fUNDED pROJECTS
Total funding: $4,859,927
(As PI & Co-PI: $3,829,468; As lead scientist: $21,000; As senior personnel: $997,159 )
On-going/Approved for Funding:
Project: Assessing Building Information Modeling (BIM) Maturity and Identifying Barriers to Implementation among Transportation Agencies in Region 6
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation
Amount: $110,000
Period: 9/1/2023-9/30/2024
Investigator(s): (PI), Co-PI: Jeffery Weidner
Project Title: Excavation Hazard Communication Training for Non – English Speaking and Vulnerable Construction Workers in The Greater El Paso, Texas, and Surrounding Areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Amount: $160,000
Period: 9/30/2023-9/29/2024
Investigator(s): (PI), Austin Marshall (Co-PI)
Project: Tier 1 Transportation Center C2SMARTER: Enhancing Transit Access and Safety Through
Equitable Micromobility Solution
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation
Amount: $210,000
Period: 1/1/2024-12/31/2024
Investigator(s): Kelvin Cheu (PI), Co-PI:
Project: National Renewable Energy Lab - Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) Internship Program
Funding Agency: National Renewable Energy Lab
Amount: $41,000
Period: 9/1/2023-5/1/2024
Investigators: Miguel Velez (PI), Co-PIs: Adeeba Raheem, Yuanri Sang
Project: Asset Management Framework for an Electrified Road System Considering Economic, Environmental and Resiliency Factors
Funding Agency: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE)
Amount: $192,549
Period: 9/1/2023-8/31/2024
Investigators: Adeeba Raheem (UTEP), Cristina Torres-Machi (UCB)
Project: Site Planning for Future Charging Stations: Incorporating Equity, Community, and Zoning into Charging Station Design and Location Decisions
Funding Agency: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE)
Amount: $350,000
Period: 9/1/2023-8/31/2024
Investigators: Patrick Singleton (USU), Adeeba Raheem (UTEP), Ziqi Song (NYU), Ole Sleipness (USU)
Completed Projects:
Project Title: Hazard Communication Training for Non – English Speaking and Vulnerable Construction Workers in The Greater El Paso, Texas, and Surrounding Areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Period: 9/30/2022-9/30/2023
Project Title: Asset Management Framework for an Electrified Road System
Funding Agency: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE)
Period: 9/1/2022-8/31/2023
Project: XFC Charging Infrastructure Location Planning, Construction, and Cost Analysis
Funding Agency: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE)
Period: 9/1/2022-8/31/2023
Project Title: National Renewable Energy Lab - Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) Internship Program
Funding Agency: National Renewable Energy Lab
Period: 9/1/2022-6/30/2023
Project Title: Phase II: Digital Twin Technologies Towards Understanding the Interactions between Transportation and Other Infrastructure Systems
Funding Agency: US DOT through the Center for Connected Cities with Smart Transportation (C2SMART) at NYU
Period: 3/1/2022-2/28/2023
EQUIty Driven Data Analysis for Public Transportation Planning (EQUIP)
Funding Agency: US Department of Transportation through the Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health (CTECH) at Cornell University
Period: 10/1/2021-3/30/2023
Website: https://ctech.cee.cornell.edu/faculty-researchers/
Project Title: Extreme Heat Hazards Prevention for Non – English Speaking and Vulnerable Construction Workers in The Greater El Paso, Texas, and Surrounding Areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor (FED)
Period: 9/30/2021-9/30/2022
Project Title: COVID-19 Hazards Prevention for Non – English Speaking and Vulnerable Construction and General Workers in The Greater El Paso, Texas, and Surrounding Areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Period: 9/30/2020-3/31/2023
Towards understanding the Interactions between Transportation and other Civil Infrastructure Systems using Digital Twin Technologies
Funding Agency: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the Center for Connected Cities with Smart Transportation (C2SMART) at NYU
Duration: 3/1/2021-7/30/2022
Project website: https://c2smart.engineering.nyu.edu/digital-twin
Residential Hazards Prevention for non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2020-9/29/2021
Customer Discovery for PlastiCrete
Funding Agency: NSF I-CORPS-Southwest node
Duration: 6/1/2020- 6/1/2021
NSF DUE: Project Title: Pathways To Success In Graduate Engineering: Understanding And Supporting The Critical Transition From Undergraduate To Graduate Engineering Studies (PASSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Duration: 12/01/2019- 11/30/2024
Project website: https://www.utep.edu/engineering/passe/people/index.html
Establishing The “Intelligent Construction Lab” To Promote BIM And VR/AR Utilization In Research And Teaching in Civil Engineering
Funding Agency: Engineering Dean’s Office at UTEP, CTIS
Trench Hazards Prevention Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2019-9/29/2020
Customer Discovery for the BorderCross App (developed to reduce wait time at border crossings)
Funding Agency: NSF I-CORPS Southwest Node
Duration: 6/1/2019- 9/30/2019
U.S.- Brazil Transdisciplinary Study Abroad Program on Peace Engineering
Funding Agency: Partners of the Americas, U.S. Department of State, ExxonMobil, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Duration: 4/1/2019-March 2020
Silica Hazards Prevention Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2018-9/29/2019
Green Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineers
Funding Agency: VentureWell
Duration: 7/1/2018-12/31/2021
Developing Multidisciplinary Global Skills to Prepare Engineering Students for Leading Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions
(One of the 10 selected programs)
Funding Agency: Partners of the Americas, U.S. Department of State, Chevron, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Duration: 8/1/2017-7/30/2018
Excavation and Trenching Hazard Prevention Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2017-9/29/2018
NSF HRD: Collaborative Research AGEP: The Hispanic Alliance for the Graduate Education and the Professoriate on Environmental Sciences and Engineering (H-AGEP)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Period: 9/30/2017-9/29/2022
Project website: https://eses.ccny.cuny.edu/home-agep/
Confined Space Safety Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2016-9/29/2017
Funds to Acquire Multispectral Cameras and Associated Accessories for Existing UAV Platforms 2017
Funding source: UTEP College of Engineering Equipment Enhancement Fund
Duration: 2017-18
NSF DRL: Transforming Students' Partnerships with Scientists through Cogenerative Dialogues
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Duration: 10/1/2013- 7/30/2017
Project website: http://workwithascientist.utep.edu/team.html
Electric Hazard Safety Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2015-9/30/2016
Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civil Engineering
Funding Agency: Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Texas, El Paso
Duration: 8/5/2015-8/5/2016
Fall Prevention Safety Training to non – English speaking and vulnerable construction workers in the greater El Paso, Texas, and surrounding areas
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Duration: 9/30/2014-9/30/2015
Establishing the construction management research program at UTEP
Funding Agency: UTEP
Duration: 8/30/2014-8/30/2016
Establishment of a Center of Excellence to Conduct and Promote Construction Safety Research, Education and Training in Pakistan
Funding Agency: Department of State: National Academy of Sciences (NAS) under Pakistan-U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation Program-Phase 4
Duration: 11/15/2010- 8/15/2014
Role: Graduate Researcher
Project website: https://cmsrc.nit.nust.edu.pk/