Fayetteville State University (FSU) will use a new $10-million US Department of Defense award to build an applied artificial intelligence program focused on defense challenges, including contested logistics and biomanufacturing.
The five-year initiative will expand FSU’s AI capabilities by supporting faculty and student researchers while establishing infrastructure to develop and test new defense technologies.
Undergraduate and graduate students will work on projects spanning AI, data science, advanced manufacturing, and biotechnology, helping build a pipeline of researchers for the defense sector.
“This is about building capacity that lasts,” said Ganesh C. Bora, Ph.D., FSU’s associate vice chancellor for research and innovation and chief research officer.
“We are creating opportunities for students to conduct meaningful research, expanding our faculty expertise and establishing an academic program that can continue producing research and researchers for years to come.”
Bora will lead the effort, with computer science professor Sambit Bhattacharya, Ph.D., and business professor Burcu Adivar, Ph.D., serving as co-principal investigators.
FSU also plans to collaborate with Fort Bragg as the defense AI program takes shape.
