NASA EPSCOR FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS

PAST RECIPIENTS

2023–2024

  • Austin Madson
    Leveraging Airborne Data Products and High Performance Computing with Novel AI/ML Workflows to Investigate Large Scale Wildland Fire Fuel Loads in Wyoming
    Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center, University of Wyoming
  • Lauren Shoemaker
    Predicting Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Diversity and Species Invasions
    Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
  • Xiang Zhang
    Additive Manufacturing of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composites for Lunar Infrastructure
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming

2022–2023

  • Jerod Merkle
    Synthesizing Data Streams to Connect Environmental Predictability with Animal Migratory Tactics for the Enhanced Understanding and Conservation of Mobile Species
    Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
  • Maysam Mousaviraad
    High-Performance Computing for Cryogenic Hydrogen Technologies
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming
  • Melanie Murphy
    Improving Monitoring of Rare Species Using a Spatially and Computationally Intensive Approach
    Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming
  • Jinke Tang
    Investigating a Promising Magnetic Material for Low Temperature Magnetic Refrigeration Applications Below 1 Kelvin
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming
  • Di Yang
    Mapping and Assessing Standing Dead Trees Across Different Scales in Rockies Forests Incorporating In-Situ Field Observation with LiDAR and Hyperspectral Datasets
    Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center, University of Wyoming

2021–2022

  • Laura de Sousa Oliveira
    Computational Model Development for Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Thermoelectric Applications
    Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming
  • Xiang Zhang
    Additive Manufacturing of NiTiHf Shape-Memory Alloys
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming

2020–2021

  • John Hoberg
    New Materials for Carbon Dioxide Removal for Long-Term, Manned Space Missions
    Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming

2019–2020

  • Pejman Tahmasebi
    Characterization of Non-Stationary Materials and Studying the Relation Between Their Microstructure and Properties Department of Petroleum Engineering / Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wyoming

2018–2019

  • Dilpuneet Aidhy
    Understanding the Effect of Alloying Elements on Microstructure in Cobalt-Based Superalloys
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming

2017–2018

  • William Rice
    Direct Optical Measurement and Characterization of Ice Adhesion on Aircraft Surface
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming

2015–2016

  • Carl Frick
    Early Damage Detection of Composites Using Mechanochromic Fluorescent Materials
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming
  • Karen Wawrousek
    Regulation of Cellular Response to Carbon Monoxide
    Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming

2014–2015

  • Carl Frick
    Shape-Switching Liquid-Crystalline Elastonmer Foams
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming