{"id":7572,"date":"2014-01-29T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=7572"},"modified":"2018-08-31T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T17:10:16","slug":"20132014-cycle-8-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=7572","title":{"rendered":"2014\/2015 Energy Research Grants (Cycle 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Co-Synthesis of Bioenergy Proteins To Increase Microbial Biofuel Competitiveness<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Paul Blum, School of Biological Sciences Co-PI:\u00a0 Joseph Turner, Mechanical and Materials Engineering<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/biosci.unl.edu\/paul-blum\">Paul Blum Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Cycle-8-Blum-Abstract.pdf\">801 Paul Blum Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conversion of CO2 and Carbonate to Methane and (bio) Isoprene<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Nicole Buan, Department of Biochemistry<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unlcms.unl.edu\/biochemistry\/buanlab\/welcome\">Nicole Buan Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cycle-8-Buan-abstract.pdf\">802 Nicole Buan Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Numerical Modeling of the Formation of Micro\/Nanostructures on Metals Using Femtosecond laser Surface Processing<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 George Gogos, Mechanical and Materials Engineering<br \/>\nCo-PIs:\u00a0 Dennis Alexander, Electrical Engineering; Sidy Ndao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Jeffrey Shield, Mechanical and Materials Engineering<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.unl.edu\/academicunits\/mechanical-materials\/faculty-staff\/GeorgeGogos.shtml\">George Gogos Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cycle-8-George-Gogos-Abstract.pdf\">803 George Gogos Abstract<br \/>\n<\/a>Publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Effects-of-Droplet-Diameter-and-Fluid-Properties-on-the-Leidenfrost-Temperature-of-Polished-and-MicroNanostructured-Surfaces.pdf\">Effects of Droplet Diameter and Fluid Properties on the Leidenfrost Temperature of Polished and Micro\/Nanostructured Surfaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ITHERM-Drroplet-Diameter-Laser-Processed.pdf\">Effects of Droplet Diameter on the Leidenfrost Temperature of Laser Processed Multiscale Structured Surfaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Kruse-et-al.-2015-Enhanced-pool-boiling-heat-transfer.pdf\">Enhanced Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux on Femtosecond Laser 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href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Secondary-Pool-Boiling-Effects.pdf\">Secondary Pool Boiling Effects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Leidenfrost-Droplet-Motion-Manuscript1.pdf\">Self-Propelled Droplets on Heated Surfaces with Angled Self-Assembled Micro\/Nanostructures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Zuhlke-et-al.-2015-Superhydrophobic-metallic-surfaces.pdf\">Superhydrophobic Metallic Surfaces Functionalized via Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing for Long Term Air Fil Retention When Submerged in Liquid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Tailoring-Liquid-Solid-Interfacial-Energy-Transfer.pdf\">Tailoring Liquid Solid Interfacial Energy Transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Hassebrook-et-al.-2015-Thermal-Stability-of-Rare-Earth-Oxide.pdf\">Thermal Stability of Rare Earth Oxide Coated Superhydrophobic Microstructured Metallic Surfaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2014-stop-motion-imaging-SPIE.pdf\">Understanding the Formation of Self-Organized Micro\/Nanostructures on Metal Surfaces from Femtosecond Laser Ablation Using Stop-Motion SEM Imaging<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scalable and Facile Production of Conformal Graphene as Low-Cost Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Xiao Cheng Zeng, Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chem.unl.edu\/faculty\/zeng.shtml\">Xiao Zeng Webpage<br \/>\n<\/a>Abstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Xiao-Zeng-Abstract.pdf\">804 Xiao Zeng Abstract<br 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Solution-Processed Precursor Stacking Layers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Highly-Efficient-and-Anomalous-Charge-Transfer-.-...pdf\">Highly Efficient and Anomalous Charge Transfer in van der Waals Trilayer Semiconductors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/In-situ-imaging-and-control-of-layer-by-layer-femtosecond-laser-thinning-of-graphene-c4nr07078j.pdf\">In Situ Imaging and Control of Layer-by-Layer Femtosecond Laser Thinning of Graphene <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Large-fill-factor-bilary-iodine-perovskite-solar-cells-Energy-Environ.-Sci.pdf\">Large Fill-Factor Bilary Iodine Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated by a Low-Temperature Solution-Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mechanistic-Study-of-the-Persistent-Luminescence-of-CaAl2O4-EuND.pdf\">Mechanistic Study of the Persistent Luminescence of CaAl2O4 Eu,ND<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Non-wetting-surface-driven-high-aspect-ratio-crystalline-grain-growth-for-efficient-hybrid-perovskite-solar-cells-ncomms8747.pdf\">Non-Wetting Surface-Driven High-Aspect-Ratio Crystalline Grain Growth for Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Polymer-aggregation-correlated-transition-App.-Physics-Lett.pdf\">Polymer Aggregation Correlated Transition from Schottky-Junction to Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Reduced-Biomolecular-Charge-J-Phys-Chem.pdf\">Reduced Biomolecular Charge Recombination Loss in 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href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Titanium-Trisulfide-Monolayer-Theoretical-Prediction-of-a-New-Direct-Gap.pdf\">Titanium Trisulfide Monolayer Theoretical Prediction of a New Direct-Gap Semiconductor with High and Anisotropic Carrier Mobility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tuning-Electronic-Properties-of-Transition-Metal-Trichalcogenides-via-Tensile-Strain.pdf\">Tuning Electronic Properties of Transition-Metal Trichalcogenides via Tensile Strain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Univeral-Formation-of-Compositionally-Adv.-Mat..pdf\">Universal Formation of Compositionally Graded Bulk Heterojunction for Efficiency Enhancement in Organic Photovoltaics.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-Synthesis of Bioenergy Proteins To Increase Microbial Biofuel Competitiveness Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Paul 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