Project Grant 1927046

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program award of $259,969 to the West Virginia University Research Corporation aims to develop advanced training systems that integrate mixed reality (MR) and digital twin (DT) technologies to enhance workforce development in smart manufacturing. The key objectives are to: (1) improve learning and skill transfer through MR-enabled training environments, (2) evaluate instructional design factors that impact learning outcomes, and (3)...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to create a personalized training framework that adapts to each worker's cognitive functions and sensorimotor skills in collaborative robotic manufacturing environments. The $299,953 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, focuses on advancing personalized training strategies for complex...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The $550,000 award, with a performance period from September 15, 2023 to August 31, 2025, aims to develop an immersive virtual reality-based system to improve hands-on skills training for power tool use in manufacturing. The project will leverage haptics and artificial intelligence to replicate physical reality, enabling users to develop muscle...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $380,000 Project Grant to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), for a 3-year collaborative research project focused on developing an extended reality (XR) factory simulation to investigate the impact of technological advances on adaptive problem-solving skills and personalized learning in manufacturing education. The project will design and develop a virtual...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop research infrastructure to enhance human training through AI-driven task environments integrating humans with virtual scene simulations and multi-modal sensorimotor interactions. The $150,000 award to The Pennsylvania State University will fund research to: 1) establish an edge-assisted mixed-reality infrastructure...

This EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $299,861 to George Mason University to conduct research on adapting mixed reality training programs to real-world scenes to enhance human-AI teaming for emergency response. The goal is to develop a novel optimization-based generative framework that can adapt mixed reality training scenarios to real-world environments, enabling...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project aims to develop an immersive mixed-reality infrastructure that enables smooth sensorimotor interactions between humans and virtual scene simulations. The $149,999 award, granted under NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to establish a closed-loop AI-driven task environment for training applications. Key objectives include creating flexible training modules, developing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,828 to Gforce Animation Inc. aims to revolutionize firefighter training through the development of a virtual reality (VR) environment that mirrors real-world fire scenarios. The project will create an immersive VR training program that allows firefighters to interact with digital fire equipment, reducing the costs, safety risks, and environmental impact of traditional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $193,420 to Auburn University will study the use of virtual reality (VR) to advance research and learning, and promote positive skill transfer in complex environments with applications in enhanced flight training. The project will evaluate the physical, functional, and cognitive characteristics of VR simulation that impact a trainee pilot's ability to...

This $727,282 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a research project at Georgia Tech Research Corp to develop "Intelligent Extended Reality (IXR)" technologies that can augment the spatial reasoning and decision-making abilities of precision manufacturing workers. The project aims to create new technological pathways for intelligent worker-XR teaming to address the changing skill requirements in the U.S. manufacturing...