This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will support a 3-year collaborative research initiative between Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) and Monash University in Australia. The program, titled "PRIMAVERA", will enable 18 U.S. students to conduct research and engage in professional activities for 8 weeks per year in Melbourne, Australia, focusing on the...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) received a $800,000 project grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to conduct research titled "SECURE CONTROL FOR RENEWABLE DERS IN POWER GRID (SECURED-GRID)" under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The four-year project beginning June 1, 2023 aims to support basic, applied, or advanced research with good long-term potential for contributing to...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $230,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECCS-EPSRC: NITRIDE SUPER-JUNCTION HEMTS FOR ROBUST, EFFICIENT, FAST POWER SWITCHING" under the NSF's Engineering (ENG) program. The goal of the research is to develop nitride super-junction high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for robust, efficient and fast power switching...
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, $104,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research on Bayesian inversion approaches to partial differential equations, including theory development, algorithm design, and application of these methods. The Mathematical and Physical...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $110,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering's (OISE) International and Integrative Activities program. The two-year award will support the collaborative research project "Reimagining International Research for Students in a Virtual World." The project aims to enable international research collaboration and experiential...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $195,938 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NG4S: A NEXT-GENERATION GEO-DISTRIBUTED SCALABLE STATEFUL STREAM PROCESSING SYSTEM." The award period is from February 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The grant supports Virginia Tech's research efforts under the Computer and Information Science...
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...
This $299,900 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on renewable energy integration and grid resiliency. The project focuses on developing new mathematical frameworks and computational strategies to enhance the modeling, monitoring, and analysis of power networks. This work aims to improve the management of...
This $454,953 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance optimization methods for improving the reliability and efficiency of critical national infrastructure. The award supports the "Embodied Optimization for Decision-Making in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments" project at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The project will develop novel theories, algorithms, and...