Current Successful Grants
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- (2023) CAED: Human and Space Connected by Robots for Smart Communities | Source of Support: CAED, Kent State University
Role : co-Principal Investigator ( PI: Liu Rui, Architectural Structures, KSU) | Requesting Award Amount: $ 5,000 - (2023) NSF-DRK-12: Physical Science Robotics Interdisciplinary Design (PRIDe) in Computer Science Education: Broadening Participation in STEM through Cascading Peer-Mentorship | Source of Support: National Science Foundation | Role : co-Principal Investigator ( PI – Elena Novak and co-PI – Lisa Borgerding ) |Requesting Award Amount: $ 1,775,982
- (2023) KSU-URC: VR Dance with a Purpose | Source of Support: Kent State University | Role : co-Principal Investigator (PI -Jeffery Lockland, co-PI: Jakyung Seo) | Award Amount: $ 3,500
- (2021) KSU-HCRI: Revive from your stress: The applications of technology in enhancing mental health | Source of Support: KSU Institutes’ Small Grant Support | Role : Principal Investigator (co-PI: Seon Jeong Lee) | Award Amount: $ 8,500
- (2020) Choose Ohio First CS Scholarships: Building High Demand 21st-Century Workforce Development in Big-Data, Cyber Security & Privacy, AI, Smart Systems and Devices, and other cutting edge Computer Science | Source of Support: Ohio Department of Higher Education | Role : Key Personal ( PI: Javed Khan ) | Total Award Period Covered: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2027 | Award Amount: $2,064,530
- (2023) CAED: Human and Space Connected by Robots for Smart Communities | Source of Support: CAED, Kent State University
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Past Grants
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- (2022) KSU-URC: Design & Development of PRIDe curriculum and Traschcan educational robot system | Source of Support: Kent State University | Role : co-Principal Investigator ( PI – Elena Novak ) | Award Amount: $3,500
- (2022) KSU-EHHS Seed Award: Social Robotics for Broadening Participation in STEM: Cascading Peer-Mentorship in Computer Science and Science Education | Source of Support: Kent State University | Role : co-Principal Investigator ( PI – Elena Novak ) |Award Amount: $ 5,000
- (2021) ODHE-RAPIDS: Advanced social humanoid educational robots for EdTech industry workforce development in Northeast Ohio – Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS 5) at Kent State University | Source of Support: Ohio Department of Higher Education | Role : Key Personnel in KSU-RAPID5 (PI of Pepper Robot, co-PI – Dr. Elena Novak, Educational Technology, KSU ) | Project Period: 08/01/2021 – 07/31/2023 | Requested Award Amount: $ 36,700 (KSU Total budget: $ 133,166, KSU PI – Dr. Christina
Bloebaum, CAE, KSU) - (2019) NASA-SUITS: Co-active and Collaborative Interaction Platform for xEMU | Source of Support: NASA & KSU | Role : Faculty Advisor ( Team Leader: Irvin Cardenas ) | Total Award Period Covered: 11/01/2019 – 10/31/2020 | Award Amount: $ 11,324
- (2019) ATR Kent Team Support Grant for RoboCup 2019 | Source of Support: Jeremy Robins | Role: Principal Investigator | The Award Amount: $ 1,000 | Award Date: 04/20/2019
- (2018) ATR Kent Team Support Grant for World Robot Summit | Source of Support: Ganini Mobile L.L.C. | Role : Principal Investigator | The Award Amount: $ 2,000 | Award Date : 09/25/2018
- (2018) Using Virtual Reality to Identify Health Promoting Physical Activity Factors among Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | Source of Support: Healthy Communities Research Initiative | Role : Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Mary Ann Devine) | Total Award Amount: $ 15,798 | Award Date : 05/03/2018
- (2018) Using Virtual Reality to Identify Health Promoting Physical Activity Factors among Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | Source of Support: Healthy Communities Research Initiative | Role : Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Mary Ann Devine) | Total Award Amount: $ 15,798 | Award Date : 05/03/2018
- (2018) ATR-Kent Team for the Plant Disaster Prevention Challenge, World Robot Summit – 2018| Source of Support: World Robot Summit (Joint sponsor: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry [METI]of Japan and New Energy Industrial Technology Development Organization [NEDO] of Japan) | Role : Principal Investigator (Co-PIs: Gokarna Sharma and Nagarajan Prabakar) | Total Award Amount: 1,150,000 JPY (about $ 10,500 USD) | Award Date : 05/03/2018
- (2017) Equipment Sponsorship Grant | Source of Support: Autonomous.AI Company | Role: Principal Investigator | The First Batch Award Amount: $ 2,000 equipment and we are negotiating more funding opportunity from the Autonomous.AI | Award Date: 08/01/2017
- (2014) RET SITE: Research Experience for Teachers in Cyber-enabled technologies | Source of Support: NSF | Role : Senior Personnel – Only contributed on the proposal submission (PI : Niki Pissinou) | Total Award Amount: $ 498,000 | Total Award Period Covered: 08/01/2014 – 07/31/2017
- (2013) UniversityCity Prosperity Project | Source of Support: US Department of Transportation | Role : Co-Principal Investigator (PI : N.Rishe) | Total Award Amount: $ 11,397,120 | Total Award Period Covered: Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2016
- (2013) Google Computer Science for High School – 2013 (Google – CS4HS ) | Source of Support: Google Inc. | Role : Principal Investigator | Total Award Amount: $ 13,500 | Total Award Period Covered: 04/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
- (2012) TeleBot: Telepresence robot for Disable Veteran and Police Officer | Source of Support: Private Donation – Lt. Cmdr Jeremy Robins, US Navy | Role : Principal Investigator | Total Award Amount: $ 20,000 | Total Award Period Covered: 04/27/2012
- (2012) REU SITE: ASSET: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Advanced Secured Sensor Enabling Technologies | Source of Support: NSF | Role : Senior Personnel (PI : Niki Pissinou) | Total Award Amount: $ 359,997 | Total Award Period Covered: 01/01/2013 – 12/31/2015
- (2012) Border Surveillance Using Wireless Sensor Networks | Source of Support: Korea-Tunisia cooperation | Role : Co-Principal Investigator ( Korean-PI: Sunshin An, Tunisian-PI: Noureddine Boudriga) | Total Award Amount: $300,000 ($150,000 for Korea, $150,000 for Tunisia) | Total Award Period Covered: Oct. 2012 – Sept. 2015