August 2022 Awards

New Awards

Amount Title Agency PI & Co-PIs (Dept.)
$225,000.00 Novel Nano Grease Significantly Enhances Lubrication, Thermal, and Electrical Performance
U.S. Dept. of Defense (Subaward from H.F. Webster)
PI: Hong, Haiping (EE)
$896,466.00 Retrofitting Stormwater Pond Outlets for Surface Water PFAS Remediation
U.S. Dept. of Defense - U.S. Air Force
PI: Kunza, Lisa; Co-PI: Lingwall, Bret (CABS)
$693,713.00 CAREER: Integrin-Mediated Mechanotransduction of Articular Chondrocytes
National Science Foundation
PI: Wood, Scott (BioSNTR)
$2,000.00 Thermophilic exopolysaccharide-derived films as delivery vehicles for non-opioid pain medications
State of South Dakota - Board of Regents (Subaward from South Dakota State University)
PI: Sani, Rajesh (CBE)
$290,000.00Development of Analysis Model for Soil Resistance-Penetration Control of Modular Suction Pump System Korea Electric Power Corporation Research Institute PI: Bang, Sangchul (AA)  
$79,792.00 Adaptive and Real-time Physical Attack Detection and Recovery in Autonomous Cyber-physical Systems State of South Dakota - Board of Regents PI: Akowuah, Francis (CSE) 
$70,578.00 Data-Driven Forecasting for the Next-Generation Power Grids using Real-World Big Data State of South Dakota - Board of Regents PI: Zhao, Long (EE) 
$50,809.00 Understanding the metabolic switch in photosynthetic bacteria for methane based biomanufacturing of high energy density compounds State of South Dakota - Board of RegentsPI: Dhiman, Saurabh (CEE)  
$20,590.00 Large-Scale synthesis of the [IR(Mes)(COD)CI] pre-catalyst for SABRE hyperpolarization Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz PI: Shchepin, Roman (CABS) 
$32,591.00 Online Community Framework Improving Evaluation of Training and Assessment of Health and Safety Outcomes for Contractors and Small Mine Operators U.S. Dept. of Labor (Subaward from University of Arizona) PI: McCormick, Kelli; Co-PI: Tukkaraja, Purushotham (MEM)   
$104,809.00 Overcoming cover crop adoption barriers in dryland production systems by enhancing water use efficiency and soil health U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (Subaward from South Dakota State University) PI: Geza Nisrani, Mengistu (CEE) 
$413,479.00 Reversing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in metastatic cancer cells using engineered nanomaterials and a mild photothermal effect
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Center for Disease Control - National Institute of Health
PI: Wang, Congzhou (BioSNTR)

Additional Awards

Amount Title Agency PI & Co-PIs (Dept.)
$10,000.00 IUCRC Phase 1: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS)
National Science Foundation
PI: Smirnova, Alevtina; Co-PIs: Abata, Duane; Crawford, Grant; Numna, Abu Md (CABS)
$178,400.00 IUCRC Phase 1: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology: Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS)
National Science Foundation
PI: Smirnova, Alevtina; Co-PIs: Abata, Duane; Crawford, Grant; Numna, Abu Md (CABS)
$42,500.00 Smirnova IUCRC Elec Program Income
Other
PI: Smirnova, Alevtina; Co-PIs: Abata, Duane; Crawford, Grant; Numna, Abu Md (CABS)
$1,500,000.00 RII Track-2 FEC: Data Driven Material Discovery Center for Bioengineering Innovation National Science Foundation PI: Winter, Robb; Co-PI: Jasthi, Bharat (CBE) 
$46,000.00 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) National Science Foundation PI: Walker, Travis (CBE)  
$1,500,000.00 RII Track-2 FEC: IceCube EPSCoR Initiative (IEI) - IceCube and the Data Revolution National Science Foundation PI: Bai, Xinhua (PHY) 
$460,000.00  Space Grant Educational Cooperative Agreement
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
PI: Duke, Edward; Co-PI: Durkin, Tom (SDSGC)