Funded research awards for April 2026. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
- Toward Dry-Processable Silicon Anodes for Solid-State Batteries Exceeding 7 mAh/cm² via CVD Polymer Surface Modification
Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: Hansol Chemical; Polytechnic: $541,950.70 - Digital Enterprise Center
Investigator(s): Nathan W Hartman**; Sponsor: Multi-Sponsored Industrials; Polytechnic: $50,000.00 - Funded Joint Appointment with Argonne National Laboratory May-June 2025
Investigator(s): Xiaonan Lu**; Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory; Polytechnic: $4,943.68 - High-fidelity haptic system for a hyper-realistic metaverse
Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: Korea Res Inst Standards & Sci; Polytechnic: $59,948.05
** Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic awards = $656,842.43
