Principal Investigator: “REU Site: Renewal of Summer Internships in Nanomaterials, Nanomechanics, and Leadership Training in Engineering,” National Science Foundation, May 15, 2021 – December 31, 2024. Amount: $402,533.00 (USD).
Co-Principal Investigator: “IUCRC University of Arkansas: Center for High-Frequency Electronics and Circuits for Communication Systems (CHECCS),” National Science Foundation, August 1, 2021 – December 31, 2026. Amount: $1.25M (USD).
Dr. Wejinya received the following undergraduate research grants:
Principal Investigator: Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), ‘Kinematic Modeling and Simulation of Inverted Pendulum for Balancing a Two-Wheeled Robot” for Kathryn Remell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. January 1st – May 31st, 2021. Amount: $2,750.00 (USD).
Principal Investigator: Honors College Research Grant, ‘Evaluating Properties of Nanoparticle-decorated Graphene for Application to High-frequency Communication Devices” for Nicholas Broadbent, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. January 1st – May 31st, 2020. Amount: $2,500.00 (USD).
Principal Investigator: Honors College Research Grant for Sameer Kulkarni, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. January 1st – May 31st, 2019. Amount: $3,500.00 (USD).
Dr. Wejinya gave the following invited seminars:
Wejinya, Uche, “Fabrication of Nanosurfaces for Nano-Bio Applications,” 3rd NYU Biomedical and Biosystems Conference, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 12 – 14, 2020.
Wejinya, Uche, “Investigation of Nanoparticle–Decorated Graphene for Hydrogen Application,” Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, March 2019.
Wejinya, Uche, “A centralized control approach for underwater robots,” Beijing Institute of Technology, China, March, 2018.
