Research Grants
AI-driven personalized course material generation for automation and robotics education (05/2025-09/2026)
Funding: NDSU Foundation
Role: Principle Investigator
Disaster response metaverse (DRM) for enhancing community engagement through immersive, interactive experiences (10/2024-06/2025)
Funding: National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Principle Investigator (PI: Dr. Jisoo Park, Indiana State University)
Crowd movement prediction in community events (05/2024-05/2025)
Funding: North Dakota Economic Diversification Research Fund (EDRF)
Role: Principle Investigator
Real-time optimal thermal control for enhancing energy efficiency and occupants' comfort in building using IoT sensors and double deep Q-network (10/2023-09/2024)
Funding: Artificial Intelligence on Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Network (AI SUSTEIN)
Role: Principle Investigator
Enhanced safety of highway construction site using low cost, wearable sensor (07/2023-06/2025)
Funding: Minnesota Department of Transporation
Role: Principle Investigator
STEM distancing learning in Metaverse (05/2023-05/2024)
Funding: NDSU Foundation
Role: Principle Investigator
Object recognition in construction sites using multiple drones (10/2021-05/2022)
Funding: NDSU EPSCoR STEM Research and Education - Seed Award.
Role: Co-Principle Investigator (PI: Dr. Inbae Jeong, NDSU)
Context-awareness for close-proximity human-robot collaboration during construction tasks (10/2021-05/2022)
Funding: ND EPSCoR STEM Research and Education - Seed Award.
Role: Principle Investigator
New faculty start-up award (01/2020~06/2021)
Funding: NDSU EPSCoR New Faculty Start-up Award.
Role: Principle Investigator
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