Internal & External Grants

• Title: Generative AI Framework for Robust Hydropower Reservoir Operations under Climate Change, Role: Single PI, Amount: $200,000, Sponsor: NSF Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Program, Jun 2026.

• Title: Robotic and Intelligent Navigation in GPS-denied and Cyber-attack-resilient Environments, Role: PI (with Dr. Khair Al Shamaileh), Amount: $17000, Sponsor: NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC), َ2026–2027 cycle.

• Title: Cyeber-attack Detection Models for Industrial Cyber-physical Systems, Role: Single PI, Amount: $5000, Sponsor: PNW Office of Research, Summer 2026. 

• Title: Deep Learning-based Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Role: Single PI, Amount: $5000, Sponsor: PNW Office of Research, Summer 2025. 

PNW-MINDs' Student Grants

• Duke Zaragoza and Ryan Wierzgac, Title: Voice-guided Autonomous Navigation System for Quadruped Robot Using Multi-modal Artificial Intelligence (continued grant), PNW Undergraduate Research Award, Role: Faculty Advisor, Amount: $1000.00, Spring 2026. 

• Samudra G. Bhattacharya and Francisco D. Eudave, Title: Voice-controlled autonomus drone, PNW Undergraduate Research Award, Role: Faculty Advisor, Amount: $1000.00, Spring 2026. 

• Duke Zaragoza and Ryan Wierzgac, Title: Voice-guided Autonomous Navigation System for Quadruped Robot Using Multi-modal Artificial Intelligence, PNW Undergraduate Research Award, Role: Faculty Advisor, Amount: $1000.00, Fall 2025. 

• Yash Pratap Singh, Graduate Research Grant Award for the 2025-26 Academic Year, $750.00 

• Yash Pratap Singh, Graduate Student Conference Presentation Grant, $400.00, Spring 2025 

• Haylay Ford Tsuen, Rayhan Nashat Zaman, Cole Joseph Viking, Title: Designing an Intelligent Drone System: Voice Commands and Real-Time Object Tracking, PNW Undergraduate Research Award, Role: Faculty Advisor, Amount: $1000.00, Spring 2025. 

• DeAndre Robertson and Thomas Brady, Title: Exploring Edge Device for AI-driven Smile Detection, PNW Undergraduate Research Award, Role: Faculty Advisor, Amount: $300.00, Fall 2024. 

Honors

• NSF Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Award, Jun 2026.

• NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC) Research Award, 2026–2027 cycle, May 2026.