Research Grants

Title: Collaborative Research: HBCU-EiR-CPS-SaTC: A Trustworthy and Privacy-preserving Framework for Latency-sensitive Video-enabled Health Incident-Response Applications

Role: PI

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation

Scholarship Amount: $612,000.00

Scholarship Period: September, 2024 – August, 2027 

Award Number: 2401928,  Award Abstract

Title: MS-CC Research Catalyst Program: CyberXPert: A Catalyst for Cyber Infrastructure Innovation in Education and Workforce Development

Role: PI

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation MS-CC Subaward

Scholarship Amount: $200,000 

Scholarship Period: September, 2025 – December, 2026 

Title: Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: DP: CNS: Efficient Data Communication and Processing for Intelligent Medical Systems with Edge-Cloud Interplay

Role: PI

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation

Scholarship Amount: $360,000 

Scholarship Period: September, 2022 – August, 2026 

Award Number: 2219741,  Award Abstract

Title: I-SURGE: Inclusive Sustainable Urban Resilient Green Ecosystems: Accessible Research Technology (IT-ART) Undergraduate Internship 

Role: Co-PI

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation MS-CC Climate Science Initiatives Subaward 

Scholarship Amount: $400,000

Scholarship Period:  May 2025 – August, 2025

Title: Expand AI-CAP: Capacity Building for Trustworthy AI in Medical Systems (TAIMS) 

Role: PI

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation

Scholarship Amount: $395,703.00

Scholarship Period: October, 2023 – September, 2025 

Award Number: 2219741,  Award Abstract

Title: Course Development and Hands-on Laboratory Experiments in Cybersecurity and Networking

Role: PI  

Sponsoring Agency: National Security Agency, CAE Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI)

Scholarship Amount: $60,000 

Scholarship Period: June 2023-May 2024 

Title: Blockchain-assisted Federated Learning based Edge-Cloud Framework for Secure and Privacy-preserving Data Sharing in Smart Grids

Role: Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP)

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab

Scholarship Period: July 2024-September 2024

Title: Federated Learning-based SDN Integrated Edge-Cloud Framework for Smart Grid Networks

Role: Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP)

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab

Scholarship Period: July 2023-September 2023

Title: Blockchain-empowered Approach towards Sustainable and Resilient Smart Grids

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Defence, Air Force Research Lab, Rome

Scholarship Period: May 2023 -July 2023 

Title: Autonomous Self-healing Mechanism using Graph Neural Networks in Mission-critical Supply Chains,

Sponsoring Agency: Air Force Research Lab, Rome

Scholarship Period: May 2025 -July 2025

Title: ForeCare - A Smart Application for Multi-parametric Risk Modeling for Heart Disease Prediction”

Role: PI  

Sponsoring Agency: Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Novartis US Foundation 

Scholarship Amount: $25,000 

Scholarship Period: May 2023-August 2024

Title: ACS Summer Data Science Academy: Promoting Data Science with Robotics and NASA Geospatial and Extraterrestrial Big Data for Grades 9-12 (DS Academy),

Role: Co-PI

Sponsoring Agency: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUREP Precollege Summer Institute (PSI)

Scholarship Amount: $419,000

Scholarship Period: May 2023-April 2027

Title: Community Air Mobility for Public Utilization in Support of Healthcare (CAMPUS): Intercampus Research Institute for Advanced Air Mobility Implementation in Middle Tennessee for Emergency Response and Healthcare Delivery

Role: Co-PI

Sponsoring Agency: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUREP Precollege Summer Institute (PSI)

Scholarship Amount: $743,000

Scholarship Period: August 2025-April 2027