Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Research
Dr. Peeta has conducted research in collaboration with colleagues at Purdue University and other universities in the U.S. and around the world (Taiwan, China, India, Switzerland, Turkey, Australia, South Korea, etc.). These colleagues are from the following disciplines: (i) Civil Engineering (Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Structural Engineering, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Materials Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management), (ii) Automation and Control Engineering, (iii) Management, (iv) Agricultural Economics, (v) Information and Control, (vi) Control Science and Technology, (vii) Aeronautical and Astronautics Engineering, (viii) Electrical and Computer Engineering, (ix) Computer Sciences, (x) Sociology, (xi) Psychology, (xii) Computer and Information Technology, (xiii) Communication Management, (xiv) Chemical Engineering, (xv) Natural and Built Environments, (xvi) Business Administration, (xvii) Industrial Engineering, (xviii) Aviation and Maritime Management, and (xiv) Statistics. Many are on-going and others have resulted in publications and other research outcomes.
NSF Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Processes and Systems (RIPS)
Dr. Peeta served as the PI of this 2014 $2.5 million proposal involving a multidisciplinary team of Purdue researchers (engineering, computer science, sociology, technology faculty) and RAND Corporation, titled: “Evolution of Connected Electric Vehicle Based Travel: Interdependencies among Transportation, Electric Power, Information Communication Systems.”
Center for Information-Driven Innovations in Transportation and Logistics (CIDITAL)
Dr. Peeta led a proposal in 2005 as part of the Purdue University Discovery Park Centers Competition to select 4 Centers for multi-year funding. It involved over 40 Purdue faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Science, Liberal Arts, Agriculture, Technology, and Consumer & Family Sciences. It also involved several public and private sector partners.
NSF Engineering Research Center for Capacity Vitalization of Megacities
Dr. Peeta was a Co-PI and member of the leadership team of this proposed 2007 multi-university consortium consisting of 50 faculty from universities from the U.S., China, India, and the Netherlands as well as over 20 industry partners. The proposed vision of this multidisciplinary Center was to transform a potentially foreboding urban future into an opportunity to realize continued economic growth, achieve prosperity, and improve global health and societal well-being by the sustainable provision of basic services to more people.
NSF Engineering Research Center: Joint Center for Adaptive Urban Systems Engineering
Dr. Peeta was the designated deputy director of this proposed 2009 multi-university consortium consisting of several U.S. universities. The proposed Center sought a systems-level targeted approach to understand and optimize the interactions between various infrastructure systems and the socio-economic structure of urban centers. It proposed a multidisciplinary team for predicting the performance of interdependent urban infrastructures, to find market-oriented solutions to public problems and to develop advanced technology-enabled management systems.