Project Grant 2547961
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded a three-year Project Grant of $463,144 to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), effective December 1, 2025, to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, and semiconductor manufacturing. The program will provide intensive research training and mentorship to ten undergraduate students recruited nationally,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Texas State University a $392,737 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site focused on multidisciplinary research in advanced manufacturing. The three-year award, made on May 15, 2021 and set to be completed by April 30, 2024, will support hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates to gain experience in advanced manufacturing techniques and collaborate with faculty...
- This three-year, $402,904 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division will fund the REU Site: Smart and Sustainable Construction in the Digital Era program at Texas A&M University. The program will host a research experience for undergraduate students focusing on emerging digital technologies and sustainable construction methods. Each year, ten undergraduates will participate in a ten-week summer research experience involving projects on...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded Illinois Institute of Technology $465,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to operate a ten-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in advanced robotics and manufacturing at the Chicago campus through September 30, 2029. The REU site provides undergraduate students with structured research training in robotics, automation, and additive manufacturing, with...
- This three-year $414,484 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides research opportunities in multifunctional materials for nine undergraduate students per year, with a focus on students from predominantly undergraduate institutions and minority-serving institutions. The project, hosted by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), aims to inspire early-stage undergraduates to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded The University of Texas At El Paso $550,000 on August 15, 2026, for fundamental research establishing accurate thermal characterization methods for metal additive manufacturing. The award funds investigation of dynamic radiative behavior of materials during powder bed fusion processing under far-from-equilibrium conditions, addressing the limitation that conventional thermal monitoring assumes...
- This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under CFDA 47.041, provides $128,000 in funding to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for research conducted from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The project delivers advanced manufacturing research focused on developing and characterizing refractory medium-entropy alloys (RMEA) and ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded the University of Texas at San Antonio $420,275 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to coordinate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on computational workforce development in natural hazards engineering and resilience. The STRONG-R REU site will prepare twenty-seven undergraduate students across three cohorts during a ten-week summer program to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of North Texas Research and Innovation Division $464,978 on October 1, 2026, for a three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on knowledge transfer across AI domains through vector embeddings. The program will support ten undergraduate students annually for ten weeks each summer through September 30, 2029. Students will train in building AI systems capable of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $460,294 on January 15, 2027, to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on advanced manufacturing for biomedical applications. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), RIT will engage 30 undergraduates (10 per summer over three years) in 10-week, hands-on research programs spanning bioink material characterization, robot-assisted...
The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded $452,933 to the University of Texas at El Paso on October 1, 2026, to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and digital twin technologies. The program immerses ten undergraduate students annually in ten weeks of faculty-mentored research integrating additive manufacturing, AI-driven design and process monitoring, and digital twin systems. Students design and fabricate advanced material architectures using 3D-printed ceramics, metals, and polymers; apply machine learning to predict performance and optimize processes; and develop digital twin models for cyber-physical integration. Research thrusts include digital twin-based quality assurance and reverse engineering using high-resolution 3D scanning with AI-driven deviation detection, physics-informed machine learning for energy-absorbing metal lattice design, and molecular dynamics- and machine learning-guided design of polymers for aerospace applications. The program prioritizes recruitment from community colleges and four-year institutions with limited research infrastructure, aiming to expand participation in engineering research and strengthen the STEM talent pipeline. Award period runs through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in El Paso, Texas. The funding supports work under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041).
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $452.9k | 8/11/26 |