NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing logistics technologies (TX, OK)

NSF 发动机开发奖：推进物流技术（德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州）

• 批准号: 2301952
• 负责人: Terrance Pohlen
• 金额: $ 99.97万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-15 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2301952&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Advancing

This NSF Engines Development Award is focused on developing an inclusive innovation ecosystem and economic development engine for logistics in the Texoma region, spanning Texas and Oklahoma. The envisioned future engine has the potential to transform innovation deserts in the region into strong economic contributors and generators of high-quality employment opportunities. The region of service includes 26 counties in North Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma. Logistics represents the second largest business sector, with over 889 million tons valued at $1.1 trillion moving through the region and employing over 450,000 workers. Like the national economy, the region is experiencing a significant shortfall in skilled labor. In June 2022, over 500,000 logistics job openings existed nationally, with the driver shortfall alone at over 80,000. These shortages are particularly pronounced in the region as the second-largest industrial and fourth-largest freight market. A collaboration of universities, companies, government agencies, and workforce development organizations will lead the activity, including the University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas-Arlington, Dallas College, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Texas Research Alliance, Dallas Regional Chamber, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Hillwood Properties, City of Dallas, Workforce Solutions, and the Southern Dallas County Inland Port Transportation Management Association. The project will solicit use-inspired projects from the logistics community and address through research hubs located in disadvantaged areas to translate emerging technologies into innovative systems, practices, and workforce development programs. These hubs will conceptualize new products and services, incubate start-ups, and facilitate commercialization. The envisioned future engine will incorporate three major technical thrusts: autonomy, electrification, and cyber. Autonomy integrates autonomous systems into logistics networks by generating innovations in surveillance/sending, computer vision, collision avoidance, object tracking, and smart city technologies. Cyber advances the technologies necessary for integrating logistics functions, data, and software across the supply chain, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, optimization, and digital twins. Electrification facilitates sustainable logistics by promoting innovations in renewable energy generation and microgrids, energy storage, battery technologies, hydrogen fuels, on-the-move EV wireless charging, energy harvesting, and grid resilience. Workforce development overlays each thrust, and the project will closely collaborate with regional workforce development organizations to plan and develop new education vehicles and integrate these innovations and industry input into workforce training programs. The Development Award will enable the creation of the Engine by promoting collaboration across universities, government and non-government entities, and logistics companies throughout the region and providing the support essential for creating the research hubs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

NSF发动机开发奖的重点是开发跨越德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州的德克萨马地区物流的包容性创新生态系统和经济发展引擎。 所设想的未来引擎有可能将该地区的创新沙漠转变为强大的经济贡献者和高质量就业机会的发生者。 服务地区包括北德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州东南部的26个县。 物流代表第二大业务部门，超过8.89亿吨的价值为1.1万亿美元。 像国民经济一样，该地区的熟练劳动力很大。 2022年6月，全国有超过500,000个物流职位空缺，仅驾驶员短缺就超过80,000。 这些短缺在该地区是第二大工业和第四大货运市场。大学，公司，政府机构和劳动力发展组织的合作将领导这项活动，包括北德克萨斯大学，南部卫理公会大学，德克萨斯大学 - 阿灵顿大学，达拉斯大学，达拉斯学院，东南俄克拉荷马州立大学，得克萨斯州研究联盟，达拉斯地区，达拉斯地区，众议院，俄克拉荷马州的choctaw Nation，俄克拉荷马州的choctaw Nation of oklahoma county of torment of torment of tormant of torment of torment of tormant of tormant， 协会。该项目将通过位于弱势区域的研究中心征集以使用启发的项目，并通过研究中心将新兴技术转化为创新的系统，实践和劳动力发展计划。这些枢纽将概念化新产品和服务，孵化初创企业并促进商业化。 所设想的未来发动机将结合三个主要的技术推力：自主，电气化和网络。 自治通过在监视/发送，计算机视觉，避免碰撞，对象跟踪和智能城市技术中生成创新，将自主系统集成到物流网络中。网络推进整个供应链中物流功能，数据和软件所需的技术，包括人工智能，机器学习，区块链，网络安全，优化和数字双胞胎。 电气化通过促进可再生能源产生和微电网，能源存储，电池技术，氢燃料，自动移动EV无线充电，能源收集和网格弹性的创新来促进可持续物流。 劳动力发展覆盖了每个推力，该项目将与区域劳动力发展组织紧密合作，以计划和开发新的教育工具，并将这些创新和行业投入整合到劳动力培训计划中。 开发奖将通过促进整个大学，政府和非政府实体以及整个地区的物流公司的合作来创建引擎，并为创建研究中心的支持提供了至关重要的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来通过评估来支持NSF的法定任务。