Potential projects proposed by Purdue Engineering faculty

Project proposals are grouped by interdisciplinary area, and projects can appear under multiple areas.

Autonomous and Connected Systems

AI and human partnership modeling for emergency dispatch

Context-Aware Distributed Machine Learning over Contemporary Network Systems

Control and optimization at the transportation-energy nexus

Distributed Multi-Sensor Multi-Object Tracking and Classification

Improving Situational Awareness for Soft Robotics Teleoperation

Information-theoretic Approaches for Causal Reasoning

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Non-reciprocal Devices for 6G Radio and Quantum Communication Systems

Sensor Security of Autonomous Vehicles

Stochastic Optimal Control for Space Autonomy in Challenging Dynamical Environments

CISLunar (Space science and Engineering)

Digital Risk Twins for Complex Engineering Systems

Distributed Multi-Sensor Multi-Object Tracking and Classification

Dynamic Large-Eddy Simulation of Hypersonic Turbulence under High-Enthalpy Flow Conditions with New High Mach Capabilities

Principles for Resilient Space Habitat Architectures

Stochastic Optimal Control for Space Autonomy in Challenging Dynamical Environments

Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Engineering

Correlated super-resolution cryo-fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy

End-to-end integrated photonic deep neural networks

Engineering Scalable Light-Atom Interactions for Quantum Communication

Holographic visualization of non-spherical, passive and active matter in viscoelastic medium

Magneto-Responsive Soft Materials

Materials Chemistry and Device Physics of Halide Perovskites Field-Effect Transistors

Mobile Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Non-reciprocal Devices for 6G Radio and Quantum Communication Systems

Quantum Causality and Tensor Networks

Spatially programmed and multifunctional materials with controlled meso-structure architecture for novel emerging properties

Square Moiré Superlattices in Twisted Two-Dimensional 2 Halide Perovskites

Thermal Transport and Control in Symmetry-Breaking Quantum Materials and Devices

Innovation and Making

Magneto-Responsive Soft Materials

Ultra-Responsive Surgical Robots

Defense related projects (for US citizens only)

Dynamic Large-Eddy Simulation of Hypersonic Turbulence under High-Enthalpy Flow Conditions with New High Mach Capabilities

Embedded Electrical Sensing Methods for High-Temperature Hypersonic Materials

Human-Machine/Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Human-Centered Design

AI and human partnership modeling for emergency dispatch

Fine-Grained Wireless Human Perception

Improving Situational Awareness for Soft Robotics Teleoperation

Improving optical-neuroimaging reproducibility on a single subject

Real-Time Measurement of Human Tissue Changes Induced by Wearable Devices

Ultra-Responsive Surgical Robots

Power, Energy, and the Environment

Advanced Thermal Management of High-Power-Density Electric Machines for Carbon-Neutral Aviation

Control and optimization at the transportation-energy nexus

Long-term co-planning of distributed chemical and electrical systems under uncertainty

Machine Learning for Global Optimization

Materials Chemistry and Device Physics of Halide Perovskites Field-Effect Transistors

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Rotating Detonation Engines for Clean Aviation and Propulsion

Spatially programmed and multifunctional materials with controlled meso-structure architecture for novel emerging properties

Sustainable recycling methods for waste lithium-ion batteries

Upcycling Plastic Waste into Useful Products for a Sustainable Future

Data and Engineering Applications

Context-Aware Distributed Machine Learning over Contemporary Network Systems

Designing Sustainable and Resilient Closed Loop Future Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Systems

Digital Risk Twins for Complex Engineering Systems

Embedded Electrical Sensing Methods for High-Temperature Hypersonic Materials

End-to-end integrated photonic deep neural networks

Engineering Scalable Light-Atom Interactions for Quantum Communication

Fine-Grained Wireless Human Perception

High-dimensional Statistical Learning over Networks: Algorithms, Guarantees, and Trade-offs

Information-theoretic Approaches for Causal Reasoning

Integration of computational biophysics and machine learning

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Machine Learning for Global Optimization

Magneto-Responsive Soft Materials

Quantum Causality and Tensor Networks

Sensor Security of Autonomous Vehicles

Square Moiré Superlattices in Twisted Two-Dimensional 2 Halide Perovskites

Security and Privacy

Engineering Scalable Light-Atom Interactions for Quantum Communication

Sensor Security of Autonomous Vehicles

Engineering-Medicine

Automatic Airborne Pathogen Monitoring in Interior Spaces

Bioengineered Systems for Cellular and Musculoskeletal Regenerative Engineering

Bioinspired Materials for Surgical Adhesive or Sealant Applications

Bone Hydration to Reduce Microcracking and Fracture Risk

Correlated super-resolution cryo-fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy

Drug Transport in In Vitro Subcutaneous Tissues

Elucidate gene environmental interactions in determining neurodegeneration risk via engineered tools

Holographic visualization of non-spherical, passive and active matter in viscoelastic medium

Integration of computational biophysics and machine learning

Mobile Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Multi-scale computational modeling of cerebrospinal fluid flow and transport

Nanostructured Surface-Functionalized Materials for Artificial Basement Membranes

Real-Time Measurement of Human Tissue Changes Induced by Wearable Devices

Stem Cell Immunoengineering and Manufacturing for Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy

Stretchable Biomaterials and Devices for Wearable Healthcare

Others

Advanced Admixtures from Industrial Waste Products for Sustainable High-Performance Concrete

Atomistic and Molecular Design of Stable Inorganic Perovskites and Related Phases for Electronic Applications

Designing Sustainable and Resilient Closed Loop Future Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Systems

Determination of volatile uptake and sensing in plants

Embedded Electrical Sensing Methods for High-Temperature Hypersonic Materials

Holographic visualization of non-spherical, passive and active matter in viscoelastic medium

Improving Situational Awareness for Soft Robotics Teleoperation

Multi-scale computational modeling of cerebrospinal fluid flow and transport

Nanostructured Surface-Functionalized Materials for Artificial Basement Membranes

Predictive models for the swelling, breakup, and flow behavior of starch suspensions

Rotating Detonation Engines for Clean Aviation and Propulsion

Sustainable recycling methods for waste lithium-ion batteries

Synthetic biology of aviation biofuel production in microalgae

Synthetic biology of non-conventional yeast for consumption of lignocellulosic substrates

Future Manufacturing

Advanced Admixtures from Industrial Waste Products for Sustainable High-Performance Concrete

Designing Sustainable and Resilient Closed Loop Future Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Systems

Embedded Electrical Sensing Methods for High-Temperature Hypersonic Materials

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Enabled Rapid Nanoscale 3D Printing

Magneto-Responsive Soft Materials

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Model-centric Certification of Additive Manufacturing: An enabling tool for accelerated deployment of additive manufacturing to industrial applications

Spatially programmed and multifunctional materials with controlled meso-structure architecture for novel emerging properties

Sustainable recycling methods for waste lithium-ion batteries

Upcycling Plastic Waste into Useful Products for a Sustainable Future

Smart City, Infrastructure, Transportation

Advanced Admixtures from Industrial Waste Products for Sustainable High-Performance Concrete

Control and optimization at the transportation-energy nexus

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Principles for Resilient Space Habitat Architectures

Sensor Security of Autonomous Vehicles

Integrated Neuroscience and Engineering

Elucidate gene environmental interactions in determining neurodegeneration risk via engineered tools

End-to-end integrated photonic deep neural networks

Improving optical-neuroimaging reproducibility on a single subject

Multi-scale computational modeling of cerebrospinal fluid flow and transport