![]() ![]() Colleagues, Welcome to another exciting edition of the Research Newsletter.
S&T research continues to grow due to the work of our faculty and staff. In the first quarter of FY20 S&T research awards were $16.7M, up 50.1% from the previous year.
We continue to send our faculty to meet with funding agencies, through a travel grant which covers 2/3 of the expenses (see http://sponsoredprograms.mst.edu/resources/policies/ and the link, “Travel Grant to Visit Funding Agencies”). Visiting program managers and program directors is the most important first step towards receiving funding. I am happy to see that more faculty are taking advantage of the program, and this can only lead to better research results.
Getting funding is not the end of a research effort, though; it is just the beginning. Engaging students in research, publishing, transferring the technology, these are all the outcomes of a successful and impactful research and scholarly program.
According to Academic Analytics during 2015-18 S&T faculty averaged more than 900 papers in journals and conferences each year, and from 2014 to 2018 S&T faculty publications were cited more than 31,000 times. These numbers show the quality and impact of our research and scholarship.
In addition, during 2018-19 we graduated 107 PhD students, 491 Master’s level students (464 MS, 12 ME, and 15 MBA), and 440 certificate students. In other words, our faculty changed the lives of 1,038 students just last year.
Finally, in FY19 our Technology Transfer Office reached new records: $698,000 in royalty income, up 44% over 5 years; 8 US and 25 non-US patents awarded; and a record number of 54 invention disclosures. Also, small businesses spun off by our researchers have averaged over $1.5M in Federal and other research funding in the past 3 years. S&T has an important and significant economic impact in the region.
Local announcements:
Colleagues, I have been visiting departmental faculty meetings and in many of them our colleagues have told me that sometimes they cannot recruit their top graduate student prospects because they get outbid by other Universities.
I have discussed this with HR and the UM System, and I am happy to let you know that they all agree that Stipend X should be seen as the floor of what we pay our graduate students. All our supported graduate students, GTAs, GAs, and GRAs, can be paid more than Stipend X, as long as the funding exists and the funding agency allows the rate. This makes it possible for you to budget higher stipends in your grants, and, if necessary, match or exceed offers by competing Universities. The same is true for GTA/GAs: depending on the availability of funds, a department or a College can go above Stipend X and make competitive or matching offers to recruit the best.
Our goal is to get the best graduate students to come to S&T and work with on our research. I hope this new information will free you to do just that.
With best Miner wishes,
Costas Tsatsoulis Vice Chancellor of Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Recent Awards July 2019 PI: Joel G. Burken Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Preparing Leaders of Sustainable Public Health Protection: International Phytotechnologies Scholars Program - China 2019 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Award: $15,000 PI: Joel G. Burken Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Phytoforensics Site Assessment Analysis for Chlorinated Solvents Laval Site Sponsor: Environment International Award: $2,201 PI: Joel G. Burken Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: US Forest Service - Missouri S&T Student Interns Sponsor: US Forest Service Award: $24,998 PI: Marco Cavaglia Department: Physics Proposal Title: Improving Data Quality of Advanced LIGO Gravitational-Wave Searches Sponsor: NSF Division of Physics Award: $120,000 PI: Jessica L. Cundiff Department: Psychological Science Proposal Title: Effective Teaching of Gendered Workplace Inequality: Development and Evaluation of WAGES - Classroom Sponsor: Association for Psychological Science Award: $3,900 PI: Sajal Das Department: Computer Science Proposal Title: SPX: Collaborative Research: SANDY: Sparsification-based Approach for Analyzing Network Dynamics (Participant Support) Sponsor: NSF Division of Computing and Communication Award: $16,000 PI: Sajal Das Department: Computer Science Proposal Title: SPX: Collaborative Research: SANDY: Sparsification-based Approach for Analyzing Network Dynamics Sponsor: NSF Division of Computing and Communication Award: $17,927 PI: Kristen Donnell Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: Frequency Selective Surface-Based Sensing for Wireless Structural Health Monitoring (T12.01 Advanced Structural Health Monitoring) Sponsor: Texas Research Institute at Austin Award: $331,999 PI: Lian Duan Department: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Interaction of a Shockwave with a Homogenous Field of Acoustic Waves: Theory and Simulation Sponsor: NSF Division of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Transport Award: $89,752 PI: David Duvernell Department: Biological Sciences Proposal Title: Environmental DNA metabarcoding survey of Cumberlandia mussel stream habitats Sponsor: Missouri State University Award: $16,852 PI: Andreas Eckert Department: Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Proposal Title: Integrated Numerical-laboratory approach to evaluate cement sheath integrity at Mt. Terri Sponsor: BP American Production Company Award: $95,138 PI: Jun Fan Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: ANALYSIS of Modeling Switching Regulator IC for Conducted Emission Estimation Sponsor: Hyundai Motor Company Award: $70,000 PI: Jun Fan Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: CEMC Membership Agreement for Cisco 4 - EMC Sponsor: Cisco Systems, Inc. Award: $70,000 PI: Daniel Fischer Department: Physics Proposal Title: CAREER: Control and Analysis of Atomic Few-Body Dynamics Sponsor: NSF Directorate of Math and Physical Sciences Award: $100,236 PI: Grzegorz Galecki Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering Proposal Title: Separation of Graphite Flake into Mon-Particles by High Energy Waterjet Sponsor: Advanced FiberTechnologies, Inc. Award: $5,546 PI: Stephen S. Gao Department: Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Proposal Title: Crystal Structure and Subsidence of the Williston Basin: Constraints from Modeling of Gravity Data Sponsor: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Award: $110,000 PI: Garry S. Grubbs Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: EAGER: Three-wave mixing techniques to study and utilize nuclear quadrapole coupling effects in chiral molecules Sponsor: NSF Division of Chemistry Award: $13,018 PI: Daozhi Han Department: Mathematics and Statistics Proposal Title: Modeling and hybridizable Galerkin methods for two-phase flows in karstic Sponsor: NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences Award: $99,951 PI: Chang-Soo Kim Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: Smart Sensor Bandage for Ulcer Monitoring Sponsor: Stoecker and Associates Award: $2,835 PI: DongHyun “Bill” Kim Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: CEMC Membership for Apple 2 - ESD Sponsor: Apple Computer, Inc. Award: $70,000 PI: Robert G. Landers Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Doctoral Research and Training in Advanced Manufacturing Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $376,322 PI: Simon Lekakh Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: Effects of metallurgical factors on micro-porosity in ductile iron castings Sponsor: American Foundry Society Award: $23,000 PI: Xinhua Liang Department: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Proposal Title: AOI [3] Nano-engineered catalyst supported on ceramic hollow fibers for the utilization of CO2 in dry reforming to produce syngas Sponsor: Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Award: $169,176 PI: Xinhua Liang Department: Computer Science Proposal Title: A Doctoral Program in Big Data, Machine Learning, and Analytics for Security and Safety Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $200,324 PI: Xinhua Liang Department: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Proposal Title: A Novel Catalytic Membrane Reactor DME Synthesis from Renewable Resources Sponsor: Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Award: $84,234 PI: Sanjay Madria Department: Computer Science Proposal Title: A Doctoral Program in Big Data, Machine Learning, and Analytics for Security and Safety Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $200,324 PI: Cesar Mendoza Department: Civil, Architectural,and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Testing Pipes and Data Analysis Sponsor: Bull Moose Tube Co. Award: $3,210 PI: Manashi Nath Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Investigating Mixed Metal Chalcogenides Towards Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation: An Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Approach Sponsor: NSF Division of Materials Research Award: $66,253 PI: Manashi Nath Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Investigating Mixed Metal Chalcogenides Towards Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation: An Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Approach Towards Materials Innovation—Participant Support Sponsor: NSF Division of Materials Research Award: $60,000 PI: Dev Niyogi Department: Biological Sciences Proposal Title: Nonpoint Source Pollution Mitigation in an Urban Watershed Sponsor: Missouri Water Resource Research Center Award: $22,000 PI: Jonathan Obrist Farner Department: Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Proposal Title: The LIBRE (Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor) Scientific Drilling Sponsor: NSF Directorate for Geosciences Award: $3,207 PI: Jonghyun Park Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Multiscale manufacturing for advanced energy storage devices Sponsor: NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Award: $337,884 PI: Ruwen Qin Department: Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Proposal Title: Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $200,324 PI: Michael Schultz Department: Physics Proposal Title: Few-Body Dynamics in Simple Atomic Systems Sponsor: NSF Division of Physics Award: $89,928 PI: Sahra Sedighsarvestani Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: A Doctoral Program on Data-Enabled Assurance of Electromagnetic Compatibility Sponsor: Department of Education Award: $200,324 PI: Pericles Stavropoulos Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Ferrocenes and other Metallocenes in Atom/Group-Transfer Chemistry Sponsor: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Award: $110,000 PI: Evgeniy V. Torgashov Department: Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Proposal Title: Geophysical imaging of the subsurface for sinkhole evaluation in Harrison, Arkansas Sponsor: Geoengineers, Inc. Award: $5,500 PI: L. Sue Turner Department: S&T Global Proposal Title: ATF Explosive Engineering Courses—Tuition Only Sponsor: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Award: $175,523 PI: L. Sue Turner Department: S&T Global Proposal Title: ATF Explosive Engineering Courses—Tuition Only Sponsor: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Award: $3,250 PI: Robin Verble Department: Biological Sciences Proposal Title: Inventory of night-flying pollinators at Bryant Creek State Park, Douglas County, Missouri Sponsor: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Award: $6,350 PI: Risheng Wang Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: REU Supplement: Small: Toward a molecular computer: Scaling up programmable sing-molecule junctions based on DNA self-assembly: Participant Support Sponsor: NSF Division of Computing and Communication Award: $16,000 PI: Philip D. Whitefield Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Ambient Conditions Corrections for Non-Volatile PM Emissions Measurements (ASCENT Project 2 2018) Sponsor: Department of Transportation Award: $1,217,221 PI: Chenglin Wu Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Wireless Crack Sensing System for Bridge Structures Sponsor: Missouri Department of Transportation Award: $50,000 PI: Yanzhi Zhang Department: Mathematics and Statistics Proposal Title: Mathematical and computational studies on Bose-Einstein superfluid Sponsor: NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences Award: $175,000 PI: Reza Zoughi Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: STTR: Microwave Nondestructive Evaluation of Ablatives - Phase I Option Sponsor: Texas Research Institute at Austin Award: $32,000 PI: Reza Zoughi Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: Development of Nondestructive Technique (Microwave Imaging) with Signal Analysis Tools on Composites Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories Award: $24,932 August 2019 PI: Magdy Abdelrahman Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Preparing Interdisciplinary Professionals for Rebuilding/Engineering Resilient Infrastructure of the Nation Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $200,324 PI: Rui Bo Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Proposal Title: Modeling and Optimizing Pumped Storage in Multi-stage Large Scale Electricity Market under Portfolio Evolution Sponsor: Department of Energy (EERE) Award: $999,554 PI: Joel G. Burken Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Exposure Assessment of Emerging and Fugitive Contaminants: Rapid Screening of Plant Uptake and Translocation (Participant Support) Sponsor: NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Award: $14,000 PI: K. Chandrashekhara Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Biomarkers in Blood Sponsor: Leonard Wood Institute Award: $27,733 PI: Lianyi Chen Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Physical Mechanisms of Spatter Formation in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Sponsor: NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Award: $286,971 PI: Fatih Dogan Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: Advanced Characterization of Diffusion Processes and Interfaces in Ceramic Multilayer Capacitors Sponsor: Presidio Components Award: $67,550 PI: Shari Dunn-Norman Department: Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Proposal Title: Cooperative Agreement between Future University Egypt and Missouri S&T Sponsor: Future University Egypt Award: $500,000 PI: Nuran Ercal Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Enhancing ocular uptake of thiol antioxidants with nanodiamonds Sponsor: NIH National Eye Institute Award: $387,500 PI: William G. Fahrenholtz Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: Composition-Microstructure-Property Relationships in Entropy-Stabilized Boride Ceramics Sponsor: NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Award: $406,427 PI: Samuel Frimpong Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering Proposal Title: Inter-Disciplinary Program in Graduate Engineering Education for Creating Knowledge Engineers and Scientists for the Emerging US Automated Mining Systems toward Zero Fatality Sponsor: US Department of Education Award: $250,405 PI: Jessica E. Gargus Department: Student Affairs Proposal Title: FY 2020- ACT MO Mini-Grant Resiliency and Health Coping Skills Sponsor: ACT MO Award: $5,000 PI: Greg Hilmas Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: SBIR: Joining of Ceramic Composites for Nuclear Application Sponsor: UES, Inc. Award: $75,000 PI: Serhat Hosder Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: The Impact of Particle-Laden Flows on Planetary Entry Aerothermodynamics Sponsor: NASA Glenn Research Center Award: $76,190 PI: Catherine E. Johnson Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering Proposal Title: SME Career Grant 2017 Johnson CE Sponsor: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Inc. Award: $50,000 PI: Catherine E. Johnson Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering Proposal Title: Low-Intensity Blast-Induced Brain Molecular and Ultrastructural Abnormalities in Human Tau Transgenic Mice Sponsor: Department of Defense Award: $158,100 PI: Kamal H. Khayat Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Proposal Title: Superabsorbent Polymers in Concrete to Improve Durability Sponsor: University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Award: $69,514 PI: John Lewis Department: Regional Professional Development Center Proposal Title: DCI Consultants Sponsor: MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Award: $475,000 PI: Ashok Midha Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Design and Development of an Oil Extraction Process from Sandstone (Senior Design) Sponsor: Woodcrest Materials Co., LLC Award: $10,830 PI: Ashok Midha Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Design and Development of a Drilling Machine (Senior Design) Sponsor: Premium Wire, LLC Award: $8,934 PI: Ronald J. O’Malley Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: Novel Fiber Optic Based In-Line Sensors for Continuous Casting Sponsor: Acelormittal Award: $124,910 PI: Monday Okoronkwo Department: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Proposal Title: Sustainable and Durable Calcium Sufloaluminate Binders Enabled by Multi-Physics Characterization and Theory-Guided Machine Learning Sponsor: NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Award: $500,000 PI: Heng Pan Department: Materials Science and Engineering Proposal Title: Fundamental Investigations of Femtosecond Laser Excitation of Functional Nanomaterials for Nano Additive Manufacturing Sponsor: NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Award: $45,884 PI: Jonghyun Park Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Optimal Scheduling in Microseconds with Photovoltaic (PV) Generation and Energy Storage Systems—Participant Support Sponsor: NSF Division of Electrical Communication Systems Award: $16,000 PI: Hank Pernicka Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Proposal Title: Enabling Formation Flying with Multi-Mode Micropropulsion Sponsor: Utah State University Award: $110,000 PI: Fateme Rezaei Department: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Proposal Title: Combined Capture and Reaction in Temperature Swing Adsorption: An Integrated Approach toward VOC Sponsor: NSF Division of Chemical, Biological, Environmental, and Transport Systems Award: $55,000 PI: Joshua P. Schlegel Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering Proposal Title: Undergraduate Scholarships in Nuclear Engineering at Missouri S&T (2019-2021) Sponsor: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Award: $200,000 PI: Honglan Shi Department: Chemistry Proposal Title: Development of Antibody Drug Conjugates for Treatment of EGFR Over-Express Lung Cancers Sponsor: Frontage Labs Award: $21,526 PI: Steffen Thomas Vojta Department: Physics Proposal Title: Fractional random walk approach to serotonertic fibers Sponsor: Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement Award: $50,000
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