The National Science Foundation awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award runs from June 2021 through May 2024 and supports collaborative research to transform connected and automated transportation through intelligent networking, cooperative sensing, and edge computing. Specifically, the University of Michigan will work with Purdue University and the University of Minnesota to develop, deploy, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $400,438, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports research to improve methods for resource allocation decisions when model parameters are highly uncertain and data is limited. The award to the Regents of the University of Michigan - Dearborn will contribute to enhancing the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of engineering and business applications, with a focus on electric vehicle (EV)...
This $419,577 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop scalable and reliable coordination algorithms for embodied intelligent networks. The research aims to enable multi-agent networks to self-configure their communication topology, adapt online to unpredictable environments, and leverage external commands while managing risks. The proposed combinatorial optimization...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $244,610 Project Grant to the University of Michigan-Dearborn under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083). The grant will fund the acquisition of an autonomous plug-in hybrid vehicle platform and sensor suite to support multidisciplinary research and education at the University through August 2025. Specifically, the platform will enable research and training in critical areas like machine learning algorithms for autonomous...
The University of Michigan was awarded a $549,826 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support the research project "CAREER: ENHANCING TRUST-DRIVEN HUMAN-AUTONOMY INTERACTION: MODELING TRUST DYNAMICS AND SUPPORTING TRUST CALIBRATION" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2026. The grant funding will support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications,...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $152,219 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from June 2023 to May 2026. The grant will support research exploring how faculty mentoring influences doctoral student psychological safety and subsequent work outcomes in engineering graduate research settings. Specifically, the University of Michigan will conduct an explanatory mixed-methods study utilizing surveys and...
Michigan State University was awarded a $533,780 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation on May 1, 2021 to complete work by April 30, 2026. The grant falls under the Engineering (47.041) program, which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant will fund MSU's CAREER: PRIVACY-AWARE COLLABORATIVE SENSING AND CONTROL FOR CLOUD-ENABLED AUTOMOTIVE...
The University of Michigan-Dearborn received a three-year, $154,992 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENGINEERING GRADIENT NANOSTRUCTURED METALS BY MULTI-PASS PLASTIC WAVE DEFORMATION." The funding period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through this award, University of Michigan-Dearborn researchers will conduct collaborative engineering research...
The University of Michigan will receive $356,135 over three years from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop dynamic properties of elastic media using self-trained convolutional neural networks. The project aims to improve understanding of material behavior through computational modeling with neural networks. As the awardee, the University of Michigan will conduct this research from July 2021 through June 2024 at its Ann Arbor...