Award Summary for March

Principal Investigator

Department

Collaborators

Title

Agency

Award Amount

Period

David W Murhammer

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

 

Monitoring and Control of Rotating Wall Vessels and Application to the Study of Prostate Cancer

NASA

$ 131,400

3/01/1999

to

11/30/2003

Victor G Rodgers

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

 

Bioseparations via Coupled TPP and Electrostatic Forces

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 115,323

4/01/2002

to

3/31/2003

Witold F Krajewski

Civil and Environmental Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Experimental Investigation of X-Band Polarimetric-Radar Rainfall Estimation

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 13,386

10/15/2000

to

9/30/2002

Victor G Rodgers

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

 

Evaluating Oxidative Stress in Virally-Infected Cells in Simulated Microgravity

NASA

$ 67,050

3/01/1999

to

11/30/2002

Fredric Stern

Mechanical Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Collaborative Research: Integtration of Simulation Technology into Undergraduate Engineering Courses and Laboratories

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 179,679

3/01/2002

to

2/28/2005

Jerald L Schnoor

Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

Phytoremediation Research at the Former Health Petrochemical Refinery:  A Greenhouse Study and Demonstration

CHAPMAN & LEWIS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

$ 150,000

1/01/2002

to

12/31/2004

Yong-Gen Lai

IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Two-Fluid Model Development for Liquid-Bubbly Mixture Flow Simulation

PRAXAIR, INC.

$ 5,000

3/01/2002

to

1/31/2003

Larry Joseph Weber

Civil and Environmental Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Enhancement and Application of CFD for Modeling Fish Passage Facilities

US ARMY

$ 142,000

3/08/2002

to

3/07/2003

Wilfrid A Nixon

Civil and Environmental Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Evaluation of Using Non-Corrosive Deicing Materials and Corrosion Reducing Treatments for Deicing Salts

IOWA HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD

$ 100,000

5/01/2002

to

4/30/2004

H S Udaykumar

Mechanical Engineering

 

Direct Numerical Simulation of Micro-Scale Heat and Mass Transport During Cryo-Treatment of Cells and Tissue

WHITAKER FOUNDATION

$ 68,213

5/01/2002

to

4/30/2003

Kyung Kook Choi

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

 

Validation Plan for the Physics of Failure Effort

US ARMY

$ 29,976

8/15/2001

to

4/10/2002

Keri C Hornbuckle

Civil and Environmental Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Isle Royale National Park and Vayageurs National Park

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

$ 14,877

6/01/2001

to

9/30/2002

Theodore F Smith

Mechanical Engineering

 

Validation of Energy-Efficiency Measures for Operation of Building HVAC Systems: Amendment

IOWA ENERGY CENTER

$ 8,500

7/01/2001

to

6/30/2002

Victor G Rodgers

Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

 

Genetically Altered Cells for Low PO2 Environments

US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES-NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

$ 110,250

4/01/2002

to

3/31/2003

Frederick Stern

Mechanical Engineeing-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

6DOF Viscous Ship Hydrodynamics: Grant Expansion

US DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

$ 40,000

10/01/2000

to

3/31/2004

Anton Kruger

IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Computer Equipment for IDD Feed at The University of Iowa

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 3,250

2/15/2001

to

1/31/2002

Jeffrey S Marshall

Mechanical Engineering-IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering

 

Investigation of Intake Vortex-Impeller Interaction in a Pump

HITACHI INDUSTRIES COMPANY, LTD.

$ 45,928

4/01/2002

to

3/31/2003

Gregory R Carmichael

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering-Global Regional Environmental Research Center

 

The Role of Heterogeneous Chemistry in the Photochemical Oxidant Cycle: A Modeling and Laboratory Study

US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

$ 158,377

3/15/2002

to

3/14/2003