This $533,718 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of new analytical methods and algorithms to improve the management of partially observable supply chain systems, with a focus on sustainable seafood operations. The project aims to: Develop new structural estimation and optimization techniques to learn the preferences and behaviors of fishermen and fishing adversaries from imperfect data, and identify...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $414,909 to Columbia University from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to develop a framework for analyzing the efficiency and resilience of supply chain networks. The project will leverage tools from dynamic games, risk management, optimization, and network theory to model firms' incentives and actions in establishing cost-effective demand-supply relationships and managing risks against...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to develop a smart food distribution system for allocating scarce resources under extreme events. The key products to be delivered include: A generalizable framework for aggregating and standardizing data collection across various sources (operational, public) to provide...
Farther Farms, Inc. was awarded a $991,377 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will support research from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 to develop a process to extend the shelf life of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products at ambient temperature. The National Science Foundation seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and excellence in research. This award...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $313,259 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 1, 2022 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUOUS BIOMANUFACTURING USING DECOUPLED GROWTH AND PRODUCTION STAGES FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION AND RECOVERY." The award is part of NSF's Engineering (ENG) program, which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Texas A&M University on December 1, 2021 with a completion date of November 30, 2022. The grant supports research under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to reimagine the chemical industry supply chain in the Gulf Coast region through closed-loop recycling of plastics and oil byproducts to build a more resilient...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $208,277 Project Grant titled "NSF-BSF: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOLIDS AND REACTIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN SEWER SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE: MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION" under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to investigate the characteristics of solid waste entering sewer systems, the factors impacting its movement and accumulation,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop a battery-less, wireless sensor network system for monitoring critical food quality parameters during transportation and storage. The project aims to create a cost-effective, reusable food container monitoring system that can wirelessly power and communicate with semiconductor-based sensors to detect factors like pH,...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,399,989 awarded on October 1, 2021 will fund the development of artificial intelligence-based decision support tools to enable more equitable and resilient food distribution during pandemics and extreme weather events through March 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports research and education activities in all areas of computing, communications, and...
Arizona State University was awarded a three-year $650,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310). The grant will fund research to identify points of failure in food supply chains and experiment with solutions using simulation modeling to respond to disruptions. Researchers will investigate how transitioning to online...