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  Asymptotics for Particle Systems with Topological Interactions

  Budhiraja, A. A. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/7/22 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Topological Interaction 100%
  • Process with Absorption 40%
  • Typical Behavior 40%
  • Large Deviation Principle 40%
  • Spatial Scale 33%

• The Carleman Contraction Principle for Three-Dimensional Phased and Phaseless Inverse Scattering

  Nguyen, L. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/7/22 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Algebraic Formulas 50%
  • 3D Helmholtz Equation 50%
  • Initial Guess 50%
  • Partial Differential Equation 50%
  • Helmholtz's Law 50%

• Collaborative Research: Building Confidence through Culturally Relevant Co-requisite Mathematics Courses within Math Pathways

  Khan, T. T. R. (PI), Singer-freeman, K. K. (CoPI) & Bumgardner, E. E. F. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/7/22 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Collaborative Research 100%
  • Math Pathways 100%
  • Black or African American 100%
  • Entry Level 33%
  • Universal Education 33%

• Multimodal hybrid nanoparticles for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

  Vivero-escoto, J. J. L. (PI)

  National Cancer Institute

  1/7/22 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Nanoparticle 50%
  • Chlorin e6 37%
  • BRCA Genes 12%
  • Immunological Effects 12%
  • Early-stage Triple-negative Breast Cancer 12%

• Collaborative Research: Mechanical Communication for Multi-agent Systems

  Kelly, S. S. D. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/7/22 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Collaborative Research 100%
  • Multi Agent Systems 100%
  • Locomotion 80%
  • Robot 50%
  • Dynamic Environment 50%

• Microphysiological Models to Evaluate the Role of Age-Dependent Fibrinogen Sialylation in Wound Healing

  Brown, A. (PI) & Daniele, M. M. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/6/22 → 31/5/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Fibrinogen 100%
  • Wound Healing 50%
  • Sialic Acid 38%
  • Fibrin 13%
  • Biochemical Signals 9%

• NSF-BSF: SaTC: CORE: Small: Rowhammering Peripherals

  Porter, D. E. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/6/22 → 31/5/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Input/Output 74%
  • Modern Computer 50%
  • Device Driver 49%
  • Unprivileged User 49%
  • Virtual Machine 24%

• IRES Track I: U.S.-Thailand: Lasting consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on landscape change in tropical crop cultivation

  Chen, G. G. (PI) & Hammelman, C. C. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/6/22 → 31/5/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Crop Cultivation 100%
  • Thailand 100%
  • Supply Chain Management 33%
  • International Experience 33%
  • Food Security 33%

• Contractility and apoptosis in germline architecture and oogenesis

  Maddox, A. A. (PI) & Franklin, E. E. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/5/22 → 30/4/26

  Project: Research Project

  • Oogenesis 100%
  • Programmed Cell Death 50%
  • Apoptosis 50%
  • Contractility 50%
  • Egg Production 50%

• CAREER: Bio-inspired Nonequilibrium Design Principles of Molecular Information Machines

  Lu, Z. Z. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/5/22 → 30/4/27

  Project: Research Project

  • Living Organisms 50%
  • Bio-inspired 50%
  • Communication Goals 33%
  • Edge Tool 33%
  • Complex Information 33%

• Supplement: Student support for computationally designing peptides to interfere with p53-MDM2 and p53-sirtuin interaction

  Jacobs, D. D. (PI)

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  1/5/22 → 30/4/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) 100%
  • Public Domain Software 44%
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation 44%
  • Design Platform 44%
  • Cell Proliferation 44%

• IUCRC Phase II North Carolina State University: Center for Advanced Electronics through Machine Learning [CAEML]

  Franzon, P. P. D. (PI), Rosenbaum, E. E. (CoPI) & Swaminathan, M. M. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/4/22 → 31/3/27

  Project: Research Project

  • Microelectronics 100%
  • University Centers 50%
  • State Universities 50%
  • Design Process 22%
  • Design Verification 11%

• REU Site: Materials Research with Data Science (MAT-DAT)

  Yingling, Y. Y. G. (PI) & Pasquinelli, M. M. A. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/4/22 → 31/3/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Research Material 50%
  • Knowledge Science 50%
  • Materials Discovery 33%
  • Research Project 33%
  • American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 16%

• Temperature Regulation of Top-Down Control in a Pacific Upwelling System

  Bruno, J. F. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/4/22 → 31/3/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Aquatic Ecosystem 100%
  • Predation 100%
  • Kelp 100%
  • Warm Water 50%
  • Ocean Temperature 50%

• Elucidating the Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Pathways Underpinning the Electrocatalytic Generation of Fuels

  Dempsey, J. J. (PI)

  Basic Energy Sciences

  1/3/22 → 28/2/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Proton-coupled Electron Transfer 100%
  • Catalyst Durability 40%
  • Transfer Reaction 40%
  • Optimum Efficiency 20%
  • System Parameters 20%

• CAREER: Versatile Wearable Robots for Rehabilitation of Children with Gait Disabilities

  Su, H. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/2/22 → 31/3/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Cerebral Palsy children 100%
  • Joint Torque 100%
  • Metabolic Economy 33%
  • Pediatric Gait 33%
  • Soft Robot 33%

• CAREER: Engineering Ultra-Wide Bandgap III-Nitride Devices for Highly Efficient and Robust Electronics

  Pavlidis, S. S. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/2/22 → 31/1/27

  Project: Research Project

  • III-nitride Devices 50%
  • High Efficiency 50%
  • Power Device 11%
  • Novel Semiconductors 6%
  • Aluminum Nitride Substrates 6%

• CAREER: Establishing Swimming Sperm as a Model Active Matter System

  Tung, C.-K.C.-K. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/2/22 → 31/1/27

  Project: Research Project

  • Research Project 33%
  • Female Tract 25%
  • Low Reynolds number Swimming 25%
  • Propulsion Mechanism 25%
  • Mechanical Pressure 25%

• No Wrong Door System Governance in North Carolina: Improving Access to LTSS for Individuals and Family Caregivers

  Bachar, J. J.

  Administration for Community Living

  1/1/22 → …

  Project: Research Project

• Feeding the STEM Pipeline with Neuroscientist Trained at an HBCU

  Marshall, S. S. A. (PI), Cole, G. G. J. (CoPI) & Grillo, W. W. H. (CoPI)

  National Institute of Mental Health

  1/1/22 → 31/10/24

  Project: Research Project

  • STEM pipeline 100%
  • Feeding Behavior 100%
  • Degree Programs 18%
  • Professional Success 18%
  • Personal Accomplishment 18%

• UNC Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC)

  Fisher, W. W. (PI)

  DHHS Office of the Secretary

  1/1/22 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • USA 50%
  • Major Infectious Diseases 9%
  • Medical Center 9%
  • US South 9%
  • Practice Training 9%

• FMRG: Eco: Future Eco Manufacturing of Recyclable Soft Electronics

  Zhu, Y. Y. (PI), Velev, O. O. D. (CoPI), Dong, J. J. (CoPI), Blanchard, M. M. (CoPI) & Yao, Y. Y. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/1/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Future Manufacturing 100%
  • Biodegradation 50%
  • Manufacturing Process 33%
  • Manufacturing Sustainability 16%
  • Cyber Engineering 16%

• CAREER: Environmentally Stable Electrically Pumped Perovskite Laser

  Gu, Q. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/1/22 → 31/3/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Environmentally Stable 100%
  • Perovskite Lasers 100%
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits 55%
  • Photonics 22%
  • On-chip Lasers 22%

• Trustworthiness of Digital-Twin-based Automation Technology in Nuclear Power Plant Operation

  Dinh, N. T. N. T. (PI) & Tran, S. C. S. C. (CoPI)

  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  1/1/22 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Maintenance Procedure 75%
  • Assurance Case 66%
  • Systems-Based Reasoning 66%
  • Automation System 50%
  • Operation and Maintenance 50%

• ExplainIt: Improving Student Learning with Explanation-based Classroom Response Systems

  Lester, J. (PI) & Min, W. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/10/21 → 30/9/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Response System 50%
  • Computer Science Education 25%
  • Introductory Course 25%
  • Grounded Research 25%
  • Program Support 25%

• RESEARCH-PGR: Role of cytokinin in regulating shoot apical meristem function in rice

  Kieber, J. J. J. (PI), Schaller, G. E. (CoPI), Strable, J. J. (CoPI) & Simon, J. J. M. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/10/21 → 30/9/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Gene Expression 50%
  • Regulatory Region 50%
  • Stem Cell 50%
  • Regulatory Network 50%
  • Regulatory Element 50%

• HCC: Medium: A novel neural interface for user-driven control of rehabilitation of finger individuation

  Hu, X. X. (PI), Saul, K. (CoPI) & Kamper, D. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/10/21 → 30/9/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Limiting Factor 100%
  • Computational Approach 100%
  • User Acceptance 100%
  • Background Noise 100%
  • Activation Pattern 100%

• (DURIP-21) ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS OF CERAMIC MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS

  Chengying, X. (PI)

  U.S. Air Force

  15/9/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • High Ambient Temperature 50%
  • Measurement Device 50%
  • Composite Material 50%
  • Dielectric Loss Tangent 50%
  • Absorption Performance 50%

• High-Speed and High-Resolution Imaging for Research on Hypersonic Flow Structures

  Tkacik, P. P. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  14/9/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Hypersonics 100%
  • Doing Research 50%
  • Methods Courses 50%
  • Flow Structure 50%
  • Shock Waves 25%

• VIRTUAL AND REMOTE LABORATORIES FOR ENHANCED FOOD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION

  Sablani, S. S. (PI)

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Natural Resource 100%
  • Human Sciences 40%
  • Computer Animation 25%
  • Journal Publication 25%
  • Perform Experiment 25%

• AMPLIFICATION-BY-POLYMERIZATION IN BIOSENSING FOR VISUAL DETECTION OF PEANUT ALLERGENS

  He, P. P. (PI)

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  1/9/21 → 31/8/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Visual Detection 100%
  • Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) 50%
  • Assay Kit 28%
  • Type I Hypersensitivity 28%
  • Food Scientist 14%

• Focused CoPe: Supporting Environmental Justice in Connected Coastal Communities through a Regional Approach to Collaborative Community Science

  Moysey, S. S. M. (PI), O'driscoll, M. M. (CoPI), Arora, P. P. (CoPI), Bell, N. N. L. (CoPI) & Petersen-perlman, J. J. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/26

  Project: Research Project

  • Coastal Communities 100%
  • Community Science 100%
  • Collaborative Community 100%
  • Environmental Justice 100%
  • Coastal Environment 66%

• Learning about Viral Epidemics through Engagement with Different Types of Models

  Sadler, T. (PI), Zangori, L. L. A. (CoPI), Friedrichsen, P. P. J. (CoPI) & Ke, L. L. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/9/21 → 31/8/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Resource Model 50%
  • Learning Experiences 50%
  • Potential Solution 50%
  • Teaching and Learning 50%
  • Small Groups 33%

• Physical Implementation of a Radiation-Hardened-By-Construction Microprocessor

  Limbrick, D. D. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  23/8/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Design Flow 33%
  • Masking Property 33%
  • F-35 16%
  • Plane Crash 16%
  • Common Logic 16%

• The Functional Implications of Astrocytic GPCR-signaling on Alcohol Abuse

  Marshall, S. S. A. (PI)

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  20/8/21 → 31/7/24

  Project: Research Project

  • Alcohol Consumption 20%
  • Cytokine Regulation 16%
  • Alcoholism 11%
  • Socioeconomic Issues 11%
  • Glutamatergic 11%

• CAREER: Few-Body Physics in Finite Volume

  Koenig, S. S. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/26

  Project: Research Project

  • Effective Field Theories 100%
  • Cluster Structure 100%
  • Nuclear Spectrum 50%
  • Fundamental Forces 50%
  • High School Physics 50%

• IMAGiNE:Dissecting neuronal and systemic responses to interacting environmental stressors

  San Miguel, A. (PI) & Stallrich, J. J. W. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/8/21 → 31/7/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Stress Response 100%
  • Oxidizing Agent 50%
  • Environmental Chemical 50%
  • Multiple Chemicals 40%
  • Neuronal Silencing 40%

• Observing Multi-Scale Ocean Dynamics off Rough Rocky Coastlines: Obstacle-Scale Pressure and Velocity Sensor Array

  Rosman, J. J. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  9/8/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Wave Processes 50%
  • Measurement Site 25%
  • Coastal Modeling 25%
  • Wave Orbital Velocity 25%
  • Energy Dissipation 25%

• Collaborative: RoL: Molecular patterns for redox sensing and signaling in organismic defense

  Hicks, L. M. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/8/21 → 31/7/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Video Lectures 50%
  • Oxidized Proteins 50%
  • Career Tracks 50%
  • Molecular Patterns 50%
  • Bacterial Disease 50%

• Collaborative Research: Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction

  Wilson, P. P. H. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/7/21 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Collaborative Research 100%
  • Mathematics Instruction 100%
  • PreK-12 37%
  • School Level 25%
  • Education Researcher 12%

• Collaborative Research: Co-Designing for Statewide Alignment of a Vision for High Quality Mathematics Instruction

  Mcculloch, A. A. W. (PI) & Stephan, M. M. (CoPI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/7/21 → 30/6/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Mathematics Instruction 100%
  • Collaborative Research 50%
  • PreK-12 18%
  • School Level 12%
  • Design-based Implementation Research 12%

• CAREER: WolfPack: An Application-Network Co-Design Framework for Performance-Guaranteed Real-time Applications at the Network Edge

  Yu, R. R. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/7/21 → 30/6/26

  Project: Research Project

  • Co-design Framework 100%
  • Real-Time Application 100%
  • Time Application 50%
  • End Performance 50%
  • Optimization Framework 50%

• Central nervous system lymphatic structure in marine mammals: a morphological comparison of shallow and deep divers

  Tift, M. M. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  1/6/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Lymphatics 100%
  • Brain Lymphatic System 88%
  • Central Nervous System 50%
  • Gas Emboli 44%
  • Diver 33%

• Single Nanocrystal Anti-Stokes Shifted Superfluorescence

  Shuang, L. L. (PI)

  U.S. Army

  17/5/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Nanoparticle 37%
  • Lanthanoid Atom 15%
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy 12%
  • Upconversion Nanoparticles 10%
  • Dipole 7%

• Acquisition of Equipment for Thermal Processes and Electrical Transport Characterization of Wide Band Gap and Ultra-Wide Band Gap Semiconductors

  Adetayo, A. A. (PI)

  Office of the Secretary of Defense

  8/5/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Ion Implantation 50%
  • Ga2O3 50%
  • Thermoelectric Properties 50%
  • Electrical Transport 50%
  • Multicharged Ions 50%

• CAREER: Bidirectional links between social experiences and the immune system

  Muscatell, K. K. A. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  1/5/21 → 30/4/26

  Project: Research Project

  • Bidirectional Link 100%
  • Social Support 25%
  • Social Defeat 16%
  • Racial Discrimination 16%
  • Psychoneuroimmunology 8%

• A Piezoelectric Evaluation System with Controlled Environment for Characterizations of Relaxor-PT Single Crystals with Engineered Nanodomains

  Jiang, X. X. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  1/5/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Relaxor Single Crystal 100%
  • Thermal Field 50%
  • Mechanical Field 50%
  • Prestress 50%
  • Multimodal Stimuli 50%

• Forecasting Coastal Impacts from Tropical Cyclones along the US East and Gulf Coasts using the ADCIRC Prediction System

  Luettich, R. R. A. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  6/4/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Coastal Impacts 50%
  • Bathymeter 40%
  • Coastal Water 20%
  • Water Wave 20%
  • COAMPS 18%

• Automated machine learning classification of electrodermal activity for prediction and detection of symptoms related to the central nervous system oxygen toxicity including seizures

  Chon, K. K. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  1/4/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Machine Learning Classification 100%
  • Electrodermal Activity 100%
  • Diver 50%
  • Corrupted Signal 50%
  • Deep Learning 50%

• Massive MIMO and Millimeter wave Integrated Tactical Communication for Swarm Networks: Design and Experiment

  Tadilo, B. B. (PI)

  U.S. Army

  15/2/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Swarm Networks 100%
  • Massive MIMO 100%
  • Network Design 50%
  • Analog Beamforming 20%
  • Wireless 20%