Faculty Research
Select Grants and Awards
The college's state-of-the-art laboratory facilities offer effective and comprehensive areas for applied research that support the curriculum and build strong partnerships with industry, government and the community.
| Award | Grant Institution | Amount | PI |
| Beam Steering of Solid-State Lidar System | Yangzhou Qunfa Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd. | $155,839 | Ya Sha Yi |
| A Planning Grant for Research in Driver Route and Driving Speed Prediction | Nissan North America | $18,206 | Yi Murphey |
| Robust Speech Authentication | Magneti Marelli Holding USA LLC | $23,061 | Hafiz Malik |
| Fuel Economy Potential Analysis of P0 + P4 48V MHEV Supplemental | Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. | $154,381 | Youngki Kim |
| Fatigue Characterization and Modeling of Gas Metal Arc Welds (GMAW) | Auto/Steel Partnership | $81,000 | Hong Tae Kang |
| Collaborative Research: Tuning Piezoelectricity of Bi-continuous Piezocomposites via Additive Manufacturing | National Science Foundation | $176,355 | Lei Chen |
| How does a Driverless Car Interact with Pedestrians? | Mcity | Shan Bao | |
| Data Mining and Examination on Overtaking Behavior | Honda R & D Americas, Inc. | Shan Bao | |
| CRII: SaTC: An Integrated Treatment of Ransomware through Microarchitecture and Software Solutions | National Science Foundation | $175,000 | Anys Bacha |
| Developing Machine Vision Techniques for Automated Scoring of Visual Models | Educational Testing Service | $60,115 | Mohamed Abouelenien |
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REU Supplement: SaTC: CORE: Small: Collaborative: ForensicExaminer: Testbed for Benchmarking Digital Audio Forensic Algorithms |
National Science Foundation |
$8,000 |
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Student Project Equipment Request: Safety |
Denso North America Foundation |
$49,870 |
Sridhar Lakshmanan and Line van Nieuwstadt |
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Build Up an Advanced Autonomous Driving Navigation Infrastructure Based on RFID for Smart Cities |
Victory Traffic Facilities Engineering Co., Ltd. |
$455,273 |
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Intelligent Software Refactoring |
National Science Foundation |
$54,917 |
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A Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Based Framework for the Prediction, Detection, and Repair of Software Security Vulnerabilities and Quality Issues |
Sema, Inc. |
$249,900 |
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Field Study of Light Vehicle Crash Avoidance Systems: Phase 3 L2 Field Evaluation |
US Department of Transportation |
$2,178,703 |
Shan Bao, Dave LeBlanc (PI), and Carol Flannagan (Co-PI) |
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A naturalistic bicycling study in the Ann Arbor area: Second Phase |
Toyota Research Institute |
$210,000 |
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“Machine Learning, Human Factors and Security Analysis for the Remote Command of Driving |
US DOT University Transportation Center: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation |
$150,000 |
Shan Bao, Robert Hampshire (PI), and Walter Lasecki (Co-PI) |
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Interactive Human-Autonomous Vehicle Dynamics in Traffic: Modeling, Simulation and Control |
Mcity |
$160,596 |
Shan Bao, Anouck Girard (PI), and Ilya Kolmanovsky (Co-PI) |
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Examination of Connected Vehicle Technology-Based Eco-Routing Choices |
US DOT University Transportation Center: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation |
$68,754 |
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Developing Pedestrian-Related Model for Testing Self-Driving Cars Using Naturalistic Driving Data and Crash Data |
Toyota Research Institute |
$121,000 |
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Naturalistic Driving Study on Seatbelt Interlock System |
Volkswagen Group of America Inc. |
$310,020 |
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REU Supplement: The Role of the Eye's Peri-Limbal Tissue and Integral Veins on Intraocular Pressure |
National Science Foundation |
$16,000 |
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Developing Models for Shape Detection |
Educational Testing Service |
$7,000 |
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DAPCEP Fall 2019—Beginner's Guide to 2D Computer Game Design |
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) |
$2,552 |
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Facility Energy Saving and Securing Technology (FEST) Using Multi-Source Data |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
$100,000 |
Wencong Su and Junho Hong |
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High Resolution Smart Meter Data Acquisition and Application |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy Subcontracts |
$20,002 |
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SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: ‘RehabBuddy’: Extending Individualized Physical Rehabilitation beyond the Clinic Using Wearable Technology to Empower Patients |
National Science Foundation |
$150,293 |
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ML-ACCEPT: Machine-Learning-enhanced Automated Circuit Configuration and Evaluation of Power Converters |
Department of Energy |
$658,321 for Phase 1 (months 0–9), $1,264,635 pending for Phase 2 (months 10–24) |
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A Study on the Development of Virtual Thermal Management for Information-rich Future Mobility |
Hyundai Motor Company |
$134,456 |
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Fuel Economy Potential Analysis of P0 + P4 48V MHEV |
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) |
$61,281 |
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MRI: Acquisition of Flow Cytometer Instrument at University of Michigan-Dearborn |
National Science Foundation |
$198,401 |
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Proposal for Naturalistic Driver Behavior Classification via Machine Learning |
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors |
$42,957 |
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G3 (Golf, Girls, and Gadgets) |
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan |
$15,000 |
M. Jeanne Girard |
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MRI: Acquisition of a Linear Impactor System to Study Injury Mechanisms and Severity at University of Michigan-Dearborn |
National Science Foundation |
$265,097 |
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MALDIVES: Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of Malware Delivery Mechanisms |
University of Illinois at Chicago, National Science Foundation Subcontracts |
$54,263 |
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A Data-Driven Framework for Microstructure Optimization of Additively Manufactured Piezoelectric Composites |
Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) grant |
$65,400 |
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How Does a Driverless Car Interact and Communicate with Pedestrians? |
University of Michigan Mcity |
$144,860 |
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NSF Student Travel Support for the 52nd IEEE/ACM Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO) |
National Science Foundation |
$20,000 |
(February 2019–present)
Source: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, this list is not exhaustive.