{"id":223,"date":"2016-09-29T03:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T03:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umass.edu\/hyoshinpark\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:51:46","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"proj-wrap\">\n<div class=\"proj-stats-row\">\n  <div class=\"proj-stat\"><span class=\"proj-stat-num\">$2.4M+<\/span><span class=\"proj-stat-label\">Awarded to John<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"proj-stat\"><span class=\"proj-stat-num\">$45M+<\/span><span class=\"proj-stat-label\">Total as Principle -Senior Investigator<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"proj-stat\"><span class=\"proj-stat-num\">34<\/span><span class=\"proj-stat-label\">Funded Projects<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"proj-stat\"><span class=\"proj-stat-num\">13<\/span><span class=\"proj-stat-label\">Agencies<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-filter-label\">Filter by Sponsor<\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-filters\" id=\"proj-sf\">\n  <button class=\"proj-filter active\">All<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">NSF<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">NASA \/ JPL<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">USDOT<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">AFRL<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">ONR<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">VIPC<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">State DOTs<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">MSC<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter\">ICAR<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-filter-label\">Filter by Topic<\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-filters proj-filters-topic\" id=\"proj-tf\">\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic active\">All Topics<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Agentic AI<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Adaptive Path Planner<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">BVLOS<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Physics-informed<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Data-driven<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Knowledge Discovery<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Self-learning<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Weather-adaptive UAS<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Heterogeneous Teams<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Hurricane Sensing<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Multimodal<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Personalization<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Healthcare Access<\/button>\n  <button class=\"proj-filter-topic\">Emergency Response<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-grid\" id=\"proj-grid\" data-sf=\"all\" data-tf=\"all\">\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nsf\" data-topics=\"agentic,adaptive,multimodal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nsf\">NSF<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">IMPACT: Information-theoretic Multiagent Paths for Anticipatory Control of Tasks<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">10\/2019 \u2013 1\/2025<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$240,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">NSF CISE:IIS:RI. Developing information-theoretic multiagent path planning algorithms for anticipatory control of autonomous systems tasks.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Multiagent AI<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Path Planning<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Autonomous Systems<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nsf\" data-topics=\"datadriven,selflearning,personal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nsf\">NSF<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 20%<\/span><span class=\"proj-status active\">Active<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Modeling Transportation Choices Under Real-time Information Using Simulated-based Virtual Experiments<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">10\/2022 \u2013 9\/2026<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$500,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Pandey (NCA&amp;T). Simulation-based virtual experiments to model traveler decisions under varying real-time information conditions.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Transportation Behavior<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Simulation<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Real-time Info<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"vipc\" data-topics=\"bvlos,agentic,emergency\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge vipc\">VIPC<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 Lead<\/span><span class=\"proj-status active\">Active<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Phase I: True BVLOS Drone as First Responder (DFR) through Mobile Intelligence<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">02\/2025 \u2013 08\/2026<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$100,000 + $100K match<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">Co-PI: Alberts. Enabling drone-as-first-responder beyond visual line of sight with mobile intelligence for emergency response operations.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAS \/ Drones<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Emergency Response<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">BVLOS<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"onr\" data-topics=\"weatheruas,adaptive\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge onr\">ONR<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI<\/span><span class=\"proj-status active\">Active<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Phase I: Expendable Air-Sea Profiling Observations via Small Uncrewed Aircraft System<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">08\/2025 \u2013 07\/2026<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$250,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Black Swift Technologies. Hazardous weather observation using small UAS for air-sea profiling in extreme conditions.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAS<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Ocean Sensing<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Weather<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"afrl\" data-topics=\"hetero,agentic\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge afrl\">AFRL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">Visiting Prof<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Summer Faculty Fellowship: Cooperative Tactics and Staging for Heterogeneous Teams<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">Summer 2025<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. Cooperative multi-agent tactics for heterogeneous autonomous teams at AFRL, Ohio.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Heterogeneous Teams<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Cooperative AI<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">AFRL<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"msc\" data-topics=\"knowledge,datadriven\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge msc\">MSC<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Virtual Technical Library Digitization Toolkit Plus<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">10\/2023 \u2013 9\/2024<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$455,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Kovacic. Digitization and intelligent access to virtual technical library resources using AI-powered toolkits.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Digital Twins<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">AI Tools<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Knowledge Systems<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"agentic,adaptive,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Sequential Information Gain Integration into Multiagent Routing<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2022 \u2013 12\/2022<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$54,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">Sponsored by Hui (JPL). Sequential entropy-guided information gain for multiagent routing. Includes two intern fellowships for D. Barkely.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Mars Rovers<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Information Theory<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Multiagent<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"weatheruas,physics\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-I \u00b7 70%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Spatiotemporal Entropy to Guide Targeted Meteorological Observations<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2021 \u2013 12\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$50,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Posselt (JPL). Active sensing for targeted meteorological data collection using spatiotemporal entropy guidance for UAS path planning.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Hurricane Sensing<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAS<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Meteorology<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"agentic,adaptive,hetero\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Information Theoretic Vehicle Routing for Ground and Aerial Vehicle<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2021 \u2013 12\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$66,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">Sponsored by Ono (JPL). Information-theoretic routing for coordinated ground-aerial vehicle teams. Includes three Davenport internships.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Mars Rover<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Helicopter Team<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Info Theory<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"hurricane,weatheruas,adaptive\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-I \u00b7 70%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">UAS-based Active Hurricane Sensing with Information-theoretic Path Planning<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2020 \u2013 9\/2020<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$50,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Ono (JPL). Information-theoretic UAS path planning for active hurricane sensing and data collection in extreme weather environments.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Hurricane Sensing<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAS<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Active Sensing<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"datadriven,selflearning,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">IDEANETT: Intelligent Data Exploration &amp; Analysis for New &amp; Existing Transportation Technology<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2020 \u2013 7\/2023<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$150,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">NC Transportation Center of Excellence. Deep learning and data-driven analytics for emerging and existing transportation technology evaluation.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Deep Learning<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Traffic State<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Transportation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"personal,health,multimodal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">VRUTOP: Vulnerable Road User Demand-Responsive Transit Optimization with Healthcare Privatization<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">2\/2020 \u2013 7\/2023<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$145,614<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">USDOT through CATM. Personalized on-demand transit optimization for vulnerable road users integrating healthcare access.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Vulnerable Road Users<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Transit<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Healthcare Access<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"agentic,incident,emergency\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">DRONETIM: Dynamic Routing of Unmanned-aerial and Emergency Team Incident Management<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">2\/2019 \u2013 7\/2022<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$149,685<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">USDOT through CATM. Co-PI: Sun Yi (NCA&amp;T), Andy Alden (VTTI). Dynamic coordination of UAVs and ground emergency vehicles for traffic incident management.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAS<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Incident Management<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Emergency Response<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"personal,multimodal,adaptive\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 90%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">VRUPOD: VRU-Personalized, Optimum, and Dynamic Routing<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">2\/2019 \u2013 1\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$118,161<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">USDOT through CATM. Personalized multimodal routing for vulnerable road users.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">VRU Routing<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Multimodal<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Personalization<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"selflearning,emergency,agentic\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 40%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning-based Pedestrian Dynamics Models for Emergency Evacuation<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">5\/2019 \u2013 4\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$196,830<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">USDOT through CATM. RL-based models for pedestrian dynamics during mass emergency evacuations.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Reinforcement Learning<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Evacuation<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Pedestrian Dynamics<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"selflearning,emergency,personal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Travelers&#8217; Rationality in Anticipatory Online Emergency Response<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">2\/2018 \u2013 1\/2020<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$75,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">USDOT through CATM. Modeling bounded rationality of travelers in anticipatory online emergency response systems.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Traveler Behavior<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Emergency Response<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Optimization<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nsf\" data-topics=\"datadriven,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nsf\">NSF<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 33%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">ASETT: Advancing STEM Education Through Transportation Studies<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">9\/2021 \u2013 8\/2024<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$200,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: McBride (NCA&amp;T). Transportation-themed STEM education with digital badge credentialing to improve student engagement.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">STEM Education<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Digital Badges<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Transportation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"datadriven,personal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 33%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Improving Long-range Planning Models for Feasibility Analysis of Mileage-based User Fees as an Alternative Revenue Stream<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">9\/2023 \u2013 8\/2025<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$200,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Pandey (NCA&amp;T). NCDOT. Developing enhanced long-range planning models to evaluate mileage-based user fees as an alternative transportation revenue stream.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Transportation Finance<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Planning Models<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Policy<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"multimodal,personal,datadriven\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 Lead<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Center for Regional and Rural Connected Communities (CR\u00b2C\u00b2)<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">8\/2023 \u2013 8\/2028<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$10M total<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Kalimodini (NCA&amp;T). USDOT University Transportation Center focusing on connected and autonomous mobility solutions for regional and rural communities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Connected Communities<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Rural Mobility<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">UTC<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"usdot\" data-topics=\"multimodal,personal,emergency\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge usdot\">USDOT<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Institutional Co-PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">C2SMARTER: Smart Mobility Toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">8\/2023 \u2013 8\/2028<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$550,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Ozbay (NYU). USDOT University Transportation Center for smart, equitable, and resilient multimodal transportation systems in connected communities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Smart Mobility<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Congestion<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Equity<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"health,personal,multimodal\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Transit and MaaS Role in Improving Economic and Healthcare Access for Underserved Populations<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">7\/2020 \u2013 2\/2023<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$330,365<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Monast. NCDOT Center of Excellence on Mobility and Congestion. Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions to improve healthcare and economic access for underserved communities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">MaaS<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Healthcare Access<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Equity<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"datadriven,selflearning,physics\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Deep Learning Software for Traffic State Prediction<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">7\/2020 \u2013 2\/2023<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$330,365<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Bhattacharyya. NCDOT Center of Excellence. Deep learning-based software tools for real-time traffic state estimation and prediction on arterial and freeway networks.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Deep Learning<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Traffic State<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Real-time<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"agentic,bvlos,emergency\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 8%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Developing a Plan for Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Traffic Operations Applications in Virginia<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">8\/2019 \u2013 5\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$249,903<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Alden (VTTI). VDOT. Planning framework for deploying UAVs in real-world traffic operations, incident detection, and roadway monitoring in Virginia.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">UAV<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Traffic Operations<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">VDOT<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"knowledge,datadriven\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI \u00b7 6%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Roadside Truck Placard Readers for Advanced Notice and Response at Safety-Critical Facilities<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">11\/2018 \u2013 6\/2019<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$63,966<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Alden (VTTI). VDOT. Phase I development of automated roadside truck placard reading technology for hazardous materials monitoring at safety-critical facilities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Hazmat<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Computer Vision<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Safety<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"datadriven,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI \u00b7 100%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Advanced Traffic Analysis of Aerial Video Data<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">3\/2019 \u2013 7\/2019<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$7,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">NCDOT Technical Assistance Program. Developing advanced computer vision and AI methods to analyze aerial video data for traffic monitoring and incident detection.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Aerial Video<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Computer Vision<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Traffic Analysis<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"adaptive,agentic,hetero\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-I \u00b7 70%<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Information-theoretic Route Planning for a Heli-rover Team<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2019 \u2013 9\/2019<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$50,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Ono (JPL). Develops information-theoretic path planning algorithms for coordinated ground rover and aerial helicopter teams exploring uncertain planetary environments.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Mars Rover<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Helicopter Team<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Path Planning<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"agentic,adaptive,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Multiagent Information Theoretic Vehicle Routing<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2019 \u2013 12\/2019<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$42,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">Sponsored by Ono (JPL). Multiagent information-theoretic routing for autonomous vehicle teams. Includes Pugh internship at JPL.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Multiagent<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Info Theory<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">JPL<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nasa\" data-topics=\"agentic,adaptive,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nasa\">NASA \/ JPL<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge pi\">PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Information Theoretic Vehicle Routing + Folsom Internship<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">1\/2018 \u2013 12\/2018<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$42,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">Sponsored by Ono (JPL). Information-theoretic routing algorithms for autonomous vehicles. Includes Folsom internship at NASA JPL Robotics Group.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Autonomous Routing<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Info Theory<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">JPL<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nsf\" data-topics=\"health,datadriven,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nsf\">NSF<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Senior Personnel<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">NRT: Improving Strategies for Hunger Relief and Food Security Using Computational Data Science<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">9\/2017 \u2013 8\/2022<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$2,999,999<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Davis (NCA&amp;T). NSF Research Traineeship. Data science methods for food security, hunger relief, and healthy lifestyle interventions through computational modeling.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Food Security<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Data Science<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">NRT<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"nsf\" data-topics=\"datadriven,physics,selflearning\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge nsf\">NSF<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Senior Personnel<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">ERC: Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">9\/2016 \u2013 8\/2021<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$36,687,700<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Sankar (NCA&amp;T). NSF Engineering Research Center. AI and data-driven modeling contributions to next-generation biodegradable metallic biomaterials for medical implants.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Biomaterials<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">AI for Science<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">ERC<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"state\" data-topics=\"health,datadriven\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge state\">State DOTs<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-I<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">Achieving Preferred Healthy Lifestyle Goals: Holistic Qualitative Computational Approach<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">9\/2020 \u2013 9\/2023<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$673,000<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Thomas (NCA&amp;T). USDA NIFA. Computational approaches combining qualitative and quantitative data to model and promote healthy lifestyle outcomes in underserved communities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Health<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Computational Modeling<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">USDA<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"proj-card\" data-cat=\"ICAR\" data-topics=\"datadriven,knowledge\"><div class=\"proj-card-header\"><span class=\"proj-agency-badge ICAR\">ICAR<\/span><span class=\"proj-role-badge copi\">Co-PI<\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"proj-card-title\">The Impact of Nuisance Flood Events on the Existing Inequities in Food Security<\/h3><div class=\"proj-card-meta\"><span class=\"proj-date\">01\/2024 \u2013 12\/2024<\/span><span class=\"proj-award\">$23,790<\/span><\/div><p class=\"proj-card-desc\">PI: Hoglund. Investigates how recurring nuisance flooding disproportionately worsens food security inequities in vulnerable coastal and low-income communities.<\/p><div class=\"proj-card-tags\"><span class=\"proj-tag\">Flood<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">Food Equity<\/span><span class=\"proj-tag\">GeoAI<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$2.4M+Awarded to John $45M+Total as Principle -Senior Investigator 34Funded Projects 13Agencies Filter by Sponsor All NSF NASA \/ JPL USDOT AFRL ONR VIPC State DOTs MSC ICAR Filter by Topic All Topics Agentic AI Adaptive Path Planner BVLOS Physics-informed Data-driven Knowledge Discovery Self-learning Weather-adaptive UAS Heterogeneous Teams Hurricane Sensing Multimodal Personalization Healthcare Access Emergency Response&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26990,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26990"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6148,"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions\/6148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/h1park\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}