Project Grant R21AP10437

This $569,098 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of a one-year Programmable Logic Controller and Robotic Automation Technician certificate program at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. The program aims to address skills shortages in the service industry by training technicians to maintain programmable logic controllers and robots. Key activities include collaborating with industry to design the curriculum, supporting faculty certification, recruiting...

Project Grant Summary Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project develops a modeling framework that integrates limited radio frequency measurements with spatial priors derived from environmental...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award provides $581,320 in funding to the University of Vermont (UVM) over a 5-year period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029. The research project, titled "A Universal Framework for Safety-Aware Data-Driven Control and Estimation", aims to develop a framework for the simultaneous design of control policies and safety measures for complex systems like robotics and power systems using data-driven...

This three-year, $375,046 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at the University of California, San Diego to advance prescribed-time stabilization and robust safety techniques in control systems engineering applications. The project aims to develop time-varying feedback laws with gains that grow over time to achieve prescribed-time stabilization and...

The National Science Foundation awarded $314,467 to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to develop an integrated framework for turnkey model predictive control. The project aims to automate the design, model identification, tuning and monitoring of industrial model-based control systems through new techniques to identify process models from measurements. This will enable practitioners to automatically tune control systems for...

The Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) received a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant will fund the establishment of an Automation Training Center at MVCC's campus in Utica, NY from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The Center will provide training, education, and workforce development services focused on automation technologies and advanced...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $775,000 to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) on August 12, 2025, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) for the Electronic Throttle Control for Surry & Williamsburg Vessels project. The award funds engineering consultation services and installation of electronic throttle control systems to replace existing air throttle control systems on ferries operated by the J-S...

This three-year, $3.1 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to test a responsible innovation approach for integrating precision agriculture technologies with future farm workers and work. Virginia Tech is the primary awardee and partners with the University of Nebraska, University of Vermont, and South Dakota State University on sub-awards to conduct research on...

Summary: Modernizing Operations for Virginia's Evacuation Resilience (MOVER) The Federal Highway Administration awarded Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) a Project Grant of $2,455,118.75 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on September 25, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2029. The MOVER program will design and implement a comprehensive weather and traffic monitoring technology network across Virginia's Tidewater and Chesapeake evacuation...

This $368,853.33 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 16, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106). The grant provides funding for infrastructure improvements at a non-primary airport in Vaughn, New Mexico. Specifically, the grant will be used to reseal 1,635 feet of existing Taxiway A pavement, 34,944 square yards of existing apron pavement, and 5,150 feet of existing Runway 9/27...