Acquisition of a High Performance GPU Cluster and Sensing Equipment for Research and Education at Fayetteville State University in Areas of Interest to DoD
Abstract
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act for 2016 allocated $28M to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The program aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in defense research programs and activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that are important to the defense mission. The FY 2016 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicited proposals from single investigators at HBCUs and MIs for the acquisition equipment and instrumentation in scientific areas important to one or more the three defense research offices, namely: Army Research Office (ARO); Office of Naval Research (ONR); and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). All equipment/instrument grant awards made under this program will have a 12-month performance period. The PI has been working with NRL and is poised to with researchers at ARL on Robotics systems that include multiple systems in a formation, such as in a swarm or in man-unmanned teaming. The equipment purchased will be incorporated into a laboratory the PI is building for conducting his work.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 18, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610426
Entities
People
- Sambit Bhattacharya
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Fayetteville State University
- Office of the Secretary of Defense