In 2015 the Science Alliance funded nine new and three second-year JDRD projects.
First-Year Projects
The following individuals received first-year JDRD funding:
Steven Abel
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Membrane Domain Formation on Nanostructured Scaffolds: Theory and Computational Modeling
Tessa Calhoun
Chemistry
Imaging Nanomaterial Interfaces using Evanescent Wave Electronic Sum Frequency Generation Microscopy
Qing Charles Cao
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kim Carter
Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Donovan
Nuclear Engineering
Steven Johnston
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Monte Carlo studies of correlated one-dimensional multi-orbital systems
Ramki Kalyanaraman
Materials Science and Engineering
New ultrastable bimetallic thin films for plasmonic-based chemical sensing
Nicole McFarlane
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jim Ostrowski
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Optimal Thermal Control in a Micro Grid
Second-Year Projects
The following individuals received second-year JDRD funding:
Daniel Costinett
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Brian Long
Department of Chemistry
Tailored Synthesis of Complex Polymeric Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Purification