Grants/Projects

@ Korea (Kyung Hee University)

1. National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, 우수신진연구과제,  Spatiotemporal monitoring and prediction of geohazards using multiple satellite remote sensing methods (인공위성 원격탐사(SAR, CubeSat) 활용 급진적·점진적 지반재해 시공간 관측 및 예측), PI, 2025-2030. 

2. National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea,  International Network Program, International Network Development to Prepare Urban Climate-Inducing Compound Disasters (국제도심지 기후복합재난 대응 미래안전도시 건설을 위한 국제 세미나 프로그램),  PI, 2023-2023

3. National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, BRIDGE 융합연구개발사업, 나노광학-머신러닝 기반의 건축물 안전 및 재난 관리를 위한 스마트 모니터링 기술개발, co-PI, 2023-2027.

4. 롯데건설(Lotte E&C) "굴착공사 기술안전 사고 방지를 위한 GIS 분석 고도화 및 프로세스 구축", PI, 2023

5. 경희대 (KHU), 우수신진연구사업, "Sustainable material solution for CO2 reduction and cost-effectiveness: Convert waste materials to beneficial construction materials," PI, 2022-2023

6. 경희대(KHU), 미래선도신진연구사업, “Predict Urban Geohazards using Satellite Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence (AI),” PI, 2023-2025.

@USA (University of Central Florida) - total 25 research projects (over $6 M)

International/National Grants:

• 1. National Institute of Health (NIH), "In-Vehicle Sensors to Detect Cognitive Change in Older Adults", Subaward from Florida Atlantic University (Lead PI: Ruth Tappen), Co-PI (UCF PI: Mustapha Mouloua), 2021-2026.

  2. National Science Foundation (NSF), "RAPID: Monitoring and modeling the transport of contaminated water from sinkhole in Mulberry Florida," Co-PI (PI: Dingbao Wang), 2016-2017.Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), “Case Study of Rapid Response Research Projects in International Context,” PI, 2020.

  3. Rural Development Administration, Korea, "Enhancement of the natural hazard response system in rural communities by benchmarking the U.S.A. hazard response system", PI, 2016-2018. 

  4. Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA), "Performance improvement of RDD and development of analysis software for road sink," Co-PI (PI: H. Andrew Yun), 2015-2019.

  5.  Korean Railroad Research Institute (KRRI), "Improvement of concrete strength by using grapheme oxide (GO)," PI, 2016.

  6. Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), "Survey for evaluation methods and current status of the Report Card for America's Infrastructure and recommendations for the development of the Korea Report Card," Co-PI (PI: H. Andrew Yun), 2015-2016.

  7. Transportation Research Board Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Award, “Transition of the RDD from a Screening Tool to an Evaluation Tool for Airfield Pavement Projects”, PI, 2009-2010.

State / In-house Grants:

• 1. FDOT, "Validate and update the sinkhole index," PI, 2021-2023

  2. FDOT, "Prediction Model of Vibration-Induced Settlement due to Pile Driving," Co-PI (PI: Luis Arboleda), 2019-2021.

  3. FDOT, "Development of statistical models to predict the comprehensibility of Florida's soils," sole PI, 2017-2018.

  4. FDOT, "Field study of Recycled Concrete Aggregate in French drain," PI, 2016-2017.

  5. FDOT, "Development of sinkhole risk evaluation program," PI, 2016-2017.

  6. FDOT, “Evaluating the Use of Waste-to-Energy Bottom Ash as Road Construction Materials,” PI, 2012-2014.

  7. FDOT, “Investigation of Reflective Cracking Mitigation Techniques,” PI, 2012-2014.

  8. FDOT “Evaluating the Use of Reclaimed Concrete Aggregate in French Drains,” PI, 2012-2013.

  9. FDOT, "Evaluation of vibration limits and mitigation techniques for urban construction," Co-PI, 2011-2013.

  10. Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, “Evaluating the Use of Construction and Demolition Debris as Alternative     Ingredient Materials, Co-PI (PI: A. Behzadan), 2011-2012.

  11. UCF, In-House Infrastructure Grant, University of Central Florida, "Mobile Multi-Modality Sensing System (3MS2) for Smart-City Infrastructure, Multi-Hazard Environment, and Future-Engineer Education," Co-PI, 2021.

  12. UCF, In-House Research Grant, University of Central Florida, “Characterizing sinkhole hazards in Florida”, PI, 2013-2014.

  13. UCF, In-House Major Research Equipment, University of Central Florida, “Joint Proposal for a Multi-Purpose Testing System in Situ Characterization of the Mechanics of Advanced Structures and Materials”, PI, 2013.

Industry Research/Consulting Projects:

1. Universal Engineering Sciences, PI, Soil nutrient  testing - chemical characterization, 2020 

2. Terracon Foundation Award 2020, PI, 2020-2021.Sinkhole monitoring and prediction

3. TradeMark Nitrogen Corp.,  Proof of Concept for a Strontium based formulation for use as concrete surface hardening agent, co-PI (PI: Swadesh Santra), 2018-2020.

4. Terracon Foundation, "Terracon sinkhole research laboratory in the Florida Sinkhole Research Institute (FSRI) at UCF," PI, 2015-2016.

5. EDEN Site Development, Inc. "Investigating what to be expected from geotechnical engineering reports," PI, 2014-2015.