Recently Funded Projects

Student Financial Need Due to the Disruption of Campus Operations from COVID and Pursuant of the CARES Act
LENGTH: 1 yr. 11 mo.
SPONSOR: US Office of Education
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Mary Booker

Niimbl Responds To The Covid-19 Pandemic #1
LENGTH: 1 yr. 6 mo.
SPONSOR: National Institute-Standards/Technology
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Kelvin Lee

Health Consequences Of Fear Of Cancer Recurrence In Breast Cancer Survivors And Partners
LENGTH: 6 yr.
SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Michael Mackenzie, Jillian Trabulsi

Paving The Way For Fractions: Exploring Foundational Concepts In First Grade
LENGTH: 5 yr.
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Nancy Jordan

Neural Network Models Of Competency Status To Enhance Human-Agent Team Performance
LENGTH: 5 yr.
SPONSOR: US Army Research Office
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Jasmin Cloutier

4.0 Third Party Evaluation
LENGTH: 5 yr. 2 mo.
SPONSOR: 4.0 Schools
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Allison Karpyn, Susan Giancola

Chemical Functionalization And Polymerization Of Peptide Particle Assemblies
LENGTH: 4 yr.
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Christopher Kloxin

Liquid Composite Molding Of Polymer Composites
LENGTH: 4 yr. 5 mo.
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Suresh Advani, Pavel Simacek

Multimodal Analysis Of Drone Based Imagery For Automatic Target Recognition
LENGTH: 3 yr.
SPONSOR: Office of Naval Research
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Chandra Kambhamettu

Gis And Planning Data Analytical Support Services – Fy2021
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: David Racca, Wei-Ming Chen, Rebecca Gross, John Laznik, Edward Ratledge

Real-Time Waterfowl Mapping Web Application: Validating A Critical Tool For A New Era Of Avian Surveillance And Food Security In Commercial Poultry
LENGTH: 4 yr.
SPONSOR: University of California-Davis
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Jeffrey Buler, Brian Ladman, Christopher Williams

Delaware Procurement Technical Assistance Center Base Fy21
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Defense Logistic Agency
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: J Bowman

Fy21 Complete Communities Applications, Analysis,Planning Support, And Toolbox Development Activities
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Troy Mix, Marcia Scott

May And Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Special Needs Pooled Trust
LENGTH: 1 yr. 9 mo.
SPONSOR: May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Steven Eidelman, Nancy Weiss

Onr Defense University Research Inst Fy2020 Swallow
LENGTH: 2 yr. 7 mo.
SPONSOR: Office of Naval Research
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Jon Swallow

Fy21 Delaware Travel Monitoring System (Dtms)
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Edward Ratledge, Rebecca Gross, David Racca

Delaware Byways: Phase Xviii – Annual Research Program
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Catherine Morrissey, Kevin Barni, Michael Emmons, Kimberley Showell

State Support For Infrastructure Policy Forum And Research – Fy21
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Julia O’Hanlon, Philip Barnes, Sarah Marshall, Marcia Scott

Advanced Roll-To-Roll (R2R) Processing For Chalcopyrite-Based Solar Cells: Design And Demonstration Of Linear Source
LENGTH: 7 mo.
SPONSOR: Korea Institute of Energy Research
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: William Shafarman, Shannon Fields

Key/Crest Evaluation
LENGTH: 1 yr. 11 mo.
SPONSOR: State of Delaware – Dept. of Corrections
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Daniel O’Connell

Delaware Produce Safety Training
LENGTH: 1 yr. 3 mo.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Agriculture
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Gordon Johnson

Fy21 Groundwater Quality Monitoring Task
LENGTH: 1 yr.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Alan Andres, Changming He, Rachel McQuiggan

A Novel Approach To Sanitize Fresh Produce, Food-Contact Surfaces, And Wash Water Using Micro/Nanobubbles
LENGTH: 2 yr. 6 mo.
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Daniel Freeman, Yan Jin, Taozhu Sun

A Soft Smart Ankle Foot Orthosis Powered By Artificial Muscle For Children With Cerebral Palsy
LENGTH: 2 yr.
SPONSOR: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Michael Rinkunas

Energy Efficiency Study At Comcast, Inc.
LENGTH: 5 mo.
SPONSOR: Comcast NBC Universal
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Keith Goossen

Data Mining To Evaluate Politics And Policymaking In Education
LENGTH: 2 yr.
SPONSOR: UD Research Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Zachary Collier

The Role Of Intracranial Pressure On Global Brain Stiffness And Cognitive Function In Human Aging
LENGTH: 3 yr.
SPONSOR: UD Research Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Christopher Martens

Investigating The Roles Of Sleep And Wakeful Rest In The Consolidation Of A New Speech-Motor Pattern
LENGTH: 4 yr.
SPONSOR: UD Research Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Frances Earle

Laser-Based Strain Engineering To Tune Electrical, Optical And Magnetic Properties Of 2D Materials
LENGTH: 2 yr. 3 mo.
SPONSOR: UD Research Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Xi Wang

Engineering Targeted And Conditional Proteolysis In Aerobic Environments
LENGTH: 2 yr.
SPONSOR: UD Research Foundation
ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Aditya Kunjapur