Grants & Contracts

In-Force Grants

• Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Identify Deficiencies in Flood Control Systems

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI), Hoque, T. (Co-PI)

  U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

  Award: $2,500,000 (W912HZ-23-2-004). Jan. 2023 — Jan. 2025
• Geospatial Intelligence and Pattern Discovery

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Department of the Navy

  Award: $1,813,141 (N00173-19-S-BA01). Sep. 2020 — Aug. 2025
• Meeting the Challenges of the Silicon Bayou: A Cooperative Strategy

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Louisiana Economic Development Department

  Award: $5M (CFMS-729488-UNO). Jan. 2014 — Dec. 2024

Past Grants

• Coupling U.S. Gulf State Stock Assessments to Shell-Budget Modeling to Determine Sustainable Harvest of Oysters Across the Gulf of Mexico

  Soniat, T. (PI)

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  Award: $300,000. Sep. 21, 2018 — Sep. 21, 2020
• Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Production for the Louisiana Oyster Industry

  Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)

  Award: $770,111. May 2016 — May 2019
• Large Scale Geospatial Data Mining Using Hadoop and R System

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Office of Naval Research (ONR) – Department of the Navy

  Award: $999,994. Jan. 2016 — Jan. 2021
• Environmental Geospatial Information Systems Development for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

  Award: $834,532. Jul. 2015 — Jul. 2018
• Recreational Off-Shore Landings Permit Information Management System for the LDWF

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

  Award: $75,000. Jul. 2014 — Jan. 2015
• Guidelines for Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Shell-Stock on Louisiana Public Seed Grounds (Part II)

  Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

  Award: $512,324. May 2014 — May 2016
• Cloud-Based Computing for Large-Data Analytics

  Abdelguerfi, M. (PI)

  Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Department of the Navy

  Award: $663,261. Oct. 2013 — Oct. 2018
• Guidelines for Maintaining Sustainable Oyster Shell on Louisiana Public Seed Grounds (Part I)

  Soniat, T. (PI), Abdelguerfi, M. (Co-PI)

  Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)

  Award: $632,844. May 2011 — May 2014