Project Grant 2628420
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded the University of Florida $249,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate technostress in undergraduate engineering students using AI-mediated laboratory instruction. The project addresses how students experience and manage stress when learning in AI-supported engineering lab environments where they must interpret automated feedback, navigate complex technological...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station $400,000 on December 1, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct a national-level assessment examining how graduate fellowship funding influences engineering student professional development, degree completion, and workforce outcomes. The project investigates fellowships as transformative tools beyond their function as funding mechanisms, specifically analyzing their effects on student...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Texas A&M University $120,000 on January 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a subspace optimization framework for resource-efficient and private fine-tuning of large language models. The research addresses the challenge of adapting general-purpose large language models to specialized tasks without requiring substantial computing resources or access to sensitive...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $149,529 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, a division of Texas A&M University System Offices, to support research activities under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant funding will support the development of integrated food, energy, water units to improve disaster resilience and promote sustainable regional systems. As the lead awardee, Texas A&M Engineering...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Texas Tech University $187,321 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an integrated systems model of organizational resilience in engineering departments. The project will characterize relationships among student, faculty/staff, and departmental resilience, then investigate the model's impact on student outcomes. Texas Tech will create a validated integrated systems model including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports collaborative research titled "HEXAI: Holistic Exploration for Design Automation of Efficient AI Accelerators," which focuses...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station five hundred thousand dollars on April 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop AI-enabled autonomous coordination of ultra-large-scale converter-based distributed energy resources in power networks. The project focuses on advancing safe, stable, and economically optimal operation of integrated transmission-distribution power...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $227,419 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop and evaluate three course-specific Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) learning assistants tailored to Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) education at the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station received a $479,982 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) beginning August 1, 2025 and concluding July 31, 2028. The grant supports the development of a "white-box" data-driven design framework for two-dimensional (2D) material-based biosensors that integrates interpretable machine...
- The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $287,988 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program. The grant, titled "CAREER: HAYARUPU: Accelerating Natural Hazard Engineering with AI-Driven Discovery Loops", aims to accelerate advancements in engineering and scientific research through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The project will develop an AI-accelerated scientific discovery framework...
The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station $149,999 on August 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate technostress emerging from AI-enabled technologies in undergraduate engineering laboratories and identify mitigation strategies. The project addresses how students' experience of technology-induced stress—technostress—manifests when engaging with AI-supported instruction in engineering lab environments where they must simultaneously integrate conceptual knowledge, procedural skills, real-time decision-making, and interpretation of automated AI feedback. Technostress is associated with reduced learning agency and diminished performance and persistence. The research will employ exploratory methods to establish foundational evidence for how technostress unfolds during AI-mediated learning and how educational programs can mitigate it while maintaining students' well-being and adaptive learning behaviors, ultimately supporting the professional formation of engineers prepared to operate effectively in technology-rich environments. Work is performed in College Station, Texas. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2028. The assistance type is Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 8/11/26 |