Active Grants
Bioengineering Research Grants
Faculty in the Richard and Loan Hill Department of Bioengineering conduct research with the support of a wide range of organizations. The National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health are its two largest sponsors, but projects also receive funding from other government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations. Expand the tables on this page to view grants currently under management, and use the link below to see the areas in which our faculty focus their research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
PI & Co-I’s in the Dept Title of Project Period Amount David Eddington Confined Genetic Transformation and Exchange of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Femtoliter Microdroplets 6/2017-5/2020 $416,356 David Eddington EAGER: Collaborative Proposal A Microfluidic Platform for the Discovery of New Life like Chemical Systems 8/2016-7/2018 $150,000 Salman Khetani CAREER Towards a Stem Cell-Derived 3D Human Liver Array for High-Throughout 4/2014-3/2019 $405,886 Salman Khetani, David Wood Collaborative Research: High-throughput microliver platform for drug toxicity screening 9/2017-8/2020 $300,000 Jie Liang, David Stone Using Empirical and Mathematical Approaches to Model Yeast Gradient Sensing 8/2014-7/2018 $204,109 Andreas Linninger NSF REU Supplement Program 2017-2018 $14,000 Andreas Linninger CBET: Computational Platform for Predictive Magnetohydrodynamic drug targeting 2017-2020 $ 297,955 Andreas Linninger, Ali Alaraj A vascular tree topology inspired platform to compute intracranial blood flow (tree CFD) 8/2017-7/2020 $420,000 Ao Ma Conformational dynamics, reaction coordinates, and time scale separation in biomolecular systems from the perspective of energy flows 8/2017-7/2020 $405,000 Ian Papautsky Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics 12/2016-2/2019 $138,000 Ian Papautsky, Abe Lee PFI: AIR-TT: Integrated Microfluidic System for Cell Separation and Enrichment 5/2016-5/2018 $200,000 Ian Papautsky Electrochemical Methods for Improving Metal Extraction 6/2017-11/2018 $50,000 Ian Papautsky Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics – REU Supplement 6/2017-2/2018 $8,000 Ian Papautsky Y5-005: Electrochemical Sensors for Plant Nutrition 3/2018-2/2019 $38,000 Ian Papautsky Y5-009: Microfluidic Chips for Electrochemical Metal Extraction 3/2018-2/2019 $45,000 Tolou Shokuhfar CAREER: A New Perspective on Biomineralization in Healthy and Dysfunctional Ferritins 9/2014-6/2019 $400,000 Tolou Shokuhfar, Reza Shahbazian Yassar Fundamental Understanding of Growth and Inhibition of Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones 8/2017-7/2020 $390,000 Tolou Shokuhfar MRI: Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Metal Analysis in Environmental Media 9/2017-8/2020 $209,947 Tolou Shokuhfar EAGER: “Touch and Kill”: A New Mechanism for Engineered Nanomaterials to Fight Bacteria 1/2018-12/2021 $220,000 Tolou Shokuhfar, Constantine Megaridis, Sushant Anand A bottom-up framework for the nanoscale origins of ice formation and adhesion on structured surfaces 7/2018-6/2021 $118,414 David Stone, Jie Liang MCB: Empirical and mathematical approaches to study gradient sensing using yeast as a model 9/2014-8/2018 $204,109 David Stone, Jie Liang Workshops: Finding your inner modeler: how computational biology can advance your research and how to get started 6/2017-7/2019 $95,000 Christos Takoudis, Klie, Salehi-Khojin, Cabana, Yassar MRI: Acquisition of a Dual-EELS Gatan Quantum Imaging Spectrometer to Upgrade the JEOL ARM200CF at UIC 6/2016-5/2018 $597,603 -
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PI & Co-I’s in the Dept Title of Project Period Amount David Eddington 3D Printed High Throughput Microfluidic Platform to Generate Microenvironmental Oxygen And Hydrogen Sulfide Landscapes 5/2018-4/2020 $217,858 David Eddington Cholesterol Regulation of Endothelial K+ Channels 4/2014-3/2018 $1,709,390 Patricia Finn, David Perkins, Yang Dai, Nadera Sweiss Precision Medicine in Sarcoidosis 4/2018-3/2022 $2,716,189 Amy Kenter, Jie Liang Deciphering high resolution Igh chromatin topologies and impacts on Ig repertoire. 4/2018 - 3/2020 $420,546 Salman Khetani, Gregory Underhill Elucidating chemo-mechanical determinants of human hepatocyte and stellate cell responses in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 2/2018 – 1/2022 $690,167 Salman Khetani, Gregory Underhill Elucidating chemo-mechanical determinants of human hepatocyte and stellate cell responses in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 2/2018 – 1/2022 $690,167 Salman Khetani, David Wood Functionally maturing iPSC-derived human hepatocytes in 3D microgels 4/2018-3/2019 $426,595 Miiri Kotche, John Hetling, Thomas Royston Translational Design of Medical Devices 4/2014-3/2019 $220,000 Miiri Kotche Bioengineering Summer Research Experience for High School Teachers 1/2016-12/2020 $539,177 James Lee, Grace Sun Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 in Amyloid-Beta Peptide-Stimulated Cerebral Endothelium 5/2014 - 4/2019 $1,538,304 Jie Liang OmpG Nanopore for Single Molecule Protein Sensing 4/2016-3/2018 $24,889 Jie Liang, Yan-Yuan Tseng Database and Tools for Functional Inference and Mechanistic Insight into Somatic Cancer Mutations 4/2017-3/2020 $1,064,054 Jie Liang, Amy Kenter Constructing Ensembles of 3D Structures of Igh Locus and Predicting Novel Chromosomal Interactions 7/2017 - 6/2019 $420,546 Jie Liang, Linda Kenny Models and Algorithms for Beta-Barrel Membrane Proteins and Stochastic Networks 4/2018 - 3/2023 $2,421,445 Andreas Linninger, A Alaraj NINDS: A vasualr tree topology inspired platform to compute intracranial blood flow (treeeCFD) 2017-2019 $420,594 Natalia Nieto, Dieter Klatt Pathogenic Role of Signature High Mobility Group Box-1 Isoforms as Potential Therapeutic Targets to Prevent and/ or to Resolve Liver Fibrosis 7/2017-6/2021 $2,015,754 Ian Papautsky Development of a lab on a chip for point of care biomonitoring of blood metals 1/2017-5/2019 $676,010 Ian Papautsky Validation and Demonstration Of Point Of Care Sensor For Multi Metal Exposure Assessment 1/2017-8/2018 $339,047 James Patton, FC Huang Error-enhanced learning & recovery in 2 & 3 dimensions 7/2013 – 6/2018 $1,574,700 David Perkins, Patricia Finn, Yang Dai The microbiota and allograft rejection: Novel investigations into the consequences of obesity 7/2017-06/2018 $133,249 Thomas Royston, Dieter Klatt, Richard Magin Noninvasive tools for assessing muscle structure and function (Subcontract through NU; PI: Perreault) 9/2016-8/2021 $633,489 Thomas Royston, Robert Molokie Early Warning for the Onset of Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Patients 11/2017 – 11/2018 $30,000 Thomas Royston, Dieter Klatt Acquisition of Hyperpolarized Gas System for Lung MR Imaging 4/2017-3/2019 $479,745 Hee-Jeong Im Sampen Validation of Novel Target for OA Treatment 9/4/2020-8/31/2024 $4,154,344 William Townsend, James Patton Bimanual Robotic Rehabilitation System with Variable Interaction 7/2017 – 6/2018 $72,865 Xincheng Yao Functional Imaging of Retinal Photoreceptors 4/2014-3/2019 $1,727,050 Xincheng Yao Super-Resulation Ophtaalmoscopy for in Vivo Retinal Imaging 9/2014-8/2018 $1,034,350 Xincheng Yao, Mark Rosenblatt Instrument shop core 9/2015– 3/2019 $300,950 Xincheng Yao Lei Liu Development and Validation of a Holographic Waveguide-Based Oculometer for Objective and Comprehensive Oculomotor Disorder Assessment 9/2016 - 8/2018 $427,698 Jinfeng Zhang, Jie Liang Collaborative research: Mathematical frameworks for biomolecules: from proteins to RNAs to Chromosomes 7/2017 - 6/2022 $1,549,997 X. Joe Zhou, Yang Dai, Luisa DiPietro MicroRNA Regulation of the Injury Response in Oral Mucosa 5/2016 - 3/2019 $439,688 -
Other
PI & Co-I’s in the Dept Title of Project Period Institution Amount Megha Agrawal New Approaches to Battle Neurodegenerative Disorders 2/2016-2/2019 USA Prime Business, LLC $450,000 Mitra Dutta, Michael Stroscio Improving the Understanding of Heat and Carrier Transport in Electronic Heterostructure Devices by Proper Treatment of Boundary Effects in Wide Bandgap Structures including AlGaN 8/2016-7/2019 AFOSR $500,000 Danilo Erricolo, Michael Stroscio Three Birds with One Stone: High-Frequency Instrumentation for Semiconductor Device, Radar and Communication System Measurements 2016-2019 DoD $600,000 Hananeh Esmailbeigi Tongue Computer Interface 4/2017-12/2017 Venturewell $5000 Gregory Jursich All Printable Real Time Airframe Monitoring Systems ARAMS 1/2014-9/2018 ARAMS $148,121 Salman Khetani High Content Screening System for Multicellular System 3/2018-2/2019 University of California at Irvine $31,146 Miiri Kotche Translation of user needs into engineering design requirements for medical devices 1/2018 - 6/2018 Fulbright $34,674 James Patton Machines Assisting Recovery From Stroke And Spinal Cord Injury For Reintegration Into Society 10/2012-9/2018 NIDRR $5,700,000 James Patton, David Reinkensmeyer Collaborative Machines Enhancing Therapies (COMET) 9/2018 - 9/2023 NIDILRR $924,952 Thomas Royston Nanopositioning instrumentation development for the Advanced Photon Source 2009-ongoing DOE - ANL $500,000 Tolou Shokuhfar irect Observation of Fiber Fluid Hygrophobic Interactions with Liquid Cell TEM 9/2015-8/2017 The Nonwovens Institute $79,513 Tolou Shokuhfar, Constantine Megaridis Bacteria-Surface Adhesion Interactions: New Perspectives in Antifouling Surface Design 8/2016-8/2019 The Nonwovens Institute $164,106 Tolou Shokuhfar, Emre Firlar Observation of Biomineralization Dynamics in Magnetotactic Bacteria Via in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy 6/2016-11/2017 Chicago Biomedical Consortium $15,000 Michael Stroscio MURI on Near and Far Field Interfaces to DNA, Guided Nanostructures from RF to Lightwave: Exploiting the Spectrum, Multi-functional UV-Visible-IR Nanosensors Devices and Structures, MURI 11/2010 -10/2017 ARO $390,000 Michael Stroscio Characterization of Nanoscale Voids on Metallic Surfaces 2012-2018 Novellus/LAM $200,000 Michael Stroscio Nanomechanical Systems with Normalized and Coupled Acoustic and Electromagnetic Modes in Piezoelectric Structures 7/2017-3/2018 ARO $60,000 Christos Takoudis Selective atomic layer deposition of Zirconia and Hafnia 1/2018 – 1/2019 Lam Research $99,911