November 2023 Grants and Awards
An All-Stage Fire Blight Control: Remote Sensing, DNA, Enzyme and Plant Activator Technologies for Cankers, Blossom Light and Shoot Blight
Principal Investigator:
Srdan G. Acimovic
Assistant Professor
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agriculture Research Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$5,717,639
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Ranger: Multifunctional Intelligent Sensor System
Principal Investigator:
Paul K. Ampadu
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$50,000
Sponsor:
Herox
Bridging Genomes to Phenomes: Fostering Interdisciplinary Expertise to Advance Animal Production
Principal Investigator:
Fernando H. Biase
Associate Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$238,500
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
EXCLAIM - EXCLusives via Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning
Principal Investigator:
Marie Boer
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$201,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Energy
Piloting a Parenting Mobile App to Reduce Treatment Time for Families in Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Rosanna B. Boljonis
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$19,261
Sponsor:
American Psychological Foundation
Microstructural Characterization of Iron Sulfide Mineral Oxidation in Aggregates Used in Concretes
Principal Investigator:
Alexander S. Brand
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$15,300
Sponsor:
American Concrete Institute Foundation
Towards Developing an Open-Source Tool for Cotton Maturity Progression Monitoring for Defoliation and Harvest Decision Making: Evaluating the Usefulness of Free Moderate Resolution Satellite Imagery.
Principal Investigator:
Abhilash K. Chandel
Assistant Professor
Tidewater Agriculture Research Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$15,484
Sponsor:
Cotton Incorporated
Biomimetic Spider Web-Like Sensing System for Ultrasensitive Whispering-Gallery-Mode Detection of Trace Airborne Analytes and Pollutants
Principal Investigator:
Jiangtao Cheng
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$118,000
Sponsor:
United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation
Spotted Lanternfly Outreach 2023
Principal Investigator:
Eric R. Day
Manager, Insect ID Lab
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$35,400
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2023-24 VDACS Taxonomic Assistance Work Plan For Grape Commodity Pests
Principal Investigator:
Eric R. Day
Manager, Insect ID Lab
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$3,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Greenhouse Construction Support for Integrated Controlled-Environment Agricultural Research
Principal Investigator:
Jeffrey F. Derr
Director
Hampton Roads Agriculture Research Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$300,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Bench-Scale Screening Test for ASTM E119 (K-04-CA)
Principal Investigator:
Charles E. Frazier
Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Sustainable Biomaterials
Department of Sustainable Biomaterials
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$50,000
Sponsor:
Oregon State University
Highway Safety Analytics and Reporting
Principal Investigator:
Kathleen Hancock
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$259,175
Sponsor:
Department of Motor Vehicles
FR300 Crash Report GPS Coordinates and Related Roadway Location Information
Principal Investigator:
Kathleen Hancock
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$382,516
Sponsor:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Design and Development of Highway Safety On-line Tools
Principal Investigator:
Kathleen Hancock
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$323,510
Sponsor:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Center for Assured and Resilient Navigation in Advanced TransportatION Systems: CARNATIONS
Principal Investigator:
Mathieu Joerger
Assistant Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$3,600,000
Sponsor:
Illinois Institute of Technology
A Gerbil Model to Delineate the Mechanism of Hepatitis E Virus Extrahepatic Pathogenesis
Principal Investigator:
X.J. Meng
University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$1,960,000
Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
A Crowdsourced Covenants Research Project
Principal Investigator:
LaDale C. Winling
Associate Professor
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$150,000
Sponsor:
National Archives and Records Administration
Exploring Temperatures During the Cambrian Explosion Using Oxygen Isotopes of Phosphatic Small Shelly Fossils
Principal Investigator:
Shuhai Xiao
Professor
Department of Geosciences
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$5,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Collaborative Research: Multiple Hypothesis Testing on the Regression Analysis
Principal Investigator:
Xin Xing
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$125,667
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation