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• 1219--TRP Qualifications of Duct Rumble Noise Resulting from Aerodynamic System Effects at the Discharge of a Centrifugal Fan (9/1/2004)
• A Comparison of Building Energy Simulation Software to Actual Building Energy Use (7/1/2006)
• A Procedure and a Device for Controlling the Pointer on a Computer Screen (A Computer Mouse) (2/25/2002)
• A Procedure and Device for Controlling the Pointer on a Computer Screen—A Beta Model (5/15/2003)
• A Virtual Education Center for Biorenewable Resources: Building Capacity and Humanizing Distance Education (7/1/2006)
• Acoustics Testing TCAP Project (11/22/2003)
• Acquisition of Sound and Vibration Data of Plants during Simulated Root Breaking (1/1/2007)
• Advance Institutional Transformation Award: Comprehensive Institutional Transformation (8/1/2006)
• Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation for Future Aerospace Systems (8/1/2005)
• Advanced Systems Design Suite (1/1/2007)
• Analysis and Implementation of a Tracking Mobile Television Receiver (4/9/1999)
• Analysis of Gas Turbine Thermal Performance (7/1/2005)
• Assessment of Flexible Body Dynamics and Attitude and Articulation Control System for Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Class of Spacecraft (10/1/2004)
• Ballistic Imaging for Dense Spray Diagnostics in Harsh Chemically Reacting Environments (8/15/2006)
• Bergles Professorship in Mechanical Engineering (7/1/2002)
• Binger Graduate Fellowship (12/1/1996)
• Biofuels Research Program (3/5/2007)
• Biomass Energy Conversion (BECON) Facility (4/1/1998)
• Biomass Feedstock Assembly to Gasification Process Computational Interface Development (7/30/2007)
• Black Hilstrom (2/14/1994)
• Boyd Product Realization Lab (7/1/2002)
• Building Literacy: The Integration of Building Technology and Design into Architectural Education (1/15/2007)
• Business Decisions within a Virtual Environment (1/18/2006)
• CAREER: Deformation Mechanisms at the Materials' Microstructural Length Scale (3/1/2002)
• CAREER: Development of Microstructures for High Heat Flux Applications Utilizing Non-Intrusive Temperature and Velocity Measurement Techniques (1/1/2002)
• CAREER: High-Resolution Interferometry-Based Surface Stress Sensors for Chemical and Biological Species Detection (1/15/2006)
• CAREER: Interdisciplinary Design in Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications Using Microelectromechanical Systems Technology (6/1/2002)
• CFD Models for Liquid-Phase Chemical Reactors: Validation of PDF and Large-Eddy Simulations Using Stereo PIV and Reactive PLIF Experiments (2/15/2004)
• Coal Utilization Science (Development of Virtual Power Plants) (4/1/2000)
• Coal Utilization Science (High Density Sensor Network Development) (3/1/2006)
• Coal Utilization Science (Virtual Advanced Power Training Environments) (1/1/2007)
• Collaborative Project: Integration of Modeling and Control of Smart Actuators for Nano-Bio Technology into Mechanical Engineering Curriculum (4/15/2007)
• Collaborative Research: The Women Engineering Faculty Leadership Network (8/1/2003)
• Collaborative Research: Wire Sawing--Mechanics and Design Space Exploration (7/1/2004)
• Collaborative Research: Constraint-Based Compliant Mechanism Design Using Virtual Reality (8/1/2005)
• Collaborative Research: Focused Electric Field-Induced Ion Transport: A Patterning Process (7/1/2007)
• Collaborative Research: Multiscale Modeling: Finding Strengths, Avoiding Weaknesses (8/1/2006)
• Collaborative Research: Ultrafast Laser Characterization and Nanostructuring of Microphotonic Sensors (11/15/2005)
• Comparing On-Road and Dynamometer Emissions for Transit Vehicles for Regular and Biodiesels (7/10/2007)
• Computer Model and Experimental Techniques to Improving Air Handling Performance and Noise in Superchargers (1/1/2004)
• Content Preserving Data Synthesis (1/1/2003)
• Content-preserving Data Synthesis to Support Rapid Design Cycles (9/24/2003)
• Continuation of the Study of Boundary-Layer Development in Turbomachinery Blade Rows (5/23/1988)
• Controls Development for a Low-Profile Tracking Antenna (4/9/1999)
• Conversion of Monsanto Oil to Biodiesel (10/10/2002)
• Conversion of Oil to Biodiesel (10/21/2002)
• Corn-Based Biorefinery: Phase I--Launching the Pilot Plant (10/21/2005)
• Creation of a Real-Time Capability to Validate Weldments (7/1/2006)
• Creation of the Advanced Systems Design Suite (1/1/2006)
• Demonstrate an Interactive Virtual Engineering Environment for Assessing the Impact of Fire in Air Compressor Room 19 at Fort Calhoun (1/1/2004)
• Demonstrate Diesel Engine Combustion Using Ammonia as an Alternative Fuel (11/1/2006)
• Demonstrating Drying of Grain, Distillers Grain, and Industrial Products with a Simple, Innovative, and Extremely Efficient Heat (9/1/2007)
• Demonstration of Dual-Pulse Ballistic Imaging for Liquid Jets in Crossflow (9/1/2006)
• Departmental Support (4/1/2001)
• Departmental Support (7/1/2004)
• Departmental Support (7/1/2001)
• Departmental Support (7/1/2002)
• Departmental Support (5/1/1994)
• Departmental Support (5/1/1994)
• Departmental Support (4/1/2001)
• Departmental Support (2/14/1994)
• Departmental Support (5/1/1994)
• Departmental Support (9/1/1998)
• Design, Development, Fabrication, and Testing of a Novel, Geared CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) (12/7/2004)
• Detailed Reaction Kinetics for CFD Modeling of Nuclear Fuel Pellet Coating for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (4/15/2005)
• Develop an Optimized Air System for the Two-Row Cotton Picker (1/1/2007)
• Developing New Mathematical Models for Multiphase Flows Based on a Fundamental Probability Density Function Approach (11/15/2002)
• Development and Demonstration of Computational NDE Techniques (6/1/2007)
• Development of ‘Global’ Feedback Control Strategies for Silencing Noise (6/1/2003)
• Development of a Biomass-Fueled Stirling Engine for Combined Heat and Power Production (10/1/2005)
• Development of a Large-Scale Virtual Reality Facility and Virtual Science Program (10/1/2004)
• Development of a Virtual Environment for Evaluation of Operability and Maintainability (5/1/2002)
• Development of a Virtual Porous Medium (1/1/2004)
• Development of High-Torque, Low-Speed Shredder (5/22/2002)
• Development of Integrated Virtual Engineering Tools to Facilitate Unique High-Level Decision-Making Capabilities (2/1/2005)
• Development of MHz Frame Rate Optical Diagnostics for Hypersonic Ground Test Facilities (1/5/2007)
• Development of Proof of Concept Device for Vibration and Noise Control in Household Appliances (2/17/2004)
• Development of Real-Time Graphics Tools for High-Fidelity CAD Data (12/20/2007)
• Development of Smart Nanotribological Surfaces Using Multifunctionalized Mesoporous Nanosphere Films (8/1/2004)
• Development of Software for Design and Control of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Process (3/21/2004)
• Development of System Theory-Based Tools for Modeling, Analysis, and Synthesis for Quality and Reliability Improvement in Sauer-Danfoss Products (3/1/2003)
• Development of Virtual Engineering Tools for the ARDEC Virtual Engineering Center (4/17/2005)
• Development, Verification, and Validation of Multiphase Models for Polydisperse Flow (5/18/2007)
• Ecological Intensification of the Industrial Bioeconomy: Sustainable Biofuel Production through the Integration of Perennial Crops (6/1/2006)
• Edwin Drdla Fund in Mechanical Engineering (7/1/2004)
• Effective Integration of Thin Film Protovoltaic Technology into Wearables for Commercialization (2/21/2005)
• Engel Endowment (2/14/1994)
• Engineering 170 Projects (9/8/2000)
• Enhancement of the Pneumatic Motion Damping Device for Vibration Isolation Systems (3/6/2007)
• Environmental Enhancement Through Corn Stover Utilization (3/30/2006)
• Evaluation of Applicability of a New Precombustion Mercury Removal (8/24/2005)
• Evaluation of Magnesol in Biodiesel Production (12/1/2003)
• Evaluation of Tire-Derived Rubber Particles for Biofiltration Media (11/17/2004)
• Fast Pyrolysis Process Development Unit for Validating Bench Scale Data (10/1/2007)
• Full Virtual Build--Phase 1: Optional Machine Configuration Tool (11/1/2004)
• Full Virtual Build--Phase 2: Optimal Machine Configuration Tool (4/3/2006)
• Galloway Foundation Scholarship (7/1/2006)
• Gasification of Switchgrass (9/1/2001)
• Geospatial Knowledge in Complex Mobile Field Settings (9/1/2003)
• Graphical User Interface for Fire Modeling Codes (4/21/2006)
• High Resolution 3D CT Scans of Scrolls (9/1/2006)
• High-Density Sensor Network Development (9/30/2006)
• High-Framing-Rate Flow-Imaging System (12/1/2006)
• Hybrid Thermal/Biological Conversion to Industrial Chemicals (7/1/2004)
• Immersive Combine Simulator (5/1/2005)
• Implementation of Local Mesh Refinement to KIVA-4 for Parallel Engine Spray Simulations Using Unstructured Mesh (1/1/2006)
• Incentive (1/15/2001)
• Industrial Assessment Center (9/1/2006)
• Industrial Assessment Center Program (9/1/2002)
• Installation and Testing of Photovoltaic Energy Systems (7/1/2006)
• Integrated Feedstock Supply Systems for Corn Stover Biomass (12/1/2004)
• Integrating Discrete Event Simulation Results with an Immersive Virtual Environment (12/1/2003)
• Integrating Low-Cost Virtual Reality into Design and Technical Graphics Curricula (9/1/2003)
• Interactive Fluid System Visualization and Analysis (11/1/2002)
• Iowa Biotechnology Consortium (9/1/2004)
• Iowa Biotechnology Consortium (9/1/2006)
• IPA Assignment for Program Director (11/6/2006)
• IPA/Division Director at NSF (8/1/2002)
• John Deere Engine Research (7/1/2005)
• KIVA-4 Enhancement by Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Parallel Computing Using Unstructured Mesh (1/1/2007)
• Laser Glazing of Amorphous Sputter-Deposited Quasicrystalline Coatings to Promote Crystallization (1/1/2003)
• Laser Sintering of Thermal Barrier Nanocoatings for Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity (7/1/2007)
• Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (7/1/2006)
• ME Industrial Gifts (7/1/1985)
• Mechanical Engineering Student Support (7/1/2004)
• Mechanics-Guided Design of a Hybrid Laser/Water-Jet (LWJ) Manufacturing Process (7/1/2005)
• Mechatronics General Support (7/1/2005)
• Mechatronics Lab Fund (7/1/2003)
• Microfabrication and Manufacture of 3C-SiC MEMS Pressure Sensors for Harsh Environments (7/1/2006)
• Microscale Reactor CFD Model Validation Using Direct Numerical Simulations, High-Speed MicroPIV, and Reactive Laser-Induced Fluorescence (9/1/2007)
• Military Applications of Immersive Environments (4/1/2001)
• Modeling and Control of Wafer Scale Yield Improvement in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) (8/1/2003)
• Modeling and Control of Wafer Scale Yield Improvement in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) (5/15/2006)
• Modeling PRRSV Aerosol Transmission Within and Between Farms (1/1/2005)
• Modification of XRSIM Extension of Film Types (11/1/1995)
• MRI: Acquisition of a High-Speed Particle Image Velocimetry System for Fluid Dynamics Research (9/1/2005)
• Multiphase Analysis and Fluid/Thermal System Integration (1/1/2005)
• NER: Active Nanotribological Surfaces Using Monomolecular Films (8/1/2006)
• Noise Reduction of a Commercial Tablesaw (1/1/2002)
• Nondestructive Evaluation of Manufacturing-Induced Anomalies (8/30/2004)
• NOx Emissions from Biodiesel Burned in Utility Generators (7/1/2006)
• Parallel Computation of KIVA-4 Using Unstructured Mesh (9/1/2006)
• PIV Measurements of Airflow in the Bobcat Cooling Package Blower Assembly (1/1/2004)
• Portable Virtual Reality System (3/1/2006)
• Quenching of Particle-Gas Combustible Mixtures Using Electric Particulate Suspension (EPS) and Dispersion Methods (12/8/2000)
• Rapid Broadband Nanoscale Viscoelasticity Measurement and Mapping of Soft Materials (8/1/2009)
• Real-Time Control of Machines and Simulation of JD Auto Trac in VR (1/1/2005)
• Real-Time Dynamic Simulation of JD Gator in a Virtual Environment with Hardware and Operator in the Loop (1/1/2007)
• Real-Time Graphic Solutions for ARDEC Virtual Engineering Center Software Tools (3/6/2007)
• Real-Time Immersive Design (1/1/2005)
• Research Support in the Disciplines of Physics and Psychology of Environmental Noise (8/27/1995)
• RET for CAREER: Interdisciplinary Design in Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications Using Microelectromechanical Systems Technology (5/13/2002)
• REU for CAREER: Interdisciplinary Design in Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications Using Microelectromechanical Systems Technology (6/1/2002)
• REU Site: Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research: Emerging Interface Technologies (2/15/2006)
• REU Supplement: Mechanics-Guided Design of a Hybrid Laser/Water-Jet Manufacturing Process (3/9/2006)
• REU: Modeling and Control of Wafer Scale Yield Improvement in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (3/3/2004)
• Rheological Behavior of Dense Assemblies of Granular Materials (4/1/2007)
• System-Inversion Nanopositioning Control for Ultra-High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (9/15/2006)
• TARDEC Virtual Engineering Center Research Support (4/26/2006)
• Technical and Research Support for Iowa Energy Center Building Energy Efficiency Program (4/1/2003)
• Techno-Economic Evaluation of Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Systems (9/30/2006)
• Technology Crosscut (Kinetic Theory of Multiphase Flow) (4/1/2001)
• Testing and Development of Software for Design and Control of Chemical Mechanical Planarization Processes (5/5/2005)
• The Fluid Dynamics of Air Flow in Free Flow Open Spaces: An Architectural Approach to Energy Efficient Buildings (1/1/2007)
• The Impact of Household Refrigerator Storage Conditions of Shelf-Life of Fruits and Vegetables (9/1/2005)
• The Quantification of Duct Rumble Noise Resulting from Aerodynamic System Effects at the Discharge of a Centrifugal Fan (9/1/2004)
• The Role of Thermochemical Processing in Future Biorefineries (7/1/2006)
• Third World Country Design (7/1/2005)
• Training, Assembly, and Maintenance (1/1/2005)
• Using Virtual Engineering Tools to Create an Information Dashboard for Portfolio Management (1/1/2007)
• VIE: Vertical Integration of Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Education (Planning Grant) (8/1/2004)
• Virtual Design Exploration and Optimization Environment (8/19/2004)
• Virtual Design Exploration and Optimization Environment (7/1/2005)
• Virtual Teleoperation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (5/1/2005)
• Virtual Teleoperation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (5/15/2007)
• X-Ray Flow Visualization of the Cavitating Field Downstream of a Butterfly Valve (9/1/2007)