Grants & Awards

Whether we love them or hate them, grants & awards are part of research. Here is a list of some of the research grants and awards we have received.

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  • Center for Climate Health Equity (CECHE) (2024)
    Sponsor: National Institute of Health
  • Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Cyberinfrastructure to Catalyze and Sustain the Urban Computing Community (2024)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) (abstract) (website)
  • ITAG (Illinois TrAnsit GHG): a User-Friendly Tool to Estimate and Compare Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit Operations in Illinois (2024)
    Sponsor: Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) (website)
  • Travel Demand and Grid Impact Analysis (2023)
    Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
  • International partnerships for accelerating climate-ready, sustainable, and clean urban transportation (2022)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
    Led by Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) (Press Release)
  • PRESUR: Planning a Resilient and Equitable State Using Real-time data (2021)
    Sponsor: Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)
  • RAPID/Collaborative Research: Investigating Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes in US Households Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract) (website)
    In collaboration with Arizona State University (abstract)
  • INTERN: Integrating Real-time Water Data, Automation, and Machine Learning into Water Management Operations and Planning (2020)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, supplement to NSF CAREER Award (abstract)
  • EAGER: SUstainable Material Management Extreme Events Reconnaissance (SUMMEER) Organization (2020)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • Smart City Digital Twin Convergence Conference (2019)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • Understanding and Forecasting the Impacts of Depopulation in Illinois (2019)
    Sponsor: Illinois Department of Transportation (website)
  • Workshop on Post-Disaster Materials and Environmental Management (2019)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • Intelligent Welding: Real Time Monitoring, Diagnosis, Decision and Control using Multi-sensor and Machine Learning (2016)
    Sponsor: UI Labs
  • CyberPhysical Systems: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Querying Underground Infrastructure Systems (2016)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • CAREER: Understanding the Fundamental Principles Driving Household Energy and Resource Consumption for Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient Communities (2016)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • Transportation Systems Modeling for Detroit (2015)
    Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory
  • CyberSEES: Type 2: Feasibility of a Data Integration Framework for Urban Metabolism (2013)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (abstract)
  • Developing a new GIS tool to calculate the Topological and Fractal Dimensions of Cities (2013)
    Sponsor: College of Engineering Annual Fund
  • Assessing Sustainable Freight Policies Using Microsimulation Approach (2012)
    Sponsor: National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research (abstract)

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  • US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2023)
    Source: National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible (invited participant)
  • Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (2023)
    Source: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • President’s Scholarship (2023)
    Source: Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Greater Chicago Chapter
    Recipient: Uttara Sutradhar
  • Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Support as Vice-Chair of AMR10 Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection Committee (2023)
    Source: Transportation Research Board (TRB)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • David Boyce Graduate Award (2022)
    Source: Professor David Boyce
    Recipient: Rishabh Chauhan
  • College of Engineering Advising Award (2021)
    Source: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • Finalist in Textbooks – 2020 PROSE Award for Urban Engineering for Sustainability (2020)
    Source: Association of American Publishers (AAP)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • Textbook Urban Engineering for Sustainability recognized as one of “12 Must-Read Earth Day Books” in 2020 (2020)
    Source: MIT Press – see article here
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • Third Place at 2019 UIC GIS Day (2019)
    Source: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Rishabh Chauhan
  • College of Engineering Teaching Award (2019)
    Source: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • David Boyce Graduate Award (2018)
    Source: Professor David Boyce
    Recipient: Dongwoo Lee
  • Tillman Scholarship (2018)
    Source: Patt Tillman Foundation
    Recipient: John Mulrow
  • University Fellowship (2017-2021)
    Source: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Ali Movahedi
  • College of Engineering Research Award (2017)
    Source: College of Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • College of Engineering Teaching Award (2017)
    Source: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • UIC Dean’s Scholar Fellowship (2016-2017)
    Source: Graduate College, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Nasir Ahmad
  • David Boyce Graduate Award (2016)
    Source: Professor David Boyce
    Recipient: Amirhassan Kermanshah
  • College of Engineering Advising Award (2016)
    Source: College of Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) (2015-2018)
    Source: National Science Foundation
    Recipient: John Mulrow
  • SIEYP Scholarship (2015)
    Source: International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), to attend the 2015 ISIE conference and Symposium on Industrial Ecology for Young Professionals (SIEYP) in Surrey, United Kingdom
    Recipient: Nasir Ahmad
  • IESP Predoctoral Fellowship (2014-2015)
    Source: Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (IESP), University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Nasir Ahmad
  • College of Engineering Teaching Award (2014)
    Source: College of Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • College of Engineering Advising Award (2014)
    Source: College of Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
    Recipient: Sybil Derrible
  • NTU Winter School Fellowship (2014)
    Source: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), to attend the workshop Introduction to Complexity and Complexity Science hosted at NTU in Singapore
    Recipient: Nasir Ahmad