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With focuses in software engineering, social media and mobile devices as well as web programing, faculty are applying computer graphics to a wide-range of problems and creating significant impact. Their research, in turn, can be used in the classroom to keep students knowledgeable about new technology and new uses for it.

Computer Graphics Technology Grants

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: ROCKWELL COLLINS
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (May '16)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (May '16)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Cummins, Inc.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (May '16)

Development of Model Based Engineering (MBE) Processes

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Apr '16)

Gesture-Manipulated 3D Network Maps for Tracking, Assessment, and Reflection Opportunities in Digital Non-linear Adaptive Learning Systems

Principal Investigator: Vetria Byrd
Sponsor: Iowa State University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,000.00 (Mar '16)

Broadening Participation in Visualization (BPViz) Workshop

Principal Investigator: Vetria Byrd
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $17,378.00 (Mar '16)

Extending Model Based Definition

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: GE Global Research Center
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $45,200.00 (Feb '16)

URP Funding

Principal Investigator: Nancy Rasche
Sponsor: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Feb '16)

1516 PRF Research Grant

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $28,383.00 (Jan '16)

Extending and Evaluating the Model-based Product Definition, Amendment 1

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECH
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $210,583.00 (Jan '16)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: ROCKWELL COLLINS
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $12,500.00 (Jan '16)

NSRP 13-01 RA Participation - Computer Aided Robotics Welding (CAR-W)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $53,200.00 (Jan '16)

City of Indianapolis Online Portal Research and Testing Contract with CityBase, LLC

Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: CityBase LLC
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $63,226.00 (Jan '16)

Hosting PDES Inc Websites

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: PDES Inc
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,001.00 (Dec '15)

PRIAM15-03: Extend Model based definition and Interoperability for MBE

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $158,871.75 (Nov '15)

INCR: 1415 Lab & Core Equipment Grant

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,000.00 (Nov '15)

VR Simulation for 1st Through 3rd Grade Children

Principal Investigator: David Whittinghill
Sponsor: LAFAYETTE URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSN.,INC.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $8,758.00 (Nov '15)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Oct '15)

EAGER - BIGDATA: IA: SMART Data - Academic Success Made Affordable, Rapid, and Timely through Integrated Data Analytics

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $45,000.00 (Sep '15)

Extending and Evaluating the Model-based Product Definition

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECH
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $150,000.00 (Sep '15)

Travel size fluid power demonstrator for engagement and outreach activities

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Esteban Garcia Bravo
Sponsor: NATIONAL FLUID POWER ASSOCIATION
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $500.00 (Aug '15)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: TEXTRON, INC.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Aug '15)

SaTC-EDU: EAGER Enhancing Cybersecurity Education Through aRepresentational Fluency Model

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Yingjie Chen
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $74,844.00 (Jul '15)

Conceptual Model-based Problem Solving (COMPS): A Response to Intervention Program for Students with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Yingjie Chen
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $67,468.20 (Jul '15)

INTEL

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: INTEL CORPORATION
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $20,000.00 (Jul '15)

NSRP 13-01 RA Participation - Computer Aided Robotics Welding (CAR-W) Phase 0

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $8,064.00 (Jul '15)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Jun '15)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Jun '15)

14-15 Laboratory & University Core Facility Research Equipment program

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $43,857.00 (May '15)

W.E. Smith Unrestricted Gift

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Smith, William Earl
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,000.00 (May '15)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Cummins, Inc.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Mar '15)

1415 PRF: Bedrich Benes

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $28,281.00 (Dec '14)

Tomographic data reconstruction

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $16,500.00 (Oct '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: The Boeing Company
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Sep '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Aug '14)

Connecting Mathematical Ideas through Animated Multimodal Instruction Mod. 1

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $78,996.00 (Aug '14)

Hosting PDES Inc Websites

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: PDES Inc
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,010.00 (Aug '14)

Software Analysis for 3D Printing

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Siemens Corporate Research Inc
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $55,000.00 (Jun '14)

Boeing

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: The Boeing Company
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,856.38 (Jun '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Procter & Gamble Company
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Jun '14)

2014 GS SRG- CGT

Principal Investigator: Patrick Connolly
Sponsor: PRF Summer Research Grants
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $4,697.26 (May '14)

Collaborative Research: Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) - Amend 4 for Grant 105640

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $41,049.30 (May '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Textron, Inc.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Apr '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Cummins Business Services
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Apr '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Apr '14)

12-13 Bridge Funding

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $34,449.51 (Mar '14)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Rolls-Royce Corporation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Mar '14)

Phase X Rolls Royce/Purdue PLM Collaboration Proposal

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Rolls-Royce, Inc
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $100,000.00 (Feb '14)

A Big Data, Giant Screens and Open Ears Project (A Category1 Proposal)

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Carlos Morales
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $56,613.24 (Dec '13)

Pre-classification Workflow and Analytics Engine for Proposals Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $6,249.75 (Dec '13)

Collaborative Research: Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) - Central Resource for Characterizing the TUES Portfolio

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $38,646.00 (Oct '13)

Integrating Spatial Educational Experiences (Isee) - Mapping a New Approach to Teaching and Learning Soil Science

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: National Inst of Food & Agriculture
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $62,961.90 (Oct '13)

Integrating Spatial Educational Experiences (Isee) - Mapping a New Approach to Teaching and Learning Soil Science

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Ronald Glotzbach
Sponsor: National Inst of Food & Agriculture
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $62,961.90 (Oct '13)

Connecting Mathematical Ideas through Animated Multimodal Instruction

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $80,567.00 (Aug '13)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Aug '13)

Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) - Central Resource for Characterizing the TUES Portfoliothrough Interactive Knowledge ... Mining and Visualizations

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $70,500.00 (Aug '13)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,000.00 (Jun '13)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $115,000.00 (May '13)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $50,000.00 (Apr '13)

Haptic Rendering & Visual Simulation to Improve Understanding of Complex Physical Processes

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $61,048.00 (Apr '13)

A Global High-Resolution Fossil Fuel CO2 Inventory Built from Assimilation of in situ and Remotely-Sensed Datasets to Advance Satellite Greenhouse Gas Decision Support Systems

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Arizona State University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $47,564.00 (Apr '13)

Phase IX Rolls Royce/Purdue PLM Collaboration Proposal

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Rolls-Royce, Inc.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $100,000.00 (Apr '13)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,000.00 (Jan '13)

Graduate Student Funding

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Ross Graduate Fellowship - Assistantship
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $17,096.00 (Dec '12)

Collaborative Research: An Interactive Steel Connection Teaching Tool - A Virtual Structure

Principal Investigator: Hazar Dib
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $58,807.00 (Dec '12)

Engineering Technology Pathways: The Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Patrick Connolly
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $13,584.00 (Dec '12)

Experience Accelerator

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: Stevens Institute Of Technology
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $11,475.00 (Oct '12)

EXP: Collaborative Research: A System of Animation Gesturesfor Effective Teaching Avatars

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $141,750.00 (Sep '12)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $100,000.00 (Jul '12)

Development and Testing of a Kinect-based Video Game to Improve Physical Therapy Treatment Compliance for Children withMotor Impairments

Principal Investigator: David Whittinghill
Sponsor: St Vincent Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $25,000.00 (Jul '12)

Development of a Kinect-based Physical Therapy Video Game for the Treatment of Pediatric Cerebral Palsy

Principal Investigator: David Whittinghill
Sponsor: Purdue University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $8,000.00 (May '12)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,000.00 (May '12)

VELS: an interactive Virtual Environment for Learning Surveying concepts and practices

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $69,998.00 (May '12)

VELS: an interactive Virtual Environment for Learning Surveying concepts and practices

Principal Investigator: Hazar Dib
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $89,998.00 (May '12)

Social Media Monitoring for Super Bowl XLV

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: Indiana Office of Technology
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,305.00 (Apr '12)

Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence (PLM)

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $15,000.00 (Feb '12)

Phase VIII Rolls Royce / Purdue PLM Collaboration Proposal

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Rolls-Royce, Inc.
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $250,000.00 (Jan '12)

Maintenance and Extension of the Purdue Product Lifecycle Management Certificate Program

Principal Investigator: Nathan Hartman
Sponsor: Boeing Company, The
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $30,000.00 (Oct '11)

Collaborative Research: Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) - Central Resource for Characherizing the TUES Portfoliothrough Interactive Knowledge Mining and Visualations

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $312,567.00 (Sep '11)

A Global High-Resolution Fossil Fuel CO2 Inventory Built from Assimilation of in situ and Remotely-Sensed Datasets to Advance Satellite Greenhouse Gas Decision Support Systems

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Arizona State University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $51,139.00 (Aug '11)

A Global High-Resolution Fossil Fuel CO2 Inventory Built from Assimilation of in situ and Remotely-Sensed Datasets to Advance Satellite Greenhouse Gas Decision Support Systems; Amendment 1

Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: Arizona State University
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $45,447.00 (Jun '11)

Adding an Intelligent Tutoring System to Alice

Principal Investigator:
Sponsor: NSF
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $174,045.00 (Jun '11)

Engineering Technology Pathways: The Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain - Amend 2 for Grant 105582

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Patrick Connolly
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $13,351.00 (Jun '11)

Urban Simulation Visualization (for MTC/ABAG)

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: University of California - Berkeley
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $94,050.00 (Jul '10)

III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Integrating Behavioral, Geometrical and Graphical Modeling to Simulate and Visualize Urban Areas

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes, Gary Bertoline
Sponsor: NSF
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $112,207.00 (Jul '10)

III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Integrating Behavioral, Geometrical and Graphical Modeling to Simulate and Visualize Urban Areas - Amend 1

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Bedrich Benes
Sponsor: NSF
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $112,702.00 (Jul '10)

Life-Like Computer Animation of American Sign Language - From Research to Classroom

Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: Scholl, Dr. William M. Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $12,500.00 (Jun '10)

Building a serious game to teach secure coding in introductory programming

Principal Investigator:
Sponsor: NSF
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $123,428.00 (Jun '10)

Building a serious game to teach secure coding in introductory programming

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: NSF
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $123,428.00 (Jun '10)

Developing Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator Prototype and Roadmap

Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: Stevens Institute of Technology
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $74,555.00 (Jun '10)

Software for Math Education for the Deaf

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $149,999.00 (Jun '06)

Virtual Tour of Muscatatuck State Hospital Historic District

Principal Investigator: Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Co-Principal Investigator: Gary Bertoline
Sponsor: IN Army National Guard
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $14,320.00 (Jun '06)

Computer and Information Technology, Computer Graphics Technology Grants

Social Media Monitoring for Super Bowl XLV

Principal Investigator:
Co-Principal Investigator: Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Sponsor: Indiana Office of Technology
Department: Computer and Information Technology, Computer Graphics Technology
Amount Received: $2,170.00 (Jan '12)