Polytechnic research proposals submitted - September 2017

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

  • Completing the Model-based Definition: Capturing Product Behavioral and Contextual Characteristics Through a Model-based Feature Information Network
    Investigator(s): Nathan Hartman**, Michael Sangid, William McCartney; Lockheed Martin Crop.; Total $312,561; Polytechnic: $156,280.50
  • Developing a Secure Programming Concept Inventory
    Investigator(s): Ida Busiime Ngambeki**; National Security Agency; Polytechnic: $299,931
  • Strategies: Using an Argumentation Intervention to Influence Girls? Perceptions of Utility Value, Career Motivation, and Gender Stereotypes in Energy Science
    Investigator(s): Eric Deemer**, Pankaj Sharma, Maureen McCann, Senay Purzer; National Science Foundation; Total $783,645; Polytechnic: $195,911.25
  • Project #4: Weather Technology in the Cockpit Program
    Investigator(s): Barrett Caldwell**, Mary Johnson, Brandon Pitts; Federal Aviation Administration; Total $352,433; Polytechnic: $123,351.55
  • TI-04 Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) - Mod #3
    Investigator(s): Daniel DeLaurentis**, Nathan Hartman; Science Applications International; Total $59,000; Polytechnic: $44,250
  • Maximum Allowable Deflection by Light Weight Deflectometer and Its Calibration and Verification
    Investigator(s): Yi Jiang**; Indiana Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $5,000
  • Improve the Performance of Data Mining Modeling Engines
    Investigator(s): Emad Elwakil**; EyeDeal Technology; Polytechnic: $8,000
  • CAREER: Integrating Big Data Visualization Capacity Building into 21st Century Skills
    Investigator(s): Vetria Byrd**; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $665,151
  • Collaborative Research: The Dynamics of Design Microstructures in Open Collaboration: A Motif Perspective
    Investigator(s): Sabine Brunswicker**; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $288,921
  • Multimodal Learning for Promoting Student Retention, Application, and Transfer of Threshold Concepts in STEM
    Investigator(s): Alejandra Magana Deleon**, Bedrich Benes, Jeffrey Karpicke, Sanjay Nobel Rebello, Hong Z Tan; National Science Foundation; Total $1,499,998; Polytechnic: $599,999.20
  • Examining Teachers’ Instructional Practices in the Context of Next Generation Science Standards, with Implications for Developing an Integrated STEM Assessment Protocol
    Investigator(s): Paul Asunda**; Spencer Foundation; Total $149,892; Polytechnic: $112,419
  • Afton Materials Testing 2017
    Investigator(s): James Thom**, Thomas Hagovsky, Mary Johnson, Brian Kozak, Peng Hao Wang; Afton Chemical Corporation; Polytechnic: $417,378
  • Collaborative Research: Investigating the Effects of Teaching Assistant Training on Student Engagement and Diversity in Undergraduate Computing Courses
    Investigator(s): Dawn Laux**; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $114,128
  • CMMI - User-Centered Design for Interactive Additive Manufacturing
    Investigator(s): Bedrich Benes**; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $461,788
  • Additive Manufacture of High Strength Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites
    Investigator(s): Xiaoming Wang**, Qingyou Han; Trask Trust Fund; Polytechnic: $32,000
  • Spokes: MEDIUM: SOUTH: Collaborative: Data Observatory for Innovation and Economic Prosperity: A Data-Intensive Initiative in Support of Science and Innovation Policy
    Investigator(s): Duane Dunlap**; University of Central Florida; Polytechnic: $60,000
  • CHS: Medium: Collaborative Research: The Gist of a Gest: Neurological and Biomechanical Bases for One-Shot Learning of Gestures
    Investigator(s): Juan Wachs**, Richard Voyles, Daniel Foti; National Science Foundation; Total $1,011,447; Polytechnic: $202,289.40
  • Vbelt Monitoring System
    Investigator(s): Brittany Newell**; Trask Trust Fund; Polytechnic: $20,867
  • Collaborative Research: Research: Enacting Evidence-Based Teaching of Introductory Computing for Engineers
    Investigator(s): Alejandra Magana Deleon**; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $150,000
  • START: Simulator for Telementoring and Augmented Reality Training
    Investigator(s): Juan Wachs**, Bedrich Benes, Gregory Francis, Denny Yu; PHS-AHRQ Agency/Healthcare Res & Quality; Total $1,597,448; Polytechnic: $159,744.80
  • IACMI - BP4 Overall Budget
    Investigator(s): Byron Pipes**, Ronald Sterkenburg, Johnathan Eugene Goodsell, Jan-Anders Mansson, Alejandro Strachan, Wenbin Yu; The University of Tennessee; Total $2,772,907; Polytechnic: $471,394.19
  • Strategies:  General Energy Engineering Kit for Advancing Energy Literacy in 4-H and STEM Students
    Investigator(s): Jose Garcia Bravo**, Brittany Newell; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $369,946
  • Research: Engineering Students' Computational Habits of Mind
    Investigator(s): Mireille Boutin**, Alejandra Magana Deleon, Kerrie Douglas; National Science Foundation; Total $350,000; Polytechnic: $105,000
  • 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, Camilo Vieira Mejia; National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $335,116
  • Strategies:  Development and Evaluation of an Aerospace-Related High School STEM Standards and Curriculum
    Investigator(s): Julius Keller**, Bernard Wulle, James Greenan; National Science Foundation; Total $787,501; Polytechnic: $748,125.96

**Indicates principal investigator