Congratulations to Purdue Polytechnic's Tho Le for his first-ever award from the National Science Foundation, which will allow him to research methods for increased energy efficiency in urban power grids.

For the 2023-24 academic year, 108 research projects were either initiated or received continuing funding within Purdue Polytechnic, altogether totaling over $16 million. Research grants represent a wide range of Purdue Polytechnic, including faculty across all academic departments as well as contributions from many graduate students listed as co-authors on many projects.

Noah Pumphrey's path to Purdue University in Indianapolis is an interesting one—it features a hiatus in the working world of finance, and a whole lot of unique achievements once he came to Purdue for cybersecurity. Read on:

Congratulations to Shu Hu from Purdue Indy, whose National Science Foundation award will enhance our understanding of AI-enabled deepfake tech, and how to avoid being duped by it: 

Candice Sexton was awarded Purdue University's Efficiency Improvement awards for her systemic efforts in recruiting young women and girls in construction, and for immense support of an NSF entrepreneurial grant project.

Dominic Kao from the Department of Computer and Information Technology recently received early-career funding from the National Science Foundation to conduct a five-year study on stereotyping and bias related to users of digital learning tools.

The National Science Foundation has just issued its first-ever grant to Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology, funding the school’s large-scale AI and mixed-reality research project. Included are over a dozen industry partners and higher ed institutions.

The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue Polytechnic’s Wenhai Sun with a research grant for his efforts to develop machine intelligence-powered privacy protection technology.

Romila Pradhan has been awarded as an early-career innovator by the National Science Foundation. She'll be trying to fix one of the most pressing concerns with AI and machine learning: are these programs learning to reflect humans' own prejudices?

Anne Lucietto from Purdue Polytechnic's School of Engineering Technology has teamed up with a wide range of researchers to investigate disparities between African American student enrollment in engineering technology compared to other demographic groups. Lucietto was awarded nearly $300,000 by the National Science Foundation to undertake the project.