| Sponsor | Number of Projects |
|---|
| National Science Foundation | 112 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 104 |
| University of Illinois | 81 |
| Ford Motor Co. | 29 |
| 22 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center, National Science Foundation | 19 |
| Fracture Control Program | 18 |
| 28 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 17 |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | 15 |
| National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Machine Tool Systems Research | 15 |
| 27 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 15 |
| 29 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 14 |
| 29 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 13 |
| 27 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 13 |
| AK Steel | 13 |
| National Science Foundation, Industry/Univeristy Cooperative Research Centers, Center for Machine Tool Systems Research | 13 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-0000458 | 12 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | 12 |
| Ford Motor Company | 12 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 12 |
| U.S. Department of Energy Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets, B341494 | 12 |
| Columbus Stainless | 11 |
| Continuous Casting Consortium (Accumold | 11 |
| Campus Research Board | 11 |
| National Center for Supercomputing Applications | 11 |
| National Institutes of Health | 10 |
| U.S. Army Research Office, DAAD19-01-1-0367 | 10 |
| NSF I/UCRC Center for Machine Tool Systems Research | 10 |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | 9 |
| Delphi Automotive Systems | 9 |
| U.S. Department of Energy | 9 |
| ITR | 9 |
| Continuous Casting Consortium (Algoma Steel, Canada | 8 |
| Corus Strip Products, The Netherlands | 8 |
| Swedish Institute for Metals Research, Sweden) | 8 |
| LWB Refractories, Pennsylvania | 8 |
| Nucor Steel, Alabama | 8 |
| University of Illinois Research Board | 8 |
| POSTECH, South Korea | 8 |
| ISG Riverdale Steel, Illinois | 8 |
| LTV Steel | 7 |
| Argonne National Laboratory | 7 |
| Inland Steel | 7 |
| Allegheny Ludlum | 7 |
| Stollberg, Inc.) | 7 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-99-84214 | 7 |
| National Science Foundation of China | 7 |
| Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Program for Exploratory Studies | 7 |
| Sandia National Laboratories, SNL-19316 | 7 |
| Sandia National Laboratories | 7 |
| Ford-Visteon | 6 |
| 28 Company Consortium: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center | 6 |
| Visteon | 6 |
| Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center | 6 |
| U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research | 5 |
| The Whitaker Foundation, TF-02-0024 | 5 |
| DOE Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets, B341494 | 5 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NAG8-1453 | 5 |
| Grainger Emerging Technologies Grant | 5 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-0324630 | 5 |
| Association of American Railroads | 5 |
| Wolverine, Inc. | 5 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. | 5 |
| Electric Power Research Institute, EP-P93624722 | 5 |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | 5 |
| Illinois Department of Military Affairs | 4 |
| Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-0084980 | 4 |
| Postech, Korea) | 4 |
| National Storage Industry Consortium | 4 |
| Kennametal, Inc. | 4 |
| Swedish Institute for Metals Research | 4 |
| Grainger Center for Electromechanics | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-9984979 | 4 |
| U.S. Department of Defense | 4 |
| Sabre, Inc. | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, EEC 96-12120 | 4 |
| John Deere Harvester | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-9734402 | 4 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, ITR 0085917 | 4 |
| Copeland Corporation | 4 |
| Department of Energy | 4 |
| Center for Advanced Study | 4 |
| U.S. Army | 4 |
| Sears | 4 |
| Dayton Research Institute, RSC00011 | 4 |
| Federal Railway Administration | 4 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS-97-34368 | 4 |
| Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute | 4 |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Research Corporation | 4 |
| General Electric, 00-2711 RFA | 4 |
| Hatch Associates | 4 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects, Multidisciplinary Research Programs of the University Research Initiative, F49620-02-1-0325 | 3 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, DOE-ANL-1F-01541 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-0296102 | 3 |
| ALCOA | 3 |
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-01-03257 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0223821 | 3 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, DE-FG02-93ER14393 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0140466 | 3 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-0204773 | 3 |
| Austral Engineering and Software | 3 |
| Tellus Institute, Inc. | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS 97-34368 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-00-04226 | 3 |
| New York University | 3 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research, N00014-01-1-0899 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS 0124751 | 3 |
| Mechanical Engineering Gauthier Program for Exploratory Studies | 3 |
| Argonne National Laboratory, ANL-1F-01341 | 3 |
| General Electric | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-9983779 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-98-96285 | 3 |
| Intermet Corporation | 3 |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-00-99909 | 3 |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory, 54961-001-2 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0114499 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0114717 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-99-00090 | 3 |
| Daimler-Chrysler | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-9907980 | 3 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 |
| Kellogg Co. | 3 |
| University of Illinois Manufacturing Research Center | 3 |
| Alcan International, Ltd. | 3 |
| National Science Council, Taiwan | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DCM | 3 |
| University Scholars Award | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, BES-0093985 | 3 |
| International Salt Co. | 3 |
| BP-Amoco | 3 |
| Transportation Technology Center Inc. | 3 |
| Amoco | 3 |
| Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, STILENRAE25SLRPND129 | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS-0083155 | 3 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, DE-FG04-99AL66267 | 3 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Energy Resources Center | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS 0118003 | 3 |
| Alcoa Aluminum | 3 |
| University of Queensland, Australia | 3 |
| Gundle Lining Systems | 3 |
| Office of Naval Research | 3 |
| National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI 94-14615, DMI 95-02722 | 3 |
| Electric Power Research Institute, WO-2710-32 | 3 |
| Copper Development Association | 3 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-0240020 | 3 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NAG 8-1657 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-0346302 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, NSF 98-75154 | 2 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, DEFG03-02NA00072 | 2 |
| Balzers A. G. | 2 |
| NSF Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems, DMI-0328162 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMR-0210131 | 2 |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research, F49620-00-C-0044 | 2 |
| Caterpillar Inc.– | 2 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, B341494 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, Machine-Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute | 2 |
| Boeing Phantom Works | 2 |
| Montronix, Inc. | 2 |
| Alcan Aluminum Co. | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-0116719 | 2 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, ANL1F-00941 | 2 |
| NSF Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems(CAMPWS), CTS-0120978 | 2 |
| Sandia National Laboratories, DOE SNL BF-0162 | 2 |
| Cummins Engine Co. | 2 |
| International | 2 |
| Bombardier Motor Corporation | 2 |
| NSF Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems (CAMPWS), CTS-0120978 | 2 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-0324643 | 2 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research, N00014-03-1-0778 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, GOALI No. DMI-0115486 | 2 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, F49620-98-1-0490 | 2 |
| Hydro Aluminum A. S. | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-01-29283 | 2 |
| Kodak | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-9734402 and CTS 01-16719 | 2 |
| oamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), Brazil | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-0120978 | 2 |
| Consortium for Advanced ManufacturingInternational (CAM-I) | 2 |
| U.S. Army Research Office, DAAG55-97-1-0122 | 2 |
| Mapleton | 2 |
| American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0222597 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS-01-16719 | 2 |
| The ROHO Group | 2 |
| NSF Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems (CAMPWS) | 2 |
| Electrical Power Research Institute | 2 |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention | 2 |
| Defense Advanced Research Project Agency | 2 |
| John Deere Company | 2 |
| Defense Advanced Research Agency | 2 |
| Wolverine Inc. | 2 |
| University of Illinois Research Board, Institute of Communications Research | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, NSF-98-75154 | 2 |
| Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) | 2 |
| Modine Manufacturing Co. | 2 |
| U.S. Department of Energy, B3141494 | 2 |
| U.S. DoE Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative | 2 |
| American Chemical Society | 2 |
| Coordenaç | 2 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research, N00014-95-1-1339 | 2 |
| NSF Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems(CAMPWS) | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMR-01-21695 | 2 |
| Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing– | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMR 0237400 | 2 |
| American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS-0072752 | 2 |
| o de Aperfeiç | 2 |
| NSF Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems(CAMPWS), CTS-0120978 | 2 |
| Arcelik S. A. Istanbul, Turkey | 2 |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research, F49620-01-1-0007 | 2 |
| The Boeing Corporation | 2 |
| University of Illinois Library | 2 |
| Guidant Corporation | 2 |
| American Air Liquide | 2 |
| InterTech Nashville | 2 |
| Ingot Metallurgy Forum | 2 |
| Brown Metal Products | 2 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research, N000140110205 | 2 |
| The Whitaker Foundation, RG-98-0524 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS-0304243 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS-98-75244 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-98-13020 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS 96-12079 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS 9734402 | 2 |
| U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, N00014-95-1-1339 | 2 |
| Electric Power Research Institute, EP-P93624722, EP-P15596/C7752 | 2 |
| Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, DMI-0-322250 | 2 |
| ã | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, ECS 024103 | 2 |
| U.S. DoE Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets, B341494 | 2 |
| National Institutes of Health, R01 HL 076499-01 | 2 |
| U.S. Office of Naval Research, N00014-00-1-0187 | 2 |
| The Trane Co. | 2 |
| National Science Foundation Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical-Manufacturing Systems | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-00-00060 | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CTS 01-16719 | 2 |
| Alcan Aluminum | 2 |
| National Science Foundation, CMS-032463 | 2 |
