2017 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.
Development of the Center for Electric Aircraft Research and Technology
Phillip J. Ansell and Timothy W. Bretl, Aerospace Engineering
Efficient Computational Methods for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Single Particle Reconstruction
Zhizhen Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Building the Next UIUC Center for Computational Materials
Harley Johnson, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Development of a Scanning SQUID Microscope for Imaging Vortices in Superconductor Devices for Quantum Information Processing
Dale Van Harlingen, Physics
Realizing FOCI (Focusing Optical Concentrators that are Integrated)
Lynford L. Goddard, Electrical and Computer Engineering