
Funded Proposals
Entire Career: As PI: $ 5.82M As Co-PI: $ 2.23M Total: $ 8.05M
At UNR: As PI: $ 5.48M As Co-PI: $ 1.13M Total: $ 6.61M
Funding at the University of Nevada, Reno
22. Department of Energy Nuclear Program: “In Situ Raman Spectroscopy for Determining Actinide Speciation and Concentration”, PI: D. Chidambaram. $369,221; Oct 2016 – Sep 2019
21. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – ‘Materials and Thermal Science for Nuclear Power’; PI: D. Chidambaram, Co-PI: M. Greiner. $400,000; Oct 2016 – Sept 2020.
20. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – ‘Nuclear Materials Education’; PI: D. Chidambaram. $200,000; Oct 2016 – Sept 2018.
19. Ormat Inc – ‘Corrosion and Scaling Prevention in Geothermal Wells’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $145,000/year; Oct 2015 – Dec 2016.
18. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "University of Nevada, Reno Faculty Development Program in Nuclear Materials,” PI: D. Chidambaram. $607,000; Oct 2015 – Sept, 2018
17. Ormat Technologies Inc. – ‘Materials and Interfaces Scholar Award’, $25,000/year; March 2015.
16. Nevada System of Higher Education, NSF-EPSCoR – ‘Understanding the Degradation of Materials in Molten Salts Used in Concentrated Solar Power Plants’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $30,000; Mar 2015- Mar 2016 (Statewide)
15. UNR AIRE Grant – ‘Establishment of a Batteries and Fuel Cells Research and Teaching Laboratory’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $100,000; 2015. (Internal)
14. Ormat Inc – ‘Corrosion and Scaling Prevention in Geothermal Wells’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $115,000/year; Oct 2014 – Oct 2015.
13. Department of Energy Nuclear Program: "Effect of Metallic Li on the Behavior of Metals in Molten Salts”, PI: D. Chidambaram. $459,000; Oct 2014 – Sep 2017
12. Department of Energy Nuclear Program: "Enhancement of Supercritical Water Loop for Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of Nuclear Materials Under Extreme Conditions", PI: D. Chidambaram. $ 190,000; Sept 2014 – 2016.
11. Ormat Technologies Inc. – ‘Materials and Electrochemical Research Laboratory – Gift’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $12,000/year; September 2014 - until terminated – so far received $36,000.
10. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – ‘Materials and Thermal Science for Nuclear Power’; PI: D. Chidambaram, Co-PI: M. Greiner. $399,996; Sep 2013 – Aug 2017.
9. Ormat Inc – ‘Corrosion and Scaling Prevention in Geothermal Wells’, PI: D. Chidambaram, $117,000/year; Apr 2013 – August 2014. Renewable annually.
8. National Science Foundation. " Microbially-Active Functional Material Based Bioreactors for Continuous Production of Biofuels and Industrial Feedstock", PI: D. Chidambaram, Co-PI: M. E. Palmer. $313, 000; Oct 2012 – Sept 2015
7. Department of Energy EERE Program: "Stability of Materials for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation", PI: D. Chidambaram. $512,000; Oct 2012 – Sept 2014
6. Department of Energy Nuclear Program: "Supercritical Water Loop for Dynamic Studies of Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of Nuclear Materials Under Extreme Conditions", PI: D. Chidambaram. $348,000; Dec 2011 – Dec 2013
5. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "Faculty Development Program in Nuclear Materials Engineering ", PI: D. Chidambaram. $615,000; Aug 2011 – Sept, 2015
4. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "Development of Nuclear Materials Engineering and Combustion Courses at the University of Nevada, Reno", PI: D. Chidambaram, Co-PI: M. Greiner. $89,000; Aug 2011 – Sept, 2013
3. Department of Energy – Biodiesel generation ‘Next generation Biofuels from Non-food Sources’; PI: M. Misra, Co-PI: D. Chidambaram. $1,000,000; Sept 2010 – Sept 2014.
2. Department of Energy – Workforce Development Program ‘Professional Workforce Development in Renewable Energy through an Online Certification Program’; PIs: N. LaTourette, D. Chidambaram, A. Broch and R. Boehm. $135,000; Nov 2010 – Sept 2011.
1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Graduate Fellowships Program, ‘The University of Nevada, Reno Fellowship Program in Materials and Thermal Science for Nuclear Power’; PI: D. Chidambaram, Co-PI: M. Greiner. $399,997; Apr 2010 – Mar 2014.