Project Grant N629092612004

The Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded Wichita State University a $2.8 million Project Grant to support the "Warfighter as a System Digital Twin Research Phase II: Dynamic Loading Conditions PMHS Validation Datasets and Digital Engineering Authoritative Source of Truth Repository" project from December 2022 through November 2025. Under this award made through the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program, Wichita State University will...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), provided $747,606 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to develop a globally coordinated, universally-accessible digital twin network for the coral reef blue economy. Two subawards totaling $747,606 were provided to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Siemens Corporation Corporate Technology to deliver key products and...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will fund the development of advanced computational methods to create high-fidelity, fast-running digital twins of patient hearts and cardiovascular medical devices. The project aims to deliver: 1) novel machine learning algorithms for accurate digital twin geometry reconstruction from 3D medical images, 2) an efficient inverse method to identify in vivo...

This $199,066 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to automate the creation of digital twins for manufacturing systems using computer vision and deep learning. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a novel framework for fully automated digital twin generation through innovations in computer vision, deep learning, and data labeling. This will significantly reduce the manual effort...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of collision regulations-aware autonomy systems and software for safe interactions between crewed and uncrewed vessels. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, the awardee will design and simulate autonomous systems capable of complying with International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. This includes maintaining compliance within documented operating conditions. The...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $200,199 to Trustees of Boston University to develop a "Disaster Digital Twin" (DDT) framework that can improve community resilience to disasters, with a focus on supporting older adult populations. The key products to be delivered include: Stakeholder workshops to understand older adult disaster resilience needs Integration of...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $256,000 awarded on March 15, 2022 will fund Ladon Robotics LLC to develop autonomous, ocean-going cargo vessels powered by wind and solar energy under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The small business aims to integrate existing robotic and energy capture technologies with new wind/solar energy optimization software and autonomous contingency management systems. This has the potential to lower operating...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the University of Michigan to develop new capabilities for marine robotic systems to autonomously map, visualize, and navigate underwater environments. The project will leverage innovative machine learning methods to fuse acoustic and visual data from the robots, enabling improved mapping and localization in...

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) has been awarded a $2,499,579 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop "DIGITAL TWIN ENABLED AUTONOMOUS CONTROL FOR ON-ORBIT SPACECRAFT SERVICING." This 3-year grant, awarded on September 25, 2023, aims to increase the resilience and availability of space assets through research on autonomous on-orbit servicing, refueling, repair, and towing/decommissioning. UCSC is collaborating with...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports fundamental research to improve the generalization capabilities of digital twin models for complex systems. The $269,187 grant will enable researchers at Smith College to develop hybrid digital twin architectures that combine physics-based and domain-agnostic components, allowing for improved predictive performance across a range of conditions,...