Project Grant P200A210125

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate provides $600,000 to Texas A&M University-Kingsville to establish an integrated research, education, and outreach program focused on data-driven renewable energy research. The goal is to create a community of practice for middle and high school STEM teachers, researchers, and industry partners to conduct collaborative research and develop curricular modules on renewable energy and data science. Specifically,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $200,000 was provided to Purdue University to conduct research on how undergraduate engineering technology students apply their knowledge of energy concepts to design energy-efficient houses. The research will utilize a mixed-methods approach to assess the students' design thinking strategies, economic decision-making, and conceptual learning of energy concepts as they engage in the challenge of...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.117 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to support the development and delivery of specialized training programs focused on energy audits, HVAC systems, energy management, phase change materials, and onsite renewables. The project will employ targeted training, innovative integration of virtual...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The overall goal of this 3-year project, named the Louisiana Building Training and Assessment Centers (LA BTAC), is to create a sustainable and replicable statewide building workforce training program that addresses building...

This Project Grant award of $599,997 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the "Engaging Educators in Renewable Energy (ENERGY)" program at Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. over a 3-year period from September 2025 to August 2028. The program aims to educate, inspire, and engage middle and high school as well as community college educators in the field of renewable energy through research, pedagogical...

The University of Houston System was awarded a $999,604 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary goal of this 12-month project is to address DOL's "Good Jobs Principles" by investing in the clean energy workforce, expanding worker participation in the hydrogen industry, and creating access to high-road jobs in underserved...

This Project Grant award, valued at $147,947, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Loyola University of Chicago. The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The objective of this project is to develop techniques to improve the energy efficiency of software for data centers, which currently consume approximately 2% of the U.S. energy use. The key products and services to be delivered include: A framework for automated...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $11,674,260 Formula Grant under the State Energy Program (CFDA 81.041) to the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), a division of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. This funding will enable SECO to implement a workforce development plan through subcontracting with an experienced energy efficiency and renewable energy training provider. The program will train 2,240 workers, including 896 from underserved or underrepresented populations, in...

This three-year, $444,124 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division supports an interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduate students at the University of California, Irvine related to sustainable energy pathways and decarbonization. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates site will expose 10 students per year, primarily from underrepresented groups, to comprehensive decarbonization research topics through experimental and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Mississippi State University through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBERTRAINING: PILOT: POWERCYBER: COMPUTATIONAL TRAINING FOR POWER ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS," aims to address the underutilization of advanced cyberinfrastructure in the power engineering domain. The primary objectives of this 2-year project are to: a)...