Awards and Grants

Collaborative Federal and Industry Awarded Funding

Note: The following is the list of external funding Dr. Amsaad received during his time at Wright State University (2022-2024).

  1. Title: Assured Digital Microelectronics Education & Training Ecosystem (ADMETE)
    • My Role: Lead PI since Fall 2022
    • Award Type: Federal Cooperative Agreement
    • Awarding Agency: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Status: Funded
    • Award Amount Including All Partners: $29.75M
    • Funding Received: $14.5M
    • Fund Allocated for Wright State only: $6.9M
    • Partner Institutions: University of Akron (UA), Youngstown State University (YSU), Ohio

University (OU), the University of Toledo (UT), and Lorain County Community College (LCCC)

  • Date: 09/2020 – 12/2024
  • (Link:)

https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2023/01/12/digital-microelectronics-labprovides-wright-state-students-with-cybersecurity-training-space/

  1. Title: National Pathway to Success (NPS) Cybersecurity Program
    • My Role: Lead PI
    • Award Type: Standard Collaborative Educational Grant
    • Sponsor: National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)
    • Awarding Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
    • Status: Funded
    • Award Amount Including All Partners: $704K
    • Funding Received: $704K
    • Fund Allocated for Wright State only: $520K
    • Partner Institutions: Kansas University (KU), Eastern Michigan University (EMU), Sacred

Heart University (SHU), Florida International University (FIU), the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), and Sinclair Community College (SCC)

  • Date: 06/2023 – 06/2025 (potential extension for third year with $332K, Totaling it to $36M)
  • (Link:) https://bit.ly/4evCIfK
  1. Title: Collaborative Research: REU Site: TRUST: Training Research for Undergraduate

Students in Secure and Trusted Systems

  • My Role: Lead PI
  • Award Type: Standard Collaborative Research Grant
  • Partner Institutions: Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR)
  • Awarding Agencies: Cofounded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Defense (DOD/AFOSR STEM ASSURE Program)
  • Status: Funded
  • Award Amount Including All Partners: $367K
  • Fund Allocated for Wright State only: $166K
  • Date: 01/2025 – 12/2027
  • (Link:) https://shorturl.at/b8Fo7
  1. Title: Runtime Hardware Trojan Resilience Monitoring
    • My Role: WSU PI
    • Co-PI: Saiyu Ren, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Wright State University
    • Lead PI: John Emmert, University of Cincinnati (UC)
    • Award Type: Subcontract
    • Sponsor: NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust at the University of Cincinnati (UC)
    • Sponsor Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • Status: Funded
    • Award Amount: $100K
    • Funding Received: $100K
    • Date: 09/2023 – 12/2024
    • (Link:) https://iucrc.nsf.gov/centers/center-for-hardware-and-embedded-system-

security-and-trust/

  1. Title: Semiconductor Education Program at Central State University (ISEP-CSU)
    • My Role: PI starting in 2024
    • Project Lead: Subhashini Ganapathy, Dean of Graduate Programs & Honors Studies, Wright State University
    • Award Type: Subcontract
    • Sponsor: Central State University (CSU)
    • Primary Sponsor: Intel Corporation
    • Status: Funded
    • Award Amount Including All Partners: $1.2M
    • Fund Allocated for Wright State only: $40K first year (Y1) and $130K second year (Y2)
    • Date: 01/2023 – 01/2026
    • (Links:)
      • https://www.centralstate.edu/semiconductors/Intel
      • https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2022/09/09/grants-from-intelcorporation-will-support-curriculum-development-and-training-for-local-students/
      • https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2022/09/09/intel-invests-17-7million-for-ohio-semiconductor-research-education/66804476007/
  1. Title: The Ohio-southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable

Manufacturing (OASiS)

  • My Role: Co-PI
  • Project Lead: Subhashini Ganapathy, Dean of Graduate Programs & Honors Studies, Wright State University
  • Award Type: Subcontract
  • Sponsor: Central State University (CSU)
  • Primary Sponsor: Intel Corporation
  • Status: Funded
  • Award Amount Including All Partners: $3M; for three years
  • Fund Allocated for Wright State only: $220K
  • My Share: $12K (Y1), $12K (Y2) to support a graduate student
  • (Link:)

https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2022/09/09/grants-from-intel-corporationwill-support-curriculum-development-and-training-for-local-students/

  1. Title: ML-assisted Approach for Human Machine Teaming in Multi-Agent Reinforcement
    • My Role: Sole PI
    • Award Type: Student-Faculty Research Fellowship Award
    • Sponsor: Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) within Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODOH)
    • Co-Sponsor/Administrator: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
    • Date: 08/28/2023 – 08/27/2025
    • Total Cost: $88,260 for two years to support the project.
    • (Link:) https://www.soche.org/college-students/dagsi-fellowship-awards-2023/
  2. Title: AI-Enhanced Approach for Improved Human Decision-Making using Feature Fusion in Space Data
    • My Role: Sole PI
    • Award Type: Student-Faculty Research Fellowship Award
    • Sponsor: Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) within Department of Higher Education (ODOH)
    • Co-Sponsor/Administrator: Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
    • Start Date: 08/28/2024
    • End Date: 08/27/2026 (Potential of two more years extension to support the PhD student)
    • Total Cost: $50K for first year to support the project.
    • Note: Potential extensions: expected three funds with extra $50K fund for every year, making the total expected funding $150K
    • (Link:) https://www.soche.org/college-students/dagsi-fellowship-awards-2024/
  3. Title: Time: Trustworthy AI in Machine Learning Environment
    • My Role: Sole PI
    • Award Type: Subcontract
    • Sponsor: InfoSciTex Company (IST)
    • Primary Sponsor: AFRL/AFOSR
    • Amount: $80K
    • Project Period: 1 year (potential of more funding for more years)
    • Start Date: 05/2024
    • End Date: 05/2025
  4. Title: Development of CyberTraining Program in AI Microelectronics Security
    • My Role: WSU PI
    • Award Type: Subaward
    • Sponsor: Purdue Northwest University (PNU) – Center for Cybersecurity
    • Primary Sponsor: National Security Agency (NSA)
    • Lead PI: Michael Tu, Director, The Center for Cybersecurity, PNU
    • Expected Start Date: 08/2024
    • Expected End Date: 06/2025
    • Amount: $25K

Internal and Research Award Funding

  1. Title: AI-assisted Approach for the Detection of IC Hardware Trojan
    • My Role: Awardee
    • Award Type: Fellowship Research Award
    • Award Description: 2023 U.S. Department of the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (2023 SFFP Awardees)
    • Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
    • Status: Funded
    • Award Amount: $13K
    • Date: 2023
    • Link: https://bit.ly/3RAM3cv
  2. Title: Securing Current and Next-Generation Smart Power Grid Infrastructure against

Hardware-based Remote Access Trojans (RATs)

  • My Role: PI
  • Award Type: 2022 Summer Research Awards
  • Awarding Institution: Eastern Michigan University
  • Status: Funded
  • Award Amount: $12K
  • Date: Summer 2022
  • Link: https://bit.ly/45vu4tO
  1. Title: A Novel Security Approach for the Detection of the Embedded Hardware Trojans
    • Award Type: 2020 Faculty Research Fellowship (FRF)
    • Description: 2021-22 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowships
    • Awarding Institution: Eastern Michigan University
    • Status: Funded
    • Benefit: 4 Course Releases ( approximately 32K)
    • Date: 2021
    • Link: https://bit.ly/4ev2p04
  2. Title: A Trusted Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with Built-in Hardware Oriented

Security

  • Award Type: 2020 CoRE Program
  • Description: Culture of Research Excellence (CoRE) Grant Writing Program
  • Awarding Institution: Eastern Michigan University
  • Status: Funded
  • Benefit: 2 Course Releases
  • Date: 2019-2020
  • Links: https://www.emich.edu/research/development/core.php
  1. Title: Strengthening Autonomous Vehicles Cybersecurity with Hardware-Based Biometrics
    • Award Type: Faculty First Research Award
    • Awarding Organization: GameAbove organization as part of $2 Million Award
    • Awarding Institution: Eastern Michigan University
    • Status: Funded
    • Total Award: $50,112
    • My share: $5K
    • Date: April 2020 Links:
      • https://today.emich.edu/story/story/11375
      • https://bit.ly/3xtcpX5
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