Grant and Funded Projects

GRO

September 15, 2024/by Ming Tang

GenAI+AR Siemens

July 4, 2024/by Ming Tang

P&G Metaverse

February 28, 2024/by Ming Tang

Digital Twin, LLM & IIOT

January 24, 2024/by Ming Tang

CVG HOLO

July 1, 2023/by Ming Tang

Kao Metaverse

June 10, 2023/by Ming Tang

Industry 4.0/5.0 grant

November 17, 2022/by Ming Tang

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Simulation

July 12, 2022/by Ming Tang

NSF: Future of Work

April 23, 2022/by Ming Tang

Building Safety Analysis with AI

October 29, 2021/by Ming Tang

Eye-Tracking for Drivers’ Visual Behavior

August 28, 2021/by Ming Tang

Virtual Reality for caregiver training

March 27, 2021/by Ming Tang

Return to the Third Places.

December 10, 2020/by Ming Tang

VR for Police Training

August 3, 2020/by Ming Tang

Safety Vests

July 17, 2020/by Ming Tang

Protected: Computer Vision of Building Roof Analysis

April 21, 2020

Ihsan Community Center Design and Renovation

December 19, 2019/by Ming Tang

Digital Twin of Ohio Highway. Training Simulation for snowplow

December 17, 2019/by Ming Tang

Collaborative teaching to study the social impact of A.I, Automation, and Robots

November 4, 2019/by Ming Tang

An interdisciplinary approach to using eye-tracking technology for design and behavioral analysis

August 18, 2019/by Ming Tang

urban mobility studio

January 4, 2019/by Ming Tang

Mixed Reality for medical data

September 1, 2018/by Ming Tang

project featured in UC Magazine

April 14, 2018/by Ming Tang

Virtual Assistant for Boeing is shortlisted for 2018 Crystal Cabin Award

January 24, 2018/by Ming Tang
  1. Use of Big Data and AI Techniques to Improve Water Systems Performance in the Age of Climate Change and Social Justice. PI: Ryan White. co-PI: Ming Tang, Nate Morehouse. Funded by EPA towards IRiS Grad Fellows Program. $16,500. 2023-2024
  2. Consumer behavior towards toiler paper. PI: Ryan White. co-PI: Ming Tang, Nate Morehouse. Funded by P&G towards IRiS Grad Fellows Program. $16,500. 2023-2024
  3. Developing of a dashboard for the assessment and risk management of heat stress in workers. PI: Ryan White. co-PI: Ming Tang, Nate Morehouse. Funded by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) towards IRiS Grad Fellows Program. $16,500. 2023-2024
  4. KAO-STP-Glowverse VR retail project. GLOWVERSE VIRTUAL SPA (VR) development. UC-SIM + XR-Lab +College of Business. Funded by KAO.  PI: Chris Collins. Co-PI: Ming Tang, Noah Van. $52,122. Period: 2.2023-11.2023  
  5. Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Phase-5. Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. PI. Tang. $72,350. Period: 10.2023- 11.2024.
  6. Virtual Reality for Employee Safety Training.Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Simulation-Phase II.  Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. PI. Tang. $22,365. Period: 2.2023- 12.2023.
  7. CVG-HOLO – wayfinding hologram project. Funded by the UC UHP summer program. $7,000. Collaboration with UCSIM, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. 01.2023-12.2023
  8. Immersive vs. Traditional Training​ – a comparison of training modalities​. PIs. Tang, Lorenz. $40,000. By UC Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute. 01.2023-01.2024
  9. Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Phase-4. Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. PI. Tang. $48,646. Period: 1.2023- 10.2023.
  10. UC Honors Class. Design in the age of Metaverse. $6,000. Spring 2024.
  11. Neighborhoods Of Designed Engagement Systems (NODES) for Community in Price Hill. Center for DAAP Research and Innovation (CDRI) research grant. DAAP, UC. PI: Matyiku. Co-PIs: Trischler, Mehta, Tang, Rebola. $5,000. 2022
  12. UC Digital Future XR-Lab Fellowship.  $17,499. Hired student Rishi Tej Aritakula as XR-Lab fellow. 08.2022 ~ 04.2023. 
  13. Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Phase III. Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. PI. Tang. $15,709. Period: 6.2022- 06.2023.
  14. Virtual Reality for Employee Safety Training.Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Simulation.  Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. PI. Tang. $16,631. Period: 6.2022- 09.2022.
  15. Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Phase II. Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. PI. Tang. $79,980. Period: 10.2021- 08.2022. Grant: G402236. 2021
  16. UC DAAP Faculty Development Grant. PI. Tang. $600. 11. 2021
  17. Using Eye-Tracking to Study the Effectiveness of Visual Communication. UHP Discovery funding. University Honor Program. UC. $5,000. Faculty advisor. 2021.
  18. Assess the effectiveness of using Virtual Reality for caregiver training. Urban Health Pathway Seed Grant. PI: Ming Tang. Partner. Council of Aging, LiveWell Collaborative. $19,844. 03. 2021-3.2022.
  19. Resilient Price Hill. UC Forward C19 co-LAB awards. PI: Conrad Kickert. Co-PI: Ming Tang, Yexuan Gu. $17,986. 08.2020-01.2021. 
  20. Future of Work: Understanding the interrelationships between humans and technology to improve the quality of work life in smart buildings. Grant: #SES-2026594 PI:  David W. Wendell. co-PIs: Harfmann, Anton; Fry, Michael; Rebola, Claudia; Senior Personnel/co-Is: Pravin Bhiwapurkar, Ann Black, Annulla Linders, Tamara Lorenz, Nabil Nassif, John Seibert, Ming Tang, Nicholas Williams, and Danny T.Y. Wu.  01-01-2021 -12-31-2021 National Science Foundation $149,720. Awarded Level: Federal. 2021
  21. Develop and Assess Active Shooter Virtual Reality Training for Ohio Law Enforcement.  PI: J.C Barnes. Co-PI: Tang, Latessa, Haberman. Office of Criminal Justice Services. $50,000. 09. 2020-09.2021 ($28K) Awarded Level: Federal. 2020
  22. Using Checklists and Virtual Reality to Improve Police Investigations. Collaborative Research Advancement Grants. UC. $25,000. PI: Haberman. Co-PI: Tang, Barnes. Period: 07.2020-01.2022. 
  23. Assess the effectiveness of Type 2 and Type 3 safety vests for day and night use-Phase. Ohio Department of Transportation. PI: Ash. Co-PI: Tang. Wang.  $337,366.31. ($191,458.16 in FY2020, and $145,908.15  in  FY2021) Period: 02.2020-02.2022. 
  24. Tobii Pro Glasses Training. DAAP Faculty Development Grant. co-PI: Hildebrandt, Auffrey, Tang. $2,500. spring semester. 2020.
  25. Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Sponsored research by the Cincinnati Insurance Companies. PI. Tang. Co-PI: Jiaqi Ma. $59,000. Period: 02.2020- 12.2021. 
  26. UC International 2020 Incentive Grant. “Architectural Interventions: Design-Build collaboration of the University of Cincinnati and Beijing Jiao tong University.” PI: Tang. $3,750. 2020
  27. Collaborative teaching to study the social impact of A.I, Automation, and Robots, PI: Tang. Co-PI: Cory Haberman, Tamara Lorenz. Funded by UC Forward Course Development grant. The Future of (no) Work and Artificial Intelligence. $15,000. Period: 09.2020- 12.2020. (Award fund rescind due to COV-19 budget freeze). 2020
  28. Development of a Virtual Reality Augmented Violence Reduction Training System for Active and Mass Shooting incidents. PI: Ed Latessa. Co-PIs: J.C. Barnes, Ming Tang, Cory Haberman, Co-Is: Dan Gerard, Tim Sabransky. $10,000. Start-up fund. UC Digital Futures anchor tenant cohort. 2019
  29. “Paving the way for vehicle highway automation:  An integrated simulation-centered testing platform”. Collaborative Advancement Grants Program – Strategic Teams. $70,000. PI: Jiaqi Ma, Co-PI: Ming Tang. Kelly Cohen. 2019
  30. “Evaluate Opportunities to Provide Training Simulation for ODOT Snow and Ice Drivers”. Phase 2. Ohio Department of Transportation. PI: Jiaqi Ma. Co-PI: Ming Tang. $952,938. Grant #: 1014440. ODOT 32391 / FHWA Period: 01.2019-03.2022
  31. ITSC Faculty Engagement Initiative. Funded by UC Next Lives Here strategic direction and Innovation. $2,000. 2019
  32. Ihsan Community Center Design. Sponsored studio. $5,000. PI: Tang. 2019
  33. Partner with Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), Design + Build project “Pear Orchard Cabins” , UIA-CBC Competition Stage II. $7,200. Granted by UC international  & SAID. Faculty supervisor: Hamamaker, Tang. 2019
  34. “Eye-tracking technology”. Strategic Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Award. UC.  $19,940. PI: Tang. Co-PI: Auffrey, Hildebrandt. 2018
  35. “Evaluate Opportunities to Provide Training Simulation for ODOT Snow and Ice Drivers”. Phase-1. Ohio Department of Transportation. PI: Jiaqi Ma. Co-PI: Ming Tang, Julian Wang. $39,249. ODOT 32391 / FHWA. Period: 01.2018- 01.2019
  36. “Project-Based Collaborative Coursework for Developing Connected Transportation Network and Accessible Multimodal Hub in Uptown”. UC Forward grant. Co-PI: Heng Wei, Na Chen, Xinhao Wang, Jiaqi Ma, Ming Tang. Total $27,500. 2018
  37. “Magic School Bus for Computational Cell”, the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences and Integrated Research Advancement Grants. (AHSS) UC.  $8,550. PI: Tang. Co-PI: Zhang. T. 2017
  38. CUE grant. UC.  $4,500. Hybrid Reality: Using Augmented Reality and Holograms for Wayfinding and Signage Research. PI: Tang. Co-PI:  Auffrey, C., Wang, X. 2016
  39. Provost Innovative Technology Award. $70,000.  Architectural Robotic Lab. PI. Klemmt. C.,  Marcu. M. Tang. M. 2016
  40. Third Century Faculty Research Grant. UC. $10,000.  Unfolding CocoOn. SOFA Expo 2016. Chicago. PI: Tang. Marcu. M . 2016
  41. Faculty Development Award. FDC. Track B, Hardware. $430. 2015
  42. FDC Department & Interdisciplinary Grant. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Using Immersive Data Visualization for Teaching and Research. FDC UC. $ 9,700. PI: Tang.  Co-PI: Auffrey, C., Wang, X., Lu, M. 2015
  43. Low Carbon City. Shenzhen Center for Design. ALCCA parallel research Grant. China. RMB 50,000 ($8,069) PI: Tang.  Co-PI: Auffrey, C., Wang, X., Lu, M. 2015
  44. Block grant. UC International (study abroad)  $24,000. Sustainable Urbanism. Co-PIs: Tang, M., Auffrey, C., Wang, X., Lu, M. 2014
  45. UC Forward Grants. Sustainable Urbanism: An International Perspective. Co-PIs: Tang, M., Auffrey, C., Wang, X., Lu, M.  $7,800. Granted. 2014
  46. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $2,695. Granted. (ACADIA. LA) 2014
  47. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $2,410. Granted. (ARCC, Hawaii) 2014
  48. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $2,695. Granted. (ACADIA, Cambridge, Canada). 2013
  49. 2013-2014 UC Forward Grants. Sustainable Urbanism: An International Perspective. Co-PI: Tang, M., Auffrey, C., Lu, M.  $10,000. Granted. 2013
  50. Faculty Abroad Grant. $500. UC International Office. Granted. 2012
  51. University Research Council Grant (URC) PI: Tang, M. Co-PI: Auffrey, C., Lu, M. $18,175. Granted. (D700178). 2012
  52. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $2,379. Granted. (ACADIA, San Francisco). 2012
  53. UC Forward Grants. Sustainable Urbanism: An International Perspective. Co-PI: Tang, M., Auffrey, C., Lu, M.  $9,200. Granted. 2012
  54. UC Education Abroad Program Development Grants, awarded by UC International. 2012 Sustainable Urbanism: An International Perspective” (China) PI: Tang, M. Co-PI: Auffrey, C., Lu, M. $2,500. Granted. 2012
  55. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $1,766. Granted. (ACSA, Boston) 2012
  56. 2011 Instructional Technology Institute. University of Cincinnati. $750. Granted. 2011
  57. New Faculty Travel Grant. DAAP, University of Cincinnati. $350. Granted.2011
  58. Faculty Development Award. FDC, University of Cincinnati.  $1,265. Granted. (ARCC, Detroit) . 2011
  59. Awards from Young Architects Forum of Atlanta. $250. Granted. 2011
  60. Awards from d3 natural system $500. Granted. 2010  
  61. Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design, MathMorph: Digital Fabrication, $5,000. (PI). Granted. 2009
  62. Presidential Fellowship, co-work with Dihua Yang, Savannah College of Art and Design, Urban Paleontology: Evolution of Urban Forms, $5,000. Granted. 2008
  63. Arquitectum. Award from Chichen Itza competition, $5,000. Granted. 2008
  64. Fellowships, Michigan State University. Granted. 2000, 2001