January 2025 Grants and Awards
Gulf South Vector
Principal Investigator:
Rachael L. Paine
Assistant Professor
School of Visual Arts
Total Anticipated:
$60,000
Sponsor:
City of New Orleans Mosquito Termite and Rodent Control Board
4-H Horse Club Equine Knowledge Enrichment Program
Principal Investigator:
Hunter T. Martin
Unit Coordinator and Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Central District Cooperative Extension
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$3,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Horse Industry Board
The Organization and Function of the Toxoplasma Daughter Cell Scaffold
Principal Investigator:
Ira Blader
Professor
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$505,519
Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Mechano-Bactericidal Food-Contact Surfaces Enabled by Engineered Nanotopography
Principal Investigator:
Yifan Cheng
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$299,917
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Elucidating the Role of Cavitation in Demulsification of Water-Oil Emulsion Through a Combined Numerical and Experimental Study
Principal Investigator:
Olivier Coutier-Delgosha
Professor
Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$329,999
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Role of Composition on Mechanical Properties of Refractory Multi-Element Layered Ceramics for Hypersonic Applications
Principal Investigator:
Hanna Kindlund
Collegiate Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$250,000
Sponsor:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Virginia Tech and Hampton Roads Sanitation District SWIFT Collaboration 2024/2025: Enhanced Aquifer Recharge Studies
Principal Investigator:
Amy J. Pruden-Bagchi
W. Thomas Rice Professor and University Distinguished Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$181,509
Sponsor:
Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Improving Emotion Dysregulation and Interpersonal Conflict Among Families of Adolescents With ADHD
Principal Investigator:
Rosanna Breaux
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$690,336
Sponsor:
National Institute of Mental Health
IV Pole Redesign to Improve Safety, Organization, and Mobility for Patients and Nurses
Principal Investigator:
Christopher B. Arena
Collegiate Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Inc
Comparison of 3D MV Morphological Measurements Obtained Using Two Different Ultrasound Machines
Principal Investigator:
Giulio Menciotti
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$6,150
Sponsor:
European Society of Veterinary Cardiology
The Engineering Master's Workforce: Leveraging Natural Language Processing Techniques to Understand Employer Demands and Student Goals
Principal Investigator:
Andrew S. Katz
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Education
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$174,616
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
High-Resolution Inundation Predictions for Global Coastal Environments
Principal Investigator:
Michael J. Willis
Associate Professor
Department of Geosciences
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$603,944
Sponsor:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Securing Gaze Data From Side-Channel Attacks in Foveated Systems
Principal Investigator:
Brendan M. David-John
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$600,000
Sponsor:
National Science 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 Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$20,000
Sponsor:
Cotton Incorporated
Autonomous Logistics System: Transporter and Replenishment for Swimmers (ALSTARS)
Principal Investigator:
Daniel J. Stilwell
Professor
Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Total Anticipated:
$900,000
Sponsor:
Office of Naval Research
Enhancing Appalachian Resilience and Sustainability Through Catalytic Methane Decomposition
Principal Investigator:
Sheima Khatib
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$1,294,605
Sponsor:
Appalachian Regional Commission
Next Generation Dynamic Simulations for Reliable, Resilient, and Decarbonized Grid
Principal Investigator:
Adrian Sandu
Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$486,000
Sponsor:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Continue Developing and Releasing High-Yielding Soybean Varieties/Germplasm With Climate-Resilience and Genetic Diversity Across Maturity Group 00 to VIII
Principal Investigator:
Bo Zhang
Associate Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$343,250
Sponsor:
North Central Soybean Research
Influence of Cultivar and Harvest Timing on Strawberry Polyphenol Content
Principal Investigator:
Dennis Cladis
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Comparison of Blackberry Polyphenols From Blackberries Grown in Different Environments
Principal Investigator:
Dennis Cladis
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Assessing the Influence of Growing Location on Blueberry Iridoid Content
Principal Investigator:
Courtney P. Leisner
Assistant Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$5,000
Sponsor:
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Anticipating Coastal Population Mobility: Path to Maladaptation or Sociopolitical Stability
Principal Investigator:
Anamaria Bukvic
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$1,998,337
Sponsor:
Office of Naval Research