CERTAIN has provided opportunities for Seed Grant funding. To date, four calls have resulted in funded proposals from across the university, including the School of Earth Sciences, OSU Extension, the College of Engineering, Fisher College of Business, and the Knowlton School of Architecture. Announcements for future seed grant funding opportunities will be posted as News items.


2018

Engineering the Subsurface to Seasonally Store Energy While Sequestering CO2
Jeffrey M. Bielicki, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering; John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
Ramteen Sioshansi, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University
Joachim Moortgat, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

Future of Coal Mining in Ohio
Tarunjit Butalia, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University

Reducing Commercial Energy Usage Through Real-Time Feedback
Erin McKie, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
Christian Blanco, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University

Improved Estimates of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources
Joachim Moortgat, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
David Tomasko, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University

Preparing Communities for Energy Development: Creating Curricula for Land Use and Community Planning
Myra Moss, OSU Extension, The Ohio State University
Nancy Bowen-Ellzey, OSU Extension, The Ohio State University
Eric Romich, OSU Extension, The Ohio State University

 


2017

Enhancing Social Science Research Coordination at the 2017 Energy Impacts Symposium
Jeffrey B. Jacquet, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
Julia H. Haggerty, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University

The Post-TAPS Project
Katherine Jenkins, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University

Development of an Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena Course across Institutions
Shaurya Prakash, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

 


Summer 2016

Community Perceptions of and Resilience to Shale Energy Development in Eastern Ohio
Jeffrey M. Bielicki, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering; John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
Paige Hagley, Environmental Science Graduate Program, The Ohio State University

 


Spring 2016

Organic Matter Preservation by Microbial and Algal Mediation in Unconventional Paleozoic Reservoirs
Loren E. Babcock (PI), Michael Bevis, Ann E. Cook, Andrew J. Wendruff, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
​Per Ahlberg, Mates E. Eriksson, Department of Geology, Lund University, Sweden

Windfall Wealth and Shale Development in Appalachian Ohio
James S. Bates, Extension Field Specialist-Family Wellness, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension
Polly Loy, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Belmont County, OSU Extension