The following list of awards from public entities includes grants of $200,000 or more between Sept. 16 and Oct. 15, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Shudipto Dishari
$360,000
Department of Energy
Nature-Inspired Ionomer Design and Self-Assembly for Robust, Precise Synthetic Ion Channels
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering/Department of Sociology
Yusong Li, Lucia Fernandez Ballester, S Kim, Yongfeng Lu, B. Wang
$1,479,178
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Decoding Exposure and Health Risks: Analyzing the Release of Nano- and Micro-Plastics from Plastic Food Containers into Water and Beverages
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laura Wang
$295,206
DOE
Early CAREER: Quantum Photonic-Phononic Transduction Empowered by Van Der Waals Layered Crystals
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Xia Hong, Peter Dowben, Evgeny Tsymbal, Xiaoshan Xu, Z. Zhang
$1,256,341
DOE
Emergent Interface Phenomena Enabled by Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Films and Membranes