Monthly New Awards - May 2020

Abdel-Aty, Mohamed Real-Time Crash Risk Visualization Tools for Traffic Safety Management - USDOT Challenge Stage II U.S. Department of Transportation $200,000 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Abdolvand, Reza Layout Modification and Fabrication of Resonant Accelerometers Lorand Technologies, Inc. $39,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science Ahmed, Kareem Sand-Plugging Resistant Metallic Combustor Liners Creare, Inc. $30,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science Amezcua Correa, Rodrigo Lasers Based on Gas or Liquid Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers SA Photonics $154,932 College of Optics and Photonics

Amezcua Correa, Rodrigo High Power Raman Laser Fibers and Components Topic 2 - Optoelectronics U.S. Army Research Office $99,996 College of Optics and Photonics

Backes, Bethany Older Victims of Sexual and Domestic Violence: Understanding Gaps in Systems Responses and Community University of Texas Medical Branch $66,065 College of Community Innovation and Education

Backes, Bethany | Backes, Bethany Evaluation of Institute on Coordinated Community Response The Conference on Crimes Against Women, Inc. $138,217 College o f Community Innovation and Education

Beazley, Melanie Advanced Microbial Source Tracking Analysis for Lake Adair - Uses DNA to Test Water and Sediment Samples to Determine if Cormorant, Human or Canine are the Source of the Contamination City of Orlando $11,050 College of Sciences

Brisbois, Elizabeth Bioinspired Antifouling and Thromboresistant Polymers for Blood-Contacting Interfaces National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute $372,244 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Campins, Humberto Summer Support for Graduate Student Research in Support of Two NASA Asteroid Missions NASA Shared Services Center $12,600 College of Sciences

Caulkins, Bruce Mohapatra Family Foundation Fellowship for Dr. Alan Paris Mohapatra Family Foundation $70,000 School f or Simulation and Training

Cavanagh, Thomas Making Digital Learning Accessible for Everyone Venture Well $7,500 Academic Affairs Administration

Chakrabarti, Debopam Novel Antimalarials from Fungi National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $795,805 College o f Medicine

Chanda, Debashis Nonlinear Semiconductor -Metal Phase Transition Induced Frequency Modulation (FM) based Mid-Infrared Detection at Room Temperature National Science Foundation $350,000 Nanoscience Technology Center

Crabbs, Robert Laser Range Support II U.S. Air Force $665,754 College of Optics and Photonics

Donley, Amy 2020 ISBS Support Various $22,426 College of Sciences

Driggers, Ronald Hyperspectral Measurements for Army Applications in Targeting, ISR, Threat Warning, and Materials Research U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory $139,500 College of Optics and Photonics

Eluru, Naveen Evaluating Community Building Effectiveness of Transportation Investments: Using Traditional and Big Data Oriented Analytical Approaches Department of Transportation $80,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Emrich, Christopher Phase VII- 2019-2020 Enhancement and Update of the Florida Public Health and Risk Assessment Tool Florida Department of Health $99,999 College of Community Innovation and Education

Fenton, James Solar Energy Innovation Network Round 1 Collaboration Team: City of Orlando City of Orlando $25,233 Florida Solar Energy Center

Fu, Qiushi Effect of Force -Based Motor Repetition on the Control and Learning of Dexterous Manipulation National Institutes of Health $429,838 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Hoffman, Phil CPB CARES Act TV and FM Stabilization Funds Corporation for Public Broadcasting $275,000 Communications and Marketing

Hoffman, Phil WUCF Well Beings Tour WETA WETA $10,000 Communications and Marketing

Hoffman, Phil American Portrait PBS WUCF Public Broadcasting Service $10,000 Communications and Marketing

Horan, Kristin Effects of Institutional Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Undergraduate Faculty and Students Across STEM Disciplines National Science Foundation $113,316 College o f Sciences

Jung, YeonWoong Hierarchically-Assembled 2D TM Seoul National University R&DB F oundation $13,200 NanoScience Technology Center

Kang, Ellen Actin Cytoskeleton Biomechanics and Mechanobiology in Complex Cellular Environments National Science Foundation $100,144 NanoScience Technology Center

Kilbride, Mike GrowFL FloridaMakes April 2020 FloridaMakes, Inc. $300,000 Presidential Division

Kinzel, Michael Fluid Dynamic Driving Mechanisms of Airborne Pathogen Transmission and Control National Science Foundation $200,000 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Lambie, Glenn The Efficacy of a Student-Centered Classroom Environment on Second-Grade Students’ Academic Achievement, School-Based Behavior, and Social- Emotional Functionality Foundatio n $64,896 College of Community Innovation and Education

Li, Guifang Pointing and Tracking for Research on Turbulence-Resistant Free-Space Optical Communication and Atmospheric Laser Science U.S. Army Research Office $120,000 College of Optics and Photonics

Lyakh, Arkadiy Incoherent Arrays of High Power QCLs Attollo Engineering, LLC $65,000 NanoScience Technology Center

Mahalanobis, Abhijit Development of a Target Detection and Recognition Capability with Low False Alarm Rate with Reduced Training Labels DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC $75,000 Center for Research in Computer Vision

Mahalanobis, Abhijit Image Processing Device for Ground Combat Vehicles DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC $50,000 Center for Research in Computer Vision

Mahalanobis, Abhijit Tagging Frames of Video Data Elbit Systems of America, LLC $9,999 Center for Research in Computer Vision

Meade, Travis Hardware IP Protection through Provably Secure State-Space Obfuscation $75,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Metcalf, David COVID 19 - Personal Protective Equipment Powered Air Purifying Respirator Donning and Doffing App Upgrade U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs $19,994 School f or Simulation and Training

Metcalf, David Winter Park Health Foundation Virtual Community Engagement Support Winter Park Health Foundation $10,000 School f or Simulation and Training

Metcalf, David | Hamilton, Angela Blockchain and Quantum for Cybersecurity Simulation U.S. Army Research Office $245,269 School for Simulation and Training

Metzger, Philip Development of Large Vehicle Landing Surface Interaction and In Situ Resource Based Risk Mitigation NASA Shared Services Center $59,999 Florida Space Institute

Metzger, Philip Post-Processing of Existing Experimental Data Describing Surface Erosion for First Year Support of the NASA/MSFC Plume Surface Interaction Task NASA Shared Services Center $40,000 Florida Space Institute

Mukherjee, Jaydeep Florida Space Grant Consortium Opportunities in NASA STEM FY 2020-2024 NASA Shared Services Center $759,999 Florida Space Institute

Nascimento De Pra, Mario Earth - and Space-Based Studies in Support of NASA Space Missions NASA Shared Services Center $3,462 Florida Space Institute Raghavan, Seetha | Vasu Sumathi, Subith Advancing Materials and Combustion Technologies for Next Generation Propulsion and Power Generation Systems at the German Aerospace Center National Science Foundation $297,225 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Rahman, Talat | Liu, Fudong Understanding and Predicting Reactivity and Selectivity of Single Atom Catalyst National Science Foundation $699,850 College o f Sciences

Reed, Dean | Plamondon, Brian Battlespace Visualization and Planning Tool Phase III Dignitas Technologies LLC $100,000 School for Simulation and Training

Renk, Kimberly Building a Reflective Practice Network for Florida's Early Childhood Court Office of the State Courts Administrator $40,000 College of Sciences

Richardson, Martin Diamond Raman Laser TILL System U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory $671,301 College of Optics and Photonics

Rivera, Fernando The Gulf's Climate Migrants and Their Receiving Communities: Migrant Outcomes and Local Institutional Capacity Urban Institute $154,459 College o f Sciences

Schleith, Susan SunSmart Schools E-Shelter Maximization Project – Phase 1 Florida Department of Agriculture Consumer Services $118,667 Florida Solar Energy Center

Solihin, Yan Wifi-Based IoT Device Profiling and User Privacy Attack/Defense Sophos, Inc. $30,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Sonne, Jeffrey 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code Changes Documentation for Energy Conservation, Building and Residential Volumes Florida Department of Business Professional Regulations $35,000 Florida Solar Energy Center

Sonne, Jeffrey 2020 Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 7th Edition Change Overview Florida Department of Business Professional Regulations $10,000 Florida Solar Energy Center

Southwell, Amber The Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Clinical Progression of Huntington’s Disease University of South Florida $48,000 College of Medicine

Sun, Wei Parameterization of Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource Model for Bulk Power System Transient Stability Analysis Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. $30,000 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Thompson, Brenda Community Schools Partnership: OCPS Academic Center for Excellence High School Children's Home Society of Florida, Inc. $1,500 College of Community Innovation and Education

Valenti, Michael CFAHEC 2019-2020 Opioid Education Central Florida Area Health Education Center $2,000 College of Nursing

Vasu Sumathi, Subith DIMP High-Pressure and High-Temperature Spectroscopy Experiments Spectral Energies, LLC $74,459 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Vasu Sumathi, Subith | Kapat, Jayanta LED-Based Low-Cost Gas Sensor for Crew and Vehicle Safety U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration $178,800 College o f Engineering and Computer Science

Viglione, Jill An Examination of Rapid Change in Community Corrections Agencies as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic National Science Foundation $105,467 College o f Community Innovation and Education

Wendt, Oliver Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies Program Northeastern University $16,000 College of Health Professions and Sciences

Wiegand, Rudolf | Bockelman, Patricia Coevolutionary Algorithms to Identify Distractor Answers for Multiple Choice Questions Used for Peer Instruction National Science Foundation $222,878 School for Simulation and Training

Williams-Fjeldhe, Karri Community Partnership Schools: Endeavor Children's Home Society of Florida, Inc. $4,600 College of Community Innovation and Education

Wu, Shintson Smart Dimmer Kent Optronics , Inc. $33,450 College of Optics and Photonics]

Xia, Xiaohu A General and Robust Route to Highly Diverse Hollow Nanostructures with New Properties National Science Foundation $316,773 College o f Sciences

Zhang, Wencai MicroRNA-Mediated Precancerous Metabolism Accelerates Progression Of Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia Of The Lung International Lung Cancer Foundation $50,000 College of Medicine

Zhou, Qun | Atia, George | Qu, Zhihua | Sun, Wei Building Intelligence with Layered Defense Using Security-Constrained Optimization and Security Risk Detection U.S. Department of Energy $644,930 College of Engineering and Computer Science