Potential projects proposed by Purdue Engineering faculty

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

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Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems

An IoT driven Systems Approach for Design of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Networks through Reduce/Reuse/Recycle of Waste

Enabling next generation manufacturing via digital twins

Intelligent Early Warning System for Predicting Crop Diseases in Rice Cropping Systems

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

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

Adoption and Adaptation of Educational Innovations in Multiple Settings and the Role of Institutional Culture

Mechanical Engineering Education

Development of Novel Wearable Actuator Arrays for Haptics Applications

Human-Computer Teaming for Sustainability

I-MATTER: Identifying Marginalization and Allying Tendencies to Transform Engineering Relationships

Engineering education, teaming, communication, diversity, and inclusion

Smart Carpet to Immunize Older Adults Against Falls

Ultra-sensitive fly-inspired hearing systems

Data/Information/Computation

An IoT driven Systems Approach for Design of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Networks through Reduce/Reuse/Recycle of Waste

Autonomous Ridesharing using Machine Learning

Bridging different physics: coupled electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

Charge and Energy Transport in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Materials

Computational spectroscopy and imaging for mHealth

DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING INDUCED DISTRIBUTED SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF LI-ION BATTERIES IN TRANSPORT

Developing Quantum Algorithms for Machine-Learning-Assisted Quantum Photonics

Distributed Federated Learning: Fundamental limits, tradeoffs, and guarantees

Enabling next generation manufacturing via digital twins

Fast Modeling and Simulation Methods for Large-Scale Integrated Circuit and System Design

Intelligent Early Warning System for Predicting Crop Diseases in Rice Cropping Systems

Microstructure and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured Ni alloys

Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Applications

Non-Convex Optimization with Reinforcement Learning

Photonic Frequency Bin Entanglement and Applications

Pricing Mechanisms for Distributed Prosumers

Quantum Communications using Machine Learning

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

Satellite Swarm Control with Maneuvers utilizing Astrodynamics and AI

Interdisciplinary Area: Artificial Intelligence and Satellites

Socio-ecological resilience of urban ecosystems to extreme climate events

Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Engineering

Blood flow through a leaky vasculature and its effect on drug delivery and nanoparticle transport

Bridging different physics: coupled electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

Charge and Energy Transport in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Materials

Design Methods to Improve the Specific Power Efficiency of Radars

Developing Quantum Algorithms for Machine-Learning-Assisted Quantum Photonics

Development of multifunctional microfluidic system for longitudinal intra- and extra-cellular monitoring of neurotransmitter and genetic regulatory changes in human neurons

Dry Solid Lubricant with Significant (90%) Friction and Wear Reduction

Dynamics of multicomponent suspensions in viscoelastic fluids

Experimental and Computational Design of Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles

Experimental/Theoretical Quantum Nanophotonics

Fast Modeling and Simulation Methods for Large-Scale Integrated Circuit and System Design

High Performance Safer Rechargeable Batteries

Materials Chemistry and Photo-Physics of Highly Emissive Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites

Mechanical and electrical properties of nanocrystalline metals and alloys

Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Heterogeneously Integrated Systems

Microscale non-Newtonian flows: Thin film dynamics, 3D printers, and beyond

Microstructure and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured Ni alloys

Mobile Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Molecular-level Insights into the Surface of Heterogeneous Catalysts

Nanostructured Battery Cathodes by Field Assisted Sintering for Advanced Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries

Novel quantum material based neurochemical sensor arrays using perovskite nickelate

Novel spintronics and quantum devices based on high-Tc superconducting thin films

Photonic Frequency Bin Entanglement and Applications

Quantum Communications using Machine Learning

Quantum bio-interfaces

Quantum nanophotonics with two-dimensional materials

Quantum transport calculations of reaction rate acceleration in microdroplets

Topological Phenomena in Optics and Electronics

Ultrafast laser-induced surface modification to enhance of biocompatibility of biomedical implants

Security and Privacy

Distributed Federated Learning: Fundamental limits, tradeoffs, and guarantees

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

Power, Energy, and the Environment

Accommodating Volume Changes in Three-Dimensional Nanoarchitectures Synthesized via Ammonia-Borane Reduction for Longer Life Li-ion Batteries

An IoT driven Systems Approach for Design of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Networks through Reduce/Reuse/Recycle of Waste

Architecting extraterrestrial structures using in situ resources, 3D printing and bioinspired design concepts

Bridging different physics: coupled electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

Catalyst design and applications at the interface of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis

Chalcogenides-based Perovskites Defect-Tolerant Semiconductors

Charge and Energy Transport in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Materials

Design Methods to Improve the Specific Power Efficiency of Radars

Efficient, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Technologies for Producing High-Purity Rare Earth Elements

Experimental and Computational Design of Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles

Halide Perovskites for Next Generation Microelectronics Thermal Management

High Performance Safer Rechargeable Batteries

Materials Chemistry and Photo-Physics of Highly Emissive Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites

Mechanical and electrical properties of nanocrystalline metals and alloys

More Power, Fewer Explosions: Thermal Engineering for Safe Lithium Ion Batteries

Nanostructured Battery Cathodes by Field Assisted Sintering for Advanced Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries

Nanostructured Battery Cathodes by Field Assisted Sintering for Advanced Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries

New Sustainable Bio-based Phase Change Materials

Socio-ecological resilience of urban ecosystems to extreme climate events

Upcycling Polyolefin Waste into Pristine Polymers and Clean fuels for Sustainability

Engineering and Healthcare/Medicine/Biology

Bioinspired Materials for Surgical Adhesive or Sealant Applications

Biologically-inspired head and eye protection materials and systems

Blood flow through a leaky vasculature and its effect on drug delivery and nanoparticle transport

Charge and Energy Transport in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Materials

Computational spectroscopy and imaging for mHealth

Controlled-Release Nanomedicine for Enhanced Chemoradiation Therapy

Detecting the Impossible: Single Cell Detection of Unculturable Pathogens

Determining the material- and tissue-based causes for skeletal fracture in a naturally-occurring fatigue-fracture model: the Thoroughbred racehorse

Development of Novel Wearable Actuator Arrays for Haptics Applications

Development of multifunctional microfluidic system for longitudinal intra- and extra-cellular monitoring of neurotransmitter and genetic regulatory changes in human neurons

Dynamics of multicomponent suspensions in viscoelastic fluids

In Vivo High-Throughput Diagnostics of Adipocyte Physiopathology via Digital Holography Microscopy

Interaction of pore forming peptides with cell membranes

Microscale non-Newtonian flows: Thin film dynamics, 3D printers, and beyond

Mobile Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Monitoring contamination in continuous manufacturing of biologics

Novel quantum material based neurochemical sensor arrays using perovskite nickelate

Physics of lipid bilayer rupture from temperature, electric, and mechanical effects

Predictive models for rheology of starch suspensions

Quantum bio-interfaces

Quantum transport calculations of reaction rate acceleration in microdroplets

Smart Carpet to Immunize Older Adults Against Falls

Synthetic biology and modeling of aromatic amino acid production in photosynthetic organisms

Ultra-sensitive fly-inspired hearing systems

Ultrafast laser-induced surface modification to enhance of biocompatibility of biomedical implants

Future Manufacturing

An IoT driven Systems Approach for Design of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Networks through Reduce/Reuse/Recycle of Waste

Architecting extraterrestrial structures using in situ resources, 3D printing and bioinspired design concepts

Efficient, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Technologies for Producing High-Purity Rare Earth Elements

Enabling next generation manufacturing via digital twins

Experimental and Computational Design of Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles

Mechanical and electrical properties of nanocrystalline metals and alloys

Microstructure and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured Ni alloys

Monitoring contamination in continuous manufacturing of biologics

Pricing Mechanisms for Distributed Prosumers

Ultrafast laser-induced surface modification to enhance of biocompatibility of biomedical implants

Upcycling Polyolefin Waste into Pristine Polymers and Clean fuels for Sustainability

Smart City, Infrastructure, Transportation

AI-Assisted Multi-scale Smart Infrastructure Sensing

Autonomous Ridesharing using Machine Learning

New Sustainable Bio-based Phase Change Materials

Pricing Mechanisms for Distributed Prosumers

Socio-ecological resilience of urban ecosystems to extreme climate events