Past Award Recipients
   

Honda Initiation Grant 2008 Winners

Research Proposal Investigator
Detecting Patterns in Vector Fields H. Quynh Dinh
Stevens Institute of Technology
Low Cost and Light Weight Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites Kyriaki Kalaitzidou
Georgy Institute of Technology
Rationally Designed Nanocomposite Si/C Anodes for High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries with Long Cycle Life Gleb Yushin
Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistive Robotics for Children with Learning and Social Disabilities Mark Colton
Brigham Young University
Hybrid Materials for Control of Interfacial Hole-Transfer Photochemistry Mathew Shores
Colorado State University
Controlling the Catalytic Activity and Selectivity by Tailoring the Size and the Composition of Bimetallic Nanoparticles Gabor Somorjai
University of California, Berkeley

Honda Initiation Grant 2007 Winners

Research Proposal Investigator
Adaptive Seat Belt System Using Smart Material Technologies Marcelo Dapino
The Ohio State University
Three Dimensional Natural Interfaces in Vehicle Tarek El Dokor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Dendrite Composite Nano-catalysts for Auto Emmisions Control Pu-Xian Gao
University of Connecticut
Face Recognition: When Lighting and Pose Vary David Jacobs
University of Maryland
Trip Based Optimal Power Management for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Yaoyu Li
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Combinatorial Screening of Proton Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells Paul McGinn
University of Notre Dame
Computational Optical Three-Dimensional Imaging and Sensing Rafael Piestun
University of Colorado at Boulder 

Honda Initiation Grant 2006 Winners

Research Proposal Investigator
Automotive Intelligence in Swarm Environment Daniel DeLaurentis
Purdue University
Combinatorial Toolkit for Step-Change Innovation of Fuel Cell Membranes Carson Meredith
Georgia Tech
Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interfaces for Robot-Augmented Human Manipulation Mandayam Srinivasan
MIT
Development of Colloidal Dampers for Semi-Active Isolation and Suspension Systems L. Sun
University California, Irvine
Novel Materials for Lean Low-Temperature Nox Catalysts Margaret Wooldridge
University of Michigan
Waste Heat Recovery Using Nanoengineered Interface Design Taofang Zeng
North Carolina State

Honda Initiation Grant 2005 Winners

Research Proposal Investigator
Single-step scaleable synthesis and characterization of nanocatalyst-support composites Arijit Bose
University of Rhode Island
Analysis of driver alertness by monitoring motions imparted by the driver to the steering wheel and gas pedal Aman Haque
Pennsylvania State University
Applying biologically inspired principals of auditory cortical processing to analysis and representation of sound Shihab Shamma
University of Maryland
Synthesis of a new class of motorized vehicles at the smallest scale possible: nanocars James Tour
Rice University
Development of microstructure-based material models of soft tissue, particularly liver tissue Kumar Vemaganti
University of Cincinnati

Honda Initiation Grant 2004 Winners

Research Proposal Investigator
Synthesis of shape-specific Pt or Pt-Ru metal nanoparticles: structurally designed electrocatalysts for PEM of DMFCs Charles M. Lukehart,
Vanderbilt University
Development of ceramic proton exchange membranes for H2-O2 fuel cells for advanced power and transportation applications Steve W. Martin,
Iowa State University
Hybrid Cellular Automata: A structural synthesis and shape optimization tool for crashworthiness design and safety John E. Renaud,
University of Notre Dame
Hydrogen selective membranes and their use in a catalytic NOx membrane Lanny D. Schmidt,
University of Minnesota
Stochastic spatio-temporal grammars for event recognition in video Jeffrey Mark Siskind,
Purdue University
 
 
2010 Call for Proposals
Pre-Proposal Deadline: December 2, 2009
HIG is accepting uniquely creative concepts in personal mobility as well as this year’s special areas of interest including:
>> automotive, motorcycle & power sport-related
>> green technology and advanced materials
>> computer science/humanoid robotics

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