model for TN Schools.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Daniel Pack and Dr. Zachary Ruble (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with Shared Spectrum Company, have requested $578,271 from the Information Warfare Research Project Consortium for the project entitled, “Project Overmatch Mission Autonomy Proving Grounds.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Brooke Persons (Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies) has requested $42,047 from Magens Bay Authority for the project entitled, “Phase II Archaeological Testing and Evaluation of MBA-Site 1 at Magens Bay, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Donald Reising and Dr. Mohamed Fadul (Electrical Engineering), in collaboration with Riverside Research, have requested $244,637 from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for the project entitled, “Collaborative Electrical Engineering Research.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Mina Sartipi (CUIP), Dr. Weidong Wu, and Dr. Ignatius Fomunung (Civil and Chemical Engineering), in collaboration with the Nashville Department of Transportation, have requested $350,750 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Leveraging Advanced Data to Deliver Multimodal Safety.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Yunye Shi (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $196,995 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “ERI: Characterizing and improving algae-derived biofuel droplet burning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Serkan Varol (Engineering Management and Technology), Dr. Michael Danquah (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Dr. Marissa McElrone, and Dr. Dawn Ford (Health and Human Performance) have requested $377,055 from the National Institutes of Health for the project entitled, “Exploring black adults’ willingness to vaccinate themselves and their children in the southeastern U.S.; a mixed method approach.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations! The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $88,1726 in external grant and contract awards: Dr. Stephan Davenport (Accounting), in collaboration with the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Inc, has requested and received $2,500 from the Internal Revenue Service for the project entitled, “2021-22 IRS\/Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program.” Dr. Stephan Davenport and Dr.… <\/p>\nGood Luck! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n