Polytechnic research proposals submitted - November 2016

Funding proposals for November 2016. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.

  • Building our understanding of integrated STEM practices: Characterizing STEM Teachers Pedagogical Content Knowledge
    Investigator(s): Paul Asunda*; Sponsor: Spencer Foundation; Total:  $49,957.59; Polytechnic: $37,468.50
  • The STEM Guitar Project
    Investigator(s): R. Mark French*; Sponsor: Sinclair Community College; Polytechnic: $48,783
  • Advancing Student Energy Conversion and Storage Proficiency in Engineering programs
    Investigator(s): Jose Garcia-Bravo*, Matthew Turner, Alejandra Magana Deleon, Brittany Newell; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $299,971
  • Lowering a Barrier to STEM Learning by Enhancing Students' Information Visualization Literacy
    Investigator(s): Yingjie Chen*, Vetria Byrd, Tim McGraw, Zhen Yu Qian; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $297,487.04; Polytechnic: $224,915.25
  • Exploration of Polytechnic Thinking
    Investigator(s): James Maley*, Jan Tyler; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $289,103
  • Jenetric - Fingerprint Collection
    Investigator(s): Stephen Elliott*, Kevin O’Connor; Sponsor: Jenetric; Polytechnic: $3,500
  • Industrial Process for Production of Novel Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Actuators
    Investigator(s): Brittany Newell*; Sponsor: Office of Naval Research; Polytechnic: $490,798
  • Purdue University Cyber Camp
    Investigator(s): Dawn Laux, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar*; National Security Agency; Polytechnic: $99,896
  • Multimodal Objective Sensing to Assess Individuals with Context (MOSAIC)
    Investigator(s): Stephen Elliott*, Jeremiah Johnson, Kevin O’Connor, Matthew Stephens, Mathias Sutton; Sponsor: Intelligence Adv Res Projects Activity; Polytechnic: $814,338
  • Study of a Vision-Based Deep Learning system for Action Recognition and Prediction
    Investigator(s): Xiumin Diao*, Sponsor: Tsinghua University; Polytechnic: $100,000
  • CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: The Gist of a Gest: Neurological and Biomechanical Bases for One-Shot Learning of Gestures
    Investigator(s): Juan Wachs*, Daniel Foti, Richard Voyles; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $475,678.24; Polytechnic: $47,567.80
  • SaTC: CORE: Small: Modeling before Learning: a Framework for Big Data Security Analytics
    Investigator(s): Tonglin Zhang, Baijian Yang*; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $479,018.23; Polytechnic: $239,509
  • IIS: CHS: Small: Online Community Socialization and Professionalization in Emerging Occupations
    Investigator(s): Colin Gray*, Yubo Kou, Robin Adams; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $494,632.21; Polytechnic: $420,437.20
  • SaTC: CORE: Small: Comparing Implied Information in Phishing and Non-phishing emails
    Investigator(s): Julia Rayz**, Victor Raskin; Ida Ngambeki; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total:  $497,642.44; Polytechnic: $447,877.80
  • Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles:Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development
    Investigator(s): Byung-Cheol Min*, Sangjun Lee; Sponsor: National Institute of Justice; Polytechnic: $50,000
  • CHS:Small:Effect of Color and Color Blindness on Motion Sickness in Virtual Reality
    Investigator(s): Dmitri Gusev*; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $350,455

** Indicates principal investigator