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蜜桃视频 Researchers Awarded Over $240,000 in CAES Seed Grants

January 11, 2022

Researchers at 蜜桃视频 are getting a jump start on their projects thanks to nearly $250,000 in seed grants.

Recently, ISU awarded $243,030 in Center for Advanced Energy Studies Seed Grants to ten faculty members to research microreactor designs, resilient power grids, water storage, and more. While researchers work on their projects, they鈥檒l collaborate with colleagues at other 蜜桃视频 universities and 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory. 
 
"These grants focus on two research themes - the generation and delivery of clean energy, and the analysis of "big" data sets, said Dr. David Rodgers, ISU鈥檚 Associate Director of CAES. 鈥 Both themes contribute to maintaining a strong and secure infrastructure across the nation."
 
Annually, each of 蜜桃视频鈥檚 public universities is allocated $950,000 by the State of 蜜桃视频 for CAES research activities. These funds support students, research staff, and equipment, and ISU is the only university to set aside a portion of the funds for seed grants.   
 
鈥淭hese seed grants are intended to initiate new research partnerships across the state,鈥 Rodgers said. 鈥淲e have every expectation that the research teams will leverage these funds to attract much larger grants from federal agencies, leading to new research discoveries and a more highly trained workforce.鈥
 
A complete list of research projects funded by a CAES Seed Grant is included below. 
 
The  is a research, education and innovation consortium consisting of INL and the public research universities of 蜜桃视频.
 
For more info on the research happening at ISU, visit . 
 
Here is a list of awarded projects:
  • Performance optimization of MARVEL Microreactor power conversion system: Amir Ali, Department of Nuclear Engineering, and Yasir Arafat, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Application of Advanced Computational Theory to Facilitate Efficient Solutions to Real-World Combinatorial Problems: Paul Bodily, Department of Computer Science and Rajiv Khadka, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • A Neutron Generator for Materials Testing: Tony Forest, Department of Physics and Chutiing Tan, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Smart Analytics of Biomass Images: Mostafa Fouda, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ahmed Hamed, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Virtual Reality for Dynamic Data Visualization of Analytical Chemical Data: John Kalivas, Department of Chemistry and John Koudelka, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Machine Learning-Aided Validation of a Sustainable and Highly Durable Construction Technology for the Containment Facility of Advanced Reactors: Mustafa Mashal, Department of Civil Engineering, Dan LaBrier and Jared Cantrell, Department of Civil Engineering, and Som Duhlipala and Amit Jain, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Incorporation of Sterics in novel Phosphonium Ionic Liquid (PIL) and their Effect on Ligand Intermolecular Interactions and Chelation Properties:  Srinath Pashikanti, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rene Rodriguez, Department of Chemistry, and Robert Fox and Donna Baek, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Water Storage Infrastructure Viability using Repurposed Tires for Pumped Hydro: Bruce Savage, Department of Civil Engineering, Chikashi Sato, Jim Mahar and Mustafa Mashal, 蜜桃视频, and Karen Humes and Dakota Roberson, University of 蜜桃视频
  • The Power Grid/Wildfire Nexus:  Using GIS and Satellite Remote Sensing to Identify Vulnerabilities: Keith Weber, 蜜桃视频, Kathleen Araujo and Cassandra Koerner, Boise State University and Kelly Wilson, Ryan Hruska, Shiloh Elliot. and Chris Forsgren, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory
  • Hearing Loss Prevention through Integrative High Performance Computing, Data Science, and Experimental Biology: Danny Xu, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kenneth Cornell, Boise State University, and Eric Whiting, 蜜桃视频 National Laboratory

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