DIMENSIONS of DISCOVERY Sponsored Program Awards August 2015 Abdel-Khalik, Hany S; nuclear engineering, Appenzeller, Joerg; electrical & computer Ben-Amotz, Dor; chemistry, from National from Idaho National Laboratory, $85,000, engineering, from Brookhaven National Science Foundation, $439,200, “Water- “Implementation of Surrogate Construc- Laboratory, $240,000, “Quantum DOT Mediated Interactions.” tion Methodology for Ravens Multi-Physics Based Solar Devices with Double-Wall Bergmann, Michael A; philosophy, Models.” Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Nanowire from University of Notre Dame, $65,000, Abraham, John; mechanical engineering, Channels.” (a Discovery Park award – Birck “Responding to Skepticism: Radical, Moral, from Caterpillar Inc., $50,000, “Modeling Nanotechnology Center) and Religious.” Applegate, Todd J of Turbulent Combustion in Lean-Burn ; animal sciences, from Bertino, Elisa; computer science, from Don- Natural Gas.” Winifred B. Bilsland Endowment, $9,609, ald Danforth Plant Science Center, $17,362, Abu-Omar, Mahdi M; chemistry, from U.S. “Chen, Xixi.” “Amendement No. 5 Genome-Enabled Plant Department of Energy, $150,000, “Tandem Armstrong, Shalamar D; agronomy, from Research (GEPR): Mineral Nutrient Gene and Bimetallic Catalysts for Oxidative Dehy- Lynn Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, Discovery and Gene X Environment Interac- drogenation of Light Hydrocarbons with $28,586, “Lacey, Corey.” tions Using the Nested Association Mapping Renewable Feedstock.” Bagchi, Saurabh; electrical & computer Population in Maize [Grant 105798].” (a Adeola, Olayiwola; animal sciences, from engineering, from National Science Founda- Discovery Park award – Cyber Center) BASF Corporation, $1,000, “BASF Research.” tion, $450,000, “Computer Systems Research Bertoline, Gary R; Koch, Daphene C Umberger, Gloria H Adeola, Olayiwola; animal sciences, from (CSR): Small: Diagnosing Performance and and ; technology – Ross Graduate Fellowship/Assistantship, Correctness Errors in Parallel Applications administration, building construction & $28,586, “Aardsma, Matthew.” at Large Scale.” management technology, global affairs, from Balakrishnan, Venkataramanan; elec- Employindy, $170,000, “Polytechnic School Adeola, Olayiwola; animal sciences, from Planning Grant.” Ross Graduate Fellowship/Assistantship, trical & computer engineering, from GS Bingham, Clifton W $28,586, “Park, Chansol.” Bridge Assistantships, $9,402, “Bashir, ; computer science, Muhammed.” from National Science Foundation, $78,147, Agrawal, Rakesh; chemical engineer- Baldwin, Michael E Agee, Ernest M “Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment ing, from National Science Foundation, and ; earth & atmospheric sciences, from National (IPA) Agreement for Clifton Bingham with $900,000, “DMREF: SusChEM: Rapid NSF.” Response Research (RAPID) Design of Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administra- Boltasseva, Alexandra Kildishev, Alex- Earth Abundant Inorganic Materials for tion, $192,901, “Improved Understanding of ; ander V Shalaev, Vladimir M Future PVs.” Tornado Development and Risk Using Mod- and ; electri- els and Observations from VORTEX-SE.” cal & computer engineering, from National Agrawal, Rakesh; Alam, Muhammad Baldwin, Michael E; earth & atmospher- Science Foundation, $167,300, “OP: Enabling A; Garimella, Suresh V and Lundstrom, High-Temperature Photonic Technologies Mark S; chemical engineering, electrical ic sciences, from University of Illinois, $193,748, “Collaborative Research: Improved with Plasmonic Ceramics.” (a Discovery & computer engineering, mechanical engi- Park award – Birck Nanotechnology Center) neering, from National Renewable Energy Understanding of Convective-Storm Pre- Boudouris, Bryan W Laboratory, $0, “Solar Energy Research dictability and Environment Feedbacks ; chemical engineer- Institute for India and the United States from Observations During the Mesoscale ing, from National Science Foundation, (SERIIUS).” Predictability Experiment (MPEX).” $100,000, “Tailoring Transport in Trans- Beaulieu, Lionel J; Office of Engagement, parent and Conducting Non-Conjugated Anderson, William E; aeronautical & Polymers.” astronautical engineering, from Air Force from Rowan University, $5,000, “Multi- Bouman, Charles A Midkiff, Samuel P Research Laboratory, $66,000, “Plan, Devel- Sponsored Account (Purdue Center for ; and Raghunathan, Anand op and Execute Basic Research, Experiments Regional Development [PCRD]).” ; electrical & com- and Analysis of Liquid and High-Pressure Beaulieu, Lionel J; Office of Engagement, puter engineering, from High Performance Combustion Systems.” from Growth Transitions Inc, $10,000, Imaging, $290,000, “Jointly Optimized “Multi-Sponsored Account (Purdue Center Software and Algorithms for Fast MBIR for Regional Development [PCRD]).” Imaging – Phase II.” Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships Dimensions of Discovery Purdue University Sponsored Program Awards — July 2015 Bowling, Laura C; agronomy, from Pur- Cipriani, Kauline S; Green, Henry W; DeLaurentis, Daniel A and Crossley, due University F N Andrews Fellowship, Sanmiguel, Sandra F and Reed, Willie M; William A; aeronautical & astronautical $28,586, “Lee, Charlotte Irene.” veterinary medicine – administration, veteri- engineering, from Federal Aviation Admin- Braile, Lawrence W; earth & atmospheric nary clinical science, from National Institute istration, $100,000, “Aircraft Technology sciences, from Shell Oil Company, $30,000, of Food & Agriculture, $200,000, “The Purdue Modeling and Assessment.” “SAGE (Summer of Applied Geophysical Doctor of Veterinary Medicine_ MSP: Increas- Delp, Edward J; electrical & computer Experience) Purdue University – Sage 2015.” ing Diversity and Intercultural Competence engineering, from Raytheon, $519, “Multi- within the Veterinary Profession.” Brightman, Andrew O; biomedical engi- Sponsor.” Claridge, Shelley A Boudouris, Bryan neering, from Indiana University Purdue ; Delp, Edward J; electrical & computer engi- W Chmielewski, Jean A Mao, Chengde University at Indianapolis, $33,108, “2015-16 ; ; neering, from Mitre Corporation, $39,884, Thompson, David H Joint PhD Program with Indiana University and ; biomedical “Tattoo Localization and Matching for Image Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) engineering, chemical engineering, chem- Retrieval.” for Graduate Support – Andrew Chen.” istry, from National Science Foundation, $241,493, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging Deshmukh, Abhijit V; industrial engineer- Bullock, Darcy M; civil engineering, (MRI): Acquisition of an Atomic-Resolution ing, from Vietnam Education Foundation, from Purdue Doctoral Program, $31,202, $13,580, “Support for Anh Tuan Nguyen- “McNamara, Margaret.” AFM for the Amy Analytical Instrumenta- tion Center.” Visiting Scholar.” Bynum, Cornelius L Johnson, Chrystal S ; Dragnev, Peter D; Anderson, Jeffrey R Kong, Ningning N Clawson, Rosalee A; political science, and ; history, curriculum and Coroian, Iuliu D; mathematics – Fort & instruction, library administration, from from Ludwig Kruhe Graduate Scholarship, $20,189, “Shelby, William P.” Wayne campus, from Vision Menu, $4,765, National Endowment for the Humani- “Mathematics Support to Improve Accuracy.” ties, $199,999, “From Plessy to Brown: the Comer, Douglas E; computer science, African American Freedom Struggle in the from National Science Foundation, $67,400, Dyke, Shirley J; mechanical engineering, Twentieth Century Summer Institute.” “Workshop Identifying Sdn Research Prob- from Purdue Doctoral Program, $31,804, “Wilbee, Alana.” Cai, Zhiqiang; mathematics, from National lems for Large-Scale Production Networks.” Science Foundation, $95,290, “A Posteriori Connor, Robert J; civil engineering, from Dyke, Shirley J; Ramirez, Julio A and Jah- Error Estimation through Duality and Some Purdue University F N Andrews Fellowship, anshahi, Mohammad Reza; mechanical Other Topics.” $31,804, “Schroeder, Curtis.” engineering, civil engineering, from Indiana Department of Transportation, $210,000, Calve, Sarah; biomedical engineering, Connor, Robert J; civil engineering, from from Nexxt Spine LLC, $1,150, “Testing the “Automated (Image Based) Collection and Ross Graduate Fellowship/Assistantship, Measurements for Construction Pay Items Response of Different Titanium Surfaces on $28,792, “Campbell, Leslie.” Osteoblast Behavior.” SPR-4006.” Cosier, Richard A; management, from Catlin, Ann C; academic technologies, from Ebert, David S; electrical & computer engi- Foundation Center-Cleveland, $4,786, neering, from Central Intelligence Agency, Yale University, $49,018, “A Bioecological “Krannert School of Managements Graduate Pediatric HIV Disclosure Interventin in $300,000, “Predictive Analytics Visual Ana- Program to Provide Scholarships to First- lytics User Experience.” (a Discovery Park Ghana – Sankofa; Amendment 3, Grant Year Students Based on Academic Merit.” 106395.” award – Discovery Park administration) Crawford, Melba M; agronomy, from Unit- Chen, Dong; engineering – Fort Wayne Ebert, David S; Butzke, Christian E; ed Technologies, $8,000, “Vegetation Indices campus, from National Science Founda- Crawford, Melba M; Owens, Phillip R for Shortwave Infrared Reflecture Data.” tion, $39,999, “A Novel Self–Cleaning and Peroulis, Dimitrios; electrical & com- Microfiltration Membrane System for Water Crossley, William A and Davendralingam, puter engineering, food science, agronomy, Purification.” Navindran; aeronautical & astronauti- from National Science Foundation, $60,105, cal engineering, from Naval Postgraduate “FEW: Technology