Grants

Department of Labor (DOL), USA, $650,000, 2024 – 2026

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Community Project (CP) Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending

Title: Pre-Apprenticeship Skills Training Program in Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics

NJIT Collaborative Early Research Translation (CERT) Seed Grant, $25,000, 2024 – 2025

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: Empowering Grid Innovation: Collaborative Research and Industry Partnership in Power Systems Engineering

Vanguard Energy Partners LLC, Branchburg, New Jersey, USA, $11,000, 2023 – 2024

PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: Senior Design Projects in Renewable Energy Systems

National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, $440,608 (Award Number: 1902442), 2019 – 2023

PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

Title: Renewable Energy Systems Training (REST) Laboratory Development and Workforce Training

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, USA, $366,180, 2021 – 2022

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Pre-Apprenticeship in Career Education (PACE)

Title: Fast-Track Pre-apprenticeships in Advanced Manufacturing at NJIT’s Makerspace

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Collaboration with the NJIT Makerspace

Department of Commerce (DOC), USA, $125,000, 2019 – 2020

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Title: The Makerspace Training, Collaboration, and Hiring (MaTCH) Competition

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Collaboration with the NJIT Makerspace

National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, $999,483 (Award Number: 1742286), 2018 – 2022

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

Title: Engineering Technology Scholars – IMProving REtention and Student Success (ETS-IMPRESS)

Michigan Technological University (MTU)

A&D Technology Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, $26,000, 2016 – 2018

PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: iConnect Lab Training Enhancement, Hardware Briefcase

Michigan Technological University (MTU)

Research Excellence Fund – Research Seed (REF-RS) Grants, $39,000, 2015 – 2017

PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: A Lab-Scale Autonomous Haul Truck for Underground Mine Operations: Design and Development

Michigan Technological University (MTU)

National Instruments (NI), Austin, Texas, USA, $4,000 (equipment), 2015 – 2016

PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: Using NI Technologies for Control and Health Monitoring of Lab-Scale Industrial Systems

Michigan Technological University (MTU)

Nucor Steel Corporation, Marion, Ohio, USA, $90,000, 2014 – 2015

Co-PI: Dr. Mohsen Azizi

Title: Robotic Stacker for Press #2 in Highway Products

Michigan Technological University (MTU)