Congratulations to the 13 Electrical & Computer/Mechanical Engineering teams who received undergraduate research grants for the Fall, 2011 semester.

Purdue Calumet’s Undergraduate Research Grant Program provides funding for student researchers across university academic units to conduct research with faculty mentors. The program is designed to help students gain insights about their anticipated career, as well as how to develop a project proposal and presentation.

Following is a list of this fall’s Electrial and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering grant recipients, including their city of residence, grant title, monetary grant amount received and faculty mentor. The recipients are listed alphabetically by their academic department.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Hui Bai (Tianjin, China), Tian Li (Shandong, China) and Donald Weaver (Crown Point); “Development of iPad Based Program for Learning Genetics;” $998; Profs Charles Tseng and Xiaoli Yang;
• Brian Ashford (Merrillville) and Gerald Keller (Crown Point); “High-Brightness LED General Purpose Lighting;” $877; mentored by David Kozel;
• Zheng Gong (Harbin, China); “Human Brain Neuronal Fiber Connectivity Visualization;” $462; Prof Bin Chen;
• Xi Qiang (Beijing, China), Xi Wang (Hammond) and Yan Xia (Highland); “Control System for an Electric Vehicle;” $924; Prof. David Kozel;
• Dongjian Cai (Jiangsu, China), Junxuan Hou (Jiangsu, China) and Yu Wang (Shandong, China); “Digital Image Processing for Quality Assurance;” $911; Profs Bin Chen and Kaliappan Gopalan

Mechanical Engineering

• Shiye Hu (Beijing, China), Tenghao Wang (Jiangsu, China) and Xinwei Zhuang (Beijing, China); “Development of Virtual Pollutants Control System in a Power Plant Using Numerical Simulation and Virtual Reality Visualization;” $875; Prof. Chenn Q. Zhou;
• Philip Mann (Burr Ridge, IL) and Benjamin Moul (Hart, MI); “The Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Design Team;” $1,000; Prof. Harvey Abramowitz;
• Shaho Cubrinoski (Crown Point) and Justin Stengel (Lowell); “2012 NASA Moonbuggy;” $1,000; Prof. Harvey Abramowitz
• Haosen Guo (Heibi, China) and Junye Jian (Guangdong, China); “Virtual Power Plant Framework – Steam through Transformer;” $905; Prof. Chenn Q. Zhou;
• Xingjian Chen (Beijing, China), Jiabao Liu (Hunan, China) and Qingyuan Liu (Beijing, China); “Virtual Model for the Demonstration of Flow Characteristics of the Condensate and Feed Water System in a Power Plant;” $960; Prof. Chenn Q. Zhou;
• Adeyemi Adeleke (Calumet City, IL), Jacob Ballah (Griffith), Mathew Dillman (Highland), Eric Groat (Crown Point), Nicholas Koukis (Crown Point), Anastasios Kratimenos (Crown Point), Mark Lindsley (Hammond), Michael Schmitz (Portage) and Steven Vanes (Hammond); “Building a Concrete Canoe for ASCE Student Conference 2012;” $888; Profs. Robert A Rescot, Amir Soltani and Chandramouli Viswanathan;
• Dennis Cox (Chicago, IL); “Design and Construction of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Unit (VCRU);” $444; Prof. George Nnanna;
• Tianwei Wang (Beijing, China); “Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Liquid Level in the Blast Furnace Hearth;” $444; Prof. Chenn Q. Zhou