With startup funding from seed grants, researchers across the College of Engineering are pursuing 20 new projects addressing subjects from quantum phononics to human-robot interaction to how bacteria influence the proliferation of cancer cells.
The seed grants were distributed through a program called the Engineering Faculty Organization-Opportunity Grants. It is one of several run by the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), an investment institute that advances university research by connecting researchers with resources that will help them maximize the scope and impact of their work. One of the institute’s principal tools is a set of seed funding programs with a range of goals designed to facilitate specific types of research.
The seed grants in this particular program are earmarked for College of Engineering faculty collaborating with colleagues in…
