People

Principal Investigator

Current Group Members

PhD

  • Ms. Xiaoning Wang (2024.10 – )
  • Email: axnw001@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Flow Energy Harvesting
  • Publications:
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Ms. Caroline Kennedy (2024.09 – )
  • Email: cken787@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
  • Publications:
  • Sponsored by Marsden Grant
  • Mr. Chaojie Gu (2024.09 – )
  • Email: cgu872@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Micro Wind Turbine Design
  • Publications:
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Gen Li (2023.11 – )
  • Email: gli582@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Metamaterial Design based on AI
  • Publications: J174
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Yi Wu (2023.08 – )
  • Email: ywu716@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Origami Dynamics
  • Publications: C85
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Cuipeng Xia (2023.03 – )
  • Email: cxia144@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Wind Energy Harvesting
  • Publications: J160, J177
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Mingrui Wang (2023.01 – )
  • Email: mwan246@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Self-powered Wearable Sensors
  • Publications:
  • Mr. Lining Zhang (2021.09 – )
  • Email: lzha977@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Acoustic Energy Transfer
  • Publications: J166, C74
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Muxuan Guo (2021.09 – )
  • Email: mguo048@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Nonlinear Energy Sink for Vibration Control
  • Publications: J149, J172, C71, C83
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Wenpeng Sun (2021.12 – )
  • Email: mguo048@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Thermoacoustic Engine and Refrigerator
  • Publications: J167, C75, C84
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Shaohua Wang (2021.03 – )
  • Email: swan932@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring
  • Publications: J135, J156, C72
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Visiting PhD

  • Mr. Jingwei Zhang (2024.12 – )
  • Email: zhangjingwei2019@csu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Flow-Induced Vibration Attenuation
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications:
  • Home Institution: Central South University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council
  • Ms. Xiaoxin Dai (2024.11 – )
  • Email: daixiaoxin@csu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Nonlinear Vibration Absorber
  • Publications:
  • Home Institution: Central South University
  • Sponsored by Central South University
  • Mr. Huaijun Li (2024.08 – )
  • Email: lhjun0128@163.com
  • Research Area: Flow-induced Vibrations
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  • Publications:
  • Home Institution: Harbin Engineering University
  • Sponsored by Harbin Engineering University
  • Mr. Yannan Yu (2024.04 – )
  • Email: yyn.wut@gmail.com
  • Research Area: Mechanical Fault Diagnosis
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications: J180
  • Home Institution: Wuhan University of Technology
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Fang Hong (2023.11 – )
  • Email: 18829573602@mail.nwpu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Mechanical Metamaterial
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  • Publications:
  • Home Institution: Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)

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Undergraduate FYP Students

Visiting FYP Students / Interns

Summer Research Students

Visiting Scholars

  • Prof. Hai Wang (2024.02 – )
  • Home Institution: Anhui Polytechnic university
  • Email: wanghai@ahpu.edu.cn
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications:
  • Sponsored by Anhui Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Excellent Young Backbone Talents
  • Asst. Prof. Kangkang Guo (2024.03 – )
  • Home Institution: Harbin University of Science and Technology
  • Email: guokk@hrbust.edu.cn
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  • Publications:
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Alumni

 

  • Mr. Yupei Jian (2019.09 – 2022.06)
  • Email: yjia597@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Tunable Metamaterial
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications: J111, J123, J130, J136, J152, J168, C61, C66, C73, C76
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Southwest Jiao Tong University, China
  • Dr. Zhaoyu Li (2018.06 – 2022.04)
  • Email: zli979@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Nonlinear Energy Sink
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications: J88, J97, J107, C70
  • Sponsored by Marsden Grant
  • Current Affiliation: Postdoc at China Railway Group Ltd.
  • Dr. Zhaoshu Yang (2017.01 – 2019.10)
  • Email: zyan281@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Magnetorheological Elastomer
  • Google Scholar
  • Publications: J46, J47, J65, J66, J76, C52, C55
  • Sponsored by China Government
  • Current Affiliation: China Astronaut Research and Training Center
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  • Dr. Bo Sheng (2014.10 – 2018.10 )
  • Email: bshe687@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Rehabilitation Robot, Bilateral Training, Smart Control
  • Homepage | Scopus
  • Publications: J53, J63, J64, J68,C38, C40
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor at Shanghai University, China
  • Mr. Hanqing Zhang (2023.11 – 2024.11)
  • Email: 204207008@csu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Topological Metamaterial
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  • Publications: J170, J178
  • Home Institution: Central South University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Meng Hu (2023.09 – 2024.09)
  • Email: humeng@tongji.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Wave Structural Health Monitoring
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  • Publications: C86
  • Home Institution: Tongji University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Xing Tan (2022.10 – 2023.10)
  • Email: xingtan@nuaa.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Vibration Control of Rotor-Bearing System via Piezoelectric Shunt Damping
  • Publications: J157, J162
  • Home Institution: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Sponsored by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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  • Dr. Hesheng Han (2019.09 – 2021.09)
  • Email: heshenghan12@gmail.com
  • Research Area: Origami Dynamics
  • ResearchGate
  • Publications: J94, J110, J121, J138, J144, J161, J179
  • Home Institution: Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship
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  • Dr. Tengfei Chen (2019.09 – 2020.10)
  • Email: nuaa_chentf@outlook.com
  • Research Area: Parametric Identification of Nonlinear Systems
  • Publications: J141
  • Home Institution: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Nanjing Tech University, China
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  • Dr. Zhenkun Guo (2018.09 – 2019.09)
  • Email: guozhenkun163@126.com
  • Research Area: Dynamics of Sandwiched Metastructure
  • Homepage
  • Publications: J74, J104
  • Home Institution: Beijing University of Technology
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China
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  • Dr. Liuding Yu (2017.09 – 2019.09)
  • Email: yuliuding@hrbeu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Self-Adaptive Vibration Energy Harvester and Absorber
  • Homepage
  • Publications: J58, J75, J90, C50, C63
  • Home Institution: Harbin Engineering University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Naval University of Engineering, China
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  • Dr. Zhiwei Zhang (2017.09 – 2018.09)
  • Email: zwzhang@bjtu.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Energy Harvesting from Civil Structures
  • Homepage
  • Publications: J50, J95, J137
  • Home Institution: Beijing Jiao Tong University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Assistant Professor, Beijing Forestry University, China
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  • Dr. Chunbo Lan (2016.04 – 2017.03)
  • Email: chunbolan@nuaa.edu.cn
  • Research Area: Nonlinear Energy Harvesting
  • ResearchGate | Google Scholar
  • Publications: J33, J35, J36, J56, J82, J105, C28, C37, C58, C65, C68, P4
  • Home Institution: Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Current Institution: Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
  • Ms. Nok Yin Christie Law (2022.03 – 2020.03)
  • Email: nlaw406@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Self-powered wireless sensor
  • Publication: C78
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  • Ms. Lulu Wang (2019.03 – 2020.03)
  • Email: 155205454@qq.com
  • Project: Weakly Coupled 2DOF Resonator for Sensing Application
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  • Mr. Tianyi Zhang (2019.03 – 2020.03)
  • Email: tzha770@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Design and experiment of a multimodal Helmholtz resonator
  • Mr. Shengzhang Zhang (2024.07 – 2024.11)
  • Email: szha619@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Modelling and experiment of a magnetic gear based wearable energy harvesting with contra-rotating motion
  • Ms. Angeline Karol David (2023.07 – 2023.11)
  • Email: akar865@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Wearable energy harvesting with magnetic gear
  • Mr. Haomin Tang (2023.07 – 2023.11)
  • Email: htan386@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Magnetic nonlinear vibration absorber
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  • Mr. Junjie Xu (2022.03 – 2022.07)
  • Email: jxu834@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Research Area: Impact-based frequency up-conversion for vibration energy harvesting
  • Mr. Qiming Chen (2015.07 – 2015.11)
  • Current Institution/Company: Norman Disney & Young
  • Thesis/Project: Simulation of Acoustic Energy Harvesting Using Piezoelectric Beam and Quarter-Wavelength Resonator
  • Mr. Muhammad Asyraf Bin Ishak (2015.07 – 2015.11)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Thesis/Project: Modeling and Experiment of Piezoelectric Bistable Energy Harvesting
  • Ms. Rosey Robb (2024.03 – 2024.11)
  • Email: rrob698@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Ms. Erin McDonald (2024.03 – 2024.11)
  • Email: emcd914@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Self-Powered Condition Monitoring
  • Poster Display Award: "Mechanical Engineering Group Award" on 17-Oct-2024
  • Mr. Marihi Hohepa-Te Huia (2024.03 – 2024.11)
  • Email: mhoh757@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Mr. Ezekiel Taylor (2024.03 – 2024.11)
  • Email: etay499@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Wearable Energy Harvesting
  • Poster Display Award: "Mechanical Engineering Group Award" on 17-Oct-2024
  • Mr. Lachlan Pearce (2023.03 – )
  • Email: lpea838@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Mr. Rory Reade (2023.03 – )
  • Email: rrea165@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: An integrated energy harvester for powering wireless vibration sensors
  • Poster Display Award: "Mechanical Engineering Group Award" on 19-Oct-2023
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  • Mr. Daniel Ma (2021.03 – 2021.10)
  • Email: hma035@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Ms. Nok Yin Christie Law (2021.03 – 2021.10)
  • Email: nlaw406@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: A self-powered vibration data logger
  • Poster Display Award: "SGS Award" on 21-Oct-2021
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  • Mr. Michael Ou (2021.03 – 2021.10)
  • Email: mou901@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Metamaterial
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  • Mr. Justin Bayangos (2021.03 – 2021.10)
  • Email: jbay153@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Kirigami
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  • Ms. Mara Deng (2019.03 – 2019.10)
  • Email: tden029@aucklanduni.ac.nz
  • Project: Nonlinear multimodal Helmholtz resonator design for broadband sound attenuation
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  • Ms. Hongwei Liu (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Mr. Jiahui Wang (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Project: Modeling and Simulation of Semi-Active Suspension System with Magnetorheological Damper
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  • Ms. Yuanyun Yong (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Project: Power Management Circuit Design for Random Vibration Energy Harvesting
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  • Mr. Arnold Fernandes (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Mr. Ken Hendricks (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Project: Experiment and Investigation of a Thermoacoustic Engine based Waste Heat Energy Recovery System
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  • Mr. Omar Hammadeh (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Current Company: Auckland International Airport
  • Mr. Anton Stuart (2018.03 – 2018.10)
  • Current Company: Fisher & Paykel Appliances
  • Project: A Smart Helmet Integrated with Wind Energy Harvesting Components
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  • Mr. Ziyu Zhang (2017.03 – 2017.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Microsoft Australia
  • Mr. Cameron Tier (2017.03 – 2017.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: A Low-Cost Self-Sustained Wireless Vibration Data Logger
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  • Mr. Carl Velasco (2017.03 – 2017.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Ms. Yuqi Wang (2017.03 – 2017.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Energy Harvesting from Human Motion
  • Poster Display Award: "Callaghan Innovation Prize" on 26-Oct-2017
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  • Mr. Louis van Velthooven (2017.03 – 2017.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Converting Rotational Energy into Electricity for Powering Tire Pressure Monitoring System
  • Mr. Liangqiu Wang (2016.03 – 2016.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Temperature Sensor Powered by Nonlinear Energy Harvesting
  • Mr. Muhammad Nur Irfan Jasmon (2016.03 – 2016.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Amphenol FCI
  • Mr. Hazril Hamzah (2016.03 – 2016.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Targeted Energy Transfer of Nonlinear Vibration Absorbers with Energy Harvesting Capability
  • Mr. Douglas Grant (2016.03 – 2016.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Air New Zealand
  • Mr. Yiqiang Zhu (2016.03 – 2016.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Self-powered heart rate monitoring device by harvesting energy from human motion
  • Mr. Hemanth Pemmaraju (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
  • Mr. Ziheng Wang (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Magnetic Dynamic Magnifier for Enhancement of Vibration Energy Harvesting
  • Mr. Muhamad Hafizi Arshad (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Sapura Secured Technology
  • Mr. Syed Muhammad Syed Salim (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Indkom Engineering
  • Project: Targeted Energy Transfer of Nonlinear Vibration Absorbers with Energy Harvesting Capability
  • Mr. James Hand (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Mckay
  • Mr. Yue Han (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Macro Automation Ltd
  • Project: Nonlinear Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with Practical Interface Circuit
  • Publications: C25
  • Mr. Ru Yang Tan (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Fisher & Paykel
  • Ms. Rebecca Little (2015.03 – 2015.10)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Acoustic Energy Harvesting
  • Ms. Louise Wan (2014.03 – 2014.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Fisher & Paykel
  • Ms. Kirsten Ly (2014.03 – 2014.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Vodafone
  • Project: Development of a Broadband Multimodal Energy Harvesting with Magnetic Coupling
  • Publications: C19
  • Mr. Colin Baggott (2014.03 – 2014.10)
  • Current Institution/Company: Fisher & Paykel
  • Project: Small-Scale Wind Energy Harvesting
  • Poster Display Award: "Electronics Design North Shore Prize" on 23-Oct-2014
  • Ms. Yufan Wang (2019.01 – 2019.06)
  • Email: 1551143@tongji.edu.cn
  • Home Institution: Tongji University
  • Project: 3D Modeling of Thermoacoustic Engine and Refrigerator
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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  • Mr. Dazhou Yu (2019.01 – 2019.06)
  • Email: 1551764@tongji.edu.cn
  • Home Institution: Tongji University
  • Project: Power Electronics for Small Scale Energy Harvesting
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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  • Mr. Guohui Huang (2019.01 – 2019.06)
  • Email: 510820037@qq.com
  • Home Institution: Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Project: Energy Harvesting from Human Activities
  • Sponsored by Xi'an Jiaotong University

  • Mr. Chenxin Deng (2018.01 – 2018.05)
  • Email: dcx3577@qq.com
  • Home Institution: Tongji University
  • Project: CFD Simulation for Thermoacoustic Engine
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Ms. Jiawen Li (2017.2 – 2017.6)
  • Email: 905365647@qq.com
  • Home Institution: Tongji University
  • Project: Numerical Simulation of Thermoacoutic Engines
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Mr. Changjin Wang (2017.2 – 2017.6)
  • Email: 1120130360@bit.edu.cn
  • Home Institution: Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Project: Research on Self Tuning PMSM Driver with Ethercat Interface for an Intelligent Joint
  • Sponsored by Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Mr. Jiafeng Xu (2017.2 – 2017.6)
  • Email: 1120130379@bit.edu.cn
  • Home Institution: Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Project: Dynamic System Modeling and Parameter Identification for a 7-DOF Redundant Manipulator
  • Sponsored by Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Mr. Timothy Chandra (2017.11 – 2018.02)
  • Project: Understanding the Self-Tuning Phenomenon of a Sliding Mass along a Beam Resonator
  • Mr. Eamonn Joyce (2016.11 – 2017.02)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Modelling of Electret-based MEMS Vibration Energy Harvester
  • Mr. Jin Kyu Lim (2015.11 – 2016.02)
  • Project: Energy Harvesting from Soundwaves through the Usage of a Quarter Wavelength Resonator
  • Mr. Christopher Watts (2014.11 – 2015.02)
  • Current Institution/Company:
  • Project: Parametric Study of a 2DOF Nonlinear Piezoelectric Energy Harvester
  • Assoc. Prof. Jianjun Wang (2023.07 – 2024.03)
  • Home Institution: University of Science and Technology Beijing
  • Email: jianjunwang168@ustb.edu.cn
  • Researchgate
  • Publications: J148, J175
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Assoc. Prof. Xiaozhen Du (2023.04 – 2024.03)
  • Home Institution: Shandong University of Science and Technology
  • Email: duxz@sdust.edu.cn
  • Researchgate
  • Publications: J142, J153, J165, J169
  • Sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  • Prof. Daniel J. Inman (2023.12)
  • Home Institution: The University of Michigan
  • Homepage | Google Scholar
  • Sponsored by Distinguished Visitor Award (Grant No. 3719660)
  • Dr. Xiaobin Cui (2018.08 – 2019.08)
  • Home Institution: Nanjing Tech University
  • Email: xbcui@njtech.edu.cn
  • Researchgate
  • Sponsored by Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents
  • Prof. Kefu Liu (2016.05)
  • Lakehead University
  • Homepage | Google Scholar
  • Sponsored by Faculty Research Development Fund (New Staff) (Grant No. 3708720)
  • Prof. Liqun Chen (2015.08 – 2015.09)
  • Shanghai University
  • Homepage | Google Scholar
  • Sponsored by Distinguished Visitor Award (Grant No. 3707392)