AI Embodied Biomimetic Soft Robot for Superior Vision in Minimally Invasive Surgery

10/01/2025 – 09/30/2028，Co-PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $1,038,318

I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Contextual Robotic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent for Field Tasks in Construction and Project-Based Industries

09/15/2025 – 08/31/2026，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $50,000

Architected Materials for Extreme Resistance in Coastal Applications (AMERICA)

08/01/2025 – 07/31/2026，Co-PI
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · $1,175,000.

Collaborative Research: Multimodal Immersive Training to Develop Expertise in Spatial-Temporal Reasoning for Fire Investigations

09/01/2025 – 08/31/2028，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $169,235

SCH: Enhancing Women Musculoskeletal Disorder Understanding and Rehabilitation through Wearable Intelligent Soft Exosuits

07/15/2025 – 06/3/2029，Senior Personnel
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $1,000,000

Elements: A Convergent Physics-based and Data-driven Computing Platform for Building Modeling

09/2023 – 08/2026，Co-PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $584,094

SCC-PG: Securing Underserved Communities from Drug Abuse with Drone-Based Smart Medication Delivery

04/2023 – 03/2024，Co-PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $150,000

Lignin-Derived Carbon Storing Foams for High Performance Insulation

11/2022 – 10/2024，Co-PI
Department of Energy (DOE) · $2,707,550

FW-HTF-R: Fair4Wise: Future AI and Robots for Women in Smart Engineering

09/2022 – 08/2025，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $1,807,743

I-Corps: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled and Digital Twin Interactive Robots for Facility Hygiene and Human Health

07/2022 – 12/2023，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $49,971

STEM Education and Apprenticeship Liaison (SEAL) for Navy

05/2022 – 04/2025，Senior Personnel
Office of Naval Research (ONR) · $600,000

FW-HTF-R/Collaborative Research: Human-Robot Sensory Transfer for Worker Productivity, Training, and Quality of Life in Remote Undersea Inspection and Construction Tasks

12/2021 – 11/2025，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $224,999

CPS: Medium: Bio-socially Adaptive Control of Robotics-Augmented Building-Human Systems for Infection Prevention by Cybernation of Pathogen Transmission

01/2021 – 12/2024，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $1,199,129

SCC-PG: Toward Disease-Resistant School Communities by Reinventing the Interface among Built Environments, Occupants, and Microbiomes

10/2020 – 4/2022，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $149,998

Drones and Other Technologies to Assist in Disaster Relief Efforts

09/2020 – 2/2022，PI
Tennessee Department of Transportation · $149,999

Smart Design and Operation of Ventilation Systems to Reduce Indoor Pathogen Transmission

09/2020 – 12/2020，PI
Trimble, Inc. · $9,956

RAPID: Impacts of Design and Operation Attributes of Mass-Gathering Civil Infrastructure Systems on Pathogen Transmission and Exposure

05/2020 – 8/2022，PI
National Science Foundation (NSF) · $199,809

Pollutant Sourcing Identification in Impaired Surface Waters

03/2020 – 02/2021，Co-PI
United States Geological Survey · $75,493

CRII: CPS: Coupling Subsurface Features with Connected Autonomous Vehicles as Networked Cyber-Physical Systems for Reciprocal Mapping and Localization

05/2019 – 4/2022，PI

National Science Foundation (NSF) · $175,000

Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration Assessment Using Ground Penetrating Radar

01/2019 – 5/2021，PI
Tennessee Department of Transportation · $149,681