Strategic Research Initiatives
The Grainger College of Engineering has always responded to the critical needs of society and continues to develop solutions for our global challenges. Our Strategic Research Initiatives support collaboration in high-impact research, as well as emerging areas. Funding and support for these programs seed our future success and drive new discoveries.
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2021 PROJECTS
Toward an Illinois Center for 3D Spatial Packaging of Interconnected Systems with Physical Interactions (SPI2)
Allison,
Machine-assisted scalable fabrication of ultrafast quantum photonic devices
Simeon I. Bogdanov, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bryan K. Clark, Physics
Prashant K. Jain, Chemistry and Materials Research Lab
Phononic materials for improved flight of next-generation air vehicles
Kathryn Matlack, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Andres Goza, Phillip Ansell, Aerospace Engineering
An observatory for infection genomics
Nguyen (CEE), Irudayaraj (Bioengineering), Beck and Kesavadas (IESE), Basar (ECE), King (MechSE), Koyejo (CS), Whitaker (IGB), Smith (Vetmed), Keefer (PRI),
Van der Waals Materials and Devices for In-Memory Computing—Enabling AI at the Edge
Shaloo Rakheja, Wenjuan Zhu, and Naresh Shanbhag, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Axel Hoffmann, Materials Science and Engineering