Project Grant N629092512042

This three-year, $220,572 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering will support collaborative research between Georgia Southern University, Mississippi State University, and Aalborg University in Denmark. Under the grant, 18 U.S. undergraduate students will participate in an eight-week research internship at Aalborg University studying reliability analysis of AC/DC power converters with innovative controls for potential use in a...

This $448,041 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports an initiative titled "IRES: FOSTERING OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPERTISE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES." The project annually selects 8 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to participate in immersive research experiences at leading European institutions focused on advancements in offshore wind...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Hampton University to organize a conference focused on workforce development needs for future fusion energy technologies. This award was made under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The conference, planned for late May 2024, will bring together public and private stakeholders to identify opportunities for partnership in fusion research and education. The goal is to address the workforce needs of the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Wayne State University $999,479 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to develop the Data-Driven Community-Centered Resilient Assessment and Planning Toolkit for Nexus of Energy and Water (DCRAPT-NEW). The two-year cooperative agreement beginning May 1, 2023 will support creation of an open-source, data-driven distributed energy resource planning tool to enhance urban...

This $1.5 million National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Project Grant supports the "PIRE JUNCTION: Japan-US Network for Clean Energy Technologies Involving Oriented Nanotubes" program from September 2022 through August 2025. The goal is to build international research collaborations between U.S. and Japanese researchers investigating properties and performance of large-scale materials made from oriented carbon nanotubes. William Marsh Rice...

This NSF Engineering program Project Grant, awarded to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), aims to develop novel modeling and optimization approaches to enable more efficient utilization of renewable energy and energy storage resources (ESRs) for low-carbon power grid operation. The $395,783 award, with a funding period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, will support research to create ESR market participation models, formulation tightening techniques, and optimization methods to...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering funded the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IRES TRACK 1: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS IN BIG DATA APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE program. The $112,851 award to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University supported collaborative research and an international research experience for students in big data applications related to energy and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $135,956 project grant to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to develop a highly efficient, modular, and scalable power system that integrates photovoltaic, energy storage, and smart micro-inverter technologies. The goal is to create a novel power conversion system architecture and control capabilities to enable greater penetration of solar energy into the electric grid and support grid stability and resilience. The key...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $248,395 to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division to develop a robust and efficient power conversion system and intelligent power management control for USGS water monitoring stations. The project aims to address challenges faced by USGS monitoring stations, which operate on limited power budgets and...

The National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering awarded a $249,987 Project Grant to the President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara University (SCU) to support U.S. participation in the planning phase of a global research and training center. The planned center, co-led by SCU and Concordia University in Canada, aims to create a platform for collaborative investigation, innovation, and education towards a user-centric energy economy for grid-interactive...