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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Funding
$12.2M
$12,198,236
Awards
20
FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
22
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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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

  • Ranjie Xu

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG088662-03, led by Chongli Yuan

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • 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

  • 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.