June 2024 Grants and Awards
Diagnosing the Potassium Nutritional Status of Virginia Soybean
Principal Investigator:
Carrie C. Ortel
Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Agronomist
Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$44,319
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Optimizing Early Soybean Management in Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Carrie C. Ortel
Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Agronomist
Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$35,812
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Showcasing Virginia Agriculture to an International Audience
Principal Investigator:
Mark S. Reiter
Professor and Director, Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$13,245
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Agricultural Education: An Experiential & Data-driven Approach (ADVANCE)
Principal Investigator:
John A. McGee
Professor
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$500,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Organizing Decentralized Resilience in Critical Interdependent-Infrastructure Systems and Processes (ORDER-CRISP)
Principal Investigator:
Christopher J. Kuhlman
Computational Scientist
Advanced Research Computing
Total Anticipated:
$450,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
A Non-Equilibrium Computational Approach to Understanding Irradiation of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
Principal Investigator:
William T. Reynolds
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$5,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems: A New Paradigm Through the Lens of Systems Theory and Rational Interpolation
Principal Investigator:
Serkan Gugercin
Professor
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$350,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Can Insecticide Seed Treatments in Wheat Benefit Virginia Agriculture?
Principal Investigator:
Benjamin L. Aigner
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$15,180
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Maintain Fungicide Resistance Testing Capabilities for Grape Diseases-FY25
Principal Investigator:
Antonius B. Baudoin
Associate Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$11,200
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
Tannins, Anthocyanins, and other Polyphenols in Virginia Cabernet Franc Wines
Principal Investigator:
Dennis Cladis
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$39,850
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
Virginia High-Resolution Vineyard Nutrient Program
Principal Investigator:
Dana D. Acimovic
Research Associate
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$13,776
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
Evaluation of Novel Grapevine Under Local Conditions
Principal Investigator:
Andrew D. Harner
Assistant Professor
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$7,112
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
MTC Fort Barfoot Michaux's Sumac Survey and Remote Sensing Mapping
Principal Investigator:
Verl R. Emrick
Research Scientist
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$91,598
Sponsor:
Virgtinia Department of Military Affairs
Trials to Evaluate Nematode Management Products in Virginia Soybeans and HG-Typing Soybean Fields for Detecting Race Shifts in Soybean Cyst Nematode.
Principal Investigator:
David B. Langston
Professor
Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$21,600
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Memory-Aware Accelerated Solvers for Nonlinear Problems in Imaging and High Dimensional Data Representation
Principal Investigator:
Mirjeta Pasha
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$162,490
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Long-Tailed Learning in the Open and Dynamic World: Theories, Algorithms, and Applications
Principal Investigator:
Dawei Zhou
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$600,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Determinants of Acute and Persistent Zika Virus Shedding in Semen
Principal Investigator:
Nisha Duggal
Associate Professor
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$402,020
Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Experimental Models to Accelerate Innovation in Preventing/Correcting Off-Flavors in Farmed Trout and Salmon
Principal Investigator:
Michael H. Schwarz
Director, Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$650,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Comparison of Vertical Land Motion Solutions in the Chesapeake Bay
Principal Investigator:
D S. Stamps
Associate Professor
Department of Geosciences
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$7,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
High Modulus, Recyclable, Fully Thermoplastic Composites for Aeronautical Applications
Principal Investigator:
Michael J. Bortner
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$5,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Hybrid Time Integration Algorithms for Co-Simulation of Multiscale Multiphysics Systems
Principal Investigator:
Adrian Sandu
Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$420,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
A Machine-Learning-Based Tool for Rapid Surveillance of Pathogenic Escherichia Coli in the Soil
Principal Investigator:
Jingqiu Liao
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Inc
Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Program FY2025
Principal Investigator:
Stanley Grant
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$1,564,761
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
National Advanced Silviculture Program Module 4 2025
Principal Investigator:
John F. Munsell
Professor
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$159,244
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Support for the Commonwealth of Virginia Through the Virginia Department of Health's (VDH) Office of Environmental Health Services to Develop Selected Tasks Associated with VDH's 2022 grant from the Centers for Disease Control
Principal Investigator:
Erin J. Ling
Senior Extension Specialist
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$30,000
Sponsor:
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health
Characterization of Southern Apples for Cider Production
Principal Investigator:
Amanda C. Stewart
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$48,035
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
Community Reassembly in Restored Tropical Forests
Principal Investigator:
John L. Reid
Assistant Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$606,021
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Evaluation of Growth Responses to Amino Acids in Broiler Chicks
Principal Investigator:
Mark D. Hanigan
Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$9,715
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Conference: Increasing Student Participation in the American Ecological Engineering Society 2024 Conference
Principal Investigator:
Jonathan A. Czuba
Associate Professor
Biological Systems Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$25,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Improving the Health of Bovine Embryos used for Embryo Transfer
Principal Investigator:
Alan D. Ealy
Associate Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$16,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Improve the Efficacy of Grape Downy Mildew Management in Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Mizuho Nita
Associate Professor
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$54,946
Sponsor:
Virginia Wine Board
NRCS Integrated Agroecosystem-Atmosphere Modeling Improvement for Climate and Conservation Assessment
Principal Investigator:
Hosein Foroutan
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$715,050
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
Energy Masters 2024
Principal Investigator:
Aisha P. Salazar
Associate Extension Agent
Northeast District Cooperative Extension
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Alexandria City
Advances in Unconventional Marine Vehicle Systems
Principal Investigator:
Daniel J. Stilwell
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$2,339,119
Sponsor:
Office of Naval Research
TMR Intake, Digestibility, and Ruminal Fermentation Characteristics of Beef Cows Supplemented with a Bacillus+Lactobaccilus-Based Probiotic.
Principal Investigator:
Rodrigo da Silva Marques
Assistant Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$59,903.73
Sponsor:
Novonesis
Virginia Horse Industry Board Donation to the VA 4-H Horse Program
Principal Investigator:
Hunter L. Liles
Extension Programming Associate
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$25,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Horse Industry Board
Developing Soybean Genotypes with Reduced/removed Trypsin Inhibitor and Lectin in Seeds
Principal Investigator:
Bo Zhang
Associate Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$585,289
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Identification of Perfect DNA Markers to Develop High Protein Soybean Cultivars
Principal Investigator:
Mohammad A. Saghai-Maroof
Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$28,600
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Jumping-Bubble-Enhanced Pool Boiling on Rationally Microstructured Surfaces
Principal Investigator:
Jonathan B. Boreyko
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$506,419
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Mapping the Human Metabolome Using Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry
Principal Investigator:
Emily C. Gentry
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$1,946,463
Sponsor:
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference 2024
Principal Investigator:
John P. Morgan
Professor
Department of Statistics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$18,800
Sponsor:
National Security Agency
2024 Virginia Beef Cattle University
Principal Investigator:
Scott P. Greiner
Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$50,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Cattle Industry Board
Filter-Assisted Screening Technology (FAST): Detection of Low Levels of Pathogens Without the Need for an Enrichment Step
Principal Investigator:
Rachel A. Cheng
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$2,999,999
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Monitoring of Synthetic Organic Chemicals in the Occoquan Watershed
Principal Investigator:
Stanley Grant
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$74,950
Sponsor:
Fairfax County Department of Health
Accelerating Algorithms for Computing Isogenies and Endomorphisms of Supersingular Elliptic Curves
Principal Investigator:
Travis W. Morrison
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$458,572
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Fabrication of Fully Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades via Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing
Principal Investigator:
Christopher B. Williams
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$1,546,750
Sponsor:
United States Department of Energy
O-Milli-RAN - An O-RAN-Compliant, Softwarized mmWave Radio Stack with Flexible PHY and MAC
Principal Investigator:
Joao Santos
Research Assistant Professor
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
Office of Research and Innovation
Total Anticipated:
$60,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
PlantTransform: Novel Methods of Plant Genome Editing Enabled by the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta Campestris
Principal Investigator:
James H. Westwood
Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$250,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Creating System Level Intelligence by Harvesting the Physical Reservoir Computing Power in Origami
Principal Investigator:
Suyi Li
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$337,865
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
TSA/AEOP UNITE Summer 2024
Principal Investigator:
Frances B. Clark
Director, TRIO Programs
TRIO Programs
Engagement Initiatives
Total Anticipated:
$29,381
Sponsor:
Technology Student Association
Enhancing Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation Through Remote Haptic Guidance
Principal Investigator:
Sol I. Lim
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$200,000
Sponsor:
Commonwealth Health Research Board