This $200,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation project grant, awarded to Purdue University, aims to develop approaches for the joint operation of coupled municipal drinking water and electric power distribution networks. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Developing operational planning and real-time control strategies for these coupled water-power networks under uncertainty. Designing...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $300,596 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop technologies for temporal-spatial control of electric-driven water facilities to support renewable energy management. The three-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and set to conclude on August 31, 2024, will support research into coordinating water infrastructure operations for contingency response and integrated...
This five-year, $455,004 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research and education activities aimed at developing a robust decision-making framework to achieve decarbonized, cost-effective and reliable electric power systems under climate change. The awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will conduct modeling and analysis to understand how power systems can reduce carbon emissions while maintaining reliability as...
The University of Michigan will receive $350,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research advancing engineers' ability to recognize, strategize about, and act on concerns related to public welfare from May 2021 through April 2024. Specifically, the University will conduct research projects aimed at improving how engineers are educated and trained to consider social and ethical implications of technologies in...
This $744,584 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research on mitigating flooding risk, improving water quality, and restoring ecological habitats through coordinated dam releases across a watershed. The interdisciplinary research project, led by the University of Michigan, aims to develop and implement a digital water management system that enhances coordination among dam...
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)...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $433,886 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The five-year award will support research into increasing the charge delocalization of ion-exchange membranes to enhance ionic conductivity and selectivity for treating highly impaired waters via electrodialysis. Specifically, the grantee will systematically...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering, provides $200,000 to Montclair State University to rapidly evaluate the resilience of small community water systems (CWS) in southwest Florida following Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. The project aims to advance understanding of hurricane resilience behaviors of these small CWS, which often lack the capacity to adapt to natural disasters due to limited resources. Through surveys, site visits, and a...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $553,407 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to support research titled "Game Theoretic Modeling for Improved Management of Water and Wastewater Resources Using Equilibrium Programming and Feedback Mechanisms." The three-year award, issued on June 1, 2021 under the Engineering (47.041) program, will fund the development of game theoretic models and equilibrium programming approaches to better manage water distribution...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $246,221 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to Vanderbilt University for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: JOINT CONTROL OF HYDRAULICS AND WATER QUALITY DYNAMICS IN DRINKING WATER NETWORKS." The two-year project beginning October 1, 2021 aims to develop control strategies to optimize water quality and system hydraulics in drinking water distribution networks. As the NSF's Engineering directorate seeks...