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    2012 JDRD Program

    In 2012 the Science Alliance funded eight new and four second-year JDRD projects.

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    2012 JDRD Second-Year Awards

    The following individuals received JDRD funding in 2011


    Gajanan Bhat, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    Monolayer Polymeric Coatings to Enhance the Performance and Service Life of Membranes for High Temperature Biomass Pretreatment

    (Nanoporous Inorganic Membranes for Selective Separations in High Temperature Flow-through Recycle Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Ramesh Bhave)


    Qing Cao, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Distributed Computational Framework for Massive Heterogeneous Data Fusion A Location-Centric Approach

    (Distributed Computational Framework for Massive Heterogeneous Data Fusion, James Horey)


    Lee Han, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Distributed Computation Framework for Faster-than-Real-Time Microscopic Traffic Simulation

    (Distributed Computational Framework for Massive Heterogeneous Data Fusion, James Horey)


    Qiang He, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Lignocellulose Bioconversion in Anaerobic Digestion as a Unique Model

    (Harnessing Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles to Develop Microbial Consortia for Consolidated Bioprocessing, David Graham)


    For more information about the Joint Directed Research and Development Program please review our website: JDRD program.
    A list of First Year JDRD Awardees appears on our 1st-year JDRD projects page.




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    Lynne E. Parker
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