Polytechnic research awards - August 2020

Funded research awards for August 2020. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.

  • Advancing Army Modernization Priorities through Collaborative Energetic Materials Research
    Investigator(s): Jeffrey Rhoads**, Nate Hartman, Stephen Beaudion, Edward Berger, Bryan Boudouris, Weinong Chen, George Chiu, Chelsea Davis, James Gibert, Christopher Goldenstein, Marcial Gonzalez, Hilkka Kenttamaa, Marisol Koslowski, Robert Lucht, Terrence Meyer, Eric Nauman, Davin Piercey, Jonathan Poggie, Timothee Pourpoint, Padinjaremadhom Ramchandran, Swanand Sardeshmuka, Brett Savoie, Carlo Scalo, Shweta Singh, Mikhail Slipchenko, Steven Son, Alejandro Strachan, John Sutherland, Thomas Talavage, Song Zhang ; Sponsor: US Army ACC APG Adelphi Div; Polytechnic: $160,000.00; Total: $24,700,221
  • NIJ Research Assistantship Program: Digital Forensics and Multimedia Analysis
    Investigator(s): Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar**, Marc Rogers; Sponsor: National Institute of Justice; Polytechnic: $34,504.00
  • Modeling Feedstock Performance and Conversion Operations
    Investigator(s): Michael Ladisch**, Kingsly Ambrose, Arezzo Ardekani, Abigail Engelberth, Kendra Erik, Marcial Gonzalez, Nathan Mosier, Pankaj Sharma, Carl Wassgren, Eduardo Ximenes; Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy; Polytechnic: $20,822.23; Total: $1,108,384
  • PEGASAS Project 0: Management and Administration
    Investigator(s): William Crossley**, Mary Johnson, Karen Marais; Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration; Polytechnic: $13,500.00; Total: $270,000
  • Aerospace L Paint Test
    Investigator(s): Mary Johnson**, James Mark Thom; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $5,832.00
  • Collaborative Research: Developing Business Communication Skills in Manufacturing Technician Education
    Investigator(s): Mesut Akdere**, Kris Acheson-Clair ; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $344,906.05, Total: $363,059
  • Collaborative Research: Lake Breeze Influence on Ozone Transport as Captured by an Unmanned Aircraft System
    Investigator(s): Joseph Hupy**; Sponsor: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Polytechnic: $93,929.00
  • Multi Sponsor – AWARD
    Investigator(s): Richard Voyles**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $80,000.00
  • Technical Instruction and Evaluation for Automating Navy STIG/Cybersecurity
    Investigator(s): Eric Dietz**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $27,442.00
  • EAGER: SaTC-EDU: AI-based Humor-Integrated Social Engineering Training
    Investigator(s): Julia Rayz**, Ida Ngambeki; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $299,566.00
  • I-Corps Team for Kitchen IoT
    Investigator(s): Richard Voyles**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,000.00
  • Purdue University Cybersecurity Camp
    Investigator(s): Tahir Khan**, Robert Deadman; Sponsor: National Security Agency; Polytechnic: $99,993.26
  • SPR - 4523 - Applied Ergonomics
    Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $80,682.00
  • The Seal-y Spoon
    Investigator(s): Greg Strimel**, Zachary Roth; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $2,500.00, Total: $5,000

**Indicates principal investigator

Total Polytechnic awards = $1,313,676.54