Funding proposals for January 2018. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
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Prediction of Motion Intention and Its Application on Treadmill
Investigator(s): Xiumin Diao**; Sponsor: Tsinghua University; Polytechnic: $113,000 -
CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Close Loop Sustainable Precision Animal Agriculture
Investigator(s): Richard Voyles**, Byung-Cheol Min, George Chiu, Shawn Donkins, Shreyas Sundaram; Sponsor: National Institute of Food & Agriculture; Total $541,448; Polytechnic: $270,724 -
Automated Parts Sorting System
Investigator(s): Suranjan Panigrahi**; Sponsor: Lafayette Instrument Company, Inc.; Polytechnic: $9,666 -
Research Collaboration with Purdue University
Investigator(s): Eric Matson**, Anthony Smith; Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory; Polytechnic: $51,985 -
VR Technology Development and Prototyping for First Responder Training (Police Officers and Firefighters)
Investigator(s): Jiansong Zhang**, Nicoletta Adamo, Hazar Nicholas Dib, Joshua Alexander, Alexander Francis, Brandon Keehn, George Takahashi, Laura Theademan; Sponsor: National Institute of Standards & Technology; Total $1,767,762; Polytechnic: $883,881 -
MEPDG Traffic Load Spectra for Local, Minor Arterial, Major Collector, and Minor Collector Roads
Investigator(s): Yi Jiang**; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $175,000 -
SDI Innovations Curriculum Development
Investigator(s): Greg Strimel**; Sponsor: SDI Innovations; Polytechnic: $9,124 -
Innovations in Developing Intercultural Leadership Competency through Virtual Reality: Advancing Learning Science
Investigator(s): Mesut Akdere**, Kris Acheson-Clair, Sunnie Watson, William Watson; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total $1,351,416; Polytechnic: $405,425 -
Development of a Kinetic Intensity Metric for Identifying Energy Saving Opportunities in Off-Highway Vehicle Fluid Power Systems
Investigator(s): Jose Garcia Bravo**; Sponsor: Milwaukee School of Engineering; Polytechnic: $287,713 -
US CMS Group at Purdue University for Activities Related to the US CMS Software & Computing Subsystem
Investigator(s): Norbert Neumeister **, Thomas Hacker; Sponsor: Princeton University; Total $320,354; Polytechnic: $96,106 -
Collaborative Research: Research: Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Development of Computational Adaptive Expertise
Investigator(s): Alejandra Magana Deleon**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $150,000 -
Collaborative Research: Design and Development: Developing Students’ Metacognitive Skills in Engineering Design Using Visual Learning Analytics
Investigator(s): Paul Parsons**, Vetria Byrd, Alejandra Magana Deleon; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $321,751 -
Opportunities and Challenges of Hybrid Delivery Systems in Disaster Relief Operations
Investigator(s): Seokcheon Lee**, Byung-Cheol Min, Jae Hoon David Yu; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total $477,908; Polytechnic: $157,710 -
Integrated Computational Design of a Bio-inspired Cob Building Envelope for 3D Printing
Investigator(s): Kereshmeh Afsari**, Marcial Gonzalez, Amy Marconnet, Payam Poorsolhjouy; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total $461,103; Polytechnic: $156,775 -
Research: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Characterizing Engineering Students' Computational Habits of Mind
Investigator(s): Mireille Boutin**, Kerrie Douglas, Alejandra Magana Deleon; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total $350,000; Polytechnic: $105,000 -
Defining Instance-Level Semantic Similarity for BIM: A Key Enabler of BIM Applications with Full Automation and Intelligence
Investigator(s): Jiansong Zhang**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $396,147 - KL2 Investigator(s): Stephen Elliot**, Kevin O’Connor; Sponsor: KeyLemon; Polytechnic: $19,881
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Preparing Professionals for Advanced Roles in the Bio Manufacturing Industry
Investigator(s): Kari Clase**, Stephen R. Byrn; Sponsor: National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Bio; Total $92,266; Polytechnic: $55,360 -
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems for Harmful Algae Bloom Control: Development of Perception Systems
Investigator(s): Byung-Cheol Min**, Margaret Gitau, Shweta Singh; Sponsor: Showalter Trust; Total $75,000; Polytechnic: $52,500 -
S2I2: Impl: The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) for the Democratization and Acceleration of Science
Investigator(s): Michael Zentner**, Paul Parsons; Sponsor: University of California-San Diego; Total $35,000; Polytechnic: $7,000
**Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic proposals = $3,724,748