Dr. Amsaad’s research is currently funded by government and industries. During his time at Wright State, he has participated in several collaborative research proposals that have led to a cumulative sum of ~$33M (including all partners along with Wright State University). He is the lead PI of the Assured and Trusted Digital Microelectronics ecosystem (ADMETE), a $29.75 million AFRL grant. He is the lead PI of the National Pathway to Success (NPS), a $1.036M National Security Agency (NSA) grant, a collaborative cybersecurity consortium effort to prepare, train, and retain workforce development and build a talent pipeline of professionals with the required skills in emerging areas of Cybersecurity.
Dr. Amsaad contributed to receiving two funding from (Intel) Corporation. He is a co-PI of a 3-year Inel grant; ~$560K is the total award for the first year. In this Intel project, Dr. Amsaad leads and collaboratively works with WSU and Central State University (CSU) team members. Both are leading the effort to support the CSU Semiconductor curriculum development, training, and research Semiconductor Education Program that services High Schools, Community colleges, HBCUs/HSIs minorities, Women, Native Americans, and other under representative minorities at the State of Ohio and the US (ISEP-CSU). Dr. Amsaad is also a co-PI of a 3-year Intel grant, $1.1M is the total award for the first year, the Ohio-Southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable-Manufacturing (OASiS) led by the University of Cincinnati.
He also received funding from the Ohio Department of Education/AFRL: Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education/Defense Associated Graduate Student Innovators (SOCHE/DAGSI). He is awarded the (AFOSR Faculty First Research Award). His research was also supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and received (the Faculty First Research Award). He is an active IEEE Senior Member and ACM member. He has served as an Organizer, Program Chair, Technical Program Committee member, Gust Editor, and on the Reviewer Board for several international conferences and journals. In addition to his research activities, Dr. Amsaad has established teaching experience in hardware security, IoT and embedded systems security, distributed computing, digital systems, network administration, and security curriculums.
To summarize, the overall awards and grants are listed below:
- Assured and trusted digital microelectronics ecosystem” (ADMETE), lead-PI, $29.75 Million, AFRL grant
- US Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Award (AFOSR-SSFP)
- Ohio Department of Education/AFRL: Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education/Defense Associated Graduate Student Innovators (SOCHE/DAGSI)
- Ohio-southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable-Manufacturing (OASiS), co-PI, $1.1 Million, Intel
- National Security Agency (NSA), $1.036 Million