09/15/2017 12:00:00 AM Campus NewsDepartment of Electrical EngineeringScience/Technologystory Shengli Fu An open platform drone with a customizable central processing unit is the goal of Shengli Fu, associate professor and chair of electrical engineering. The National Science Foundation awarded him a $250,000 grant to research and develop the drone, which researchers in computer and information sciences and engineering could tailor to fit their needs. The three-year grant is part of $1 million that has been divided among UNT, the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Applications range from emergency response to agriculture monitoring and environmental testing.