Sponsors

Here is a list of external sponsors of our laboratory. Their funding is much appreciated.

• NASA
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • CAREER: A Career Plan for Research and Education in Smart Materials and Structures (Award No. 0093737 and No. 0305027), as PI.
  • Collaborative Research: Development of Multifunctional Nanocomposites with Engineered Carbon Nanopaper (Award No. 0620897), as PI at UH.
  • Collaborative Research: Hysteresis Compensation Using Linear Parameter Varying Control Methods (Award No. 0602508), as Co-PI at UH.
  • Develop a Smart Flexible Beam Experiment Using Piezoceramic Sensors and Actuators (Award No. 0442991), as PI.
  • Develop an Innovative Interactive Smart Material Exhibit for Children's Museum of Houston (Award No. 0617664), as PI.
  • Development of a Smart Vibration Platform Experiment (Award No. 0341143), as PI.
    
• Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC)
• Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC)
• Ohio Board of Regents (OBR)
• Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI)
• Ohio Department of Transportation via University of Akron
• Hewlett-Packard
• The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
• Micron Optics Inc.
  • Micron Optics Inc. through donation of a Fiber-Bragg Grating Interrogation System
• OptiSolar Inc.