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Congratulations!
\n<\/strong>The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $2,685,818<\/strong> in external grant and contract awards:<\/em><\/h4>\n

Drs. Raga Ahmed, Vahid Rasouli Disfani (Electrical Engineering), Mbakisya Onyango, Weidong Wu (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Jennifer Ellis (School of Education), Wolday Abrha (Engineering Management & Technology), and Louie Elliot (Mechanical Engineering) have received $595,935 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “RET Site: Engineering and Data Analytics in Smart Cities.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Pamela Ashmore and Lindsey Cochran (Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies) have received $13,028 from the Friends of Fort Frederica for the project entitled, “Archaeological Research at Fort Frederica National Monument, Summer 2019.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Belinda Lee (Center for Community Career Education) has received $347,656 from the U.S. Department of Education for the project entitled, “UTC Upward Bound Program.”<\/p>\n

Linda Hinkle (Student Affairs) has received $2,499 from the Daughters of the American Revolution via the UC Foundation for the project entitled, “UTC Veterans Student Services Lounge Project.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Thomas Loveless and Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering) have received $39,862 from the Office of Naval Research for the project entitled, “Fault-Tolerant Design through Ionizing Radiation Effects Spectroscopy and Intelligent Control.”<\/p>\n

Laurie Melnik and Angela Dittmar (Southeast Center for Education) have received $4,475 from the Shelby County Schools for the project entitled, “Arts Integration Workshops at Sherwood Elementary School, Memphis TN.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Marcia Noe (English) has received $3,000 from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature for the project entitled, “Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature Publications Editor.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Mbakisya Onyango, Joseph Owino, Weidong Wu (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Aldo McLean, and Endong Wang (Engineering Management & Technology) have received $99,997 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Winter Maintenance for Open-Graded Friction Course Pavements in Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Hong Qin (SimCenter) has received $137,136 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “A Probabilistic Gene Network Model of Cellular Aging and Its Application on the Conserved Lifespan Extension Mechanisms of Dietary Restriction.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Joanne Romagni (Vice Chancellor for Research) has requested and received $781,060 from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission for the project entitled, “Center for Excellence in Applied Computational Science & Engineering.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Anthony Skjellum (SimCenter), Farah Kandah (Computer Science and Engineering), and Donald Reising (Electrical Engineering) have requested and received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy via Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the project entitled, “RevV – Data Analytics to Fast-Forward Product Development and Job Creation in Tennessee.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Christine B. Smith (School of Nursing) has requested and received $192,816 from the Erlanger Health System for the project entitled, “RN to BSN Gateway Program.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Endong Wang (Engineering Management & Technology) has requested and received $6,425 from the Associated General Contractors Education & Research Foundation for the project entitled, “Robert L. Bowen Industry Residency at T.U. Parks Construction Company.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Endong Wang (Engineering Management & Technology), Mbakisya Onyango, Weidong Wu (Civil and Chemical Engineering), and Dalei Wu (Computer Science and Engineering) have received $149,857 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the project entitled, “Rating and Inventory of TDOT Retaining Walls.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Li Yang, Professor David Schwab, and Dr. Mengjun Xie (Computer Science and Engineering) have received $62,072 from the U.S. Department of Defense and Securities and Exchange Commission via the National Security Agency Central Security Service for the project entitled, “UTC GenCyber Teacher Camp.”<\/p>\n

Good Luck! <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $1,252,101<\/strong> in external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/h4>\n

Dr. Lucien Ellington and Jeffrey Melnik (School of Education) have requested $17,996 from the Freeman Foundation for the project entitled, “Freeman Foundation Teacher Professional Development Programs 2019-2020.”<\/p>\n

John Freeze and Jeanette Duggan (Center for Professional Education) have requested $458,772 from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs for the project entitled, “Leadership Training for Domestic Violence Shelter Staff.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Zibin Guo (Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies) and Elizabeth Hathaway (Health and Human Performance) have requested $187,452 from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs for the project entitled, “Wheelchair\/Adaptive Tai Chi Chuan as an Adaptive Sport for Veterans with Ambulatory Disability – Program Expansion.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Yu Liang, Lingju Kong (Mathematics), and Dalei Wu (Computer Science and Engineering) have requested $495,380 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “HDR I-DIRSE-FW: Collaborative Research: DSCE360 \u2013 A Data-driven Sustainable Community Ecosystem.”<\/p>\n

Drs. Anthony Skjellum, Abdollah Arabshahi, Bailey Kirby (SimCenter), and Dr. Jennifer Ellis (School of Education) have requested $57,635 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “Software Engineering Workforce Development in High-Performance Computing for Digital Twins.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Skjellum (SimCenter) has requested $34,866 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled, “INTERN Supplement-Branch Technology.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations! The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted $2,685,818 in external grant and contract awards: Drs. Raga Ahmed, Vahid Rasouli Disfani (Electrical Engineering), Mbakisya Onyango, Weidong Wu (Civil and Chemical Engineering), Jennifer Ellis (School of Education), Wolday Abrha (Engineering Management & Technology), and Louie Elliot (Mechanical Engineering) have received $595,935 from the National Science… <\/p>\n

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