Projects

Current Projects

COMET: CubeSat Optical and mm-Wave Enabled Telecommunications

Nanosatellite (NS) Program (Funded by AFOSR)

co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas

2024 - 2026, $275,000

REU Site: Cybersecurity Research of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas

2023 - 2026, $380,418

Performance Boundary Identification for Safety Validation and Improvement of Autonomous Aerial Systems

ERAU Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST) Program

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas

2025-2026, $25,908

Expanding the Nation's STEM Talent Pool Through Scholarships to Accelerate Graduates in Engineering

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Senior Personnel: M. Ilhan Akbas

2023 - 2028, $1,499,356

Turtle Tech: Sea Turtle Surveillance by UAS Edge Computing

Northrop Grumman & Brevard Zoo

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas

2020 - 2025, $90,000

Aircraft Domain Security Enhancement

Industry sponsored student-team project. Mentor: M. Ilhan Akbas, Sponsor: Boeing

2021 - 2025

Completed Projects

FAA Aviation Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS)
Task Order 26

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2023 - 2024, $1,184,951

Propose Right-of-Way Rules for UAS Operations & Safety Recommendations

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2021 - 2024, $495,000

Open-Source V&V Framework for AI-Controlled Aerial Vehicles

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2024, $18,864

Lightweight Modular Perception Enhancement

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2022 - 2023, $217,500

FAA Aviation Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS)
Task Order 14

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2022 - 2023, $826,585

NSF MRI: Acquisition of Real-Time lab for verification of CAVs

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2019 - 2022, $350,137

Open-Source Validation and Verification Platform for Autonomous Systems

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2023, $7349

NSF CPS: Incentive Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsourcing, Reaching Spatial &Temporal Coverage Under Budget Constraints

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2018 - 2022, $166,069

Leveraging AI & ML Methodologies to Strengthen the Security of PNT Services

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2021 - 2022, $1,080,000

Cybersecurity Training Curriculum Development

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2022 - 2023, $974,886

Research Based Enhancement of STEM ROTC Training in Cybersecurity

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2020 - 2022, $250,000

EagleCam: Imaging the Lunar Lander Nova-C on the Moon

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2020 - 2022, $300,000

USAF STTR with Katalyst Space Technologies LLC: Lightweight Modular Perception Enhancement

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2021-2022, $20,000

Validation & Verification Framework for Autonomous Systems

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2021 - 2022, $40,300

Flight Deck Collaborative Decision Making (FD CDM) System

Key Personnel: M. Ilhan Akbas
2021 - 2022, $1,332,291

Industry: Modeling of Autonomous Vehicle Crashes Using Open Measurable Scenario Description Language

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2020-2021, $36,876

Autonomous Vehicle Verification Using Simulation

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2018, $80,000

FAA: Data Link Security Analysis with Threat Modeling, Simulation Testbed and Prototype Risk Assessment Tool

Co-PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2020-2021, $1,070,000

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Cybersecurity Research of UAVs

Mentor: M. Ilhan Akbas
2020

Florida Cyber: Mock Healthcare Network Learning Lab

Personnel: M. Ilhan Akbas
2018

Autonomous Vehicle Test Scenario Generation

PI: M. Ilhan Akbas
2017, $5,400

Completed Industry-Student Group Projects

Creation of Automated Diagnostic Tools for Diagnosing and Troubleshooting INS

Mentor: M. Ilhan Akbas, Sponsor: Honeywell

2021-2023