Funding

Dr. Banerjee's current and past research activities (as PI or Co-PI) are supported by multiple goverment and private agencies

Department of Energy through Advent Innovations

STTR Phase I: PVDF-film for Robust Online Assessment of Composite Tanks (PROACT)

Duration:2019-2020

Role:PI

Cost:$70k

South Carolina Department of Agriculture

AI enabled Robotic Harvesting of Vegetables : A Review

Duration:2020-2021

Role:PI

Cost:$30k

United States Department of Agriculture

USC Subcontract: TOXIMAP to evaluate the incidence of mycotoxins in US crop fields

Duration:2017-2022

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$106k

NASA through Advent Innovations

SBIR Phase I & II: Damage Detection using Two Stage Compressive Sensing

Duration:2020-2023

Role:PI

Cost:$180k

NASA through Advent

SBIR Phase I : Resonant Ultrasonic Bessel Beam Yielding (RUBY) for Deep inspection inside Composite

Duration:2020-2021

Role:PI

Cost:$32k

Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Advent

STTR Phase I: Ensemble Feature Extraction (EFEX) Algorithms and AI Software for Machine Fault Classification

Duration:2020-2021

Role:PI

Cost:$45k

Air Force Office of Scientific Research DURIP

DURIP: Real-Time Edge Computing in Structures Experiencing Shock

Duration:2020-2022

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$190k

South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA)

Fully Automated Ultrasonic Detection and Robotic Removal of Bones & Foreign Materials from Poultry

Duration:2019-2021

Role:PI

Cost:$107k

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Using cover crops and soil health to reduce crop stress and Aflatoxin contamination

Duration:2015-2016

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$75k

Boeing Comany

NDE Bucket : Task 1: Energy Harvesting for NDI sensors Task 3: Modeling Ultrasonic Wave in Laminated Composites Task 4: Detection of Wrinkled fibers in Composite

Duration:2016-2019

Role:PI

Cost:$706k

Acellent Technologies Inc.; Army Research Laboratory

Phase I SBIR: A Realtime Precursor Diagnostics and Prognostics System for Zero Maintenance Rotorcrafts

Duration:2015-2016

Role:PI

Cost:$25k

NASA LaRC

Advanced Composite Program: Ultrasonic Assessment of Bond Quality in Composite

Duration:2015-2019

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$222k

NASA Langley Research Center

Multi-scale Computational Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Space Composites

Duration:2015-2018

Role:PI

Cost:$775k

NASA SC Space Grant

A Novel Computational Method for Nondestructive Evaluation of Space Composites

Duration:2015-2016

Role:PI

Cost:$14k

ASPIRE I Innovation Grant, University of South Carolina - A Seed Grant to generate preliminary data for Goverment Proposals

Is it Possible to Quantify the growing Entropy due to Damage in Composite Materials?

Duration:2015-2016

Role:PI

Cost:$14k

National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH via Center for Colon Cancer Research Pilot Project Grant, University of South Carolina

Center For Colon Cancer Research: Mechanical Landscaping of the Colon by Gut Microflora (Pilot Project)

Duration:2014-2015

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$50k

ASPIRE II Integration Grant, University of South Carolina

Uncertainty Quantification Driven Multi-scale Model Development for Aflatoxin Production

Duration:2014-2015

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$100k

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia

Advanced Structures Process and Engineered Materials (ASPEM): Predictive Multi-scale Quantification of Precursor to Damage State in Composites

Duration:2014-2019

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$2.3M

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Development of Scalable Cognitive Autonomous Nondestructive Sensing network (SCANSn) for Advanced Health Management of Civil Infrastructures

Duration:2009-2012

Role:Co-PI

Cost:$3M

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Development of Cascading Sensor Layer Network  (CSLAN) System for Corrosion Monitoring in Aircraft Structures

Duration:2009-2011

Role:PI

Cost:$850k (Phase I+Phase II)

Office of Naval Research

SHM System Development for Detection of Corrosion in Ship Hulls made of 5xxx Aluminum

Duration:2011

Role:PI

Cost:$

Airbus

Automation of Ultrasonic Testing Technologies for CFRP Inspections: Damage Differentiation and Sensor/Actuation Optimization

Duration:2010-2012

Role:PI

Cost:$

EMBRAER

Experimental Determination of Probability of Detection of Fatigue Damage in Metallic joints with Friction Stir Welding.

Duration:2011

Role:PI

Cost:$

Thales Alenia, Italy

Structural Health Monitoring Technology for Aerospace Propellant Tanks

Duration:2010

Role:PI

Cost:$