Swenson College of Science & Engineering

Projects and Grants

Projects per year 1989 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2028

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• 106 Active
• 776 Finished

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  Collaborative Research: US GO-SHIP 2021-2026 Repeat Hydrography, Carbon and Tracers

  Sandborn, D. E.

  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  2/1/24 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon 100%

• Lake Superior Hydroacoustics Project, 2023

  Ricketts, R. D.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  10/3/23 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • project 89%

• DUNE neutrino interaction uncertainties for oscillation analysis

  Gran, R. W.

  UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC.

  8/21/23 → 1/5/24

  Project: Research project

  • neutrinos 100%
  • oscillations 76%
  • interactions 47%

• Project Baseline informational workshops

  Etterson, J. R.

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  8/7/23 → 2/29/24

  Project: Research project

• UPDATED - Fond du Lac mercury research in St Louis River "Discovery" 2020-2022 - 42.857 TDC

  Johnson, N.

  FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE, USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture

  5/5/23 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • mercury 100%
  • river 60%

• An Undergraduate Research Program in Combinatorics

  Gallian, J. A.

  DOD NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA)

  4/1/23 → 3/31/24

  Project: Research project

• support of 2023 upgrades and operation, UMD buoy program- ship time request

  Austin, J. A.

  GREAT LAKES OBSERVING SYSTEM, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  3/1/23 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Ship 100%
  • Upgrade 90%

• NSF Student Travel Grant for 2023 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)

  Wang, H.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  12/15/22 → 11/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Students 100%
  • Communication 67%

• NSF Student Travel Grant for 2023 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)

  Wang, H.

  National Science Foundation

  12/15/22 → 11/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • communications 100%
  • travel 80%
  • grant 65%
  • graduate 37%
  • research interest 33%

• Lake Superior Hydroacoustics Project, 2022

  Ricketts, R. D.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, USDI FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

  10/15/22 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • project 89%

• A Neural Differential Machine Learning Framework with Nonlinear Physics for in-situ Modeling of Dynamic Systems

  Qu, Y.

  USDOC NATL INST OF STANDARDS AND TECH (N

  10/1/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Physics 100%
  • Dynamical systems 94%
  • Machine learning 84%

• Glider Tech support for RAEON

  Austin, J. A.

  UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR, USDOC NOAA SEA GRANT

  9/29/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

• Greater Blue Earth and Le Sueur Sand Budget

  Gran, K. B.

  MN POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

  8/18/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • budget 100%
  • sand 72%

• Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Training Grant

  Ramirez, M. R., Alcorn-Webb, J., Alexander, B. H., Arnold, S., Erickson, D. J., Everson-Rose, S., Feyen, R. G., Kim, H., Maclehose, R. F., Porta, C. M., Raynor, P. C. & Schofield, K. E.

  CDC NAT'L INST FOR OCCUP SAFETY & HEALTH

  7/1/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • occupational safety 100%
  • Occupational health 90%
  • grant 70%

• Glider Tech support augment for RAEON

  Austin, J. A.

  GREAT LAKES OBSERVING SYSTEM, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  7/1/22 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

• CIGLR 2022 Graduate Research Fellowship Sandborn

  Austin-Minor, E. C.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  6/1/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

• Hartley Pond

  Gran, K. B., Dymond, S. F. & Swenson, J. B.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

  6/1/22 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

• German intern via City of Duluth

  Hoxie, A. B.

  CITY OF DULUTH

  5/25/22 → 8/1/22

  Project: Research project

• Minnesota Millions: Growing a Coalition to Scale Production of Climate-Adapted Seedlings for Large Scale Reforestation

  Etterson, J. R. & Jahnke, M.

  THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  5/23/22 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • coalition 100%
  • climate 92%

• Conference: Sage Days Duluth

  Petersen, K.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  5/15/22 → 4/30/23

  Project: Research project

• Conference: Sage Days Duluth

  Petersen, K.

  National Science Foundation

  5/15/22 → 4/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Software engineering 100%
  • Topology 83%
  • Lightning 66%
  • Education 52%

• Bridging Modeling Modalities And Tumor Growth Data With Equation Learning

  Jain, H.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

  5/1/22 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Tumors 100%

• An Undergraduate Research Program in Combinatorics

  Gallian, J. A.

  DOD NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA)

  4/21/22 → 4/7/23

  Project: Research project

• Research Vessel Services to Survey Monitoring Stations in Great Lakes

  Ricketts, R. D.

  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

  4/2/22 → 10/1/22

  Project: Research project

  • research vessel 100%
  • monitoring station 84%
  • services 49%
  • lake 46%

• Duluth Undergraduate Research Program on Combinatorics

  Gallian, J. A.

  JANE STREET GROUP, LLC

  4/1/22 → 2/28/23

  Project: Research project

• OI 2022 UMD R/V Blue Heron Oceanographic Instrumentation

  Ricketts, R. D.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  3/1/22 → 2/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • instrumentation 100%

• University of Minnesota/RV Blue Heron 2022 Oceanographic Instrumentation

  Ricketts, R. D.

  National Science Foundation

  3/1/22 → 2/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • instrumentation 100%
  • vessel 80%
  • academic research 33%
  • research vessel 30%
  • lake 28%

• Niclosamide or Pyrvinium and BAY-876 as a Combination for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment

  Mereddy, V. R.

  Whiteside Inst. for Clinical Research

  1/1/22 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • breast 100%
  • cancer 88%

• Collaborative Research: NNA Planning: A holistic approach to monitoring abrupt environmental shifts in the Kluane Lake region

  Dymond, S. F.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  1/1/22 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • holistic approach 100%
  • environmental monitoring 86%
  • planning 52%
  • lake 49%

• NNA Planning: Collaborative Research: A holistic approach to monitoring abrupt environmental shifts in the Kluane Lake region

  Dymond, S. F.

  National Science Foundation

  1/1/22 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • holistic approach 100%
  • environmental monitoring 86%
  • lake 59%
  • planning 57%
  • public law 14%

• MnDOT Steel Pipe Project - Undergraduate Research

  Pluimer, M. L.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  12/23/21 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

• Assessment of stream restoration practices

  Gran, K. B.

  Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Prog., USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  11/29/21 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • restoration 100%

• Phase 2: Interpretation of mercury isotope data in Gunneklev Fjord

  Johnson, N.

  NORWEGIAN WATER RESEARCH INSITITUTE

  11/26/21 → 3/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • fjord 100%
  • mercury 73%
  • isotope 67%

• Facility Operations and Basic Detector Operations for the NOvA Far Detector Laboratory

  Marshak, M. L. & Habig, A. T.

  FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  10/19/21 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Detectors 100%

• Lake Superior Hydroacoustics Project, 2021

  Ricketts, R. D.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  10/1/21 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • project 89%

• CIGLR Rapid: Winter grab: a multi-institutional Great Lakes winter sampling campaign

  Ozersky, T.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  10/1/21 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • campaign 100%

• RAPID funding to track and trace cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Superior

  Sheik, C. S.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  10/1/21 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • algal bloom 100%
  • lake 66%

• Mapping and Geologic Data of Priority Areas in Wisconsin

  Brengman, L. A.

  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, USDI U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  8/24/21 → 8/23/22

  Project: Research project

• CIGLR Postdoctoral Fellowship: The effects of climate change and eutrophication on cyanobacterial diazotrophs in the Great Lakes

  Sheik, C. S.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USDOC NOAA SEA GRANT

  7/1/21 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • eutrophication 100%
  • lake 64%
  • effect 25%

• Inventory of spawning redd locations and habitat partitioning among trout.

  Hrabik, T. R.

  WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, USDI FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

  7/1/21 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • spawning 100%
  • partitioning 87%
  • habitat 64%

• Validating a low-cost, open-source surface wave data logger for real-time drifting or moored marine observations

  Hill, C. S.

  GREAT LAKES OBSERVING SYSTEM, USDOC NAT'L OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

  7/1/21 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • surface wave 100%
  • cost 54%

• Collaborative Research: Sustainable Land and Water Resources - A Community Based Participatory Research Experience for Undergraduates

  Dalbotten, D. & Johnson, N.

  National Science Foundation

  5/1/21 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Water resources 100%
  • student 34%
  • experience 23%
  • participation 19%
  • mentoring 16%

• Improving the detection, analysis and mitigation strategies of debris, sediment and ice risks for hydrokinetic technologies

  Hill, C. S.

  SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES

  4/14/21 → 9/15/21

  Project: Research project

  • mitigation 100%
  • ice 87%
  • detection 75%
  • sediment 61%
  • analysis 34%

• Coastal Forest Restoration and Hydrology 2

  Etterson, J. R., Dymond, S. F. & Bergen, E. E.

  Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Prog., USDOC NOAA SEA GRANT

  4/6/21 → 11/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • hydrology 100%
  • restoration 89%

• NE CASC Climate, Storms, and the Drivers of Cyanobacteria Blooms in Lake Superior

  Sterner, R. W., Schreiner, K. M., Steinman, B. A. & Wattrus, N. J.

  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, USDI U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  4/1/21 → 3/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • cyanobacterium 100%
  • algal bloom 94%
  • lake 63%

• SFS Researcher Networking Event

  Branstrator, D. K.

  SOCIETY FOR FRESHWATER SCIENCE

  1/29/21 → 5/30/21

  Project: Research project

• Encouraging Women in Computing: Circle of Computing Women encourage, support, guide, mentor and foster interest in computing

  Khan, A. A.

  DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FDN.

  1/1/21 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Island Lake Reservoir Research

  Branstrator, D. K.

  STATE OF MINNESOTA

  11/2/20 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%

• Experimental study and physics informed machine learning towards real-time system identification of machining spindles

  Qu, Y.

  USDOC NATL INST OF STANDARDS AND TECH (N

  10/1/20 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Spindle 100%
  • System Identification 95%
  • Machine Learning 89%
  • Machining 83%
  • Physics 76%

• UMD Research on Interfacial Modifiers for Wild River Consulting

  Pluimer, M. L., Kacharova, L. M. & Oyler, A. R.

  WILD RIVER CONSULTING GROUP, LLC.

  9/15/20 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • rivers 100%