This $315,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of a novel learning-based control framework to improve the autonomy and adaptability of heterogeneous drone systems. The project, led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), aims to equip drones with the ability to learn from the experiences of other drones, reducing the design, testing, and certification...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) for $582,171 provides funding to North Arkansas College to develop and offer a comprehensive training program that prepares students to become proficient Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) operators. The program will result in students earning an FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone License and gaining skills in areas such as piloting, mission design, operational maintenance, and cybersecurity. Faculty will also be...
This $177,560 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports the development of a new training program to equip students with essential skills for conducting research on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) cyber infrastructure. The project, led by San Diego State University Foundation, involves four training modules focused on fundamental aspects of UAS including control, communication, computing, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant of $349,159 awarded to Dakota College at Bottineau will support the development of a stackable certificate program to train small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) technicians. The project aims to grow the college's existing SUAS curriculum into a program that meets the needs of North Dakota's agriculture and natural resources management industries, which have seen substantial growth in drone technology adoption....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will provide $199,994 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to enhance undergraduate STEM education through the integration of high-performance computing applications. The project will secure a GPU computing cluster to be used in courses across mathematics, statistics, data science, and computer science, impacting an estimated 1,000 students and 10 faculty annually. The new equipment and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $345,647 Project Grant to William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois through the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The goal of this 3-year project is to enhance career readiness in uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) technology for students pursuing careers in biological monitoring and resource management. Key objectives include: (1) incorporating UAS knowledge, skills, and abilities into existing...
This $199,820 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will enable the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to equip undergraduate students with critical computational engineering skills. The project will secure a high-performance computing cluster to support student learning and research in areas such as computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, blockchain, and cybersecurity machine learning....
This $399,998 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of innovative algorithms that integrate classical numerical schemes and deep learning to address complex scientific computing challenges. The University of Texas at Austin will lead this 3-year research project to create efficient algorithms to optimally control drones and robotic devices for mission-critical tasks, while also...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, provided under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, funds Atlantic Cape Community College to develop an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree program and a series of short-term certificate programs focused on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) data technician training. The $551,818 award will enable the college to equip students with skills in collecting, processing, and securely managing SUAS data, including training on...
This $186,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development and delivery of remote experiments utilizing cloud-based resources to educate students and practitioners in hardware security. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: EDU: A SOCIALLY-DISTANT CLOUD-BASED HARDWARE SECURITY EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM", aims to create a comprehensive online training module accessible to a broad...