01JSI
Stay Sharp, Stay Safe
Field-test low-cost fatigue-reset strategies with small residential contractors, with particular attention to Hispanic and early-career workers.
$30,000PI-led awardSole PI
Project details ↗FUNDED RESEARCH
Projects with a practical purpose.
Independent PI-led work and collaborative research connect construction safety, transportation infrastructure, and energy resilience.
$114,545Three PI-led research awards
$655,303Two collaborative project values
$769,848Combined value of five research awards
Career research awards across WSU and Georgia Southern. Collaborative values describe whole projects, not an individual investigator’s allocation. The 2018 in-kind faculty residency is excluded.
CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS
Safety. Infrastructure. Resilience.
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National CooperativeHighway Research Program02
NCHRP 10-148
Utility infrastructure in transportation rights-of-way
Examine the benefits, barriers, and implementation considerations of accommodating utility infrastructure in transportation rights-of-way.
$600,000Total project valueCo-PI
Project details ↗
03GEFA · Georgia Energy Grant Program
Smart Mapping for a Stronger Grid
Bring national models, utility partnerships, and GIS insights together to inform energy and grid resilience in Georgia.
$55,303Total project valueCo-PI
Project details ↗PRIOR INDEPENDENT PI FUNDING
A foundation established at WSU.
2019 award · Washington State University
Evaluating Rural Public Transportation Accessibility ↗
Develop a fuzzy-logic method to evaluate public-transportation accessibility for people with disabilities in rural communities.
$44,545Principal Investigator
Washington State Department of Transportation / PacTrans
2020 award · Washington State University
Optimizing Winter Road Maintenance ↗
Develop a fuzzy-logic model for optimizing winter road maintenance in cold urban areas using real-time data.
$40,000Principal Investigator
Washington State Department of Transportation / PacTrans
SELECTED PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
Building the next research questions.
Proposal development has included NSF-oriented wearable-safety and fatigue-management concepts, environmental and stormwater collaborations, and transportation research needs statements.
These activities inform the next stage of the program. Unfunded proposals and research needs statements are excluded from the funded-project totals above.
Grant-development learning ↗RESEARCH · TEACHING · PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Bring a practical question to the conversation.
Connect about construction safety, wearable sensing, sustainable infrastructure, teaching, or industry collaboration.