Projects

Funded Projects to date:

  • Florida Energy System Consortium
    • Director and PI for “Generation Capacity Expansion in a Deregulated Electric Power Market.” Funding amount: $90,000 (2009-2012).
  • Regenstrief Foundation, Purdue University
    • PI for “Cancer Care Engineering-1: A Multi-Agent Approach to Modeling of the Indiana Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Care System.” Funding amount (for USF’s portion of the project): $24,000 (2008-2010). (Project PI: Joseph Pekny, Purdue University).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Director and PI for Phase 2 of “Students, Teachers, And Resources in the Sciences (STARS2): An NSF GK-12 Fellows Project. (Co-PIs: O. G. Okogbaa,: A. Savachkin, G. Centeno, L. Hunnicutr, A. Kumar, and B. Townsend). Funding amount: $1,688,000 (2007-2012).
  • Army’s Research, Development & Engineering Command
    • Principal investigator for “Economic Sequential Probability Ratio Test Approach to Enhance Surveillance Alert Utility of BioDefend.” Funding amount $176,000. (Co-PIs: J. Zayas Castro, K. Reeves, (2006-2007).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal investigator for “Economic Reliability of Deregulated Power Markets: A Machine Learning Model for Design and Assessment.” Funding amount $210,000 . (Co-PIs: K. M. Ramachandran (mathematics), L. A. Martin-Vega (industrial engineering), R. E. Fehr (electrical engineering), (2004-2007).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal investigator for “SENSORS: Development and Testing of Practical Algorithms for Online Interpretation of Sensor Data through Wavelet Decomposition.” Funding amount $200,000 . (Co-PIs: Ashok Kumar, USF, Mechanical Engineering; A. N. V. Rao, Mathematics), (2003-2005).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Co-PI for project titled “Resources In support of Excellence (RISE): A USF/NSF Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics Scholarship Program." PI: O. Geoffrey Okogbaa. Other Co-PIs: Brenda L. Townsend (education), Chris P. Tsokos (mathematics), Rafael A. Perez (engineering). Funding Amount: $400,000 (2003-2006).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Co-Director/Co-PI for “Students, Teachers, And Resources in the Sciences (STARS): An NSF GK-12 Fellows Project. (Director/PI: O. G. Okogbaa, Co-PIs: G. Centeno, K. Blair, A. Kumar, L. Martin-Vega and B. Townsend). Funding amount: $1,500,000 (2002-2006).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal investigator for “Collaborative Research: A Simulation Based Computational Approach using Machine Learning to Study Stochastic Business Games."Funding amount $310,001 (USF’s share 210,001). (Co-PI: Sudeep Sarkar, USF; Collaborative PI: Abhijit Gosavi, SUNY, Buffalo, NY.) (2001-2003).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal Investigator for “2001 NSF Design, Manufacturing & Industrial Innovation Research Conference,” at Tampa. 2000-2001. Funding amount $249,600. (Co-PI: O. Geoffrey Okogbaa). (Received an additional $10,000 from the Cirent Semiconductor, Orlando, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Co-Principal Investigator for "Development and Evaluation of Preventive Maintenance Management for Multi-Unit Systems Under Transient State,” 1995-1998. Funding amount $157,000. (P.I. O. Geoffrey Okogbaa).
  • Florida Department of Citrus
    • Co-Principal investigator for "Citrus Sampling Systems Evaluation,” 1995-99. Funding amount $384,670. (PI: William Miller, Industrial Engineering, Co-PI: Richard Gilbert, Chemical Engineering).
  • Florida Department of Citrus
    • Principal investigator for "Flip Gate Sampler Evaluation for Grape Fruit,” 1999-2000. Funding amount $22,885. (Co-PI: William Miller, Industrial Engineering, Co-PI: Richard Gilbert, Chemical Engineering).
  • Research Council and Division of Sponsored Research, USF
    • Principal Investigator for "Optimal Design of Control Charts for Manufacturing.” Research and Creative Scholarship Grant Programs. Funding amount $7,500, 1995.
  • Florida Department of Transportation
    • Co-Principal investigator for "An Assessment of Transit Systems Modeling in the State of Florida,” 1995. Funding amount $29,323. (PI: Ram Pendyala, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, USF).
  • Association for Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nursing
    • Co-Principal Investigator for "Development of a Model for the Delivery of Improved Prenatal Care.” Funding amount $4,000, 1995. (PI: Lois Lowry, Nursing; Co-PI: Anita Callahan, IMSE).
  • Medical Toxicology Consultants
    • Co-Principal Investigator for "Drug and Alcohol Testing Technical Assistance,” 1994 (Funding $17,363). (PI: Dr. Tom Miller, CUTR, USF).
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal Investigator for "Kanban Controlled Serial Transfer Lines with Machine Failures and Limited Repair,” NSF Research Initiation Award, 1991-1994. Funding amount $60,000.
  • National Science Foundation
    • Principal Investigator for "Research Experiences in Manufacturing for Undergraduates,” REU Grant, 1993. Funding amount $10,000.
  • Graduate School of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "Reliability of Multistage Production Systems Controlled by Automated Visual Inspection,” Fourth Quarter Research Grant, 1991. Funding amount $5,000.
  • Graduate School of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "A Markov Renewal Model for Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policies,” Funded University Research, 1991. Funding amount $5,750.
  • Graduate School of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "Design and Maintenance of Repairable Systems,” Special Research Initiative Grant, 1991. Funding amount $13,665.
  • Office of the President of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "Software for off-line Quality Control Laboratory,” Excellence in Undergraduate Education Program Grant, 1991. Funding amount $3180.
  • Graduate School of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "Patrolling Repairman Systems: Cost Analysis of Service Schedules,” Fourth Quarter Research Grant, 1990. Funding amount $2,000.
  • Graduate School of SIUE
    • Principal Investigator for "Performance Analysis of Transfer Lines Under Limited Repair Availability,” Funded University Research Grant, 1990. Funding amount $5,313.