Research Projects

• Behavior of Sulfur and Chlorine in Coal During Combustionand Boiler Corrosion
  Illinois Geological Survey, $58,378
  
• Co-firing Biomass Fuels with Coal (Co-PI w/J.T.Riley)
  TVA-SERBEP, $29,638
• Upgrade of an XRF Spectrometer (Co-PI w/J.T.Riley)
  NSF-RUI, $25,310
• Acquisition of a Quadropole Mass Spectrometer
  NSF-RUI, $32,436
• Application of DSC and FTIR to Planetary Surface Exploration
  Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, $9,900
• Behavior of Chlorine Coal Combustion in an AFBC Systems
  EPRI/ICCI, $114,980;
  DOE/KY-EPSCOR(M.S. Traineeship), $25,000.
• Co-Firing High Sulfur Coal with Refuse Derived Fuels
  USDOE, $139,940
• Behavior of Chlorine During Coal Combustion
  DOE/KY EPSCoR
• Multidisiplanary Incorporation of SEM into the Undergraduate Biological andPhysical Science Curriculum (Co-PI w/H. Owen)
  NSF-ILI, $66,000
• Huntsman Thermal Analysis Summer Fellowships
  Huntsman Packaging Corp, $30,000
• Studies of Processing Chemistry and Stability of High Temperature Polymides Using TG/FTIR/MS (Co-PI w/W.M.Lee)
  USDOD/KY-EPSCoR, $298,927
• Improvement of Undergraduate Science Instruction with a Microscope-Based Raman System
  NSF-ILI, $17,198.
• Metal Corrosion Due to Chlorine in AFBC System
  DOE/KY-EPSCoR(M.S. traineeship), $14,500.
• A Study of Chlorine in High Temperature Corrosion of Alloys in AFBC System.
  EPRI/ICCI. $256,348.
• Material Characterization Experiments in Undergraduate and graduate Research projects.
  Perkin Elmer, $35,500.