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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

  • Particle System 100%
  • Topological Interaction 100%
  • Asymptotics 100%
  • Free Boundary Problem 66%
  • Invariant Distribution 66%

• 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

  • Phaseless Inverse Scattering 100%
  • Algebraic Formulas 50%
  • Incident Wave 50%
  • Unknown Target 50%
  • Initial Guess 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

  • Math Pathways 100%
  • African American Men 100%
  • Entry Level 33%
  • Universal Education 33%
  • Development Project 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

  • Therapeutic nucleic Acids 25%
  • Silsesquioxane 25%
  • Breast Cancer 18%
  • Conventional Radiation Therapy 12%
  • Mechanism of Death 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

  • Multi Agent Systems 100%
  • Agent System 100%
  • Biological System 50%
  • Mobile Robotics 50%
  • Transmit-Receive 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

  • Sialylation 100%
  • Fibrinogen 50%
  • Sialic Acid 22%
  • Stop the Bleed 18%
  • Healing 18%

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

  Porter, D. E. (PI)

  National Science Foundation

  15/6/22 → 31/5/25

  Project: Research Project

  • Peripheral Devices 74%
  • Input-output 74%
  • Modern Computer 50%
  • Device Driver 49%
  • Work Study 49%

• 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

  • COVID-19 100%
  • Landscape Change 100%
  • Land Use 60%
  • COVID-19 Pandemic 50%
  • Thailand 50%

• 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

  • Oocyte Development 100%
  • Oogenesis 100%
  • Cell Structure 50%
  • Oocyte 50%
  • Apoptosis 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

  • Information Machine 100%
  • Intelligent Response 66%
  • Molecular Complexes 50%
  • Planetarium 33%
  • Energy Landscape 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%
  • Sirtuin 100%
  • Student Support 66%
  • Molecular Docking 44%
  • Hub Protein 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

  • Design Complexity 22%
  • Microelectronic Systems 20%
  • Microelectronics Industry 15%
  • Learning Approach 11%
  • Uncertainty Quantification 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

  • Mathematical Method 100%
  • Materials Informatics 66%
  • Cutting Edge 66%
  • Knowledge Science 50%
  • Machine Learning 50%

• 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

  • Ocean Temperature 50%
  • Macroalga 50%
  • Energy Flow 50%
  • Ecologist 50%
  • Body Temperature 33%

• 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

  • Electron Transfer Mechanism 100%
  • Catalyst Durability 40%
  • Transfer Reaction 40%
  • Electronic Factor 20%
  • Mechanistic Insight 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%
  • Torque Assist 66%
  • Wearable Robot 50%
  • Joints (Structural Components) 50%
  • Wearable Robots 50%

• 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

  • Nitride 100%
  • III-nitride Devices 50%
  • High Efficiency 50%
  • Semiconductor Devices 13%
  • Electromagnetic Interference 13%

• 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

  • Historically Black University 50%
  • Active Matter 50%
  • Research Project 33%
  • Experimental Model 33%
  • Mechanical Switch 33%

• 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

  • Feeding Behavior 100%
  • Neuroscientists 75%
  • Neuroscience 75%
  • Historically Black University 75%
  • Neuroscience Curriculum 25%

• UNC Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC)

  Fisher, W. W. (PI)

  DHHS Office of the Secretary

  1/1/22 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Pathogen Treatment 100%
  • Special Pathogens 100%
  • Pathogen 100%
  • Treatment Facilities 50%
  • Medical Centres 50%

• 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%
  • Manufacturing Research 50%
  • Life Cycle Assessment 50%
  • Renewables 33%
  • Energy Engineering 33%

• 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%
  • Silicon 100%
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits 55%
  • Electrically Pumped 50%
  • Gain Medium 44%

• 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

  • Digital Twin Technology 66%
  • Systems-Based Reasoning 66%
  • Digital Twin 50%
  • Operation Procedure 50%
  • Power System Operation 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%
  • Upper Division 25%
  • Current Needs 25%
  • Computer Physics 25%
  • Instructional 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

  • Growth, Development and Aging 100%
  • Molecular Genetics 50%
  • Genetics 50%
  • Genome Wide Association Study 50%
  • Mediator 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

  • User-centric 100%
  • Neural Interface 100%
  • Control Strategy 100%
  • Decoding Algorithm 100%
  • Assistive Devices 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

  • Electromagnetic Property 100%
  • Free Space 100%
  • Composite Material 50%
  • Dielectrics 50%
  • Radome 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

  • Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics 50%
  • Type of Work 50%
  • Wave-dominated 50%
  • Hypersonic 50%
  • Doing Research 50%

• 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

  • Food Science Education 100%
  • Laboratory Equipment 50%
  • Take-home Kit 30%
  • Project Outcome 25%
  • Discussion Forum 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

  • Peanut Allergen 100%
  • Biosensing 100%
  • Peanut Allergy 71%
  • Allergen Detection 57%
  • Allergen 50%

• 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%
  • Science Community 100%
  • Community Stakeholders 66%
  • Estuaries 66%
  • Adaptation Strategy 50%

• 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

  • Conceptual Understanding 100%
  • Professional Development 66%
  • Development Effort 50%
  • Learning Experiences 50%
  • Potential Solution 50%

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

  Limbrick, D. D. (PI)

  U.S. Navy

  23/8/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Physical Implementation 100%
  • Reliability-aware 50%
  • Integrated Circuits 50%
  • Microprocessor Chips 50%
  • Design Flow 33%

• 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

  • Functional Consequences 75%
  • Astrocytic 75%
  • Astrocyte 75%
  • Binge Drinking 42%
  • Medical Aspects of Alcohol Misuse 40%

• 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%
  • Electromagnetic Probes 50%
  • Rare Isotopes 50%
  • Experimental Information 50%
  • Halo Structure 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%
  • Environmental Chemical 50%
  • Response Space 40%
  • Neuronal Silencing 40%
  • Environmental Chemicals 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

  • Rocky Coastline 100%
  • Rocky Shore 100%
  • Turbulence 75%
  • Pressure Sensor 50%
  • Rocky Shoreline 50%

• 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

  • Redox Sensing 100%
  • Video Lectures 50%
  • Historically Black University 50%
  • Career Tracks 50%
  • Biological Systems 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

  • High-quality Mathematics Instruction 100%
  • Educators 37%
  • Shared Vision 25%
  • Education Researcher 12%
  • Resource Model 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

  • High-quality Mathematics Instruction 100%
  • Shared Vision 25%
  • Educators 18%
  • Empirically Supported 12%
  • Mathematics Teacher Education 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

  • Network Application 100%
  • Real-Time Application 100%
  • Performance Guarantee 100%
  • Participatory Design 100%
  • Complex Structure 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

  • Deep Divers 100%
  • Lymphatic System 100%
  • Marine Mammals 50%
  • Morphology 50%
  • Central Nervous System 50%

• Single Nanocrystal Anti-Stokes Shifted Superfluorescence

  Shuang, L. L. (PI)

  U.S. Army

  17/5/21 → …

  Project: Research Project

  • Nanocrystalline Material 100%
  • Superfluorescence 50%
  • Doping (Additives) 25%
  • Lanthanoid Atom 15%
  • Nanoparticle 15%

• 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

  • Energy Gap 100%
  • Doping (Additives) 100%
  • Contact Resistance 75%
  • Ion Implantation 66%
  • Contact Metallization 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 Interaction 25%
  • Nervous System 25%
  • Social Defeat 16%
  • Racial Discrimination 16%

• 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

  • Nanodomains 100%
  • Controlled Environment 100%
  • Mechanical Field 50%
  • Frequency up 50%
  • Electrical Field 25%

• 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

  • U.S. Gulf Coast 100%
  • Gulf of Mexico 60%
  • Water Wave 20%
  • COAMPS 18%
  • Computational Mesh 9%

• 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

  • Oxygen Toxicity 100%
  • Symptom 50%
  • Central Nervous System 50%
  • Epileptic Seizure 50%
  • Seizure 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

  • Massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) 100%
  • Tactical Technical Communication 100%
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm 60%
  • Network Design 50%
  • Situation-aware 40%