This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $300,000 to the University of Memphis to establish the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking (CEAT). The goal of CEAT is to drive innovation and facilitate the widespread adoption of electric and automated commercial vehicles for sustainable freight and public transportation in North America and worldwide. The project aims to converge and apply knowledge in emerging technologies...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award runs from June 2021 through May 2024 and supports collaborative research to transform connected and automated transportation through intelligent networking, cooperative sensing, and edge computing. Specifically, the University of Michigan will work with Purdue University and the University of Minnesota to develop, deploy, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $400,000 to Purdue University to develop an experiential learning curriculum and pipeline to upskill existing automotive technicians for maintaining and repairing electric vehicles (EVs). The project will: (1) understand existing EV training needs through co-design and surveys, (2) develop a multi-stage experiential learning approach using...
This $519,165 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports Purdue University's research and education plan to investigate cybersecurity risks in next-generation transportation infrastructure. The project conducts security analysis, recommends defense solutions, and evaluates system performance under various attack scenarios, with the goal of informing public agencies on developing standards and policies. The research is...
This $250,045 National Science Foundation project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on developing technologies and policies to enable remote operation of long-distance trucks. The research team will develop data-driven systems to continuously monitor challenging traffic conditions for remote operators. They will also develop safety filters mediating commands between autonomous systems and remote operators. The project will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $132,605 project grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Contracts and Grants. This grant will fund research to advance the state-of-the-art in connected and automated vehicle (CAV) systems through innovations in networking, sensing, and edge computing. The research team will develop an integrated platform that strategically aggregates wireless communication technologies,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program provides $556,507 in funding to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. The award supports fundamental research to investigate human driving behavior and interactions among traffic participants, with the goal of enabling technological advances in autonomous and connected vehicles. The research will leverage an immersive virtual reality driving simulator to conduct...
This $175,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at Texas Tech University from April 2022 to March 2024 related to developing novel modeling, control, and optimization methods for connected and automated vehicles. The research aims to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban transportation systems while respecting individual...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $202,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The funding will support collaborative research to develop scalable, data-driven predictive control frameworks for managing mixed traffic systems with connected and automated vehicles alongside human-driven vehicles. The project aims to enable advancements in transportation efficiency and...
This $482,972 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) grant supports fundamental research at North Carolina State University (NC State) to understand the behavior and interactions of mixed autonomous and human-driven vehicle traffic streams. The project aims to: (1) characterize the driving behaviors of human-driven and connected automated vehicles in conflicting traffic, (2) analyze the collective impact of mixed traffic on traffic flow, and (3) develop robust...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant through its Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to Purdue University to establish the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking (CEAT). This 5-year award, effective from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2029, aims to advance technologies in commercial transport vehicles to address freight and public transport challenges such as driver shortages, supply-chain disruptions, emissions, and road safety.
CEAT will perform transformative research in vehicle electrification, automation, and supply-chain systems, leveraging expertise across engineering analysis, behavioral sciences, and business analytics. Key focus areas include adoption models, electrification strategy, fuel-cell development, charging infrastructure, platooning/caravanning, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, driver fatigue assessment, and workforce strategies. The project involves subawards to Indiana University Indianapolis and the University of Memphis as affiliate sites. The research is expected to generate significant new knowledge across interdisciplinary fields and train the next generation of engineers and scientists, promoting diversity and inclusion.