Award Summary for August, 2003

Principal Investigator

Department

Collaborators

Title

Agency

Award Amount

Period

Marian Muste 

IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering

 

Hydraulic Model Study of Circulating Water Pump Basin for East Kentucky Power Cooperative

EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. 

$84,500

8/1/2002

to

7/31/2003

Jerald L. Schnoor

Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

Involvement of an Endosymbiotic Methylobacterium sp. in the Biodegradation of Explosive RDX and HMX Inside Popular Trees (Populs deltoides x nigra

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 247,441

9/1/2003

to

8/31/2005

Sharif Rahman

Center for Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

 

Large-Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LB-LOCA) Probabilistic Code Development

BARTTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE

$ 50,000

7/1/2003

to

5/14/2004

William E. Eichinger

IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering

 

Collaborative Research:  An Optimality Principle of Evaporation Over the Land Surface

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 39,939

9/1/2003

to

8/31/2005

Michelle M. Scherer

Civil & Environmental Engineering

 

CAREER: Reactivity of Green Rust Compounds in Natural and Engineered Systems

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 50,000

6/1/2000

to

5/31/2004

Witold F. Krajewski

IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering

 

Towards Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation WSR-88D Algorithms:  Preliminary Studies and Problem Formulation – Phase 2

US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

$ 85,000

9/13/2002

to

9/12/2005

Thomas Schnell

Center for Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

 

Development of a "Fixed Roadway Lighting Module" for the Target Visibility Predictor (TarVIP) Computer Model

US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

$ 145,718

9/4/2003

to

3/3/2005

Alec B. Scranton

Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

 

I/UCRC for Fundamentals and Applications of Photopolymerizations

US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

$ 374,048

11/1/2002

to

10/31/2003

Wiltold F. Krajewski

IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering

 

Rainfall Estimation Uncertainty Studies in Support of the Surface Reference Data Center

US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

$ 310,452

12/1/2002

to

12/30/2003

Gary E Christensen

Electrical & Computer Engineering

 

Lung Trajectory Mapping

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

$ 47,082

4/1/2003

to

3/31/2004