CoT external funding for Nov. 2011-Jan. 2012

From November 2011 to January 2012, the College of Technology received external funding that totaled $2,579,225.

Faculty who received funding (all are principal investigators unless otherwise noted) were:

• Jenny Daugherty, Technology Leadership & Supervision
  • Infusing Engineering Concepts, Utah State University, $50,000
  • An Examination of Science and Technology Teachers Conceptual Learning through Concept-Based Engineering Professional Development, Black Hills State University, $101,006
• Hazar Dib, Building Construction Management/Computer Graphics Technology, Collaborative Research:  An Interactive Steel Connection Teaching Tool – A Virtual Structure, National Science Foundation, $58,807
• Eric Dietz, Computer and Information Technology
  • Social Media Monitoring for Super Bowl XLVI, Indiana Office of Technology, $2,236
  • Regional Hub Reception Center Planning Guide, City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management, $149,716
  • CO-PI, Research Cyber Security Issues of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Grid Storage Business Model, Argonne National Laboratory, $11,303
• Thomas Hacker, Computer and Information Technology, CO-PI, NEES Operations:  FY 2010-FY2014 – Amend 13, National Science Foundation, $1,037,000
• Qingyou Han, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Microstructure Characterization of Aluminum Ingots, Hans Tech, $9,999
• Nathan Hartman, Computer Graphics Technology, Phase VIII Rolls Royce / Purdue PLM Collaboration Proposal, Rolls-Royce, Inc., $250,000
• Greg Lasker, Building Construction Management, Healthcare Student Support, Multi-Sponsored Industrials, $2,000
• Chad Laux, Technology Leadership & Supevision, Chopra, Shweta, Winifred B. Bilsland Endowment, $19,346
• Eric Matson, Computer and Information Technology, Research Cyber Security Issues of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Grid Storage Business Model, Argonne National Laboratory, $52,748
• Nathan Mentzer, Technology Leadership & Supervision, CO-PI, Infusing Engineering Concepts, Utah State University, $50,000
• Vahid Motevalli, Mechanical Engineering Technology, CO-PI, Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Center of Excellence (H3CoE), U.S. Department of Energy, $14,484
• Suranjan Panigrahi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Advanced Technologies for Post-Harvest Quality Evaluation and Distribution of Watermelon for Increase Sustainability and Profit, Indiana State Department Of Agriculture, $31,452
• Marcus Rogers, Computer and Information Technology, Forensic Seminars, Multi-Sponsored Industrials, $9,999
• Mary Sadowski, administration, CO-PI, National Science Foundation ENGAGE Proposal, Stevens Institute Of Technology, $2,400
• Rajeswari Sundararajan, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Defining the Influence and Mechanisms of the Y-age Carnosine Patch on Metabolic Homeostasis in an Animal Model of Human Obesity, LifeWave LLC, $12,500
• Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Computer Graphics Technology, CO-PI, Social Media Monitoring for Super Bowl XLVI, Indiana Office of Technology, $2,170
• Clifford Wojtalewicz, Computer and Information Technology
  • CO-PI, Social Media Monitoring for Super Bowl XLVI, Indiana Office of Technology, $2,170
  • CO-PI, Regional Hub Reception Center Planning Guide, City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management, $748,581