FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Federal and External Funding
States and Internal Funding

Federal and External Funding (on-going)
  1. Investigating ethical and social risks of exoskeletons in the construction industry, CPWR-Ctr. For Construction Research and Training, September, 2023 – August, 2024, co-PI, PI: Omobolanle Ogunseiju
  2. Collaborative Construction Robots with Social Intelligence for Contextually-Appropriate Robot Behaviors, NSF, September, 2022 – August, 2024, PI.
  3. Type II: A smart IoT proximity alert system for highway work zone safety, NCHRP IDEA, January, 2021 – December, 2023, PI.
  4. Smart pose and position guidance system for construction workers' safety and productivity, NSF , August, 2019 - January, 2023, PI.
  5. NSF Convergence Accelerator Track D: Rapid Development of Intelligent, Built Environment Geo-Databases Using AI and Data-Driven Models, NSF, September 15, 2020-May 31, 2022, co-PI.
  6. Rapid damage assessment and situation mapping system to support disaster response and recovery, Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) 4/10/2018-12/31/2020, PI
  7. Hybrid site sensing and human-multi-robot team collaboration for disaster relief at nuclear power plants, Dept. of Defense (DOD) , 4/21/2017-10/20/2020, PI: Cho, Co-PI: Ueda
  8. AWP Data Requirement Specification and Implementation Guideline, Construction Industry Institute (CII) , June 15 2020- Sept 30, 2020, PI: Cho, Co-PI: E.Marks.
  9. AWP 'Digital Threads' to Enable Supply Chain Visibility on Capital Projects, Construction Industry Institute (CII), May 13 2019- May 18, 2020, PI: Cho, Co-PI: E.Marks.
  10. Advanced blind lift safety using crane motion sensors and real-time visualization, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 12/15/2015-6/30/ 2019, PI.
  11. AwareSite- Smart and connected construction jobsite for construction safety and productivity improvement, Dysruptek, 8/1/2019- 12/31/2018, PI
  12. Type I: A Low-Cost Mobile Proximity Warning System in Highway Work Zone Safety, NCHRP IDEA, 11/20/2015-11/20/2017, PI.
  13. Improving work zone safety utilizing a new mobile proximity sensing technology, CPWR, 5/15/2016-8/14/2017, PI.
  14. Hybrid 3D Unstructured Workspace Modeling, NSF- CAREER Award (# CMMI-1358176) , 7/1/2011-6/30/2017, PI.
  15. UAV Mobile Mapping System development for as-built structure information modeling, C2L GIS Ltd, 1/26/2016-2/15/2017, PI.
  16. Building Information Model (BIM)-Driven Real-Time Mobile Asset Tracking System for Construction Safety, NSF(I-Corps), Award #: IIP-1513589, 12/1/2014-05/31/2016, PI.
  17. Equipment-Worker Proximity Sensing and Equipment Blind Spot Measurement, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 3/1/2014-8/14/2015, PI(invited).
  18. Using Near Miss Reporting to Enhance Safety Performance, Construction Industry Institute (CII), Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 3/1/ 2014-11/30/2014, PI(invited).
  19. Type II: Advanced Cleaning Device to Remove Debris and Chemicals for Crack/Joint Sealing, NCHRP IDEA , 2/15/2012-5/31/2013, PI.
  20. Type I: Virtual Interactive Construction Education (VICE-Bridge), NSF (TUES) , 5/1/52011-4/30/2013, Co-PI.
  21. Building Energy Efficient Homes for America (BEEHA), Department of Energy-National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 9/1/2010-5/31/2012, Co-PI, negotiable
  22. Controls for Net-Zero Energy Buildings, Department of Energy (DOE), 10/1/2009-10/31/2011, PI: Li, Co-PI: Cho
  23. Type I: Cleaning mechanism to remove debris and chemicals for crack/joint sealing, NCHRP IDEA , 1/1/2010-3/31/2011, PI.
  24. Rapid Prototype Modeling for Scaled Steel Building Construction Site, Downey Safety Consulting , 5/6/2010-5/31/2010, PI.
  25. Preliminary research for construction mobile robot path planning, Korea University, 7/30/2008-9/30/2008, PI.
  26. Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships-New Orleans, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 3/8/2006-3/7/2008, Co-PI.
  27. Development of laser-based local position system for construction automation applications, Layman Fund Award, 2006-2007, PI.
  28. Human-Assisted Rapid Environmental Modeling for Construction Equipment Operations, NSF , 7/1/2000-6/30/2002, GRA, (Written based on Cho's dissertation topic).

States and Internal Funding (on-going)
    1. Phase III: Investigation and Guidelines for Mass Concrete Construction Thermal Management, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, August 2022 - Feburary 2025, PI, Co-PIs: R.Gentry, K.Kurtis.
    2. Non-target Vision-based Structural Vibration Measurement using Connected Multi-drone Network, X-cutting: CEE at Georgia Tech, April 2021- April 2022, Co-PI, PI: Y. Wang
    3. Development of Drone-Assisted Highway Mowing Operations Planning, Monitoring, and Verification Capabilities, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, August 2020 - May 2022, Co-PI, PI: J. Irizarry.
    4. Phase II: Investigation and Guidelines for Mass Concrete Construction Thermal Management, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, July 2019 - July 2022, PI, Co-PIs: R.Gentry, K.Kurtis.
    5. Phase III: Smart Proximity Work Zone Safety Technology Deployment, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 10/15/2018-09/14/2020, PI.
    6. Assessment of Construction Points for Grade Control and Reference in 3D, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 8/01/2016-01/31/19, PI.
    7. Investigation and Guidelines for Mass Concrete Construction Thermal Management, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 7/31/2016-04/30/19, PI: Cho, Co-PIs: Kahn, Gentry, Brown
    8. Samrt and Connected Building System: automatic indoor events recognition and diagonosis, Digital Building Lab (DBL). 1/1/2018-6/30/2019, PI.
    9. Automated Building Element Recognition from Unstructured Point Cloud using Semi-supervised Machine Learning, Digital Building Lab (DBL). 1/1/2017-12/31/2017. PI.
    10. Active Work Zone Safety Using Emerging Technologies (Phase 2 - Modification 2), Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 5/06/2016-10/15/17, PI.
    11. Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention by Robotic Constrain-as-Needed Exoskeleton (CANE) for Construction Workers, IRIM. 8/29/2016-6/30/2017, PI: Cho, Co-PI:Ueda
    12. Effectiveness of a Pneumatic Crack Routing Device-Phase II, Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR), 5/1/2015-2/28/2017, PI (GT).
    13. BIM-integrated Wireless Localization Technology for Construction Management and Communication, Design Build Laboratory (DBL), 8/1/2014-12/31/2016, PI.
    14. Active Work Zone Safety Using Emerging Technologies (Phase 2 - Modification 1), Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 7/31/2015-05/15/16, PI.
    15. Active Work Zone Safety using Emerging Technologies-Phase 2, Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 3/1/2014-2.14 2015, PI (invited).
    16. Effectiveness Study of UNL's Pneumatic Crack/Joint Preparation Device, Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR), 7/1/2012-3/31/2014, PI.
    17. Waste-to-Energy and Biomass Utilization Technologies, UNL, 2011-2012, Co-PI.
    18. Wireless enabled Mobile Robot Development for Construction Applications, UCARE (Undergraduate research), 2011-2012 PI.
    19. Effectiveness study for temporary pavement marking removal, Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR), 7/1/2010-6/30/2011, PI.
    20. MATC Intern Award, Mid-America Transportation Center(MATC), 2010-2010, PI.
    21. Efficient Use of Non-nuclear gauges for HMA and Soil tests, Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR), 7/1/09-12/31/10, PI.
    22. Zero Net Energy Building Science Research Cluster, Nebraska Research Initiatives (NRI), 4/1/2009-5/30/2011, Co-PI.
    23. Infrared Themography-driven flaw detection and evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavements, Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR), 7/1/2007-1/31/2010, PI.
    24. Remote Assessment of New Bridge Systems Using Smart Wireless Sensors, Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI)-UNL, 2006-2007, PI: Li, Co-PI: Cho
    25. Laser-based position guidance to develop efficient control programming for construction material handling robots, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, 2004-2005, PI.
    26. Rapid Registration of 3-D CAM Models by Optimized Manual Guidance for Automated Construction Equipment, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, 2003-2004, PI.