Funded research awards for October 2025. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
- HDR Institute: Geospatial Institute for Digital Innovation to Enhance Resilience and Sustainability
Investigator(s): Vetria Byrd; Sponsor: University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; Polytechnic: $70,000.00 - CI CoE: SGX3 - A Center of Excellence to Extend Access, Expand the Community, and Exemplify Good Practices for CI Through Science Gateways
Investigator(s): Paul Parsons**; Sponsor: University Of California - San Diego; Polytechnic: $57,243.00 - Integrated Therapies for Alcohol use in Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ITAALD) - Indiana University Data Coordinating Center
Investigator(s): Yingjie Chen**; Sponsor: Indiana University; Polytechnic: $97,351.00 - Collaborative Research: Human-centered AI for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Operation and Design Synthesis (HARMONY)
Investigator(s): Xingyu Li**, Ragu Athinarayanan; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $260,000.00 - Purdue-Lilly 360 Emboidied AI/Robotics 2025 Research Activation Plan
Investigator(s): Anastasia Katharine Kouvaras Ostrowski; Sponsor: Lilly (Eli) And Company; Polytechnic: $65,793.40 - Thom FAA o-ring test 1 2025
Investigator(s): James Mark Thom**; Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration; Polytechnic: $9,993.00 - Retention of the Early-Career Highway Technician Workforce: Exploring and Addressing Their Career Trajectories and Challenges
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: In Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $267,248.00 - SCH: ASIC-Based Edge AI Wireless Vagus Nerve Implant for Exploring Diabetes Reversal
Investigator(s): Miad Faezipour**; Sponsor: University of Alabama; Polytechnic: $82,970.00 - Universal Image/Video Generator Distillation Framework
Investigator(s): Shu Hu**; Sponsor: Incode Technologies, Inc; Polytechnic: $47,240.00 - Walqer Haptic Feedback and Elastic Recoil Testing
Investigator(s): Milton Edward Aguirre**; Sponsor: Applied Research Institute; Polytechnic: $6,000.00
** Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic awards = $963,838.40
