{"id":494,"date":"2024-07-03T14:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amsaad.com\/?page_id=494"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:28:35","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wright-smart-lab.site\/?page_id=494","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Collaborative Federal and Industry Awarded Funding<\/h1>\n<p><em><u>Note: <\/u>The following is the list of external funding Dr. Amsaad received during his time at Wright State University (2022-2024).<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Title: Assured Digital Microelectronics Education &amp; Training Ecosystem (ADMETE)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Lead PI since Fall 2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Federal Cooperative Agreement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Agency: <\/strong>Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) <strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount Including All Partners: <\/strong>$29.75M<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding Received: <\/strong>$14.5M<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund Allocated for Wright State only: <\/strong>$6.9M<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner Institutions: <\/strong>University of Akron (UA), Youngstown State University (YSU), Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>University (OU), the University of Toledo (UT), and Lorain County Community College (LCCC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>09\/2020 \u2013 12\/2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/01\/12\/digital-microelectronics-labprovides-wright-state-students-with-cybersecurity-training-space\/<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Title: National Pathway to Success (NPS) Cybersecurity Program<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Lead PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Standard Collaborative Educational Grant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Agency: <\/strong>National Security Agency (NSA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount Including All Partners: <\/strong>$704K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding Received: <\/strong>$704K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund Allocated for Wright State only: <\/strong>$520K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner Institutions: <\/strong>Kansas University (KU), Eastern Michigan University (EMU), Sacred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Heart University (SHU), Florida International University (FIU), the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), and Sinclair Community College (SCC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>06\/2023 \u2013 06\/2025 (potential extension for third year with $332K, Totaling it to $36M)<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:) <\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/4evCIfK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Title: Collaborative Research: REU Site: TRUST: Training Research for Undergraduate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Students in Secure and Trusted Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Lead PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Standard Collaborative Research Grant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partner Institutions: <\/strong>Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Agencies: <\/strong>Cofounded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Defense (DOD\/AFOSR STEM ASSURE Program)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount Including All Partners: <\/strong>$367K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund Allocated for Wright State only: <\/strong>$166K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>01\/2025 \u2013 12\/2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:) <\/strong>https:\/\/shorturl.at\/b8Fo7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Title: Runtime Hardware Trojan Resilience Monitoring<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>WSU PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-PI: <\/strong> Saiyu Ren, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Wright State University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead PI: <\/strong> John Emmert, University of Cincinnati (UC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Subcontract<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust at the University of Cincinnati (UC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor Agency: <\/strong>National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount: <\/strong>$100K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding Received: <\/strong>$100K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>09\/2023 \u2013 12\/2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:) <\/strong>https:\/\/iucrc.nsf.gov\/centers\/center-for-hardware-and-embedded-system-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>security-and-trust\/<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Title: Semiconductor Education Program at Central State University (ISEP-CSU)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>PI starting in 2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Lead: <\/strong> Subhashini Ganapathy, Dean of Graduate Programs &amp; Honors Studies, Wright State University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Subcontract<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Central State University (CSU)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Sponsor: <\/strong>Intel Corporation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount Including All Partners: <\/strong>$1.2M<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund Allocated for Wright State only: <\/strong>$40K first year (Y1) and $130K second year (Y2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>01\/2023 \u2013 01\/2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Links:)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/www.centralstate.edu\/semiconductors\/Intel<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/09\/09\/grants-from-intelcorporation-will-support-curriculum-development-and-training-for-local-students\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/09\/09\/intel-invests-17-7million-for-ohio-semiconductor-research-education\/66804476007\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>Title: The Ohio-southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Manufacturing (OASiS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Co-PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Lead: <\/strong> Subhashini Ganapathy, Dean of Graduate Programs &amp; Honors Studies, Wright State University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Subcontract<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Central State University (CSU)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Sponsor: <\/strong>Intel Corporation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount Including All Partners: <\/strong>$3M; for three years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund Allocated for Wright State only: <\/strong>$220K<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Share: <\/strong>$12K (Y1), $12K (Y2) to support a graduate student<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/09\/09\/grants-from-intel-corporationwill-support-curriculum-development-and-training-for-local-students\/<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><strong>Title: ML-assisted Approach for Human Machine Teaming in Multi-Agent Reinforcement<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Sole PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Student-Faculty Research Fellowship Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) within Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODOH)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-Sponsor\/Administrator: <\/strong>Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>08\/28\/2023 \u2013 08\/27\/2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Cost: <\/strong>$88,260 for two years to support the project.<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:) <\/strong>https:\/\/www.soche.org\/college-students\/dagsi-fellowship-awards-2023\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title: AI-Enhanced Approach for Improved Human Decision-Making using Feature Fusion in Space Data<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Sole PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Student-Faculty Research Fellowship Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) within Department of Higher Education (ODOH)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-Sponsor\/Administrator: <\/strong>Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start Date: <\/strong>08\/28\/2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>End Date: <\/strong>08\/27\/2026 (Potential of two more years extension to support the PhD student)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Cost: <\/strong>$50K for first year to support the project.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note: <\/strong>Potential extensions: expected three funds with extra $50K fund for every year, making the total expected funding $150K<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Link:) <\/strong>https:\/\/www.soche.org\/college-students\/dagsi-fellowship-awards-2024\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title: Time: Trustworthy AI in Machine Learning Environment<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Sole PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Subcontract<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>InfoSciTex Company (IST)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Sponsor: <\/strong>AFRL\/AFOSR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amount: <\/strong>$80K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Period: <\/strong>1 year (potential of more funding for more years)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start Date: <\/strong>05\/2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>End Date: <\/strong>05\/2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title: Development of CyberTraining Program in AI Microelectronics Security<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>WSU PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Subaward<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Purdue Northwest University (PNU) &#8211; Center for Cybersecurity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Sponsor: <\/strong>National Security Agency (NSA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead PI: <\/strong> Michael Tu, Director, The Center for Cybersecurity, PNU<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expected Start Date: <\/strong>08\/2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expected End Date: <\/strong>06\/2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amount: <\/strong>$25K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>Internal and Research Award Funding<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Title: AI-assisted Approach for the Detection of IC Hardware Trojan<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>Awardee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Fellowship Research Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Description: <\/strong>2023 U.S. Department of the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (2023 SFFP Awardees)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor: <\/strong>Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount: <\/strong>$13K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>2023<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Link: <\/u><\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/3RAM3cv<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title: Securing Current and Next-Generation Smart Power Grid Infrastructure against<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Hardware-based Remote Access Trojans (RATs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My Role: <\/strong>PI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>2022 Summer Research Awards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Institution: <\/strong>Eastern Michigan University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount: <\/strong>$12K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>Summer 2022<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Link: <\/u><\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/45vu4tO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Title: A Novel Security Approach for the Detection of the Embedded Hardware Trojans<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>2020 Faculty Research Fellowship (FRF)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description: <\/strong>2021-22 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Institution: <\/strong>Eastern Michigan University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit: <\/strong>4 Course Releases ( approximately 32K)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong> 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Link: <\/u><\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/4ev2p04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title: A Trusted Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with Built-in Hardware Oriented<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>2020 CoRE Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description: <\/strong>Culture of Research Excellence (CoRE) Grant Writing Program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Institution: <\/strong>Eastern Michigan University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit: <\/strong>2 Course Releases<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>2019-2020<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Links: <\/u><\/strong>https:\/\/www.emich.edu\/research\/development\/core.php<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Title: Strengthening Autonomous Vehicles Cybersecurity with Hardware-Based Biometrics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Award Type: <\/strong>Faculty First Research Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Organization: <\/strong>GameAbove organization as part of $2 Million Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarding Institution: <\/strong>Eastern Michigan University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status: <\/strong>Funded<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Award: <\/strong>$50,112<\/li>\n<li><strong>My share: <\/strong>$5K<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>April 2020 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