The following individuals received first-year JDRD funding.

Mongi Abidi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
— 3D blind deconvolution of STEM data

(Imaging energy materials in operandi with atomic resolution STEM, Albina Y. Borisevich)

Alison Buchan, and Gladys Alexandre, Department of Microbiology
— Assessing the role of sensory mechanisms in defining microbial activities

(Novel approaches for uncovering total environmental gene expression patterns, Martin Keller)

Shengting Cui and Bamin Khomami, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
— Atomistic simulation of interfacial metal ion extraction

(Developing a science base for fuel reprocessing separations in Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, Valmore de Almeida)

John Sanseverino, Center for Environmental Biotechnology
and Paul Frymier, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
— An investigation of anaerobic microbial fuel cell performance

(Electricity and biohydrogen production via systems level understanding of microbial fuel cells, Abhijeet P. Borole)

Veerle Keppens, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
— Resonant ultrasound studies of quasi-2D cobalt oxide thermoelectrics

(Nanostructured thermoelectrics for power generation: smaller is cooler, Rongying Jin)

Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin, and Don Dareing, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
— Investigation of nano-scale thermo/electro/mechanical energy conversions

(NanoePower – nanoscatalytic direct-fuel thermoelectric generator, Zhiyu (Jerry) Hu)

Phillip Rack, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
— Nanofabricated scanning probe microscopy tips for enhanced detection of molecular photo electrochemical processes

(Energy flow and conversion on the molecular level: a view of molecular photo electromechanical machines, Sergei V. Kalinin)

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