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Siddhartha Sikdar, Parag Chitnis, and Wil Joiner Receive Funding from NSF
Siddhartha Sikdar, Parag Chitnis, and Wil Joiner of the Bioengineering Department received $400K from the National Science Foundation for their project, “CPS:Synergy:Collaborative Research: Closed-loop Hybrid Exoskeleton utilizing Wearable Ultrasound Imaging Sensors for Measuring Fatigue.”

Siddhartha Sikdar Receives Funding from Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Siddhartha Sikdar of the Bioengineering Department received $80K from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his project, “ACCOF(Asymptomatic Cartoid Stenosis: Cognitive Function and Plaque Correlates).”

Parag Chitnis Receives funding from Columbia University and the NSF
Parag Chitnis received $172,290 from Columbia University and the National Science Foundation for his project, “Ultrasound-Mediated Control of Implantable Microdevices made of Biocompatible Polymers.” The performance period is June 1, 2015 through May 30, 2018.

Houman Homayoun and Siddhartha Sikdar receive funding from NSF
Houman Homayoun and Siddhartha Sikdar receive $287,983 from the National Science Foundation for their project, “Heterogeneous Ultra Low Power Accelerator for Wearable Biomedical Computing.” 

Parag Chitnis receives funding from NIH
Parag Chitnis Receives $223,000 from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for his project, “An All-Optical Photoacoustic Imaging System for the Eye.” The performance period is September 30, 2014 through August 31, 2016.

Siddhartha Sikdar receives funding from NSF
Siddhartha Sikdar receives $995,055 from the National Science Foundation for the project titled “A Novel Biomechatronic Interface Using Wearable Imaging Sensors”. (2014-2018)