Engineering Faculty Conversations
Past EFCs and Initiatives
Security and Privacy
Protect Privacy of Video Streams at Cameras
Awarded School
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Yung-Hsiang Lu, yunglu@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
David Barbarash, Horticulture, dbarbara@purdue.edu
Vincent Duffy, IE, duffy@purdue.edu
David Ebert, ECE, ebert@purdue.edu
Konstantina Gkritza, CE, nadia@purdue.edu
Ayhan Irfanoglu, CE, ayhan@purdue.edu
Nan Kong, BME, nkong@purdue.edu
Matthew Swabey, EngAdmin, swabey@purdue.edu
Adversarial Robustness in Real Physical Environments
Awarded School
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Stanley Chan, stanleychan@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Karthik Ramani, ME/ECE/EPE, ramani@purdue.edu
Power, Energy, and the Environment
Green Corridors for Sustainable, Wirelessly Powered Transportation at Scale
Awarded School
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Dionysios Aliprantis, dionysios@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Andrew Liu, IE, liu1846@purdue.edu
Integrated Computal and Experimental Design of Stable and Defect-free semiconductors for Solar Cells: 2D perovskites and beyond
Awarded School
Materials Engineering
Principal Investigator
Peilin Liao, lpl@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Letian Dou, ChE, dou10@purdue.edu
Rakesh Agrawal, ChE, agrawalr@purdue.edu
Ag-Engineering Initiative
Plasma Production of Nitrate Fertilizer for Agriculture
Awarded School
Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering
Principal Investigator
Sergey Macheret, macheret@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Tony Vyn, Agronomy, tvyn@purdue.edu
Food Handling Safety Assessment Using Video Analytics
Awarded School
Food Science
Principal Investigator
Amanda Deering, adeering@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Amy Reibman, ECE, reibman@purdue.edu
New Tools for Image Based Quantification of Disease Traits in Tomato
Awarded School
Botany & Plant Pathology
Principal Investigator
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, asi2@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Edward J. Delp, ECE, ace@purdue.edu
Mechanistic Modeling of Inulin Consumption by Microbial Communities
Awarded School
Food Science
Principal Investigator
Stephen Lindemann, lindemann@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Doraiswami Ramkrishna, ChE, ramkrish@purdue.edu
Diagnosing Bovine Respiratory Disease in Feedlots and in Clinics
Awarded School
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Principal Investigator
Mohit Verma, msverma@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Timothy Johnson, Animal Science, john2185@purdue.edu
Jennifer Koziol, VetMed, koziol@purdue.edu
Smart Cities
Understanding the Industrial Water Consumption for Smart Cities
Awarded School
Industrial Engineering / Engineering Education
Principal Investigator
Hua Cai, huacai@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Inez Hua, CE/EEE, hua@purdue.edu
Socio-ecological resilience of urban ecosystems to extreme climate events
Awarded School
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Principal Investigator
Sara McMillan, mcmill@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, IE/EEE, rnateghi@purdue.edu
Brady Hardiman, FNR/EEE, hardimanb@purdue.edu
Zhao Ma, FNR, zhaoma@purdue.edu
A Testbed for Modularized, Smart, and Occupant-Centric Buildings
Awarded School
Civil Engineering
Principal Investigator
Panagiota Karava, pkarava@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
James Braun, ME, jbraun@purdue.edu
Brandon Pitts, IE, bjpitts@purdue.edu
Transformations for Resilient Urban Informal Settlements Outreach Proposal for International Workshop
Awarded School
Civil Engineering / Agronomy
Principal Investigator
Suresh Rao, sureshrao@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Roshi Nateghi, IE/EEE, rnateghi@purdue.edu
David Yu, CE/POL, davidyu@purdue.edu
Larry Nies, CE/EEE, nies@purdue.edu
Laura Zanotti, ANTHRO/BSC, lzanotti@purdue.edu
Zhao Ma, FNR/BSC, zhaoma@purdue.edu
Linda Lee, AGRY/ESE, lslee@purdue.edu
With collaborating partners: Amy Richmond, US Military Academy; Debraj Roy, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Dietrich Borchardt, Helmholtz-UFZ, Leipzig/Magdeburg, Germany; Elizabeth Krueger, Princeton Environmental Institute & Helmholtz UFZ, Germany; Luis Bettencourt, University of Chicago & Santa Fe Institute; Christina Brelsford, Santa Fe Institute; Marty Anderies, Arizona State University; Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois-Chicago; Mike Chesters, Arizona State University
Quantum and Nano in Engineering
Two-dimensional Halide Perovskites for Plasmonics and Quantum Nanophotonics
Awarded School
Chemical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Letian Dou, dou10@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Alexandra Boltasseva, ECE, aeb@purdue.edu
From Quantum Biology Toward Quantum Medicine: Quantum Sensing and Control of Photoreaction of a Single Fluorescent Protein Molecule
Awarded School
Biomedical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Young L. Kim, youngkim@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Tongcang Li, Physics/Astro/ECE, tcli@purdue.edu
Fang Huang, BME, fanghuang@purdue.edu
Yong P. Chen, Physics/Astro/ECE, yongchen@purdue.edu
Mohit Verma, ABE, msverma@purdue.edu
Quantum Technologies for K-12 Teachers and Students
Awarded School
Engineering Education
Principal Investigator
Muhsin Menekse, menekse@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Mahdi Hosseini, ECE, mh@purdue.edu
Magnetic Switching with Topological Insulators
Awarded School
Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Xianfan Xu, xxu@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Yong Chen, Physics/Astro/ECE, yongchen@purdue.edu
Zhihong Chen, ECE, zhchen@purdue.edu
Human-in-the-Loop Engineering
Model Mining: Learning Models of Safety Critical Systems
Awarded School
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Milind Kulkarni, milind@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Karen Marais, AAE, kmarais@purdue.edu
Smart Carpet and Gait Imaging System to Immunize Older Adults Against Falls
Awarded School
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Principal Investigator
Mohit Verma, msverma@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Adrian Buganza Tepole, ME/ABE, abuganza@purdue.edu
Shirley Rietdyk, ME/HHS, srietdyk@purdue.edu
Juan Wachs, BME, jpwachs@purdue.edu
Data Science in Engineering
Bridging Artificial Intelligence and the Human Brain
Awarded School
Biomedical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Zhongming Liu, zmliu@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Kaushik Roy, ECE, kaushik@purdue.edu
Data-Accelerated Design and Optimization of Safe Batteries
Awarded School
Chemical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Brett Savoie, bsavoie@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Partha Mukherjee, ME, pmukherjee@purdue.edu
Vilas Pol, ChE, vpol@purdue.edu
Nonconvex Statistical Learning over Networks: Fundamental Tradeoffs and Guarantees
Awarded School
Industrial Engineering
Principal Investigator
Gesualdo Scutari, gscutari@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Harsha Honnappa, IE, honnappa@purdue.edu
Guang Cheng, Statistics, chengg@purdue.edu
Machine Learning and Graduate Course Development
Awarded School
Electrical and Computer Engineering / Statistics
Principal Investigator
Stanley Chan, stanleychan@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Ali El Gamal, ECE, elgamala@purdue.edu
Vaneet Aggarwal, IE, vaneet@purdue.edu
Charles Bouman, ECE, bouman@purdue.edu
Mimi Boutin, ECE, mboutin@purdue.edu
James Lehnert, ECE, lehnert@purdue.edu
Amy Reibman, ECE, reibman@purdue.edu
Chih-Chun Wang, ECE, chihw@purdue.edu
Future Manufacturing
Continuous Manufacturing of Biologics
Awarded School
Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Arezoo Ardekani, ardekani@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Michael Ladisch, ABE, ladisch@purdue.edu
Mohit Verma, ABE, msverma@purdue.edu
Rex Reklaitis, ChE, greklait@purdue.edu
Large-scale Strain-engineered Manufacturing of Nano-arrays of 1D/2D hierarchical Heterostructures for Adaptive Electronics
Awarded School
Industrial Engineering
Principal Investigator
Wenzhuo Wu, wenzhuowu@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Muhammad Alam, ECE, alam@purdue.edu
Gary Cheng, IE, gjcheng@purdue.edu
Autonomous Manufacturing Process Classification from CAD Design with Data-Driven Deep Learning
Awarded School
Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Martin Jun, mbgjun@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Vaneet Aggarwal, IE, vaneet@purdue.edu
John Sutherland, EEE, jwsuther@purdue.edu
Prediction and Measurement of Spacially Distributed Mechanical Properties and Stresses of Parts Built by Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes
Awarded School
Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Yung Shin, shin@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Vikas Tomar, AAE, tomar@purdue.edu
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Education 2025+: Bridging Industry Needs and University Capabilities
Awarded School
Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering
Principal Investigator
Alina Alexeenko, alexeenk@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Kingsly Ambrose, ABE, rambrose@purdue.edu
Marisol Koslowski, ME, marisol@purdue.edu
Zoltan Nagy, ChE, zknagy@purdue.edu
Rex Reklaitis, ChE, greklait@purdue.edu
Carl Wassgren, ME, wassgren@purdue.edu
Tony Zhou, IPPH, tonyzhou@purdue.edu
Engineering and Healthcare/Medicine
Stretching the Materials Design Frontier in Organic Bioelectronics
Awarded School
Chemical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Brett Savoie, bsavoie@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Chi Hwan Lee, BME & ME, lee2270@purdue.edu
Bryan Boudouris, ChE, boudouris@purdue.edu
N-STAR: Neural Spatio-Temporal Activation Reconstruction
Awarded School
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Kevin Webb, kevin.j.webb.1@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, BME, tursem@purdue.edu
Karin Ejendal, BME, kejendal@purdue.edu
A Real-Time Drug Response Tracking (RDRT) System for Precision Medicine
Awarded School
Industrial Engineering
Principal Investigator
Yuehwern Yih, yih@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Rex Reklaitis, ChE, greklait@purdue.edu
Linus Mockus, ChE, lmockus@purdue.edu
Training and Tools to Promote Convergence and Drive Discovery in Life-Sciences
Awarded School
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Principal Investigator
David Umulis, dumulis@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Monica Cardella, ENE, cardella@purdue.edu
Cyber-Physical Systems and IoT
HRM: Humans-Robots-Machines with Spatial and Location Aware Interactive Intelligence
Awarded School
Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator
Karthik Ramani, ramani@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
David Cappelleri, ME, dcappell@purdue.edu
Alex Quinn, ECE, aq@purdue.edu
James Krogmeier, ECE, james.v.krogmeier.1@purdue.edu
Democratizing Intelligent Buildings with Internet of Things
Awarded School
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator
Xiaokang Qiu, xkqiu@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Panagiota Karava, CE, pkarava@purdue.edu
Felix Lin, ECE, xzl@purdue.edu
Smart Healthcare with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A fog-Computing Based CPS Framework
Awarded School
Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering
Principal Investigator
Denfeng Sun, dsun@purdue.edu
Co-Investigators
Nan Kong, BME, nkong@purdue.edu