Past Research
(Listed by Project End Date)
2000 | 2001 | 2002
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2005
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
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
2006
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
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: Americal Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
Period: 09/01/04-08/31/06
Total: $118,656
PI: Gregory Maxwell
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Period: 09/01/2002-11/03/2006
Total: $430,000
2007
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
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
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
2009
Greenstreak Special Dowel Tests
PI: Max Porter
Funding Agency: Greenstreak Corporation
Period: 10/01/05–07/31/07, 06/31/07–01/15/09
