Cooperative Agreement FRRRD003412

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $273,369 Project Grant to Intellisafe Analytics LLC for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project titled "Comprehensive, Human-Centered, Safety System Using Physiological and Behavioral Sensing to Predict and Prevent Workplace Accidents". The goal of this project is to develop a safety system that uses wearable technology to continuously collect real-time physiological and behavioral data from workers, and applies...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will develop a generative simulation framework to validate autonomous vehicle safety under rare, high-risk conditions. The $1,554,922 award to Saferdrive AI LLC will create an open-source tool that uses artificial intelligence to build virtual test scenarios, allowing engineers to identify and fix safety issues before autonomous vehicles are deployed on...

This $500,000 project grant, awarded on January 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), aims to address the urgent need for end-to-end safety in learning-enabled autonomous systems across various application scenarios, such as self-driving cars and urban air mobility. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SLES: GUARANTEED TUBES FOR SAFE LEARNING ACROSS AUTONOMY ARCHITECTURES,"...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $300,000 in funding to The University of Akron for the "REDDDOT PHASE 1: PLANNING GRANT: MATERIALS ADVANCEMENT THROUGH A PRECEDE-PROCEED FRAMEWORK FOR SAFETY" project. The goal of this planning project is to develop personal protective equipment (PPE) that can detect and respond to hazards in real-time, improving safety for first...

This $550,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development and integration of a tire blowout modeling and control system for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The key products to be delivered include a high-fidelity, real-time tire blowout prediction model to evaluate the impact on vehicle dynamics and motions. Based on this model, the project will create a shared...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,003,730.00 in funding to Intellisafe Analytics LLC for the development of a comprehensive, human-centered safety system using physiological and behavioral sensing to identify hazards and predict and prevent workplace accidents. The project aims to better protect workers from hazards through the use of wearable technology to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $142,762 Project Grant under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on "Automotive Fatalities: Making and Unmaking a Scandal, 1950-90". The research project will analyze why certain automotive safety technologies and regulations, such as seat belts and speed limits, were contentious and polarizing, while others were more readily adopted. Through...

This five-year, $549,037 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at the University of Michigan-Dearborn to develop a framework for studying driver-bicyclist interactions and improve bicycling safety. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 program, this early career faculty award will address gaps in understanding how drivers and bicyclists interact on roadways. Key products include observational studies using naturalistic driving, cycling and drone...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant of $275,000 will develop an Internet of Things (IoT) safety device and system for micro-mobility products under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). Systems Research & Consulting LLC of Rochester, Michigan will receive the award to create cost-effective, innovative IoT technology essential to safety and reliability for micro-mobility vehicles and fleets...

This $652,065 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research, education, and outreach initiatives at the University of Washington. The goal is to develop interpretable, data-driven safety models that can enhance the predictability, operational efficiency, and safety of autonomous systems, such as robots and self-driving vehicles, as they navigate human environments. The research aims to address complex challenges in assessing and guaranteeing...