Research

Future of Work in Health Faculty Fellows

• “Immersive Simulation of Systems Thinking and Decision-making Scenarios for Workforce Training and Assessment of Engineers in the Healthcare Industry,” $5,000 CFWPP, $5,000 SHH, Dr. Dayoung Kim.
• “GroundCode Mini: Deployable Passive Gait Sensing for Patient-Centered Longitudinal Monitoring,” $5,000 CFWPP, $5,000 SHH, Dr. Rodrigo Sarlo.
•  “Optimizing Assessment of Pediatric Sepsis and Early Workforce Adherence to Resuscitation Guidelines Using Machine Learning-Based Medical Directives,” $5,000 CFWPP, $5,000 SHH, Dr. Melissa Fussell.

Faculty Grants

• “Examining AI Use Policy for Transportation Planners in Virginia: Perceived Usefulness and Ethical Concerns for Daily Policy-Making Tasks.” ISCE +Policy Fellow, $5,000, PI: Junghwan Kim, Co-PI: Todd Schenk.

Faculty Summer Seed Grants

• “Safety Communication in Construction Using Network Analysis and LLMs.” $2000, PI: Ashtarout Ammar. Co-PI: Lu Zhang and Carlos Evia.
•  “Investigating the Effects of Explainable AI-Based Resume Matching on Job Seekers.” $2000, PI: Chris Brown. Co-PIs: Louis Hickman.
• “Daily Workplace Experience among Women of Color with ADHD: Impact of Workplace Stigma on Sleep and Well-being.” $2000, PI: Arturia Melson-Silimon. Co-PI: Ashley Shew, Charles Calderwood, and Jessica Gass.

Student Summer Research Grants

• “Empowering Voice Transformation via Music, Performance, and HCI.” $500, PI: Gala Lucia Gonzalez Barrios. Supervisor: Ico Bukvic
• “Intelligent Augmented Reality (IAR) for Adaptive Workforce Training.”$500, PI: Shokoufeh Bozorgmehrian. Supervisor: Joseph L. Gabbard
• “Estimating Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation Parameters using Vision-Language Models.” $500, PI: Mohammad Sadra Rajabi. Supervisor: Maury A. Nussbaum
• “Investigating Communication Dynamics in Human–Robot–Human Teams Using Bales’ Interaction Process Analysis.” $500, PI: Utkarsha Mohan. Supervisor: Sol Lim

Faculty Summer Seed Grants

•  “Continuous Health Monitoring of Long Haul Truck Drivers through Wearables.” $2000, PI: Abhijit Sarkar. Co-PI: Mengxi Zhang.
•  “Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Displacement of Workers and Their Mental Health.” $2000, PI: Shahidur R. Talukdar. Co-PIs: Jian Ni, Meng Zhu.
• “Future of Work: Integrating Smart Sensing and Biophilic Design to Enhance Older Adults’ Wellbeing.” $2000, PI: Ruichuan Zhang. Co-PI: Mengxi Zhang.
• “Exploring the Impact of AI Recruitment Tools on the Identity Work among Early Careers STEM Professionals with Cognitive Disabilities.”  $2000, PI: Qin Zhu. Co-PIs: Pearl Xie, Beyza Nur Guler.

Student Summer Research Grants

•  “Flourishing in Extension (FLEX) feasibility study.” Mary Frazier (Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, third-year graduate student). $500, Supervisor: Samantha Harden
•  “How artificial intelligence can make remote work more effective.” Yuxuan Guo (Computer Science, junior). $500, Supervisor: Na Meng
•  “Global Semiconductor Industry Analysis.” Zeyuan Hou (Electrical and Computer Engineering, second-year graduate student). $500, Supervisor: Cindy Y"
• “Cognitive Workload Prediction of Teleoperators during Manufacturing Assembly Tasks.” Sakshi Taori (Industrial and Systems Engineering, second-year graduate student). $500, Supervisor: Sol Lim

Faculty Grants

•  “Securing Trustworthy XR Interactions through Human-Machine Networks in Healthcare,” ICAT Major SEAD Grant, $25,000. PI: Brendan David-John. Co-PIs: Maaz Gardezi, Bo Ji, Andre Muelenaer.
• “3D Printed Ceramic Partitions for Evaporative Cooling,” ICAT Major SEAD Grant, $12,500. PI: Brook Kennedy. Co-PIs: Stefan Al, Georg Reinhard.

Faculty Summer Seed Grants

• “Visual Ethnography in Medical Workspaces,” $2,000. PI: Aki Ishida. Co-PIs: Sarah H. Parker, Justin H. Price.
• “SafeNavigator: Vision-Impaired Navigation with Safety Alerts,” $2000. PI: Na Meng. Co-PI: Abhijit Sarkar.
• “Harnessing Wearable Technology to Combat Maternal Mortality,” $2000. PI: Mengxi Zhang. Co-PIs: Mary Wesley, Sol Lim.