{"id":26613,"date":"2024-08-30T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?p=26613"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:03:16","slug":"castelblanco-and-team-receive-300k-nsf-award-for-ai-in-engineering-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/castelblanco-and-team-receive-300k-nsf-award-for-ai-in-engineering-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Castelblanco and Team Receive $300K NSF Award for AI in Engineering Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Dr. Gabriel Castelblanco and his collaborators from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fcez and Bayam\u00f3n received a $300K research award from the National Science Foundation for their collaborative project focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to support personalized learning in engineering education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details about the project, visit the official NSF award page: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2421131&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2421131&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">NSF Award #2421131<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-8bd1e0fc wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/07\/award-announcement-hsi-pilot-project-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"Castelblanco and Team Receive $300K NSF Award for AI in Engineering Education\" class=\"uag-image-26615\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" title=\"award-announcement-hsi-pilot-project\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" 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