ODU Engineering Faculty awarded nearly $3.4 million through the Research Foundation
The following Engineering faculty members have received funding through the Research Foundation. Award amounts are totals expected for the entire funding period. The list does not include supplements, modifications or other changes to existing grants or contracts. For awards that have more than one investigator, the first faculty member listed is the principal investigator.
KEVIN ADAMS, principal research scientist, National Centers for System of Systems Engineering, and CHARLES KEATING, professor of engineering management, "System of Systems Engineering Certificate Program"; Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, $2,698,656.
SHIRSHAK DHALI, professor, and SHU XIAO, assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering, "Recovery Act: A Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories"; University of Minnesota, $24,999.
STEVE KNISLEY, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, "Comparison of Novel Waveforms for Pacing"; Boston Scientific Corp., $38,028. SYLVAIN MARSILLAC, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, "Enhancement of the Second Generation Thin Film Solar Cells"; University of Toledo, $300,000.
FREDERIC MCKENZIE, associate professor of modeling, simulation and visualization engineering, "Haptic-Enabled Prototype for a Nuss Procedure Planner and Trainer"; Children's Surgical Specialty Group Inc., $25,500. Co-PIs are STEVE KNISLEY, professor, and SEBASTIAN BAWAB, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
DUC NGUYEN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Preliminary Study for Improving NASA Weather Code"; Science Systems & Applications Inc., $9,999.
GARY SCHAFRAN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Operation and Optimization of the Ostara Crystallization Process"; Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., $3,629.
JOHN SOKOLOWSKI, executive director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, "Renewal of IPA for Robert Halayko"; Office of the Secretary of Defense, $196,921.
SHU XIAO, assistant professor, and SHIRSHAK DHALI, professor, electrical and computer engineering, "Upgrading Labs for Power Courses at ODU for Future Energy Career Training"; Dominion Foundation, $30,000.