Contracts & Grants

The EMS Energy Institute receives contracts and grants from various government agencies, industries and universities. Below is a sampling of the contracts awarded since April 2009.

Boehman, André

  • Research in ermal Oxidative Stability of Jet Fuel; Industry
  • Characterization of Fuel Samples; Industry
  • Fuel Ignition Study in Motored Engine Experiment; University

Burgess-Clifford, Caroline

  • Coker Runs, Industry
  • Coker Runs: Catalyst Runs III; Industry

Derek Elsworth

  • Study on Sedimentary Basins in the U.S.; Industry
  • Acquisition of a High-Temperature Load and Flow- Through System for Research and Teaching; National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Modeling CO2 Sequestration in CBM Reservoirs; Industry
  • Mechanical and Transport Characteristics of Coal-Biomass Mixtures; Industry/U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Capturing Reservoir Stimulation, Evolution and Induced Seismicity; DOE

Eser, Semih

  • Analysis of Tubes by Microscopy; Industry
  • Characterization of Optical Texture and Oxidation Reactivity of Coke Samples, Fouling and Carbonization Tests on Resid Samples Using Microcokers; Industry
  • Coking of Decant Oil in a PSU Pilot-Scale Delayed Coker and Analysis of Coke Samples to Compare with Results from a Commercial Unit; Industry

Fonseca, Dania

  • Analysis of Phenolic Resin Binder Samples; Industry

Li, Li

  • Modeling Processes Relevant to Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lueking, Angela

  • Hydrogen Caged in Carbon-Exploration of Novel Carbon-Hydrogen Interactions; DOE

Lvov, Serguei

  • Evaluation of Alternate ermochemcial Cycles; Argonne National Laboratory
  • Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Steels in Supercritical CO2 containing impurities; Industry/ DOE

Marone, Chris

  • Laboratory Study of Fault Healing and Frictional Properties; Role of Fluids; NSF

Ma, Xiaoliang

  • Development of a Conceptional Process for Converting Light Olefins to JP-8; Industry

Mathews, Jonathan

  • Modeling of Illinois Coal; University

Miller, Bruce G.

  • Thermogravimetric Analysis Testing; University
  • Evaluation of Biomass Feedstocks rough Stoker Combustion Tests; Industry
  • Combustion and Emission Performance when Firing Coal/Biomass Blends; Industry

Morrison, Joel

  • West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Inc.

Pisupati, Sarma

  • Effect of Catalysts on Coal Combustion and Emission Performance; Industry
  • Oxy Coal Combustion: Impact on Mineral Transformation, Ash Depositional Behavior and Heat Transfer; Industry/DOE

Ryan, Tim

  • CT Scans of Coal and Sandstone Samples; Industry
  • CT Scans of Carbonate Rock Samples; Industry
  • CT Scans of a Cylindrical Battery Cell; Industry

Saffer, Demian

  • Mechanics and Seismogenic Potential of Low Angle Normal Faults; NSF

Song, Chunshan

  • CO2 Capture with NO2/SO2 Removal from Flue Gas Using Solid Molecular Basket Sorbents; DOE
  • Naval Aviation Logistic Fuel Desulfurizer, Reformer, and Power System Phase II; Industry
  • Person-Portable Oxidative Desulfurization System; Industry
  • Improving Ni Catalyst for Steam Reforming; Industry

Vander Wal, Randy

  • Soot Formation, Burnout & Evolving Soot Structure; Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • An Ultrasensitive, Size Resolved Mass Measurement Device; Industry
  • Glow Discharge Analyzer for Spacecraft Monitoring; Industry

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