Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Projects and Grants

Projects per year 1990 2026

• 96 Active
• 383 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  Engineering Birefringence in Organic Semiconductor Materials

  Holmes, R. J. & Frisbie, D.

  FACEBOOK, INC

  12/15/20 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • organic semiconductors
  • birefringence
  • engineering

• Organic material mechanical property characterization

  Mara, N. A.

  NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

  12/14/20 → 9/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Mechanical Properties
  • Characterization

• Next Generation Cellulosics

  Reineke, T. M. & Dauenhauer, P. J.

  The Dow Chemical Company

  12/1/20 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

• Advanced Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of High Performance Printed Electronics

  Francis, L. F., Frisbie, D. & Kumar, S.

  National Science Foundation

  12/1/20 → 11/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Electronic equipment

• Experimental study of the conformation and dynamics of active colloidal polymers

  Cheng, X.

  National Science Foundation

  11/1/20 → 10/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • polymers

• Development of Novel Antiperovskite-based Quantum Materials

  Jalan, B.

  USDOD AIR FORCE

  10/15/20 → 10/14/25

  Project: Research project

• Materials Design of Correlated Metals as Novel Transparent Conductors

  Birol, T.

  Pennsylvania State University

  10/1/20 → 9/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • conductors
  • metals

• University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (DMR-2011401)

  Lodge, T.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/20 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • engineering
  • polymers
  • gelation
  • thrust
  • cellulose

• Natural Killer Cell Mediated Immunotherapy for Hormone Receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

  Sachdev, D., Beckwith, H. C., Felices, M. & Hackel, B. J.

  Mayo Clinic

  9/1/20 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • immunotherapy
  • hormone receptors
  • natural killer cells
  • breast neoplasms

• Electronically Controlled Electrocatalysts

  Frisbie, D. & Dauenhauer, P. J.

  United States Department of Energy

  9/1/20 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

• NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry

  Neurock, M.

  The University of Utah

  9/1/20 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Electrochemistry

• Measuring the pressure and shear stress distribution of impacting liquid drops

  Cheng, X.

  Amer. Chem. Soc. Petroleum Research Fund

  9/1/20 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • stress distribution
  • shear stress

• In-situ Surface Modification of Multi-Principal Element Alloys for Enhanced Durability in Extreme Environments

  Poerschke, D. L.

  NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR

  8/28/20 → 8/27/24

  Project: Research project

  • Surface treatment
  • Durability

• Contact Enhancement Interlayers for OLEDs: Development of Industrially Compatible Chemistry for Eliminating Deposition Damage to TPBi Electron Transport Layers (ETLs)

  Holmes, R. J.

  LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

  8/15/20 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • interlayers
  • chemistry
  • damage
  • augmentation
  • electrons

• Quantitative Analysis of Molecular Conductance in Molecular Junctions

  Frisbie, D.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/20 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Chemical analysis

• Collaborative Proposal: Impact of a colloidal suspension droplet: suspension flows at extreme shear rates

  Cheng, X.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/20 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • colloids
  • proposals
  • shear

• Surface Phenomena in Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys: Accelerated Development of Resilient Multifunctional Materials

  Poerschke, D. L.

  USDOD NAVY

  7/20/20 → 7/19/23

  Project: Research project

  • refractories

• Absorber-enhanced ammonia synthesis:?? Performance optimization, de-risking and modeling of cycling absorbers cycling using a newly fabricated 1kg/day prototype

  McCormick (he /him), A., Cussler Jr, E. L., Daoutidis, P., Dauenhauer, P. J. & Reese, M. H.

  AMERICAN INST OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS - NY

  7/1/20 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Ammonia

• SurfactantTransport at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces, from Bilgewater Emulsions to FirefightingFoams

  Dutcher, C. S. & Kumar, S.

  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

  6/26/20 → 6/26/25

  Project: Research project

  • emulsions
  • foams
  • surfactants
  • fluids

• Employing Machine Learning to Accelerate High Temperature Corrosion-Resistant Materials Design

  Poerschke, D. L.

  QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC

  6/15/20 → 6/14/21

  Project: Research project

  • High temperature corrosion
  • Machine learning

• Can Mining Waste Help Remove Sulfide from Water?

  Penn, L. (., McCormick (he /him), A. & Bingham, S.

  6/1/20 → …

  Project: Seed

• Bulk and Thin Film Self-Assembly of Core-Shell Block Brush Polymers

  Mahanthappa, M.

  National Science Foundation

  6/1/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • brushes
  • self assembly
  • polymers
  • thin films

• CAREER: Oxygen Transport in Heterogeneous, Nonoxide Ceramics:Toward Durable New Composite Constituents 2019

  Poerschke, D. L.

  National Science Foundation

  6/1/20 → 5/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Oxygen
  • Composite materials

• A study of the dynamics of drop impact: Impact forces, pressure and shear stress distributions.

  Cheng, X.

  National Science Foundation

  6/1/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • stress distribution
  • shear stress

• Hydrodynamics of confined DNA knots

  Dorfman, K.

  National Science Foundation

  6/1/20 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • hydrodynamics

• Advanced Manufacturing of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene and Metal Hybrid Structures for Bicycle Spokes

  Hillmyer, M. A. & Bates, F. S.

  BERD L.L.C.

  5/1/20 → 5/1/22

  Project: Research project

  • ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
  • Bicycles
  • Metals

• Enhancing Adsorption of Lung Surfactants at the Air-Water Interface

  Iasella, S. V.

  NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU

  1/20/20 → 1/19/23

  Project: Research project

  • lungs
  • surfactants
  • adsorption
  • air
  • water

• First Principles Study of Ferroelectricity in Novel Systems

  Birol, T.

  USDOD NAVY

  12/1/19 → 11/30/22

  Project: Research project

• Collaborative Research: From Brains to Society: Neural Underpinnings of Collective Behaviors Via Massive Data and Experiments

  Daoutidis, P.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/19 → 9/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • collective behavior
  • brain
  • experiment

• High throughput assessment of creep behavior of advanced nuclear reactor structural alloys by nano/microindentation.

  Mara, N. A.

  United States Department of Energy

  10/1/19 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Nuclear reactors
  • Creep
  • Throughput

• Engineering Synthetic Ligands with Potent Allosteric Inhibition of Tumornecrosis Factor Receptors

  Hackel, B. J.

  NIH NATL INST OF BIOMEDICAL IM

  9/15/19 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Ligands

• Low-Energy, Radical-based Approaches for Metal Oxides of ?Stubborn? Metals

  Jalan, B.

  United States Department of Energy

  9/1/19 → 5/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • metal oxide
  • metal
  • energy

• Automated decomposition of optimization problems through learning network structures

  Daoutidis, P.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/19 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Decomposition

• EAGER: Electronic Modulation of Binding and Catalysis on Metal-Oxides: CO Oxidation on NiO

  Dauenhauer, P. J. & Frisbie, D.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/19 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Catalysis
  • Oxides
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Oxidation
  • Metals

• Center for Low Temperature Plasma Interactions with Complex Interfaces

  Bruggeman, P. J. & Bhan, A.

  University of Michigan

  8/15/19 → 8/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • plasma interactions
  • cold plasmas

• Influence of 3D heterophase interface structure on deformation physics

  Mara, N. A.

  United States Department of Energy

  8/15/19 → 8/14/22

  Project: Research project

  • physics

• The mathematical design of materials

  James, R. D. & Jalan, B.

  USDOD NAVY

  8/15/19 → 8/14/24

  Project: Research project

• CBET-EPSRC: Dynamic Wetting & Interfacial Transitions in Three Dimensions: Theory vs Experiment

  Kumar, S.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/19 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • experiment

• Targeted membrane integrity in cardiac ischemia and reperfusion

  Metzger, J. M., Bartos, J. A., Bates, F. S. & Sham, Y.

  NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU

  7/15/19 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Reperfusion
  • Ischemia
  • Membranes

• Benchmarked, high-throughput microscale fracture toughness measurements.

  Mara, N. A.

  TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY LLC

  7/9/19 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • microbalances
  • fracture strength

• NSF CAREER Novel expansion strategies for biomanufacturing of natural killer cells

  Azarin, S. M.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/19 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

• Alice Chang submit to Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship

  Bates, F. S.

  Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

  7/1/19 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

• Precisely-Controlled Pulsed Electron Beams for Studies of Radiation-Sensitive Materials

  Flannigan, D. J.

  American Chemical Society

  7/1/19 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • electron beams
  • radiation

• REU Site: Science and Engineering in Nanomaterials

  Blank, D. A.

  National Science Foundation

  4/1/19 → 3/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • engineering

• Improving energy yield in photovoltaic modules with photonic structures

  Ferry, V. E.

  United States Department of Energy

  1/1/19 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • photonics
  • solar collectors
  • energy

• From simplicity to perplexity

  Mahanthappa, M.

  National Science Foundation

  8/15/18 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Simplicity

• Structure and Dynamics of Asymmetric Block Copolymers

  Bates, F. S.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/18 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • block copolymers

• Understanding Spin Diffusion Lengths in Metals and Oxide

  Leighton, C.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • diffusion length
  • oxides
  • metals

• DOE Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)

  Dauenhauer, P. J.

  University of Delaware

  8/1/18 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • catalysis
  • innovation
  • energy

• Correlating Structural and Electronic Disorder in Organi

  Frisbie, D.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • organic semiconductors
  • disorders
  • single crystals
  • electronics