Project Grant 2312081
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $169,888 to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, will fund a quasi-experimental study to assess the efficacy of the HyFlex learning environment for a new drone education course titled "IDRONE 101". The study aims to (a) increase student engagement with emerging technologies through the IDRONE 101 courses, (b) foster positive attitudes towards...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Idaho received $453,885 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on autonomous unmanned vehicles for environmental monitoring and sampling. The three-year award, initiated October 1, 2025 and concluding September 30, 2028, supports an annual cohort of 10...
- The University of Utah received a $174,528 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to improve data quality measurements collected with drone-mounted sensors. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this EAGER grant supports research through September 30, 2022 to develop guidelines for optimum sensor placement and housing from a fluid dynamics perspective. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to foster innovation in engineering research,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $599,989 to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) to develop advanced subsurface sensing systems for real-time infrastructure monitoring and mapping. The 3-year award, effective September 1, 2024, will fund the creation of teams of autonomous ground penetrating radar (GPR) agents equipped with cognitive slant sensing capabilities. The research aims to enable faster and more...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers a hybrid aerial-hexapod robotic platform designed to conduct autonomous roof inspections while eliminating hazardous human exposure to falls and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Idaho received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The award supports the development of co-designed engineering pathways for K-12 and college-age students across Idaho, with particular focus on rural and underserved communities lacking robust Science, Technology,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,882 Project Grant to Aifly Ventures of Saratoga, CA under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The 12-month award beginning January 1, 2022 will support research titled "SBIR PHASE I: DRONE CONTROL IN TURBULENCE VIA REINFORCEMENT LEARNING." Specifically, Aifly Ventures will develop and test reinforcement learning techniques to enable stable drone control in turbulent environments. The Engineering program seeks to foster...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Idaho, through its Center for Advanced Energy Studies, received a $509,809 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award provides an intensive 10-week summer research program annually for eight undergraduate students, in...
- The University of Idaho received a $1.04 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award funds development of an innovative instrument that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to identify small mammal species, discriminate among individual animals, and measure body weight and morphological traits in real-time without requiring...
- This $274,354 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the University of Nevada, Reno to develop techniques for improving the resilience of vision-guided unmanned aerial vehicles and other autonomous systems against cyberattacks. The grant is part of the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in engineering research. Specifically, the research aims to advance an observability analysis framework for detecting and responding to stealthy...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Idaho a $148,159 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds the development of a Drones-Enabled Active Sensing System for detecting subsurface defects in civil infrastructure through synchronized drone swarming and thermal imaging. Specifically, the university will explore using a pair of drones, one for thermal imaging and one for active heating via microwave, to enable subsurface defect detection in reinforced concrete structures. This will allow for next-generation infrastructure inspection in GPS-denied environments like underneath bridge decks. The research aims to overcome challenges in synchronizing drone swarming and thermal imaging efficiently as well as improving thermal imaging detectability through optimized microwave excitation of concrete. Outcomes will include strategies for leader-follower drone formation with collision avoidance, characterization of active sensing of microwave-heated concrete, and evaluation of cooperative drone swarm performance and defect detection in bridge infrastructure.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $148.2k | 3/13/23 |