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Michigan Mine Safety & Health Training Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: James Gillis
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Trabecular Bone Remodeling and Mechanics in Hibernating Bears

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Seth Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Structure and Function of Meniscal Horn Attachments

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

PIRE: Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregg Bluth
Principal Investigator: John Gierke
Co-PI: Gregg Bluth
Co-PI: John Gierke
Co-PI: Essa Gross
Co-PI: Essa Paterson
Co-PI: Miriam Rios Sanchez
Co-PI: William Rose
Co-PI: Gregory Waite
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Energetic Material Initiation Mechanisms for Insensitive Munitions & Counter IED Applications

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Warren Perger
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

University Transportation Center FY10

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Sutter
Co-PI: Theresa Ahlborn
Co-PI: George Dewey
Co-PI: Terance McNinch
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Expansion & Synergistic use of the ASTER Urgent Request Protocol (URP) for Natural Disaster Monitoring & Scientific Analysis

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Iain Watson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

CAREER: Research on Real-time Robust and Secure Communications for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

PERC Industry Partnership

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

A Microstructure-Based Modeling Approach to Characterize Asphalt Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhanping You
Co-PI: Qingli Dai
Co-PI: Thomas Van Dam
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

An In-Situ Biliary Manometer for Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keat Ong
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Collaborative Research: A Synthesis of Existing and New Observations of Air-Snowpack Exchanges to Assess the Artic Tropospheric Ozone Budget

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard Honrath
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Investigation of Ozone Photochemistry in Lower-FT Continential Outflow Traveling Over the North Atlantic

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard Honrath
Principal Investigator: Robert (Chris) Owen
Principal Investigator: Maria Val Martin
Co-PI: Robert (Chris) Owen
Co-PI: Shiliang Wu
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Collaborative Research: Modeling and Analyzing the Use, Efficiency, Value and Governance of Water as a Material in the Great Lakes Region Through an Integrated Approach

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: James Mihelcic
Co-PI: David Watkins
Co-PI: Qiong Zhang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Family Engineering for Parents and Elementary-Aged Children

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Neil Hutzler
Co-PI: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CAREER: Gas-Liquid Interface Dynamics and Dissipation Mechanisms in Capillary-Scale Two-Phase Flow

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Graduate Student Scholarships to Advance a Global Outlook of Economic and Social Prosperity that Protects the Environment

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Judith Perlinger
Co-PI: Veronica Griffis
Co-PI: James Mihelcic
Co-PI: Kurtis Paterson
Co-PI: Qiong Zhang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

PERC Industry Partnership (membership)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Michigan Teacher Excellence Program (MITEP): A Model for Improving Earth Science Education Nationwide

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Rose
Co-PI: Christine Anderson
Co-PI: Bradley Baltensperger
Co-PI: Kedmon Hungwe
Co-PI: Jacqueline Huntoon
Co-PI: Christopher Wojick
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Collaborative Research Center for Fundamental Studies of Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Collaborative Research: I/UCRC on Assembly Research

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Sutherland
Co-PI: Jaime Camelio
Co-PI: John Gershenson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

SustR: Sustainable Development for Rural Communities: Social, Health, Economic, and Environmental Advances

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Carol MacLennan
Co-PI: Blair Orr
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

High School Enterprise

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jean-Celeste Kampe
Co-PI: Susan Amato-Henderson
Co-PI: John Jaszczak
Co-PI: Douglas Oppliger
Co-PI: Robert Warrington
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Engineering Fundamentals

First-Year Innovation & Design in Engineering for Academic Success (IDEAS) Modules & Center

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gretchen Hein
Co-PI: Susan Amato-Henderson
Co-PI: Amber Kemppainen
Co-PI: Rupak Rajachar
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Engineering Fundamentals

A Combined EOS Data and GEOS-Chem Modeling Study of the Direct Radiative Forcing of Volcanic Sulfate Aerosols

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Multiscale Modeling of Failure and Damage of Therosetting Polymer Networks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enhancing the Capacity for Sustainable Forest Management in Chiapas and Oaxaca

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

FeMET Curriculum Development Proposal

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

New GK12 GlobalWatershed: Integrating Rural and Global Perspectives with Research and Technological Advances

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Nancy Auer
Co-PI: Bradley Baltensperger
Co-PI: Linda Nagel
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Center for Structural Durability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Theresa Ahlborn
Co-PI: Devin Harris
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Development of Microstructural Mitigation Strategies for PEM Fuel Cells: Morphological Simulations and Experimental Approaches

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen
Co-PI: Reza Shahbazian Yassar
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

International: Developing Global Engineers and Scientists through Collaborative Technology Innovation for Public Health Improvements in Tanzania

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
Co-PI: Veronica Griffis
Co-PI: David Watkins
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Understanding Mechanism of Internal Frost-Induced Damage of Concrete from Microstructure Aspects

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Qingli Dai
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Microfluidic Fabrication of Self-Healing Microfibers for Composite Construction Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Desheng Meng
Co-PI: Qingli Dai
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Competitive Distributed Control Methodologies for Small-Scale Power Systems

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

A Wireless Sensor System for Real-time Measurement of Pressure Profiles at Lower Limb Prostheses to Ensure Proper Fitting

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keat Ong
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Real Time, In Vivo Mapping of Tibiofemoral Contact Pressures in Knee Arthroplasty

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keat Ong
Co-PI: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Impacts of Changes in Land Use and Land Cover on U.S. Air Quality: Development and Application of an Integrated Climate-Vegetation-Chemistry Modeling System

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Shiliang Wu
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Virunga Volcanic SO2 Emissions Research (VISOR) Project

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Novel Photoinitiated Controlled Nitric Oxide Release Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Megan Frost
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

CDI-Type II Proposal: VHub: Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure for Volcano Eruption and Hazards Modeling and Simulation

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
Co-PI: William Rose
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Development of a Ship-Launched Aerial Delivery System

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Michigan Tribal Technical Assistance Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bernard Alkire
Principal Investigator: John Velat
Co-PI: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Experimental Studies for DPF and SCR Model, Control System, and OBD Development for ENgines Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Johnson
Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Song Lin (Jason) Yang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Effects of Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes on Acoustic Properties of Polymer Foams

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Mohan Rao
Co-PI: Andrew Willemsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Fermentation Improvement Project: An MTU Subcontract to Alpina Prototype Biorefinery Proposal to MEDC

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
Co-PI: Susan Bagley
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Compression and Cooperation for Wideband Spectrum Sensing and Cognition

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhi (Gerry) Tian
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

A New Prospective on Energy Harvesting Nanowires: The Role of Chemistry and Structures of Nanowires

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Reza Shahbazian Yassar
Co-PI: Yoke Yap
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Catalytic Activation, Spillover, and Storage of Hydrogen on Transition-metal/MOF's

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yun Hang Hu
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Planning Visit for U.S. - Malaysia Collaborative Research on the Micromechanics of Cubic Stone Materials for Pavements

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Promoting Effects of Anions on Hydrogen Storage Reactions of Li-N Based Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yun Hang Hu
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Bimetallic Overlayer Catalysts for Sustainable Fuel Production from Lactose

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joseph Holles
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

A Fluid-Structure Interaction Study in Wind-Turbine Blades

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Fernando Ponta
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Collaborative Proposal: Synergistic Integration of Sustainable Engineering Education and Project-based Service into Engineering Curriculum

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Weaving Threads of Sustainability into the Fabric of the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Impacting the Fundamental Manner in which Students Solve Problems

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Michele Miller
Co-PI: John Gershenson
Co-PI: Charles Margraves
Co-PI: Ibrahim Miskioglu
Co-PI: Gordon Parker
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

International GEOLOGICAL MASTER in VOLCANOLOGY and GEOTECHNIQUES

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Rose
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Nanocomposites

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Various Sponsors: Membership in the Center for Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Making

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

EAGER: Using Nonmetals Seperated from E-Waste and Waste Plastic Bags in Improving the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Validation of OMI L2 Sulfur Dioxide Retrievals Over Volcanic and Anthropogenic Sources

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

PERC Partnership

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

NVH Enterprise: E-Vehicle Noise Suppression and Exhaust System Acoustic Profile Optimization Projects

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Mohan Rao
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

An Interdisciplinary Program for Education and Outreach in Transportation Electrification

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Carl Anderson
Co-PI: Jeffrey Allen
Co-PI: John Beard
Co-PI: Leonard Bohmann
Co-PI: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Stephen Hackney
Co-PI: Jason Keith
Co-PI: Jay Meldrum
Co-PI: Bruce Mork
Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Chris Passerello
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
Co-PI: Jeremy Worm
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Modeling, Simulation and Control of Army Installation Microgrids to Enhance Stability, Security and Reliability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alternative Materials for Sustainable Transportation

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhanping You
Co-PI: Qingli Dai
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Multi-disciplinary Systems Engineering: Engaging MSI STEM Students through Space-based Capstone Design

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Gershenson
Co-PI: Michele Miller
Co-PI: Shalini Suryanarayana
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Stability, Cellular Structure, and Heat Transfer of Evaporating Films in Normal and Reduced Gravity

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Life Cycle Assessments of PyGasoline and PyDiesel From Different Regional Feedstocks: Corn Stover, Switchgrass, Sugar Corn Bagasse, Waste Wood and Forest Residues

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

An Integrated Analysis of Seismicity, Infrasound, and High-Resolution SO2 Measurements to Determine the Source of Low-Frequency Seismicity at Villarrica Volcano, Chile

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Waite
Co-PI: Simon Carn
Co-PI: Jose Luis Palma Lizana
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Michigan/AFRL Center of Excellence in Electric Propulsion (MACEEP)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lyon King
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

CAREER: Dynamics of Fluid-Structure-Control Interaction in Rotating Aerodynamic Bodies

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Fernando Ponta
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Domain Microstructures and Mechanisms for Large, Reversible and Anhysteretic Strain Behaviors in Phase Transforming Ferroelectric Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yu Wang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Advanced Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection Engine Development

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Seong-Young Lee
Co-PI: Scott Miers
Co-PI: Jeremy Worm
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Computational Study of Microstructure Formation and Magnetic Domain Evolution in FePt Films

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yongmei Jin
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Michigan Tech SSEED: Sustained Support to Ensure Engineering Degrees

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Michele Miller
Co-PI: Christine Anderson
Co-PI: Jacqueline Huntoon
Co-PI: James Turnquist
Co-PI: Christopher Wojick
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Remotely Activated, Sub-Micron Vibrating Surfaces for Controlling Infections and Uncontrolled Fibrosis at the Osseointegrated Limb Interfaces

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Keat Ong
Co-PI: Rupak Rajachar
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Workshops to Increase Engineering Participation in the Noyce Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Sheryl Sorby
Co-PI: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Computational Study for Optimizing Microstructures and Properties of Polymer-Matrix Magnetostrictive Composite Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yu Wang
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems-Phase 1

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Craig Friedrich
Co-PI: Paul Bergstrom
Co-PI: Chang Kyoung Choi
Co-PI: Ravindra Pandey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Implementation of Dielectric Metamaterials with Integrated Resonance Response

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Elena Semouchkina
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

PERC Industry Partnership (Membership)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

EAGER: Accurate and Efficient Surrogate Modeling Applied to Computational Mechanics

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Spandan Maiti
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

State Energy Sector Program Advanced Energy Storage (SESP AES) Professional Development

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Jeffrey Allen
Co-PI: Leonard Bohmann
Co-PI: Stephen Hackney
Co-PI: Charles Margraves
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Targeting elF2alpha siRNA to Alpha(v)beta(3) Integrin-Bearing Tumor Cells

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Ching-An Peng
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

High Performance One Dimensional Nanocable Catalysts for Fuel Cells

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Working Bugs/MTU Center of Energy Excellence: Hydrolysis Research to Produce Sugars and Amino Acids from Defatted Dry Mill Syrup and other Renewable Resources

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

RET Site: Wood to Wheels - Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
Co-PI: Bradley Baltensperger
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Research in Carbon Nanotube Interconnections for Nanotechnology Circuits

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Ashok Goel
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Embedded Piezoelectric Structural Fiber Sensors-Actuators for Active Damping Control of Aerospace Structures

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Qingli Dai
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for Teaching STEM Concepts - Workshop for Teachers of Underrepresented Students

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Douglas Oppliger
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Engineering Fundamentals

Black Bear Parathyroid Hormone as an Anabolic Agent for Bone

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Seth Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

IDR: Collaborative Research: Sustainable Water Resources for Communities under Climate Change: Can State-of-the-Art Forecasting Inform Decision-Making in Data Sparse Regions?

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Corrosion and Stress Corrosion of AA6005 in CSPP Environments

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Calvin White
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

IEM: A Breakthrough Thermoelectric Power Generation Material: Using Unique Powder Metallurgical Processing to Design Electronic and Thermal Transport Properties in (1x)(Pb(1-y)SnyTe)-(x)AgSbTe2

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Peter Moran
Co-PI: Stephen Kampe
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

TC: Small: Security Provisioning for Congnitive Radio Networks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Chunxiao (Tricia) Chigan
Co-PI: Zhi (Gerry) Tian
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Simulation of Transient and Dynamic Behaviors

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborative Research: Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through Service (EFELTS)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Meeting the NAE Grand Challenge: Personalized Learning for Engineering Students through Instruction on Metacognition and Motivation Strategies

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Michele Miller
Co-PI: James Declerck
Co-PI: William Endres
Co-PI: Sheryl Sorby
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Collaborative Research: The Impacts of Service on Engineering Students (ISES) - A Longitudinal Study

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Wind Energy Conversion Using High-Frequency Transformation and DC Collection

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Identifying Costs and Funding Alternatives for Equipping Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) Offenders with Ignition Interlock Devices

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Hill
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

A New Experimental Model of Knee Joint Trauma

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

BRIGE: One-Dimensional PdFe Core-Pt Shell Nanowires for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Flow Prediction and Fluctuation-sensitivity Investigation for Quasi-steady Shear Driven Condensing Flows in Milli-meter to Micro-meter Scale Two-Phase Systems

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Amitabh Narain
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

UP Offshore Wind Interconnections

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Leonard Bohmann
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Integrated Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Hydrodynamic and Microbial Controls on DNAPL Dissolution and Detoxification

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Becker
Co-PI: Eric Seagren
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Optimized Placement of Mounted Equipment within Patrol Vehicles during Side Impact Crashes

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Hill
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

PASI: Volcanic Hazards and Remote Sensing in Pacific Latin America

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Rose
Co-PI: Simon Carn
Co-PI: Essa Paterson
Co-PI: Gregory Waite
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Steady State Combustion Characterization of an SIDI VVT Flex-Fuel Engine

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Jeremy Worm
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Ground-based Experimental and Computational Investigations of Shear Driven Internal Condensing/Boiling Flows for Flight Experiments and Space-based Two-Phase Systems

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Amitabh Narain
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in Support of UOP and Envergent Renewable Energy and Chemicals Projects in 2012

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

WSC-Category 1: Humans, Hydrology, Climate Change, and Ecosystems-An Integrated Analysis of Water Resources and Ecosytem Services in the Great Lakes Basin

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: William Breffle
Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen
Co-PI: Thomas Pypker
Co-PI: Noel Urban
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CAREER: ABO Blood Antigen Dielectrophoresis for Medical Diagnostics: Synergy with Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Systematic Investigation of Organized Elongated Pore Formation in Invariant Liquid to Solid Metal Plus Gas Transformations

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Douglas Swenson
Co-PI: Paul Sanders
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Continuation of Long-Term Sulfer Dioxide EDR with the NPP Ozone Maping and Profiler Suite Nadir Mapper

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

The Effects of Hibernation on Bone Metabolism in the Yellow-bellied Marmots

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Samantha Wojda
Co-PI: Seth Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

A Paleomagnetic and Geochronological Re-Investigation of the ~ 1.1 Ga Coldwell Complex: Implications for the Reversal Asymmetry in Keweenawan Rocks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Aleksey Smirnov
Co-PI: Jimmy Diehl
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Great Lakes Maritime Education for K-12 Teachers

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

PERC Partnership

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bruce Mork
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Virtual Water Accounting: A New Paradigm for the Adaptive Management of Great Lakes Water

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Casey Huckins
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

EAGER: Multi-Agent Network Control for Adaptive Sensing and Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bo Chen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Planning Visit for US-Australia Collaborative Research on Climate-Related Infrastructure Adaptation for Natural Hazards

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yue Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Impact of E15 Fuel on Snowmobile Engine Durability and Driveability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Scott Miers
Co-PI: Jason Blough
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

CAREER: Flood Risk Projections with Climatic Variation and Human-Induced Shifts in Hydrologic Response

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Veronica Griffis
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CAREER: Eruption Dynamics From Low-Frequency Volcano-Seismic Signals

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Waite
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Transportation Materials Research Center

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stanley Vitton
Co-PI: Lawrence Sutter
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Determining Human Climate Forcing Characteristics from Black Carbon Emission in Sub Saharan Africa

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jarod Maggio
Co-PI: Kurtis Paterson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

A-Train Volcano Observatory (ATVO)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Simon Carn
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

The Effect of Aging Osteoarthritis on the Structure-Function Relationship of Human Meniscal Attachements

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Adam Abraham
Co-PI: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enterprise: Development of Novel Bulk Packaging for Silicone Sealants

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Tony Rogers
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
Co-PI: Michael Clancey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Bringing Environmental Education to Urban Schools in Detroit

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kaitlyn Bunker
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wireless Communication Enterprise - G2 Communicator Modification and Information Transmission

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Christopher Cischke
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
Co-PI: Robert Pastel
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

REU Site: Research in Advanced Propulsion and Fuel Technology for Sustainable Transportation

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enterprise: Mobile, Sustainable Water Filtration System Development and Demonstration

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Glen Archer
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Life Cycle Assessments to Support Sustainable Algae-Based Biofuels Production for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts: Year 2

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
Co-PI: Robert Handler
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Multiscale Modeling of Liquid Crystalline/Nanotube Composites

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Integration of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences into Performance-based Engineering Using Publicly Available NEEShub Data

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yue Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research: Stronger Than Glass Fibers, Stiffer Than Steel Wires: A New Perspective Into the Mechanics of Cellulose Nanocrystals

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Reza Shahbazian Yassar
Co-PI: Gregory Odegard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Collaborative Research: Very-Near-Ground Wireless Channel Modeling: Theory and Practice

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Seyed Zekavat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Velovations in Kenya: Co-Development to Sustainable Local Production (Enterprise)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Gershenson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Characterization of Battery Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hackney
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Life Cycle Assessments of LanzaTech Conversion Technologies: Greenhouse Gases, Energy, and Water Impacts

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
Co-PI: Robert Handler
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Diesel Spray Characterization Including Soot Formation - Comparison of Injector Nozzles Found to Have Different PM Engine Emissions

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Jaclyn Johnson
Co-PI: Seong-Young Lee
Co-PI: Jeremy Worm
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Vibrational Coating for Improvement of Long-Term Stability of Transcutaneous Implants

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Rupak Rajachar
Co-PI: Michael Morley
Co-PI: Keat Ong
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Nitric Oxide Releasing Intravascular Sensor

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Megan Frost
Co-PI: John Diebel
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

New Insights on High Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Reza Shahbazian Yassar
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Long-term Measurements of Nitrogen Oxides at the GEOSummit Station, Greenland

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Louisa Kramer
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Effects of Parathyroid Hormone on Postmenopausal Mice

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Seth Donahue
Co-PI: David Weyland
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

A Novel Treatment for Fracture Healing

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Seth Donahue
Co-PI: Richard Gridley
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Oculus-ASR Nanosatellite

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lyon King
Co-PI: Jill Kivisto
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Triggering of Volcanic Activity by Large Earthquakes

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dulcinea Avouris
Co-PI: Simon Carn
Co-PI: Gregory Waite
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Water Management in Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kazuya Tajiri
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Effect of Simulated Low Gravity on Compressive Material Properties of Porcine Meniscus

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Moyer
Co-PI: Tammy Haut-Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Formaldehyde-Free Living Environment by Biodegradable Chitosan

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Ching-An Peng
Co-PI: Brandi Lundquist
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Production of Astaxanthin by Haematococcus Pluvialis for Astronauts

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alicia Sawdon
Co-PI: Ching-An Peng
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Bear Parathyroid Hormone as a Treatment for Osteoporosis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Sarah Gray
Co-PI: Seth Donahue
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Exploring the Geology of Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Field Trip Guide for Grades 4-12 Educators

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Using Nonmetals Separated From E-Waste in Improving the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Materials

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Baron Colbert
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Multiscale Model Development and Validation of Graphene/ULTEM Composites for Structural and Noise Reduction Applications

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard
Co-PI: Julia King
Co-PI: Warren Perger
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Paleointensity, Morphology, and Stability of the Proterozoic Geomagnetic Field as Recorded by Mafic Dikes in India

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Aleksey Smirnov
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Great Lakes Maritime Education for K-12 Teachers

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

BRIGE: Functionalized Electrospun Membrane Development and Characterization for Water Disinfection

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Caryn Heldt
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Building Communtity Capacity to Manage Private/Public Forests and Develop Forest Stewards

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Microgrid Modeling and Optimization for High Penetration Renewables Integration

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Wireless Data Link (Team 55)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Robert DeJonge
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Scalable Fabrication of Fractal Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Energy Storage

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Desheng Meng
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enterprise: Low-Cost Compass

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Glen Archer
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
Co-PI: Christopher Cischke
Co-PI: Christopher Middlebrook
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborative Learning in Construction Management through Situational Simulations

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Amlan Mukherjee
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

CI-TEAM Demo: Environmental CyberCitizens: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Global Environmental Change through Crowdsensing and Visualization

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Alex Mayer
Co-PI: Richard Donovan
Co-PI: Robert Pastel
Co-PI: Charles Wallace
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

A Study of the Relationship between Hydrocarbon Migration and Magnetic Alteration of the Michigan Basin Soils and Sediments: Towards Understanding the Magnetic Signature of Hydrocarbons

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Aleksey Smirnov
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Synthesis and Characterization of Seperated Graphene Sheets without Substrates

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yun Hang Hu
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Designing Processes to Reduce the Dy Needed in Rare Earth Magnets

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hackney
Co-PI: Peter Moran
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Evaluating Export Container Pooling Options in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Control System Design for Cargo Transfer from Offshore Supply Vessels to Large Deck Vessels

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Michigan Tech Capstone Design Program - Design Challenge

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Robert DeJonge
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Preventing Mercury Dissolution in Cyanide Leaching of Silver

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Timothy Eisele
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

A Stackelberg Game Approach to Cognitive Radio Networking with Anti-Jamming Capability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhi (Gerry) Tian
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborative Research: EAGER: Studying Lignocellulosic Fine Structure and Its Dynamics in Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Biomass using Molecule-recognizing AFM and Computational Modeling

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wen Zhou
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Micro/Nano-Scale Flow Characterization Related to the Removal of the Contaminated Soils

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Chang Kyoung Choi
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Sustainable Asphalt Concrete Pavements

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Christopher DeDene
Co-PI: Zhanping You
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Characterization of Torque Converter Cavitation Level During Speed Ratio Operation

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jason Blough
Co-PI: Carl Anderson
Co-PI: Mark Johnson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

CryoChill Cast Steel

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Sanders
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Tool Testing at Michigan Test Site

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Roger Turpening
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

RCN-SEES: A Research Coordination Network on Pan American Biofuels and Bioenergy Sustainability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: David Shonnard
Co-PI: Richard Donovan
Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen
Co-PI: Barry Solomon
Co-PI: Samuel Sweitz
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

High Strength Low Alloy Aluminum (HSLA-Al)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Sanders
Co-PI: Stephen Kampe
Co-PI: Douglas Swenson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

High Speed Rail Workforce Development through Education and Training

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Pasi Lautala
Co-PI: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Wavelength Division Multiplexing Using Buried Optical Waveguides for High Speed Communication Within Circuit Boards and Backplanes

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Christopher Middlebrook
Co-PI: Michael Roggemann
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Modeling and Data Acquisition Support for Active Motion Compensation Technology for Roll-On/Roll-Off Cargo Vessel Discharge to Floating Platforms SBIR Phase I

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jason Blough
Co-PI: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Eddy Trinklein
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Structure-Property Relationships in Quench and Partition 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steels

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Stephen Hackney
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Geohazard Prediction for Landslide Areas by Numerical Modeling of SLope Instability: A Tool for Geotechnical System Monitoring

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Thomas Oommen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences

Senior Design: Synchronous Belt Transmission Error Test Bench

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Lukowski
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Senior Design: REPS Synchronous Belt Tension Measurement

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Duane Bucheger
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Joan Chadde
Co-PI: Lloyd Wescoat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Senior Design: Bioabsorbable Polymer Coated Metal Stent Degradation Simulation Design

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Goldman
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
Co-PI: Jaroslaw Drelich
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Senior Design: Minimally Invasive Thoracic Fixation System

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Rupak Rajachar
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Velovations Enterprise: Saris Highrise

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Gershenson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Engine Sensor Testing

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jason Blough
Co-PI: Jeremy Worm
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Modeling, Simulation, and Decentralized Control of AC Micro Grids for Stability and Scalability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Enterprise: Brake Power Meter - Phase 2

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Gershenson
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Diesel Engine Air Shutoff Valve (Team 7)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Charles Margraves
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Composite Fifth Wheel Design (Team 1)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Tammy Haut-Donahue
Co-PI: Adam Loukus
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enterprise: Super-finishing of Cutting Tools and Aerospace Components

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Sanders
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Senior Design: Water Sensing Hydrant Phase II Development

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Donald Secor
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Senior Design: Dual Speed Auto-Shift Landing Gear

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Michele Miller
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Various Sponsors: Characterization and Testing

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Fraley
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Robust Wideband Spectrum Awareness for Cognitive Radios Using a New Framework of Compressive Sensing for Stochastic Processes

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhi (Gerry) Tian
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Enterprise: Robotic Metal Detector

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jindong Tan
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Senior Design: Reduce Distortion in Ferritic Nitrocarburizing of Gray Iron

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Sanders
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Senior Design: Door Check Design (Team 4)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Enterprise: Improve Case Depth in Ferritic Nitrocarburizing of Gray Iron

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Sanders
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Materials Science & Engineering

Senior Design: Accessible Light Fixture Accessory (Team 18)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Electric DEF Tank Header Heater (Team 8)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Pipelayer Boom Design and Functionality Improvement (Team 10)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Endres
Co-PI: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Charles Van Karsen
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

NY and MI Tribal Safety Summits

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

2011 Minnesota Tribes and Transportation Conference (2011 MNTTC)

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Development of Tribal Safety Management Plans

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Velat
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Civil & Environmental Engineering

Experimental Engine Testing with Argonne National Laboratory

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Scott Miers
Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Catalysis Design for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction into Hydrocarbon Fuels

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Development of Segmented PEFC with Submillimeter Resolution

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kazuya Tajiri
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Senior Design: Clavicle Plate Development

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Sean Kirkpatrick
Co-PI: Richard Berkey
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering

Preparing the Oculus-ASR Nanosatellite for Flight

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lyon King
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Various Sponsors: Thermal Properties Testing

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Julia King
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Chemical Engineering

Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Zhi (Gerry) Tian
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering

Agent Based Control With Application to Microgrids with High Penetration Renewables

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gordon Parker
Co-PI: Wayne Weaver
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Computational Modeling of Skeletal Muscles

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Gregory Odegard
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

2012 Michigan Seat Belt Observation Study

Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Hill
Co-PI: Colin Brooks
Co-PI: Liza Jenkins
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Ford Experimental Study Low Temperature Fuel Mixture Ignitability

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Naber
Co-PI: Christopher Hutton
Co-PI: Jaclyn Johnson
Co-PI: Seong-Young Lee
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Engine Studies Spring Semester

Investigators
Principal Investigator: Bo Chen
Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber
College/School: College of Engineering
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
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