Major research awards
Posted by Velvet Hasner
FY2024 has been a good fiscal year (as of February) for external awards, with $78.5 million in total awards (including research, instructional and other sponsored activities, excluding student financial aid), of which $56.8 million are research awards. The year-over-year changes are 103% and 52% in total and research awards, respectively. Major research awards (over $1 million) received between February 2023 and February 2024 are highlighted below.
| Total Amt | PI | Sponsor | Title | Department |
| $15,520,000 | Awuah-Offei,Kwame | MO DEPT OF ECON DEV | Demonstrating Missouri’s Potential as a National Leader in Critical Minerals Production: Admin | Mining & Explosives Engr |
| $4,999,950 | Billo,Richard | OFFICE OF LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOP | The Missouri Defense Manufacturing Consortium | Mechanical & Aerospace Engin |
| $3,050,812 | Whitefield,Philip D | DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION | ASCENT 002- Understanding Changes in Aviation Emissions due to SAF with New Combustor Engine Technology | Chemistry |
| $2,559,384 | Hilmas,Gregory E | GENERAL ELECTRIC | Thermal Protection for Hypersonic Vehicles | Materials Science & Engr |
| $2,000,000 | Frimpong,Samuel | CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | Research and Technological Innovations in Automation, Robotics, and Intelligent Mining Systems for Transformative Improvements in Workplace Safety, Health, and Efficiencies | Mining & Explosives Engr |
| $1,595,715 | Ma,Hongyan | DEPT OF ENERGY | Reduce Comminution Energy and Improve Energy Relevant Mineral Yield using Carbon-Negative Oxalatization Reactions | Civil, Arch & Environ Engr |
| $1,431,345 | Frimpong,Samuel | CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | Research, Technological Innovations and Human Factors for Effective Miner Self-Escape from Underground Mine Emergencies | Mining & Explosives Engr |
| $1,399,968 | Khayat,Kamal | US ARMY ENG RES AND DEV CTR | Artificial Intelligence-Based Smart Toolbox for 3D Printing of Concrete | Civil, Arch & Environ Eng |
| $1,271,343 | Usman,Shoaib | DEPT OF ENERGY | Assessment after Engagement, Education & Experiential-learning (A-EEE) | Nuclear Eng &Radiation Science |
| $1,250,000 | Yang,Hu | LINCOLN UNIV | HBCU-HSI-RIU Consortium: A Synergistic Paradigm for Training the Next Generation Agriculture Workforce for a Sustainable Future | Chemical & Biochemical Engrg |
The projects listed in the table are as follows:
Total amount: $15,520,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei
Sponsor: Missouri Department of Economic Development
Title: “Demonstrating Missouri’s Potential as a National Leader in
Critical Minerals Production”
Department: Mining and nuclear engineering
Total amount: $4,999,950
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Billo
Sponsor: Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
Title: “The Missouri Defense Manufacturing Consortium”
Department: Mechanical and aerospace engineering
Total amount: $3,050,812
Principal Investigator: Dr. Philip Whitefield
Sponsor: Department of Transportation
Title: “ASCENT 002 – Understanding Changes in Aviation Emissions due to SAF with New Combustor Engine Technology”
Department: Chemistry
Total amount: $2,559,384
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Hilmas
Sponsor: General Electric
Title: “Thermal Protection for Hypersonic Vehicles”
Department: Materials science and engineering
Total amount: $2,000,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Samuel Frimpong
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Title: “Research and Technological Innovations in Automation, Robotics and Intelligent Mining Systems for Transformative Improvements in Workplace Safety, Health and Efficiencies”
Department: Mining and explosives engineering
Total amount: $1,595,715
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hongyan Ma
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Title: “Reduce Comminution Energy and Improve Energy Relevant Mineral Yield using Carbon-Negative Oxalatization Reactions”
Department: Civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Total amount: $1,431,345
Principal Investigator: Dr. Samuel Frimpong
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Title: “Research, Technological Innovations and Human Factors for Effective Miner Self-Escape from Underground Mine Emergencies”
Department: Mining and explosives engineering
Total amount: $1,271,343
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shoaib Usman
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Title: “Assessment after Engagement, Education and Experiential Learning (A-EEE)”
Department: Nuclear engineering and radiation science
Total amount: $1,250,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hu Yang
Sponsor: Lincoln University
Title: “HBCU-HIS-RIU Consortium: A Synergistic Paradigm for Training the Next Generation Agricultural Workforce for a Sustainable Future”
Department: Chemical and biochemical engineering
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