FY12 Annual Report: Research Awards

Researcher

Project

Agency

Project Amt.

Portion Amt.

Barnett, Stanley

Green Chemstry and the Environmental Results Program

EPA

$67,000

$33,500

Baxter, Christopher

Development of a Research Quality Resilient Modulus Testing

STATE

$37,147

$9,287

Baxter, Christopher

Evaluation of Field-Based Liquefaction Approaches for Calcareous Sands Using Shear Wave Velocity

NSF

$189,540

$94,770

Baxter, Christopher

Round II RIDOT/URITC Joint Research Program

STATE

$51,637

$25,818*

Baxter, Christopher

Submarine Landslides of the US Atlantic Continental Margin: Investigation of Geotechnical and Physical Properties

INT

$16,573

$8,287

Besio, Walter

A US-Mexico Collaborative Effort to Improve Epilepsy Control

HHS

$104,637

$104,637

Besio, Walter

NSF I-Corps: Concentric Technology

NSF

$50,000

$50,000

Besio, Walter

Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Supplement to Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrodes for Brain Computer Interface*

NSF

$11,886

$11,886

Bose, Arijit

Fundamental Investigations of Damage Mechanisms in Lithium I

ENERGY

$720,465

$180,116

Bose, Arijit

Graphene-Polymer Composite Materials

STATE

$200,000

$100,000

Bose, Arijit

The Science and Technology of Dispersants as Relevant to Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Releases

NONPRO

$147,500

$64,900

Bose, Arijit

The Science and Technology of Dispersants as Relevant to Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Releases

NONPRO

$421,001

$185,240

Bothun, Geoffrey D.

CAREER: Nanoparticle-Bacterial Membrane Interactions and their Role in Nanotoxicology

NSF

$86,107

$86,107

Bothun, Geoffrey D.

CAREER: Nanoparticle-Bacterial Membrane Interactions and their Role in Nanotoxicology

NONPRO

$2,000

$2,000

Bothun, Geoffrey D.

Collaborative Research: Investigating and Improving the Production of Butanol by C. Pasteurianum for the Value-Added Conversion of Biodiesel-Derived Crude Glycerol

NSF

$4,846

$4,846

Bothun, Geoffrey D.

The Science and Technology of Dispersants as Relevant to Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Releases

NONPRO

$147,500

$64,900

Bothun, Geoffrey D.

The Science and Technology of Dispersants as Relevant to Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Releases

NONPRO

$421,001

$185,240

Bradshaw, Aaron

2012 Support for Water Resources Council

INT

$92,335

$16,620

Bradshaw, Aaron

Development of a Research Quality Resilient Modulus Testing

STATE

$36,147

$18,574

Bradshaw, Aaron

Round II RIDOT/URITC Joint Research Program*

STATE

$51,637

$25,818

Brown, Richard

An Alternative to Chromates for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys Used in Undersea Weapons Systems

NAVY

$75,000

$75,000

Chelidze, David

A New Framework for Nonlinear Dynamical Model Reduction

NSF

$250,000

$250,000

Craver, Vinka A.

EAGER: Impact of Nanoparticles Containing Rare Earth Elements onto Different Bacterial Communities

NSF

$49,704

$49,704

Craver, Vinka A.

Round II RIDOT/URITC Joint Research Program*

STATE

$314,232

$46,766

Craver, Vinka A.

Supplement: Collaborative Research: The Antimicrobial Properties

NSF

$23,853

$23,853

Crisman, Everett E.

Analysis of Specimens for Plasmon and Phyroelectric Effect Studies

AIRFOR

$85,983

$85,983

Faghri, Mohammad

Investigation of Nanoscale Thermal Transport Across a Point

NAVY

$112,590

$5,630

Faghri, Mohammad

Lab-on-Paper Technology for Immunodiagnostics

STATE

$200,000

$200,000

Faghri, Mohammad

Pire: Microfluidic Technology and Applications: A Collaboration with Technical University of Braunshweig in Germany

NSF

$50,500

$50,500

Fischer, Godi

A Miniature Acoustic Archival Tag for Long-Range Fish Tracking in the Ocean

NSF

$237,402

$185,174

Greenfield, Michael

Asphalt Microstructural Modeling

DOT

$85,654

$85,654

Gregory, Otto J.

Development of High Temperature Sensors for Ceramic Matrix Composites

PRIPRO

$23,126

$23,126

Gregory, Otto J.

FM Global Internship in Instrumentation and Test Engineering

PRIPRO

$15,748

$15,748

Gregory, Otto J.

FM Global Summer Internship (Emily Robinson)

PRIPRO

$15,180

$15,180

Grilli, Annette

ARRA: Provide Technical Support to Facilitate the Siting and Permitting of Land-Based Wind Energy

ENERGY

$850,000

$127,500

Grilli, Annette

ARRA: Improve and Accelerate the Installation of Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure in Rhode Island’s Offshore Waters

ENERGY

$885,000

$130,150

Grilli, Annette

Development of an Energy Harvesting Buoy Phase II

NAVY

$105,128

$52,564

Grilli, Stephan T.

Development of an Energy Harvesting Buoy Phase II

NAVY

$105,128

$26,282

Grilli, Stephan T.

Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the East Coast

DOC

$87,055

$87,055

Grilli, Stephan T.

Phases 1 And 2: Bibliography Study and Coarse Grid Modeling

MISC

$24,961

$24,961

He, Haibo

Supplement: DFG Collaborative Research: Adaptive Incremental Learning of Imbalanced Data Stream for Machine Intelligence

NSF

$24,925

$24,925

He, Haibo

Trusted Computing Small: Secure the Electrical Power Grid: Smart Grid Versus Smart Attacts

NSF

$173,435

$86,718

He, Haibo

The Exponentially Embedded Family of Distributions for Effective Data Representation, Information Extraction and Decision Making

DOD

$312,288

$156,144

Huang, He

CAREER: Understanding and Analyzing User-Prosthesis Interaction for Designing a Volitional Controller for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses

AIRFOR

$104,241

$104,241

Huang, He

Development of a Neural Interface for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses

ARMY

$61,054

$61,054

Huang, He

Towards Neural Control of Artificial Legs: Design Of A Real-time Fusion-based Neural-Machine Interface

HHS

$13,809

$12,428

Kay, Steven M.

EGR Subcontract: Mimo Radar Clutter Modeling

AIRFOR

$49,821

$49,821

Kay, Steven M.

Multi-Domain Intelligence

AIRFOR

$100,262

$100,262

Kay, Steven M.

Multi-Modal Rf Sensing

DOD

$50,529

$50,529

Kay, Steven M.

The Exponentially Embedded Family of Distributions for Effective Data Representation, Information Extraction and Decision Making

DOD

$312,288

$156,144

Kim, Thomas

NUWC Student Support Services*

NAVY

$330,455

$330,455

Knickle, Harold N.

2012 Support for Water Resources Council

INT

$92,335

$15,697

Knickle, Harold N.

NATO Networking Infrastructure

MISC

$28,000

$28,000

Kumaresan, Ramdas

Novel Spectro-Temporal Codes and Computations

AIRFOR

$75,218

$75,218

Lucia, Angelo

Phase Behavior in Arctic Hydrology

ENERGY

$30,000

$30,000

Maier-Speredelozzi, Valerie

Assessing Climate for Systems Improvement Initiatives in Health Care

OFA

$67,179

$67,179

Maier-Speredelozzi, Valerie

R.I. Space Technology/Systems Engineering Educators Workshop

NASA

$29,980

$14,990

Miller, James H.

Estimation of Ocean and Seabed Parameters and Processes Using Low Frequency Acoustic Signals

NAVY

$185,000

$92,500

Park, Eugene

2012 Support for Water Resources Council

INT

$92,335

$16,620

Park, Eugene

Green Chemstry and the Environmental Results Program

EPA

$67,000

$33,500

Park, Eugene

Supplement #2: EPA-ERP and Statewide Technical Assistance

STATE

$10,153

$10,153

Park, Keunhan

Investigation of Nanoscale Thermal Transport Across a Point Construction in Contact and within a sub-10 NM Gap

NSF

$112,590

$106,961

Park, Keunhan

Rhode Island Space Grant Fellowship: Nola Palombo

NASA

$36,562

$36,562

Potty, Gopu

ARRA: Provide Technical Support to Facilitate the Permitting of Land-Based Wind Energy Facilities in the State of Rhode Island

ENERGY

$850,000

$34,000

Potty, Gopu

Design and Testing of a Shear Measurement System – Fellowship

NONPRO

$25,000

$25,000

Potty, Gopu

Estimation of Ocean and Seabed Parameters and Processes Using Low Frequency Acoustic Signals

NAVY

$185,000

$92,500

Shukla, Arun

A Pressure Vessel with Ultra High Speed Imaging Capability

NAVY

$221,983

$221,983

Shukla, Arun

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Fundamental Understanding of Implosion within a Tube

NAVY

$99,042

$99,042

Shukla, Arun

Graphene-Polymer Composite Materials

STATE

$200,000

$100,000

Shukla, Arun

Shock Response and Dynamic Failure of Spatially Tailored Aero-thermal Structures

AIRFOR

$111,510

$111,510

Shukla, Arun

The Blast Performance of Marine Composite and Sandwich Structures under Extreme Environments

NAVY

$68,826

$68,826

Sodhi, Manbir

R.I. Space Technology/Systems Engineering Educators Workshop

NASA

$29,980

$14,990

Spaulding, Malcolm

Development of an Energy Harvesting Buoy Phase II

NAVY

$105,128

$26,282

Sun, Yan

Bridging Reliability Analysis and Reality in Sensor Systems: Theories and Applications

NSF

$163,384

$163,384

Sun, Yan

Trusted Computing Small: Secure the Electrical Power Grid: Smart Grid Versus Smart Attacks

NSF

$173,435

$86,718

Sun, Yan

Trust in Cyber Security

PRIPRO

$14,634

$7,317

Sun, Ying

Digital Clamp One: An Innovative Neuroscience Instrument

HHS

$186,456

$186,456

Swaszek, Peter F.

URI/U.S. Coast Guard Capstone Collaboration, Academic Year 2011-12

DOD

$16,304

$8,152

Thiem, Leon T.

2012 Support for Water Resources Council

INT

$92,335

$43,397

Thiem, Leon T.

Support for Water Resources Center

INT

$44,317

$44,317

Vetter, Frederick

Physiological Hypertrophy in the Swim-Conditioned Rat

PRIPRO

$30,920

$30,920

Vetter, Frederick

URI/U.S. Coast Guard Capstone Collaboration, Academic Year 2011-12

DOD

$16,304

$8,152

Vincent, Harold T.

Low Cost Acoustic Transmitter

NAVY

$24,370

$24,370

Vincent, Harold T.

Low Cost Acoustic Transmitter

NAVY

$20,445

$20,445

Wang, Peng

ARRA Subcontract: Fundamental Material and Processing Studies on Hot-melt Extrusion: A Novel Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process

NSF

$20,262

$20,262

Wright, Raymond M.

Northeast Alliance for LSAMP At URI

NSF

$65,999

$65,999

Yang, Qing

Towards Neural Control of Artificial Legs: Design of A Real-time Fusion-based Neural-Machine Interface

HHS

$13,809

$1,381

Funding Agencies

Acronym

Department

AIRFOR

US Air Force

ARMY

US Army

DOC

US Department of Commerce

DOD

US Department of Defense
(excludes Army, Navy & Air Force)

DOT

US Department of Transportation

ENERGY

US Department of Energy

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

HHS

US Department of Health & Human Services

INT

US Department of the Interior

MISC

Miscellaneous

NASA

National Aeronautic & Space Administration

NAVY

US Navy

NONPRO

Private Not-for-Profit Corporations & Other Entities

NSF

National Science Foundation

OFA

Other Federal Agencies

PRIPRO

Private for Profit Corporations & Other Entities

STATE

State of Rhode Island