Selected Externally Funded Research Projects
National Science Foundation, Engineering Initiation Award, "Natural Convection Heat Transfer Enhancement in Grooved Channels," CBT-8708802, 7/87 to 10/90, PI: M. Greiner, $59,312 (peer reviewed).
Gas Research Institute, "Free Shear Layer and Swirl Flow Heat Transfer Enhancement," 5087-260-1562, 9/87 to 12/89, PI: R.A. Wirtz, Co-PI"s M. Greiner and B. Snyder, $172,851 (peer reviewed).
United Technologies Research Center, "Technical Assessment of Tube-Side Heat Transfer-Pumping Power Performance Techniques," PO 232537, 5/1/92 to 6/30/92, PI: M. Greiner, $9671.
Department of Energy/University of Nevada System, "Nuclear Waste Transportation Cask Accident Testing," 10/93 to 9/94, PI: R.A. Wirtz, Participants: M. Greiner, S.Y. Luo and B. Snyder, $262,380.
Department of Energy/University of Nevada System, "Nuclear Waste Transportation Cask Accident Testing," 10/94 to 9/96, PI: R.A. Wirtz, Co-PI"s: M. Greiner, S.Y. Luo and B. Snyder, $260,810.
National Science Foundation, "Experimental Measurement and Numerical Modeling of Augmented Heat Transfer in Intermittently Grooved Channels," CTS-9501502, 4/15/95 to 12/31/99, PI: M. Greiner, Co-PI: R.A. Wirtz, $224,061 (peer reviewed).
National Science Foundation, "Heat Transfer Augmentation-REU," CTS-9501502, 1/1/98 to 3/30/99, PI: M. Greiner, $5000.
United Technologies Research Center, "Advanced Turbine Blade Outer Air Seal Film Cooling," Sabbatical Leave Research, 1/1/96 to 7/31/96, PI: M. Greiner, $19,196.
Hydrogen Burner Technology, Inc. "Heat Transfer/Pressure Drop Design Code for the HBT Gasoline Fueled Under-Oxidized Burner," 1/19/98 to 12/31/99, PI: M. Greiner, $62,000.
US Department of Energy, DE-FG02-98ER45715, "Experimental Benchmarking of Fire Modeling Simulations," 9/15/98 to 9/14/01, PI: M. Greiner, $149,784 (peer reviewed).
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "HLW Highway Transportation Safety Issues: Shipping Cask Performance in Severe Accident Fire Environments," 5/1/00 to 7/31/00, PI: M. Greiner, $52,500.
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "Severe Fires Under High Wind Conditions: Potential Implications for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation," 5/31/01 to 12/31/01, PI: M. Greiner, $14,430.
Sandia National Laboratories, 26139, "Package Performance Study Peer Review Panel," 12/21/01 to 9/30/03, PI: M. Greiner, $5,288.
Sandia National Laboratories, "Effect of Package Placement on Fire Response," 26119, 12/18/01 to 9/30/02, PI: M. Greiner, $50,000.
Nevada Applied Research Initiative, "Benchmarking and Use of the Container Analysis Fire Environment (CAFE) Computer Code," 1/02 to 7/03, PI: M. Greiner, $16,000.
Hoefer Foundation, "Benchmarking and Use of the Container Analysis Fire Environment (CAFE) Computer Code," 1/02 to 7/03, PI: M. Greiner, $5,000.
UNR Technology Fee Fund, "MECH 391 Instrumentation Laboratory," 6/02, PI: M. Greiner, $15,853
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "Nuclear Waste Package Fire Testing," 4/15/03 to 6/30/03, PI: M. Greiner, $25,000.
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "Analysis of Spent Fuel Shipment Accident Consequences," 8/1/03 to 12/31/04, PI: M. Greiner, $71,600.
Sandia National Laboratories, "Analysis of the Effects of Small, Long-Duration Fires on SNF Packages," 2/1/04 to 2/28/05, PI: M. Greiner, $41,657.
US Department of Energy (through Sandia National Labs), "Nuclear Waste Package Internal Heat Transfer," 7/1/04 to 1/30/07, PI: M. Greiner, $242,470.
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "Cask Performance in Fire Environments," 7/21/05 to 1/31/06, PI: M. Greiner, $24,710.
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "Cask Performance - Task 3.6," 3/1/06 to 6/1/06, PI: M. Greiner, $4,500.
State of Nevada, Agency for Nuclear Projects, "PVP Travel," 7/1/06 to 7/31/06, PI: M. Greiner, $2450.
Nevada System for Higher Education, NSHE-06-88, "ARI Nuclear Transportation Research," 6/1/06 to 5/31/08, PI: M. Greiner, $48,955.
US
Department of Energy, DE-FC07-06ID14782, "AFCI Transportation
Research," 5/27/06 to 8/26/07, PI: M. Greiner, $592,500.
