ONR Robotics Grants

Military Times (Feb. 23) -- The Office of Naval Research awarded the creators of blooded robots and tortoise-inspired amphibious vehicles two Young Investigator Program awards, totaling $16 million in grant funding. MechSE assistant professors Nenad Miljkovic and SungWoo Nam were granted Young Investigator Awards from the Office of Naval Research. They were two of just 34 scientists chosen from around the country and the only faculty from the University of Illinois to be selected this year. Also: Office of Naval Research (original list of awardees), ASEE FirstBell (Feb. 24).