Research
The ACS research initiative will identify assets, expertise, and researchers across diverse disciplines, including but not limited to, vehicle-to-vehicle software, artificial intelligence algorithms, optimized hardware development, sensor technologies, engine dynamics, cyber security systems, mobility, logistics, human factors, safety, consumer science, economic development and public policy. The College of Engineering has unique research strengths in autonomy, robotics, and IoT that will be amplified by bringing together interdisciplinary teams through this initiative. In addition, Purdue has significant research centers focused on autonomous and connected systems that will contribute expertise to this strategic focus. Those centers include:
- Center for High Performance Buildings (CHPB)
- Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP)
- Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR)
- Center for Connected and Autonomous Transportation (CCAT)
- Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI)
- Center for Education & Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
- Center for Road Safety (CRS)
- Civil Engineering Center for Applications of UAS for a Sustainable Environment (CE-CAUSE)
- Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation (i-GSDI)
- Global Supply Chain Management Initiative (GSCMI)
- The Purdue Robotics Accelerator (PRA)
- Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC)
- Resilient Extra-Terrestrial Habitats Institute (RETHi)
- NSF Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag)
- NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE)
ACSI Research Projects Highlights
Faculty contributors to the ACS initiative in various sub-areas include:
- Connected & Automated Vehicles: Shaver (ME), Bullock (CE), Jain (ME), DeLaurentis (AAE), Cappelleri (ME), Krogmeier (ECE), Reibman (ECE), Love (ECE), Delp (ECE/BME), Landry (IE), Lumkes (ABE), Buckmaster (ABE), Corless (AAE), Pitts (IE), Evans (ABE), Zhang (ME), Cai (IE/EEE)
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS): Hwang (AAE), Mou (AAE), Sun (AAE), Cappelleri (ME), Habib (CE), Crawford (CE/ECE), Love (ECE), Delp (ECE/BME), Landry (IE), Corless (AAE)
- Small Scale Robotics & Automation: Cappelleri (ME), Deng (ME), Martinez (IE/BME), Lumkes (ABE)
- Human Robot/Computer Interaction: Ramani (ME), Jain (ME), Reid (ME), Tan (ECE), Hwang (AAE), Lee (ECE), Wachs (IE), Pitts (IE), Reibman (ECE), Landry (IE), Zhang (ME)
- Control for Distributed and Collaborative Cyber Physical Systems: J. Hu (ECE), Hwang (AAE), Sundaram (ECE), Corless (AAE), Mou (AAE), Sun (AAE), Nof (IE)
- AI for Autonomous Systems and IoT Devices: V. Raghunathan (ECE), A. Raghunathan (ECE), Roy (ECE), Culurciello (ECE/BME), Wachs (IE), Delp (ECE/BME) Bagchi (ECE)
- Agricultural Robotics: Habib (CE), Crawford (CE/ECE), Krogmeier (ECE), Lumkes (ABE), Shaver (ME), DeLaurentis (AAE), Cappelleri (ME), Buckmaster (ABE), Nof (IE), Delp (ECE/BME), Evans (ABE)
- Sensors & Signal Processing: Zhang (ME), Zaie (ECE), Peroulis (ECE), Delp (ECE/BME), Bouman (ECE/BME), Habib (CE), Bell (ECE), Krogmeier (ECE), Reibman (ECE), Love (ECE), Delp (ECE/BME)
- Communications: V. Raghunathan (ECE), Love (ECE), Chiang (ECE), Sundaram (ECE), C. Hu (ECE), Bullock (CE), Bell (ECE), Krogmeier (ECE)
- Resilience and Cyber Security: Hwang (AAE), DeLaurentis (AAE), Sun (AAE), Sundaram (ECE), V. Raghunathan (ECE), Bagchi (ECE), Love (ECE), Delp (ECE/BME), Nof (IE), J. Hu (ECE)
- Advanced Manufacturing/Factories of the Future: Ramani (ME), Nof (IE), Quinn (ECE), Zhang (ME), Cappelleri (ME)
- Smart and Connected Buildings and Cities: Braun (ME), Cappelleri (ME), Karava (CE), Hu (ECE)