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ULI-Funded Projects to Date (Rounds 1-3)

ROUND 1 AWARDS ANNOUNCED APRIL 4, 2017

1. Information Fusion for Real-Time National Air Transportation System Prognostics under Uncertainty
   • ARMD Strategic Thrust: Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
   • Principal Investigator (PI): Yongming Liu (Arizona State University [ASU])
   • Co-Investigators (Co-Is): Aditi Chattopadhyay (ASU), Jingrui He (ASU), Lei Ying (ASU), Mary Niemczyk (ASU), Nancy Cooke (ASU), Pingbo Tang (ASU), Sankaran Mahadevan (Vanderbilt University), Barron Bichon (Southwest Research Institute), John McFarland (Southwest Research Institute), P.K. Menon (Optimal Synthesis), Victor Cheng (Optimal Synthesis), Parikshit Dutta (Optimal Synthesis), Sang Gyun Park (Optimal Synthesis)
   • Period of Performance: May 2017–April 2022
2. Electric Propulsion: Challenges and Opportunities
   • ARMD Strategic Thrust: Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy
   • PI: Mike Benzakein (Ohio State University [OSU])
   • Co-Is: Greg Busch (OSU), Marcello Canova (OSU), Fang Luo (OSU), Giorgio Rizzoni (OSU), Jin Wang (OSU), Longya Xu (OSU), Mahesh Illindala (OSU), Alexis Abramson (Case Western Reserve University), Vikas Prakash (Case Western Reserve University), Dimitri Mavris (Georgia Tech), Christopher Perullo (Georgia Tech), Jimmy Tai (Georgia Tech), Thomas Jahns (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Bulent Sarlioglu (University of Wisconsin, Madison), F. McCluskey (University of Maryland, College Park), John Kizito (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University [NC A&T])
   • Period of Performance: May 2017–April 2022

3. Hyper-Spectral Communications, Networking & ATM [Air Traffic Management] as Foundation for Safe and Efficient Future Flight: Transcending Aviation
   • ARMD Strategic Thrust: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
   • PI: David Matolak (University of South Carolina)
   • Co-Is: Ismail Guvenc (North Carolina State University), Hani Mehrpouyan (Boise State University), David Rinehart (Architecture Technology Corporation)
   • Period of Performance: May 2017–April 2019
4. Advanced Aerodynamic Design Center for Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles
   • ARMD Strategic Thrust: Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles
   • PI: James Coder (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
   • Co-Is: Phillip Ansell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Onur Bilgen (Rutgers University), Kenneth Brentner (Pennsylvania State University), Robert Campbell (Pennsylvania State University), Ryan Glasby (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Neal Harrison (Boeing Company), Abdollah Khodadoust (Boeing Inc.), Mark Maughmer (Pennsylvania State University), Dimitri Mavriplis (University of Wyoming), Sven Schmitz (Pennsylvania State University), Dan Somers (Airfoils, Inc.), Stephanie TerMaath (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Helen Reed (Texas A&M University), Edward White (Texas A&M University)
   • Period of Performance: May 2017–April 2022
5. Adaptive Aerostructures for Revolutionary Civil Supersonic Transportation
   • ARMD Strategic Thrust: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
   • PI: Dimitris Lagoudas (Texas A&M University)
   • Co-Is: Darren Hartl (Texas A&M University), Helen Reed (Texas A&M University), Ibrahim Karaman (Texas A&M University), Paul Cizmas (Texas A&M University), Richard Malak (Texas A&M University), Rodney Bowersox (Texas A&M University), David Lazzara (Boeing Company), Edward White (Boeing Company), Hao Shen (Boeing Company), James Mabe (Boeing Company), Todd Magee (Boeing Company), Richard Miles (Princeton University), Eric Blades (ATA Engineering, Inc), Jeremy Schaffer (Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation) George Dulikravich (Florida International University), Doug Hunsaker (Utah State University), Theocharis Baxevanis (University of Houston), Marcus Young (University of North Texas)
   • Period of Performance: May 2017–April 2022

ROUND 2 AWARDS ANNOUNCED MAY 8, 2019

1. Development of an Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem for Qualification of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Materials in Aviation
   • Topic: Advanced Aviation Manufacturing
   • PI: Anthony Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University [CMU])
   • Co-Is: Jack Beuth (CMU), Erica Fuchs (CMU), Elizabeth Holm (CMU), Kenji Shimada (CMU), John Lewandowski (Case Western Reserve University), Owen Hildreth (Colorado School of Mines), Branden Kappes (Colorado School of Mines), Aaron Stebner (Colorado School of Mines), Behnam Amin-Ahmadi (Colorado School of Mines), Albert To (University of Pittsburgh), Ryan Wicker (University of Texas, El Paso), Sneha Prabha Narra (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), John E. Barnes (The Barnes Group), Ayman Salem (Materials Resources, LLC)

1. • Period of Performance: September 2019–August 2022
2. Effective Human-Robot Teaming to Advance Aviation Manufacturing
   • Topic: Advanced Aviation Manufacturing
   • PI: Bilge Mutlu (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
   • Co-Is: Rebecca Cook (Boeing Company), Richard Gardner (Boeing Company), Michael Gleicher (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Robert Radwin (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Zinn (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Christopher Reid (Boeing Company)
   • Period of Performance: September 2019–August 2022
3. Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA)
   • Topic: Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy
   • PI: Phillip Ansell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
   • Co-Is: Kiruba Haran (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Shailesh Atreya (Boeing Company), Arijit Banerjee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Edward Greitzer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]), David Hall (MIT), Kai James (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Fang Luo (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Alan Mantooth (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Jason Merret (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Edward Mugica (Boeing Company), Mike Sumption (OSU), Ernst W. Stautner (General Electric Company), Bang-Hung Tsao (University of Dayton), Luigi Vanfretti (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
   • Period of Performance: September 2019–August 2022

ROUND 3 AWARDS ANNOUNCED APRIL 10, 2020

1. Real-time Weather Awareness for Enhanced Safety Assurance in UTM
   • Topic: Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
   • PI: Jamey Jacob (Oklahoma State University)
   • Co-Is: Sean Bailey (University of Kentucky), Keith Brewster (University of Oklahoma, Norman), Phillip Chilson (University of Oklahoma, Norman), Carrick Detweiler (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Brian Elbing (Oklahoma State University), Nicoletta Fala (Oklahoma State University), Imraan Faruque (Oklahoma State University), Adam Houston (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Anders Jensen (National Center for Atmospheric Research [NCAR]), James Pinto (NCAR), Ryan Sobash (NCAR), Suzanne Smith (University of Kentucky), Craig Woolsey (Virginia Tech), Kraettli Epperson (Vigilant Aerospace Systems)
   • Period of Performance: 4 years, dates to be determined (TBD)
2. Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy
   • Topic: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
   • PI: Abdollah Homaifar (NC A&T)
   • Co-Is: Dan DeLaurentis (Purdue University), Mark Costello (Georgia Tech), Ali Karimoddini (NC A&T), Inseok Hwang (Purdue University), Dengfeng Sun (Purdue University), Sam Coogan (Georgia Tech), Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis (Georgia Tech), John Kelly (NC A&T), James Goppert (Purdue University), Yahya Kamalipour (NC A&T), Shaoshuai Mou (Purdue University), M. Nabil Mahmoud (NC A&T), Judy Hoffman (Georgia Tech), Ioannis A. Raptis (NC A&T), Allison Sullivan (NC A&T), James Paduano (Aurora Flight Sciences), Bruce J. Holmes (Alaka’i), Damon Jenkins (General Atomics), Neta Ezer (Northrop Grumman Corp.)
   • Period of Performance: 4 years, dates TBD

1. Safe Aviation Autonomy with Learning-enabled Components in the Loop from Formal Assurances to Trusted Recovery Methods
   • Topic: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
   • PI: Marco Pavone (Stanford University)
   • Co-Is: Mykel Kochenderfer (Stanford University), Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT), Frank Dellaert (Georgia Tech), Kevin Leahy (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Meeko Oishi (University of New Mexico), Alessandro Pinto (United Technologies Research Center), Mac Schwager (Stanford University), Zhao Sun (Hampton University), Claire Tomlin (University of California, Berkeley), Panagiotis Tsiotras (Georgia Tech)
   • Period of Performance: 4 years, dates TBD
2. Composite Manufacturing Technologies for Aerospace Performance at Automotive Production Rates
   • Topic: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
   • PI: John Gillespie (University of Delaware)
   • Co-Is: Shridhar Yarlagadda (University of Delaware), Dirk Heider (University of Delaware), John Geriguis (Joby Aviation), Scott Bishop (Spirit AeroSystems), David Leach (ATC Manufacturing), Patrick Mensah (Southern University)
   • Period of Performance: 4 years, dates TBD
3. Synthetic Design Synthesis of “Thermoplastic UD Tape based, Fastener-free assemblies” for Urban Air Mobility vehicles
   • Topic: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
   • PI: Paul Ziehl (University of South Carolina)
   • Co-Is: Wout De Backer (University of South Carolina), Darun Barazanchy (University of South Carolina), Jeffrey Wiggins (University of Southern Mississippi), Eric Jankowski (Boise State University), Gurcan Comert (Benedict College), Negash Begashaw (Benedict College), Balaji Iyangar (Benedict College)
   • Period of Performance: 4 years, dates TBD