Tennessee Tech wins $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation
The funding will train 24 master’s and doctoral students in research on the convergence of energy, AI and cybersecurity disciplines.
Tennessee Tech University is building on its reputation as the state’s premier energy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse thanks to a new $3 million research grant from the National Science Foundation.
The prestigious five-year grant will be led by Tech’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with support from Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and will equip Tech to train 24 master’s and doctoral students in research on the convergence of energy, AI and cybersecurity disciplines.
The funding will provide the students with covered tuition and a generous annual stipend to perform cutting-edge research with implications for stopping cyber-attacks, improving malware detection, securing the nation’s energy supply and better understanding its energy infrastructure.
“When you join these concepts – energy, cybersecurity and AI – and create a research venture where students and faculty can come together and perform interdisciplinary research – that’s a powerful thing that is great for our state and nation and is something that is truly unique to us here at Tech,” explained Indranil Bhattacharya, Professor and Interim Chair of Tech’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Principal Investigator for the grant project.
“It’s one of the most competitive grants that NSF provides. Top tier research institutions are competing for this, so we’re very pleased that Tech was chosen,” he added.
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