Current External Grants
G1. NSF, “Collaborative Research: Data Science and Digital Twin for Active Learning in Advanced Manufacturing”, $200,000, Role: PI, Co-PIs: Racheida S Lewis, Percentage Share (70%, $140k), 12/25-11/28
G2. Honda and the Honda USA Foundation, “Climate-smart Manufacturing”, $100,000, Role: PI, 08/25-08/26
G3. NSF, “Ethical Industry 4.0: Embedding Legality, Integrity and Accountability in Digital Manufacturing Ecosystems”, $565,778 + 16,000 REU, Role: PI, Co-PIs: Wenyao Xu, Chi Zhou, Percentage Share (33%, $189k), 12/23-11/26
G4. NSF, “CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Infrastructure Cybersecurity Curriculum Development and Training for Advanced Manufacturing Research Workforce”, $499,983, Role: Co-PI, PI: Wenyao Xu, Percentage Share (25%, $125k), 01/23-12/25
G5. NSF, “FMRG: Cyber: Cyber-coordinated Analytical Framework for Multi-stage Distributed Future Manufacturing Systems”, $2,333,085 + 40,000 REU Supplement, Role: PI, Co-PIs: Chi Zhou, Wenyao Xu, Rong Pan, and Giulia Pedrielli, Percentage Share (20%, $467k + 8k REU Supplement), 11/21-10/26
G6. USDA, “Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities to Enhance Pecan Shelling Processing”, $3,715,690, Role: Co-PI, PI: Beshoy Morkos, Percentage Share (20%, $743k), 01/22-07/26. I joined the project since 08/23
Completed External Grants
G7. MxD (subcontract from Be Global Safety), “Proactive worker safety for Industry 4.0 using AI”, $905,926 (UB share $208,894, including 50% cost share), Role: Co-PI, PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (40%, $84k, including 50% cost share), 02/24-02/25
G8. NAVY (sub-contract from Global Technology Connection, Inc.), “SBIR Phase I: MB.CI: Model-Based Point Cloud Inspection”, $140,000 (UGA share $22,500), Role: UGA PI, Senior Personnel: Wenzhan Song, Percentage Share (60%, $13,500), 12/23-05/24
G9. NYNJ Occupational Safety & Health Center, “A privacy-preserved approach for warehouse workers’ upper extremity fatigue prediction in dynamic tasks”, $12,000, Role: PI, Co-PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (50%, $6k), 07/23-06/24
G10. National Institute Occupational Safety & Health, “Reliability Modeling of Shoulder Fatigue and Recovery for Warehouse Operators Performing Dynamic Tasks”, $361,491, Role: Co-PI, PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (33.3%, $120k), 09/2020 – 09/2023
G11. NYNJ Occupational Safety & Health Center, “Investigation of Electric and Gas Workers' Fatigue and Risk via Real-time Wearable Sensor Data Segmentation, Recognition and Monitoring”, $11,739, Role: PI, Co-PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (50%, $6k), 07/21-06/23
G12. NYNJ Occupational Safety & Health Center, “A Data-driven Framework for Task Recognition via Wearable Sensors for Electric and Gas Workers”, $11,866, Role: PI, Co-PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (50%, $6k), 07/2020 – 06/2022
G13. General Electric Global Research, “Testing the Soteria Worker Safety System”, $31,929, Role: Co-PI, PI: Lora Cavuoto, Percentage Share (40%, $12k), 01/2020 – 12/2020
Internal Grants
G14. UGA Learning Technology Grant, $25,000, “AI Agents Meet Mechanical Engineering”, Role: PI, 08/25-06/26
G15. UGA Engineering Seed (E-SEED) Funding, “Safe, Private and Secure Human Robotic Collaboration”, $20,000, Role: PI (Co-PIs: Zichen Gui, Beiwen Li, Le Guan), 08/25-06/26
G16. UGA Research Engagement and Collaboration Handshake (REACH) Funding, $1,000, Role: PI, 09/25-06/26
G17. UGA Teaching Enhancement and Innovation (TEI) Funding, $5,000, Role: PI, 08/25-06/26
G18. UGA Teaching Enhancement and Innovation (TEI) Funding, $3,000, Role: PI, 08/24-05/25
G19. UGA IIPA pre-seed grant for team building, “Future Agriculture: Joining the Force of Farmers, Machines, Sensors, Social Science and Data Science”, $5,000, Role: PI, 10/23-10/24
G20. UB Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART), “AMLens: Interpretable and Interactive Human-technology Partnership for Additive Manufacturing Quality Excellence”, $25,000, Role: PI, Co-PI: Chi Zhou, Ann Bisantz, Vojislav Kalanovic, Kevin Hulme, Percentage Share (40%, $10k), 9/2018 – 8/2019
G21. Buffalo Blue Sky, “Exploring Ethical 3D Printing”, $40,000, Role: Co-PI, PI: Wenyao Xu, Percentage Share (33.3%, $13k), 07/2018 – 06/2020
G22. UB Innovative Micro-Programs Accelerating Collaboration in Themes (IMPACT), “Smart 2D Material Synthesis: Data and Knowledge-driven MoS2 Growth, Experimental Design, Modeling, and Control”, $30,000, Role: Co-PI, PI: Minghui Zheng, Percentage Share (33.3%, $10k), 01/2018 – 01/2019