2015 HBCU/UCR Joint Kickoff Meeting

Crosscutting Research Technology Program
2015 HBCU/UCR Joint Kickoff Meeting

Tuesday, October 27

• Welcome and Introductory Remarks (Jessica Mullen and Bob Romanosky)
• Passive Wireless Sensors Fabricated by Direct-Writing for Temperature and Health Monitoring of Energy Systems in Harsh-Environments
  PI: Edward Sabolsky, West Virginia University
• Wireless 3D Nanorod Composite Arrays based High Temperature Surface-Acoustic Wave Sensors for Selective Gas Detection through Machine Learning Algorithms
  PI: Yu Lei, University of Connecticut
• Low-Cost Efficient and Durable High Temperature Wireless Sensors by Direct Write Additive Manufacturing for Application in Fossil Energy Systems
  PI: Rahul Panat, Washington State University
• Combustion Synthesis of Boride-Based Electrode Materials for MHD Direct Power Extraction
  PI: Evgeny Shafirovich University of Texas at El Paso
• Novel High Temperature Carbide and Boride Ceramics for Direct Power Extraction Electrode Applications
  PI: Zhe Cheng, Florida International University

Wednesday, October 28

• Procurement Overview/Comments (Bethan Young, Chuck Tomasiak, and Nicole Murray) 
• Integrated Harsh Environment Gas/Temperature Wireless Microwave Acoustic Sensor System for Fossil Energy Applications
  PI: Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, University of Maine
• Metal 3D Printing of Low-NOX Fuel Injectors with Integrated Temperature Sensors
  PI: Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas at El Paso
• High Fidelity Computational Model for Fluidized Bed Experiments 
  PI: Vinod Kumar, University of Texas at El Paso
• Interfacing MFIX with PETSC and HYPRE Linear Solver Libraries
  PI: Gautham Krishnamoorthy, University of North Dakota