Projects

Funded Research Grants

A total of 32 externally funded projects, and 7 internal projects as of 7/2024. Total amount $18,766,860, institutional allocation $7,046,293, my shared-credits $2,755,180.

External Grants

  1. PI. “Immersive and Interactive Training on Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Technologies for Critical Emergency Response Workers”. U.S. Department of Energy. $2.5M. 2025-2028 (announced, under negotiation).
  2. PSU PI. “ATMA for Work Zone Safety”. USDOT SMART Program. 2024-2026 (announced, under negotiation).
  3. PI. Pennsylvania Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Program Data Collection and Analysis (Phase 2: Post Award). Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 2024-2026.
  4. PI. “PennDOT Act 130 Reporting: Evaluating the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). 2024-2024.
  5. PI. “Pennsylvania Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Program Data Collection and Analysis (Phase 1: Pre-Application Planning)”. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 2022-2023.
  6. PI. Enhance Autonomous Truck-Mounted Attenuator System Resiliency in a GPS-denied Environment. Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). 2023-2024.
  7. PI. “Development of ATMA/AIPV Deployment Guidelines Considering Traffic and Safety Impacts.” Autonomous Maintenance Technology Pool Fund through Colorado DOT. 2023 – 2024
  8. PSU PI. “Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVST) Innovation: Streetlight Charging in City Right-of-Way.” Department of Energy. 2019 – 2023
  9. PI. “Systematic Documentation for Autonomous Maintenance Technology Promotion and Deployment.” Autonomous Maintenance Technology Pool Fund through Colorado DOT. 2023 – 2025
  10. PSU PI. “Electrifying Terminal Trucks in Unincentivized Markets.” Department of Energy. 2020 – 2023
  11. PSU PI. “Analyzing the Impact of Autonomous Maintenance Technology to Transportation Infrastructure Capacity for Condition Monitoring and Performance Management”. USDOT through National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension (NCTriDurLE). 2021-2023.
  12. PSU PI. “Preparation of Pavement Infrastructure for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Deployment – Phase I”. USDOT through National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension (NCTriDurLE). 2022-2023.
  13. PSU PI. “AI-Based Prediction Models for Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management Data Hub – Phase I”. USDOT through National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension (NCTriDurLE). 2022-2023.
  14. PI. “Field Evaluation of Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator Vehicles During Live Work Zone Operations”. Micro System Inc. 2022-2023.

​Internal Grants

  1. Co-PI. Penn State Zero-Emission Fleet Implementation. Penn State Student Fee Board. In collaboration with The Sustainability Institute, Office of the Physical Plant, and Penn State Transportation Service. 2023-2025.
  2. PI. “Socially Responsible AI for Autonomous Vehicles”. Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence. PennState. 2022-2023

Grants before joining PennState

  1. Co-PI of Missouri S&T. National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension (NCTriDurLE) – a National University Transportation Center. US Department of Transportation. 2020-2022.
  2. Co-PI. Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration (INSPIRE) – a Tier-1 University Transportation Center. US Department of Transportation. 2020.
  3. Optimization of Transportation Infrastructure System Performance with Autonomous Maintenance Technology in Work Zones. US Department of Transportation through Mid-America Transportation Center. 2020-2021.
  4. Co-PI. Transportation Safety Training in Rural Areas: An Exploration of Virtual Reality and Driving Simulation in Driver Response and Awareness. US Department of Transportation through Mid-America Transportation Center. 2020-2021.
  5. Co-PI. GAANN: A Fellowship Program in Civil Engineering for Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience with Emerging Technologies. Department of Education. 2022-2024.
  6. Co-PI (Missouri S&T PI). Electrifying Terminal Trucks in Unincentivized Markets. Department of Energy. 2020-2022.
  7. Systematic Documentation for Autonomous Maintenance Technology Promotion and Deployment. Colorado Department of Transportation. 2020-2022.
  8. How Bad is COVID-19 Hurting Electric Vehicle Usage and Mobility Patterns? -A Case Study in Kansas City Missouri for Agency and Industry Decision-Makings. 4/2020-6/2020. Google.
  9. Co-PI (Missouri S&T PI). Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVST) Innovation: Streetlight Charging in City Right-of-Way. Department of Energy. 2019-2022.
  10. Development of ATMA/AIPV Deployment Guidelines Considering Traffic and Safety Impacts. Colorado Department of Transportation. 2019-2022.
  11. Development of ATMA/AIPV Deployment Guidelines Considering Traffic and Safety Impacts. US Department of Transportation through Mid-America Transportation Center. Cash match to CDOT project above. 2020-2021. Missouri S&T.
  12. Analyzing the Impact of Autonomous Maintenance Technology to Transportation Infrastructure Capacity for Condition Monitoring and Performance Management. 2019-2021. US Department of Transportation through National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension (NCTriDurLE).
  13. Co-PI. GAANN: Preparing Interdisciplinary Professionals for Rebuilding/Engineering Resilient Infrastructure of the Nation. Department of Education.
  14. Co-PI (Missouri S&T PI). Missouri DOT Leader-Follower TMA System. Missouri Department of Transportation. 2018-2020.
  15. Development of Autonomous Trucks Operation Guidelines and Driver Training Process. US Department of Transportation through Mid-America Transportation Center. 2018-2020.
  16. Evaluation of Route 160 Widening Project: A Before-and-After Study with Driving Simulator. Crawford, Murphy & Tilly. 2018-2019.
  17. Co-PI and Project Manager. Pay-As-You-Drive-And-You-Save (PAYDAYS) Insurance Actuarial Study. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). 9/2013-9/2016
  18. Co-PI. Exploring Emerging Traffic Data Collection for Transportation Planning and Operations using the Metropia System. Pima Association of Governments. Mar 2015-June 2016.
  19. Utilizing DynuStudio-DynusT Dynamic Traffic Assignment Software Suite to model Fuzhou transportation network. Fujian University of Technology. Sept 2016.
  20. Co-PI, Preparing Multidisciplinary Datahub for Digital and Intelligent Infrastructure System –Preliminary Phase. 2020-2021. Center for Intelligent Infrastructure. Missouri S&T.
  21. ConnectSafe: Connect Usage Based Insurance, Transportation Big Data and Socioeconomic Behavioral Research in Building a Safe-Driving Community. Missouri S&T Smart Living Research Center. 8/2018-7/2019.
  22. Co-PI. Evaluation and Behavioral Interventions for Safe Deployment of Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuators Vehicles: A Driving Simulator Based Study. Missouri S&T Intelligent Systems Center. 8/2019-5/2020.