This three-year, $1,040,161 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities aims to develop an AI-driven learning platform to enable workforce participation among construction workers with neurodiversity, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Specifically, the awardee, Purdue University, will build capabilities for distributing AI teammates in construction workplaces to support employment opportunities and...
The National Science Foundation awarded George Mason University a $175,839 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support collaborative research titled "FW-HTF-R: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WORKER-AI TEAMING TO ENABLE ADHD WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE" from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The research aims to develop artificial intelligence-enabled technologies to support workforce participation by...
This $150,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund the development of an interactive multi-human multi-remote-robot collaboration framework for the construction industry at Purdue University from October 2022 to September 2023. The goal is to improve operational efficiency and address challenges like labor shortages through new approaches for collaborative...
Purdue University was awarded a $194,777 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research from September 2021 through August 2024 titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RFE: PANDEMIC IMPACT: UNDERGRADUATES? SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS." The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through...
Purdue University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "CAREER: SCALABLE NANOMANUFACTURING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS FOR QUANTUM DEVICE APPLICATIONS." The award has a completion date of April 30, 2026. The funding is provided through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under...
Purdue University was awarded a $471,103 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant will support Purdue University's "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRATEGIC COURSE-BASED ADAPTATIONS OF AN ECOLOGICAL BELONGING INTERVENTION TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING AT SCALE" project. Specifically, the University will adapt and scale up an...
This $192,632 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (CFDA 47.075) supports interdisciplinary research at Purdue University exploring how to improve decision-making processes. The project aims to develop a novel theory and operational framework for understanding how individuals and organizations weigh information sources and aggregate disparate data to reach conclusions, with applications in areas like user interface...
Purdue University was awarded an $830,060 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Under this three-year award beginning October 1, 2021, Purdue University will conduct collaborative research on deep...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University $509,958 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program for a project titled "CAREER: INVERSE MECHANICS IN SELF-SENSING MATERIALS: BASIC KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, AND SERVICE." Purdue will conduct research from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2028 to advance the understanding of inverting electro-mechanical coupling in self-sensing materials. This work intends to enable quantitative full-field mechanics imaging through simple...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $414,655 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to Purdue University on September 15, 2024. The project aims to address emerging challenges in materials and computing, specifically focusing on heterogeneous integration (HI) in semiconductor packaging. The key objectives are to develop rapid 3D metrology techniques and incorporate machine learning to accelerate the detection of fabrication defects, thereby advancing the...