Dr. Byrd Receives Seed for Success Acorn Award

On November 1, 2023, Dr. Vetria Byrd was honored by Purdue with the Seeds of Success award. The award recognizes Purdue principal investigators and co-investigators who obtain their first research grants with external funding of $1 million or more for a single proposal project. This year’s ceremony honored winners from the past three years, because award ceremonies were cancelled in 2020, 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-related restrictions. Dr. Byrd, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of Computer Graphics Technology, is part of a multidisciplinary research team awarded a five-year $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a new institute for geospatial data-driven scientific research. Purdue research investigators are responsible for $2.5 million. Dr. Byrd is the first CGT faculty to receive an Acorn Award.