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Quarterly Report Office of Research & Sponsored Programs The information contained in this report is drawn from the Evisions database and provides comparisons of the amounts of external funding for the first and second quarters of FY 16 and FY 17. This report includes all proposals that completed internal routing and were marked as fully “approved” and all awards that were processed and entered into the system as of December 31, 2016. Proposals submitted for internal routing but not yet approved and awards not fully processed as of that date will be included in future quarterly reports. Only units with sponsored program activity during one or both of these periods are represented in this report. For the purposes of this report, proposals and awards are listed under the administrative unit listed in Evisions. Many proposals include interdisciplinary collaborations that are not captured in this report. Following the charts are lists of grants awarded and submitted yeartodate in FY 17. If any of the information in this report does not correspond to your records, please notify [email protected]. Second Quarter YTD: July 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 Sponsored Program Activity

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Page 1: Sponsored Program Activity Quarterly ReportQuarterly Report Office of Research & Sponsored Programs The information contained in this report is drawn from the Evisions database and

   

Quarterly ReportOffice of Research & Sponsored Programs 

The information contained in this report is drawn from the Evisions database and provides comparisons of 

the amounts of external funding for the first and second quarters of FY 16 and FY 17. This report includes all 

proposals that completed internal routing and were marked as fully “approved” and all awards that were 

processed and entered into the system as of December 31, 2016. Proposals submitted for internal routing 

but not yet approved and awards not fully processed as of that date will be included in future quarterly 

reports. 

Only units with sponsored program activity during one or both of these periods are represented in this 

report. For the purposes of this report, proposals and awards are listed under the administrative unit listed 

in Evisions. Many proposals include interdisciplinary collaborations that are not captured in this report. 

Following the charts are lists of grants awarded and submitted year‐to‐date in FY 17. If any of the 

information in this report does not correspond to your records, please notify [email protected].      

Second Quarter YTD: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Sponsored Program Activity 

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UTC Grant Awards 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

3.5%

16.2%

45.4%

34.9%

FY 2017 Awards by College ‐ $6,799,043

Arts & Sciences ($238,928)

Engineering & Computer Science ($1,100,562)

Health, Education, & Professional Studies($3,087,924)

Administrative Units ($2,371,629)

15.5%

6.0%

56.0%

22.5%

FY 2016 Awards by College ‐ $6,361,157

Arts & Sciences ($985,584)

Engineering & Computer Science ($383,481)

Health, Education, & Professional Studies($3,561,746)

Administrative Units ($1,429,346)

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Grant Awards: College of Arts & Sciences 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

19.9%

15.5%

2.5%

25.1%

25.1%

11.9%

FY 2017 Arts & Sciences Awards ‐ $238,928

Biology ($47,552)

Criminal Justice ($37,000)

English ($6,000)

Mathematics ($59,944)

Sociology ($60,000)

Southeast Center for Education in the Arts($28,432)

0.6%

43.2%

0.6%

54.5%

0.1% 0.9%

FY 2016 Arts & Sciences Awards ‐ $985,584

Art ($6,000)

Biology ($426,043)

English ($6,000)

Mathematics ($536,997)

Music ($1,400)

Southeast Center for Education in the Arts($9,144)

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Grant Awards: College of Engineering & Computer Science 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

   

4.1%

80.2%

8.1%

7.2% 0.4%

FY 2017 Engineering & Computer Science Awards ‐$1,100,562

Civil, Chemical, and General Engineering($45,000)

Computer Science ($883,035)

Electrical Engineering ($88,912)

Mechanical Engineering ($79,615)

SimCenter ($4,000)

97.1%

0.3% 2.6%

FY 2016 Engineering & Computer Science Awards ‐$383,431

Civil, Chemical, and General Engineering($372,463)

Electrical Engineering ($1,018)

SIM Center ($10,000)

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Grant Awards: College of Health, Education, & Professional Studies 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

56.2%

0.3%2.0%

31.9%

9.6%

FY 2017 Health, Education, & Professional Studies Awards ‐ $3,087,924

Center for Community Career Education($1,735,822)

Health & Human Performance ($8,500)

LEAD ($60,571)

Nursing ($985,388)

School of Education ($297,643)

46.4%

51.6%

1.8% 0.3%

FY 2016 Health, Education, & Professional Studies Awards ‐ $3,561,746

Center for Community Career Education($1,651,857)

Nursing ($1,837,318)

School of Education ($62,571)

School of Professional Studies ($10,000)

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Grant Awards: Administrative Units 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

 

 

6.4%2.5%

1.4%

89.7%

FY 2017 Administrative Units Awards ‐ $2,371,629

Academic Affairs ($151,999)

Campus Law Enforcement ($60,000)

Continuing Education ($32,620)

Vice Chancellor for Research ($2,127,010)

4.2%3.5%

8.8%

83.5%

FY 2016 Administrative Units Awards ‐ $1,429,346

Campus Law Enforcement ($60,000)

General Administration ($50,000)

Radio Station ($126,496)

Vice Chancellor for Research ($1,192,850)

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UTC Submitted Proposals 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

13.3%

0.1%

40.5%

20.3%

0.0%

25.8%

FY 2017 Submitted Proposals by College ‐ $34,280,068

Arts & Sciences ($4,543,994)

Business ($19,395)

Engineering & Computer Science ($13,886,989)

Health, Education, & Professional Studies($6,971,579)

Library ($14,715)

Administrative Units ($8,843,396)

26.2%

59.7%

10.7%0.0% 0.1%3.3%

FY 2016 Submitted Proposals by College ‐ $12,246,647

Arts & Sciences ($3,204,830)

Engineering & Computer Science ($7,316,728)

Health, Education, & Professional Studies($1,316,387)

Honors College ($1,000)

Library ($8,726)

Administrative Units ($398,976)

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Submitted Proposals: College of Arts & Sciences 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

21.4%

1.5%

0.8%

0.1%

63.0%

0.5%

11.7%1.0%

FY 2017 Arts & Sciences Submitted Proposals ‐$4,543,994

Biology ($970,488)

Chemistry ($70,000)

Criminal Justice ($37,000)

English ($6,000)

Mathematics ($2,863,083)

Political Science ($20,462)

Psychology ($531,511)

Southeast Center for Education in the Arts ($45,450)

80.9%

0.6%0.8%

12.9%

0.8%2.7%

1.1%

FY 2016 Arts & Sciences Submitted Proposals ‐$3,204,830

Biology ($2,593,810)

Criminal Justice ($20,000)

English ($25,980)

Mathematics ($414,609)

Music ($26,600)

Southeast Center for Education in the Arts ($87,481)

Theatre & Speech ($36,350)

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Submitted Proposals: College of Engineering & Computer Science 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015

 

1.2%

64.8%

13.7%

9.3%

10.9%0.0%

FY 2017 Engineering & Computer Science Submitted Proposals ‐ $13,886,989

Civil, Chemical & General Engineering ($161,279)

Computer Science ($9,002,969)

Electrical Engineering ($1,909,374)

Engineering Management ($1,295,712)

Mechanical Engineering ($1,513,659)

SimCenter ($3,996)

19.8%

58.1%

10.0%

5.2%1.0%

5.9%

FY 2016 Engineering & Computer Science Submitted Proposals ‐ $7,316,728

Civil, Chemical, and General Engineering($1,447,042)

Computer Science ($4,251,115)

Electrical Engineering ($731,096)

Mechanical Engineering ($378,950)

Engineering Administration ($74,202)

SIM Center ($434,323)

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Submitted Proposals: College of Health, Education, & Professional Studies 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

22.4%

6.0%

0.0%

0.9%

59.2%

11.2%0.3%

FY 2017 Health, Education, & Professional Studies Submitted Proposals ‐ $6,971,579

Center for Community & Career Education($1,562,695)Health and Human Performance ($415,009)

Interior Design ($3,000)

LEAD ($60,571)

Nursing ($4,128,553)

School of Education ($779,440)

Social Work ($22,311)

1.9% 0.8%

27.2%

0.2%

49.3%

1.3%

0.9%

18.4%

FY 2016 Health, Education, & Professional Studies Submitted Proposals ‐ $1,316,387

Center for Community & Career Education ($25,082)

Challenger Center ($10,500)

Health & Human Performance ($357,449)

Interior Design ($3,000)

Nursing ($649,276)

Occupational Therapy ($16,692)

Physical Therapy ($12,457)

School of Education ($241,931)

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Submitted Proposals: Administrative Units 

Year‐to‐date: July 1, 2016‐ December 31, 2016 

 

Comparison:  July 1, 2015‐ December 31, 2015 

 

92%

6% 1% 0%1%

FY 2017 Administrative Units Submitted Proposals ‐$8,843,396

Academic Affairs ($8,150,000)

International Education ($545,503)

Radio Station ($100,000)

Student Affairs ($7,977)

Vice Chancellor for Research ($39,916)

13%

48%

33%

6%

FY 2016 Administrative Units Submitted Proposals ‐$398,976

General Administration ($50,000)

International Education ($192,328)

Radio Station ($133,063)

Student Affairs ($23,585)

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Awards & Submitted Proposals Comparison 

2nd Quarter Year‐to‐Date  Awards  

 

2nd Quarter Year‐to‐Date  Submitted Proposals  

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

CAS CECS CHEPS Admin Total

Millions

FY 16

FY 17

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

CAS COB CECS Honors CHEPS Library Admin Total

Millions

FY 16

FY 17

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FY 2017 Awards 

Notes: Awards are listed alphabetically by administering department and name of the lead PI, but many awards represent the 

collaborative efforts of multiple investigators and departments/units. Functional Areas (FA): AS= Academic Services; C/S = 

Conference/Seminar; IS = Institutional Support; I/T = Instruction/Training; PS = Public Service; R= Research; S/F = 

Scholarships/Fellowships; SS = Student Services.  

Awards by College 

PI  Sponsor  Department  Title  Amount  FA 

Arts & Sciences 

Boyd, Jennifer US Fish and Wildlife 

Service Biology 

Assessing and enhancing the success 

of transplantation to support 

Platanthera integrilabia conservation 

$22,354  R 

Shaw, Joey Tennessee Native 

Plant Society Biology 

A Modern, Online Tennessee Plant 

Atlas $18,500  R 

Spratt, Henry Richmar Medical 

Devices Biology 

Development of a Protocol to 

Disinfect GelShot Ultrasound 

Retaining Clips 

$6,698  R 

Bumphus, 

Victor 

International 

Association of Chiefs 

of Police (IACP) 

Criminal Justice 

Service, Support & Justice:  A 

Strategy to Enhance Law 

Enforcement Response to Victims 

Technical Assistance 

$37,000  R 

Noe, Marcia 

Society for the 

Study of 

Midwestern 

Literature 

English Society for the Study of Midwestern 

Literature Journal Editing $6,000  IS 

Bao, Feng Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory Mathematics  Scattering Research  $59,944  R 

Guo, Zibin US Dept. of 

Veteran's Affairs Sociology 

Wheelchair Tai Chi Chuan as an 

Adaptive Sport for Veterans with 

Ambulatory Disability 

$60,000  PS 

Melnik, Laurie 

 

Hunter Museum of 

American Art 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

STEEEP to STEEEPER Medical 

Student Training $11,000  I/T 

Tennessee Arts 

Commission 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

The 10th Annual Arts & Education 

Forum Series $7,000  I/T 

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Shelby County 

Schools 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

Arts Integration Workshops at 

Sherwood Elementary School, 

Memphis TN 

$10,432  I/T 

Engineering & Computer Science 

Sartipi, Mina 

 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

US Ignite: Collaborative Research: 

Focus Area 1: Fleet Management of 

Large‐Scale Connected Autonomous 

Vehicles 

$298,325  R 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

Collaborative Research: Robust 

Asset‐and‐User‐Aware Power Grid 

Dispatch during Extreme 

Temperatures 

$119,829  R 

Wu, Dalei National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

US Ignite: Collaborative Research: 

Focus Area 1: Fiber Network for 

Smart Mapping, Monitoring and 

Managing Underground Urban 

Infrastructure 

$299,884  R 

Yang, Li National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

CyberCorps: Collaborative Research: 

Building Security Education Capacity 

through POGIL 

$164,997  R 

Rollins, Alex Precast/Prestressed 

Concrete Institute 

Engineering 

Chemical 

Efficient Modular Wall Systems for 

New Construction and Retrofit $45,000  R 

Pack, Daniel University of Texas ‐ 

San Antonio 

Engineering 

Electrical 

Cognition and Neuroergonomics 

Collaborative Technology Alliance 

Technology Transition Subcontract 

for Mutually Adaptive Systems 

$88,912  R 

Elliott, Louie  Gestamp Engineering 

Mechanical 

On the Simulation and Modeling of 

Sheet Metal Forming for Gestamp 

Chattanooga 

$79,615  R 

Sreenivas, 

Kidambi 

Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory 

Engineering‐SIM 

Center Simulation of Pelton Turbine  $4,000  R 

Health, Education, & Professional Studies 

Boykin, Twyler US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

Upward Bound Math and Science  $257,500  PS 

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Cole, Sandra 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

Each One Reach One (EORO)  $49,992  SS 

Gholston, Shirl US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

Student Support Services FY16‐FY21  $293,288  SS 

Huckabay, 

Hunter 

US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

GEAR UP in Hamilton County, TN 

2011‐2018 $624,104  AS 

Long, Cynthia US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

Southern Appalachian Educational 

Opportunity Center $270,938  AS 

Vann, Karen US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

Talent Search  $240,000  PS 

Howard‐

Baptiste, 

Shewanee 

Community 

Foundation of 

Greater 

Chattanooga 

Health & Human 

Performance 

D.A.N.C.E. ‐ Determining 

Adolescents' Needs for Culturally‐

Appropriate Exercises: Investigating 

the Barriers to Physical Activity for 

Minority Female Adolescents 

$8,500  R 

Crawford, 

Elizabeth 

Tennessee 

Department of 

Education 

LEAD Governor's School for Prospective 

Teachers 2017 $60,571  I/T 

Hill, Linda 

Health Resources 

and Services 

Administration 

Nursing 

CRNAs in 3D:  Increasing Diversity, 

Reducing Disparities, & 

Understanding the Social 

Determinants of Health 

$343,633  AS 

Smith, 

Christine 

Health Resources 

and Services 

Administration 

Nursing  COMPASS Project 2014‐2017  $299,401  AS 

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Health Resources 

and Services 

Administration 

Nursing 

2016 UTC School of Nursing 

Advanced Education Nurse 

Traineeships (2016 AENT) 

$342,354  S/F 

Ellington, 

Lucien 

Charles Koch 

Foundation 

School of 

Education 

Center for Reflective Citizenship 

Teaching Fellows Program $24,844  C/S 

Gamble, Ethel US Dept. of 

Education 

School of 

Education 

Teachers Helping English Language 

Proficiency (HELP) $272,799  AS 

Administrative Units 

Benkert, Stuart 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Academic 

Affairs 

The Summer Success Experience: 

Supporting the Progression of Low‐

Income Students 

$151,999  SS 

Carroll, Andrew Benwood 

Foundation 

Vice Chancellor 

for Research 

Support of Geographic Information 

System (GIS) services by Center for 

Academic and Innovative 

Technologies (CAIT) 

$15,000  R 

Carver, Ethan National Science 

Foundation 

Vice Chancellor 

for Research 

ASPIRE: Appalachian Students 

Promoting the Integration of 

Research in Educations 

$2,112,010  S/F 

Hamilton, Craig 

Tennessee Office of 

Criminal Justice 

Programs 

Campus Law 

Enforcement Making our Campus Safer (MOCS)  $60,000  IS 

Freeze, John Institute of Public 

Service 

Continuing 

Education 

Southeastern Command and 

Leadership Academy (SECLA) $11,500  I/T 

Reese, Virginia Institute of Public 

Service 

Continuing 

Education 

Southeastern Command and 

Leadership Academy (SECLA) $21,120  I/T 

   

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FY 2017 Submitted Proposals 

Notes: Proposals are listed alphabetically by administering department and name of the lead PI, but many awards represent the 

collaborative efforts of multiple investigators and departments/units. Functional Areas (FA): AS= Academic Services; C/S = 

Conference/Seminar; IS = Institutional Support; I/T = Instruction/Training; PS = Public Service; R= Research; S/F = 

Scholarships/Fellowships; SS = Student Services.  

Submissions by College 

Lead PI  Sponsor  Department  Title  Amount  FA 

Arts & Sciences

Boyd, Jennifer 

 

US Fish and Wildlife 

Service Biology 

Assessing and enhancing the success 

of transplantation to support 

Platanthera integrilabia conservation 

$22,354  R 

National Science 

Foundation Biology 

RUI: Collaborative Research: Reasons 

for Rarity? Exploring Acclimatory and 

Adaptive Constraints to Commonness 

$356,009  R 

Giles, David Cystic Fibrosis 

Foundation Biology 

qPCR and Structural Analyses of P. 

aeruginosa Following Fatty Acid 

Exposure 

$106,619  R 

Hayes, Loren 

The Hearst 

Foundation, Inc. Biology 

Minority Women in Science Endeavor 

(M‐WISE) $210,230  S/F 

Alliance of Women 

Philanthropists ‐ 

Giving Circle 

Biology M‐WiSE: Minority Women in Science 

Endeavor $24,825  I/T 

Hossain, A.K.M. University of 

Mississippi (UM) Biology 

Monitoring groundwater storage 

changes in the Mississippi Delta using 

downscaled GRACE data to support 

sustainable agricultural water 

management 

$231,951  R 

Shaw, Joey Tennessee Native 

Plant Society Biology 

A Modern, Online Tennessee Plant 

Atlas $18,500  R 

Lee, John 

American Chemical 

Society Petroleum 

Research Fund 

Chemistry 

Using Earth Abundant Cobalt to 

Explore Precious Metal Homogeneous 

Catalysis Involving Inert Chemical 

Bonds 

$70,000  R 

Bumphus, 

Victor International 

Association of Criminal Justice  Service, Support & Justice:  A Strategy 

to Enhance Law Enforcement $37,000  R 

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Chiefs of Police 

(IACP) 

Response to Victims Technical 

Assistance 

Noe, Marcia 

Society for the 

Study of 

Midwestern 

Literature 

English Society for the Study of Midwestern 

Literature Journal Editing $6,000  IS 

Bao, Feng 

 

Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory Mathematics  Scattering Research  $59,945  R 

National Science 

Foundation Mathematics 

RUI: Efficient Adaptive Backward SDE 

Methods for Nonlinear Filtering 

Problems 

$133,512  R 

Barioli, 

Francesco 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Mathematics 

Algebra and Pre‐Algebra Applications 

for Learning and College Readiness 

Assessment Exam (ACT) Preparation 

$74,854  I/T 

Jackson, Billy 

 

National Science 

Foundation Mathematics 

Preparing the University of Tennessee 

Chattanooga for STEM Teacher 

Leadership 

$48,204  R 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Mathematics  Putting STEM Into STEM  $71,263  I/T 

Ledoan, 

Andrew 

University of 

Tennessee ‐ 

Chattanooga 

Mathematics REU Site: Number Theory, Probability 

Theory, and Dynamical Systems $274,727  R 

American 

Mathematical 

Society 

Mathematics Chattanooga Math Circle Summer 

Camp $13,245  C/S 

Wang, Jin 

 

National Institutes 

of Health Mathematics 

Mathematical and Computational 

Modeling of Waterborne Diseases $1,165,172  R 

National Science 

Foundation Mathematics 

Investigating the Pathogen Evolution 

in Waterborne Enteric Infections $1,022,161  R 

Mauldin, 

Marcus 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

Political 

science 

Remedying Chattanooga Food Deserts 

Through Understanding, Awareness, 

Education and Advocacy 

$20,462  R 

Shelton, Jill National Science 

Foundation Psychology 

NSF CAREER ‐ Revealing the Dynamic 

Nature of Prospective Memory $531,511  R 

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Guo, Zibin US Dept. of 

Veteran's Affairs Sociology  Wheelchair Tai Chi Chuan for Veterans  $0  PS 

Baxley, Joel 

National 

Endowment for the 

Arts 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

Chattanooga Area Arts Education 

Needs Assessment $13,939  R 

Melnik, Laurie 

National 

Endowment for the 

Arts 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

I Come From a Place: A cross‐

generational, multidisciplinary in‐

school residency. 

$20,511  I/T 

Hunter Museum of 

American Art 

Southeast 

Center for 

Education 

STEEEP to STEEEPER Medical Student 

Training $11,000  I/T 

Business 

Culpepper, Sue 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

College of 

Business 

Administration 

UTC College of Business Student 

Career Closet Renovation $9,895  SS 

Jain, Hemant 

Georgia Tech 

Research 

Corporation 

College of 

Business 

Administration 

Big Data Infrastructure for Smart City 

Preproposal $0  R 

Gupta, Ashish National Science 

Foundation Management 

BD Hubs: Collaborative Proposal: 

SOUTH: A Big Data Innovation Hub for 

the South Region 

$0  R 

Brockman, 

Beverly 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

Marketing Southeast Entrepreneurship 

Conference Proposal $9,500  C/S 

Engineering & Computer Science 

Rollins, Alex 

Precast/Prestressed 

Concrete Institute 

Civil, Chemical, 

& General 

Engineering 

Efficient Modular Wall Systems for 

New Construction and Retrofit $45,000  R 

Pincelli and 

Associates, Inc. 

Civil, Chemical, 

& General 

Engineering 

Applied Research in Materials Testing  $116,279  R 

Kandah, Farah 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

CAREER: Adopted Networking Design 

to Improve the Network Performance 

in Crowded and Critical Situations 

$536,368  R 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science CC* Networking Infrastructure: 

Bandwidth Obtained for Learning $492,885  R 

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Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Research (BOLSTER) 

Office of Science Computer 

Science 

PRELIM Proposal: Software Defined 

Network Utilization to Improve the 

Network Performance in Collaborative 

Virtual Labs 

$0  R 

US Dept. of Energy Computer 

Science 

Software Defined Network Utilization 

to Improve the Network Performance 

in Collaborative Virtual Labs 

$806,400  R 

McCullough, 

Claire 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

One Small STEP (STEM Enhancement 

Program) to Mars $296,965  R 

Alliance of Women 

Philanthropists ‐ 

Giving Circle 

Computer 

Science 

Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: Increasing 

Women's Participation in Computer 

Science 

$16,722  PS 

Qin, Hong 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

REU Site: IComputeB2 ‐ Engaging 

Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary 

Computing for Biological and 

Biomedical Research 

$321,489  R 

National Institute 

on Aging 

Computer 

Science 

Connecting the emergent aspects of 

gene networks to cellular aging $3,362,336  R 

Sartipi, Mina National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

SCH: INT: RUI: Collaborative Research: 

Improving Post‐stroke Management 

Efficiency and Patient Outcomes 

through Analytics 

$869,784  R 

Wu, Weidong National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

CAREER: Small Scale Lab Experiments 

and Computer Methods for Levee and 

Dam Rapid Repair Technologies 

$547,414  R 

Yang, Li 

 

National Institute of 

Standards and 

Technology 

Computer 

Science 

RAMPS: Building a Regional 

Partnership to Increase Cybersecurity 

Workforce project. 

$136,840  I/T 

National Science 

Foundation 

Computer 

Science 

Collaborative Research: SFS Program: 

Strengthening the National Cyber 

Security Workforce 

$1,540,766  S/F 

Prairie View A and 

M University 

(PVAMU) 

Computer 

Science 

Developing Innovative Privacy 

Learning Modules to Engage Students 

in Cybersecurity Education 

$75,000  R 

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Pack, Daniel University of Texas ‐ 

San Antonio (UTSA) 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Cognition and Neuroergonomics 

Collaborative Technology Alliance 

Technology Transition Subcontract for 

Mutually Adaptive Systems 

$88,912  R 

Ahmed, Raga 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Electrical 

Engineering 

ASTUTE Teachers and Students: 

Applying STEM‐Theme Unified 

Teaching to Empower Teachers and 

Students 

$68,821  I/T 

Tennessee Board of 

Architectural and 

Engineering 

Examiners 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Board of Architectural and Engineering 

Examiners Grant Equipment, Library 

and Fees 

$29,645  IS 

Loveless, 

Thomas 

National Science 

Foundation 

Electrical 

Engineering 

CAREER: Maximizing Computational 

Performance and Reliability in State‐

of‐the‐Art Near‐Threshold Computing 

Technologies through Stochastic 

Modeling 

$500,000  R 

National 

Reconnaissance 

Office 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Preliminary Proposal: Development of 

a Stochastic‐Based Reliability 

Modeling Tool for Emerging IC 

Technologies 

$254,355  R 

National Science 

Foundation 

Electrical 

Engineering 

REU Site: An Interdisciplinary CubeSat 

Research and STEM Education 

Platform at the University of 

Tennessee at Chattanooga 

(UTChattSat) 

$322,155  R 

Reising, Donald 

National 

Reconnaissance 

Office 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Preliminary Proposal ‐ Wireless Device 

ID Using Compressive Sensing $181,916  R 

National Science 

Foundation 

Electrical 

Engineering 

GOALI ‐ Making the Smart Grid 

"Smarter" Through Real‐Time 

Electrical Disturbance Identification 

$336,321  R 

University of Illinois 

at Urbana‐

Champaign (UIUC) 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Critical Infrastructure Resiliency 

Through RF‐DNA Fingerprints $127,249  R 

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Alp, Neslihan 

National Science 

Foundation 

Engineering 

Management 

Technology 

EXCEL: EXploring Clean Energy through 

hands‐on Learning $1,192,081  AS 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Engineering 

Management 

Technology 

EXCEL: EXploring Clean Energy through 

hands‐on Learning $73,991  I/T 

Tennessee Board of 

Architectural and 

Engineering 

Examiners 

Engineering 

Management 

Technology 

Low‐Income Community Design Studio  $20,000  R 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

Engineering 

Management 

Technology 

Project‐Based Learning (PBL) STEM 

Immersion $9,640  AS 

Elliott, Louie 

Gestamp Mechanical 

Engineering 

On the Simulation and Modeling of 

Sheet Metal Forming for Gestamp 

Chattanooga 

$79,615  R 

The PT Solution, LLC Mechanical 

Engineering 

PT Ribbon Rail Applied Research 

Proposal $259,877  R 

Goulet, Ronald Missile Defense 

Agency 

Mechanical 

Engineering 

Optimizing Flowability & Related 

Material Properties of Thermal Battery 

Powders 

$31,360  R 

Margraves, 

Charles 

National Science 

Foundation 

Mechanical 

Engineering 

Using a Zero+ Energy Building as a 

Pathway to STEM Careers $1,142,807  R 

Sreenivas, 

Kidambi 

Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory SIM Center  Simulation of Pelton Turbine  $3,996  R 

Health, Education, & Professional Studies 

Brownlee, 

Belinda 

US Dept. of 

Education 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

UTC Upward Bound Program  $1,556,695  SS 

Cole, Sandra 

Alliance of Women 

Philanthropists ‐ 

Giving Circle 

Center for 

Community & 

Career 

Education 

CK, Now!  $6,000  PS 

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Hamilton, Kara  Playcore 

Health & 

Human 

Performance 

Evaluating Impact of Adult Fitness 

Zones in Local Parks $0  R 

Hathaway, 

Elizabeth 

Benwood 

Foundation 

Health & 

Human 

Performance 

Start‐Up Funds for Healthy Living 

Partnership in Collaboration with 

Governor's HealthierTN Initiative 

$7,500  PS 

Howard‐

Baptiste, 

Shewanee 

Community 

Foundation of 

Greater 

Chattanooga 

Health & 

Human 

Performance 

D.A.N.C.E. ‐ Determining Adolescents' 

Needs for Culturally‐Appropriate 

Exercises: Investigating the Barriers to 

Physical Activity for Minority Female 

Adolescents 

$16,091  R 

Wilkerson, 

Gary 

National Institutes 

of Health 

Health & 

Human 

Performance 

A New Paradigm for Sport Injury 

Prevention and Reduction of Risk for 

Disability 

$391,418  R 

Kendall, 

Catherine 

Tennessee Board of 

Architectural and 

Engineering 

Examiners 

Interior Design TBAEE Grant for Instructional 

Equipment UTC Interior Design F16 $3,000  I/T 

Crawford, 

Elizabeth 

Tennessee 

Department of 

Education 

LEAD Governor's School for Prospective 

Teachers 2017 $60,571  I/T 

Hill, Linda 

Health Resources 

and Services 

Administration 

Nursing 

CRNA3D MAPS to Success ‐  

Mentorships, Admissions, 

Partnerships & Student Support 

$1,999,690  AS 

Kemplin, 

Katharine 

Department of 

Defense Nursing 

Prolonged & Extended Care Military 

Medics Evaluative Diagnostic 

(PECMMED): Training & Performance 

Assessment Model 

$1,169,414  R 

Department of 

Defense Nursing 

Military Medics Evaluative Diagnostic 

In Clinical Simulation (MMEDICS) 

Predictive Performance Assessment 

Model 

$959,449  R 

Cowan, Kay 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

School of 

Education 

Using Apps to Support Disciplinary 

Literacy and STEM Learning $74,906  I/T 

Ellington, 

Lucien 

Charles Koch 

Foundation 

School of 

Education 

Center for Reflective Citizenship 

Teaching Fellows Program $0  C/S 

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Ellis, Jennifer 

National Science 

Foundation 

School of 

Education 

UT Chattanooga STEM Education 

Noyce Scholarship Program $0  S/F 

National Science 

Foundation 

School of 

Education 

Collaborative Research: STEM‐MS 

Chattanooga: Transforming Middle 

Grades Education Through a STEM‐

Infused Learning Model 

$629,534  R 

McAllister, 

Deborah 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

School of 

Education 

Leveraging GLOBE Resources to 

Implement Middle Grades Science and 

Mathematics Standards 

$75,000  I/T 

Cooley, Morgan 

Community 

Foundation of 

Greater 

Chattanooga 

Incorporated 

Social Work Expanding Mental Health First Aid 

Chattanooga $9,248  PS 

Alliance of Women 

Philanthropists ‐ 

Giving Circle 

Social Work Mental Health First Aid Training for 

College Students $13,063  PS 

Library 

Runyon, 

Carolyn 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

Library Voices of African American Women 

Oral History Project $14,715  R 

Administrative Units 

Benker, Stuart 

Tennessee Higher 

Education 

Commission 

Academic 

Affairs 

Maclellan Student Success Center: A 

Major Renovation of Maclellan 

Gymnasium 

$8,150,000  IS 

Suzuki, Takeo 

FHI 360 International 

Education 

Young Transatlantic Leader Exchange: 

Entrepreneurship and Innovation $49,089  SS 

FHI 360 International 

Education NEA/AC Student Leaders Program  $297,986  I/T 

FHI 360 International 

Education Social Entrepreneurship SUSI Institute  $198,428  SS 

Miller, Michael Public Radio 

Exchange Radio Station  Muslims in the Bible Belt Podcast  $100,000  PS 

Henkle, 

Jennifer 

UT Alliance of 

Women 

Philanthropists 

Student Affairs  UTC Food Pantry  $7,977  SS 

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Carrol, Andrew 

North Carolina 

Wildlife Resources 

Commission 

Vice Chancellor 

for Research 

Conservation Web Map for the Little 

Tennessee River Native Fish 

Conservation Area Partnership (NFCA) 

$39,916  R 

Romagni, 

Joanne 

Howard Hughes 

Medical Institute 

Vice Chancellor 

for Research 

Preliminary Proposal ‐ Pathways to 

Advance Science Success (PASSport) $0  IS