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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| HDTN SIMULATION AND MODELING AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $35,910 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Jan 17, 2024 | Jan 17, 2024 | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| THE GLM GROUND FLASH FRACTION RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM: IMPROVEMENT, TESTING, AND DEMONSTRATION THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXTEND, OPTIMIZE, AND RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE AN EXISTING ALGORITHM THAT RETRIEVES THE GROUND FLASH FRACTION IN A SET OF N FLASHES OBSERVED BY THE GEOSTATIONARY LIGHTNING MAPPER (GLM). THE GROUND FLASH FRACTION (WHICH PROVIDES THE RATIO OF THE # OF CLOUD FLASHES TO THE # OF GROUND FLASHES, OR SO-CALLED Z RATIO ) HAS SIGNIFICANT UTILITY IN A VARIETY OF SCIENTIFIC AREAS SUCH AS: LIGHTNING NITROGEN OXIDE (NOX) PRODUCTION FOR AIR QUALITY&GLOBAL CHEMISTRY/CLIMATE MODELING, SEVERE WEATHER STUDIES, LIGHTNING-CONVECTION RELATIONSHIPS, THE CONTRIBUTION OF LIGHTNING TO THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT, AND CROSS-SENSOR VALIDATION. THE EXISTING ALGORITHM WAS DEVELOPED BY PREVIOUS R3 EFFORTS. IT EMPLOYS A BAYESIAN RETRIEVAL METHODOLOGY. IT ALSO EMPLOYS A MIXED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL FOR DESCRIBING THE STATISTICAL NATURE OF CLOUD-TOP LIGHTNING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS. THE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM WAS TESTED USING SIMULATIONS, AND WAS DIRECTLY APPLIED TO OPTICAL TRANSIENT DETECTOR (OTD) DATA. THE RETRIEVAL RESULTS FROM THE OTD STUDY WERE COMPARED WITH THE GROUND FLASH FRACTION INFERRED FROM NATIONAL LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK (NLDN) DATA TO ASSESS RETRIEVAL ERRORS. THE OVERALL RESULTS WERE ENCOURAGING, BUT MORE WORK IS NEEDED TO FULLY OPTIMIZE THE ALGORITHM AND TO BUILD THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN ITS OPERATIONAL APPLICATION. IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT, FOUR TASKS WILL BE PERFORMED. FIRST, THE EXISTING BAYESIAN RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM WILL BE IMPROVED BY EMPLOYING A PARAMETER SEARCH INITIALIZATION THAT IS BASED ON THE GROBNER-BASIS SOLUTION SCHEME; IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE QUANTIFIED USING SIMULATIONS AND THE PREVIOUS OTD/NLDN DATASETS. SECOND, THE GROBNER-MODIFIED ALGORITHM WILL BE TESTED AND EVALUATED BY APPLYING IT TO LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSOR (LIS)/NLDN DATASETS. THIRD, A JOURNAL PAPER WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF YEAR 2 THAT FULLY DOCUMENTS THE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM AND THAT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION TO AN ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD). FOURTH, AS PART OF THE OPTIONAL THIRD YEAR, A VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE ALGORITHM PRODUCT WITHIN THE PROVING GROUND WILL BE PROVIDED. IN PARTICULAR, IT WILL BE SHOWN HOW GROUND FLASH FRACTION INFORMATION CAN BE HANDED OFF TO THE NASA MSFC LIGHTNING NITROGEN OXIDES MODEL (LNOM) TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL ACCURACY OF THE COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) MODEL. | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $63,720 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Nov 7, 2011 | Oct 12, 2011 | Sep 9, 2015 | ||
| FUEL CELLS FOR MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $714,960 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541710 | AJ12GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH | May 26, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | May 15, 2011 | ||
| FUEL CELLS FOR MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS - TASK 0003 | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,712,000 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541710 | AJ12GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 23, 2008 | Jun 4, 2008 | Mar 31, 2010 | ||
| TRAINING SEMINAR FOR 3 COUNSELORS COUNSELING TRAUM | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $297 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | — | — | — | 3590MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AND TRADE EQUIPMENT | Apr 24, 2008 | Apr 24, 2008 | May 4, 2008 | ||
| WORKSHOP FOR COUNSELOR ON TRAUMA, CLINICAL ISSUES. | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $99 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | — | — | — | 7510OFFICE SUPPLIES | Apr 22, 2008 | Apr 22, 2008 | Apr 22, 2008 | ||
| CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $113 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | — | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | X131 | Feb 13, 2008 | Feb 13, 2008 | Mar 31, 2009 | ||
| FUEL CELLS FOR MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $965,456 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541710 | AJ12GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Apr 23, 2007 | Apr 12, 2007 | Nov 15, 2008 | ||
| TASK ORDER 0001 - FUEL CELLS FOR MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,699,786 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541710 | AJ12GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jul 17, 2006 | Jul 10, 2006 | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ELLIPTIC CURVE BASED AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL FOR CONTROLLER-PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATION | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $24,780 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR12SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Feb 9, 2006 | Dec 1, 2005 | Jul 1, 2011 | ||
| THE 19TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE BLACK PHYSICS STUDENTS | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $30,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR21 | Feb 9, 2005 | Feb 1, 2005 | Jan 31, 2007 | ||
| SATURDAY ACADEMY FOR SPACE SCIENCE | CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $300,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR21 | May 3, 2002 | Oct 1, 2003 | May 31, 2005 |