Funded research awards for August 2026. Bolded names are 鶹Ʒfaculty or staff; starred names are the principal investigators.
- Game-Based Experiential Social Engineering Scenarios with Virtual Agents to Improve Undergraduate Cybersecurity Learning
Investigator(s): Christos Mousas**, Georgios Pappas, Tatiana Renae Ringenberg; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $400,000.02 - Automated Personalized Ergo Risk Project
Investigator(s): Yunfeng Chen**, Jiansong Zhang; Sponsor: IN Department of Transportation; Polytechnic: $5,035.36 - Noyce Microelectronics (ME) Master Teacher Fellowship Program
Investigator(s): Greg J. Strimel**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $75,000.00 - Integrating Industry Practice into Construction Management Education
Investigator(s): Kyubyung Kang**; Sponsor: Atlas Excavating Inc; Polytechnic: $15,000.00 - Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Preparing a Strong Workforce to Secure FutureG Cyberinfrastructure
Investigator(s): Tao Li**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $349,999.00 - Customer Discovery for the Speakers as Sensors Technology
Investigator(s): Noori Kim**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,000.00 - Collaborative Research: ChartCode: An Interactive Flowchart-to-Code Environment for Improving Conceptual Understanding in Introductory Programming
Investigator(s): Tawfiq M. A. Salem**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $50,765.00 - Analysis of Equipment Operations and Masonry Work Productivity in Vertical Construction
Investigator(s): Kwonsik Song**; Sponsor: Turner Construction Company; Polytechnic: $6,000.00 - ENG-NETZERO: Collaborative Research: Digital Twin Solutions for Energy Provision Logistics in Three-Sided Electric Mobility Markets
Investigator(s): Tho Van Le**; Sponsor: National Science Foundation; Polytechnic: $10,000.00 - Agentic AI for Enterprise IT Security and Management
Investigator(s): Baijian Yang; Sponsor: Wistron Corporation; Polytechnic: $106,666.66
** Indicates principal investigator
Total Polytechnic awards = $1,068,466.00
