Funding Summary

  • Awarded (total across all grants/gifts): $4,304,592
  • Pesé Allocation at Clemson: $2,467,296

Active

2026–2031

  • Sole PI, National Science Foundation
    CAREER: Understanding, Measuring, and Mitigating Privacy Risks in the Automotive Ecosystem.
    $599,654. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (100%): $599,654.

2026–2028

  • Lead PI, US Army
    SIMAC: Secure and Intelligent Multi-Agent Collaboration for Autonomous UGV-UAV Formations Using Multimodal AI and Neuromorphic Perception.
    $1,118,565. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (36%): $402,840.

2026-2027

  • Lead PI, National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TRaCR)
    Resilient Software-Defined Vehicle Platform Architectures with Secure Live Migration. $86,066. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (83%): $71,066.

2026

  • Sole PI, The BMW Group
    TigerSec Innovation Funds.
    $140,000. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (100%): $140,000.

2025-2027

  • PI, US Army
    Securing Autonomous Vehicle Perception Under Adversarial Settings in Off-Road Scenarios. $786,028. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (60%): $471,617.

2025-2027

  • Co-PI, US Army
    Anomaly Detection for Resilient Autonomy-Enabled Vehicle Systems. PI: Abolfazl Razi. $590,000. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (25%): $147,500.

Completed

2024-2026

  • Lead PI, DENSO
    Towards Resilient Software Defined Vehicle Platform Architectures with Secure Live Migration. $100,000. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (70%): $70,000.

2024-2026

  • PI, US Army
    Standardized Modular Secure Firmware Update Framework for Military Vehicles.
    $589,099. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (60%): $353,459.

2025

  • Co-PI, National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TRaCR)
    Resilient Autonomous Vehicle Perception under Adversarial Settings. $122,378. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (31%): $38,358.

2025

  • Sole PI, The BMW Group
    TigerSec Innovation Funds.
    $136,802. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (100%): $136,802.

2024

  • Sole PI, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)
    Practical Anomaly Detection for Connected and Automated Vehicles.
    $36,000. Pesé funding based on percentage credit (100%): $36,000.