Research Projects

Recent Grants: Individual and Collaborative (Last 5 Years). The total funding is 40 plus million dollars. Each project provides stipends/scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. 

  1. K-12 Workforce Pipeline Development (CECOR Consortium) - NNSA/DOE, 2014-2020. PI – Nikunja Swain (For SC State part)
  2. Cybersecurity for Everybody – A Multitier Approach to Cybersecurity Education, Outreach, and Awareness in an Undergraduate Curriculum, NSF, 2019-2024. PI – Nikunja Swain. Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo
  3. UNC Charlotte Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence ODNI, 2019-2024. PI: Nikunja Swain (for SC State Part)
  4. Automatic Abstraction of Determinants of Disparity from Addresses, SC Cadre with MUSC, 2020-2022. PI: Nikunja Swain (for SC State Part). Co-PI: Young Kim
  5. Secure and Optimized Internet-of-Things Deployment for Smart Farming, USDA/NIFA, 2019-2022. PI – Jagruti Sahoo
  6. An AI based Advanced Ag-Drone System for Local Farmers in S.C., USDA/NIFA, 2020 – 2023. PI: Biswajit Biswal
  7. CC* Networking Infrastructure: Bulldog Connectivity and Research, NSF, 2018-2022.  PI: Nikunja Swain. Co-PI: Donald Walter
  8. Bridging the Stem Gap: Enhancing STEM Education Using a Multitier Approach, NSF, 2019-2022. PI: Nikunja Swain. Senior Personnel: Donald Walter
  9. Modernizing South Carolina Manufacturing Assets to Enable Industry 4.0, Clemson University as the Lead, SCRA, 2022- 2024. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI: Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo (for SC State University Part)
  10. Artificially Intelligent Manufacturing Paradigm for Composites - AIM for Composites, Clemson University as the lead, DOE, 2022-2026. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI-Senior Personnel – Biswajit Biswal, Ivan Radev (for SC State University Part)
  11. RII Track-1: ADAPT in SC: AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina, Clemson University as the Lead, NSF, 2023-2028. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo (for SC State University Part)
  12. NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing cyber security technologies for the maritime system (SC), University of SC, Beaufort as the Lead, NSF, 2023-2025. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo (for SC State University Part)
  13. Preparing Cyber Warfare Professionals by Integration of Curriculum, Experiences, and Internships, University of SC, Columbia, as the Lead, US Navy, 2023-2026. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo (for SC State University Part)
  14. AI Enabled Secure and Adaptive IoT System for Smart Farming”, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), 2023-2026, PI: Jagruti Sahoo, Co-PI: Young Kim
  15. Assisting small and local farmers with an Innovative Artificial Intelligent and Data Analysis based Mobile App for Weed Identification, USDA/NIFA, 2023-2027, PI: Biswajit Biswal
  16.  Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program, Claflin University as the Lead, DOE/NNSA, 2023-2026. Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Nikunja Swain, Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo, Young Kim (for SC State University Part)
  17. Workforce Development Through Education and Research Activities, Claflin University as the Lead, DOE/NNSA, 2022-2027. Co-PI/Senior Personnel – Nikunja Swain, Biswajit Biswal, Jagruti Sahoo, Young Kim. 
  18. National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency, Clemson University as the lead, NSF, 2023-2028. PI: Judith Mwakalonge, Co/PI: Nikunja Swain, Jagruti Sahoo, Kim Young, Biswajit Biswal, Cynthia Davis and Ivan Radev (for SC State University Part)
  1. Inclusion of an agriculture course in computer science curriculum at SCSU, 2023. Co-PI – Stevo Bozinovski, With Delaware State University as leading institution,
  2. Industry funded grant and industry realization of a robotized warehouse. With American College in Skopje, 2022, Co-PI – Stevo Bozinovski, Macedonia, as leading institution

 

Under Review

  1. Technoeconomic Optimization of Hanford Tank Waste: A Data Driven Approach to Inventory, Logistics, and Disposition, SRNL as the Lead, DOE, 2024-2027. PI: Nikunja Swain (for SC State University Part)
  2. Utilizing Geospatial Mapping to Characterize Environmental and Social Determinants on Triple Negative Breast Cancer Outcomes in South Carolina (TRACE-SC), MUSC as the Lead, NIH, 2024-2027. PI: Nikunja Swain, Co-PI: Biswajit Biswal (for SC State University Part)
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