Cooperative Agreement U18FD004663

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) provides $368,633 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to support leak detection, leak prevention, and related enforcement activities for the state's Underground Storage Tank program. The key activities to be accomplished under this award include conducting compliance inspections at UST...

The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to the World Institute for Nuclear Security under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to conduct a workshop in South Africa from August 2022 through December 2023. The workshop will convey the importance of implementing a robust security culture and structured employee engagement as foundations for effective insider threat mitigation at nuclear facilities. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $228,753 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to conduct collaborative research on the identification and characterization of petrogenic compounds that persist in aquatic environments following crude oil and petroleum spills. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: i) determine the chemical variability of oxygen-containing organic compounds (OCOCs) formed from different...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $7 million Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on December 1, 2021 to provide statewide bridge inspection services. The funding supports RIDOT's statewide bridge inspection program under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). As the designated state department of transportation, RIDOT will utilize on-call bridge inspection consultants to conduct routine and in-depth...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $700,000 Formula Grant award from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on May 18, 2021. The funding supports RIDOT's statewide bridge inspection services program through an on-call bridge inspection consultant master price agreement. Under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), RIDOT will utilize the funding to provide routine and in-depth inspections of...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $623,630.04 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on April 13, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funds will support RIDOT's Statewide Bridge Inspection Services - On-Call Bridge Inspection of Non-NBI program. Through this program, RIDOT will conduct on-call inspections of bridges throughout Rhode Island that are not part of the National Bridge Inventory in...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $4,886,795.26 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on September 15, 2021 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funds statewide bridge inspection services through an on-call bridge inspection consultant master price agreement. RIDOT will utilize on-call consultants to conduct regular inspections of bridges across Rhode Island as required under the federal Highway Planning...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $2.5 million Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on August 11, 2022 under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200). The grant funds the statewide installation of Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) countermeasures, including bump-outs for wheelchair ramps and rapid rectangular flashing beacons at high-risk pedestrian crossing locations identified in RIDOT's STEP analysis tool....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $274,880 to Sakura Software Solutions, LLC to develop a digital engineering tool for integrated software and hardware reliability analysis. The project aims to create a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that employs advanced data analytics and automation to revolutionize system reliability assessment across industries such...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project led by Clemson University, in partnership with Purdue University, Greenville Technical College, and several industry/professional organizations. The goal is to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) technologies to enhance the cognitive capabilities of aviation maintenance technicians during critical aircraft inspection...