Projects

National Science Foundation (NSF)

PI. FW-HTF-RM: Collaborative Research: Assistive Intelligence for Cooperative Robot and Inspector Survey of Infrastructure Systems (AI-CRISIS). National Science Foundation. $402,045. 09/2020-08/2023. (Credit: 100%).

PI. INTERN: NRI: INT: COLLAB: Intelligent Human-Robot Collaboration for Smart Factory. National Science Foundation. $109,999. 05/2021-09/2022. (Credit: 100%).

PI. Supplement: CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Sensing, Modeling, and Control with Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing Workforce Training and Operations Management. National Science Foundation. $30,000. 2/2017-7/2021. (Credit: 100%).

PI. NRI: INT: COLLAB: Intelligent Human-Robot Collaboration for Smart Factory. National Science Foundation. $1.5M. 09/2018-09/2022. (Credit: 60%). $667,656 to Stony Brook University as the lead institution.

Former-PI. CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Sensing, Modeling, and Control with Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing Workforce Training and Operations Management. National Science Foundation. $701,287. 2/2017-7/2021. (Credit: 45%). $117,506 to Stony Brook University as a subcontract.

PI. CAREER: Microscopy Image Analysis to Aid Biological Discovery: Optics, Algorithms and Community. National Science Foundation. $504,148. 05/2014-04/2020. (Credit: 100%)

Co-I. The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants and Community. National Science Foundation. $20,000,000. 08/2014-08/2019. ($1,251,378 to MST, my credit: 55%, $661,431)

Co-PI. Cellphone-Enabled Water Citizen Science for Data and Knowledge Generation: WatCitSci. National Science Foundation. $72,047. 11/2017-10/208. (Credit: 25%)

PI. Automated Attendance Check by Using Smartphone Cameras. National Science Foundation. $50,000. 1/2015-6/2016. (Credit: 100%)

Co-PI. Infrastructure to Support Integrated Research and Education in Socially Intelligent Computing at MST. National Science Foundation. $281,680. 06/2012-05/2016. (Credit: 40%)

Department of Energy (DoE)

PI. Robust Bullet-time Tagging and Tracking System based on Computer Vision for Individual Ex-core TRISO-fueled Pebble Identification. Department of Energy. $180,000. 10/2020-09/2023. (Credit: 100%)

Department of Transportation (DoT)

Co-PI. Crash Prediction and Avoidance by Identifying and Evaluating Risk Factors from Onboard Cameras. Mid-America Transportation Center. $75,000. 01/2019-09/2020. (Credit: 50%)

Co-PI. A Training Framework of Robotic Operation and Image Analysis for Decision-making in Bridge Inspection and Preservation – Year 2. Department of Transportation. $80,000. 01/2019-09/2020. (Credit: 40%)

PI. Automated image interpretation of hazardous material transport incidents. Mid-America Transportation Center. $60,000. 01/2018-12/2018. (Credit: 100%)

Co-PI. A Training Framework of Robotic Operation and Image Analysis for Decision-making in Bridge Inspection and Preservation – Year 1. Department of Transportation. $80,000. 01/2018-12/2018. (Credit: 30%)

Co-I. Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration. Department of Transportation. $7.5M. 11/2016-09/2022. (Credit: 2%)

PI. Freeway Travel Time Estimation using Existing Fixed Traffic Sensors. Missouri Dept. of Transportation. $77,362. 08/2013-02/2015. (Credit: 100%)

PI. Freeway Travel Time Estimation using Existing Fixed Traffic Sensors - A Computer Vision Based Vehicle Matching Approach. Mid-America Transportation Center. $38,681. 08/2013-02/2015. (Credit: 100%)

PI. Develop a Robotic UAV Platform for Automated Bridge Inspection. Mid-America Transportation Center. $30,000. 08/2013-02/2015. (Credit: 100%)

PI. A Quadcopter with Heterogeneous Sensors for Autonomous Bridge Inspection. Mid-America Transportation Center. $26,388. 09/2012-12/2013. (Credit: 100%)

Department of Education

Co-PI. Inter-Disciplinary Program in Graduate Engineering Education for Creating Knowledge Engineers and Scientists for the Emerging US Automated Mining Systems Toward Zero Fatality. $746,250. 08/2019-07/2022. (Credit: 30%)

Co-PI. A Doctoral Program in Big Data, Machine Learning, and Analytics for Security and Safety. $597,000. 07/2019-06/2022. (Credit: 12.5%)

Co-PI. A Doctoral Program in Security and Privacy in Mobile Social Network Space. Dept. of Education. $544,420. 09/2012-8/2015. (Credit: 16%)

Industry

Co-PI. A Method for Change Management in Additive Manufacturing. Boeing. $40,000. 01/2019-12/2019. (Credit: 33%)

PI. Lung segmentation and disease classification in CT images. 12 Sigma Technologies Inc. $44,125. 05/2018-05/2019. (Credit: 100%)

PI. Developing Active Trackers for Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance. Lockheed Martin. $35,000. 04/2013-10/2013. (Credit: 100%)

PI. Accurate Object Segmentation and Detection for Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance. Lockheed Martin. $35,000. 06/15/2012-12/20/2012. (Credit: 100%)