Role: Advisor for Architecture Students, Department of Education Collaborators: Civil Engineering, Physics, Biology, Math Departments, Howard University $1,000,000, 2019-2021

The I-RISE program extends opportunities for paid research experience, networking with industry partners, and inroads to professional work to underrepresented first- and second-year students in STEM disciplines. It focuses on students with GPAs of 2.00-3.00 or non-scholarship at the first- and second-year student levels, stimulating scientific interest through participation in real-world, hands-on research projects in the early years of STEM education to boost retention and graduation rates.

Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborators: Healthy Building Network $23,000, 2021-22

Plan and implement student-designed research projects that address building materials’ human and environmental health impacts, especially in the context of affordable housing design and environmental justice implications of material selections.

Role: Team member, National Science Foundation Convergence accelerator

Collaborators: Howard University, Southern Illinois University, Army Core of Engineers $750,000, 2020-21

Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Infrastructure Safety Monitoring platform to accurately judge infrastructure health and inform maintenance, repair, and replacement decisions. It will provide accurate and timely information about an infrastructure’s health for decision-makers to prioritize decisions.

Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborators: Healthy Building Network $23,000, 2021-22

Plan and implement student-designed research projects that address building materials’ human and environmental health impacts, especially in the context of affordable housing design and environmental justice implications of material selections.