Funding proposals for September 2018. Bolded names are Purdue Polytechnic faculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
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NRI: INT: COLLAB: Rumen Understanding through Millipede-Engineered Navigation and Sensing (RUMENS)
Investigator(s): Richard Voyles**, Robert Nawrocki, Brittany Newell; Sponsor: National Institute of Food & Agriculture; Polytechnic: $400,000 -
Investigation of Strategic Deployment Opportunities for UAS
Investigator(s): Sarah Hubbard**, Bryan Hubbard; Sponsor: Indiana Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $89,143 -
Electrical Hazards Training: Exploring Virtual Reality in Developing Employee Safety and Health in Construction Industry
Investigator(s): Mesut Akdere**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration; Polytechnic: $130,008 -
Development of an Integrated VR Interface Manager Program using VRPN IO-mappings
Investigator(s): Eric Matson**; Sponsor: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials; Polytechnic: $35,000 -
Development of a Small-scaled Autonomous Vehicle Prototype for Virtual Driving Testing
Investigator(s): Eric Matson**; Sponsor: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials; Polytechnic: $35,000 -
Online Multiple Learning for Data with Scalable Analysis Structures in Massive Computing
Investigator(s): Tonglin Zhang**, Baijian Yang; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Total $398,725; Polytechnic: $159,490 -
Cognitive Attention and Traffic Crashes: A Study of Countermeasures in Two Intersections and One Section
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**; Sponsor: Georgia Southern University; Polytechnic: $73,500 -
Product Interior Inspection using Mobile Robots
Investigator(s): Xiumin Diao**, Richard Voyles; Sponsor: University of Cincinnati; Polytechnic: $600,000 -
Reducing AAA Cathode Tool Wear
Investigator(s): Milan Rakita**; Sponsor: UI Labs; Polytechnic: $98,483.81 -
MakerMinded in Indiana: Connecting to and Engaging the Next Generation of Manufacturing Leaders
Investigator(s): Michael Ursem**; Sponsor: Industrial Partner; Polytechnic: $90,000
**Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic proposals = $1,710,624.81