Funded research awards for January 2026. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
- Guide for Developing and Managing Airport Landside Vehicular Congestion Pricing
Investigator(s): Fecri Karanki**; Sponsor: InterVISTAS Consulting, Inc; Polytechnic: $25,000.00 - GenAI and Digital Twin for Adaptive Manufacturing Operations
Investigator(s): Xingyu Li**, Ragu Athinarayanan; Sponsor: Hitachi Ltd; Polytechnic: $52,374.00 - 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: $5,120.81 - Noyce Microelectronics (ME) Master Teacher Fellowship Program
Investigator(s): Greg J. Strimel**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $62,250.00 - SCALE K-12 Silicon Crossroads ME Commons
Investigator(s): Greg J. Strimel; Sponsor: DNU Applied Research Institute, Inc; Polytechnic: $100,000.00 - 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: $272,214.00 - Rapid User-centered Design and Optimization of Lab Facilities (RUDOLF) for STEM Inclusion
Investigator(s): Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $5,000.00
** Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic awards = $521,958.81
