INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS INITIATIVE-IPI
INDUSTRIAL PARNER/NAME TITLE	PROJECT TITLE	PERIOD	RESEARCH STUDENTS ASSISTANTS, FELLOWS, COLLABORATORS	LEVEL	PERIOD STUDENTS/ ASSISTANTSHIP
INTERPHASE TECHNOLOGIES Thomas Ference Co-Investigator	Characterization of a Simulated Rocket Plume Using a Common Path Phase Shifting Interferometer	01/01/03– 12/31/04	Darren Hitt Tim Harris	Professor Graduate
NEW PARADIGM AUTOMATION Michael Werner, Co-Investigator	Hieracrchical Actuators	12/01/02– 05-31/03	Dryver Huston	Professor

NASA EPSCoR

SBIR
INDUSTRIAL PARNER/NAME TITLE	PROJECT TITLE	PERIOD	RESEARCH STUDENTS ASSISTANTS, FELLOWS, COLLABORATORS	LEVEL	PERIOD STUDENTS/ ASSISTANTSHIP
ANDOSCA, ROBERT MicroGen System Charlestown, MA	Computational modeling and design Linear and Non-linear (Parametrically Driven)MEMS Vibrational Power Scavenger for Wireless Sensor Network Applications	7/1/07-12/31/07
FROLIK, JEFFREY Elec./Mech. Engin.,UVM Principal Investigator	Collaborative Signal and Information Processing to Improve the Robustness of Wireless Sensor Networks
MOTAI, YUICHI, Elec.Mech. Engin. ,UVM Principal Investigator	Embedded Visual Interfaces for Human-Robotic Interaction		Bhaskar Shrestha	Graduate	02/01/04–04-30/04
GARY PARKER, Physics, Norwich University. Principal Investigator	Observational Investigations of Solar Coronal Variations.		Charity Combs Radolph Watkins	Undergrad Undergrad
SNAPP, ROBERT, Computer Science UVM Principal Investigator	Verification and Validation of Feed Forward Neural Networks for Safety Critical Applications
Jianke Yang,Math/Stats UVM Principal Investigator	Light Propagation in Optically-Induced Photonic Lattices
Integrated Biomedical Systems Shuwan Xue	Integrated Kinematical sensor system for human balance assessment
CAMPO, ANTONIO Mech. Engin. Principal Investigator	Search for High Performance Coolants for Aviation and Space Applications that are constrained by the weight of air.		Manchu, Sreehar Carreno-Chavez, Rolando		01/01/06-08/31/06 09/01/05-08/31/06
INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS Shuwan Xue, Principal Investigator	Integrated Kinematical sensor system for human balance assessment		Ge Wu	Academic Collaborator, UVM

CHEAP TUBES, INC. Mike Foley,	Automated Carbon Nanotube Machine Development	07/01/06- 12/31/06	Tom Hughes, UVM Cheap Tubes, Inc. Larry Stelmack Bill Kane	PI Technical Consultant Technical Consultant auto. Work
KEVIN FOLEY Biomedical Technologies UVM Principal Investigator	Biomedial Scintillation Counter

NASA EPSCoR

3 VT-NASA EPSCoR

programs: seed grants for VT’s academic researchers,travel grants to develop new relationships with NASA scientists and engineers,direct support for students through GRA’s

Graduate Research Assistantships

Faculty Research Grants:

Start-Up Minigrants

Small-Scale Grants

Administrative travel and project operating funds

FY 2006

ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES –CORE RESEARCH
RESEARCHER/ TITLE	PROJECT TITLE	PERIOD	RESEARCH STUDENTS ASSISTANTS, FELLOWS, COLLABORATORS	LEVEL	PERIOD STUDENTS/ ASSISTANTSHIP
MORRISSEY, LESLIE Principal Investigator–Advanced Remote Sensing Techonologies Research Group School of Natural Resources, UVM	The Contribution of Northern Wetlands to the Global Methane Budget Using Remotely Sensed Data Remote Sensing, GIS, Water Resources, and Ecology	11/01/01-	Deborah Sergeant	Graduate	09/01/99–12/30/99
Dr. Jun Yu Associate Dean of Research & Scholarship University of Vermont Website:	Variations in Global SST's on inter-decadal and decadal scales Shallow-water waves, human brain modeling, Global Sea Ice Changes Variations in the Arctic Sea Ice Temperatures
NASA EPSCoR REMOTE SENSING
Gerald Livingston: School of Natural Resources University of Vermont Lead Investigator: School of Natural Resources UVM glivings@zoo.uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/snr/faculty/ faculty-cv/livingston.htm	Surface Atmosphere CO2 Exchange in a Northern Hardwood Forest: Evaluation of an Open Path Eddy Covariance Instrument	11/01/01-
YU, JUN Math and Stats, UVM Principal Investigator	Variations in Global SST’s on inter-decadal and decadal scales	11/01/01-	Yi Yang Guang-hui Wang Xiangye Li Richard Spindler	Post Doc. Graduate Graduate	08/01/02–08/19/03 08/01/03–04/14/04 08/27/04–08/26/05

DUBIEF, YVES
Engineering/UVM
Co-Investigator

HUSTON,DRYVER
Professor
College of Engr, UVM

DUBIEF, YVES Engineering/UVM Co-Investigator

HUSTON,DRYVER Professor College of Engr, UVM

DUBIEF, YVES
Engineering/UVM
Co-Investigator

HUSTON,DRYVER
Professor
College of Engr, UVM