2022 Faculty Research Awards
March 30
PI: Yuhong Liu (Computer Science and Engineering)
Co-PIs: Yi Fang (Computer Science and Engineering) and Subbu Vincent (Markkula Center)
Funder: The Miami Foundation
Amount: $137,500
Project: "Building a Live Chinese Language News Discussion Repository to Track and Combat Active Disinformation Campaigns"
March 31
PI: Behnam Dezfouli (Computer Science and Engineering)
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $192,598
Project: "ERI: Pushing the Limits of WiFi Technology for Non-Mission-Critical and Mission-Critical Applications"
April 6
PI: Yi Fang (Computer Science and Engineering)
Funder: DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.
Amount: $30,000
Project: "Neural Learning to Rank for Sequential Recommendation Systems"
April 29
PI: Sean Choi (Computer Science and Engineering)
Funder: Hewlett Packard Labs
Amount: $75,000
Project: "Distributed DPU Resource Orchestration"
April 16
PI: Panthea Sepehrband (Mechanical Engineering)
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $55,000
Project: "GOALI: Understanding the Mechanisms of Ultrasonic Bonding at Atomic Scale"
July 6
PI: On Shun Pak (Mechanical Engineering)
Funder: School of Engineering’s Faculty Research Excellence Grant Program
Amount: $78,676
Project: “Swimming Under the Microscope: From Microbes to Artificial Microswimmers"
July 6
PI: Panthea Sepehrband (Mechanical Engineering)
Funder: School of Engineering’s Faculty Research Excellence Grant Program
Amount: $119,987
Project: “Atomic Scale Mechanism of Void Formation in TSV"
August 19
PI: Maryam Mobed-Miremadi (Bioengineering)
Co-PI: Prashanth Asuri (Bioengineering), Unyoung (Ashley) Kim (Bioengineering), Aria Amirbahman (Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering)
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount Awarded: $331,771
Project: "MRI: Acquisition of Multiscale Pore Size Analyzers for Research and Education"
August 31
PI: Maria Kyrarini (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $221,617
Project: "Collaborative Research: DARE: A Personalized Assistive Robotic System that assesses Cognitive Fatigue in Persons with Paralysis"
October 4
PI: Kurt Schab (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funder: North Carolina State University
Amount: $575,700
Project: "Metrics and Scaling Principles for Energy Synchronous Direct Antenna Modulation Transmitters"
October 4
PI: Hohyun Lee (Mechanical Engineering)
Co-PI: Yi Fang (Computer Science and Engineering), Yuhong Liu (Computer Science and Engineering)
Funder: National Institute of Standards & Technology/Technology Administration/DOC
Amount: $150,000
Project: "Fair and Resilient Control of Energy Systems in Grid-Interactive Buildings Under Skewed and Faulty Communication"
October 31 *Note: Award came after the Fall 2022 Engineering News was printed*
PI: Yi Fang (Computer Science and Engineering)
Funder: DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.
Amount: $34,999
Project: "Fairness and Accountability of Machine Learning in Search Engines"
Editor's Note: Please accept our apologies for an error that appears in the printed version of this article. We mistakenly named the incorrect PI for the August 19 award. The correction has been updated on this article.