Science foundation funds a Texas A&M engineering station to build AI digital twins of small water systems
The National Science Foundation obligated an award to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station on September 9th, 2026. It sits in the Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The work is to build AI-enabled digital twins that predict and manage cascading failures in freshwater infrastructure. The award record carries Artificial Intelligence among its programs. The performing site is College Station and the grant runs to August 31st, 2029. The abstract names no Texas utility. Which water system's data this reaches is not stated.
How to take part
The foundation publishes the award record with its abstract, amount and dates. There is no comment window and no public proceeding attached to an award.
Where
1 county. In College Station-Bryan.
Timeline
- decided
the date the foundation obligated the award
- Today
- expires
the date the award record gives for expiry
1069 days out
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-09-12
Admitted on the foundation's own award record.
- 2026-09-15
The award record still stands as obligated and still gives College Station as the performing site. It still names no Texas utility whose water system the digital twins would model.
- 2026-09-18
The award record still stands as obligated to the engineering experiment station, with the same College Station performing site and the same end date. The abstract still names no Texas utility, so which water system's data this work reaches is still unstated.
- 2026-09-21
The award still sits in the division that obligated it and its abstract still describes digital twins of small water systems. Neither the scope nor the recipient has moved.
- 2026-09-24
The award to the engineering station is unchanged in scope and in recipient. Its abstract still describes digital twins of small community water systems.
- 2026-09-27
The foundation's award for digital twins of small water systems still stands as made.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
The objective of this project is to support research on a new AI-enabled cyber-physical-social paradigm for predicting, managing, and mitigating cascading disruptions in freshwater infrastructure systems.https://api.nsf.gov/services/v1/awards.json?id=2640086&printFields=id, Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: AI-Enabled Digital Twins for Resilient Freshwater Infrastructure and Communities under Cascading Hazardshttps://api.nsf.gov/services/v1/awards.json?id=2640086&printFields=id, Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov
"perfCity":"COLLEGE STATION","perfCountryCode":"US","perfDistrict":"10","perfDistrictCode":"TX10","perfLocation":"Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station","perfStateCode":"TX"https://api.nsf.gov/services/v1/awards.json?id=2640086&printFields=id, Primary source, official · api.nsf.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The National Science Foundation obligated an award to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station on September 9th, 2026. It sits in the Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The work is to build AI-enabled digital twins that predict and manage cascading failures in freshwater infrastructure. The award record carries Artificial Intelligence among its programs. The performing site is College Station and the grant runs to August 31st, 2029. The abstract names no Texas utility. Which water system's data this reaches is not stated.
Who decides it?
National Science Foundation decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The foundation publishes the award record with its abstract, amount and dates. There is no comment window and no public proceeding attached to an award. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Brazos County.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
The next dated step is expires, on August 31st, in 1069 days.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 9th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under research and science.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 27th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Science foundation funds a Texas A&M engineering station to build AI digital twins of small water systems. Tracked since September 9th, 2026. Last verified September 27th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0149/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0149.
Beat
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