Awarded Seed Grants
Awards Made
Type I:
None Yet Awarded
Type II:
2024: 3D Printing of Fully Integrated Flexible Humidity Sensor For Long Term Health Monitoring In Space
- PI: Erina Baynojir Joyee, Co-PI’s: Tiefu Zhao
- Funding Type II, Amount: $10,000
2022: Variable Resolution Information Optimized Perception Planning and Control for Multi-Robot Systems
- PI: Dipankar Maity, Co-PI’s: Andrew Willis, Artur Wolek
- Funding Type II, Amount: $9,988
2026: Field-Driven Modulation of Endothelial Barrier Permeability
- PI: Rodward Hewlin, Co-PI: Nan Zhao
- Funding Type II, Amount: $10,000
2026: A Predictive Machine-Learning Framework for Non-Equilibrium Laser Synthesis of High-Entropy Materials
- PI: Sheldon Xie, Co-PI: Zheming Gao
- Funding Type II, Amount: $10,000
Type III:
2024: Double Torsion Tester
- Lead PI: Maciej A. Noras, PI: Martha-Cary Eppes
- Funding Type III, Amount: $9,907
2023: Bridging the Disparity Gap in Charlotte Underserved Communities through Equitable Accessible on-demand Bus Transit
- PI: Hamed Tabkhi, Co-PIs: Mona Azarbayjani, Taghi Mostafavi, Suzanne Leland, S. Pulugurtha , Zahra Baharani, Felesia Stukes
- Funding Type: Type III, Amount: $20,000
2023: An eXtended Reality BehaviOral Therapy (XR-BOT) for Opioid Use Disorder and Recovery
- PI: V. Girishan Prabhu, Co-PI. Ming-Chun Lee, Kelsie J Pierre, A. B Morgan
- Funding Type: Type III, Amount: $10,000
2023: Immersive and Interactive Simulations to Evaluate Vulnerable Road Users’ Behavior on Scooters, E-scooters, and E-bikes
- PI: Omidreza Shoghli, Co-PIs: Aidong Lu, Heydarian
- Funding Type: Type III, Amount: $20,000
2022: Human-Data-Driven Optimization for Pandemic-Resilient Facility Layout Planning
- PI: Churtzu Lim, Co-PI’s: Kyoung-Hee Kim, Simon Hsiang
- Funding Type: Type III, Amount $10,000
2022: Neuroprotective Mechanism for Cisplatin Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
- PI: In Hong Yang, Dept, Co-PI’s: Shan Yan
- Funding Type: Type III, Amount: $20,000
2026: A Policy-Driven Cross-Layer Framework for Trustworthy AI Inference
- Lead PI: Ke (Cory) Wang, PI’s: Razvan Bunescu, Li Yang
- Funding Type V, Amount: $10,000
Type IV:
2022: Understanding the Role of Engineering Identity in the Academic Success Patterns of Under Represented and Low Income Students Who Graduated from the College of Engineering
- PI: Dr. Smith-Orr, Co-PI’s: Stephanie Galloway
- Funding Type: Type IV, Amount: $5,000
Type V:
2026: Reaction Sintering as a Mechanism for Defect Mitigation in Additively Manufactured Ceramics
- PI: Lynnora Grant-Kahan
- Funding Type V, Amount: $8,000
2026: Transferable Deep Reinforcement Learning Across Diverse State and Action Dimensions for Energy-aware Manufacturing System Scheduling
- PI: Lingxiang (Albert) Yun
- Funding Type V, Amount: $8,000
2026: Modeling Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Tissue-Engineered Brain Microvessel
- PI: Nan Zhao
- Funding Type V, Amount: $8,000