Funded Research Grants

Grants and Research Contracts for 2001:

Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE)                                                                                     $109,349 
     Underground Placement of Coal Processing Waste and Coal Combustion 
     By-products Based Paste Backfill for Enhanced Mining Economics 
     Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs/Illinois Clean Coal Institute 

Vivak M. Malhotra (Physics); Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE)                                        $116,180 
     Development of Structural Materials from Sulfate-Rich Wet Scrubber Sludge 
     West Virginia University 

Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE)                                                                                      $34,474 
     Development of Coal Combustion Products-Based Transmission Poles 
     for the Utility Industry (Task Two-Program Administration) 
     West Virginia University 

Bradley C. Paul (MMRE)                                                                                                $25,000 

     Combustion Tests on Coal Preparation Wastes Fired Through Microcombustion Units 
     Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs/Illinois Clean Coal Institute 
     2001   6-23422   04/01/2001-07/31/2001   Research   99-1/1.1B-1 

Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE)                                                                                     $250,000 
     Demonstration of a Coal Industrial Park for Illinois Coal Industry Enhancement 
     Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs/Illinois Clean Coal Institute 

Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE); E. Bane Kroeger (MMRE)                                             $250,000 
      Demonstration of a Coal Industrial Park for Illinois Coal Industry Enhancement 
     Commonwealth Edison Company/Clean Coal Review Board 

Yoginder Paul Chugh (MMRE)                                                                                      $182,850 
     Identification of Cost Cutting Strategies for Underground Mines 
     Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs/Illinois Clean Coal Institute 

Manoj K. Mohanty (MMRE)                                                                                          $126,216 
     Evaluation of New Coal Sizing Technologies to Improve Plant Profitability 
     Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs/Illinois Clean Coal Institute 

Grants and Research Contracts:

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