Polytechnic research awards - August 2022

Funded research awards for August 2022. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.

  • An AI-Augmented Phenomenographic Approach to Conceptualizing Undergraduate Students' Experiences of Intercultural Team Cognition in STEM
    Investigator(s): Ale Magana; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $349,999
  • US CMS Software & Computing Subsystem
    Investigator(s): Tom Hacker, Norbert Neumeister**; Sponsor: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Polytechnic: $65,780; Total: $253,000
  • Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuators with Fast Stiffness Switch for Safe Human-Robot Interaction
    Investigator(s): Dongming Gan**, Richard Voyles, George Chiu; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $95,000; Total: $100,000
  • An Engineering Design Approach for the Tandem Catalysis of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) using Nanoporous Bi-layer Structures
    Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $255,000
  • Sustainable Battery Electrode Manufacturing with High Active Material Loading
    Investigator(s): Sunghwan Lee**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,000
  • The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) for the Democratization and Acceleration of Science
    Investigator(s): Paul Parsons**; Sponsor: University of California-San Diego; Polytechnic: $56,040
  • Collaborative Robotics in NSF National I-corps Program
    Investigator(s): Dongming Gan**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,000
  • Interoperable BIM and Construction Robotic Systems for Building Construction Automation
    Investigator(s): Jiansong Zhang**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,000

**Indicates principal investigator

Total Polytechnic awards = $971,819