NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate solicited for a third round of University Leadership Initiative proposals in May 2019. Selections were announced in April 2020.
Weather Intelligent Navigation Data and Models for Aviation Planning
Principal Investigator: Jamey Jacob (Oklahoma State University)
Co-Investigators: Sean Bailey (University of Kentucky), Keith Brewster (University of Oklahoma, Norman), Phillip Chilson (University of Oklahoma, Norman), Carrick Detweiler (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Brian Elbing (Oklahoma State University), Nicoletta Fala (Oklahoma State University), Imraan Faruque (Oklahoma State University), Adam Houston (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Anders Jensen (NCAR), James Pinto (NCAR), Ryan Sobash (NCAR), Suzanne Smith (University of Kentucky), Craig Woolsey (Virginia Tech), Kraettli Epperson (Vigilant Aerospace Systems)
Topic: Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Period of Performance: Aug 2020 – Aug 2024
Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy
Principal Investigator: Abdollah Homaifar (North Carolina A&T State University)
Co-Investigators: Dan DeLaurentis (Purdue), Mark Costello (Georgia Tech), Ali Karimoddini (NC A&T), Inseok Hwang (Purdue), Dengfeng Sun (Purdue), Sam Coogan (Georgia Tech), Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis (Georgia Tech), John Kelly (NC A&T), James Goppert (Purdue), Yahya Kamalipour (NC A&T), Shaoshuai Mou (Purdue), M. Nabil Mahmoud (NC A&T), Judy Hoffman (Georgia Tech), Ioannis A. Raptis (NC A&T), Allison Sullivan (NC A&T), James Paduano (Aurora Flight Sciences), Bruce J. Holmes (Alaka’i), Damon Jenkins (General Atomics), Neta Ezer (Northrop Grumman)
Topic: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Period of Performance: Aug 2020 – Aug 2024
Safe Aviation Autonomy with Learning-enabled Components in the Loop: from Formal Assurances to Trusted Recovery Methods
Principal Investigator: Marco Pavone (Stanford University)
Co-Investigators: Mykel Kochenderfer (Stanford), Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT), Frank Dellaert (Georgia Tech), Kevin Leahy (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Meeko Oishi (University of New Mexico), Alessandro Pinto (United Technologies Research Center), Mac Schwager (Stanford), Zhao Sun (Hampton University), Claire Tomlin (UC Berkeley), Panagiotis Tsiotras (Georgia Tech)
Topic: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Period of Performance: Sep 2020 – Aug 2024
Composite Manufacturing Technologies for Aerospace Performance at Automotive Production Rates
Principal Investigator: John Gillespie (University Of Delaware)
Co-Investigators: Shridhar Yarlagadda (University of Delaware), Dirk Heider (University of Delaware), John Geriguis (Joby Aviation), Scott Bishop (Spirit AeroSystems), David Leach (ATC Manufacturing), Patrick Mensah (Southern University)
Topic: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Period of Performance: Sep 2020 – Aug 2024
Atoms to Aircraft to Spacecraft
Principal Investigator: Paul Ziehl (University of South Carolina)
Co-Investigators: Wout De Backer (University of South Carolina), Darun Barazanchy (University of South Carolina), Jeffrey Wiggins (University of Southern Mississippi), Eric Jankowski (Boise State University), Gurcan Comert (Benedict College), Negash Begashaw, (Benedict College), Balaji Iyangar (Benedict College)
Topic: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Period of Performance: Jul 2020 – Jun 2024
University Leadership Initiative
