Grants & Awards
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.
Grants
- 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)
Awards
- Image of Research Competition Honor Mention (2024)
Source: University of Illinois Chicago Graduate College
Recepient: Juan Acosta-Sequeda - Chicago Diversity Scholarship (2025)
Source: Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Greater Chicago Chapter
Recipient: Anchal Bansal - APTF Public Transportation Scholarship (2024)
Source: American Public Transportation Foundation
Recepient: Juan Acosta-Sequeda - Scholarship for Events on Complex Systems (2024)
Source: Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society
Recepient: Juan Acosta-Sequeda - Workshop on Mathematical Foundations for Equity in Transportation Systems travel award (2024)
Source: Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics at UCLA
Recepient: Juan Acosta-Sequeda - 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