Guillermo A. Francia, III, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Innovation
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JSU Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Grants and Projects
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Connected Autonomous Vehicle Security. ($258,500). Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). (June 2022 - May 2024)
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Enabling Cyber and Electronic Warfare Advantage Through Cutting-edge Research on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Cybersecurity Scenario-based Training. ($249,642). Funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). (October 29, 2020- October 28, 2021)
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Analyzing and Securing Vehicular Control and Embedded Devices. ($73,650). Funded by the Cyber Florida Collaborative Seed Program. (July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020).
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Vehicular Control & Embedded Systems Security: Outreach to DoD.($149,351). Funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). (September 01, 2019-August 30, 2020).
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Design and Implementation of an Energy Cyber-Physical System Laboratory Testbed. ($101,256). Funded by the UWF-Instructional Technology Enhancement Project (ITEP). (May 01, 2019- April 30, 2021).
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NSA-DHS CAE UWF Regional Resource Center for the Southeastern Region. ($123,166). Funded by the NSA. (April 01, 2019-September 30, 2020).
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Cybersecurity Workforce Education-CNAP Initiatives Grant ($119,021). Funded by the National Security Agency (NSA) with grant award #H98230-17-1-0326. (September, 2017-August 2018)
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JSU GenCyber Teacher Camp for Cyber Security Project. ($99,529). Funded by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) with grant award #H98230-17-1-0164. (April, 2017-March, 2018)
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JSU GenCyber Teacher Camp for Cyber Security Project. ($98,780). Funded by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) with grant award #H98230-16-1-0168. (April 28, 2016-April 27, 2017)
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Capacity Building for Control Systems Security Collaborative Project. ($229,296). Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Scholarship for Service (SFS) Capacity Building Program grant award #1515636. (September 2015-August 2018)
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Real-time Continuous Security Monitoring of Industrial Control Systems Through Intelligent Data Aggregation, Visualization, and Analytics Project($134,943). (funded by the Department of Defense-National Security Agency (DoD-NSA) CAE Cybersecurity Research Program ). (September 01, 2015-August 30, 2016)
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DoD-NSA Information Assurance Scholarship Program ($33,653). (funded by the Department of Defense-National Security Agency Information Assurance Scholarship Program ). (September 2013-August 30, 2014)
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DoD-NSA Capacity Building Grant-Outreach to Academia Program ($50,308). (funded by the Department of Defense-National Security Agency Information Assurance Scholarship Program ). (October 2012-December 2013)
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Community Resilience Project--Community & Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI)($329,485). (funded by the Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ). (Sept 2010-August 2011)
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DoD-NSA Capacity Building Grant and Information Assurance Scholarship Program ($77,978). (funded by the Department of Defense-National Security Agency Information Assurance Scholarship Program ). (Sept 2010-December 2011)
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"MRI-R2:Acquisition for the Critical Infrastructure Security and Assessment Laboratory (CISAL)" Project. ($415,600). (funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of CyberInfrastructure (OCI) grant award #0959687). (May 2010-April 2013)
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Enhanced Mathematics, Computer, and Engineering Technology Scholarship II (EMCETS II) Project ($500,000). (funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under DUE grant award #0726486). (January, 2008-December, 2013)
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Fulbright Scholarship Lecture Award to Malta . (funded by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) (January-June,2007).
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Digital Forensic Toolkit (DFT) and Automated Compliance Verification Toolkit (ACVT). ($2,065). (funded by the JSU Faculty Research Committee, 2006-2007).
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Collaborative Learning System Tools ($2,000). (funded by the Academic Center for Excellence through a Department of Education Title III grant).
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Enhanced Mathematics, Computer, and Engineering Technology Scholarship Project ($400,000). (funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under DUE grant award #0122767).
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Integration of Wireless Technologies into an Undergraduate Networks Exploration Laboratory ($59,500). (funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant award #0125635).
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Versatile Networks Laboratory (VeNeLa) Project ($37,500). (funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant award #9950946).
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Web Enabled Automatic Test Generation and Management System (WEATGAMS) ($2000). (funded by the Department of Education (DOE) under the Title III grant award on Academic Center for Excellence).
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Web Enabled Basic Knowledge Accessibility Project (WEBKAP) ($2000). (funded by the Department of Education (DOE) under the Title III grant award on Academic Center for Excellence).
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Automated and Intelligent Academic Advising System ($5,000) (funded by Microsoft Corp).
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Corrosion Instrument Microcontroller (MCS-51) Software Engineering Project (funded by Metal Samples Co./Alabama Research and Development).