Archive 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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Archive of Previous SRI Projects
2014 PROJECTS
Civil Infrastructure Systems Big Data Innovation Hub
Nora El-Gohary, Civil and Environmental Engineering
High-Throughput Single-Molecule Biophysics and Biomolecular Sensing
Songbin Gong, Electrical and Computer Engineering
A New Paradigm in Ultrasonic Image Formation: Inverse Scattering
Michael L Oelze Electrical and Computer Engineering
Detection of the Illicit Movement of Nuclear Materials with Big Data
Clair J. Sullivan, Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Big-Data Analytics in Resource-constrained Regime: Statistical Limits and Computational Challenges
Yihong Wu Electrical and Computer Engineering
2013 PROJECTS
Atomic-Scale Design of Oxide Heterojunctions for Energy Conversion
Elif Ertekin, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Wide-Bandgap (WBG) Power Electronics Research Initiative toward a Center of Excellence and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nanomanufacturing Paradigm Shift from 2D to 3D: Rolled-up Electronic and Photonic Devices and Sub-Systems
Xiuling Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Optimizing DNA Storage Efficiency via Joint Constrained and Error-Control Coding
Olgica Milenkovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Powering Big Data - A Systems Approach to Future Computing Platforms
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2012 PROJECTS
Interrogation of Special Nuclear Material Using the Illinois Pulsed Neutron Facility
Brent J. Heuser, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
A Theory of Cognitive and Algorithmic Decision Making
Andrew C. Singer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Beyond Speech: Towards an Interdisciplinary Study of Sound
Paris Smaragdis, Computer Science
Digital/Cyber Security and Nuclear Security
Rizwan Uddin, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering