Grants

EXTRAMURAL GRANTS

Principal Investigator, ALTER-Math : AI-augmented Learning by Teaching to Enhance and Renovate Math Learning, Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (LEVI), $10,000,000. Oct 2023 – Oct 2027.
Principal Investigator, VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education, NSF ExLENT, $1,000,000. Sep 2023 – Sep 2026.
Principal Investigator, ML4Math: Integrating Machine Learning and Mathematics Education Using a Concreteness Fading Approach, U.S. Department of Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR), $600,000. [Federal] Aug 2024 – Jul 2027.
Co-Principal Investigator, AI Across the Curriculum for Virtual Schools, U.S. Department of Education EIR, $3,999,322. [Federal] Jan 2024 – Dec 2028
Principal Investigator, RE-ALTER: Randomized Experiment with AI-augmented Learning by Teaching to Enhance and Renovate Math Learning, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, $75,000. Sep 2024 – Aug 2025.
Co-Principal Investigator, VETS-Cyber: Veterans Career Advancement through NICE Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $200,000 [Federal]. Oct 2024 – Sep 2026.
Principal Investigator, Using Flow-Based Music Programming to Engage Children in Computer Science, NSF iTEST, $391,717. June 2023 – May 2027.
Principal Investigator, LogicDS: Fostering Virtual Learning of Data Science with Mathematical Logic for Rural High School Students, NSF DRK-12, $1,050,000. Jul 2022 – Jun 2026.
Principal Investigator, Large Language Model Hub: AI Cyberinfrastructure for Learning Engineering Research & Development, Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (LEVI), $450,000. Dec 2022 – Dec 2024.
Principal Investigator, Project SPAC3: A Culturally Relevant Approach to Spatial Computational Thinking Skills and Career Awareness through an Immersive Virtual Environment, NSF iTEST, $227,619. Jun 2022 – May 2026.
Principal Investigator, Project ViTAMR: Vision Transformer-based Augmentation through Diagnostic Feedback to Support Mathematical Reasoning, Jaffe Foundation, $96,039. Dec 2022 – Dec 2024.
Co-Principal Investigator, An Integrative Hands-on Approach to Vehicular Security Education, NSF SaTC EDU program, $500,000. Oct 2022 – Sept 2025.
Co-Principal Investigator, Project HaHa: Low-Cost Hands-on Hardware Security Education. Florida Department of Education (FDOE Cyber Florida), $1,413,129. Jun 2022 – Aug 2023
Co-Principal Investigator, Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Secure, Accessible, and Sustainable Transportation, NSF REU-Site, $397,382. Mar 2022 – Mar 2025.
Principal Investigator, Connecting STEM to Music and the Physics of Sound Waves (M-Flow), National Science Foundation iTEST Subcontract. $87,748. Feb 2022 – Jun 2023.
Principal Investigator, Hardware and Security Education for High School Students, U.S. National Security Agency, $149,998. Aug 2021 – Aug 2023.
Principal Investigator, Fair Prediction in Virtual Learning Environments, $50,000. Schmidt Family Foundation, Aug 2021 – Aug 2022.
Co-Principal Investigator, A Logic Programming Approach to Integrate Computing with Middle School Science Education, NSF STEM+C, $421,755. Feb 2019 – Jan 2023.
Senior Personnel, Precision Education: The Virtual Learning Lab, US Department of Education, Institute of Educational Sciences, $8,908,288. Jul 2016 – Jun 2022.
Senior Personnel, Collaborative Research: Innovating Quantum-Inspired Learning for Undergraduates in Research and Engineering (INQUIRE), NSF IUSE program, $1,250,000. Sept 2022 – Sept 2027.
Senior Personnel, Helios Innovation Technologies in Early Learning, Helios Education Foundation, $2,000,000. Jul 2019 – Jun 2021.
Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research: Large-Scale Research on Engineering Design Based on Big Learner Data Logged by a CAD Tool, NSF EHR CORE Research Subcontract. $279,999. Oct 2018 – May 2020.
Co-Principal Investigator, Dashboards with Temporal Scaffolds: Using Educational Data Mining to Increase Temporal Participation in Online Courses,PSU Center for Innovation in Online Learning, $40,000. Jul 2017 – Jul 2018.

INTERNAL GRANTS

Principal Investigator, ML4Math: Visual Interactive Machine Learning for High School Mathematics Education, University of Florida Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF), $85,000. Jun 2022 – Jun 2024.
Principal Investigator, FAccT AI: Fair, Accountable, and Transparent AI in Education and Beyond, University of Florida Informatics Institute (UFII) Seed Grant, $21,061. Jun 2021 – Jun 2022.
Principal Investigator, Fair AI Responding to Online Education, University of Florida AI Catalyst Fund, $50,000. Jan 2021 – Dec 2021.