Research Grants

[13] G. Manimaran and C.C. Liu, "Cyber Security of Electric Power Infrastructure: Risk Modeling and Mitigation," National Science Foundation (NSF), Sep. 15, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2012.

[12] C.C. Liu and G. Manimaran, "Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Distribution Feeder Reconfiguration in a Modern Grid," Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), June 2008 - Dec. 2009.

[11] G. Manimaran and C-C. Liu, "Cyber Security of Electric Power Systems," Electric Power Research Center (EPRC), Jan. 2006 - Aug. 2009.

[10]  G. Manimaran, "Tactical TCP: End-to-end Throughput Enhancement," DARPA Project, Subcontract from Architecture Technology Corporation (ATC), Jan. 1, 2005 - June 15, 2006.

[9] V. Vittal, G. Manimaran, M. Salapaka, A.K. Somani, and Z. Wang, "SST - Sensor Network Design for a Secure National Electric Infrastructure," National Science Foundation (NSF), Sep. 1, 2004 - Aug. 31, 2008.

[8] G. Manimaran, "DiffServ-Aware Multicast," (with REU supplement), National Science Foundation (NSF), Sep. 1, 2003 - Aug. 31, 2007. (This is a collaborative proposal with Prof. Prasant Mohapatra, UC Davis).

[7] G. Manimaran and B. Steward, "Real-time Scheduling in Precision Agricultural Engineering Applications," ICube Research Initiation Grant, Iowa State University, Jan. 1, 2004 - July 1, 2004.

[6] B. Steward, S. Birrell, G. Manimaran, "Real-Time Machine Vision Early Stage Corn Population and Spacing Estimation," Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Jan. 1, 2004 - Dec. 31, 2004.

[5] S. Kothari, D. Berleant, and G. Manimaran, "Software Engineering Educational Grant," Guidant Inc., Year 2002-2003.

[4] G. Manimaran, M.V. Salapaka, and A.K. Somani, "Robust Real-Time System Resource Management Using Feedback," (with REU supplement), National Science Foundation (NSF), Feb. 1, 2001 - July 30, 2003.

[3] V. Vittal and G. Manimaran, "Damage Assessment, Control, and Restoration of Electric Power Grid Following Catastrophic Disturbances," National Science Foundation (NSF), Aug. 16 2000 - Aug. 15, 2001.

[2] A. K. Somani, S.C. Kothari, and G. Manimaran, "CAVE: Common Affordable Vehicle Electronics," Lockheed-Martin Corporation, May 2000 - May 2001.

[1] G. Manimaran, "Challenges to Achieve Dependable Group Communication, University Research Grant, Iowa State University, July 1, 1999 - Dec. 30, 2000.

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Honors / Awards

[9] 2009 - Mervin Coover Distinguished Service Award, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University.

[8] 2009 - VEISHEA Outstanding Professor Award, selected by students at College of Engineering, Iowa State University.

[7] 2008 - Best IT Innovation Award, for Real-Time System Visualization Tool (co-authored with Dr. Sritharan and others),. 6th Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Annual Meeting, 2008.

[6] 2004 - 2005: Litton Chair Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University.

[5] 2003 - Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, Iowa State University, 2003.

[4] 1999 - Won the Best Paper Award , for the paper" Unit-oriented communication in real-time multihop networks," (co-authored with R. Balaji and C. Siva Ram Murthy), 6th Intl. Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Calcutta, India, Dec. 17-20, 1999. [ps]

[3] 1998 - Awarded the Young Scientist Award, by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) for the year 1998, 85th Indian Science Congress, Hyderabad, Jan. 3-7, 1998.

[2] 1997 - Won the Best Solution Paper Award, for the paper" DREAD: Distributed REal-time Air Defense System '"(co-authored with Anand Manikutty, Shashidhar Merugu, and C. Siva Ram Murthy) for challenge problem problem on "Distributed Real-time Air Defense System," 5th IEEE Intl. Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems (WPDRTS), Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 1-3, 1997. [ps]

[1] 1996 - Won the Best Student Paper Award, for the paper "Fault-tolerant dynamic scheduling algorithms for real-time multiprocessor systems," Computer Society of India (CSI) Annual Convention, Bangalore, India, Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 1996.