Grant Awardees

George S. Constantinescu, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Pump Intake LES/DES Model Study to Assess the Feasibility of Using CFD as a Tool to Evaluate & Improve Design of Pump Stations

Grant Agency: South Florida Water Management District
Month awarded: February 2025

Craig Just, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Waste-to-Jet Consortium: Development & Optimization of Carbon Negative Algal SAF Pathways

Grant agency: Triad National Security, LLC
Month awarded: February 2025

Andrew Veit, Driving Safety Research Institute

DSRI miniSim for University of Oklahoma

Grant agency: University of Oklahoma
Month awarded: January 2025

David Cwiertny, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Investigating the Mississippi River as a source for PFAS contamination in nearby private drinking water wells

Grant agency: Iowa Water Center
Month awarded: January 2025

Punham Saha, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Osteoporosis and sarcopenia in COPD & CT-based phenotypes

Grant agency: US Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Month awarded: January 2025

Jun Wang, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

STRIVE Phase A concept study

Grant agency: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Month awarded: December 2024

Jun Wang, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

Enhance and enrich SAGE III aerosol data products

Grant agency: US National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Month awarded: December 2024

Nathan Young, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering

Milford Creek hydraulic model

Grant agency: Dickinson County, Iowa
Month awarded: December 2024

Martin St. Clair, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering

Agreement for operation and maintenance of water quality sensor

Grant agency: Maquoketa River Watershed Management Authority
Month awarded: November 2024

Nathan Young, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering

Engineering assessments related to geophysical levee analysis services

Grant agency: Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division
Month awarded: November 2024

Hyun Yoon, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering

Small-scale wave energy converter testing

Grant agency: PEAK LLC
Month awarded: November 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, OPL

AgilePod panels and nose cones

Grant agency: Collins Aerospace
Month awarded: November 2024

Timothy Brown, Driving Safety Research Institute

Determine feasibility of alternative tests for the SFST

Grant agency: Dunlap and Associates, Inc.
Month awarded: November 2024

Ibrahim Demir, CEE, ECE, IIHR

I-Corps: Translation potential of advanced AI solutions to transform education, research, and institutional efficiency

Grant agency: U.S. National Science Foundation
Month awarded: November 2024

Yang Liu, ECE, ITI, IIBI, CBCB

Loupes 2.0: Empowering austere dental and maxillofacial care with digital dental loupes

Grant agency: Advanced Technology International
Month awarded: November 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, OPL

Synergy Dart project, 2024

Grant agency: Collins Aerospace
Month awarded: November 2024

Keith Schilling, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering Iowa Geological Survey

Managing Pool Levels In Saylorville Reservoir for Nitrate Load Reductions

Grant Agency: US Department of Defense
Month Awarded: October 2024

Keith Schilling, IIHR, Iowa Geological Survey

Investigating Long-Term Nutrient Trends and High-Resolution Orthophosphate Dynamics in a Restored Prairie Ecosystem

Grant Agency: Iowa State University
Month Awarded: October 2024

Keith Schilling, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa Geological Survey

Quantifying Nutrient Load Reduction Practices at Multiple Field Sites

Grant Agency: Iowa State University
Month Awarded: October 2024

Keith Schilling, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa Geological Survey

Well Drilling at Forney Lake WMA

Grant Agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Month Awarded: October 2024

Felipe Quintero Duque, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa Flood Center

Adapting the Iowa Flood Center's Hillslope Link Model for Compatibility with the NextGen Framework

Grant Agency: University of Alabama
Month Awarded: October 2024

Elliot Anderson, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa Geological Survey

Investigating Long-Term Nutrient Trends and High-Resolution Orthophosphate Dynamics in a Restored Prairie Ecosystem

Grant Agency: Iowa State University
Month Awarded: October 2024

Jennifer Fiegel, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Iowa Technology Institute

Keen Partner – Annual Support

Grant Agency: Kern Family Foundation
Month Awarded: October 2024

Jennifer Fiegel, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Iowa Technology Institute

Incorporation of Evidence-Based Strategies from Cognitive Science to Enhance Student Success in Engineering: the 3Ms – Mindset, Metacognition, and Memory

Grant Agency: US National Science Foundation
Month Awarded: October 2024

John Gaspar, Driving Safety Research Institute

Characterizing and Comparing Lane Departures as a Function of Driver State Ref No. 693JJ921D000039/693JJ924F00143N

Grant Agency: US Department of Transportation
Month Awarded: October 2024

John Gaspar, Driving Safety Research Institute

Solicitation 693JJ924R000077: Secondary Device Usage, Needs Analysis, and Prevention Strategies

Grant Agency: US Department of Transportation
Month Awarded: October 2024

Justin Mason, Driving Safety Research Institute

Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) User Acceptance and Effectiveness Testing using Simulator and/or Closed Track Methods.

Grant Agency: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Month Awarded: October 2024

Hans Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering

IntelliSee Data Analytics

Funding Source: IntelliSee
Month Awarded: October 2024

Troy Lyons, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Inlet Study Physical Hydraulic Modeling

Grant Agency: Clark County Regional Flood Control District
Month Awarded: October 2024

Troy Lyons, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Design, Fabrication, and Installation of a Laboratory Flume

Grant Agency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Month Awarded: October 2024

James Niemeier, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Ultrasonic Stream Gauge in Floyd County

Grant Agency: Floyd County Emergency Management
Month Awarded: October 2024

Punam Saha portrait, gray jacket and red tie

Punam Saha, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Scoliosis as a Contributing Factor to Lung Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Adults

Grant Agency: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Month Awarded: October 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, Operator Performance Laboratory

CRONUS Flight Test

Grant Agency: Mile Two
Month Awarded: October 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, Operator Performance Laboratory

Physics-AI TSPI Camera

Grant Agency: Physics-AI
Month Awarded: October 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, Operator Performance Laboratory

2024 Fall USN TPS QE MI-2 Aircraft

Grant Agency: US Department of Defense
Month Awarded: October 2024

Thomas Schnell, ISE, ECE, ITI, Operator Performance Laboratory

SBIR Phase II Extension Period For Common Data Acquisition And Exchange Framework For Aircraft Health Monitoring Systems.

Grant Agency: Global Strategic Solutions, LLC
Month Awarded: October 2024

Martin St. Clair, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Watershed Scaling Effects Measured Via Nested High Frequency Sensors

Grant Agency: Iowa State University
Month Awarded: October 2024

Fatima Toor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sub-Terahertz to Terahertz Metamaterial Coatings for Blackbody Radiation Shielding of Quantum Circuitry

Grant Agency: US Department of Energy
Month Awarded: October 2024

H. Udaykumar, Mechanical Engineering, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Direct numerical simulations of shock-to-detonation transition (SDT) in heterogeneous energetic materials.

Grant Agency: US Department of Defense
Month Awarded: October 2024

Larry Weber, Civil & Environmental Engineering, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering

Influence of Hydrodynamics, Sedimentation, and Temperature on Nature-like Fishway Performance.

Grant Agency: US Department of Defense
Month Awarded: October 2024

David Cwiertny, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: A Photocapacitive/Electrolytic Reactor for Carbon Neutral Production of Clean Water and Value-added Products from Nitrate Contaminated Waters.

Grant Agency: US National Science Foundation
Month Awarded: October 2024