Grants for Ken Christensen

The following is a complete list of my grants.
  1. Expanding the pipeline of the Cyber/IT workforce in the Tampa Bay area, CyberFlorida, Florida Department of Education/Florida Center for Cybersecurity, 2022 to 2023, $1,390,000 (PI: S. Chellappan, co-PI: K. Christensen, M. Pazos-Revilla, B. Batson, and S. Sarkar).

  2. Collaborative Research: Florida Information Technology Graduation Attainment Pathways (Flit-GAP), National Science Foundation, 2021 to 2026, $1,421,774 (USF PI: K. Christensen, USF co-PI: R. Perez, joint with FIU (lead) and UCF for a total of $4,999,902).

  3. Using Discrete Event Simulation to Improve School Mental Health Services, Spencer Foundation, 2021 to 2022, $50,000 (PI: N. von der Embse, Co-PI: K. Christensen).

  4. Project for Center for Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University, 2020 to 2023, $579,737 (PI: S. Sarkar, Co-PIs: J. Wang and K. Christensen).

  5. Serverless HPC: Comparison of GCP to local HPC cluster for a range of workloads, Google GCP Research Credits Program, 2019, $5,000 of GCP credit (PI: K. Christensen).

  6. Collaborative Research: Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path), National Science Foundation, 2016 to 2022, $1,527,307 (USF PI: K. Christensen, USF co-PI: R. Perez, joint with FIU (lead) and UCF for a total of $4,998,732).

  7. CSIT (UCF-USF-FIU) TEAm: An Urban University Coalition Response to Florida's Computer and Information Technology Workforce Needs, Board of Governors Commission on Higher Education Access and Degree Attainment, 2013-2018, $1,425,309 (USF PI: R. Perez, Co-PI: K. Christensen joint with UCF (lead) and FIU for a total of $4,858,413).

  8. CC*DNI Networking Infrastructure: Campus Research Network - High Bandwidth Private Network Path for Research Data from Experiment to Analysis and Back Again at USF, National Science Foundation, 2016 to 2017, $495,645 (PI: T. Fawcett. Co-PI: A. Eddins, J. Walton, J. Krischer, and K. Christensen).

  9. Reducing Electricity Consumption at USF by Using State-of-the-Art Methods to Power Manage Desktop Computers, USF Student Green Energy Fund Council, 2012 to 2013, $50,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: M. Mostowfi and C. Woolley).

  10. New Protocol Semantics and Scheduling Primitives for Energy Efficiency: Burst Coalescing at the Link and Application Layers, Google, 2012, $10,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: P. Reviriego, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija).

  11. A Study on Energy Efficiency for Network Device, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), 2010 to 2012, $100,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  12. Reducing the Energy Consumption of IT: A Focus on Data Centers and End User Devices, USF FESC Seed Grant Initiative, 2010 to 2011, $50,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-Pi: Y. Tu).

  13. Green Networking: Reducing the Energy Use of LAN Switches and Connected Hosts, Cisco Research Center, 2008 to 2009, $39,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  14. Using Laptops to Improve Teaching Effectiveness and Reduce Cost and Dependence on Fixed-Resource PC Labs, USF Innovative Teaching Grants Program, 2008 to 2009, $10,000 plus $10,000 match from College. (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: R. Turner).

  15. NeTS-FIND: Collaborative Research: Architectural Support for Selectively-Connected End Systems: Enabling an Energy-Efficient Future Internet, National Science Foundation, 2007 to 2008, $20,013 (collaborator M. Allman, International Computer Science Institute).

  16. REU Supplement to CNS-0520081, National Science Foundation, 2007 to 2008, $12,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  17. REU Supplement to CNS-0520081, National Science Foundation, 2006 to 2007, $6,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  18. CSE Volunteers: Support for Service Learning, USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities 2006-2007 Faculty Grant Program, 2006 to 2007, $5,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: D. Rundus).

  19. Use of Clickers Versus Web for Evaluation of Classroom Learning, Innovative Teaching Grant Program USF Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence, 2006 to 2007, $4,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: E. Kellner and D. Rundus).

  20. CSE Volunteers: Support for Service Learning, USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities 2005-2006 Service-Learning Grant Program, 2005 to 2006, $2,000 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: D. Rundus).

  21. Collaborative Research (NeTS-NBD): Increasing the Energy Efficiency of the Internet with a Focus on Edge Devices, National Science Foundation, 2005 to 2008, $200,000 plus $15,000 match from Department and College (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: A. George, University of Florida).

  22. An Investigation of Immersive Virtual Reality for Training Nursing Students to Treat Patients in Critical Care Environments, USF College of Nursing and College of Engineering Collaborative Grant Program, 2005 to 2006, $15,000 (PIL Ken Christensen, co-PI: L. Gonzalez).

  23. Student Travel Support for 29th IEEE Local Computer Networks Conference (LCN), National Science Foundation, 2004, $10,300 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  24. RET Supplement to ANI-9875177, National Science Foundation, 2002, $10,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  25. REU Supplement to ANI-9875177," National Science Foundation, 2002, $5,500 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  26. Advances in Networked Video to Improve Safety, Effectiveness, and Security of Florida Spaceport Operations, Florida Space Research and Education Grant Program, 2001, $30,000 (PI; Ken Christensen).

  27. International Travel Grant Support, USF Division of Sponsored Research, 2001, $1,500 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  28. REU Supplement to ANI-9875177, National Science Foundation, 2000, $5,000 (PI: Ken Christensen).

  29. CAREER: Performance Evaluation of Gigabit Ethernet Networks, A Systems and Experimental Approach, National Science Foundation, 1998 to 2002, $276,964 plus $10,000 match from Department and College (PI: Ken Christensen).

  30. Digital and Computer Video Interdisciplinary Center, USF Interdisciplinary Research Center Grant Program, 1999, $80,000, (one of fifteen total faculty founding members, V. Jain primary).

  31. Integrated Domain Engineering for Applications, Honeywell Space Systems Group, Largo, Florida, 1998, $25,000 (PI: M. Varanasi, co-PI: Ken Christensen).

  32. Course Enhancement: Student Web Publishing as a Means of Professional Communications for Enhanced Student and Faculty Interaction, USF Instructional Development Grants Program, 1998, $6,300 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: R. Perez and A. Callahan).

  33. A Technology-Supported "Boot Camp" for Computer Tools for Engineers (EGN 2210), USF Instructional Development Grants Program, 1998 to 1999, $7,500 (PI: Ken Christensen, co-PI: D. Rundus).

  34. Performance Prediction for Large Computer Networks, the Next Step, USF Research and Creative Scholarship Grants Program, 1996 to 1997, $7,500 (PI: Ken Christensen).

Last update on October 30, 2023