Project Grant 2039864
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $2.4 million project grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of August 15, 2022 through July 31, 2024. The funding will support the establishment of the Center for Equity in Engineering at Virginia Tech to promote organizational transformation for graduate engineering education. The Center aims to refocus efforts on changing systems to facilitate student success rather than...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $477,340 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076). The grant will support the collaborative research project "Improving Students' Computational Thinking Skills in Construction Engineering and Management" between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2024. The project aims to develop new curriculum and teaching methods to...
- This two-year, $299,647 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers division will fund the development of human-in-the-loop natural language processing systems to analyze engineering education program feedback and assessment data. The awardee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, will build models in phases to cluster similar texts from multiple datasets on themes like students' systems thinking and open-ended course surveys. Researchers...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $191,434 project grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research on non-academic career paths of master's and PhD engineers. Under the award, Virginia Tech will conduct collaborative research examining career outcomes and pathways outside of academic settings for individuals holding master's and doctoral...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems on February 1, 2022 to support research titled "CAREER: LOW-LOSS SPINTRONIC DEVICES WITH VERTICALLY ENGINEERED MAGNETS" through January 31, 2027. The award is being used to fund research under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to develop low-loss spintronic devices...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $181,968 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to conduct collaborative research on quantitative-sequence experiments from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The grant aims to provide systematic solutions for designing, modeling, quantifying uncertainty, and applying active learning techniques to experiments involving both quantitative and sequence...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $480,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research examining how to balance predictability and security in the design of time-sensitive cyber-physical systems (CPS). The NSF's Computer and Information Science...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a three-year, $402,630 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant supports research titled "Collaborative Research: Neuro-Cognitive Feedback to Enhance Engineering Design of Systems" under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to improve engineering design through applying insights from...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $457,560 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 15, 2022 to support research titled "CAREER: TRANSFORMING BIOSENSOR RELIABILITY USING SENSOR TIME-SERIES DATA AND PHYSICS-BASED MACHINE LEARNING." The award will support research and education activities through December 31, 2026 under the NSF...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $454,953 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on May 1, 2025. The award aims to advance the science of optimization to enhance the reliability and efficiency of critical national infrastructure by developing adaptive methods for formulating and solving optimization problems in dynamic, uncertain environments. Key focus areas include theoretical...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $252,650 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the development of a framework for secondary analysis of education and economic research (EER) datasets under the NSF Engineering (ENG) program. The two-year award beginning March 2021 will fund collaborative research between Virginia Tech researchers and other institutions to establish best practices and guidelines for analyzing and sharing EER datasets. By developing a standardized framework, the project aims to change the paradigm and enable more extensive data reuse, which can advance knowledge and innovation in engineering research and education. The NSF ENG program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. This award supports those goals by facilitating improved access and analysis of existing EER datasets, which can yield new insights and applications to address societal challenges.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/20/21 | ||
| Not listed | $252.7k | 2/12/21 |