Research Grants

As Principal Investigator:

1. SHB:Type II(INT): Synthesizing Self-Model and Mirror Feedback Imageries with Applications to Behavior Modeling for Children with Autism

• Co-P.I.: Ramesh Bhatt, Lisa Ruble, and Neelkamal Soares
• Agency: National Science Foundation (Award #1237134)
• Amount: $798,912 (September 2012 – December 2017)

2. Novel visualization and affect-sensitive digital storybook systems for enhancing reading comprehension and literacy skills of children with ASD

• Multi. P.I.: Radhika Santhanam, Karla Conn Welch, Robert Pennington
• Agency: University of Kentucky and University of Louisville
• Amount: $100,000 (January 2014 – December 2015)

3. Video Interface for Behavioral Evaluation

• Co-P.I.: None
• Agency: National Science Foundation (Award #1444022)
• Amount: $50,000 (July 2014 – December 2014)

4. Privacy Protection of Multimedia Processing

• Co-P.I.: None
• Agency: National Science Foundation (Award #1018241)
• Amount: $357,583 (August 2010 – August 2014)

5. Utilizing Video Data to Evaluate Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders

• Joint P.I.: Nealkamal Soares and Brea Perry
• Agency: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Kentucky
• Amount: $12,191 (January 2011 – December 2011)

6. Privacy Protecting Video Surveillance

• Co-P.I.: Ruigang Yang and Michael Hail
• Agency: Department of Homeland Security (Award # 2004-IJ-CK-K055)
• Amount: $694,613 (January 2006 – December 2009)

7. Industry Collaboration Fund

• Co-P.I.: None
• Companies: Washington Software Incorporated and others
• Amount: $35,500 (July 2008 - present)

8. Privacy Protecting Video Surveillance

• Co.-P.I.: None
• Agency: Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
• Amount: $5,000 (October 2005 – October 2006)

9. University of Kentucky Startup Fund

• Co.-P.I.: None
• Agency: College of Engineering, University of Kentucky
• Amount: $140,000 (August 2004 – August 2006)

As co-Principal Investigator (Total = $3,151,257):

1. Kentucky Industrial Assessment Center (KIAC): Developing the Next Generation Energy Assessment Engineering Workforce

• P.I.: Don Colliver
• Agency: Department of Energy
• Amount: $305,000 (October 2016 – August 2018)

2. Visual Scan Patterns in Response to Self- and Other-Modeled Emotion in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

• P.I.: Theodore Hutman
• Agency: UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute Scholars Award
• Amount: $30,000 (September 2013 – August 2014)

3. Visualization for Training and Simulation in Night Environments

• P.I.: Bruce Walcott
• Agency: Lockheed Martin
• Amount: $982,425 (January 2012 – August 2013)

4. Privacy enabled video capture technologies of children’s behavior

• P.I.: Xiaoyi Yu (Peking University, China)
• Agency: National Natural Science Foundation (China)
• Amount: ~$15,000 (January 2011 – December 2011)

5. Large Rapidly Deployable Immersive Visualization for Training and Simulation in Urban Terrains

• P.I.: Bruce Walcott
• Agency: United States Army
• Amount: $910,332 (May 2006 – September 2010)

6. Anti-Sniper Infrared Targeting Systems (ASITS) Phase III

• P.I.: Daniel Lau
• Company: M2 Technologies Inc.
• Amount: $922,000 (January 2007 – July 2008)