Smart Systems and Cities Grants

Jan. 2, 2019

$2.2M | Cleveland Foundation | Kenneth Loparo | "IOT Collaborative II"

Continues funding to the IoT Collaborative, a joint effort between Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State and the city of Cleveland, to catalyze efforts in the region to bring national research prominence to our region, strengthen our community and neighborhoods, and seize the $6.2 trillion economic opportunity of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT).

Jan. 1, 2018

$1.75M | Cleveland Foundation | Kenneth Loparo | "IoT Collaborative"

Establishes the IoT Collaborative, a joint effort between Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State and the city of Cleveland, to catalyze efforts in the region to bring national research prominence to our region, strengthen our community and neighborhoods, and seize the $6.2 trillion economic opportunity of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT).

Oct. 1, 2017

$108.3K | China High-speed Railway Holding Co, Ltd | Xiangwu Zeng | "Exploratory research on inspection of bridges for high-speed railways"

Review current technologies in using drones and robotics for inspection of bridge pier, look into the combination of the advanced technologies in image analysis and develop a systematic way of coordinating the advantages of drones, robotics, image analysis and human inspection for the efficient and effective inspection of bridge piers for high-speed railways

Sep. 1, 2017

$76K | National Academy of Sciences | | ""

Seeks to understand hazards associated with coastal community risks and to examine the safety of critical oil and gas infrastructural systems exposed to such hazards. Three main tasks to accomplish the research objectives are to assess coastal- flooding hazards, to evaluate the fragility of oil and gas systems, and to assess hydrocarbon release-induced hazards.