Funded research awards for September 2025. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
- CAREER: SaTC: Towards Machine-learnable Enhancing Framework for Local Differential Privacy
Investigator(s): Wenhai Sun**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $192,999 - Biomedical informatics approaches and its implementation in cancer research
Investigator(s): Baijian Yang**; Sponsor: Indiana University; Polytechnic: $47,942 - Comparison of Movable Barriers vs. Traditional Permanent and Temporary Barriers, and Temporary Traffic Control Devices for Future Roadway Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: In Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $193,926 - Phase II of SPR-4628: Validation of Innovative Work Zone Countermeasures by Field Tests
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: In Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $230,672.67 - AI-Driven Vision Inspection Analytics to Assist with Quality Control of Bridge Inspection Documentation
Investigator(s): Kyubyung Kang**; Sponsor: In Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $90,000 - Universal Interoperability for Grid-Forming Inverters (UNIFI)
Investigator(s): Xiaonan Lu**; Sponsor: National Renewable Energy Lab; Polytechnic: $150,000 - Broadband Communication LEO Satellite Megaconstellation-Based Passive Sensing
Investigator(s): Shanyue Guan**; Sponsor: Air Force Office Of Scientific Research; Polytechnic: $150,000 - SOURCE: Scaling Our Real-World Convergence Education
Investigator(s): Greg J. Strimel**, Todd R Kelley; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $664,289.36 - Automated Personalized Ergo Risk Project
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: In Department Of Transportation; Polytechnic: $9,743.34 - High-fidelity haptic system for a hyper-realistic metaverse
Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: Korea Res Inst Standards & Sci; Polytechnic: $63.37 - Adaptive Structures for the Automotive Industry
Investigator(s): Brittany A Newell**; Sponsor: Toyota Motor North America; Polytechnic: $60,000 - NSF R2I2: Midwest Agrivoltaics Incubator to Transform the Climate Resilience and Prosperity of Midwest Farmers and Rural Communities
Investigator(s): Xiaonan Lu; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $99,935 - Collaborative Research: SCH: A multi-level control architecture of agile robotic prostheses for real-world mobility over challenging and uneven terrains
Investigator(s): Mo Rastgaar**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $333,000 - Noyce Microelectronics (ME) Master Teacher Fellowship Program
Investigator(s): Greg J. Strimel**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $437,161.25 - Collaborative Research: CUE-T: Hidden Curricula-Addressing Unseen Challenges within Computer Science Education
Investigator(s): Alejandra J Magana DeLeon**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $250,880 - XR Haptics: Concerted Visual and Physical Extensions of Reality as Embodiment and Manipulation Cognitive Mediators for Learning Abstract Concepts in STEM
Investigator(s): Alejandra J Magana DeLeon; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $300,000 - Helicopter Fuel System Drop Test Phase 2
Investigator(s): Garam Kim**; Sponsor: FlightProfiler LLC; Polytechnic: $100,000 - SCH: AI-Guided Intraoral Multimodal Active Sound Sensing for Advanced Pulmonary Function Characterization
Investigator(s): Miad Faezipour**, Smriti Bhatt; Sponsor: Phs-Nih National Heart, Lung & Blood Inst; Polytechnic: $300,011 - Variable Stiffness Robotic Hands with Intrinsic Force and Slip Sensing based on Event Vision and Machine Learning for Dexterous Grasping and Manipulation
Investigator(s): Dongming Gan**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $473,091 - Collaborative Research: Enhancing Undergraduate STEM Learning by Mitigating Misalignment of Augmented Capability in Assistive Technology Use for Construction Education
Investigator(s): Soowon Chang**, Heung Jin Oh; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $249,790
** Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic awards = $4,333,504
