Polytechnic research awards - September 2024

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

  • High-fidelity haptic system for a hyper-realistic metaverse
    Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $44,916.06
  • PEGASAS Management and Center Proposal
    Investigator(s): William Crossley**, Mary Johnson, Karen Marais; Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration; Polytechnic: $27,699.50; Total: $110,797.66
  • Additively Manufactured Piezoelectric PVdF for Energy Harvesting and Strain Monitoring
    Investigator(s): Robert Nawrocki**; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $50,000
  • ROK Army AI Capability Enhancement Program 2024
    Investigator(s): Eric Matson**, Eric Dietz, Anthony Smith; Sponsor: Chung-Ang University; Polytechnic: $40,000
  • Purdue IN-MaC
    Investigator(s): Sascha Harrell**; Sponsor: Industry Sponsor; Polytechnic: $150,000
  • LIFE SCIENCES: NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITION: Multiscale, Multiphysics Study of Thermal and Nonthermal Directed Energy Biological Effects
    Investigator(s): Allen Garner**, Ignacio Camarillo, Raji Sundararajan; Sponsor: Army Research Office; Polytechnic: $2,500; Total:150,000
  • Building the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Enginnering Workforces
    Investigator(s): Feng Li**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $1,387,680
  • Privacy-Preserving Tiny Machine Learning Edge Analytics Enabling AI-Commons for Manufacturing
    Investigator(s): Ali Shakouri**, Jan Allebach, Elisa Bertino, Ale Magana, Jan-Anders Mansson; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $14,977.40; Total: 88,637
  • Rapid User-centered Design and Optimization of Lab Facilities (RUDOLF) for STEM Inclusion
    Investigator(s): Bradley Duerstock**, Nan Kong, Brandon Pitts, George Takahashi, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $221,625.00; Total: $1,500,000
  • Center of Operation and Research for Industrial Advancement (CORIA) at Purdue as one of the Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Center (GITCC) of KIAT
    Investigator(s): Martin Jun, Stephan Biller**, Sabine Brunswicker, Hua Cai, Gary Cheng, Inseoke Hwang, Byunghoo jung, Chi Hwan Lee, Damon Lercel, Ajay Malshe, BC Min, Shaoshuai Mou, Crystl Murray, Brandon Pitts, Vilas Pol, Leon Robert, Julia Shibey, Ganesh Subbarayan-Shastri, Justin Weibel, Wenzhuo Wu; Sponsor: Industry Partner; Polytechnic: $227,782.50; Total: $1,815,000
  • Implementing An Advanced Friction Testing Program for Seamless Coverage of INDOT System
    Investigator(s): Chengcheng Tao**, Yi Jiang; Sponsor: US Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $2,500.00

** Indicates principal investigator

Total Polytechnic awards = $2,003,930.46