BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 5 -- Lamar University issued the following news release:
Lamar University Assistant Professor of Computer Science Tauhidul Alam has received a $199,839 award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance research using autonomous robotic systems to monitor changing aquatic environments.
The two-year Engineering Research Initiation award will support Alam's project, "ERI: Autonomous Monitoring and Planning with Lightweight Robotic Teams Operating in Dynamic Aquatic Environments," through August 2028.
The project focuses on developing lightweight, cost-effective methods that allow autonomous surface vehicles to monitor water conditions and work together despite limitations in computing power, energy and c...