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

Adaptive and Multimodal Transparency for Real-Time Collaborative Human-Machine Interactions

Humans-on-the-loop deep reinforcement learning with application to multi-UAVs missions in next-generation emergency response systems

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Nonlinear dynamics of multistable metastructures

Novel 3D Vision and Touch Sensing for Autonomous and Flexible Robot PCB Assembly

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

Robust Deep Learning in Computer Vision

Secure Software for Wearables

Stochastic Optimal Control for Space Autonomy in Challenging Dynamical Environments

Toward Soft Robotics for Precise Manipulation

CISLunar (Space science and Engineering)

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

Stochastic Optimal Control for Space Autonomy in Challenging Dynamical Environments

Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Engineering

Bridging Different Physics: Coupled Electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

Catalytic self-pumping membranes for water treatment

Design Exciton and Spin Functionalities in Halide Perovskite Epitaxial Heterostructures

Electrohydrodynamics of drops: tips, singularities, and new frontiers in emulsions in engineering, medicine and materials science

Interfacial ferrofluid dynamics: Towards controllable behavior of active and responsive fluids

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Monitoring contamination in continuous manufacturing of vaccines

Probing dopamine induced changes in striatal plasticity in a Parkinsonian Mouse Model using a CMOS electrochemical probe

Quantum Phase Transitions of Open Many-body photonic systems

Separations of micro and nano particle suspensions in viscoelastic fluids

Stabilization of mRNA-LNP vaccines and therapeutics

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

Innovation and Making

Understanding the Impact of Regulatory Policy on Medical Technology Innovation and Translation

Defense related projects (for US citizens only)

Revolutionary turbines for clean propulsion

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

Adaptive and Multimodal Transparency for Real-Time Collaborative Human-Machine Interactions

Humans-on-the-loop deep reinforcement learning with application to multi-UAVs missions in next-generation emergency response systems

Secure Software for Wearables

Wearable Bioelectronics for Continuous Glaucoma Monitoring

Power, Energy, and the Environment

Bridging Different Physics: Coupled Electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

Catalytic self-pumping membranes for water treatment

Engineering Workforce Development to Prepare Engineers to Address Sustainable Energy

Inorganic Chalcogenide Perovskite Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications

Integrated, Scalable Design Prototyping Process to Improve the Specific Power Efficiency of Radars

Intrinsically Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Microbial Bioleaching to Enhance Recovery of Precious, Rare Earth and Critical Metals from Municipal Solid Waste

Nonlinear dynamics of multistable metastructures

Revolutionary turbines for clean propulsion

Rheology and Printability of Cementitious Mixtures

Sustainable Offshore Wind-Farm Siting in the Changing Climate

Data and Engineering Applications

Bridging Different Physics: Coupled Electron and thermal transport at the nanometer scale in emerging materials and devices

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

Engineering Workforce Development to Prepare Engineers to Address Sustainable Energy

Epigenetics and network excitability related to autism and dementia

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

Humans-on-the-loop deep reinforcement learning with application to multi-UAVs missions in next-generation emergency response systems

Integration of biological system morphogenesis across scales and species through computational modeling

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Mechanics of Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

Monitoring contamination in continuous manufacturing of vaccines

Novel 3D Vision and Touch Sensing for Autonomous and Flexible Robot PCB Assembly

Policy Innovations to Enhance STEM Talent Pipeline

Quantifying metabolic fluxes to biofuel compounds in plants

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

Revolutionary turbines for clean propulsion

Robust Deep Learning in Computer Vision

Toward Soft Robotics for Precise Manipulation

Security and Privacy

Resilience and Learning for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Autonomy

Secure Software for Wearables

Engineering-Medicine

Bone Hydration to Reduce Microcracking and Fracture Risk

Disrupting the Metastatic Niche to Improve Patient Outcomes

Electrohydrodynamics of drops: tips, singularities, and new frontiers in emulsions in engineering, medicine and materials science

Epigenetics and network excitability related to autism and dementia

Integration of biological system morphogenesis across scales and species through computational modeling

Interfacial ferrofluid dynamics: Towards controllable behavior of active and responsive fluids

Lyophilization of Block Copolymer-Based Pharmaceuticals

Microbiome Systems Biology Interrogation of the Gut-Brain Axis

Monitoring contamination in continuous manufacturing of vaccines

Multi-Scale Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Hyaluronan-Rich Tissues

Probing dopamine induced changes in striatal plasticity in a Parkinsonian Mouse Model using a CMOS electrochemical probe

Role of Extracellular Matrix on Adipocyte Phenotype

Separations of micro and nano particle suspensions in viscoelastic fluids

Stabilization of mRNA-LNP vaccines and therapeutics

Stem Cell Immunoengineering for Targeted Cancer Therapy

Understanding the Impact of Regulatory Policy on Medical Technology Innovation and Translation

Wearable Bioelectronics for Continuous Glaucoma Monitoring

Others

Additive manufacturing for cultivated meat - Cellular Agriculture

Bioinspired Materials: Learning from Honeybees

Convergent Manufacturing for Design and Manufacturing Future Farms Addressing Food Security

Disrupting the Metastatic Niche to Improve Patient Outcomes

Engineering Workforce Development to Prepare Engineers to Address Sustainable Energy

Interfacial ferrofluid dynamics: Towards controllable behavior of active and responsive fluids

Microbiome Systems Biology Interrogation of the Gut-Brain Axis

Optimization techniques for satellite constellations and slotting architectures

Policy Innovations to Enhance STEM Talent Pipeline

Predictive models for rheology of starch suspensions

Rheology and Printability of Cementitious Mixtures

Secure Software for Wearables

Stabilization of mRNA-LNP vaccines and therapeutics

Synthetic biology of biofuel production in marine algae

Future Manufacturing

Digital Twin Driven Additive Manufacturing: An enabling tool for accelerated deployment of additive manufacturing to industrial applications

Interfacial Mechanics of Direct Write Additive Manufacturing of Particle Suspensions

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Enabled Rapid Nanoscale 3D Printing

Manufacturing of Eco-Friendly Foodware from Plant Leaf Materials

Novel 3D Vision and Touch Sensing for Autonomous and Flexible Robot PCB Assembly

Rheology and Printability of Cementitious Mixtures

Stabilization of mRNA-LNP vaccines and therapeutics

Smart City, Infrastructure, Transportation

Humans-on-the-loop deep reinforcement learning with application to multi-UAVs missions in next-generation emergency response systems

Learning in Autonomous Transportation Systems

Nonlinear dynamics of multistable metastructures

Rheology and Printability of Cementitious Mixtures