Engineering at Virginia Tech

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Eli Vlaisavljevich

   Leads 2 awards · $1,194,533

   • 5R01CA289288-03Department: NIH department code

     Image-guided Histotripsy System for Complete, Uniform, and Non-Invasive Ablation of Heterogeneous Osteosarcoma Tumors
     $630,563

     award amount
   • 1R01EB038261-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Ultrasound-guided handheld histotripsy system for precise and tissue selective thyroid ablation
     $563,970

     award amount

2. Wujin Sun

   Leads 1 award · $764,750

   • 1DP2AR089712-01Department: NIH department code

     The Transdermal Bioreactor: A Platform for Point-of-Care In Situ Cellular Engineering
     $764,750

     award amount

3. Aiguo Han

   Leads 1 award · $750,993

   • 1R01EB039768-01Department: NIH department code

     Advancing pulse-echo speed-of-sound imaging: Toward accurate, robust, and fast methods for practical use
     $750,993

     award amount

4. Michael L Madigan

   Leads 1 award · $710,970

   • 1R01AG097954-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Effects of a novel perturbation balance training program on laboratory and real-world trip-induced losses of balance and falls among balance-impaired older adults

     Principal investigators: Michael L Madigan (contact PI), Neil Alexander

     $710,970

     award amount

5. Chang Lu

   Leads 1 award · $691,701

   • 5R01DA056187-04Department: NIH department code

     Low-input profiling of brain-region and cell-type specific epigenomic dynamics to understand gene-environment interactions in opioid addiction

     Principal investigators: Chang Lu (contact PI), Julie A Blendy, Wei Wang

     $691,701

     award amount

6. Yue Wang

   Leads 1 award · $682,861

   • 5R01MH110504-10Department: NIH department code

     Decoding Astrocyte Signaling in Neural Circuitry with Novel Computational Modeling and Analytical Tools
     $682,861

     award amount

7. Huaiyang Zhong

   Leads 1 award · $460,260

   • 1R21AG091260-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Advancing Chronic Pain Care in Rural Seniors: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to Improve Understanding, Assessment, and Comorbidity Risk Prediction
     $460,260

     award amount

8. Netta Gurari

   Leads 1 award · $454,240

   • 1R21HD117190-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Impact of Stroke on Peripheral Nerve Signaling
     $454,240

     award amount

9. Robin M Queen

   Leads 1 award · $405,419

   • 5R01AR078811-05Department: NIH department code

     Clinically Assessed Risk Factors for a Second ACL Injury Using an Innovative Wearable Sensor
     $405,419

     award amount

10. Robert Clay Wright

    Leads 1 award · $366,155

    • 5R35GM150856-04Department: NIH department code

      Understanding and Engineering Chemically Activated Ubiquitin Ligases
      $366,155

      award amount

11. Zhenhua Tian

    Leads 1 award · $349,073

    • 5R01GM144417-06Department: NIH department code

      Development of a multifunctional, acoustofluidic 3D bioprinter with single-cell resolution
      $349,073

      award amount

12. Anna Duraj-Thatte

    Leads 1 award · $189,621

    • 1R21EB039849-01Department: NIH department code

      Genetically Programmable Mucoadhesive Hydrogels for Targeted Delivery of Biologics in the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
      $189,621

      award amount

13. Maury A Nussbaum

    Leads 1 award · $150,000

    • 2T03OH008613-22Department: NIH department code

      Occupational Ergonomics, Biomechanics, and Safety Training
      $150,000

      award amount

14. Anne Staples

    Leads 1 award · $140,393

    • 5R21EB035655-03Department: NIH department code

      A pulse-driven micropump for continuous drug delivery
      $140,393

      award amount

15. Christopher B Arena

    Leads 1 award · $43,173

    • 5R25EB035499-02Department: NIH department code

      Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation

      Principal investigators: Christopher B Arena (contact PI), Ashley Rae Taylor

      $43,173

      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.

• Neil Alexander

  Co-investigator on 1R01AG097954-01A1, led by Michael L Madigan

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Michigan · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Julie A Blendy

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056187-04, led by Chang Lu

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Wei Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056187-04, led by Chang Lu

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ashley Rae Taylor

  Co-investigator on 5R25EB035499-02, led by Christopher B Arena

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