Research Projects

Title: NC Food Safety Education Program for the Youth
Investigator(S): Kofi Adu-Nyako
Department: Agricultural Educ/Econ
Funded Amount:  $30,000.000
Sponsoring Agency: US Department of Agriculture/CSREES
Title: Development of A Protocol for Testing the Performance of Commercially Available Portable, Cord-Connected, Electric, In-Room Air Cleaners Relative to Reduction O
Investigator(S): Harmohindar Singh
Department: Architectural Engineering
Funded Amount: $134,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: Honeywell, Inc.
Title: Effects of Aerial Exposure Times and Temperature on the Biochemical Oxygen Demand of Zebra Musset Debris Generated by Dam and Lock Maintenance
Investigator(S) David Aldridge
Department: Biology
Funded Amount: $29,998.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOD-Army/Corps of Engineers/WES
Title: Molecular Biology of Rubella Virus
Investigator(S): Doretha Foushee
Department: Biology
Funded Amount:

$124,253.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Georgia State University

Title:

Optimization of Long-Term Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Performance

Investigator(S):

Kenneth Roberts

Department:

CERT

Funded Amount:

$100,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOD-Army/CERL

Title:

Air Force Fast Center for Environmental Remediation, Fate and Transport of Hazardous Chemicals

Investigator(S):

Vinayak Kabadi

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$3,349,408.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOD-Air Force/AFOSR/BOLLING

Title:

Surfactant/Supercritical Fluid Cleaning of Contaminated Substrates

Investigator(S):

Kenneth Roberts

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$296,186.00

Sponsoring Agency:

NASA Kennedy Space Center

Title:

Hydrogen Production and Separation in a Novel Membrane-Reactor-Separator for use in Fuel Cell System

Investigator(S):

Shamsuddin Ilias

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$193,060.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Title:

Development of Novel Electocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Investigator(S):

Shamsuddin Ilias

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$199,999.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOE-US Dept of Energy/Pittsburgh

Title:

Separation of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Using Novel Membrane Reactor in Advanced Fossil Energy Conversion Process

Investigator(S):

Shamsuddin Ilias

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$199,963.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOE-US Dept of Energy/Pittsburgh

Title:

Interdisciplinary Environmental Engineering Fellowship Program for Agricultural, Chemical and Civil Engineering

Investigator(S):

Shoou-Yuh Chang

Department:

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Funded Amount:

$382,500.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Department of Education

Title:

BS In Occupational Safety & Health: Program Improvement and Expansion Grant

Investigator(S):

Dilip Shah

Department:

Construction Management & Safety

Funded Amount:

$190,143.00

Sponsoring Agency:

HHS-US Health & Human Services

Title:

Decontamination and Dismantlement Quantity Takeoff of Environmental Project

Investigator(S):

Musibau Shofoluwe

Department:

Construction Management & Safety

Funded Amount:

$49,983.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Fluor Daniel Fernald, Inc. (FDF)

Title:

K-12 Career Awareness in Food and Environmental Systems

Investigator(S):

Robert Williamson

Department:

Cooperative Extension

Funded Amount:

$31,998.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Tuskegee University

Title:

An Assessment of the Economic Potential of Producing Greens for the Fresh and Processed Market

Investigator(S):

Ray McKinnie

Department:

Cooperative Extension

Funded Amount:

$18,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Dept of Agriculture/Farm Service

Title:

Environmental Intervention Program for Small-Scale and Limited Resource Farmers in NC

Investigator(S):

Daniel Lyons

Department:

Cooperative Extension

Funded Amount:

$232,754.00

Sponsoring Agency:

NC Dept of Agriculture

Title:

Livestock Environmental Issues Curriculum Project

Investigator(S):

Daniel Lyons

Department:

Cooperative Extension

Funded Amount:

$2,500.00

Sponsoring Agency:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Title:

Establishing Pesticide Container Recycling Center

Investigator(S):

Mohammed Ibrahim

Department:

Cooperative Extension

Funded Amount:

$5,775.00

Sponsoring Agency:

NC Dept of Agriculture

Title:

DOE Chair of Excellence in Environmental Sciences

Investigator(S):

Lonnie Sharpe

Department:

Dean, Engineering

Funded Amount:

$1,850,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOE-US Dept of Energy/Chicago

Title:

Academic Partnership Program in Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

Investigator(S):

Earnestine Psalmonds

Department:

Division of Research

Funded Amount:

$1,162,507.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Clark Atlanta University

Title:

Environmental Protection Agency-NCA&TSU Partnership Program

Investigator(S):

Earnestine Psalmonds

Department:

Division of Research

Funded Amount:

$22,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Environmental Protection Agency

Title:

Environmental Economics Framework Application, Communication and Evaluation

Investigator(S):

Vereda King

Department:

Economics & Trans./Logisticis

Funded Amount:

$78,535.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Environmental Protection Agency

Title:

Control and Health Monitoring of Variable Speed Wind Power Generation Systems

Investigator(S):

Yong Song

Department:

Electrical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$775,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Title:

Research Experience in Renewable Power Generation and Control

Investigator(S):

Yong Song

Department:

Electrical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$55,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Title:

Assessment of Human Interaction with Virtual Environmental Training

Investigator(S):

Celestine Ntuen

Department:

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Funded Amount:

$120,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOD-Air Force/Brooks

Title:

Safety Analysis and Ergonomic Design for Material Handling System

Investigator(S):

Herbert Nwankwo

Department:

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Funded Amount:

$11,810.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Miller Brewing Company

Title:

Ergonomic Assessment and Process Reengineering Design at Miller Brewing Company

Investigator(S):

Herbert Nwankwo

Department:

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Funded Amount:

$9,207.00

Sponsoring Agency:

NC State University

Title:

Robotic Tooling for DOE Environmental Management

Investigator(S):

Shih-Liang Wang

Department:

Mechanical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$180,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOE-US Dept of Energy/Aiken

Title:

Investigation of Heat Transfer Properties in Aerospace Applications

Investigator(S):

Suresh Chandra

Department:

Mechanical Engineering

Funded Amount:

$44,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

Title:

Crop Canopy and Residue Cover Characteristics of Cropping Systems in the Southeastern USA

Investigator(S):

Marihelen Glass

Department:

Natural Resources

Funded Amount:

$218,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Dept of Agriculture/SCS

Title:

Poultry Manure Management in Cropland for Sustainable Agroecosystems

Investigator(S):

M.R. Reddy

Department:

Natural Resources

Funded Amount:

$268,911.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Dept of Agriculture

Title:

Swine Wastewater Treatment in Marsh-Pond-Marsh Wetlands

Investigator(S):

G.B. Reddy

Department:

Natural Resources

Funded Amount:

$35,000.00

Sponsoring Agency:

US Dept of Agriculture

Title:

Interdisciplinary Rural Health Training Program

Investigator(S):

Sarah Kirk

Department:

Sociology/Social Work

Funded Amount:

$10,100.00

Sponsoring Agency:

East Carolina University

Title:

Assessment, Evaluation, and Testing of Technologies For Environmental Restoration, Decontamination and Decommissioning and High Level Waste Management

Investigator(S):

Godfrey Uzochukwu

Department:

Waste Management Institute

Funded Amount:

$259,250.00

Sponsoring Agency:

DOE-US Dept of Energy/Savannah River

Title:

Basic Ordering Agreement

Investigator(S):

Godfrey Uzochukwu

Department:

Waste Management Institute

Funded Amount:

$0.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Education, Research & Devel. Assoc. (Basic Ordering Agreement)

Title:

Science & Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvent and Processes

Investigator(S):

Godfrey Uzochukwu

Department:

Waste Management Institute

Funded Amount:

$1,194,725.00

Sponsoring Agency:

UNC-Chapel Hill

Title:

Technical Support for Monitored Natural Attenuation

Investigator(S):

Godfrey Uzochukwu

Department:

Waste Management Institute

Funded Amount:

$60,552.00

Sponsoring Agency:

Education, Research & Devel. Assoc.

Title: Environmental Audit Privilege: Related Health Issues
Investigator(S): Ida Backmon
Department: Accounting
Funded Amount: $2,250.00
Sponsoring Agency: Grambling State University
Title: An E-Learning Approach to Teacher Education in Agriculture in North Carolina
Investigator(S): Antoine Alston
Department: Agribusiness and Applied Economics/Education
Funded Amount: $25,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: North Carolina State University
Title: Rural Community Business Development Partnership
Investigator(S): William Amponsah
Department: Agricultural Education/Economics
Funded Amount: $70,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Agriculture
Title: Partnership Enhancement of An Agromedicine Associated University
Investigator(S): Jill Henson-Upshaw
Department: Animal Sciences
Funded Amount: $4,301.25
Sponsoring Agency: NC Dept of Agriculture
Title: Southern Consortium For Abbiotech Outreach for Underserved Communities
Investigator(S): Mulumebet Worku
Department: Animal Sciences
Funded Amount: $223,997.00
Sponsoring Agency: Alabama A&M University
Title: Changes in Soil Quality of Farming Systems Directed Towards Agricultural Sustainability
Investigator(S): Charles Raczkowski
Department: Animal Sciences
Funded Amount: $19,955.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC State University
Title: Center for Energy Research and Technology
Investigator(S): Harmohindar Singh
Department: Architectural Engineering
Funded Amount: $540,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC Dept of Commerce/Energy Division
Title: Chemical Industries of the Southeast: Profile of Chemical Industry of Southeast: OTI's Industries of the Future
Investigator(S): Harmohindar Singh
Department: Chemical Engineering
Funded Amount: $25,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Title: Support for Undergraduate Research Training in the Talent-21 Project at NCA&TSU
Investigator(S): Caesar Jackson
Department: Arts & Sciences
Funded Amount: $83,927.00
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Education
Title: Visiting Industrial Scientist- Dr. Ricardo Parker
Investigator(S): Bette McKnight
Department: Biology
Funded Amount: $2,500.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC Biotechnology Center
Title: Partnership of Under-Represented Scientist United for Education (PURSUE)
Investigator(S): Joseph Whittaker
Department: Biology
Funded Amount: $38,919.00
Sponsoring Agency: US Department of Education
Title: Interdisciplinary Graduate Training in Biotechnology, Genomics and Bioinforamatics
Investigator(S): Mary Smith
Department: Biology
Funded Amount: $173,142.00
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Education
Title: Health Careers Opportunity Program
Investigator(S): Perry Mack
Department: Biology
Funded Amount: $14,580.00
Sponsoring Agency: UNC-Chapel Hill
Title: Study of Innovative Manufacturing Housing Envelope Materials
Investigator(S): William McGinley
Department: CAAEE
Funded Amount: $24,379.00
Sponsoring Agency: University of Central Florida
Title: Condition Assessment; Re-Commissioning (RECX) and Measurement & Verification of Army Buildings
Investigator(S): Peter Rojeski
Department: CAAEE
Funded Amount: $9,560.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOD-Army/CERL
Title: Development of Graduate Level Courses in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Investigator(S): Harmohindar Singh
Department: CAAEE
Funded Amount: $50,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOE-US Dept. of Energy
Title: Upgrading Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frame Connections
Investigator(S): Sameer Hamoush
Department: CAAEE
Funded Amount: $59,961.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOD-Army/CERL
Title: Condition Assessment; Re-Commissioning (RECX) and Measurement & Verification of Army Buildings
Investigator(S): Peter Rojeski
Department: CAAEE
Funded Amount: $107,549.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOD-Army/CERL
Title: International Development Partnership with Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) to Development Collaborative Research in Pollution Prevention
Investigator(S): Shamsuddin Ilias
Department: Chemical Engineering
Funded Amount: $102,902.00
Sponsoring Agency: United Negro College Fund
Title: Flux Enhancement in Crossflow Membrane Filtration Fouling and its Minimization Reversal
Investigator(S): Shamsuddin Ilias
Department: Chemical Engineering
Funded Amount: $192,509.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOE- Federal Energy Technology Center
Title: Design and Implementation of a Web-Based GIS Road Closure Information System Road CIO System
Investigator(S): Emmanuel Nzewi
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Funded Amount: $215,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: DOT-US Dept of Transportation/FHWA
Title: Student Internship Program to Support GIS Research and Education
Investigator(S): Emmanuel Nzewi
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Funded Amount: $12,240.00
Sponsoring Agency: Guilford County
Title: Low Cost RTM Carbon/Carbon Composites for Automotive to Space Applications
Investigator(S): Kunigal Shivakumar
Department: Composite Materials
Funded Amount: $550,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Approaches to Design and Evaluation of Sandwich Composites
Investigator(S): Kunigal Shivakumar
Department: Composite Materials
Funded Amount: $4,579.00
Sponsoring Agency: NASA Langley Research Center
Title: Community Economic Empowerment through Intra-State Partnership Alliance
Investigator(S): Musibau Shofoluwe
Department: Construction Management
Funded Amount: $475,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: HUD-Housing & Urban Development
Title: A Gateway for Learning for Flood Impacted Rural North Carolina
Investigator(S): Ellen Smoak
Department: Cooperative Extension
Funded Amount: $4,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: Evangelical Lutheran Church
Title: Enhancing Economic Opportunities of Tobacco Impacted Communities through Alternative Agricultural Enterprises and Business Management
Investigator(S): Ray McKinnie
Department: Cooperative Extension
Funded Amount: $250,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: The Golden Leaf Foundation
Title: Demonstrative Program For The Application of Fuzzy Controlled Pebbs in HVAC System
Investigator(S): Abdollah Homaifar
Department: Electrical Engineering
Funded Amount: $16,850.00
Sponsoring Agency: Virginia Polytech. Institute & State University
Title: Granular Activated Carbon made from North Carolina Agricultural By-Products
Investigator(S): Chung Seo
Department: Human Enviro. & Family Science
Funded Amount: $270,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Agriculture
Title: Development of Spice Meat Analogs & Technology Transfer of Value Added Products From Peanuts
Investigator(S): Mohamed Ahmenda
Department: Human Enviro. & Family Science
Funded Amount: $39,995.00
Sponsoring Agency: University of Georgia
Title: Structural Health Monitoring of Aerospace Vehicle
Investigator(S): Mark Schulz
Department: Human Enviro. & Family Science
Funded Amount: $80,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Title: Evaluation of A Distributed Sensor for Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures
Investigator(S): Mannur Sundareson
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Funded Amount: $4,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC State University
Title: Measure of Soil Physical Properties in Research Systems Direct Toward Agricultural Sustainability
Investigator(S): Charles Raczkowski
Department: Natural Resources
Funded Amount: $6,000.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC State University
Title: Enhancing Biotechnology Capabilities at NCA&TSU
Investigator(S): Marihelen Glass
Department: Natural Resources
Funded Amount: $147,774.00
Sponsoring Agency: NC Biotechnology Center

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