PAST RECIPIENTS

2023–2026

Daniel McCoy and Dana Caulton
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming
Global to Regional: Origins of Water Stress (GROWS)
Award: $749,696

2019–2023

Patrick Johnson¹, Lars Kotthoff², and Dilpuneet Aidhy³
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming¹
Department of Computer Science, University of Wyoming²
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming³
Artificially Intelligent Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics
Award: $749,997

2018–2022

Hannah Jang Condell¹, Henry Kobulnicky¹, Michael Pierce¹, and Caty Pilachowski²
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming¹
Department of Astronomy, Indiana University²
Igniting a New Era of Planet Discovery with FHiRE: A Precision Spectrograph at the WIRO Telescope
Award: $749,938

2017–2022

William Rice¹, Vladimir Alvarado², and John Ackerman²
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming¹
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming²
Advanced Optical Measurements of Ice Adhesion on Icephobic Aircraft Surfaces
Award: $749,565

2016–2022

Erica Belmont
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Terrestrial Stable Cool Flames for Improved Understanding of International Space Station Droplet Combustion Experiments
Award: $501,392

2013–2017

Bart Geerts, Zhien Wang, Samuel Haimov, and Perry Wechsler
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming
Research Capacity Building Using a New Dual-Frequency Airborne Radar System in Support of NASA GPM and ACE Ground Validation Experiments
Award: $750,000

2011–2015

Henry Kobulnicky, Daniel Dale, and Adam Myers
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming
Initiating a Bold New Generation of Astronomical Surveys at the Wyoming Infrared Observatory
Award: $750,000

2010–2014

Wenyong Wang¹, Bruce Parkinson², Jon Pikal³, Jinke Tang¹, Yuri Dahnovsky¹ and Carrick Eggleston⁴
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming¹
Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming²
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wyoming³
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming⁴
Nanostructured Photovoltaics for Space Energy Applications
Award: $746,948