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Research on developing low-cost Vacuum Insulation Panels for building application.

  • PI: Ulrike Passe
  • Co-PI: Mufit Akinc, Ganesh Balasubramanian
  • Funding Agency: IEC Iowa Energy Center
  • Period: 2014
  • Total: $20,000

Research model framework validation through computational simulation

  • PI: Ulrike Passe
  • Co-PI: Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
  • Funding Agency: IEC Iowa Energy Center
  • Period: 2014
  • Total: $79,591

Greenstreak Special Dowel Tests

  • PI: Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: Greenstreak Corporation
  • Period: 10/01/05–07/31/07, 06/31/07–01/15/09

Manufacturing of Bio-based (Zein) Insulation with Creative Composites for Iowa State University’s Solar Decathlon House

  • PI: Mikesch Muecke
  • Co-PI: Ulrike Passe, David Grewell
  • Funding Agency: IPRT Company Assistance Technology Commercialization Group
  • Period: 3/2009-6/2009
  • Total: $8,165

Supply Air Fan Pressure Control Strategies

  • PI: Ron Nelson
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center
  • Period: 7/1/2009 – 6/30/2011
  • Total: $99,058

Installation and Testing of Photovoltaic Energy Systems

  • Co-PIs: Ron Nelson and Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center
  • Period: 07/01/05-07/01/08
  • Total: $41,327, $47,740, $49,458, $49,608

Tension Tests of Reinforcing Bars

  • PI: Doug Wood & Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: Dayton Superior Corp
  • Period: 02/08–04/08

Interactive drivers of land-use/land-cover change in agricultural area: climate and land-manager choices

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: Kling, C., P. W. Gassman, H.-F. Hennessy, and S. Secchi
  • Funding Agency: USDA/NASA ROSES-2005
  • Period: 2006-2008
  • Total: $465,661

Development and evaluation of downscaling tools for near-surface flow

  • PI: Takle, E. S.,
  • Co-PIs: (Collab Res. with S. C. Pryor, Indiana Univ.)
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period: 2006-2008
  • Total: $60,145 (ISU portion)

Manufacturing system improvements for for-most livestock equipment company

  • PI: Frank Peters
  • Funding Agency: For Most Manufacturing and IPRT
  • Period: 2007-2008
  • Total: $20,793

Mass vaccination system development and modeling

  • PI: Frank Peters
  • Funding Agency: Polk County Department of Health
  • Period: 2008
  • Total: $11,000

Optimizing Wind and Biomass Energy Production in an Intensely Managed Agricultural Landscape

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: R. Elmore, W. A. Gallus, Jr., J. Hatfield, P. Pedersen, M. Segal, and S. E. Taylor
  • Funding Agency: Ames Lab (DOE) Seed Funding RFP
  • Period: 2008
  • Total: $49,989

The fluid dynamics of air flow in free flow open spaces: An architectural approach to energy efficient buildings

  • PI: Ulrike Passe
  • Co-PI: Francine Battaglia
  • Funding Agency: Boston Society of Architects
  • Period: 1/2007-1/2008
  • Total: $20,000

Solar Decathlon

  • PI: Ulrike Passe
  • Co-PIs: Paul Bruski, Clare Cardinal-Pett, Vikram Dalal, Joel Geske, David Grewell, Jamie Horwitz, Darren Jarboe, Michael Hogan Martin, Frank Montabon, Mikesch Muecke, Ron Nelson, Jennifer Shane, Kelly Strong, Tony Townsend, Mimi Wagner, Kimberly Zarecor
  • Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
  • Period: 2008-2009
  • Total: $100,000

Preliminary Investigation of New Composite Energy Efficient Hobbs Walls

  • PI: Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: IA Economic Development Funds, Hobbs Wall Systems
  • Period: 02/08-01/09

Multi-RCM ensemble downscaling of NCEP CFS seasonal forecasts (MRED)

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: R. W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski, Jr.
  • Funding Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Period: 2008-2011
  • Total: $291,114

Welding process advancements for wear resistant augers

  • PI: M. Frank
  • Co-PI: Frank Peters and S. Chumbley
  • Funding Agency: Industrial Hardfacing Inc./IPRT
  • Period: December 2005-August 2006; 2006-2007
  • Total: $50,000 (05-06); $50,000 (06-07)

Assessment of Iowa climatic data and its integration into the AASHTO mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedure

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: R. C. Williams
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
  • Period: 2006-2007
  • Total: $50,000

Reducing wind-induced damages from storms

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: P. P. Sarkar, W. A. Gallus, Jr., F. L. Haan, Jr., H. Hu, and V. Dayal
  • Funding Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Period: 2006-2007
  • Total: $923,241

Concrete Sandwich Walls Utilizing New Fiber Composite Delta-Tie Connectors

  • PI: Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: Dayton Superior Corp.
  • Period: 12/28/04–01/15/07

Vegetative Environmental Buffers to Mitigate Odor and Aerosol Pollutants Emitted from Poultry Production Sites

  • PI: Joe Colletti
  • Co-PIs: John Tyndall, Janette Thompson, Steven Hoff, Gene Takle, Raymond Arritt
  • Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture
  • Period: 5/1/2004-4/30/2007
  • Total: $440,205

Advanced steel castings

  • PI: Frank Peters
  • Co-PI: J. Jackman and M.Frank
  • Funding Agency: DOD
  • Period: 2007-2009
  • Total: $250,000

Regional climate modeling coordination for the United States

  • PI: E. S. Takle,
  • Co-PIs: R. W. Arritt, and W. J. Gutowski, Jr.
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period: 2004-2006
  • Total: $137,127

International Workshop in FRP Composites

  • PI: Max Porter and Kent Harries
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period:01/01/04–01/1/06

Verification of Odor Dispersion Modeling for Siting of Livestock and Poultry Production Systems

  • PI: Steven Hoff
  • Co-PI: Dwaine Bundy
  • Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture
  • Period: 02/01/2004-01/31/2006
  • Total: $479,808

1219 — TRP Qualifications of Duct Rumble Noise Resulting from Aerodynamic System Effects at the Discharge of a Centrifugal Fan

  • PI: Adin Mann
  • Co-PI: Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
  • Period: 09/01/04-08/31/06
  • Total: $118,656

Industrial Assessment Center

  • PI: Gregory Maxwell
  • Funding Agency: Department of Energy
  • Period: 09/01/2002-11/03/2006
  • Total: $430,000

Evaluating effects of climate changes on Midwest agroecosystems using a climate-crop coupled model

  • PI: E. S Takle
  • Co-PIs: Z. Pan, and M. Segal
  • Funding Agency: National Institute for Climate Change Research (DOE)
  • Period: 2006-2009
  • Total: $374,984

Joint Reinforcement As Shear Reinforcement for Masonry Shear Walls

  • PI: Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: Dayton Superior Corp. (Dur-O-Wall), Hohmann and Barnard, Inc., Wire Bond Corp.
  • Period: 06/06 – 06/09

Industrial Assessment Center

  • PI: Gregory Maxwell
  • Co-PI: Frank Peters
  • Funding Agency: Department of Energy
  • Period: 2006-2011
  • Total: $600,000

The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Using multiple GCMs and RCMs to simulate future climates and their uncertainty

  • PI: E. S. Takle
  • Co-PIs: Mearns, L. O., R. W. Arritt, D. Bader, P. Duffy, W. Gutowski, W. Kuo, R. Lueng, D. Middleton, D. Nychka, J. Roads, L. Sloan, S. Sain
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period: 2005
  • Total: $6,963,212 ($350,000 for ISU)

Development and Testing of an Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller for HVAC Applications

  • PI: Ron Nelson
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center
  • Period: 07/01/01-07/01/05
  • Total: $111,119, $36,640, $38,394, $39,182, $43,222

Test and Validation of a Model for Forecasting Frost on Bridges

  • PI: Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Period: 6/1/2004-4/29/2005
  • Total: $34,205

Partial Biofiltration of Swine Exhaust Air to Maximize Odor Reduction Potential

  • PI: Steven Hoff
  • Co-PI: Jay Harmon
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Pork Producers Association
  • Period: 06/06/2004-05/31/2005
  • Total: $79,481

Energy instrumentation

  • PI: Frank Peters
  • Co-PI: M. Frank
  • Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy and industry cost share
  • Period: 2005 — 2009
  • Total: $866,847

Improving Measurements of Dust and Ammonia Emissions from Confined Animal Buildings

  • PI: Steven Hoff
  • Co-PI: Dwaine Bundy
  • Funding Agency: North Carolina State University
  • Period: 08/01/2001-01/31/2004
  • Total: $7,746

Relative Humidity Sensor Testing: Phase III

  • Co-PIs: Ron Nelson and Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Period: 02/01/04
  • Total: $30,000

Effects of Cold-Temperature on Aged FRP Reinforcement

  • PI: Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory
  • Period: 12/02 –03/04

Forecasts and Observations of Frost on Bridges

  • PI: Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Period: 1/2/2003-5/31/2004
  • Total: $50,000

A Comparison of Building Energy Simulation Software to Actual Building Energy Use

  • PI: Gregory Maxwell
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center (continuing support)

Development and Testing of an Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller for HVAC Applications

  • PI: Ron M. Nelson
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center (continuing support)

Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook

  • PI:  Max Porter
  • Funding Agency: Masonry Institute of America
  • Period: 06/15/04–04/31/09

Research Support for Environmental Work Plan for Premium Standard Farms

  • PI: Dwaine Bundy
  • Co-PI: Steven Hoff, Wendy Powers-Schilling
  • Funding Agency: Premium Standard Farms
  • Period: 07/01/2001-06/30/2004
  • Total: $326,858

Collaborative Research: One and Two-Way Coupling of Atmospheric and Hydrologic Models

  • PI: William Gutowski
  • Co-PI: Raymond Arritt, Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Period: 9/1/2001-8/31/2004
  • Total: $136,048

Multi-Model Ensemble Simulation of the North American Monsoon System

  • PI: Raymond Arritt
  • Co-PI: William Gutowski, Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Period: 9/1/2001-8/31/2004
  • Total: $180,113

Air Emissions Monitoring Protocol

  • PI: Steven Hoff
  • Funding Agency: National Pork Board
  • Period: 05/15/2004-12/31/2004
  • Total: $45,114

Development of Software to Calculate the Application Seasonal Efficiency of Commercial Space Heating Boiler Systems Based on ASHRAE Standard 155P

  • PI: Ron Nelson
  • Funding Agency: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
  • Period: 09/01/00-02/28/03
  • Total: $30,000

Development of Software to Calculate the Application Seasonal Efficiency of Commercial Space Heating Boiler Systems Based on ASHRAE Standard 155P

  • PI: Ron Nelson
  • Funding Agency: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
  • Period: 09/01/00-02/28/03
  • Total: $30,000

Improved Frost Forecasting Through Coupled Artificial Neural Network Time Series Prediction Techniques and a Frost Deposition Model

  • PI: William Gallus
  • Co-PI: Eric Bartlett, Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research-COMET
  • Period: 5/1/2001-4/30/2003
  • Total: $66,937

Development of a University-Level Engineering Textbook on Compressed Air Systems

  • PI: Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Department of Energy
  • Period: 10/01/2002-9/30/2003
  • Total: $59,941

Relative Humidity Sensor Testing: Phase II

  • PI: Ron Nelson and Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Period: 10/01/02
  • Total: $66,405

Test and Evaluation of a Roadway Frost Prediction System

  • PI: Gene Takle
  • Co-PI: William Gutowski
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
  • Period: 11/1/2001-6/30/2002
  • Total: $40,776

Air Pollutant Emissions from Animal Confinement Buildings

  • PI: Dwaine Bundy
  • Co-PI: Steven Hoff
  • Funding Agency: University of Minnesota
  • Period: 09/15/2001-09/14/2002
  • Total: $187,740

Industrial Assessment Center

  • PI: Gregory Maxwell
  • Funding Agency: Department of Energy
  • Period: 10/01/1997-09/03/2002
  • Total: $854,250

Evaluation of a Fan Scrubber for Swine Facilities

  • PI: Dwaine Bundy
  • Co-PI: Steven Hoff
  • Funding Agency: Baumgartner Environics, Inc.
  • Period: 09/20/2002-12/31/2002
  • Total: $4,905

Development of Software to Calculate the Application Seasonal Efficiency of Commercial Space Heating Boiler Systems Based on ASHRAE Standard 155P

  • PI: Ron Nelson
  • Funding Agency: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (continuing support since 2002)
  • Total: $30,000

Preliminary Investigation of a New Type of FRP Web Reinforcing for Concrete Structures

  • PI: Max L. Porter
  • Funding Agency: Center for Advanced Technology and Development (CATD) and Delta-Tie
  • Period: 09/00-05/01

Relative Humidity Sensor Testing: Phase I

  • PI: Ron Nelson and Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Period: 08/01/01
  • Total: $91,246

Investigation of Seasonal Predictability of Precipitation for the Central United States

  • PI: William Gutowski
  • Co-PI: Gene Takle, Raymond Arritt
  • Funding Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Period: 9/1/1998-8/31/2001
  • Total: $150,000

Regional Climate Simulations for Impact Assessment Under the Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS)

  • PI: William Gutowski
  • Co-PI: Gene Takle, Raymond Arritt
  • Funding Agency: Electric Power Research Institute
  • Period: 1/1/1999-9/30/2001
  • Total: $247,298

Proposal to Establish an Iowa Environmental Mesonet

  • PI: Gene Takle
  • Co-PI: Dennis Todey
  • Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture
  • Period: 4/16/2001-9/30/2001
  • Total: $34,273

Concrete Bars Prototype and Testing

  • PI: Max L. Porter
  • Funding Agency: ISU Research Foundation, Inc.
  • Period: 1996-2000

Parametric Evaluation of Accelerated Aging Techniques for Fiber Composite Reinforcements for Structural Concrete

  • PI: Max L. Porter
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period: 09/96-09/00

International Program Addendum to Parametric Evaluation of Accelerated Aging Techniques for Fiber Composite Reinforcements for Structural Concrete — Russia Program

  • PI: Max L. Porter
  • Funding Agency: International Programs — Russia, of National Science Foundation
  • Period: 1997-2000

Improved Use of Meteorological Information for Winter Maintenance Decision-Making

  • PI: William Gallus
  • Co-PI: Gene Takle
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
  • Period: 7/1/1998-6/30/2000
  • Total: $88,063

Durability of FRP Materials in Accelerated and Modeled Concrete Environments

  • PI: Max L. Porter
  • Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
  • Period: 05/99-04/00

An Evaluation and Comparison of R-410A Refrigeration Compressor Performance for both Miscible and Immiscible Lubricants

  • PI: Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Cognis Corporation
  • Period: 7/1/1999-6/30/2000
  • Total: $39,000

Capillary Tube/Suction Line Heat Exchanger Flow Rate Performance with R-134A

  • PI: Michael Pate
  • Co-PI: Robert S. Harris
  • Funding Agency: Amana Refrigeration, Inc.
  • Period: 3/20/2000-8/31/2000
  • Total: $15,000

An Evaluation and Comparison of R-410A Refrigeration Compressor Performance for both Miscible and Immiscible Lubricants

  • PI: Michael Pate
  • Funding Agency: Henkel/Cognis Corporation
  • Period: 04/13/2000-09/09/2010
  • Total: $26,000

Development and Testing of an Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller for HVAC Applications

  • PI: Ron M. Nelson
  • Funding Agency: Iowa Energy Center(continuing support since 10/01/00)