FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Funding

$12.2M

$12,198,236

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering

Principal investigators

16 lead a grant here, 6 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 Purdue University page.

Leads a grant in this department

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

Luis Solorio
Leads 2 awards · $3,389,507
- 4R01CA283394-03Department: NIH department code
  Stromal targeting to improve the efficacy of systemically administered drugs for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas
  $1,825,788
  award amount
- 4R01CA281216-03Department: NIH department code
  Engineering the Premetastatic Niche
  Principal investigators: Luis Solorio (contact PI), Michael Keith Wendt
  $1,563,719
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM165273-01, led by Kelly M Schultz.
Taeyoon Kim
Leads 1 award · $2,145,119
- 1R35GM164089-01Department: NIH department code
  Biological Processes Driven by Interactions between Cells and Extracellular Matrices
  $2,145,119
  award amount
Krishna Jayant
Leads 1 award · $904,165
- 4DP2MH136494-02Department: NIH department code
  Massively scalable 3D electrophysiology and two-photon imaging in freely-moving animals
  $904,165
  award amount
Chongli Yuan
Leads 1 award · $784,998
- 5U01AG088662-03Department: NIH department code
  Elucidate Gene-environmental interactions employed by Pb in promoting ADRD in aging brains
  Principal investigators: Chongli Yuan (contact PI), Ranjie Xu
  $784,998
  award amount
Young L Kim
Leads 3 awards · $754,817
- 5R01EB033788-04Department: NIH department code
  Maternal mHealth blood hemoglobin analysis with informed deep learning
  Principal investigators: Young L Kim (contact PI), Martin Chieng Were
  $497,225
  award amount
- 5R33TW012486-05Department: NIH department code
  Risk stratification of malaria among school-age children with mHealth spectroscopy of blood analysis
  $197,592
  award amount
- 3R33TW012486-05S1Department: NIH department code
  Risk stratification of malaria among school-age children with mHealth spectroscopy of blood analysis
  $60,000
  award amount
Chi Hwan Lee
Leads 1 award · $597,825
- 5R01EY034901-03Department: NIH department code
  Smart soft contact lenses for continuous 24-hour monitoring of intraocular pressure in glaucoma care
  Principal investigators: Chi Hwan Lee (contact PI), Bryan William Boudouris, Pete S Kollbaum
  $597,825
  award amount
Craig J. Goergen
Leads 1 award · $590,850
- 1S10OD040203-01Department: NIH department code
  Vevo F2 for High Frequency Ultrasound for Biomedical Imaging at Purdue University
  $590,850
  award amount
Kelly M Schultz
Leads 2 awards · $535,501
- 5R35GM147043-06Department: NIH department code
  Characterizing the feedback loop between cells and the pericellular region during cell-material interactions
  $373,000
  award amount
- 1T32GM165273-01Department: NIH department code
  Purdue Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Training Program
  Principal investigators: Kelly M Schultz (contact PI), Luis Solorio
  $162,501
  award amount
Fang Huang
Leads 1 award · $475,132
- 2R35GM119785-11Department: NIH department code
  Ultra-high resolution structural and molecular imaging of cells and tissues
  $475,132
  award amount
Deva D Chan
Leads 1 award · $422,191
- 1R35GM165423-01Department: NIH department code
  Role of Hyaluronan in Modulating Multiscale Biological Responses to Mechanical Stimuli
  $422,191
  award amount
Karthik Sankaranarayanan
Leads 1 award · $412,632
- 5R35GM160499-02Department: NIH department code
  Biocatalytic synthesis of complex medicinal small molecules informed by A.I. planning
  $412,632
  award amount
Jie Chen
Leads 1 award · $379,815
- 5R01DE030413-06Department: NIH department code
  Dose analysis for translating animal based vibrational force study for accelerating orthodontic tooth movement to clinic
  $379,815
  award amount
Taimoor Hasan Qazi
Leads 1 award · $379,755
- 5R35GM155449-03Department: NIH department code
  Leveraging cell-instructive hydrogels to understand microenvironmental impact on wound healing processes
  $379,755
  award amount
Angeline Marie Lyon
Leads 1 award · $332,615
- 5R01GM152701-03Department: NIH department code
  Mechanisms Underlying Regulation of PLCbeta by heterotrimeric G proteins
  $332,615
  award amount
Cortland Johns
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 1F31HL186638-01Department: NIH department code
  Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms characterization in pediatric patients and experimental murine models
  $50,114
  award amount
Sharon Janell Miller
Leads 1 award · $43,200
- 2R25EB031389-07Department: NIH department code
  A Clinical Immersion and Design Training Program for Biomedical Engineers that Explores Urban and Rural Health Needs
  Principal investigators: Sharon Janell Miller (contact PI), Steven J. Higbee
  $43,200
  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.

Michael Keith Wendt
Co-investigator on 4R01CA281216-03, led by Luis Solorio
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Iowa · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Ranjie Xu
Co-investigator on 5U01AG088662-03, led by Chongli Yuan
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Purdue University · Other Basic Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Bryan William Boudouris
Co-investigator on 5R01EY034901-03, led by Chi Hwan Lee
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Pete S Kollbaum
Co-investigator on 5R01EY034901-03, led by Chi Hwan Lee
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Martin Chieng Were
Co-investigator on 5R01EB033788-04, led by Young L Kim
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (no department on record, 2 awards)
Steven J. Higbee
Co-investigator on 2R25EB031389-07, led by Sharon Janell Miller
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.