Research Grants

Current Research Grants

Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (PI: Glenn Saunders , Co-PIs: Agung Julius, John Wen ), Multi-Robot Task Planning in Large Structure Manufacturing,, 11/1/22 to 10/31/23, $320,197
Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (PI: John T. Wen , Co-PIs: Johnson Samuel, Agung Julius, Santiago Paternain, Glenn Saunders ), Convergent Manufacturing using Multiple Industrial Robots, 11/1/22 to 10/31/23, $575,000
Army Research Office (PI: Agung Julius , Co-PIs: John Wen ), Biomathematics: Personalized Optimal Regulation of Circadian Rhythms and Related Processes, 04/1/22 to 03/31/25, $503,935
NASA Goddard Flight Research Center (PI: John Wen ), Technology Development for Robotic Servicing of Orbital Space Assets (4), 10/1/17 to 04/15/23, $249,829
New York State Empire State Development (ESD) Division on Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) (PI: John Wen ), Regional Robotic Innovation Collaborative (RRIC) of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, 07/1/17 to 06/30/24, $2.5M.

Completed Research Grants

Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (PI: Glenn Saunders , Co-PIs: John T. Wen ), Safe Robotic Handling of Energetic Materials, 01/1/22 to 12/31/22, $450,000
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (PI: John T. Wen , Co-PIs: Agung Julius, Santiago Paternain, Glenn Saunders ), Robot Motion Program for Tracking Complex Geometric Paths, 01/1/22 to 12/31/22, $405,163
Center for Economic Growth (PI: John T. Wen ), Path Planning and Tra- jectory Generation for Accurate Tracking of Complex Robot Tool Motion, 07/1/21 to 09/15/21, $25,000
ARM Institute (PI: Glenn Saunders , Co-PIs: John T. Wen ), Robotic Assistant for Repurposable Fabric Fusing Operations, 01/4/21 to 12/31/21, $951,106
ARM Institute (PI: Glenn Saunders , Co-PIs: John T. Wen ), Distributed and Coordinated Multi-Robot Assembly of Large Structures, 08/20/20 to 08/31/21, $564,482
ARM Institute (PI: John T. Wen ), Open Source Teach Pendant Programming Environment, 10/1/19 to 05/31/21, $280,729
ARM Institute (subcontract from Boeing) (PI: John T. Wen ), Teaming for Composite Ply Lay-up and Conforming,, 08/1/19 to 11/8/20, $172,500
ARM Institute (PI: John T. Wen ), Robot Raconteur: an Interoperable Middleware for Robotics, 07/1/19 to 11/30/20, $583,911.
ARM Institute (Subcontract from Raytheon Technology Research Center) (PI: John T. Wen ), Advanced Control for Robotics Surface Treatment, 05/1/19 to 09/30/20, $225,000
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (PI: John Wen , Co-PIs: Glenn Saunders, Richard Radke, Jeff Trinkle, Dan Walczyk ), Robot Assistant for Composites Manufacturing, 12/21/17 to 04/20/19, $692,400
Craig Nielsen Foundation (PI: John Wen, jointly with Bill Messner, Gary Bedell, Sarah Skeels of Tufts University ), Robot Assistance with Activities of Daily Living for Persons with C4-C7 Spinal Cord Injury, 10/1/17 to 09/30/19, $29,403
Army Research Office (PI: John Wen , Co-PIs: Agung Julius ), A Quantitative Approach to the Biochronicity of Circadian Rhythm, Sleep, and Neurobehavioral Performance, 09/1/17 to 04/30/21, $328,824
National Science Foundation (PI: Robert Hull , Co-PIs: Antoinette Maniatty, John Wen, Dan Lewis ), Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF), Adaptive Control of Microstructure from the Microscale to the Macroscale, 09/1/17 to 08/31/22, $1,524,300
NASA Goddard Flight Research Center (PI: John Wen), Technology Development for Robotic Servicing of Orbital Space Assets (3), 10/1/16 to 09/30/17, $200,000
Office of Naval Research (PI: John Wen , Co-PIs: Shankar Narayanan ), Distributed System Level Thermal Management of High Transient Heat Loads using Microchannel Evaporators, 08/15/16 to 12/31/20, $555,915
NASA Goddard Flight Research Center (PI: John Wen), Technology Development for Robotic Servicing of Orbital Space Assets (2), 10/1/15 to 09/30/16, $200,000
NASA Goddard Flight Research Center (PI: John Wen ), Technology Development for Robotic Servicing of Orbital Space Assets (1), 10/1/14 to 09/30/15, $150,000
NASA Goddard Flight Research Center (PI: Riccardo Bevilacqua, Co-PIs: John Wen), SSCO Technology Development for Robotic Servicing of Orbital Space Assets, 05/1/14 to 09/30/14, $166,476 (John Wen portion)
Army Research Office (PI: John Wen, Co-PIs: Agung Julius), Short Term Innovative Research (STIR), Light-based Circadian Rhythm Modeling and Control, 12/1/13 to 08/31/14, $50,000
National Science Foundation (PI: Robert Hull, Co-PIs: Antoinette Maniatty, John Wen, Dan Lewis), Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF), Real Time Control of Grain Growth in Metals, 07/1/13 to 06/30/16, $1,285,243
Office of Naval Research (PI: John Wen, Co-PIs: Yoav Peles, Michael Jensen), Systems Level Thermal Management for Multiple High Transient Heat Loads, 02/1/13 to 01/31/16, $430,233
National Science Foundation (PI: Sandipan Mishra, Co-PIs: John Wen, Koushik Kar), Human-Mediated Intelligent Control of Building Energy Systems, 09/15/12 to 08/14/16, $585,000
HP Labs (PI: Sandipan Mishra, Co-PIs: John Wen), Intelligent Human Centered Building Environment Modeling and Control, 09/1/12 to 08/31/13, $75,000
Vivonics (PI: John Wen, Co-PIs: Glenn Saunders), DOD Phase 2 SBIR Control for Tactile and Haptics Enabled Open Surgery Simulation, 01/2/12 to 06/30/13, $120,000
National Science Foundation (PI: Sandipan Mishra, Co-PIs: John Wen), High-speed Estimation and Control using Slow-rate Integrative Image Sensors for Adaptive Optics, 09/1/11 to 08/31/14, $350,000
Boeing (PI: Miki Amitay, Co-PIs: John Wen), Active Flow Control, 01/1/10 to 12/31/11, $62,256 (John Wen portion)
National Science Foundation (PI: Robert Karlicek ), Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (now Light Enabled Systems and Applications, LESA, Center), 09/1/09 to 08/31/14, Approximately $100,000/year
New York State Division for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) (PI: John Wen), Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) (2), 07/1/09 to 06/30/14, $920,000/year
Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) (PI: Michael Jensen, Co-PIs: Yoav Pelese, John Wen), System-Level Approach for Multi-Phase, Nanotechnology-Enhanced Cooling of High-Power Microelectronic Systems, 05/1/07 to 04/1/12, $3.4M
Crystal-IS (PI: John Wen, Co-PIs: Bill Gressick, Antoinette Maniatty, Sheppard Salon), Process Efficiency Improvements for Aluminum Nitride Semiconductor Crystal Growth, 01/1/07 to 06/1/08, $250,00
GE (PI: John Wen), Fiber Alignment for MEMS Fabry-Perot Interferometer, 01/1/07 to 04/1/07, $30,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: Srinivas Akella, Co-PIs: John Wen), Quattro Optimization, 07/1/06 to 06/1/07, $60,000
National Institute of Standards and Technology (PI: John Wen), Insertion Tasks in Micro-Assembly, 06/1/06 to 05/31/07, $35,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen, Co-PIs: Michael Jensen), Thermal Error Research, 05/1/06 to 04/1/07, $60,000
New York State Division for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) (PI: John Wen), Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) (1), 07/1/05 to 06/30/09, $1M/year
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (6), 07/1/05 to 07/1/06, Phase VI: $60,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (5), 05/1/04 to 07/1/05, Phase V: $70,000
National Science Foundation (PI: Mark Shephard), Multiscale Systems Engineering for Nanocomposites, 09/1/03 to 08/31/06, Faculty participant, supported at ~$100K/yr
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (4), 08/1/03 to 05/1/04, Phase IV: $45,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), GOALI: Precision Motion Control with Iterative Input Refinement, 05/1/03 to 04/30/06, $271,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (3), 11/1/02 to 07/1/03, Phase III: $45,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (1), 08/1/01 to 12/1/01, Phase I: $45,000
Proctor & Gamble (PI: John Wen), Modeling and Simulation of the Flexible Standard Converter System, 02/1/01 to 06/1/01, $60,000
Electro-Systems Inc. (PI: John Wen), Input Shaping Control for a Galvo Positioning System (2), 02/1/01 to 10/1/02, Phase II: $45,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), Analysis, Synthesis, and Control of General Parallel Robotic Systems, 09/1/99 to 08/31/02, $200,000 + REU $10,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Mechanical Systems, 09/1/98 to 08/31/01, $250,000 + REU $15,000
Scientific Systems Company Inc.: (PI: John Wen), Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Satellites, 04/1/98 to 03/31/00, $50,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), A Global Approach to Kinematic Path Planning, 09/1/94 to 08/31/97, $210,600 + REU $5,000
General Electric (PI: John Wen), Spacecraft Orbit Position Estimation, 02/1/94 to 12/31/94, $40,000
Aluminum Processing Program (PI: Wojciech Misiolek), Process Control in Aluminum Extrusion, Sponsoring companies: Werner, Alcoa, Reynold, Ormet, Kaiser, Exal, Hydro Aluminum, Alumex, Aluminum Shapes, Brazeway, 09/1/93 to 08/1/97, John Wen portion: $50,000/yr
Army Research Office (PI: Kevin Craig, Co-PIs: John Wen, Dimitris Lagoudas), MURI: Interdisciplinary Basic Research in Smart Materials and Structures, 07/1/92 to 06/30/97, $2,000,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), Passive Feedback Control with Feedforward Compensation, 12/1/91 to 11/30/94, $197,112 + REU $5,000
National Institutes of Standard and Technology, Northeast Manufacturing Technology Center (PI: Gene Simon), Real–Time Control Systems effort (3), 01/1/91 to 05/30/91, $10,000
National Institutes of Standard and Technology, Northeast Manufacturing Technology Center (PI: Gene Simon), Real–Time Control Systems effort (2), 07/1/90 to 12/31/90, $17,000
National Aeronautical and Space Administration (PI: John Wen), Manipulator Flexible Joint Control System Feasibility Study, 07/1/90 to 06/30/91, $24,000
National Science Foundation (PI: Joe Chow, Co-PIs: John Wen), Real Time Control Applications Laboratory Equipment, 09/1/89 to 02/1/91, $65,000
National Science Foundation (PI: John Wen), A Passivity Based Control Methodology for Distributed Parameter Systems, 09/1/89 to 02/1/92, $70,000 + REU $5,000
National Aeronautical and Space Administration (PI: George Saridis), Center of Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration, 09/1/89 to 10/31/92, $5,500,000
National Institutes of Standard and Technology, Northeast Manufacturing Technology Center (PI: Gene Simon), Real–Time Control Systems effort (1), 01/1/89 to 06/30/90, John Wen portion: $161,379

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