University Of Tulsa

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-IHE/INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CYBER CORPS INITIATIVE -- TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MACGYVERS

EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT

PURPOSE:TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP, AND PROTOTYPE COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS (COBOTS) TARGETED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING IN PLACE.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:CONFIGURE VARIOUS EXISTING COBOTS THAT COULD WORK WITHIN ELDERLY LIVING AND ACTIVITY PARAMETERS AS SIMULATED BY HOME LIVING CONFIGURATIONS (E.G., KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM, BATHROOM, AND BEDROOM) STAGED INSIDE THE INSTITUTE, AND EVALUATE ALGORITHMS AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS TO DETERMINE THE VIABILITY OF OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS. CODE AND ASSESS THE LEVEL OF AUTONOMY THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY A COBOT IN THIS DOMAIN AND THE ROLE THAT LEVEL HAS ON THE PLATFORM?S EFFICACY.UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR HOME ASSISTANCE THAT IS NOT COST-PROHIBITIVE.DEVELOP COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO WORK WITHIN REAL LIVING ENVIRONMENTS WITH STUDY PARTICIPANTS.EXPECTED OUTCOMES:THE REQUESTED FUNDING FOR ROBOTICS INSTRUMENTATION AND RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR SCIENTISTS, PRACTITIONERS, AND STUDENTS TO DESIGN, BUILD, AND TEST CANDIDATE ROBOTIC PLATFORMS ALONE AND IN COMBINATION. THISPROPOSED EFFORT WILL EXAMINE THE VIABILITY OF ADAPTIVE ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS IN GRIP, BALANCE, AND SIT-TO-STAND CAPABILITIES, WITH THE EXPECTATION FOR THE EVENTUAL TRANSLATION OF THE RESULTING TECHNOLOGY TO NEW COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIES.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:THE USE OF ADAPTIVE ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS COBOTS, CAN HELP THE AGING PUBLIC MAINTAIN AN INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:THE RECIPIENT PLANS TO SUBAWARD FUNDS ($786,450) TO L5VEL, INC. TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE PROTOTYPE COBOTS BY MEASURING THE LEVEL OF OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND AUTONOMY NEEDED, ALONG WITH HOW IT CAN BE VERIFIED AND VALIDATED IN EACH CONFIGURATION. L5VEL, INC. WILL ALSO HELP THE TEAM DETERMINE WHAT IS NEEDED TO REACH A MANUFACTURING EFFORT TO PROTOTYPE A LOWER COST COBOT.

CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (RENEWAL): TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS -THE UNITED STATES NEEDS HIGHLY SKILLED CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS TO SECURE THE CYBERSPACE THAT ENVELOPS MODERN SOCIETY. THE SHORTAGE OF ELITE CYBER PROFESSIONALS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS NSF CYBERCORPS? PROJECT SEEKS TO PREPARE SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND ATTORNEYS TO MAKE TANGIBLE CYBER-DEFENSE AND CYBER-OPERATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR THAT WILL BENEFIT SOCIETY. FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL COHORTS OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TO AN EXISTING CYBERCORPS? PROJECT AT THE AWARDEE INSTITUTION (UNIVERSITY OF TULSA). THE PROJECT'S COMPONENTS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, RESEARCH, OUTREACH, INTERNSHIPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES, ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE BROAD AND LASTING IMPACTS. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND EFFORTS TO ENGAGE MEMBERS OF GROUPS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CYBERSECURITY FIELD, NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS, AND VETERANS; AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES. TULSA CYBER CORPS STUDENTS WILL COLLABORATE ON REAL-WORLD PROJECTS WITH EMBEDDED AGENCY PERSONNEL TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND ENHANCE INTERNSHIP AND JOB PLACEMENT. SUSTAINED STUDENT MENTORING AND INVOLVEMENT IN SERVICE LEARNING AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WILL STRENGTHEN STUDENT MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, PROMOTING CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND RETENTION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE PROJECT OFFERS MULTIPLE TECHNICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TRACKS, EACH CHARACTERIZED BY A FOCUSED YET FLEXIBLE PROGRAM OF STUDY. THE ?MACGYVER TRACK? IMPARTS CYBER-OPERATIONS SKILLS GEARED TOWARD THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. OTHER TRACKS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY J.D. TRACK COMBINES LAW CLASSES WITH SIX SYSTEMS AND CYBER-DEFENSE AND CYBER-OPERATIONS COURSES. THE NOVELTY OF THE TULSA PROGRAM STEMS FROM ITS APPLICATION OF THE ?TEACHING HOSPITAL? PARADIGM TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO ENTER AND THRIVE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE PARADIGM INTEGRATES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED CYBER-DEFENSE AND CYBER-OPERATIONS COURSES, HANDS-ON LEARNING, RESEARCH AND CAPSTONE PROJECTS, SERVICE LEARNING, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. STUDENTS GAIN UNIQUE EXPERTISE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO REAL PROBLEMS IN CONCERT WITH EMBEDDED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL AND BY HELPING SECURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS RANGING FROM ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS AND WIND FARMS TO AIRCRAFT AND VOTING SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CYBERCORPS? SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (SFS) PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS PROPOSALS ESTABLISHING OR CONTINUING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS IN CYBERSECURITY AND ALIGNS WITH THE U.S. NATIONAL CYBER STRATEGY TO DEVELOP A SUPERIOR CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK IN CYBERSECURITY FOR A FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE SAME DURATION AS THEIR SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CYBER CORPS INITIATIVE -- TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MACGYVERS

CYBER SECURITY EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (CSEC): REVERSING THE OUTSOURCING TIDE IN MISSION-CRITICAL DISCIPLINES

NAME OF EFFORT: SECURITY ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES FOR CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES TYPE OF AWARD: GRANT THE RECIPIENT S

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CYBER CORPS INITIATIVE

EFRI C3 SORO: BETWEEN A SOFT ROBOT AND A HARD PLACE: ESTIMATION AND CONTROL ALGORITHMS THAT EXPLOIT SOFT ROBOTS' UNIQUE ABILITIES

PLAMONIC NANOPARTICLE ENHANCED LIQUID FILTERS FOR OPTIMAL SOLAR CONVERSION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: E-CORE: OKLAHOMA RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND OPPORTUNITY NETWORK -THIS PROJECT LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WILL BUILD A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE STEM COMMUNITY ACROSS OKLAHOMA. COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF THE MUSCOGEE NATION, AND THE TULSA REGIONAL STEM ALLIANCE. THE PROJECT WILL FORGE A STATEWIDE NETWORK BRIDGING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, STATE AGENCIES, INDUSTRY, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS; CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN OKLAHOMA BY SHARING ACCESS TO RESOURCES, PROVIDING SEED FUNDING, AND CREATING INTERNSHIP AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES; AND ENABLE INNOVATIONS BY BUILDING CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE, CROSS-SECTOR RESEARCH. THE NETWORK WILL SPAN THE TWO URBAN AREAS IN THE STATE (OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA) AS WELL AS THE CHEROKEE NATION AND THE MUSCOGEE NATION IN RURAL OKLAHOMA. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO COORDINATE WITH STATE AGENCIES, INDUSTRY LEADERS, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OKLAHOMA. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A ROBUST, SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA THAT CAN DELIVER INNOVATIONS AND DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH THREE TARGETED FOCUS AREAS: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE, RESEARCH FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE CORE, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CORE. THE ADMINISTRATIVE CORE WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AT INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE STATE, AND ENHANCE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT. THE RESEARCH FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE CORE WILL BUILD A STATE-WIDE NETWORK OF RESEARCH FACILITIES THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESEARCHERS, EXPAND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL OKLAHOMA FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AND CREATE A SUPPORT HUB FOR AI AND MACHINE LEARNING. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CORE WILL ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP CONSORTIUM TO FUND INTERNSHIPS AND DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, SCALE UP EXISTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS ACROSS OKLAHOMA, AND CREATE A STATEWIDE K-12 STEM OUTREACH SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE EPSCOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM: EPSCOR COLLABORATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING RESEARCH ECOSYSTEMS (E-CORE). E-CORE SUPPORTS JURISDICTIONS IN STRENGTHENING THEIR JURISDICTION-WIDE RESEARCH ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH FOSTERING INTERCONNECTED NETWORKS, BUILDING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, AND GROWING RESEARCH CAPACITY AND COMPETITIVENESS ALIGNED WITH JURISDICTIONAL PRIORITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT USING COMPACT SEPARATOR SYSTEM

ELECTRIC POWER TESTBED TO SECURE THE U.S. POWER GRID AGAINST CYBER ATTACKS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A TESTBED THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP PROTECT POWER GRID FACILITIES AGAINST CYBER-ATTACKS.

(DEPSCOR-CB FY23) CAPACITY BUILDING TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESS, STRUCTURE, AND PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN FUELS FROM ALGAE - THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA; DANIEL CRUNKLETON, PI

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CO2 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE THE PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO STUDY THE MULTIPHASE FLOW BEHAVIOR RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF CO2 AND IMPURITIES OF MIXTURES. THE PLAN INVOLVES LITERATURE REVIEW, FLOW MODELING, BED TESTS AND FLOW TESTS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE ADVANCEMENT CO2 FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN WELLS AND PIPES.

THE HYDROGEN (H2) ECONOMY REQUIRES THE PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND DELIVERY OF H2 ON DEMAND TO CONSUMERS. DELIVERY CAN BE IN VARIOUS MODES, SUCH AS TANKER TRUCKS, RAIL, AND PIPELINES. PIPELINES ARE OFTEN THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER LARGE QUANTITIES SAFELY. COMPARED TO NATURAL GAS (NG) TRANSPORTATION, H2 POSES NUMEROUS CHALLENGES. FIRST, HIGHER VOLUMES ARE NEEDED FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY—THE VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITY OF H2 IS ABOUT THREE TIMES LESS THAN METHANE (THE PRIMARY CONSTITUENT OF NG). ADDITIONALLY, H2 MAY LEAK MORE EASILY THROUGH PIPE JOINTS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS, CAUSING POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES. FURTHERMORE, ADSORBED HYDROGEN INTO PIPES AND PIPELINE COMPONENTS MAY ALSO DETERIORATE MATERIALS AND INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE COMPARED TO NG. ONE WAY TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES MAY BE TRANSPORTING H2 WITH A BLEND OF NG IN EXISTING PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE U.S. NATIONAL CLEAN HYDROGEN STRATEGY AND ROADMAP. HOWEVER, THIS ''BLEND'' STRATEGY POSES NEW CHALLENGES, INCLUDING FURTHER QUESTIONS OF FLOW OPERATION AND MATERIAL DURABILITY IN PIPELINE SYSTEMS. SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH EFFORTS ARE ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS, INCLUDING DOE'S HYBLEND INITIATIVE, LAUNCHED IN 2020, AND DOE'S HYDROGEN MATERIALS COMPATIBILITY CONSORTIUM (H-MAT), LAUNCHED IN 2018. TO DATE, MORE RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ON STEELS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN TRANSMISSION PIPELINES. HOWEVER, ABOUT HALF OF THE PIPELINE MILES IN THE COUNTRY ARE POLYETHYLENE (PE), TYPICALLY USED IN DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE SYSTEMS IN POPULATED AREAS WHERE FAILURES MAY BE MORE CATASTROPHIC. FROM THE BODY OF RESEARCH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS OPEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FLOW OF BLENDED NG+H2 AND THE SUBSEQUENT MATERIAL DURABILITY OF PE FOR PIPELINE SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THREE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTIONS. TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INVESTIGATION TEAM, THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE FIRST TO WORK WITH LIVE/DYNAMIC FLOW OF NG+H2 BLENDS TO STUDY FLOW BEHAVIOR AND MATERIAL DURABILITY (IN CONTRAST WITH STATIC/CLOSED VESSELS). ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TO INVESTIGATE THE DURABILITY OF HEAT FUSION JOINTS IN PE PIPELINES FOR DISTRIBUTION IN POPULATED AREAS. 1. CONSIDERING THE EFFECTS OF FLUID ACCELERATION, HOW DOES THE FLOW OF MIXTURES OF NG+H2 BLENDS INFLUENCE FLOW BEHAVIOR AND OVERALL TRANSPORTABILITY? 2. WHAT HAPPENS TO PE WHEN EXPOSED TO H2 AND NG+H2, AND WHY DOES THE BLEND OF NG+H2 ATTACK THE PE FASTER THAN 100% H2 FOR DIFFERENT RESIN FORMULATIONS (FIGURE 1)? 3. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (INCLUDING OXIDATION), MOLECULAR BONDING, AMORPHOUS/CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF PE IN A HEAT FUSION JOINT VERSUS PIPE BULK BEFORE AND AFTER EXPOSURE TO NG+H2 AND H2?

NEW AWARD; TITLE: THE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE (NEPI) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA; PI: ROGER BLAIS

NATIVE AMERICAN PAIN DISPARITIES: EXPLORING NOCICEPTIVE PROCESSING DIFFERENCES

CARBONIZED MICROVASCULAR COMPOSITES FOR GAS RECEIVERS

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GEN3 DURABILITY MODELS

TAS::57 3600::TAS '(DURIP) CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR NEURAL REVERSE ENGINEERING'

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND FOCUSED ION-BEAM MILLING SYSTEM

LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL IN PRIVATELY-OWNED HOUSING

TAS::89 0222::TAS NEW; TITLE: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PREDICTIVE TOOLS FOR MHD STABILITY LIMITS IN TOKAMAKS; PI: DYLAN BRENNAN

DE-FE0031876 WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TITLED ''PREDICTIVE SELF-HEALING SEALS FOR GAS TRANSMISSION''.

TOWARDS OUTCOME-BASED CYBERSECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT

THIS PROJECTS AIMS TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) LEADING TO REDUCTION IN ASTHMA EPISODES/ADVERSE-REACTIONS RELATED TO TRIBAL HOME-&-SCHOOL CHIL

RETROSOL: RETROFITTING CSP FOR ENHANCED POWER OUTPUT

SPECIAL EDUCATION-PERSONNEL PREPARATION TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL PREPARATION

OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND FORENSICS EDUCATION (OCIAFE)

DATA INTEGRATION FOR GENERATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION RESERVOIR MODELS

RELIABILITY OF FORENSIC DATA FROM NETWORKED PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

TAS::57 3600::TAS 'CHOOSING A DIRECTION: NEURAL MODELS OF DECISION MAKING'

HEALTHY HOMES TECHNICAL STUDIES GRANTS

CAREER: UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING THE SINTERING OF METAL POWDERS WITH NANOSCALE ADDITIVES -NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY THIS CAREER PROJECT CONNECTS RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE 3D PRINTING OF METALS WITH EDUCATION EFFORTS TO INSPIRE K-12 AND COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH HANDS-ON MATERIALS SCIENCE COMBINED WITH INSPIRING STORIES ABOUT SEVERAL HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BLACK SCIENTISTS. THE RESEARCH ADDRESSES CRITICAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING A TYPE OF METAL 3D PRINTING CALLED BINDER JET. METALS ARE CENTRAL TO FOOD, WATER, TRANSPORTATION, AND HEALTHCARE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, METAL EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION GENERATES 10% OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS. THEREFORE, THERE IS A NEED FOR DOING MORE WITH LESS FOR METALS. TOWARDS THIS, BINDER JET IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING WAYS TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE METAL PARTS AT A LARGE SCALE. HOWEVER, BINDER JET IS BEING HELD BACK BY KNOWLEDGE GAPS ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF SINTERING. SINTERING HAPPENS WHEN SOLID PIECES OF MATERIAL FUSE TOGETHER OVER TIME, SUCH AS ICE CUBES STICKING TOGETHER IN A FREEZER. FOR BINDER JET, SINTERING IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IT FUSES METAL POWDERS INTO THE FINAL PART. SINTERING IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SURFACES, YET THERE IS LITTLE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW SMALL CHANGES IN SURFACE COMPOSITIONS (SUCH AS COATINGS) INFLUENCE THE SINTERING OF METAL POWDERS. TO ADVANCE BINDER JET, THIS WORK USES A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES DURING SINTERING. OVERALL, THIS RESEARCH PAVES THE WAY TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING, PREDICTING, AND CONTROLLING SINTERING OF METALS WITH TRACE ADDITIVES, TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE METAL MANUFACTURING. THE PROJECT'S INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS HAVE BROAD IMPACTS AROUND SOCIETY. THE RESEARCH ITSELF OPENS NEW DOORS FOR SCALABLE, SUSTAINABLE METAL MANUFACTURING FOR AUTOMOTIVE, AEROSPACE, AND BEYOND. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT LAUNCHES EDUCATION INITIATIVES THAT WORK TOWARDS FULL PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM, ALONG WITH ENHANCED STEM EDUCATION AND EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT. THESE EFFORTS START LOCALLY IN THE TULSA COMMUNITY BY SHARING HANDS-ON K-12 MODULES ON SINTERING, ALONG WITH CAPTIVATING STORIES ABOUT HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BLACK SCIENTISTS. THE EFFORTS EXPAND GLOBALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH TEACHENGINEERING.ORG AND NSBE. OVERALL, THE INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF A DIVERSE, GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STEM WORKFORCE. TECHNICAL SUMMARY THE RESEARCH OF THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON UNLOCKING NEW PARADIGMS FOR THE PERFORMANCE AND PREDICTABILITY OF HIGH-VOLUME, HIGH-EFFICIENCY METAL PARTS FABRICATED BY BINDER JET. THE INTELLECTUAL MERIT CENTERS ON ESTABLISHING EXTENSIVE PROCESS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS FOR SINTERED AL- AND TI-ALLOY POWDERS WITH AND WITHOUT TRACE ADDITIVES THAT ENHANCE SINTERING. IN DETAIL, THE INVESTIGATION PROBES THE EVOLUTION OF PARTICLE INTERFACES, NECKS, GRAINS, AND PORES DURING SINTERING WITH NANOSCALE ADDITIVES (E.G., ENHANCING BINDERS, NANOPARTICLES, POWDER COATINGS, AND INFILTRANTS). THE WORK USES IN SITU MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY TO UNRAVEL COUPLED PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MECHANISMS, IN LIGHT OF BULK DILATOMETRY, IN SITU QUANTIFICATION OF SINTERING DISTORTIONS, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AFTER SINTERING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WORK STUDIES IMPORTANT PORE/GRAIN-BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS BY INTRODUCING A NEW CLASS OF NANOSCALE INFILTRATION, WHICH PROVIDES A TOOLBOX TO STUDY VACANCY DIFFUSION AND PORE/GRAIN BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS, AS WELL AS A NEW PATHWAY FOR INCREASING THE DENSITY OF SINTERED METALS. THIS WORK ALSO QUANTIFIES PART DISTORTION VIA DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION TO CALIBRATE MODELS OF BINDER JET SINTERING BASED ON THE MATERIAL POINT METHOD, A POWERFUL WAY TO MODEL THE PHYSICS OF MILLIONS OF PARTICLES. OVERALL, THE RESEARCH ADDRESSES KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMBINED CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS OF ADDITIVES WITH THE BASE METAL DURING SINTERING. THIS OPENS NEW HORIZONS FOR TAILORED/DESIGNER POWDERS, NANOPARTICLES, COATINGS, ADDITIVES, AND INFILTRANTS. THE RESEARCH INTEGRATES CLOSELY WITH EDUCATION THAT SEEKS TO ENRICH SCIENCE LEARNING AND INSPIRE FUTURE STEM LEADERS. IN COLLABORATION WITH STEM EDUCATORS IN THE TULSA COMMUNITY, THE WORK SHARES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES THAT BRING SINTERING TO LIFE FOR STUDENTS. COUPLED WITH THIS HANDS-ON LEARNING IS THE SHARING OF STORIES, POSTERS, AND DIGITAL MEDIA ABOUT NUMEROUS HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BLACK ENGINEERS AND MATERIAL SCIENTISTS. IN COLLABORATION WITH NSBE, THESE STORIES ARE DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE. FINALLY, BUILDING FROM THE SINTERING RESEARCH, A NEW LABORATORY MODULE ON POWDER METALLURGY IS ADDED TO THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CYBER SECURITY ANALYSIS FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS

UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS OF ROBUST COATINGS FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES

PROBING CO2 DISSOLUTION AND MINERALIZATION IN DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS WITH EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION

(DEPSCOR) A NEW SURFACE ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR FATIGUE-RESISTANT AM MICROLATTICES

SATC: CORE: SMALL: MEASURING SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK -MANY FIRMS AND SECTORS WITHIN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY DEPEND ON A COMMON SET OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE SERVICES. WHILE THIS CONVERGENCE HAS UNDOUBTEDLY ENHANCED EFFICIENCY, THE WIDESPREAD RELIANCE ON A LIMITED SET OF SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HAS GIVEN RISE TO MANY SINGLE POINTS OF SYSTEM VULNERABILITY. SUCH CONCENTRATION OF RISK AMPLIFIES THE POTENTIAL FALLOUT FROM SECURITY BREACHES, ESPECIALLY SINCE ATTACKERS HAVE STRONG INCENTIVES TO SPECIFICALLY ATTACK SUCH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP IMPROVED MEASURES OF FINANCIAL SECTOR CYBER RISK. THE FINDINGS SHOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT IMPACT ON MEASURING AND MITIGATING SYSTEMIC (I.E., SYSTEM-WIDE) CYBER RISK. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE INSIGHTS, PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR DATA THAT SHOULD BE GATHERED IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND IN FUTURE TO EVALUATE AND QUANTIFY SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK. THE FINDINGS COULD ALSO HELP THE COMPARATIVELY NEW CYBER INSURANCE MARKET MEASURE AND QUANTIFY CORRELATED CYBER RISK. THIS PROJECT TAKES AN IMPORTANT STEP IN DEFINING AND EMPIRICALLY MEASURING SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK. SYSTEMIC RISK AND CYBER RISK ARE FIRST MEASURED SEPARATELY. THEN, THEY ARE COMBINED TO EXAMINE KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS ABOUT SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK. PRODUCT-LEVEL SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK OCCURS WHEN THERE IS CONCENTRATION AMONG TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS AND THE PRODUCTS OF THOSE SUPPLIERS EXHIBIT SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF VULNERABILITIES, PRODUCT EXPLOITS AND/OR PUBLICLY OBSERVED ATTACKS. FIRM-LEVEL SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK OCCURS WHEN DOMINANT FIRMS IN A SECTOR EMPLOY FEW SECURITY CONTROLS. SINCE CYBERSPACE IS SO COMPLEX, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS SEVERAL DIFFERENT METHODS FOR MEASURING SYSTEMIC RISK AND USES THEM TO PROVIDE VARIOUS MEASURES OF SYSTEMIC CYBER RISK BY SECTORS AND FIRMS. THE PROJECT LEVERAGES COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON FIRMS AND THE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE SPICEWORKS COMPANY INTELLIGENCE DATABASE (CIDB), WHICH REPORTS OVER 11,000 IT INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AT THE SITE AND FIRM LEVEL FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. THE PROJECT ADDITIONALLY CONSTRUCTS DATASETS THAT MEASURE SECURITY CONTROLS EMPLOYED BY FIRMS AS WELL AS VULNERABILITIES AND EXPLOITS AT THE PRODUCT LEVEL. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES TO END INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

SATC 2.0: RES: UNDERSTANDING AND DETECTING ONLINE SCAMS FROM GENERATIVE AI -ONLINE SCAMS REPRESENT A GROWING THREAT IN CYBERSPACE, EXPLOITING EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS, TRUST, AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES TO INFLICT SEVERE FINANCIAL LOSSES AND LONG-LASTING PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM. THIS PROJECT TACKLES THE GROWING THREAT OF ONLINE SCAMS POWERED BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (GENAI) BY EXAMINING WHY SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAN OTHERS AND IDENTIFYING PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS THAT CAN REDUCE RISK. IT ALSO INVESTIGATES HOW SCAMMERS USE AI-GENERATED CONTENT, SUCH AS FAKE PROFILES AND MESSAGES, AND HOW THIS AFFECTS USERS. TO SUPPORT USERS IN RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING SCAMS, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP INNOVATIVE DETECTION TOOLS AND EXPLAINABLE WARNING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE CLEAR AND TIMELY ALERTS DURING ONLINE INTERACTIONS. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ONLINE SCAMS AND DEVELOPS PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES THROUGH A COORDINATED SET OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL EXAMINE DEMOGRAPHIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ONLINE BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS THAT INCREASE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SCAMS. IT WILL ALSO IDENTIFY PROTECTIVE FACTORS, GUIDED BY PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY, TO HELP DESIGN TARGETED INTERVENTIONS AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES THAT REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO SCAMS. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONDUCT A LONGITUDINAL AND MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF SCAMMER TACTICS. THIS INCLUDES DETECTING THE USE OF GENAI TO GENERATE DECEPTIVE PROFILES AND COMMUNICATIONS AND ASSESSING THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH AI-GENERATED AND HUMAN-CRAFTED SCAMS THROUGH CONTROLLED USER STUDIES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DEVELOP A CONTEXT-AWARE DETECTION AND MULTI-STAGE WARNING SYSTEM POWERED BY LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. THE SYSTEM WILL MONITOR ONLINE INTERACTIONS IN REAL TIME, DETECT DECEPTIVE PATTERNS ACROSS DIFFERENT STAGES, AND DELIVER EXPLAINABLE ALERTS TO SUPPORT USERS IN TAKING TIMELY PROTECTIVE ACTIONS. PROJECT OUTCOMES WILL INCLUDE OPEN-ACCESS DATASETS OF BOTH HUMAN-CRAFTED AND AI-GENERATED SCAM CONTENT, PROTOTYPE DETECTION TOOLS FOR POTENTIAL INTEGRATION INTO ONLINE PLATFORMS, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY LITERACY AMONG STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND THE PUBLIC. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

DEPSCOR-RC FY24 HOW MICROSTRUCTURE AND DYNAMIC RESPONSES CONTRIBUTE TO SHOCK WAVE DAMPING BY THE HELMET-LIKE ORBITAL HOODS OF SNAPPING SHRIMP

TAS::57 3600::TAS INFORMATION DRIVEN, ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED PLANNING

TAS::57 3600::TAS "CIRCUIT MODELS FOR ROBUST, ADAPTIVE NEURAL CONTROL"

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

INTERMEDIARY ARENE DEAROMATIZATION AS AN APPROACH FOR META-SELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF ARENOLS AND HETEROARENOLS -WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSORS ANGUS LAMAR AND GORDON PURSER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA ARE INVESTIGATING NEW METHODS FOR THE MODIFICATION OF ARENOLS AND HETEROARENOLS, WHICH ARE COMPOUNDS COMMONLY FOUND IN MEDICINES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND ADVANCED MATERIALS. THE PREDICTABLE DECORATION OF AN AROMATIC FRAMEWORK IS A CORNERSTONE OF CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, AND SIGNIFICANT EFFORT HAS BEEN DEVOTED TOWARD THE EXPANSION OF A SYNTHETIC TOOLKIT TO ALLOW FOR INSTALLATION OF MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY. DESPITE THE INTENSE SYNTHETIC FOCUS, ACCESS TO CERTAIN SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS OF POLYSUBSTITUTED AROMATICS IS LARGELY RESTRICTED BY INTRINSIC SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS. DUE TO THIS INHERENT ACTIVITY, 1,2- AND 1,4-SUBSTITUENT PATTERNS DOMINATE MARKETED DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CATALOGS. THE PLANNED STUDIES WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS TO RARELY OBSERVED POLYSUBSTITUTED BICYCLIC FRAMEWORKS WITH 1,3-SUBSTITUENT PATTERNS WHICH WILL OPEN THE CHEMICAL LANDSCAPE FOR THE RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF POTENTIALLY BIOACTIVE FRAMEWORKS THAT HAVE THUS FAR GONE UNEXPLORED. DURING THE FUNDING PERIOD, THE PLANNED STUDIES WILL PROVIDE PH.D. STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP LABORATORY SKILLS IN CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY, WHICH WILL PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL, AGROCHEMICAL, AND MATERIALS INDUSTRIES. IN ADDITION, THE RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT WILL PARTICIPATE IN STEM-RELATED OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AT A LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE TULSA AREA. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE NEW, OPERATIONALLY SIMPLE ORGANIC REACTIONS TO DIRECTLY INSTALL FUNCTIONALITY INTO PRIVILEGED SCAFFOLDS RELEVANT TO MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK, OUR FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF REGIOSELECTIVE METHODS FOR INSTALLATION OF FUNCTIONALITY INVOLVING (HETERO)ARENOLS WILL BE ADVANCED. THE METHODS THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED CENTER AROUND AN APPROACH TO PARTIALLY DEAROMATIZE AN ARENOL TO PRODUCE AN INTERMEDIATE THAT CAN BE FUNCTIONALIZED IN A SUBSEQUENT STEP BY A NUCLEOPHILE IN A CONJUGATE ADDITION REACTION. THE RESULTING PRODUCT FROM THE TWO-STEP, ONE-POT REACTION IS SUBSTITUTED META TO THE INITIAL -OH GROUP OF THE ARENOL AND HAS ALSO RETAINED A HALOGEN FROM THE DEAROMATIZATION STEP, WHICH CAN THEN BE USED AS A CHEMICAL HANDLE FOR FURTHER REACTIONS TO PRODUCE DENSELY FUNCTIONALIZED PRODUCTS WITH RARE SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS. IN ADDITION TO SYNTHETIC INVESTIGATIONS, A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO UNDERSTAND THE REACTION MECHANISM OF THE TWO-STEP, ONE-POT APPROACH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAREER: POLARIZATION DYNAMICS IN FERROELECTRIC MULTILAYERS

NSF-BSF: SATC: CORE: SMALL: EVALUATING CYBERSECURITY PRECAUTIONS AND HARMS IN ISRAELI ENTERPRISES -EVEN THOUGH ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVESTING HEAVILY IN CYBERSECURITY, THEY OFTEN CANNOT ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR INVESTMENTS, SUCH AS WHICH DEFENSES REDUCE THE RISK OF SUFFERING AN INCIDENT, AND BY HOW MUCH. THEY STRUGGLE TO ACCURATELY QUANTIFY THE FINANCIAL COSTS OF THE HARMS RESULTING FROM SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FIRM-LEVEL CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES AFFECT THESE OUTCOMES BY FOCUSING ON THE CASE OF ISRAELI ENTERPRISES. BY BRINGING TOGETHER LEADING SCHOLARS IN THE ECONOMICS OF CYBERSECURITY WITH THE ISRAELI NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTORATE (INCD), THE PROJECT HELPS ADVANCE THE CYBERSECURITY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND ITS ORGANIZATIONS. MOREOVER, IT ADVANCES THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT WHILE SERVING AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THREE KEY RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. FIRST, A SERIES OF EMPIRICAL ANALYSES EXAMINE HOW EXPOSURE AND SECURITY PRECAUTIONS OF ENTERPRISES AFFECT LIKELIHOOD OF EXPERIENCING A CYBER INCIDENT. THE ANALYSIS LEVERAGES DATA FROM DETAILED FIRM-LEVEL SURVEYS CARRIED OUT BY ISRAEL?S CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (CBS), COMPLEMENTED BY EXTERNAL MEASUREMENTS OF ENTERPRISE CYBER HYGIENE GATHERED DIRECTLY FROM PUBLIC SOURCES. THE SECOND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO QUANTIFY THE HARMS RESULTING FROM EXPERIENCING AN INCIDENT. FOR THIS EFFORT, THE PROJECT ANALYZES DATA GATHERED BY THE ISRAELI CERT HOTLINE THAT ASKS ENTERPRISE VICTIMS ABOUT THE IMPACTS RESULTING FROM RANSOMWARE ATTACKS. ADDITIONALLY, CBS SURVEY QUESTIONS INVOLVING HARM ARE ANALYZED. THE THIRD RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AND ANALYZE LONGITUDINAL CYBER RISK INDICATORS. THE PROJECT TEAM COLLABORATES WITH INCD AND CBS TO ANALYZE LONGITUDINAL DATA OBTAINED FROM READMINISTERING THE SURVEY IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

TWC: SMALL: SCALABLE HYBRID ATTACK GRAPH MODELING AND ANALYSIS

NRT-IGE: WORKPLACE INSPIRED APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING GRADUATE STUDENT PROFESSIONALISM

SOLVATION DYNAMICS IN DUAL-SOLVENT SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE AT ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURES -THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING LIMITATIONS IN ENERGY STORAGE ? HOW TO ENSURE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES (LIBS) OPERATE EFFECTIVELY IN EXTREME COLD ENVIRONMENTS. AT SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES, TRADITIONAL BATTERIES SUFFER FROM DRAMATIC LOSSES IN PERFORMANCE AND LIFESPAN DUE TO THE SLUGGISH MOVEMENT OF LITHIUM IONS AND UNSTABLE INTERNAL INTERFACES. THESE SHORTCOMINGS HINDER THE DEPLOYMENT OF BATTERY-POWERED SYSTEMS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AEROSPACE, NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE. THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL EXPLORE NEW LIQUID ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE LIBS TO CHARGE AND DISCHARGE EFFICIENTLY AT TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -80?C. THE PROJECT WILL UNCOVER HOW CERTAIN SOLVENT MOLECULES INTERACT WITH LITHIUM IONS UNDER LOW-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. THE PROJECT'S FINDINGS ARE EXPECTED TO ESTABLISH NEW SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE BATTERIES FOR USE IN HARSH CLIMATES ON EARTH AND IN SPACE. BEYOND ADVANCING ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE, THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND STEM EDUCATION. THE PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES SUCH AS K?12 OUTREACH, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND HANDS-ON RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN BATTERY SCIENCE AND STRENGTHEN THE U.S. ENERGY WORKFORCE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING AND MOLECULAR DESIGN OF ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE LIBS TO OPERATE RELIABLY AT ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURES (ULTS). THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AND CHARACTERIZE A NEW CLASS OF DUAL-SOLVENT ELECTROLYTES, MODIFIED WITH A NON-SOLVATING FLUOROETHER SOLVENT. THESE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO OVERCOME THE CRITICAL LITHIATION LIMITATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL CARBONATE-BASED ELECTROLYTES AT ULTS, WHICH SUFFER FROM HIGH VISCOSITY, LOW IONIC CONDUCTIVITY, AND UNSTABLE ELECTRODE INTERFACES AT LOW TEMPERATURES. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THREE CENTRAL OBJECTIVES: (1) TO UNDERSTAND DUAL-SOLVENT ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS AND ENGINEER PRIMARY SOLVATION SHELLS TO ENHANCE LITHIUM-ION TRANSPORT, LITHIATION, AND STABILITY UNDER ULT CONDITIONS. (2) TO INVESTIGATE ANION-INDUCED SOLVATION STRUCTURES IN DUAL-SOLVENT ELECTROLYTES INCORPORATING WEAKLY COORDINATING FLUOROETHER CO-SOLVENTS. (3) TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMPOSITION OF PRE-REDUCED SEI-FORMING ADDITIVES INFLUENCES THE REDUCTIVE STABILITY OF DUAL-SOLVENT ELECTROLYTES ON GRAPHITE ELECTRODES AND AFFECTS ION TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY AT LOW TEMPERATURES. THE PROJECT WILL COMBINE MOLECULAR MODELING (DFT, MD) WITH ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS, INCLUDING IN-OPERANDO RAMAN, IN-OPERANDO SAXS/WAXS, XPS, EIS AND GITT, TO PROBE SOLVATION DYNAMICS, SEI FORMATION, AND ION TRANSPORT ACROSS A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE. THESE EFFORTS WILL ESTABLISH MOLECULAR DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR CRYOGENIC ELECTROLYTES COMPATIBLE WITH GRAPHITE/NMC FULL CELLS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF HONEST SIGNALING

REU SITE: MATERIALS FOR ENERGY TRANSITION -THIS THREE-YEAR REU SITE: MATERIALS FOR ENERGY TRANSITION WILL ENGAGE TEN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS EACH YEAR FOR A SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM. REU STUDENTS WILL WORK IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GROUPS WHICH BRIDGE CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE MATERIALS USED FOR THE TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCES AND CARBON CAPTURE FROM BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. THESE MATERIALS INCLUDE WIND TURBINE BLADES, SOLAR CELLS, SUPERCAPACITORS, CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANTS, AND BATTERIES, AMONG OTHER PROJECTS. UNDERGRADUATES WILL BE RECRUITED PRIMARILY FROM INSTITUTIONS WITH LITTLE OR NO RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WHO MAY BE ENGINEERING, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, AND PHYSICS MAJORS INTERESTED IN RESEARCH WITH MATERIALS FOR ENERGY TRANSITION. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS, RESEARCH ETHICS, CAREER GUIDANCE, AND ENGAGEMENTS WITH INDUSTRY. EXPERIENCED FACULTY MENTORS WILL GUIDE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP RESEARCH SKILLS AND INDEPENDENCE. PROJECTS INCLUDE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND PRODUCTION, ENERGY-EFFICIENT MATERIAL PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE OF ENERGY WASTE PRODUCTS. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WILL COVER RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SKILLS, AND HABITS OF MIND. WEEKLY FIELD TRIPS WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO LOCAL ENERGY- RELATED COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGIES. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS? DECISIONS TO ATTEND GRADUATE SCHOOL, THE PROJECT WILL CORRELATE OCCUPATIONAL AND LIFESTYLE VALUES, CAREER PATH CONFIDENCE, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY, AND CAREER PATH. THROUGH THIS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, REU PARTICIPANTS WILL DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS TO PURSUE GRADUATE STUDIES AND POTENTIAL CAREERS IN THE ENERGY AND ENGINEERING SECTORS. THIS SITE IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BY THE SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH CORPORATION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-PRESSURE, HIGH-TEMPERATURE SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING INSTRUMENT FOR OKLAHOMA -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD SUPPORTS THE ACQUISITION OF A SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS) INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ENABLE FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND SURROUNDING REGION. THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALLOW SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO STUDY THE NANO-SCALE STRUCTURE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF MATERIALS. THESE INCLUDE POLYMERS, FIBERS, COMPOSITES, THIN-FILMS, LIQUID CRYSTALS, NANOPARTICLES, DETERGENTS, EMULSIONS, AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO ENABLE STUDY OF THESE MATERIALS UNDER FLOW, AND AT ELEVATED PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. THE RESEARCH PROJECTS ENABLED BY THIS INSTRUMENT INCLUDE THOSE RELATED TO PLASTIC RECYCLING, DRUG DELIVERY, AND WATER TREATMENT. BEYOND STATE-OF-THE-ART SCIENCE, THE AWARD WILL ALSO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN OKLAHOMA BY PROVIDING INSTRUMENT ACCESS IN AN ANNUAL, TWO-DAY, HANDS-ON TRAINING WORKSHOP. A SAXS INSTRUMENT WILL BE A VALUABLE COMPLEMENT TO EXISTING INSTRUMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN OKLAHOMA AND WILL COMPLEMENT THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY INSTRUMENTATION AVAILABLE IN THE STATE. SAXS IS A VALUABLE ADDITION BECAUSE THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM SAXS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BULK MATERIAL AND NOT JUST THE LOCAL PORTION(S) OBSERVED IN ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS. MICROGRAPHS, HOWEVER, ARE MUCH EASIER TO INTERPRET AND DO NOT RELY ON FITTING THE MEASURED DATA TO COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL MODELS, AS SAXS DOES. BY HAVING ACCESS TO BOTH TECHNIQUES, RESEARCHERS CAN DRAW MUCH STRONGER CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THEIR MATERIALS THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH ONLY ONE TYPE OF MEASUREMENT. IMPORTANTLY, SAXS IS ALSO NON-DESTRUCTIVE AND ANALYZES THE MATERIAL?S STRUCTURE IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE WITHOUT ANY SPECIALIZED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OR SAMPLE PREPARATION. THE INSTRUMENT?S 2D DETECTOR WILL BE VALUABLE FOR ANISOTROPIC SAMPLES WITH ALIGNED NANO-SCALE STRUCTURES, SUCH AS LIQUID CRYSTALS OR FLOW-DEFORMED PARTICLES. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE DIVISION OF CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATION (CMMI), THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR), AND THE MAJOR INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (MRI). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

CAREER: PROBLEM SOLVING IN DYNAMIC, DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS

TAS::57 3600::TAS EMBEDDED VERIFICATION AWARENESS IN SELF-REPAIRING SYSTEMS

SUPPORTING INFORMATION FORAGING BY UTILIZING AGENTS COLLECTIVE FORAGING BEHAVIOR

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RAPID AND PERVASIVE MITOCHONDRIAL HETEROPLASMY WITH RECOMBINATION IN A REMERGING ECTOPARASITE

NSFSATC-BSF: CORE: SMALL: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF CYBERSECURITY SHOCKS ON CRYPTOCURRENCY PLATFORMS

NRI: MULTI-DIGIT COORDINATION BY COMPLIANT CONNECTIONS IN AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC HAND

CAREER: IMPROVING WORK QUALITY AND WORKER SAFETY IN AI-SUPPORTED CROWDWORK -CROWDSOURCING IS A TECHNIQUE FOR BREAKING LARGE PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE HUMAN INPUT INTO BITE-SIZED TASKS THAT CAN BE DIVIDED AMONG A NUMBER OF CROWD WORKERS WHO COMPLETE THE TASKS FOR PAY. CROWDSOURCING IS USED IN MANY AREAS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TASKS REQUIRE LARGE-SCALE DATASETS WITH HUMAN-CREATED LABELS; RESEARCH STUDIES WITH PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM CROWD WORKERS BOTH AS STUDY PARTICIPANTS AND AS DATA ANALYSTS; AND MANY COMPANIES USE CROWD WORK FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESS NEEDS. AS WITH MANY OTHER AREAS OF WORK AND LIFE, THE RAPID GROWTH OF AI IS ALSO POISED TO TRANSFORM CROWDSOURCING: WORKERS MAY BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH AI-BASED TOOLS TO WORK MORE ACCURATELY AND EFFICIENTLY. HOWEVER, RISKS ALSO ARISE FROM WORKERS MISUSING AI-BASED SYSTEMS, ERRORS IN THE AI SYSTEMS THEMSELVES, AND PRIVACY RISKS THAT AI SYSTEMS MIGHT POSE TO WORKERS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THESE RISKS, AND IN THE PROCESS ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION, CREATE SAFER AI-BASED SYSTEMS, AND DEVELOP MORE ETHICAL CROWDWORK SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ALSO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MODULES THAT BRING MORE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES TO CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND THAT INTEGRATE CYBERSECURITY CONCEPTS INTO COURSES ACROSS DISCIPLINES. THESE MODULES, ALONG WITH THE THEORIES, DATASETS, AND TOOLS DEVELOPED IN THE RESEARCH, WILL BE WIDELY SHARED TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICAL IMPACTS. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES EMERGING SECURITY AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN AI-INTEGRATED CROWDSOURCING THROUGH THREE MAIN RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. FIRST, IT SEEKS TO DEVELOP TRUSTWORTHY HUMAN-AI COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION SYSTEMS BY IMPROVING ROBUSTNESS AGAINST ADVERSARIAL INPUTS, INCLUDING OPTIMIZATION-BASED WHITE-BOX ATTACKS AND BLACK-BOX ATTACKS. SECOND, IT PROPOSES SIGNATURE-BASED AND BEHAVIOR-BASED DETECTION STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY THE MISUSE OF GENERATIVE AI IN CROWDSOURCING. THIRD, IT AIMS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT WORKER-CENTRIC AND SECURITY-AWARE AI ASSISTANTS TO HELP WORKERS NAVIGATE CROWDSOURCING PLATFORMS MORE EFFECTIVELY WHILE PROTECTING THEIR PRIVACY AND SECURITY. THE PROJECT'S CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE NOVEL TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS ROBUST HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION PIPELINES AND MISUSE DETECTION ALGORITHMS, GROUNDED IN EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF REAL-WORLD CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS. THE RESEARCH BUILDS ON RECENT PROGRESS IN HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION BUT GOES FURTHER BY FOCUSING ON SECURITY THREATS AND WORKER PROTECTION. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO YIELD TANGIBLE DELIVERABLES: OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES, EDUCATIONAL MODULES, AND SECURITY-AWARE INTERFACES FOR CROWDSOURCING PLATFORMS. THESE INNOVATIONS WILL BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED AND INTEGRATED INTO EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS PROJECT ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF AI'S IMPACT ON THE CROWDSOURCING ECOSYSTEM AND ESTABLISHES A FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING SECURE, TRUSTWORTHY, AND ETHICAL HUMAN-AI COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TAS::57 3600::TAS DYNAMIC, POLICY-AWARE DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION

ROLE OF VESICULAR TRAFFICKING PROTEINS IN REGULATING CENTROSOMES - ROLE OF VESICULAR TRAFFICKING PROTEINS IN REGULATING CENTROSOMES PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT CENTROSOMES ARE COMPRISED OF A PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL CENTRIOLES AND ASSOCIATED PERICENTRIOLAR MATERIAL (PCM). THEIR MAJOR FUNCTION IS TO ORGANIZE A BIPOLAR MITOTIC SPINDLE TO MEDIATE ACCURATE CHROMOSOME PARTITIONING. CENTROSOME DYSFUNCTION AND ABNORMAL CENTROSOME NUMBERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES SUCH AS PRIMARY MICROCEPHALY AND CANCER. HENCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CELLULAR MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE CENTROSOME BIOLOGY. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE REVEALED THAT A CENTROSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE STRUCTURE CALLED THE CENTRICULUM PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN REGULATING CENTROSOME FUNCTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANISM BY WHICH MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS REGULATE CENTROSOMES IS UNKNOWN. PRIOR STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED ROLES FOR THE MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED ENDOCYTIC PROTEINS CLATHRIN AND DYNAMIN IN REGULATING CENTROSOME NUMBER AND PCM ASSEMBLY, RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISM BY THIS OCCURS IS UNCLEAR. THIS PROPOSAL USES C. ELEGANS AS A MODEL SYSTEM TO ELUCIDATE HOW THE VESICULAR TRAFFICKING PROTEINS CLATHRIN (CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAIN IS CHC-1 IN C. ELEGANS) AND DYNAMIN (DYN-1 IN C. ELEGANS) REGULATE CENTROSOMES. OUR LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS REGULATE CENTROSOME BIOLOGY. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES IN THIS APPLICATION ARE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED ENDOCYTIC PROTEINS CHC-1 AND DYN-1 COLLABORATE WITH THE CORE CENTROSOME PROTEINS ZYG-1 AND SPD-2, RESPECTIVELY TO REGULATE CENTROSOME NUMBER AND PCM ASSEMBLY. OUR CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT CHC-1 AND DYN-1 REGULATE ZYG-1 AND SPD-2 PROTEIN LOCALIZATIONS RESPECTIVELY, EITHER IN AN ENDOCYTOSIS-DEPENDENT OR IN AN ENDOCYTOSIS-INDEPENDENT MANNER TO ENSURE A PROPERLY BUILT AND FUNCTIONING CENTROSOME. OUR HYPOTHESIS WILL BE TESTED BY PURSUING TWO SPECIFIC AIMS: 1) DETERMINE THE MECHANISM BY WHICH CHC-1 AND ZYG-1 INTERACT AND ELUCIDATE THE EFFECT OF PERTURBING THIS INTERACTION ON CENTROSOME DUPLICATION AND ZYG-1 LOCALIZATION. 2) TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT DYN-1 PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN PCM ASSEMBLY BY CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SDP-2 RECRUITMENT VIA VESICULAR TRAFFICKING. WE WILL UTILIZE CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES AND C. ELEGANS GENETICS TO TEST OUR SPECIFIC AIMS. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED IN THIS APPLICATION IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE WE ARE THE FIRST TO INVESTIGATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED VESICULAR TRAFFICKING PROTEINS CHC-1 AND DYN-1 TO CENTROSOME BIOLOGY IN AN IN VIVO MODEL SYSTEM. DEVELOPING THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR ANY DISEASE BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DISEASE-ASSOCIATED PROCESSES AT THE LEVEL OF BASIC SCIENCE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE DYSREGULATION OF CENTROSOME NUMBER AND FUNCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HOST OF DISEASES, MAKING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CENTROSOME PROCESSES ARE REGULATED AT THE MECHANISTIC LEVEL IMPERATIVE.

CAREER: DEVELOPING ROBUST LONGITUDINAL INDICATORS AND EARLY WARNINGS OF CYBERCRIME

CAREER: SELF-SENSING AND SENSITIVITY: ADVANCED COMPOSITES FOR TRADITIONAL NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE)

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

CONTEXT AUDITING OF TRUST CHAINS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RET SITE: QUADCOPTER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TULSA-AREA STEM TEACHERS

THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP A NEW DESIGN WHICH ALLOWS FOR EASY CHANGE OF THE NOZZLE OUTLET AREA TO MODIFY THE PARTICLE FLOW RATE AS WELL AS BUILDING A SCALED PROTOTYPE TO VALIDATE THE PROPOSED ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NEW DESIGN AS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY.

"A CERTIFICATION CALCULUS FOR SECURING MULTI-COMPONENT SOFTWARE SOYSTEMS"

ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION, ACCURATE MASS, BENCHTOP LC-MS WITH CYBER OUTREACH CAPABILITIES

FY24 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CYBER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (CYSP) AND DOD CYBER AND DIGITAL SERVICES ACADEMY (DCDSA) GRANTS: UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CYBER SERVICE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIPS: UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

DEVELOPING SKILLS IN QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR A NEW STEM EDUCATION RESEARCHER THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF SCIENCE IDENTITY IN STUDENT-WORKERS -THIS PROPOSAL, ?DEVELOPING SKILLS IN QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR A NEW STEM EDUCATION RESEARCHER THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF SCIENCE IDENTITY IN STUDENT-WORKERS,? SUBMITTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING THE SKILLS OF THE PI IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. THE GOAL IS TO INVESTIGATE DIFFERENCES IN SCIENCE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN STEM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, STUDENT WORK INVOLVING LAB SKILLS, AND STUDENT WORK NOT INVOLVING LAB SKILLS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT UNDERSTANDING HOW STUDENT WORK CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENCE IDENTITY MAY INFLUENCE HOW STUDENT WORK PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED. THE PI WILL ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY IN STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH -- SPECIFICALLY QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- THROUGH COURSEWORK, WORKSHOPS, AND CONFERENCES. THIS WILL DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS IN HIGH QUALITY STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH, SUCH AS THIS PROJECT, ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF STUDENT WORK ON SCIENCE IDENTITY. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH PERFORMING AND ANALYZING SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS. THE PI WILL BE SUPPORTED BY AN ADVISORY GROUP: A MENTOR, EDUCATION EXPERTS AND DISCIPLINARY FACULTY. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE AND TRAIN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THIS FIELD. THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY NSF?S EDU CORE RESEARCH: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH (BCSER) PROGRAM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BUILD INVESTIGATORS? CAPACITY TO CARRY OUT HIGH-QUALITY STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REU SITE: SOLAR AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

TAS::57 3600::TAS AN UNCERTAINTY-AWARE APPROACH TO CERTIFYING SECURITY ASSURANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF GENETIC MODULATORS OF VACCINE IMMUNE RESPONSE

ACTIVE HEAD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH HYPOTONIA

CYTOKINE SIGNALING NETWORK RESPONSE TO SMALLPOX VACCINE

CAN SHIFTS IN COMPLEX LIFE CYCLES DRIVE REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AND DIVERSIFICATION?

UPDATING AND EXPANDING THE MODERNIST JOURNALS PROJECT [MAGAZINES WERE THE MOST VITAL FORMAT OF THE EARLY-TWENTIETH CENTURY MEDIA LANDSCAPE. THE 1930S AND 1940S SAW THE ASCENDENCY OF ELECTRIC MEDIA SUCH AS RADIO, CINEMA, AND TELEVISION. HOWEVER, BEFORE THAT, PRINT WAS THE SOLE MASS MEDIUM, IN WHICH MAGAZINES EMBODIED A DYNAMIC FORUM FOR NEW IDEAS AND PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PHYSICAL MEDIA THAT CARRIED THEM. THE GOLDEN AGE OF MAGAZINES DURING THE 1900S THROUGH THE 1930S WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY DECADES TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION, INNOVATIONS IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, AND RISING LITERACY RATES DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WE SEEK FUNDING TO ADD AN IMPORTANT CLUSTER OF NEW TITLES TO THE MODERNIST JOURNALS PROJECT COLLECTION AS WELL AS LATER ISSUES OF EXISTING TITLES, IN ORDER TO MAKE A LARGER SWATH OF PRIMARY MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO SCHOLARS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS.]

IASP

HOT PARTICLE AND TURBULENT TRANSPORT EFFECTS ON RESISTIVE INSTABILITIES

CAREER: MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF NEXT GENERATION FEEDSTOCK DEVELOPMENT FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY

MCA: ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON HOMININ POPULATION DYNAMICS: SMALL MAMMAL DENTAL SHAPE ANALYSES AS NOVEL PALEOECOLOGICAL PROXIES -IN THIS MID-CAREER ADVANCEMENT (MCA) PROJECT, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DEVELOPS NEW METHODS TO RECONSTRUCT PAST CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO ONGOING RESEARCH AND DEBATES ABOUT THE LINKS BETWEEN CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, AND HUMAN POPULATION DYNAMICS. THE PROJECT DEVELOPS HIGH RESOLUTION PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES USING DENTAL SHAPE ANALYSIS OR ECOMETRICS, WHICH MEASURES THE NUMBER, SIZE, AND SHAPE OF TEETH CUSPS AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REFLECT DIET AND ENVIRONMENT IN MANY GROUPS OF ANIMALS. RESEARCH OUTCOMES FROM THIS PROJECT CAN THEN BE INTEGRATED INTO RESEARCH TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN CRITICAL AREAS OF HOMININ OCCUPATION ACROSS THREE TIME PERIODS DATING FROM 2 MILLION YEARS AGO TO 15,000 YEARS AGO. THIS PROJECT FOSTERS CREATIVE SYNERGIES BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AND GEOSCIENCES, AND DEVELOPS A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INTERACTIVE MODEL WHICH WILL HELP CRITICALLY ADDRESS QUESTIONS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION WITH DIRECT IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THE PROJECT ALSO ADVANCES THE TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE PI AS WELL AS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE INVESTIGATOR PARTNERS WITH OTHER PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPERTS TO ACQUIRE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO STUDY THE TOOTH SHAPE-DIET-ECOLOGY OF SMALL MAMMALS IN FOCAL AREAS FOR STUDYING HUMAN EVOLUTION ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF CLIMATES, INCLUDING: 1) MICRO-CT AND LASER 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SCANNING, 2) IMAGE AND TOOTH SHAPE ANALYSIS; 3) GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND SPATIAL ANALYSES; AND 4) COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICAL ANALYSES AND CODING. THE INVESTIGATOR MEASURES DENTAL ECOMETRIC VARIABLES (DENTAL OCCLUSAL TOPOLOGY, TOPOMETRY, AND TOPOGRAPHY) ON 3D DIGITAL SCANS OF SMALL MAMMAL TEETH OF MODERN SPECIES. USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ECOMETRIC VALUES ARE CORRELATED WITH CLIMATIC AND ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS BUILDING A NOVEL, QUANTITATIVE AND ROBUST TECHNIQUE TO RECONSTRUCT PAST ENVIRONMENTS. DENTAL ECOMETRIC VARIABLES MEASURED ON FOSSIL TEETH ALLOW THE INVESTIGATOR TO PRODUCE A HIGH-QUALITY MAP OF HABITATS AND CLIMATE DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT PREHISTORIC TIME FRAMES. APPLYING SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSES ENABLES QUANTITATIVELY TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION AT THREE SPECIFIC TIME JUNCTURES: 1. THE DISPERSAL OF EARLY HOMO FROM AFRICA INTO EURASIA (2.5 ? 0.7 MILLION YEARS AGO); 2. THE EXTINCTION OF NEANDERTHAL (160,000 ? 40,000 YEARS AGO); AND 3. THE ADAPTATION OF MODERN HUMANS TO THE LAST ICE AGE (26,000- 15,000 YEARS AGO). THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SBE) AND THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LIFELONG HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP MULTIAGENT LEARNING FOR DECENTRALIZED RESTORATION OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (LIFEGUARD) -THIS RESEARCH DEVELOPS A NOVEL MULTIAGENT SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A REAL-TIME SOLUTION FOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RESTORATION THAT ENHANCES ENERGY SUPPLY RESILIENCE. THE PROPOSED MULTIAGENT FRAMEWORK WILL 1) LEVERAGE THE SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE GRAPH-STRUCTURED POWER SYSTEM DYNAMIC DATA TO PROVIDE ACCURATE FAULT IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION; 2) PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTED MULTIAGENT LEARNING FRAMEWORK TO FIND OPTIMAL RESTORATION POLICIES FOR RAPID SYSTEM RECOVERY CONSIDERING THE SCALABILITY AND TIME EFFICIENCY OF THE GENERATED SOLUTIONS; 3) OBTAIN LIFELONG POWER RESTORATION SCHEMES THAT ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ADAPT TO NEW RESTORATION PROBLEMS BY EFFICIENTLY TRANSFERRING THEIR KNOWLEDGE FROM A SOURCE PROBLEM TO A TARGET PROBLEM WHERE THE TOPOLOGY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POWER NETWORK ARE CHANGED; AND 4) PROVIDE AN INTERPRETABLE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE HUMAN EXPERTS TO EVALUATE THE RESTORATION SCHEME AND MODIFY IT BASED ON THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. THE ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE RAPID DISSEMINATION OF THE GENERATED KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS PROJECT. THE RESEARCH PLAN ENCOURAGES INVENTIVE COLLABORATION AMONG GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO FIND NOVEL FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS CURRENT CHALLENGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATION. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NEW CURRICULUM FOR GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, PROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, AND DEVELOP K-12 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DECENTRALIZED SPATIOTEMPORAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED FAULT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION, AND POWER SYSTEM RESTORATION IN LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION POWER NETWORKS CONSIDERING THE HIGH DIMENSIONALITY, SPARSITY, AND PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY OF THE SYSTEM MEASUREMENTS. THE PROJECT DEVELOPS A GRAPH CAPSULE NETWORK TO RECOGNIZE SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMIC PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, AND DETECT THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF FAULTS. MOREOVER, WE DEVISE A NOVEL FULLY DECENTRALIZED MULTIAGENT SYSTEM WITH ACTOR-CRITIC REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO SOLVE LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION PROBLEMS WITH HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM STATES AND ACTIONS. FURTHERMORE, WE ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OF MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS AS AN OPEN PROBLEM IN MACHINE LEARNING AND DEVELOP A LIFELONG RESTORATION FRAMEWORK CAPABLE OF ADAPTING TO CHANGES IN THE TOPOLOGY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POWER SYSTEM. THE PROJECT ALSO INCORPORATES ATTENTION MODELS INTO DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO DEVELOP AN INTERPRETABLE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE PROPOSED RESTORATION FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE USED FOR RESTORATION KNOWLEDGE VERIFICATION AND MODIFICATION USING HUMAN EXPERTISE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

ENGINEERING ETHICS TRAINING BY EXPERT WITNESS ROLE PLAY

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FOODBORNE ILLNESSES IMPACT THE LIVES OF MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. RETAIL MEAT IS KNOWN TO HARBOR SEVERAL BACTERIAL FOODBORNE PATHOGENS. THE RAPID DETECTION OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS IS VITAL TO FOOD SAFETY. DEVELOPING AN ASSAY TO DETECT MULTIPLE PATHOGENS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A FOOD SAMPLE IS NEEDED. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS TWO-YEAR SEED GRANT IS TO DEVELOP, OPTIMIZE, AND EVALUATE AN ADVANCED SEQUENCING ASSAY FOR THE RAPID DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER, SALMONELLA, LISTERIA, AND STEC IN RETAIL MEATS USING THE POCKET-SIZED OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BEST SOLUTION FOR DETECTING MICROBES IN THE FIELD DUE TO THE REDUCED TIMES NEEDED FOR ASSAYS, LOWER COSTS, AND THE CONVENIENT DATA ANALYSIS PLATFORM ADAPTED FOR THIS PORTABLE DEVICE. THIS NEWLY DEVELOPED SEQUENCE-BASED METHOD WILL ACCURATELY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY IDENTIFY MULTIPLE FOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN MEAT SAMPLES IN A SINGLE SEQUENCING RUN, WHICH WILL SHORTEN THE LENGTH OF TIME NEEDED FOR DETECTION. THIS GRANT ADDRESSES THREE PRIORITIES OF THE FOOD SAFETY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM REGARDING THE DETECTION OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN FOOD. THE LONG-TERM GOAL WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHODS AND PROVIDE A RAPID ECONOMICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS, WHICH IN TURN WILL ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY AND REDUCE HEALTH RISKS FOR THE CONSUMERS.

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FEDERAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. GRFP HELPS ENSURE THE VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING RESEARCH-BASED MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND IN STEM EDUCATION. THE GRFP PROVIDES THREE YEARS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE GRADUATE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN STEM AND STEM EDUCATION. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE NSF GRADUATE FELLOWS PURSUING GRADUATE EDUCATION AT THIS GRFP INSTITUTION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

CAE CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH GRANT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UTILITARIANS: MULTI-AGENT CONTEXT-AWARE HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP STRATEGIES FOR MARKET PARTICIPANTS IN TRANSACTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO TRANSFORM HOW INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE IN ELECTRICITY EXCHANGE BY INTRODUCING AN ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FRAMEWORK. AS DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES BECOME MORE PREVALENT, CONSUMERS INCREASINGLY ACT AS ?PROSUMERS? WHO BOTH GENERATE AND CONSUME ELECTRICITY. FURTHERMORE, NEW ENTITIES SUCH AS AGGREGATORS ARE EMERGING TO REPRESENT GROUPS OF PROSUMERS IN THE ENERGY TRADES. THESE EVOLUTIONS TURN TRADITIONAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INTO DYNAMIC, DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL, PEER-TO-PEER ENERGY TRADING, WHICH IS A CORE CONCEPT OF TRANSACTIVE ENERGY. HOWEVER, MODELING THESE ENTITIES IN ENERGY TRADES IS CHALLENGING DUE TO THE NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, AS WELL AS THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE STATES OF THE SYSTEM, DRIVEN BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND THE DIVERSE BEHAVIOR OF MARKET PARTICIPANTS. THE INTELLECTUAL MERIT OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES: (1) DEVELOPMENT OF AN AI-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK THAT DETERMINES THE MODEL FOR AGGREGATORS, LEARNS OPTIMAL BIDDING AND TRADING STRATEGIES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, AND ADAPTS TO THE EVOLVING SYSTEM CONDITIONS; (2) PROPOSED DOMAIN ADAPTATION TO EFFICIENTLY TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN PROBLEM SETUPS, SUCH AS SIMULATED AND REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTS OR DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND MARKET PARTICIPANT BEHAVIORS; (3) INTRODUCTION OF EXPLAINABLE DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING USING AN INNOVATIVE ?ATTENTION MAP? MECHANISM TO VISUALIZE LEARNED KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTIVELY INCORPORATE HUMAN FEEDBACK. THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PROPOSED APPROACH PROVIDE TRANSPARENT REASONING BEHIND THE DECISIONS THAT ENABLES HUMAN EXPERTS TO VALIDATE AND REFINE THE OUTCOMES. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE PROPOSED DOMAIN ADAPTATION MECHANISM TO TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE FROM SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS TO REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS, IT WILL SUPPORT THE DESIGN EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE TRANSACTIVE ENERGY ARCHITECTURES. THE BROADER IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE STRENGTHENING GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA IN POWER SYSTEMS AND AI, ADVANCING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, AND EXPANDING STEM EDUCATION OUTREACH FOR K?12 STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT PRESENTS A NOVEL AI-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE THE OPERATION OF TRANSACTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS BY INTEGRATING ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING WITH DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP INTERPRETABILITY. IT ADDRESSES THE COMPLEXITY OF DECENTRALIZED ENERGY MARKETS, WHERE PROSUMERS ENGAGE IN PEER-TO-PEER ENERGY TRADING ACROSS DYNAMIC, PHYSICALLY CONSTRAINED DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. THE PROPOSED SOLUTION INCLUDES FOUR MAJOR THRUSTS: (1) A PHYSICS-INFORMED GENERATIVE GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK TO CREATE SURROGATE MODELS THAT CAPTURE NONLINEAR NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS POWER LOSS; (2) A DISTRIBUTIONALLY ROBUST MULTI-AGENT REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHM THAT ENABLES AGENTS TO LEARN RISK-AWARE BIDDING STRATEGIES UNDER UNCERTAIN AND EVOLVING MARKET CONDITIONS; (3) A DOMAIN ADAPTATION MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THE TRAINED MODEL TO GENERALIZE FROM SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS TO REAL-WORLD SYSTEMS USING AN ADVERSARIAL AUTOENCODER; AND (4) AN INTERPRETABLE AI FRAMEWORK INCORPORATING ATTENTION MECHANISMS AND GRAPH RECURRENT NETWORK TO VISUALIZE AND EXPLAIN AGENT DECISIONS, ALLOWING HUMAN EXPERTS TO VALIDATE AND REFINE POLICIES. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH PROMOTES ROBUST, EFFICIENT, AND EXPLAINABLE ENERGY TRADING STRATEGIES, ENABLING SCALABLE, REAL-TIME DECISION-MAKING IN FUTURE TRANSACTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

TOLERANCE AS A PARASITE DEFENSE IN A COLONIAL BIRD

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EARLY PLEISTOCENE SITES

THE MODERNIST JOURNALS PROJECT: AMERICAN PERIODICALS 1901-1922

LTREB: LONG TERM STUDIES OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN A COLONIAL BIRD

PIPELINE SAFETY RESEARCH COMPETETIVE ACADEMIC AGREEMENT PROGRAM (CAAP)

MRI: TRACK 1 ACQUISITION OF COMPACT MECHANICAL TESTING SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD SUPPORTS THE ACQUISITION OF A MECHANICAL TESTING INSTRUMENT TO ENABLE NEW RESEARCH AND TRAINING EFFORTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA AND ITS COLLABORATORS. THIS CUSTOM PSYLOTECH ?TS INSTRUMENT IS A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY CAPABLE PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED MECHANICAL TESTING. IT DELIVERS MORE THAN 350 POUNDS OF DYNAMIC FORCE, YET WEIGHS ONLY 11 POUNDS AND FITS INSIDE AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. ADDITIONALLY, IT CAN DELIVER MORE THAN 10 MECHANICAL LOADING AND UNLOADING CYCLES PER SECOND, WHILE HEATING SAMPLES UP TO 1600?C (HOT ENOUGH TO MELT IRON). THIS INSTRUMENT WILL CATALYZE RESEARCH EFFORTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA AND PROVIDE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE CAPACITY FOR MECHANICAL TESTING IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. EXPERIMENTS WITH THE INSTRUMENT WILL UNITE MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, ENABLING ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTWEIGHT METALS FOR FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES AND AIRPLANES, IMPROVEMENTS IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT AND SPACE SYSTEMS, INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN EVOLUTION AND PAST CLIMATES THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEETH, AND ILLUMINATION OF PREHISTORIC HUMAN BEHAVIORS FROM ANTHROPOLOGICAL TRACES IN STONE TOOLS. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED WITH RESEARCH USING THIS INSTRUMENT THROUGH THE TULSA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CHALLENGE PROGRAM. THERE ARE ALSO OUTREACH PLANS INVOLVING LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE GILCREASE MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND EVENTS HOSTED BY THE TULSA REGIONAL STEM ALLIANCE. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL SERVE AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESOURCE TO INVESTIGATE THERMAL AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS ON A DIVERSE RANGE OF MATERIALS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE INSTRUMENT WILL HELP PROBE THE MECHANISMS OF THE INITIATION, PROPAGATION, AND COALESCENCE OF TRANSVERSE MICROCRACKS THAT LEAD TO DELAMINATION AND FAILURE IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE CARBON/CARBON (C/C) COMPOSITES, INCLUDING C/C COMPOSITES SYNTHESIZED AT TULSA WITH VASCULAR/FLUID CHANNELS. ADDITIONALLY, THE ?TS INSTRUMENT WILL ENABLE IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS UNDER COMBINED HEATING AND MECHANICAL LOADING TO STUDY RESIDUAL STRESSES AFTER ISOTHERMAL SOLIDIFICATION FROM A TRANSIENT LIQUID PHASE METAL SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT TULSA. THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS AND CATALYZE NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (SEM-DIC) THAT COUPLES WITH THE HIGH-RATE IN-SITU FATIGUE CYCLING OF THE ?TS. FURTHERMORE, THE ?TS WILL HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE MAJOR INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (MRI), THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR), AND THE DIVISION OF CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATION (CMMI). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TAS:: 57 3600::TAS (DURIP 15) "ACQUISITION OF MICROSCOPE FOR STUDYING THE LOCOMOTION CIRCUITRY OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS"

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. THE DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IND

AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL TO FOSTER CREATIVITY IN THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS

SG/LTREB RENEWAL: SPATIOTEMPORAL FITNESS VARIATION AND AVIAN GROUP SIZE

HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTER FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY ANALYTICS

CAMPYLOBACTER IS A MAJOR BACTERIAL PATHOGEN AND ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI AND CAMPYLOBACTER COLI ARE THE TWO MAIN SPECIES OF CONCERN TO HUMAN HEALTH AND CAUSE APPROXIMATELY 95% OF HUMAN INFECTIONS. CAMPYLOBACTER IS KNOWN TO BE HIGHLY PREVALENT IN VARIOUS RETAIL MEATS PARTICULARLY POULTRY WHICH MAKES IT A HIGH FOOD SAFETY RISK TO CONSUMERS. CAMPYLOBACTER IS A MICROAEROPHILIC BACTERIUM WHICH GROWS ONLY UNDER LOW OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS AND SHOULD NOT SURVIVE AT NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS. UNFORTUNATELY, AEROTOLERANCE OF THE MICROAEROPHILIC SPECIES CAMPYLOBACTER WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WHICH COULD INCREASE BACTERIAL SURVIVAL AND TRANSMISSION IN FOODS DURING STRESSFUL PROCESSING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS. AEROTOLERANCY IS BELIEVED TO INCREASE THE SURVIVAL OF CAMPYLOBACTER IN RETAIL MEATS AND SURFACES AND HENCE INCREASE THE FOOD SAFETY RISK OF THIS IMPORTANT FOODBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGEN. RECENT PUBLISHED WORK FROM OUR LABORATORY REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 47% OF THE SCREENED CAMPYLOBACTER ISOLATES FROM RETAIL MEATS WERE AEROTOLERANT, WHEREAS 24% WERE HYPER-AEROTOLERANT WHICH IS VERY ALARMING. VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HOW A BACTERIAL PATHOGEN LIKE CAMPYLOBACTER WHICH IS MICROAEROPHILIC CAN SURVIVE UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS WITH NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS. WHILE CAMPYLOBACTER IS KNOWN TO HARBOR GENES INVOLVED IN TOLERANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS, GENES SPECIFIC FOR CAMPYLOBACTER AEROTOLERANCE DURING SURVIVAL UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS ARE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TWO-YEAR SEED GRANT PROPOSAL IS TO CONDUCT TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS USING RNA-SEQ ILLUMINA TECHNOLOGY OF THE SURVIVAL UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS VERSUS MICROAEROBIC CONDITIONS OF SIX CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI AND CAMPYLOBACTER COLI STRAINS PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED FROM RETAIL MEATS AND SEQUENCED IN OUR LABORATORY. THIS NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE US TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GENES INVOLVED IN THE AEROTOLERANCY OF THIS IMPORTANT FOODBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGEN. IDENTIFYING THOSE GENES WILL ENABLE US TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PATHWAYS THIS FOODBORNE PATHOGEN MIGHT BE USING TO SURVIVE UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS ON RETAIL MEATS, WHICH WILL HELP IN SUGGESTING POSSIBLE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE PREVALENCE OF CAMPYLOBACTER IN RETAIL MEATS AND HENCE REDUCE ITS HEALTH RISK TO THE CONSUMERS. THIS PROPOSAL FITS WELL UNDER FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM AREA PRIORITY CODE A1332. RESULTS GENERATED FROM THIS PROPOSED SEED GRANT PROJECT WILL DEFINITELY ENHANCE THE LONG-RANGE IMPROVEMENT IN AND SUSTAINABILITY OF U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS. UNDERSTANDING AEROTOLERANCY OF CAMPYLOBACTER WILL HELP DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO DECREASE ITS AEROTOLERANCY AND HENCE REDUCE ITS CONTAMINATION AND SURVIVAL IN RETAIL MEATS. THIS WILL, ON THE LONG RUN, REDUCE THE FOOD SAFETY RISK OF THIS FOODBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGEN AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE CONSUMERS.

IASP

EAGER: DYNAMIC MODIFICATION OF THE SPECTRAL RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF A FLUID VIA CORE-SHELL MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES

TAS::57 3600::TAS THE ECONOMICS OF CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH DATA SHARING

STUDYING ERUPTIONS AND LAVA FLOWS ON ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU WITH HIGH-PRECISION GLASS CHEMISTRY

SUPRASPINAL MODULATION OF NOCICEPTIVE REACTIONS IN FIBROMYALGIA

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE: TOWARD A TEST BED FOR HEAVY VEHICLE CYBER SECURITY EXPERIMENTATION

EAGER: EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES TO ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DYSREGULATION TESTED THROUGH INDEPENDENT LOSSES OF SALAMANDER METAMORPHOSIS.

MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTER FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM HYBRID ANALYTICS

CAREER: DESIGNING AN INTERACTIVE PARTNER TO SUPPORT PAIR PROGRAMMING

MOLECULAR LIBRARIES FROM IMIDAZOLE-4,5-DICARBOXYLIC ACID

CRII: CPS: COMBINING GUARANTEED PRIVACY AND RESILIENCY IN DYNAMIC CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS -MODERN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS?LIKE SELF-DRIVING CARS, SMART ENERGY GRIDS, AND ROBOTIC TEAMS?DEPEND ON MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA AND COMPLEX ALGORITHMS TO OPERATE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. WHILE THIS RELIANCE ENABLES POWERFUL CAPABILITIES, IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO NEW VULNERABILITIES. IN PARTICULAR, THESE SYSTEMS OFTEN SHARE INFORMATION ACROSS NETWORKS TO COORDINATE ACTIONS, MAKING THEM TARGETS FOR CYBER THREATS. ATTACKERS CAN EXPLOIT SHARED DATA TO UNCOVER PRIVATE DETAILS LIKE VEHICLE LOCATIONS OR MISSION OBJECTIVES. AS THESE TECHNOLOGIES BECOME MORE EMBEDDED IN EVERYDAY LIFE, ENSURING THE PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND RESILIENCE OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPS) IS CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN SECTORS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THIS PROJECT TACKLES THE DUAL CHALLENGE OF PRIVACY PRESERVATION AND ATTACK RESILIENCE IN DYNAMIC, NETWORKED CPS ENVIRONMENTS. IT INTRODUCES A NEW FRAMEWORK THAT COMBINES GUARANTEED PRIVACY?A DETERMINISTIC, PERFORMANCE-AWARE ALTERNATIVE TO DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY?WITH ROBUST CONTROL STRATEGIES GROUNDED IN SET-VALUED ESTIMATION AND RESILIENT FEEDBACK DESIGN. THE GOAL IS TO ENABLE DISTRIBUTED CPS AGENTS TO OPERATE SAFELY, EVEN WHEN COMMUNICATION IS INTERCEPTED OR COMPROMISED. BEYOND TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, THE PROJECT SUPPORTS STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE TULSA CYBER CAMP, STUDENT RESEARCH AT THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION SECURITY (TUCIS), AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND NATIONAL LABS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CRII: SATC: THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN FOLLOW-UPS OF MACHINE LEARNING: WHEN PRIVACY MEETS EXPLANATION AND EFFICIENCY -THE LARGER VOLUME OF USER DATA COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES HAS LED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MACHINE LEARNING AND THE ADOPTION OF THESE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN MANY REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, USER DATA IS OFTEN HIGHLY SENSITIVE, AND UNAUTHORIZED DATA RELEASES HAVE SPARKED INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY. IN RESPONSE, RECENT REGULATIONS COMPEL ORGANIZATIONS TO ALLOW USERS TO PROACTIVELY REMOVE THEIR DATA FROM A SYSTEM FOR INCREASED PRIVACY PROTECTION. HOWEVER, DELETING DATA FROM MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS AND SYSTEMS IS NON-TRIVIAL. FURTHER, LAW SCHOLARS HAVE CRITICIZED THE CONTINUED USE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TRAINED ON DELETED DATA INSTANCES AS IT VIOLATES PRIVACY. THIS PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THEORETICALLY AND EMPIRICALLY UNDERSTANDING THE RISK OF PRIVACY LEAKS IN THE CONTEXT OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS. THE PROJECT'S BROADER SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE ARE THAT THE DEVELOPED ALGORITHMS GUARANTEE USERS THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR DATA AND THE INFLUENCE OF DATA COMPLETELY DELETED IN SYSTEMS SUCH AS SOCIAL MEDIA, HEALTHCARE, FINANCE, ETC. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES NEW RESEARCH PROBLEMS RELATED TO MACHINE UNLEARNING. IT INVESTIGATES PRIVACY LEAKAGE RISK AND VALIDITY OF (1) MODEL EXPLANATION, (2) MODEL PRUNING, AND (3) TRANSFER LEARNING WHEN USER DATA HAS BEEN DELETED AND MACHINE UNLEARNING HAPPENS. THIS PROJECT ALSO TACKLES THE SUBSEQUENT TASKS OF DESIGNING UNLEARNING ALGORITHMS TO ELIMINATE THE INFLUENCE OF FORGOTTEN DATA FROM EXPLANATIONS, PRUNING MODELS, AND TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE. FREQUENT DELETION REQUESTS OFTEN ENCOUNTER EXPENSIVE COSTS, AND EXISTING APPROXIMATE UNLEARNING ALGORITHMS CANNOT BE APPLIED TO THE FORMULATION OF EXPLANATION, PRUNING, AND TRANSFER LEARNING. THE INVESTIGATOR IS DEVELOPING EFFICIENT REMOVAL ALGORITHMS TO PERFORM AN UPDATE STEP OF FORGETTING DATA ON THE EXPLANATION, PRUNED STRUCTURE, AND TRANSFER LEARNING. THIS PROJECT ALSO FEATURES A PIPELINE TO HANDLE FREQUENT DATA DELETION REQUESTS IN HIGH-STAKES DOMAINS WHERE USER INFORMATION IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE. WITH THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE PROJECT WILL CATALYZE RESEARCH PROGRESS ON THE TOPIC OF THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN AND EASE USERS? CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY IN MACHINE LEARNING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CRII: SATC: TOWARD SECURE, PRIVACY-PRESERVING, AND EFFICIENT CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS -RESEARCHERS AND THE INDUSTRY HAVE WIDELY USED CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES FOR LARGE-SCALE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO CONDUCT USER STUDIES, IMPROVE MACHINE LEARNING PERFORMANCE, AND ACCELERATE PRODUCT ITERATION. HOWEVER, TODAY'S CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS CANNOT ADEQUATELY SUPPORT REQUESTERS AND WORKERS DUE TO THREE MAIN PROBLEMS: INADEQUATE QUALITY OR INTEGRITY OF DATA, PRIVACY VIOLATIONS, AND LOW EFFICIENCY OF TASK COMPLETION. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS TO ENHANCE SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND EFFICIENCY IN CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT'S NOVELTIES ARE DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED QUALITY CONTROL APPROACH TO INCREASE DATA QUALITY AND INTEGRITY, A NOVEL SCHEME TO DETECT AND PREVENT PRIVACY VIOLATIONS, AND AN INTELLIGENT FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. THE PROJECT'S BROADER SIGNIFICANCE INCLUDES: (1) ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF BUILDING SECURE, PRIVACY-PRESERVING, AND EFFICIENT CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS, (2) SUPPORTING CROWD WORKERS, INCLUDING PROTECTING THEIR PRIVACY AND ASSISTING THEM TO WORK IN A COST-EFFICIENT WAY, AND (3) ASSISTING JOB REQUESTERS IN OBTAINING HIGH-QUALITY DATA THAT THEY CAN RELY ON TO COMPLETE THEIR IMPORTANT STUDIES AND MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS CONFIDENTLY. THE PROJECT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASING UNDERGRADUATE INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH, INCLUDING INTEGRATING RESEARCH OUTCOMES INTO THE CURRICULUM AND MENTORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH. THE PROJECT ENHANCES SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND EFFICIENCY IN CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS. FIRST, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS A SUBTASK-AWARE AND ROBUST QUALITY CONTROL APPROACH TO ENSURE DATA QUALITY AND INTEGRITY. SECOND, THE PROJECT INVESTIGATES PRIVACY RISKS TO WORKERS AND THIRD PARTIES IN REAL-WORLD CROWDSOURCING TASKS AND DESIGNS MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SCHEMES TO DETECT AND PREVENT PRIVACY VIOLATIONS. THIRD, THE PROJECT DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTS A FRAMEWORK BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO ASSIST WORKERS IN IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING CROWDSOURCING TASKS MORE EFFICIENTLY. THIS PROJECT ALSO INTEGRATES THE ABOVEMENTIONED SCHEMES INTO A CLIENT-SIDE BROWSER EXTENSION THAT WORKERS CAN USE AND A SERVER-SIDE MODEL THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN CROWDSOURCING SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

HOT PARTICLE AND TURBULENT TRANSPORT EFFECTS ON RESISTIVE IN

INFORMATION ASSURANCE GRANT

SATC: CORE: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE: GOALI: DETECTING AND RECONSTRUCTING NETWORK ANOMALIES AND INTRUSIONS IN HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES

CDS&E: DATA-DRIVEN MODELING AND ANALYSES OF CO2 TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA -THE GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION OF CO2 IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO THE CO2 EMITTED FROM SIGNIFICANT STATIONARY ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES. HOWEVER, SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE-SCALE CO2 SEQUESTRATION INVOLVES OPERATIONAL UNCERTAINTIES AND RISKS DUE TO THE COMPLEX FLOW BEHAVIOR OF CO2 IN SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS. THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT DATA-DRIVEN MODELS TO ACCURATELY PREDICT AND ANALYZE THE COMPLEX FLOW BEHAVIOR OF CO2 FLOW IN GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS BY ANALYZING AN EXTENSIVE SET OF DATA COLLECTED FROM EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS THE FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS COVERED IN CORE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (UT) TYLER TO HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN RESEARCH, WHICH PROMOTES MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS WORK. FURTHERMORE, THIS PROJECT INVOLVES OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO RECRUIT AND ATTRACT STUDENTS FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED POPULATIONS, IN COLLABORATION WITH UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AND TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE, TO THE CRITICAL AREAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED INTO THREE FOCUS AREAS, THE RESULTS FROM WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE MODELING OF THE DIFFUSIVE, REACTIVE, AND CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT OF CO2 IN POROUS MEDIA SATURATED WITH BRINE AND CONSISTING OF GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTIES: (1) QUANTIFY AND PREDICT THE DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION OF MINERALS SUCH AS CALCITE AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, PRESSURES, AND INITIAL CATION CONCENTRATIONS DUE TO THE INTERACTION WITH CO2 USING EXPERIMENTAL DATA; (2) EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY ON THE FLOW BEHAVIOR OF CO2 USING HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF CORE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM PUBLIC DATA PORTALS; (3) VISUALIZE, AND QUANTIFY THE EFFECT OF DISCRETE FRACTURES AND UNCERTAIN RESERVOIR PROPERTIES ON CHANNELING AND PLUME MIGRATION OF CO2 IN POROUS MEDIA USING IMAGES AND DATA FROM PUBLIC REPOSITORIES. THE GENERATED OR COLLECTED DATA WILL BE ANALYZED IN EACH CASE USING ROBUST STATISTICAL MODELS TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES, WHICH WILL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE LONG-TERM CARBON STORAGE IN DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS. FINALLY, THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENHANCE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AROUND ENERGY USE AND CO2 EMISSIONS FOR A DIVERSE AUDIENCE THROUGH PUBLIC LECTURES, HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATIONS, AND OTHER OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASSESSING THE SPECTRUM OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

INTEGRATION OF AIRBORNE DUST PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND VEGETATION PHENOLOGY TO TRACK POLLEN FOR ASTHMA ALERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

HISTORICAL TRAUMA AND TRANSFORMATION: A PLACE-BASED HUMANITIES MINOR [THE HISTORICAL TRAUMA AND TRANSFORMATION (H2T) MINOR USES PLACE-BASED LEARNING TO CULTIVATE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY BY EXPLORING HOW COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND THE RESPONSES TO IT HAVE SHAPED SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES. H2T WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL CLASS DISCUSSIONS, HANDS-ON RESEARCH WITH ARCHIVAL MATERIALS, AND EXCURSIONS TO MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES. THE INTENTION IS FOR H2T COURSES TO WEAVE TULSA HISTORY AND RESOURCES TOGETHER WITH PLACE-BASED LEARNING AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. COURSES WILL EXAMINE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL STRUCTURES, VALUES, AND BELIEFS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR HISTORICAL ROOTS THAT INCLUDE A HISTORY OF RACISM, COLONIZATION, FORCED MIGRATION, AND/OR GENOCIDE. STUDENTS WILL USE TRAUMA THEORY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORICAL AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA TRANSMISSION TO ADDRESS CURRENT-DAY PROBLEMS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW PEOPLE AND CULTURES SURVIVE, THRIVE, AND TRANSFORM TRAUMA AS THEY SHAPE SOCIETAL CHANGE.]

LTREB/SG: SPATIOTEMPORAL FITNESS VARIATION AND AVIAN GROUP SIZE

COMPREHENSIVE REDACTION FOR NEUROLOGICAL IMAGING

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $140 000 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FOR THEIR INDOOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE UNIVERSITY OF T

INVESTIGATING BARRIERS TO AND DESIGNING ACTIVITIES AND TOOLS FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN THE TULSA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR AMONG UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA -WHILE SCIENCE FAIRS CAN SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT IN STEM LEARNING AND PROMOTE STEM CAREER EXPLORATION, STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE TULSA, OKLAHOMA REGION OFTEN FACE BARRIERS TO THEIR PARTICIPATION. SPECIFICALLY, STUDENTS FROM BOTH TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (A DIVERSE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT) AND SMALL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN CREEK COUNTY, OK (A RURAL COUNTY IN THE REGION) ARE TYPICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED AT THE TULSA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR, WITH MOST PARTICIPANTS COMING PRIMARILY FROM SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE TULSA METRO. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD THE STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH CAPACITY OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TO EXAMINE BARRIERS TO SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPATION AMONG UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THE TULSA REGION AS WELL AS EXPLORE HOW INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CONNECTED TO THE SCIENCE FAIR CAN INSPIRE LONG-TERM INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PARTICIPATION IN A SCIENCE FAIR IMPACTS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND INTEREST IN STEM, AND HOW TARGETED OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AFFECT PARTICIPATION RATES IN THE TULSA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR ACROSS DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED IN RECENT YEARS AT THE SCIENCE FAIR, PARTICULARLY URBAN AND RURAL SCHOOLS IN TULSA AND CREEK COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP OUTREACH EVENTS AND TOOLS TO GIVE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE WITH SIMPLE, HANDS-ON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING USING TECHNOLOGY-RICH AI-SUPPORTED TOOLS TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH TOPICS FOR A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT. PROJECT OUTCOMES WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO HOW SUCH PROGRAMS CAN BUILD CONFIDENCE, EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND STRENGTHEN THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TO HELP BUILD A STRONGER STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN THE REGION. THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT ARE TO (1) INVESTIGATE THE MOTIVATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE TULSA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR, AND (2) TO DESIGN AND STUDY THE IMPACT OF OUTREACH INTERVENTIONS, PRIMARILY IN INFORMAL STEM LEARNING CONTEXTS, THAT ADDRESS THE BARRIERS TO SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPATION AMONG STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE TULSA, OKLAHOMA REGION. THROUGH RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WILL DRAW ON SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY, PEER MENTORING THEORY, AND SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY TO EXPLORE HOW ASPECTS OF STUDENT AGENCY CORRELATE WITH PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE SCIENCE FAIR AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND HOW DIFFERENT PROJECT INTERVENTIONS IMPACT STUDENT MOTIVATION, SELF-EFFICACY, AND AGENCY IN STEM LEARNING AMONG UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PI WILL INVESTIGATE HOW TECHNOLOGY-RICH TOOLS (SPECIFICALLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-DERIVED RESOURCES) HELP STUDENTS IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT TOPICS, AND HOW THESE TOOLS SHAPE STUDENT EXPERIENCES PARTICIPATING IN THE TULSA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR. A GROUNDED THEORETICAL APPROACH WILL PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS FOCUS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE PI TOWARDS BUILDING CAPACITY IN CONDUCTING STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH. AN ADVISORY BOARD OF STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH AND OUTREACH EXPERTS WILL MENTOR AND SUPPORT THE PI IN ASSESSMENT, DESIGN, EDUCATIONAL THEORY, AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS. THE FINDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK WILL BE SHARED THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND REGIONAL DISSEMINATION EFFORTS. THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY NSF'S EDU CORE RESEARCH BUILDING CAPACITY IN STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH (ECR:BCSER) PROGRAM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BUILD INVESTIGATOR CAPACITY TO CARRY OUT HIGH-QUALITY STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LIGHTWEIGHT 7-AXIS ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR WITH FORCE SENSING FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD SUPPORTS THE ACQUISITION OF A 7-AXIS ROBOTIC ARM FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH. THIS ROBOTIC ARM WILL ENABLE SEVERAL RESEARCH PROJECTS REQUIRING COMPLEX AND REPETITIVE MOTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ENABLE SOPHISTICATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTS. FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, THE ROBOT ARM WILL REPLICATE ANCIENT TASKS WITH STONE AND BONE TOOLS. WHEN PERFORMING TASKS SUCH AS SCRAPING AND CUTTING, TRACES OF THESE ACTIONS DEVELOP ON THE SURFACE OF THE TOOL. COMPARING THE WEAR PATTERNS ON REPLICA TOOLS WITH TRACES ON ARTIFACTS, RESEARCHERS CAN INTERPRET HOW PREHISTORIC PEOPLE MAY HAVE USED THESE TOOLS. UNLIKE A TEST FIXTURE WITH LIMITED MOTIONS, THE ROBOTIC ARM MORE CLOSELY MIMICS HUMAN MOVEMENTS LEADING TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE IN THE ANCIENT PAST. WITHIN ENGINEERING, THIS ROBOT WILL BE USED TO STUDY WHAT OCCURS IN THE WALLS OF METAL TUBES WHEN THEY ARE BENT BACK AND FORTH INTO NEW SHAPES NUMEROUS TIMES, SUCH AS WHEN A COILED TUBE IS FORCED DOWN A STRAIGHT WELL-BORE. THIS WILL AID IN PREDICTING WHEN THE TUBING WILL RUPTURE, IMPROVING SAFETY AND PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE. THIS ROBOT ARM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE USED IN A VARIETY OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING HOW TO GRASP AND MOVE OBJECTS WITH ROBOT HANDS SO THAT ROBOTS ARE MORE USEFUL IN INDUSTRY AND HUMAN-FACING APPLICATIONS. FINALLY, THE ROBOT WILL BE USED TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS, VISITORS, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC. THE ROBOT WILL BE USED TO PERFORM ARCHAEOLOGICAL USE-WEAR STUDIES ON STONE AND BONE TOOLS, WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO THOSE ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS USING FOCUS-VARIATION MICROSCOPY AND IMAGING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY. CRUCIALLY, THE ROBOT CAN MIMIC THE VARIABILITY OF HUMAN MOTIONS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING QUANTITATIVE, REPLICABLE DATA PRODUCED BY THOSE MOTIONS. FOR ENGINEERING, THE ROBOT WILL USED TO STUDY A PHENOMENON CALLED ?RACHETTING?, WHICH OCCURS WHEN METAL TUBING IS SUBJECT TO LARGE DEFORMATIONS. THE ROBOT WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE THE COMPLEX BENDING TRAJECTORIES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PHENOMENON, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO PERFORM WITH EXISTING TESTING MACHINES. FINALLY, THE ROBOT WILL BE USED TO STUDY THE INTERACTION OF GRASPED OBJECTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AS THE HAND HOLDING THE OBJECT APPROACHES FROM VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, AS WELL AS TO GENERATE COMPLEX, MOVING CONSTRAINT SURFACES TO EXPERIMENTALLY STUDY THE INTERACTION OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. OVERALL, THE ROBOTIC ARM WILL PRODUCE THE COMPLEX TRAJECTORIES NEEDED TO ADVANCE THESE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

MRI CONSORTIUM: ACQUISITION OF A SENSOFAR S-NEOX: DUAL TECHNOLOGY 3D OPTICAL PROFILER

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMUNT OF $55,000 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TO CONDUCT TRAINING ACTIVITIES ON ASTHMA AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ

SMALL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS IN THE CASAS GRANDES AREA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DECIPHERING THE REGIONAL-VERSUS-GLOBAL ASPECTS OF THE TOARCIAN (JURASSIC) OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT IN NORTH AMERICA

FLOW SHEAR EFFECTS IN THE ONSET PHYSICS OF RESISTIVE MHD INSTABILITITS IN TOKAMAKS

INFORMATION ASSURANCE SECURITY GRANT (IASP)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: QUANTIFYING POST-FIRE AEOLIAN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND NUTRIENT REDISTRIBUTION USING RARE EARTH ELEMENT TRACERS

RII TRACK-4: USING STM TO EXAMINE THE ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL HOMOCHIRALITY IN AMINO ACIDS FROM ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM TO LIQUID ENVIRONMENTS

COATED POWDERS FOR COLD SPRAY: INFLUENCE ON JETTING, CRITICAL VELOCITY, AND DUCTILITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WILL WORK WITH TWO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WEST VIRGINIA: FAYETTE COUNTY (20 SCHOOLS) AND KANAWHA COUNTY (66 SCHOOLS). S

DISTRIBUTED CONSTRAINT OPTIMIZATION FOR TELESCOPE SCHEDULING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXAMINING UPPER MANTLE VOLATILE HISTORY THROUGH ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS OF CARBON, NITROGEN, HYDROGEN AND NOBLE GASES IN UNDEGASS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SPATIAL UTILIZATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN NON-COMPLEX SOCIEITES

PATCH AND FULL-ENCIRCLEMENT REPAIRS FOR THROUGH-WALL DEFECTS

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN INTEGRATED SPECTRAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENT

SELF-REGULATION OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX DURING EMOTIONAL COGNITIVE CONTROL

CAAP 2013; PROJECT TITLE: SCALING AND SELF-SENSING IN COMPOSITE REPAIRS OF CORROSION DEFECTS

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CMEABC EFFLUX PUMP OPERON IN CAMPYLOBACTER COLI STARINS ISOLATED FROM TURKEY, SWINE, AND CATTLE

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONALIZATION

WALL BREAK-THROUGH IN COMPOSITE REPAIRED DEFECTS

DIRECTED GRANTS

THE AWARD PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE RECIPIENT TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF SCHOOLS IN WYOMING MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA BY ASSIS

STABILITY AND CONTROL OF BURNING TOKAMAK PLASMAS WITH RESISTIVE WALLS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ACCRETION DYNAMICS OF BLACK HOLE MERGERS

CAREER: LEAD-FREE PSEUDOHALIDE/HALIDE PEROVSKITES FOR NEXT-GENERATION WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL AND NEURAL CONNECTEDNESS IN PREDICTING NEURODEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTIONING IN ADOLESCENCE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF NEWLY DISCOVERED BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS IN THE NORTHEASTERN LAU BASIN

MAGAZINE MODERNISM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN THE CASAS GRANDES CORE ZONE

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA INDOOR AIR PROGRAM ANTICIPATES WORKING WITH THE SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, LOCATED IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (YEA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: APALACHICOLA ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT

THERMOPLASMONIC MEMBRANE DESALINATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TEAM IS DEVELOPING A WATER USAGE MONITOR THEY CALL HYDROSENSE. IT IS BEING DESIGNED TO BE A LOW-COST, EASY TO USE DEVICE THA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CARBON-HELIUM-ARGON ISOTOPE RELATIONS AT HIGH-3HE/4HE HOTSPOTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANTLE DYNAMICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; THE ROLE OF FUNCTION IN TRADITIONAL WEAPON DESIGN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANTLE VOLATILES IN AN EMERGING OCEAN BASIN: H2O, CO2, AND HE & AR ISOTOPES IN BASALTS FROM THE GULF OF ADEN SPREADING CENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: I/UCRC-MTP, FIFTH YEAR OPERATING GRANT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE SUPPLY-SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DOCKET -AS THE ULTIMATE ARBITER OF CRUCIAL LEGAL DISPUTES, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OCCUPIES A PIVOTAL POSITION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. HOWEVER, RELATIVELY FEW CASES MAKE IT TO THE COURT. IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, THE COURT RECEIVES THOUSANDS OF PETITIONS ASKING IT TO REVIEW LOWER COURT DECISIONS, OF WHICH LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED ARE GRANTED REVIEW, OR WRIT OF CERTIORARI. THE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO CHOOSE ITS CASES ENDOWS THE COURT WITH SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE IN SHAPING NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY. GIVEN THE STATISTICAL RARITY OF A CASE RECEIVING A FORMAL DECISION BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AND THE UNREPRESENTATIVE NATURE OF THE PETITIONS THAT JUSTICES CHOOSE AMONG, IT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND NOT JUST THE DECISIONS THE COURT MAKES ON THE MERIT, BUT ALSO THE DENSITY AND DIVERSITY OF ISSUES AND INTERESTS COMPETING FOR THE COURT?S CONSIDERATION. HOW DOES THE SUPPLY OF CERTIORARI PETITIONS SHAPE THE JUSTICES? BEHAVIORS? HOW DO EXTERNAL ACTORS, SUCH AS INTEREST GROUPS AND THE MEDIA, SHAPE THE COURT?S DOCKET? HOW DOES THE COURT?S SELECTION OF PETITIONS GRANTED REVIEW REPRESENT THE PLURALITY OF PUBLIC INTERESTS? TO ANSWER THESE AND RELATED QUESTIONS, THE RESEARCH PROJECT ENDEAVORS TO COLLECT, CATEGORIZE AND ANALYZE A HOST OF IMPORTANT FEATURES IN THE WRIT OF CERTIORARI PROCESS. RECOGNIZING THE SEMINAL IMPORTANCE OF THE AGENDA-SETTING STAGE, THE RESEARCH INTENDS TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING AND JUDICIAL PROCESSES AS WELL AS THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF COURTS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THE RESEARCH ENHANCES EXISTING THEORIES OF JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE EARLY STAGE OF DECISION-MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: THE DECISION TO GRANT REVIEW, OR WRIT OF CERTIORARI. THE RESEARCH COLLECTS AND ANALYZES CASE FEATURES FROM ALL WRIT OF CERTIORARI PETITIONS? THAT IS, ALL LOWER COURT CASES WHERE THE LOSING PARTY, DISSATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME, APPEALS TO THE US SUPREME COURT. THE STUDY CATALOGS?FOR THE FIRST TIME?THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN, TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION, AND ISSUE AREAS OF CASES THE COURT IS ASKED TO REVIEW. IT ALSO EXAMINES THE ROLE PLAYED BY EXTERNAL ACTORS IN SHAPING THE COURT?S AGENDA, INCLUDING THE MEDIA AND INTEREST GROUPS, AS WELL AS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COURT?S FINAL SELECTION OF CASES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PLURALITY OF INTERESTS IN SOCIETY. THIS MULTIFACETED INVESTIGATION INQUIRES INTO HOW THESE FACTORS COLLECTIVELY IMPACT THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF THE JUSTICES, LEADING TO BOTH EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE STUDY OF JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING. FIRST, IT PROVIDES NEW DATA ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI PETITIONS THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE OVER TIME AND SPACE, AND ACROSS ISSUES. SECOND, THE PROJECT PRESENTS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE COURTS MORE GENERALLY BY CONTRIBUTING TO THEORIES THAT ARE BUILT AROUND INFORMATIONAL CUES, AND BY USING COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS TO TEST HOW THE SELECTION OF CASES IMPACTS JUDICIAL OUTCOMES. THIRD, IT SEEKS TO REFINE AND EXTEND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR LEGAL TEXT ANALYSIS OF CERT PETITIONS AND EXTERNAL ACTORS, POTENTIALLY PAVING THE WAY AND SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR DATA-DRIVEN RESEARCH IN JUDICIAL POLITICS. FINALLY, IT SUPPLEMENTS THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES WITH INTERVIEWS OF FORMER SUPREME COURT CLERKS AND AMICUS-FILING ENTITIES TO PROVIDE A RICHER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE JUSTICES SORT THROUGH THE LARGE NUMBER OF PETITIONS RECEIVED EVERY YEAR, AND HOW THE COURT SELECTS THE FINAL SET OF CASES TO REVIEW. THROUGH THE RESEARCH, AND, IMPORTANTLY, THE CREATION OF A DATASET THAT CATEGORIZES A HOST OF FEATURES OF ALL CERT PETITIONS TO THE COURT, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE JUDICIAL, INTEREST GROUP, MEDIA SCHOLARS AND THE PUBLIC WITH NEW INSIGHTS ON THE WORKINGS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

THIS AWARD PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE RECIPIENT TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT OF SCHOOLS IN WYOMING AND MONTANA BY ASSISTING SCHOOLS IN DEVELOPING

INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS DROP AND SOURCE DIRECTIVITY ON EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING MAGNITUDE AND GROUND MOTION ESTIMATES: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA AND USGS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WILL PROVIDE ON-SITE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS THAT REQUEST HELP IN IMPLEMENTING THE TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS INDOO

EAGER/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CENTER-OF-MASS CONTROL FOR EXPRESSIVE AND EFFECTIVE MOVEMENT IN BIPEDAL ROBOTS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA INDOOR AIR PROGRAM (TU IAP) ANTICIPATES WORKING WITH THE ADAMS COUNTY/OHIO VALLEY CENTERVILLE CITY FELICITY-FRANKLIN LOCAL

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THE USE OF THE TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS (TFS) PROGRAM. THE RECIPIENT

DOD IASP

CNIC: US-BELGIUM ENGINEERING PLANNING VISIT: SIMPLIFIED MODELS FOR BIO-INSPIRED ACTUATORS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WILL ASSIST THE CLARK COUNTY, NV SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DEVELOPING AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. T

THE GRANTEE WILL ASSIST THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TX), MORRISON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (OK), AND SAPULPA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (OK) I

THE GRANTEE WILL ASSIST THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE DESIGN OF THE TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS PROJECT THAT WILL HELP THE SCHOOLS STRUCTURE T

THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) FOR OVER 2,500 SCHOOL STAFF AND OVER 14,500 STUDENTS AT 34 SCHOOLS IN THE BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL

THIS ACTION APPROVES A NEW AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,884 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FOR THEIR INDOOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE UNIVERSITY O

SEISMOTECTONIC ANALYSES OF NEVADA EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HAZARD ASSESSMENT: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND UCSD, DATED 5/28/2020

DOD IASP

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ORIGIN OF CRUST AND THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES OF MANTLE MELTING AT THE ENDEAVOUR SEGMENT, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE

DOD IASP

THE GRANTEE WILL ASSIST THE HARLINGEN CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PONCA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE DESIGN OF TOOLS FOR SCHOO

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MICROTURBULENCE AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES IN MAGNETIZED PLASMAS

THE UNIVERSITY'S INDOOR AIR PROGRAM WILL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SEVERAL KANSAS COUNTIES (COWLEY, SEDGWICK, AND SUMNER) TO DEVELOP INDOOR

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF SCHOOLS THROUGH THE USE OF EPA'S TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM. IN COLLABORATION WITH T

THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FULL EPA FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,523. THIS PROJECT WILL SEEK TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES WHICH IMPACT

LTREB: DEMOGRAPHY AND DISEASE ECOLOGY OF A COLONIAL BIRD

NSF STUDENT AND EARLY-CAREER FACULTY TRAVEL AND REGISTRATION GRANT FOR IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 2018 (ICSE)

2024 CASMART STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE AT THE 2024 SHAPE MEMORY AND SUPERELASTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SMST) CONFERENCE; CASCAIS, PORTUGAL; 6-10 MAY 2024 -THIS AWARD PROVIDES TRAVEL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS STUDYING AT US UNIVERSITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2024 CONSORTIUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (CASMART) STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO BROADEN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT PARTICIPATION FOR THE CASMART COMPETITION, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE 2024 SMST (SHAPE MEMORY AND SUPERELASTIC TECHNOLOGIES) CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION IN CASCAIS, PORTUGAL. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS NOT ONLY THE INTELLECTUAL EFFORTS OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE CASMART COMPETITION, BUT ALSO IMPACTS THE FIELD BY BROADENING PARTICIPATION. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD. FURTHERMORE, THE CASMART COMPETITION ITSELF CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND FEEDBACK FROM PEERS AND EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CASMART STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION HAS BEEN HELD FIVE TIMES, STARTING IN 2015. THE SIXTH CASMART COMPETITION IS HOSTED AT THE 2024 SMST CONFERENCE AND FEATURES TEAMS DEVELOPING AND USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATION AREAS, FROM ELASTOCALORICS FOR EFFICIENT SOLID-STATE REFRIGERATION AND COOLING, TO BATTERY FIRE-PREVENTION DEVICES. THE STUDENT TEAMS ARE CONDUCTING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND WILL BRING THESE EXCITING RESULTS TO THE COMPETITION, WHERE THEY WILL SHARE THEIR WORK WITH THE CONFERENCE ATTENDEES. EFFORTS ON THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE PRE-CONFERENCE COACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO DIRECTLY BROADEN PARTICIPATION AT A LEADING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

THE PROPOSED WORK AIMS TO DEVELOP A NOVEL LOW COST WIRELESS DEVICE FOR MONITORING WATER USE FROM HOTEL GUEST ROOM SHOWERS.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: DOES PHEROMONE EVOLUTION DRIVE REPRODUCTIVE COMPATIBILITY IN DUSKY SALAMANDERS? A PHYLOGENETIC, FUNCTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL APP

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PREDICTING THE TRANSIENT SIGNALS FROM GALACTIC CENTERS: CIRCUMBINARY DISKS AND TIDAL DISRUPTIONS AROUND BLACK HOLES