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

• 1 Not started
• 106 Active
• 776 Finished

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  Determination of genetic structures of arctic disjunct plant species at APIS and ISRO to develop climate change management plan

  Gross, B. L.

  USDI NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

  4/9/24 → 4/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • genetic structure 100%
  • management plan 83%
  • plant species 74%

• Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Training Grant

  Arnold, S., Alexander, B. H., Baker, B. A., Everson-Rose, S., Feyen, R. G., Hurley, S. J., Huynh, T. B., Kim, H., Maclehose, R. F., Porta, C. M., Raynor, P. C. & Schofield, K. E.

  CDC NAT'L INST FOR OCCUP SAFETY & HEALTH

  3/29/24 → 6/27/24

  Project: Research project

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

• ERI: Effects of urban water infrastructure and proximate soil profiles on coupled surface-subsurface hydrology

  Zhang, K.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  3/15/24 → 2/28/26

  Project: Research project

  • urban water 100%
  • soil profile 84%
  • hydrology 74%
  • infrastructure 65%
  • effect 20%

• Next Generation Stellar Parameters from Eclipsing Binaries

  Stevens, D. J.

  NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR

  12/14/23 → 12/13/25

  Project: Research project

• University of Minnesota and EPA Cooperative Training Partnership - Work on Aquatic Toxicology and Ecology Research (CTP-WATER)

  Branstrator, D. K., Etterson, J. R., Karwan, D. L., Keeler, B. L. & Sterner, R. W.

  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

  11/16/23 → 11/15/28

  Project: Research project

  • toxicology 100%
  • ecology 67%

• Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science

  Ozersky, T.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  11/1/23 → 10/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • Ecosystem Function 100%
  • Collaborative Research 71%

• Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science

  Ozersky, T.

  National Science Foundation

  11/1/23 → 10/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • ecosystem function 99%
  • winter 82%
  • science 62%
  • ice 21%

• Low Cost Buoys For Smart Coastal Monitoring

  Hill, C. S.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, USDOC NOAA SEA GRANT

  9/20/23 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • monitoring 100%
  • cost 98%

• Epigenetic regulation of chromatin by the Keap1-Nrf2 xenobiotic response signaling in Drosophila

  Deng, H.

  NIH NIGMS NATL INST OF GENERAL

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Xenobiotics 100%
  • Drosophila 84%
  • Chromatin 80%
  • Epigenomics 79%

• Understanding Causes of Concrete Culvert Pipe Joint Separation

  Hedegaard, B. D. & Carranza-Torres, C. M.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, US DOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

  9/1/23 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • culvert 100%
  • pipe 60%

• Bridging The Gap Between Agent Based Models Of Complex Biological Phenomena And Real-World Data Using Surrogate Models

  Jain, H.

  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

• Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting in Constructed Waterways

  Hill, C. S.

  SAHT ENERGY, LLC, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  9/1/23 → 8/21/24

  Project: Research project

  • waterway 100%
  • energy 46%

• eMB: Bridging the Gap Between Agent Based Models of Complex Biological Phenomena and Real-World Data Using Surrogate Models

  Jackson, T. L., Jain, H. & Norton, K. A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Uncertainty analysis 100%
  • Molecular dynamics 92%
  • Parameterization 87%
  • Parameter estimation 76%
  • Sensitivity analysis 72%

• UMD water budget for Hartley Pond

  Gran, K. B. & Swenson, J. B.

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

  8/11/23 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • water budget 100%
  • pond 93%

• Khan DSACF

  Khan, A. A.

  DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FDN.

  8/7/23 → 8/6/24

  Project: Research project

• Deck Reinforcement Detailing and Concrete Mix Additives to Reduce Bridge Deck Cracking

  Hedegaard, B. D. & Linderman, L. E.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  7/31/23 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • reinforcement 100%

• Sawing and Sealing Joints in Bituminous Pavements to Control Cracking

  Marasteanu, M., Barman, M. & Le, J.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  7/21/23 → 6/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • sawing 100%
  • pavements 96%
  • cracking 79%

• RUI: Neutrino physics at Duluth with DUNE, NOvA, and MINERvA

  Gran, R. W. & Habig, A. T.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/15/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • neutrinos 100%
  • physics 76%

• RUI: Neutrino physics at Duluth with DUNE, NOvA, and MINERvA

  Habig, A. T. & Gran, R. W.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • neutrinos 100%
  • physics 57%
  • students 53%
  • installing 33%
  • supernovae 32%

• Number Theory and Combinatorics Conference in Duluth

  Petersen, K.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/1/23 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Number theory 100%
  • Combinatorics 95%

• Twin Ports Teen Science Cafe

  Kireta, A.

  DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FDN.

  7/1/23 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

• LCCMR: Minnesota Million

  Etterson, J. R.

  LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES

  7/1/23 → 6/30/25

  Project: Research project

• Sinking and suspended microplastic particles in Lake Superior

  Austin-Minor, E. C. & Maurer-Jones, M. A.

  LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • particle 84%

• Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Training Grant

  Arnold, S., 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. & Ramirez, M. R.

  CDC NAT'L INST FOR OCCUP SAFETY & HEALTH

  7/1/23 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

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

• RUI: Development of new reagents and synthetic methodologies based on hypervalent iodine chemistry

  Zhdankin, V.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • Hypervalence 100%
  • Iodine 71%
  • Chemistry 48%

• AMS Travel Grant

  Petersen, K.

  AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

• The effects of seasonality on callose deposition and carbon transport in crop plants

  Ray, D. M.

  USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture

  7/1/23 → 6/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • crop plant 100%
  • seasonality 66%
  • carbon 40%
  • effect 16%

• 2023 Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award Ryan Carlson

  Gross, B. L.

  THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

  7/1/23 → 6/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • graduate students 100%

• Impacts of biofilms on seabed topography and reverberation

  Yang, J., Shen, L. & Wattrus, N. J.

  USDOD NAVY

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • topography 80%

• Conference: Number Theory and Combinatorics in Duluth

  Petersen, K.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/23 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • career 100%
  • website 62%
  • expert 49%
  • evaluation 35%
  • student 19%

• RUI: Development of New Reagents and Synthetic Methodologies Based on Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry

  Zhdankin, V.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • Hypervalence 100%
  • Iodine 90%
  • Chemistry 57%
  • Industry 24%
  • Benzyne 22%

• Travel: NSF Student Travel Support for 2023 ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (ACM HPDC)

  Anwar, A. & Allen, T. R.

  National Science Foundation

  6/15/23 → 5/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • parallel computing 100%
  • student 95%
  • travel 93%
  • need 12%
  • registration 11%

• Use of Multi-gear Sampling to Improve Abundance Estimates of Demersal Coregonines in the Great Lakes.

  Hrabik, T. R.

  USDI FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

  6/1/23 → 5/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • lake 100%
  • sampling 96%

• Harbor Monitoring with UW-Superior

  Branstrator, D. K.

  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR, US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  5/10/23 → 4/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • harbor 100%
  • monitoring 59%

• Great Lakes Ballast Water Research and Development Plan ??? Research Area 3, Project 2, Year 3 (mesocosm experiments)

  Reavie, E. D. & Branstrator, D. K.

  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR, US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  5/1/23 → 8/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • ballast water 100%
  • mesocosm 85%
  • development plan 84%
  • lake water 73%
  • research and development 73%

• SSSE 2023 UMD R/V Blue Heron Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment

  Ricketts, R. D.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  4/1/23 → 3/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Blue 100%

• University of Minnesota/RV Blue Heron 2023 Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment

  Ricketts, R. D.

  National Science Foundation

  4/1/23 → 3/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • vessel 100%
  • instrumentation 55%
  • academic research 41%
  • research vessel 38%
  • lake 35%

• Support of 2023 upgrades and operation, UMD buoy program

  Austin, J. A.

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

  3/1/23 → 5/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Buoys 100%

• OI 2023 UMD R/V Blue Heron Oceanographic Instrumentation

  Ricketts, R. D.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  3/1/23 → 2/28/25

  Project: Research project

  • instrumentation 100%

• University of Minnesota/RV Blue Heron 2023 Oceanographic Instrumentation

  Ricketts, R. D.

  National Science Foundation

  3/1/23 → 2/28/25

  Project: Research project

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

• Does Wild Rice Consumption Reduce Colon Cancer Risk Through Changes in the Gut Microbiome?

  Sieber, J. R., Gallaher, D. D. & Onello, E. C.

  Whiteside Inst. for Clinical Research

  1/1/23 → 5/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Cancer 100%

• Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: Biodiversity and stability on a changing planet: plant traits and interactions that stabilize or destabilize ecosystems and populations

  Etterson, J. R.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  1/1/23 → 12/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • cooperative research 100%
  • biodiversity 58%
  • ecosystems 53%

• Structural stabilization of oxidative catalytic centers by main-group porphyrins

  Poddutoori, P. K.

  AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

  1/1/23 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Porphyrin 100%

• Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: Biodiversity and stability on a changing planet: plant traits and interactions that stabilize or destabilize ecosystems and populations

  Etterson, J. R.

  National Science Foundation

  1/1/23 → 12/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • global change 100%
  • plant species 72%
  • ecosystem 59%
  • biodiversity 59%
  • planet 54%

• NSF Convergence Accelerator Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges: Recycled Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Ecosystems [RETAME] (LOI Title: Developing a Circular Materials Model for Recycling Fashion Waste

  Clarke-Sather, A. R.

  UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  12/15/22 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Accelerator 100%
  • Manufacturing 74%
  • Ecosystem 73%

• NSF Convergence Accelerator Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges: Recycled Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Ecosystems (RETAME)

  Thomas, K., Cobb, K., Cao, H. & Clarke-Sather, A. R.

  National Science Foundation

  12/15/22 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • textile 100%
  • manufacturing 69%
  • clothing 54%
  • ecosystem 49%
  • recycling 37%

• How do biotic interactions influence the success of climate-smart trees introduced into coastal forests of Lake Superior

  Etterson, J. R.

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

  10/24/22 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • biotic interactions 100%
  • lake 46%

• Re-Use of Minnesota Waste Material in Sustainably Designed Soils, Part 2

  Saftner, D. A., Aro, M. & Cai, M.

  MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  10/24/22 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • soil 100%
  • material 95%

• Networking and Computing: Scholarships and Support for Computing Students

  Khan, A. A., Hinderliter, A. & Potter, L.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  10/15/22 → 9/30/28

  Project: Research project

  • Students 100%

• Networking and Computing: Scholarships and Support for Computing Students

  Hinderliter, A., Turner, S. L. & Khan, A. A.

  National Science Foundation

  10/15/22 → 9/30/28

  Project: Research project

  • networking 100%
  • computer science 72%
  • student 44%
  • low income 43%
  • persistence 24%