07.27.16

Hoeven Announces More Than $360,000 Grant for NDSU to Conduct Technology Research

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the National Science Foundation’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) has awarded $362,865 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) to conduct research to develop wireless communication technologies including bio-medical scanners, wearable weapons scanners and extreme environment circuits for use in outer space.

“Today’s CNS grant to NDSU will fund research for a variety of areas and will affect many industries, from healthcare to military and defense,” Hoeven said. “In addition to research, these funds will help train NDSU graduate and undergraduate students in using state-of-the-art computers and digital communication technologies.”

-###-