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Research Recent Research Grants

E Beckman Sr. Personnel: M Besterfield-Sacre K Needy L Shuman R Ries
National Science Foundation
02/01/07-01/31/10
REU Site: Sustainable Design

M Besterfield-Sacre R Redfern L Shuman R Ries
National Science Foundation (with NCIIA)
10/01/06-09/30/09
Collaborative Research: RAPD - The BME-IDEA Competition, Assessing Innovative Design in Biomedical Engineering Education

C Schunn M Lovell
National Science Foundation/SGER
09/01/06-08/31/08
Collaborative Research: RAPD - The BME-IDEA Competition, Towards a Science of Innovative Design

M Mehalik M Lovell L Shuman
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
09/01/06-12/31/07
Product Realization for Global Opportunities

B Norman J Rajgopal
University of Pittsburgh -Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence
09/01/06-12/31/07
Optimizing Antenna/Reader Placement for Arbitrary Orientations of Passive RFID Tags

L Shuman
University of Pittsburgh - Innovation in Education Award Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence
05/01/06-04/30/07
Internationalizing the Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Curriculum

A Schaefer
National Science Foundation (Collaborative with Mayo Clinic)
09/01/06-08/31/09
Collaborative Research: Optimization of the Design and Operation of Surgery Delivery Systems

E Beckman M Besterfield-Sacre K Needy L Schaefer L Shuman
National Science Foundation/IRES
09/01/06-08/31/09
IRES: US-Brazil International Research Experience for Students: Sustainability Research: An Integrative Undergraduate Experience

K Needy
University of Pittsburgh - Mascaro Sustainability Initiative
09/01/06-02/28/07
E Beckman L Shuman K Needy R Ries L Schaefer
U.S. Department of Education/GAANN
08/14/06-08/13/09
Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program in Sustainable Engineering

K Needy R Ries
University of Pittsburgh - Mascaro Sustainability Initiative (with Pennsylvania State University)
07/01/06-06/30/07
High Performance Healthcare Facility Lessons for Designing Green Children's Hospitals

A Schaefer
National Science Foundation
05/01/06-04/30/11
CAREER: Next-Generation Research and Education in Therapeutic Optimization

D. Cleland B.Bidanda
Manufacturing Assistance Center
Ongoing
Technical Assistance and Training Projects

E Beckman M Besterfield-Sacre K Needy R Ries L Schaefer Sr. Personnel: L Shuman
National Science Foundation/IGERT
07/01/05-06/30/10
IGERT: Sustainability Initiative in Engineering

B Nnaji Y Wang
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
11/15/05-11/14/06
e-Design Environment for Robotic Medic Assistant

B Nnaji
Science Applications International Corporation
06/01/05-08/30/06
Distributed Collaborative Decision Support Technologies (DCDST) e-Design Center Collaboration Tools

B Bidanda Y Wang
Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology (Prime: Air Force Research Lab)
06/09/05-12/09/06
Technology Insertion Demonstration and Evaluation (TIDE) Manufacturing Technology Initiative

M Lovell R Marangoni
Fischione Industries Innovation Works Technology Adoption Program
01/01/06-12/31/07
Development of Precision TEM Holder Assemblies Using Advanced Experimental and FEM Techniques

M Lovell
Missouri Forge (Prime: National Science Foundation/SBIR)
07/01/05-06/30/06
Manufacturing Hollow Transmission Shafts With Cross Wedge Rolling

M Lovell C Schunn Sr. Personnel: M Besterfield-Sacre Y Doppelt M Mehalik
National Science Foundation/RET Site
05/15/05-04/30/08
Bringing Innovative Design into Urban High Schools on a Sustainable Basis: University of Pittsburgh Design Team RET Site

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