Funded Research Projects
2020-2025 | 12 funded projects | $8,003,711
Driving interdisciplinary solutions through global partnerships, advancing sustainability and resilience across water, energy, food, and climate systems.
Research and Engagement projects
Ongoing funded projects
PI,
2025
The evolving role of universities in the AI era: Opportunities for improving AI literacy through micro-credentials and interdisciplinary curriculum design, Microsoft AI Economy Institute, $85,000 (2025)
Co-PI,
2023-2026
Global Center on Climate Change and Water Energy Food Health Systems, National Institutes for Health, $1,173,517 (2023-2026) – Project Number: 1P20TW012709-01
Senior Personnel,
2022-2024
AccelNet-Design: Soil and Land Management for Food & Water Security, Adaption and Mitigation to Climate Change, National Science Foundation, $249,968 (2022-2024) – Award Number:2201335 | Project webpage
Senior Personnel,
2022-2027
AccelNet-Implementation: US-Africa Sustainable Food Systems through Water-Energy- Food Nexus Networking (SustainFood), National Science Foundation, $2,000,000 (2022-2027) – Award Number:2201446 | Project webpage
Senior Personnel,
2023-2024
NSF Engines: Type I: The Permian Energy Technology and Resilience Alliance (PETRA): Expanding Resilience of Energy Communities through Technology and Social Research, National Science Foundation, $1,000,000 (2023-2024) – Award Number: 2303637
Co-PI,
2022-2023
Global Center on Climate Change and Water Energy Food Health Systems, National Institutes for Health, $1,173,517 (2023-2026) – Project Number: 1P20TW012709-01
Past projects
Senior Personnel,
2022-2023
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track G: PETS: Programmable Zero-Trust Security for Operating Through 5G Infrastructure, NSF Convergence Accelerator, National Science Foundation, $750,000 (2022-2023) – Award Number:2226339
Collaborator,
2017-2023
INFEWS/T3: Decision Support for Water Stressed FEW Nexus Decisions (DS-WSND), National Science Foundation, $2,431,217 (2017-2023) – Award Number:1739977 | Project webpage
Senior Personnel,
2021-2022
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track G: PETS: Programmable Zero-Trust Security for Operating Through 5G Infrastructure, NSF Convergence Accelerator, National Science Foundation, $750,000 (2022-2023) – Award Number:2226339
Co-PI,
2020-2021
A projection Tool based on the Water, Energy, Food Nexus and Migration interdependencies – towards a Migration Index. Texas A&M Energy Institute Seed Grants Program. $15,000 (2020-2021).
Co-PI,
2019-2020
Pilot Study on Evapotranspiration and Trade-offs in the Water-Energy Food Nexus in Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). $99,480 (2019-2020).
Co-PI,
2020-2022
FORWARD: Toward Resilient and Food Secure Communities in the Face of Global Threats. Texas A&M Global Engagement Grants. $50,000 (2020-2022).
Other projects