ULI Round 1 (Awarded in 2017)
More information on each of the ULI awards is available at NASA TechPort, or click on the award titles under the section ULI - Round 1 Awards.
Events & Dates
2016 | Round 1 Solicitation
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) announced a new opportunity for universities and their research partners to contribute toward NASA research goals. This opportunity is now closed.
March 9, 2016 | Vendor's Forum
The Vendor’s Forum provided interested parties with the opportunity to better understand the intent and scope of the ULI.
May 3, 2016 | Applicant's Workshop
NASA hosted an Applicant’s Workshop to provide an opportunity for interested parties to better understand the solicitation’s intent, scope, and selection criteria.
June 7, 2016 | Step A Proposals Due
The ULI - Round 1 Solicitation was released on NSPIRES on April 19, 2016.
2017 | Kickoff Meeting
All ULI awardees hosted their kickoff meetings in 2017 with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.
July 13 - 14, 2017 | ULI Lunch and Learn
On July 13-14, 2017 representatives of the five Round 1 ULI teams briefed congressional staff on their research topics, team approach, and expectations for their ULI experience. Team leads accompanied by their students visited congressional offices.
2017 | Awards
ARMD announced 5 selections for awards
June 25, 2018 | Technical Interchange at AIAA
The ULI Technical Interchange at the AIAA Aviation Forum in Atlanta was an event to discover cutting-edge research and technologies that will advance U.S. aviation and to exchange ideas and network for both leads and partners looking to participate in future ULI solicitations. ULI presentations:
August - September 2018 | First Annual Meeting
All ULI awardees hosted their first annual meeting (between August and September 2018) with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.
July - September | Second Annual Meeting
All ULI awardees hosted their second annual meeting (between July and September 2019) with their non-advocate peer reviewers and NASA.
Round 1 Awards
PI: Yongming Liu (Arizona State University)
Co-Is: Aditi Chattopadhyay (Arizona State University), Jingrui He (Arizona State University), Lei Ying (Arizona State University), Mary Niemczyk (Arizona State University), Nancy Cooke (Arizona State University), Pingbo Tang (Arizona State University), Sankaran Mahadevan (Vanderbilt University), Barron Bichon (Southwest Research Institute), John McFarland (Southwest Research Institute), P.K. Menon (Optimal Synthesis), Victor Cheng (Optimal Synthesis), Parikshit Dutta (Optimal Synthesis), Sang Gyun Park (Optimal Synthesis)
ARMD Strategic Thrust: Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Period of Performance: May 2017 - April 2022
PI: James Coder (University Of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Co-Is: Phillip Ansell (University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Onur Bilgen (Rutgers University), Kenneth Brentner (Pennsylvania State University), Robert Campbell (Pennsylvania State University), Ryan Glasby (University Of Tennessee, Knoxville), Neal Harrison (Boeing Inc.), Abdollah Khodadoust (Boeing Inc.), Mark Maughmer (Pennsylvania State University), Dimitri Mavriplis (University Of Wyoming), Sven Schmitz (Pennsylvania State University), Dan Somers (Airfoils, Inc.), Stephanie TerMaath (University Of Tennessee, Knoxville), Helen Reed (Texas A&M University), Edward White (Texas A&M University)
ARMD Strategic Thrust: Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles
Period of Performance: May 2017 - April 2022
PI: Dimitris Lagoudas (Texas A&M University)
Co-Is: Darren Hartl (Texas A&M University), Helen Reed (Texas A&M University), Ibrahim Karaman (Texas A&M University), Paul Cizmas (Texas A&M University), Richard Malak (Texas A&M University), Rodney Bowersox (Texas A&M University), David Lazzara (Boeing Inc.), Edward White (Boeing Inc.), Hao Shen (Boeing Inc.), James Mabe (Boeing Inc.), Todd Magee (Boeing Inc.), Richard Miles (Princeton University), Eric Blades (ATA Engineering, Inc), Jeremy Schaffer (Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp) George Dulikravich (Florida International University), Doug Hunsaker (Utah State University), Theocharis Baxevanis (University Of Houston), Marcus Young (University Of North Texas)
ARMD Strategic Thrust: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
Period of Performance: May 2017 - April 2022
PI: Mike Benzakein (Ohio State University)
Co-Is: Greg Busch (Ohio State University), Marcello Canova (Ohio State University), Fang Luo (Ohio State University), Giorgio Rizzoni (Ohio State University), Jin Wang (Ohio State University), Longya Xu (Ohio State University), Mahesh Illindala (Ohio State University), Alexis Abramson (Case Western Reserve University), Vikas Prakash (Case Western Reserve University), Dimitri Mavris (Georgia Tech), Christopher Perullo (Georgia Tech), Jimmy Tai (Georgia Tech), Thomas Jahns (University Of Wisconsin, Madison), Bulent Sarlioglu (University Of Wisconsin, Madison), F McCluskey (University of Maryland, College Park), John Kizito (North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University)
ARMD Strategic Thrust: Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy
Period of Performance: May 2017 - April 2022
Link: TBD
PI: David Matolak (University of South Carolina)
Co-Is: Ismail Guvenc, (North Carolina State University), Hani Mehrpouyan (Boise State University), David Rinehart (Architecture Technology Corporation)
ARMD Strategic Thrust: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Period of Performance: May 2017 - April 2019