Polytechnic research awards - July 2024

Funded research awards for July 2024. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.

  • Modeling and Optimization of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots on Inclined and Curved Surfaces
    Investigator(s): Dongming Gan**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $200,000
  • Resilient Inverter Control
    Investigator(s): Xiaonan Lu**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $74,195
  • Developing FVSU's Capacity in Ag Research, Education, and Extension to Enhance Faculty and Students
    Investigator(s): Suranjan Panigrahi**; Sponsor: National Institute of Food & Agriculture; Polytechnic: $62,009
  • Collaborative Research: Digital Twin Solutions for Energy Provision Logistics in Three-Sided Electric Mobility Markets
    Investigator(s): Tho Le**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $269,164
  • Development of Reliable, Secure, and Safe Human-AI Alignment Techniques
    Investigator(s): BC Min**; Sponsor: Sungkyunkwan University; Polytechnic: $29,226.12
  • Further Refinement and Integrated Platform for INDOT Traffic Management and Safety Toolset
    Investigator(s): Yung-Ping Chien,**, Yaobin Chen, Shu Hu; Sponsor: US Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $68,866.50; Total: $229,555
  • Scalable and Concurrent Targeted Search for Digital Forensics
    Investigator(s): Umit Karabiyik**; Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory; Polytechnic: $126,449
  • Implementing An Advanced Friction Testing Program for Seamless Coverage of INDOT System
    Investigator(s): Chengcheng Tao**, Yi Jiang; US Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $42,000
  • CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: AI and Cybersecurity Education for Cyberinfrastructure: A Hands-On Approach
    Investigator(s): Baijian Yang**, Jin Wei-Kocsis, Deepak Nadig; Tonglin Zhang National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $480,000; Total: $640,000
  • Enhanced Traffic Pattern Knowledge Abstraction and Presentation
    Investigator(s): Yaobin Chen**, Tianyi Li, Chengcheng Tao; Sponsor: US Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $108,476.28; Total: $164,358
  • Characterizing Engineering Students’ Design Thinking, Energy Science Learning, and Economic Decision-Making using an Energy Based Software Platform
    Investigator(s): Brittany Newell**, Ale Magana; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $175,000; Total: $200,000
  • Enhancing Undergraduate Experiences in Data and Mobile Cloud Security
    Investigator(s): Feng Li**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $469,999
  • SCALE K-12 Silicon Crossroads ME Commons
    Investigator(s): Tamara Moore**, Kerrie Douglas, Siddika Guzey, Morgan Hynes, Greg Strimel; Sponsor: US Department of Defense; Polytechnic: $14,160; Total: $70,800
  • Analysis of compression Molded Hybrid Composites
    Investigator(s): Eduardo Barocio Vaca**, Garam Kim, Byron Pipes; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Pol ytechnic: $33,000; Total: $100,000

*Indicates principal investigator

Total Polytechnic awards = $2,152,544.90