Entries by Ming Tang

Gensler’s AI Award

SENSE-AI – Developing Spatial Experiences for Narrative and Sensory Emotions with AI.  Gensler. AI Excellence in the Design Process Award. PI: Tang. Amount: $100,000. Period: 06, 2026- 06.2027. I’m very grateful to share that UC’s proposal “SENSE-AI: Developing Spatial Experiences for Narrative and Sensory Emotions with AI” has received Gensler’s AI Excellence in the Design […]

Historic Avondale in VR

Virtual Reality Development for Historic Avondale and Digital Heritage  Principal Investigator (PI):  Anne Delano Steinert, Co-PI: Ming Tang. Society and Culture Grant, UC Research Office.  2026. University of Cincinnati. Timeline: 1/13/2026-07/01/2026  Project Overview The Historic Avondale Digital Heritage Project aims to create an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) reconstruction of Cincinnati’s historic Avondale neighborhood, focusing on cultural heritage preservation and community engagement. […]

ASTRO Award

Congratulations to XR-Lab Fellow Aayush Kumar on being awarded the 2026 Armstrong ASTRO Fellowship for the Discovery Program by the University of Cincinnati Office of Research.   This fellowship provides $6,000 in support for Aayush’s project, INARA (Intelligent Navigation and Autonomous Response Agent). The project explores innovative approaches to autonomous navigation through a hybrid framework […]

AI symposium, Bearcat AI Award

AI & Emerging Technology Symposium, UC Bearcat AI Award,   Presentation at the UC 2026 AI & Emerging Technology Symposium on 02/18/2026 at UC TUC Center. AI-Based Spatial Computing with BIM: Performance, Sustainability, and Wayfinding on the UC Campus This project introduces an AI-enhanced spatial computing framework that integrates building-scale digital twins with intelligent autonomous navigation. Using […]

THRED

Technology for Health, Resilience, Equity , and Decision-Making  Team: A&S: Kelly Merrill, Lauren Forbes, Briana Simms, Paris Wheeler, Diego Cuadros, DAAP: Ming Tang Funding: Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training. CCTST. Pilot Grant. $50,000. PI. Merrill, Forbes,  Co-I. Tang, Cuadros, Simms, Wheeler. 2026. University of Cincinnati. Project Aims:  Aim 1: Co-design a set of digital data governance policies that reflect […]