Principal Investigator

Department

Collaborators

Title

Agency

Award Amount

Period

Christoph Beckermann

Mechanical Engineering

Microporosity Formation in Alloy Solidification

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 308,264

2/01/2002       to

1/31/2005

Jeffrey Scott Marshall

Mechanical Engineering-

IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Rivulet Dynamics with Variable Gravity and Wind Shear

NASA

$ 85,430

5/01/2000

to

11/30/2003

Lizhi Sun

Civil and Environmental Engineering- Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD)

Mechanical Responses of Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum Composites under Multi-Axial Loads for Aerospace Applications

IOWA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

$ 10,000

2/01/2002

to

12/20/2002

Larry Joseph Weber

Civil and Environmental Engineering- IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Hydraulic Model Program for Rock Island Spillbay Deflectors

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON

$ 200,000

12/01/2001

to

11/30/2002

Frederick Stern

Mechanical Engineering

High Performance, Multi-Criteria CFD-Based Optimization for Ship Design

US DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

$ 80,387

4/01/2002

to

3/31/2005

Forrest M Holly

Civil and Environmental Engineering- IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Thermal Modeling for Des Plaines River and Powerplants

MIDWEST GENERATION

$ 62,000

2/01/2002

to

7/01/2002

Wilfrid A. Nixon

Civil and Environmental Engineering- IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Investigation of Materials for the Reduction and Prevention of Corrosion on Highway Maintenance Equipment

IOWA HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD

$ 80,000

5/01/2002

to

10/31/2003

Karim Abdel-Malek

Mechanical Engineering- Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD)

Optimization-Based Ergonomics Design in Virtual Reality

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

$ 150,012

12/11/2001

to

12/10/2004

Krishnan B Chandran

Biomedical Engineering

A Collaborative Educational Environment for Functional Cardiovascular Image Analysis

WHITAKER FOUNDATION

$ 176,063

1/01/2002

to

12/31/2002

Witold F Krajewski

Civil and Environmental Engineering- IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Collaborative Research:

Experimental Investigation of X-Band Polarimetric-Radar Rainfall Estimation

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

$ 5,479

10/15/2000

to

9/30/2002

Christoph Beckermann

Mechanical Engineering

Integrated Design of Steel Castings for Service Performance

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

$ 80,000

9/15/2000

to

6/30/2002

William E Eichinger

Civil and Environmental Engineering- IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

Impact of Field–Scale Heterogeneity in Surface Moisture and Vegitation Cover on Regional-Scale Fluxes: From Land-Atmosphere Modeling and Remote Sensing Perspectives

NASA

$ 49,000

2/01/2002

to

1/31/2005

Tonya L Peeples

Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

Extremophilic Interfacial Systems for Waste Processing in Space

NASA

$ 77,000

3/01/1999

to

11/30/2002

Soura Dasgupta

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Optimal Subband Coders for Cyclostationary Signals

US ARMY

$ 65,000

10/01/2000

to

9/30/2002

Alec B Scranton

Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

Photocrosslinking of Polyolefin Fibers

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

$ 48,004

9/01/2000

to

8/31/2002