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Congratulations!
\n<\/strong>The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $372,373 <\/strong>in external grant and contract awards:<\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Belinda Brownlee (Center for Community Career Education) has received $319,122 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project entitled, “UTC Upward Bound Program.”<\/p>\n

Ms. Sandra Cole (Center for Community Career Education) has received $10,750 from the City of Chattanooga for the project entitled, “CK, Now! Scholarships and Programming.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Lucien Ellington & Jeffrey Melnik (School of Education) have received $17,996 from the Freeman Foundation for the project entitled, “Freeman Foundation Teacher Professional Development Programs 2018-2019.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Gregory Heath (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research) has requested and received $4,000 from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the project entitled, “Tennessee University – Business Showcase.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Mark Schorr (Biology) has received $4,505 from the Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council for the project entitled, “Assessment of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution in North Georgia Streams.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Skjellum (Sim Center) has received $16,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “CICI: Data Provenance: Collaborative Research: Provenance Assurance Using Currency Primitives.”<\/p>\n

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Good Luck!<\/em>
\n<\/strong>The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $1,554,735<\/strong> in external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Vahid Rasouli Disfani (Electrical Engineering) has submitted a preliminary proposal to the Department of Energy for the project entitled, “Grid Integration of Solar Photovoltaic Systems through Modular Multilevel Converters with Cell Level Power Electronics Submodules.”<\/p>\n

Ms. Tricia Henderson (Student Affairs) and Dr. Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Oden (Counseling) have requested $373,427 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for the project entitled, “Chattanooga Mental Health Partnership Project.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Yu Liang, Dalei Wu (Computer Science & Engineering), Dr. Zibin Guo (Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies), Dr. Nancy Fell (Physical Therapy) and Dr. Amanda Clark (Psychology) have requested $903,276 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “RUI: Collaborative Research: ACTIVE – Aging and Chronic Disease Management with Tai-Chi in an Individualized Virtual Environment.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Charles Mix (IGT Lab) has requested $3,229 from American Rivers for the project entitled, “Tuckasegee River Trail Map Design.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Abdul Ofoli (Electrical Engineering) has submitted a preliminary proposal to the Department of Energy for the project entitled, “Developing, Training and Bridging the Skills Gap for the Solar Workforce.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Donald Reising, T. Daniel Loveless (Electrical Engineering) and Dr. Mina Sartipi (Computer Science & Engineering) have submitted a preliminary proposal to the Department of Energy for the project entitled, “Smart Building through Smarter Models.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Mina Sartipi (Computer Science & Engineering) and Chandra Ward (Social, Cultural and Justice Studies) have requested $22,713 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Enhancing Livability in Urban Communities for the 21st Century (LUC21).”<\/p>\n

Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas (Mechanical Engineering) has requested $5,205 from SmartTruck Systems, LLC for the project entitled, “CFD study of the impact of 2016 Truck\/Trailer combination on drag reduction devices.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Li Yang, Dalei Wu & Yu Liang (Computer Science & Engineering) have requested $246,885 from the National Security Agency\/Central Security Service for the project entitled, “Developing Advanced Data Science Curriculum in Cybersecurity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations! The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $372,373 in external grant and contract awards: Ms. Belinda Brownlee (Center for Community Career Education) has received $319,122 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project entitled, “UTC Upward Bound Program.” Ms. Sandra Cole (Center for Community Career Education) has received $10,750 from the City… <\/p>\n

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