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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Funding
$7.8M
$7,807,599
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
22
13 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Engineering row of the Pennsylvania State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

13 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Ibrahim Ozbolat

    Leads 4 awards · $2,141,113

    • 5R01DE035200-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Microsurgery and Bioprinting for Rapidly Oriented Vascularized Tissue Engineering

      Principal investigators: Ibrahim Ozbolat (contact PI), Dino J Ravnic

      $660,927
      award amount
    • 5R01EB036245-03Department: NIH department code
      3D Printing of Air: An Intangible Ink for Fabrication of Vascularized Tissues

      Principal investigators: Ibrahim Ozbolat (contact PI), Dino J Ravnic

      $559,268
      award amount
    • 5R01EB034566-04Department: NIH department code
      High-throughput Spheroid Bioprinting Technology for Scalable Fabrication of Tissues
      $488,343
      award amount
    • 1R21AG102421-01Department: NIH department code
      A 3D aging human ex-vivo lung model to decode the role of mesenchyme in epithelial senescence and repair
      $432,575
      award amount

  2. Dipanjan Pan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,354,746

    • 5R01AI185115-02Department: NIH department code
      An integrated multiplexed diagnostic assay targeting fusion lipoproteins and cardiolipin for detection of treponemal and nontreponemal antibodies in syphilis patients

      Principal investigators: Dipanjan Pan (contact PI), Barbara Van Der Pol, Carla Rafferty, Casey N Pinto

      $692,013
      award amount
    • 5R01HL173540-02Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Evaluation of a Peptide-amphiphile Derived Toroidal Oxygen Carrier

      Principal investigators: Dipanjan Pan (contact PI), Allan Doctor, Narayana Aluru, Paul Werner Buehler

      $662,733
      award amount

  3. Scarlett Miller

    Leads 1 award · $798,910

    • 2R01HL127316-09A1Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Haptic Robotic Training for Central Venous Catheter Insertion

      Principal investigators: Scarlett Miller (contact PI), Jason Zachary Moore

      $798,910
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DK137230-04, led by Jason Zachary Moore.

  4. Amir Sheikhi

    Leads 1 award · $692,242

    • 5R01HL167939-04Department: NIH department code
      Manipulation of Host Tissue to Induce a Hierarchical Microvasculature

      Principal investigators: Amir Sheikhi (contact PI), Dino J Ravnic

      $692,242
      award amount

  5. Jessica Yu Ho

    Leads 1 award · $566,481

    • 5R01AG080438-04Department: NIH department code
      Migration and Geographic Variation in Mid-Life Mortality

      Principal investigators: Jessica Yu Ho (contact PI), Arun Hendi

      $566,481
      award amount

  6. Sean D Knecht

    Leads 1 award · $554,815

    • 5R01EB036563-02Department: NIH department code
      Physical-plasma device for catheter-based cardiovascular treatment

      Principal investigators: Sean D Knecht (contact PI), Robert Christopher Roberts

      $554,815
      award amount

  7. Esther W Gomez

    Leads 1 award · $440,259

    • 1R35GM163932-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanobiology of epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity
      $440,259
      award amount

  8. Jason Zachary Moore

    Leads 1 award · $430,101

    • 5R01DK137230-04Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Colonoscopy Training Developed Through Manikin Sensorization and Computational Optimization Modeling

      Principal investigators: Jason Zachary Moore (contact PI), Scarlett Miller

      $430,101
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01HL127316-09A1, led by Scarlett Miller.

  9. Tao Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $364,448

    • 5R01HL171633-03Department: NIH department code
      3D Printed Soft and Stretchable Tissue-Like Bioadhesive Electronic Device Enabled Neuromodulation for Resistant Hypertension Therapy
      $364,448
      award amount

  10. Laura Yenisa Cabrera Trujillo

    Leads 1 award · $350,377

    • 5R01MH133659-03Department: NIH department code
      Improving Shared Decision Making in Early use of Neurotechnologies Across Different Disease Stages
      $350,377
      award amount

  11. Erika Beyrent

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32NS143952-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of neurovascular coupling on receptor-mediated transport of proteins into the brain
      $76,780
      award amount

  12. Denver Greenawalt

    Leads 1 award · $37,326

    • 5F31ES036154-03Department: NIH department code
      Nasal uptake of polystyrene nanoplastics into the murine central nervous system
      $37,326
      award amount

  13. Sri Rajasekhar Kothapalli

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R33EB030370-05Department: NIH department code
      A portable photoacoustic imager for diagnosing vascular diseases
      $1
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

  • Dino J Ravnic

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL167939-04, led by Amir Sheikhi; 5R01DE035200-02, led by Ibrahim Ozbolat; 5R01EB036245-03, led by Ibrahim Ozbolat

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Barbara Van Der Pol

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI185115-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Carla Rafferty

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI185115-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Casey N Pinto

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI185115-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Allan Doctor

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL173540-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Narayana Aluru

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL173540-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Paul Werner Buehler

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL173540-02, led by Dipanjan Pan

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Arun Hendi

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG080438-04, led by Jessica Yu Ho

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Robert Christopher Roberts

    Co-investigator on 5R01EB036563-02, led by Sean D Knecht

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.