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CURRENT MURI PROJECTS AND TEAMS
2007/2008 ACADEMIC YEAR
MURI at E&T-SPONSORED MURI PROJECTS
The following is the list of projects and teams sponsored in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008:
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"Analytical Redundancy Based Fault Tolerant Control of Steer-By-Wire Systems;"
Mentor: Dr. Sohel Anwar, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: soanwar@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Yaobin Chen,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI, e-mail: ychen@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Caleb Audu (ME), Monis Rahman (ECE)
- "Feasibility Study of a Noninvasive Optical Sensor for Measuring Blood Alcohol Concentration to Detect Drunk Driver;" Mentor: Dr. Sohel Anwar, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: soanwar@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Sean O'Connor, Professor of Psychiatry, IUPUI, e-mail: oconnor1@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Priyam Agarwal (CS), Sheth Pratik (ME)
- "Multidisciplinary Marketing Project for the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary Boys and Girls State Program;" Mentor: Daniel Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Computer Graphic Technology, IUPUI, email: danbaldw@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Associate Director for Internships and Experiential Learning, IUPUI Solution Center, e-mail: klongtin@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Adam Siurek, Academic Department Director, The Art Institute of Indianapolis, e-mail: asiurek@aii.edu; Co-Mentor: Duane Mercier, Community Partner, Audovisual Production Manager, American Legions, Indianapolis, e-mail: dmercier@legion.org; Proposal. Scholars: Kevin Locke (New Media), Kyla Prows(New Media), Jason Smith (CGT), Joseph Yalowitz (Comm Studies)
- "Solar Hydrogen Production;" Mentor: Dr. Rongrong Chen, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, IUPUI, email: rochen@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Christopher Green (ECE), Kevin Pac (MET)
- "Using Multimodal Biometrics Technologies to Evaluate Mental Workload;" Mentor: Dr. Eliza Du, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI, email: yidu@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Vincent Duffy, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, e-mail: duffy@purdue.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Tron Artavatkun (ECE), Sean Collins (ECE), Karthir Prabhakar (CSCI)
- "Mobile Forensics in Health Care;" Mentor: Connie Justice, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Technology, IUPUI, email: cjustice@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Huanmei Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Technology, IUPUI, e-mail: hw9@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Nathaniel Husted (CIT), Mai Le (HIA)
- "Direct Fuel Injection for Pollution Control of 2-Stroke Engines;" Mentor: Razi Nalim, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: mnalim@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Sameera Wijeyakulasuriya, Research Assistant of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, e-mail: wijeya@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Russel Austin (MET), Albert Dean (MET), Dara Navaei (ME)
- "Performance Optimization of a Metal to Compound Semiconductor Interface for High Efficiency Thermovoltaic Device for Solar Applications;" Mentor: Dr. Maher Rizkalla, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI, email: mrikall@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Hasan U. Akay, Professsor of Mechanical Engineering, e-mail: hakay@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Matt Rubin, Business Development Manager, IURTC, e-mail: mrubin@iu.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Tyson Fish (Phys), Luke Thomas (ECE).
- "Sensitivity of Top-of-Atmosphere Outgoing Shortwave Radiation to Changes in Surface Albedo;" Mentor: Dr. Siva Santanakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: sskris@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Ken Caldeira, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford University, email: kcaldeira@globalecology.stanford.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Brian Alano (ME) and the Carnegie Institution Team
- "Developing Fast and Accurate Embarrassingly Parallel Solver for Multi-Scale Biochemical Reacting Systems;" Mentor: Dr. John Schild, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI, email: jschild@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Stanley Chien, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI, e-mail: schien@iupui.edu; Dr. Raymond Chin, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI, e-mail: rcnin@math.iupui.edu; Dr. Lang Li, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, IUPUI, e-mail: lali@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Jonathan Liang (ECE), Weng-Kian Tham (Physics)
- "Correlating Lung Tumor Motion to Its Location;" Mentor: Dr. Huanmei Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Technology; email: hw9@iupui.edu. Co-Mentor: Dr. Steve Jiang, Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Diego; Dr. Mark Langer, Professor of Radiation Oncology, IUPUI, email: mlanger@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Dogan Demir (ECE), Nhung Gammon (HIA/CIT), Eddie Shmukler (BME)
- "Study of Mercury Deposition in Urban Environment;" Mentor: Dr. Erdal Yilmaz, Senior Research Associate of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: eyilmaz@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences, IUPUI, e-mail: gfilippe@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Julie Crewe (Earth Sciences), Kelly Moore (ME), Krishna Patel (ME), Elizabeth Riley (Chem), Shunqing Yang (ME)
- "Development of a Biofeedback Testing Platform for Evaluating Sensory Feedback and Volition through an Advanced Neuroprosthetic Device;" Mentor: Dr. Ken Yoshida, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI, email: yoshidak@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Sean O'Connor, Professor of Psychiatry, IUPUI, e-mail: oconnor1@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Brandon Brungard (ME), Sriharsha Muttineni (ECE), David Sempsrott (BME)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INDUSTRY-SPOSORED MURI PROJECTS
The following is the list of industry-sponsored MURI project and team in Spring 2008:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Investigation and Computational Modeling of Mixing Shear Layer Physics in Aircraft Jet Engine Systems;" sponsored by Rolls-Royce Corporation. Mentor: Dr. Erdal Yilmaz, Senior Research Associate of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: eyilmaz@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Razi Nalim, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, e-mail: mnalim@iupui.edu; Proposal; Flyer. Scholars: Derek Black (MATH), Anna Kline (ME), Edgar Torres Ponce (ME)
See also IUPUI at MURI Projects posted at http://crl.iupui.edu/muriIUPUI/student.asp - "Feasibility Study of a Noninvasive Optical Sensor for Measuring Blood Alcohol Concentration to Detect Drunk Driver;" Mentor: Dr. Sohel Anwar, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, email: soanwar@iupui.edu; Co-Mentor: Dr. Sean O'Connor, Professor of Psychiatry, IUPUI, e-mail: oconnor1@iupui.edu; Proposal. Scholars: Priyam Agarwal (CS), Sheth Pratik (ME)