Polytechnic research proposals submitted - January 2017

Funding proposals for January 2017. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.

  • Characterization of Engineering Technology Students Using MIDFIELD and EDMS Databases
    Investigator(s): Anne Lucietto*; Sponsor: American Educational Research Association; Polytechnic: $20,000.00
  • Hospital Supplier Optimization
    Investigator(s): Liu Yang*; Sponsor: Resource Optimization & Innovation; Polytechnic: $29,000.00
  • CIF21 DIBBs: PD: Information Infrastructure for Reuse of Scientific Artifacts through Modularity
    Investigator(s): Sabine Brunswicker *, Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $498,753.00
  • US CMS Group at Purdue University for Activities Related to the US CMS Software & Computing Subsystem
    Investigator(s): Norbert Neumeister*, Thomas Hacker; Sponsor: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Total:  $537,215.99; Polytechnic: $161,164.80
  • Collaborative Research: Lighthouse TA: Training Teaching Assistants to Improve Student Engagement and Diversity in Undergraduate Computing Courses
    Investigator(s): Dawn Laux*; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $189,853.00
  • Augmenting Product Configuration Design Process with Information Visualization
    Investigator(s): Yingjie Chen*, Zhen Yu Qian; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $259,504.94; Polytechnic: $155,703.00
  • An Approximation Approach for 3D Elasto-Plastic Stress-Strain Modeling of Notched Bodies under General Multiaxial Cyclic Loadings
    Investigator(s): Ayhan Ince*; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $455,148.00
  • CenterpiECE: Curriculum for Entrepreneurship, Engagement, Retention, Preparedness, and Inclusion in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Investigator(s): Nathalie Duval-Couetil *; Sponsor: University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Polytechnic: $250,000.00
  • LEAD GUITARS in STEM
    Investigator(s): Richard French *; Sponsor: Sinclair Community College; Polytechnic: $21,165.00
  • Abstract Concepts and the Engineering Technology Student
    Investigator(s): Anne Lucietto*; Sponsor: Spencer Foundation; Polytechnic: $49,976.00
  • Cornea Topography Data Collection Phase 2 – 20 Subjects
    Investigator(s): Stephen Elliott*, Kevin O’Connor; Sponsor: Wavefront Inc.; Polytechnic: $13,579.00
  • Emissions Analysis for ACRP 02-80
    Investigator(s): Mary Johnson*; Sponsor KBRwyle; Polytechnic: $20,500.00
  • II-EN: Infrastructure for Visualization Research Skunkworks
    Investigator(s): Vetria Byrd*, John Springer; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $977,952.00
  • A Safe and Effective Robotic Sediment Sampling System
    Investigator(s): Byung-Cheol Min**, Richard Voyles; Sponsor: Showalter Trust; Total:  $75,000; Polytechnic: $63,750.00
  • Collaborative Research: Comparative Study of Practices Integrating Computation into Engineering
    Investigator(s): Alejandra Magana DeLeon*; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $150,000.00
  • FAA COE Technical Training and Human Performance Center Management
    Investigator(s): Steve Landry*; Brian Dillman; Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration; Total:  $78,000; Polytechnic: $19,500.00
  • Toward a Learning Progression of Design Competence
    Investigator(s): Alejandra Magana DeLeon*, Camilo Vieira Mejia, Jose Garcia Bravo, Mireille Boutin, Senay Purzer; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $400,000; Polytechnic; $240,000.00
  • Re-Engineering Fairytales: Integrating Engineering Technology in Pre-School Curricula
    Investigator(s): Greg Strimel*; Sponsor: Old Dominion University; Polytechnic: $7,500.00
  • Assessment Tool Development of Low and High Stakes Assignments in Engineering Technology
    Investigator(s): Miles Creasy*; Sponsor: Spencer Foundation; Polytechnic: $40,417.00
  • NRI: INT: Rumen Monitoring and Sampling through Remotely Operated Millipede-Inspired Robotic Vehicle
    Investigator(s): Richard Voyles*; Sponsor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Polytechnic: $304,660.00

** Indicates principal investigator