Florida International UNiversity
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF RESEARCH
OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH
Florida International University researchers were awarded $8,746,787 in July 2010. Listed below
is a summary of awards received for $20,000 or more during the month of July.
PI: Naphtali Rishe
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: CREST: Center for Innovative Information Systems Engineering AWARD: $ 645,000
PI: Raju Rangaswami
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: CSR: Small: Energy Proportional Storage Systems AWARD: $ 472,163
PI: Jiuhua Chen
MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: Pressure and Water Influence on Alternating Slip Systems of Single Crystal
Olivine. AWARD: $ 288,197
PI: Malek Adjouadi
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: Subproject: CREST: Center for Innovative Information Systems
Engineering. AWARD: $ 165,000
PI: Armando Barreto
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: Subproject: CREST: Center for Innovative Information Systems
Engineering. AWARD: $ 165,000
PI: David Roelant
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
AWARDING SPONSOR: Office of Environmental Management
TITLE: Subproject: Florida International University’s Research Support to the Department of
Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. AWARD: $ 147,139
PI: Fabian Cevallos
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: Florida Department of Transportation
TITLE: Florida APTS Program. AWARD: $ 135,000
PI: David Roelant
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
AWARDING SPONSOR: Office of Environmental Management
TITLE: Subproject: Florida International University’s Research Support to the Department of
Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. AWARD: $ 122,781
PI: Shu‐Ching Chen
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
AWARDING SPONSOR: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation DFS
TITLE: Subproject: Public Hurricane Loss Model. AWARD: $ 115,328
PI: David Roelant
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
AWARDING SPONSOR: Office of Environmental Management
TITLE: Subproject: Florida International University’s Research Support to the Department of
Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. AWARD: $ 99,721
PI: David Roelant
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
AWARDING SPONSOR: Office of Environmental Management
TITLE: Subproject: Florida International University’s Research Support to the Department of
Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. AWARD: $ 47,035
PI: Berrin Tansel
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: RAPID: Formation, Persistence and Mobility of Oils Emulsions After
Major Spills at Sea. AWARD: $ 35,000
PI: Walter Tang
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: City of Opa‐Locka
TITLE: Feasibility Study of Water Treatment Plant for Opa‐Locka. AWARD: $ 32,016
PI: Chunlei Wang
MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: Applied Nanotech, Inc.
TITLE: Development of Nano‐Si Based Lithium‐ion Battery Anodes. AWARD: $ 30,000
PI: Massoud Milani
CENTER FOR DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING & COMPUTING
AWARDING SPONSOR: Junior Engineering Technical Society
TITLE: JETS‐UNITE 2009 AWARD: $ 30,000
PI: Surendra Saxena
MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
AWARDING SPONSOR: Carnegie Institution of Washington
TITLE: High Pressure Geophysics & Materials ‐ CDAC Year 7. AWARD: $ 28,780
PI: Naphtali Rishe
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
AWARDING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
TITLE: Subproject: Center for Innovative Information Systems Engineering. AWARD: $ 25,000
PI: John Proni
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
AWARDING SPONSOR: Concurrent Technologies Corporation
TITLE: Subproject:Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center. AWARD: $ 24,941