Research

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Research Grants:

1. “Enhancing Low-Income, Manufactured Housing Community Quality in Guilford County, North Carolina, by Applying Artificial Intelligence-Based Built Environment Characterization.” Provost’s Faculty Fellows Seed Grant Funding, North Carolina A&T State University, $25,000 (PI)  May. 2024 – Sep. 2024

2. “Examining the Influence of Social Networks on Public’s Reactions Toward Corporate Social Advocacy Using Survey Studies and AI Technology of Natural Language Processing.”  Provost’s Faculty Fellows Seed Grant Funding, North Carolina A&T State University, $25,000 (Co-PI with Xueying Zhang, PI)                                                                                                                                                              May. 2024 – Sep. 2024

3. "Planning: Using Emerging Technologies for Increasing Student Enrollment and Learning in Infrastructure and Building Construction Technology at HBCUs", National Science Foundation, #2332003, $99,999 (PI) Oct. 2023 – Mar. 2025

4. “Digitalizing Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in Disadvantaged Communities Using Reality Capture, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Twin.” Provost’s Faculty Fellows Seed Grant Funding, North Carolina A&T State University, $25,000 (PI)                                                                                Jun. 2023 – Sep. 2023

5. “Mixed-Reality Collaborating Platform on Identifying and Observing Spatial Inequality at Urban-Campus Negative Spaces.” Provost’s Faculty Fellows Seed Grant Funding, North Carolina A&T State University, $25,000 (Co-PI with Shuva Chowdhury, PI)                                                            Jun. 2023 – Sep. 2023

6. “HUD Center of Excellence for Innovation in Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, # H-21748 CA,  $2.5 million (PI)                Apr. 2023 – Apr. 2026

7. “Using iPad and 3D Simulation Technologies for Engaged Student Learning in CM 214/224 Surveying/ Lab.” iPad SoTL award, North Carolina A&T State University, $1,500 (PI)     Dec. 2022 – Aug. 2023

8. “Scan2BIM+AI for the Next-Generation Construction and the Built Environment.” Faculty Start-Up Award, North Carolina A&T State University, $70,000 (PI)                                                    Oct. 2022 – Sep. 2023

9. “I-Corps: Automated As-is Facade Modeling of High-rise Buildings Using Drone and AI.” National Science Foundation, #2224104, $50,000 (Co-PI with Yong Bai, PI)                             May 2022 – Nov. 2022

10. “Using Scan2BIM Technologies for Engaged Student Learning in Construction Management: Drone Photogrammetry, Laser Scanning and Mixed Reality.” FY23 RSCA Challenge Fund, South Dakota State University, SA2300003, $15,000 (PI)                                                             Jul. 2022 – Jun. 2023

11. “Developing a Construction and Operation Model for Traditional Communities with the Consideration of Smartly Upgrading - Based on the Investigation and Case Study of South-Stone Street Community.” 

Department of Finance of Guangdong Province, China, CNY 10,000 (PI)     Mar. 2015 – Nov.2015 

Guangzhou University, China, CNY 1,000 (PI)                                                                          Mar. 2014 – Nov.2014 

NSF I-Corps Program:

NSF I-Corps Site of UNCG (Greensboro Cohort 18, team award $3000)   Sep. 15 – Sep. 29, 2023

“iSidewalk: Intelligent Management Technology for Sidewalk Inspection and Digitalization.”

Team members: Yuhan Jiang, and Andrea Spool-White

NSF I-Corps Site of Southeastern Wisconsin                                                                                       Oct. 18 – Nov. 15, 2021

NSF I-Corps Spring Cohort (Hosted by the New England Regional I-Corps Node Program)   May 16 – Jun. 28, 2022

“Automated As-Is Façade Modeling of High-Rise Buildings Using Drone and AI.”

Team members: Yong Bai, Yuhan Jiang, and Sahara Adhikari       Mentor: Jeffrey Thomas