This $506,032 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program supports research at Iowa State University to develop novel parallelization frameworks for solving large-scale network optimization problems with combinatorial requirements. The project aims to advance understanding of network elements that can be modeled more effectively through parallel processing, leading to the design of cost-efficient and structurally robust networks. The research will expand the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Carnegie Mellon University. The 5-year project, starting on October 1, 2025, aims to develop: Improved simulation tools that can efficiently and accurately model complex physical phenomena, such as deformation, fluid interactions, and orbital dynamics, to support emerging robotics applications in areas like space and underwater...
This EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to enhance the resilience of the national supply chain network. The $299,999 grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, will fund the development of forward-looking risk assessment and mitigation tools. These tools will improve preparedness for supply chain disruptions by identifying threats to reliability in the national supply chain and informing strategies for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to Montclair State University supports research to advance multi-human, multi-robot collaborative manufacturing systems in emerging Industry 5.0 contexts. The $500,000 grant, spanning 5 years from September 2024 to August 2029, aims to develop a synergistic computational framework for characterizing, modeling, and assessing human factors and task scheduling to improve both manufacturing efficiency...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $562,234 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct research on new models and algorithms for dynamic allocation of resources in applications such as shared mobility, battery swapping for electric vehicles, and online advertising. The 5-year project aims to develop practical algorithmic solutions that can accommodate complex features, objectives, and constraints in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $414,909 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund research to develop a systematic framework for analyzing the efficiency and resilience of supply chain networks. The project aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which supply chain disruptions can lead to price volatility and fragility, leveraging...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant, under CFDA 47.041 Engineering, aims to develop energy engineering solutions that incorporate the preferences and needs of diverse residential electricity consumers. The $500,000 award to Arizona State University, received on Aug 1, 2024, will fund research to enable the co-management of utility-owned and customer-owned distributed energy assets using artificial intelligence algorithms. The project...
This $199,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to enable autonomous systems to dynamically detect, classify, and mitigate unexpected disruptions in real-time. The research aims to develop a unified framework using game-theoretic modeling and reinforcement learning control strategies, which could enhance the resilience, efficiency, and safety of autonomous systems in critical applications like intelligent...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,209 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project grant to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The 5-year project, titled "An Integrated Trustworthy AI Research and Education Framework for Modeling Human Behavior in Climate Disasters", aims to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies to enhance the prediction and understanding of human behaviors before, during, and after weather and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Project Grant, with the official CFDA number 47.041, was awarded to the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University Research and Sponsored Programs Division for $197,516 on June 1, 2024. The award will fund research to develop innovative algorithms enabling multiple agents to communicate and collaborate effectively in solving complex network optimization problems, with a focus on optimizing the nation's evolving...