College of Engineering
Annual Research Report: College of Engineering external funding tops $6.8 million as Tennessee Tech University sets funding record for 2020-2021
Externally funded research in the College of Engineering topped $6.8 million in 2020-21, nearly a third of a record-setting high of more than $22 million university-wide. This is the third consecutive year Tennessee Tech has exceeded $20 million in external funding, the university announced this month.
Funding and Principal Investigators, by Month:
- » JULY 2020 - $1,220,200
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $259,112
Personnel: Susmit Shannigrahi (PI), Michael Rogers (Co-PI)
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Activation Amount: $60,405
Personnel: Charles VanNeste (PI), Satish Mahajan (Co-PI), Denis Ulybyshev (Co-PI), Maanak Gupta (Co-PI)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $10,888
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $579,840
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI), Doug Talbert (Co-PI),
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $76,009
Personnel: Duckbong Kim (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Motlow State Community College
Activation Amount: $72,982
Personnel: Ismail Fidan (PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $157,964
Personnel: Pingen Chen (PI), Steve Canfield (Co-PI), Syed Hasan (Co-PI), Steve Anton (Co-PI), Mohan Rao (Co-PI), Vahid Motevalli (Co-PI), Muhammad Ismail (Co-PI), Denis Ulybyshev (Co-PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $3,000
Personnel: Tania Datta (PI) - » AUGUST 2020 - $823,881
Agency: Tennessee Board of Regents
Activation Amount: $50,000
Personnel: Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Pedro Arce, Robby Sanders, Michael Aikens, Stephanie Jorgensen
Agency: Tennessee Board of Regents
Activation Amount: $50,000
Personnel: Charria Campbell (PI), Elizabeth Powell (Co-PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $29,276
Personnel: Jie Cui (PI), Stephen Idem (Co-PI)
Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Activation Amount: $40,000
Personnel: Tania Datta (PI)
Agency: Tennessee Board of Regents
Activation Amount: $50,000
Personnel: Carlos Galindo (PI), Stephanie Jorgensen (Co-PI), Andrea Arce-Trigatti (Co-PI)
Agency: Tennessee Board of Regents
Activation Amount: $49,960
Personnel: Jerry Gannod (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
Activation Amount: $71,728
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $60,292
Personnel: Maanak Gupta (PI), Sheikh Ghafoor (Co-PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Activation Amount: $46,000
Personnel: Alice Camuti (PI), Alfred Kalyanapu (Co-PI), John Brackins (Student)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $37,500
Personnel: Alfred Kalyanapu (PI), Sheikh Ghafoor (Co-PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $100,000
Personnel: Duckbong Kim (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Colorado State University
Activation Amount: $69,121
Personnel: Susmit Shannigrahi (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation and National Security
Agency Activation Amount: $129,243
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $40,761
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI), Doug Talbert (Co-PI) - » SEPTEMBER 2020 - $804,624
Agency: National Security Agency
Activation Amount: $149,993
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI), Ambareen Siraj (Co-PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $42,119
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI) and Ada Haynes (Co-PI)
Agency: Private
Activation Amount: $30,000
Personnel: Pedro Arce (PI), Robby Sanders (Co-PI), Stephanie Jorgensen (Co-PI), Andrea Arce-Trigatti (Co-PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Activation Amount: $31,929
Personnel: Mohammad Albakri (PI)
Agency: U.S. Dept of Energy
Activation Amount: $25,000
Personnel: Glenn Cunningham (PI), Ethan Languri (Co-PI)
Agency: US Dept of Defense via Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE)
Activation Amount: $68,080
Personnel: Rory Roberts (PI)
Agency: The Nature Conservancy
Activation Amount: $457,503
Personnel: Justin Murdock (PI), Alfred Kalyanapu (Co-PI) - » OCTOBER 2020 - $1,297,211
Agency: Tennessee Department of Education
Activation Amount: $133,973
Personnel: Chris Wilson (PI)
Agency: Department of Tennessee via Fordham University
Activation Amount: $124,376
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI), Eric Brown (Co-PI)
Agency: Department of Defense/National Security
Agency Activation Amount: $516,022
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI), Eric Brown (Co-PI
Agency: National Science Foundation via Colorado State University
Activation Amount: $6,994
Personnel: Susmit Shannigrahi (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $76,275
Personnel: Akond Rahman (PI)
Agency: United States Navy via Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Activation Amount: $30,000
Personnel: Daniel VandenBerge
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $11,978
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $23,789
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI)
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration via The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Activation Amount: $84,053
Personnel: Sheikh Ghafoor (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Somerset Community College
Activation Amount: $91,751
Personnel: Ismail Fidan (PI)
Agency: Tennessee Valley
Authority Activation Amount: $173,000
Personnel: Ali Alouani (PI)
Agency: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory via DZYNE Technologies Incorporated
Activation Amount: $25,000
Personnel: B. Andy Pardue (PI) - » NOVEMBER 2020 - $290,950
Agency: Tennessee Department of Education
Activation Amount: $91,772
Personnel: Susan Wells (PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Activation Amount: $199,178
Personnel: Ying Zhang (PI), Jiahong Zhu (Co-PI) - » DECEMBER 2020 - $533,401
Agency: National Science Foundation via Florida Polytechnic University
Activation Amount: $148,935
Personnel: Arman Sargolzaei (PI)
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Activation Amount: $185,000
Personnel: Ahmed Vaselbehagh (PI), Satish Mahajan (Co-PI
Agency: Air Force STTR via Special Power Sources
Activation Amount: $150,000
Personnel: Rory Roberts (PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $49,466
Personnel: Syed Hasan (PI) - » JANUARY 2021 - $204,932
Agency: National Science Foundation via Northeastern University
Activation Amount: $35,636
Personnel: Susmit Shannigrahi (PI)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $24,210
Personnel: Satish Mahajan (PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation via University of Florida
Activation Amount: $47,302 (includes 2 activations)
Personnel: Steven Click (PI), Darek Potter (Co-PI)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $20,999
Personnel: Ying Zhang (PI)
Agency: North Carolina State University Southeast Combined Heat & Power Technical Assistance Partnership
Activation Amount: $39,285
Personnel: Ethan Languri (PI), Glenn Cunningham (Co-PI)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $37,500
Personnel: Alfred Kalyanapu (PI), Sheikh Ghafoor (Co-PI) - » FEBRUARY 2021 - $190,057
Agency: Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners Activation
Amount: $42,766
Personnel: Joseph Slater (PI)
Agency: International
Activation Amount: $34,872
Personnel: Muhammad Ismail (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Tennessee State University
Activation Amount: $26,100
Personnel: Jessica Oswalt (PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy via University of Texas - Austin
Activation Amount: $86,319
Personnel: Pingen Chen (PI) - » MARCH 2021 - $1,065,073
Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission via Upper Cumberland Development District
Activation Amount: $50,000
Personnel: Satish Mahajan (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $107,605
Personnel: Joe Biernacki (PI), Barry Stein (Co-PI), George Chitiyo (Co-PI), Elizabeth Lisic (Co-PI), Indranil Bhattacharya (Co-PI)
Agency: U.S. Navy via National Institute of Building Sciences
Activation Amount: $460,367
Personnel: Daniel VandenBerge (PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $6,332
Personnel: Lewis Crouch (PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $30,264
Personnel: Mohamed Mahmoud (PI)
Agency: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Activation Amount: $29,430
Personnel: Indranil Bhattacharya (PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy via ASME via McHale and
Associates Activation Amount: $114,552
Personnel: Stephen Idem (PI)
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Activation Amount: $84,585
Personnel: Glenn Cunningham (PI), Ethan Languri (Co-PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Activation Amount: $155,133
Personnel: Pingen Chen (PI), Stephen Canfield (Co-PI), Joseph Ojo (Co-PI), Indranil Bhattacharya (Co-PI), Vahid Motevalli (Co-PI)
Agency: U.S Department of State via IREX
Activation Amount: $26,805
Personnel: Tania Datta (PI) - » APRIL 2021 - $129,186
Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation via University of Florida
Activation Amount: $4,185
Personnel: Steven Click (PI), Shirin Noei (Co-PI)
Agency: Office of Naval Research
Activation Amount: $125,001
Personnel: Joseph Ojo (PI) - » MAY 2021 - $118,516
Agency: National Science Foundation
Activation Amount: $16,000
Personnel: Maanak Gupta (PI), Sheikh Ghafoor (Co-PI)
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy via HyperTech
Activation Amount: $45,420
Personnel: Rory Roberts (PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $47,096
Personnel: Fred Vondra (PI), Ismail Fidan (Co-PI)
Agency: Private Funder
Activation Amount: $5,000
Personnel: Daniel VandenBerge (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via LiBama
Activation Amount: $5,000
Personnel: Liqun Zhang (PI) - » JUNE 2021 - $156,171
Agency: National Science Foundation via Virginia Tech
Activation Amount: $26,714
Personnel: Mohammad Albakri (PI)
Agency: National Science Foundation via Whatcom Community College
Activation Amount: $109,230
Personnel: Ambareen Siraj (PI), Eric Brown (Co-PI
Agency: Managing Institute and Joint Research Institute-Hanyang
Activation Amount: $20,227
Personnel: Duck Bong Kim (PI)
