Grants and Funding

Sydney is awarded the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NSF NRT) Fellowship for Data-Driven Sustainable Engineering for a Circular Economy

This is fellowship that provides 2-year funding Awards for 30 NRT-funded fellowships for Ph.D. – level trainees of students in disciplines from chemical sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, engineering) to data sciences (computing, business analytics, statistics, mathematics) with convergent research focus on the advancement of circular economies. The program aims to train the next generation of data […]



Prof. Stewart is awarded NSF Engineering Research Initiation Grant to Engineer a Biofilm Infection-on-a-chip for elucidating the host-biofilm interface



Prof. Stewart and Lily Gaudreau co-PIs with WPI graduate students Heather LeClerc, Elizabeth Belden, and Elzani Van Zyl on Women’s Impact Network Grant to create an organization for the professional development and support of women graduate students at WPI



DOD Army Phase II STTR is awarded to Stewart lab, Teixeira lab, and Mainstream Engineering to investigate membraneless water purification using diffusiophoresis