This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to develop cognitive and cooperative sensing systems for rapid, real-time subsurface infrastructure monitoring and mapping. The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) will lead this collaborative research project, which aims to create advanced autonomous ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems equipped with innovative, feedback-controlled cognitive slant sensing capabilities. The research will involve developing mobile GPR agents, synergistic multi-agent sensing techniques, and networked teams of autonomous GPRs to yield high-fidelity, scalable 3D renderings of subsurface conditions in urban environments. This interdisciplinary project is expected to advance subsurface sensing capabilities, improve urban infrastructure maintenance and planning, and enhance STEM education and workforce development programs.
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