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NSF RII FEC Award #1920954

Data Driven Material Discovery Center for Bioengineering Innovation

PI:

• Dr. Robb M. Winter (Principal Investigator), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Co-PIs:

• Dr. Matthew W. Fields (Co-Principal Investigator), Montana State University
• Dr. Mahadevan Subramaniam (Co-Principal Investigator), University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Dr. Bharat K. Jasthi (Co-Principal Investigator), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Dr. Etienne Gnimpieba Zohim (Co-Principal Investigator), University of South Dakota

Former Co-PIs:

• Dr. Carol Lushbough (Former Co-Principal Investigator), University of South Dakota
• Dr. Parvathi Chundi (Former Co-Principal Investigator), University of Nebraska at Omaha

Senior Personnel:

• Dr. Myoungkyu Song
• Dr. Pei-Chi Huang

Total Award: $6M Period: 08/2019 – 07/2023 (Completed)

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Project Overview

This NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC project established a multidisciplinary research infrastructure for data-driven bioengineering innovation, integrating machine learning, data analytics, and software systems to accelerate materials discovery. As Senior Personnel, I had lead responsibility for developing the Software Engineering (SE) thrust, with a particular focus on software assurance, reliability, and quality for ML-enabled systems used in scientific research workflows.

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