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SELECTED EXTERNAL RESEARCH AWARDS

$1,890,500U.S. Army Corp of EngineersElectrochemical Engineering Research CenterDistributed Power from Wastewater Phase II• To design and build ammonia and urea electrolyzers to recover energy from waste and produce hydrogen for military applications.

$790,000General Electric CorporationCenter for Advanced Software Systems IntegrationCOMPEAT$TM Cost Model Development and Maintenance• To develop and improve methodologies for estimating the manufacturing cost of a variety of products, including jet engines, gas turbines, wind turbines, and steam turbines.

$725,000BP, ENI S.p.A., Champion Technologies, Chevron, Clariant Oil Services, ConocoPhillips, Exxon, Nalco, PTT, Saudi Aramco, Total, INPEX Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Petrobras, Petronas, BG Group, Encana, TransCanada, Wood Group Information Management, MI-SWACO Institute for Corrosion andMultiphase TechnologyCorrosion Center JointIndustry Project• To develop MULTICORP corrosion prediction software, a mechanistic model of CO2 and H2S corrosion for the upstream oil and gas industry, in order to advance scientific knowledge and practical understanding in the field of CO2 corrosion in multiphase flow systems via cutting-edge research driven by industrial needs, and to educate and train future researchers who will implement and disseminate this knowledge throughout the corrosion engineering community.

For 2010–2011, the Russ College reported approximately $16.1 million in research and sponsored programs. These are the top 10 awards, also including one award from each department and research unit that received grants.

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$599,228Science Applications International CorporationAvionics Engineering Research CenterFederal Aviation Administration Technical Operations Navigation Services Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Procurement Support (Task 3)• To provide key technical consultation and implementation optimization support for modernization of the United States’ DME ground-based infrastructure, in order to achieve Next Generation Air Transportation System Area-Navigation capabilities that increase the efficiency of the national airspace system.

$500,000Ohio Department of DevelopmentInstitute for Sustainable Energy and the EnvironmentThird Frontier (WPP): Center for Algal Engineering Research and Commercialization• To establish a state-wide center for assisting algae companies in commercializing new technologies.

$499,926Federal Aviation AdministrationAvionics Engineering Research CenterTTD-2 Acquisition and Implementation Support for Ground-Based Navigation Services• To provide the Federal Aviation Administration with technical expertise and unique research facilities in order to support a broad range of navigation and landing system equipment acquisitions, improvements, and implementations.

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$422,990Northrop Grumman Corporation Avionics Engineering Research CenterAutomated Aerial Refueling Program• To develop computer models for determining system availability, accuracy, continuity, and integrity, and to analyze system design in order to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to rendezvous and refuel using tanker aircraft, thus enabling extended missions.

$409,690Ohio State UniversityAvionics Engineering Research CenterCollaborative Research and Development Effort on Precision GPS/EO Nav/Navigation Fusion• To support research on advanced navigation concepts, in collaboration with Ohio State University, Miami University, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

$399,961National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAvionics Engineering Research CenterDesign, Development, Verification, and Validation of an Integrated Alerting and Notification Function for an Intelligent Integrated Flight Deck• To develop and test an integrated alerting and notification system for a next- generation cockpit instrumentation and display.

$348,000U.S. Department of EnergyInstitute for Sustainable Energy and the EnvironmentMulti-Hybrid Power Vehicles with Cost Effective and Durable Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell and Li-ion Battery • To develop a technology to create durable polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells for hybrid vehicles by reengineering ionomers so they can operate at higher temperatures in reduced relative humidity.

$306,697National Science FoundationOhio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment (ORITE)The Boat-of-Knowledge in the Science Classroom (Books in Classroom)• To conduct on-boat samplings and experiments along the Ohio River from Marietta to Gallipolis, in order to support graduate research and develop an online Boat-of-Knowledge for use in a sustainable science curriculum for area middle schools.

$240,000Ohio Aerospace InstituteCenter for Advanced Materials ProcessingAffordable, High Conductivity Graphite Foam Heat Exchangers Phase II• To develop thermal models for graphite foams in phase II of a grant in which Russ College researchers are developing and optimizing high-conductivity graphite carbon foams for heat exchangers and thermal energy storage devices in aerospace and also high heat flux systems.

$224,540National Science FoundationCenter for Scientific Computing and Immersive TechnologiesBuilding a Large Multilingual Semantic Network for Text Processing Applications• To create automated natural language processing software for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

$199,506Interthyr CorporationChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringTLR Signal Inhibition: A Novel Therapeutic Paradigm• To identify and characterize small molecule inhibitors of pathological inflammation and cancer.

$194,348Ohio Department of DevelopmentCenter for Air Quality Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Climate Change Impact Analysis• To provide the State of Ohio with energy policy options that address climate change, and to develop a unique simulation model showing the potential economic and environmental effects of future policies, in collaboration with the Voinovich School and Ohio State University.

$119,832National Science FoundationMechanical EngineeringInteractive Virtual Haptics: Augmented Statics and Dynamics Activities• To create and evaluate haptics, or force- and-touch, augmented educational activities for undergraduate engineering dynamics courses.

$99,747GS1-GlobalEngineering Technology and ManagementGS1 Symbology Testing• To test the performance of cell phones as a bar code scanning device, and the performance of scanners when presented with multiple bar codes.

$35,000Google, Inc.Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceModernizing TCP• To analyze network communication between Google and YouTube and their customers, in order to find ways to improve data exchange quality and speed.