Grants and Contracts

Current Research Grants

• U.S Army-Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) - $500,000K, FY2010, "To explore a new concept of diagnosis and health & usage monitoring system (HUMS) of the main rotor swashplate assembly of military rotorcraft through testing." - Pl
• South Carolina Army National Guard (SC ARNG) - $976,500K, FY2010, "Development of the new generation of Health Monitoring Systems(757,000)", "Lubrication and Oil Analysis ($125,000)", "onboard component testing ($94,000). "- PI
• South Carolina Army National Guard (SC ARNG) - $868K, FY08-FY10, "Achieving Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Objectives of Military Aircraft" - PI
• US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) - $3.91M, FY06-FY08, "Achieving Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Objectives of Military Aircraft", - Competitive Grants - PI
• Department of Energy (DOE) - $1.37M, FY05-FY08, "Nuclear Engineering Education", Ear Mark - PI
• Department of Energy (DOE) - $210K, FY04-FY08, "DOE Matching Educational Grant", Competitive Grant - PI
• Department of Energy (DOE), - $523K, FY05-FY08, "Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education, INIE, Multi-University Southeast INIE Consortium", - Competitive Grant - PI

Pending Proposals

• Army Research Office, "Development of a Predictive Maintenance of Military Equipment", $750K
• Boeing Aerospace, "Development of a Mechanical Diagnosis and Prognosis Test Stand at USC", $325,000
• DARPA, "Development of a Complete Methodology for Mechanical Diagnosis and Prognosis of Rotating Machinery", $1,335,000

Completed Research Grants

33. DOE, "DOE Matching Educational Grant", $210,000, 2003 - 2005
32. DOD/South Carolina Army National Guard, "Cost and Effectiveness Analysis of the AH64/UH-60L on Board Vibrations Monitoring (VM) System", $1,950,000, February 1999 - January 2005
31. South Carolina Department of Commerce, "On the Internal Combustion Engine of the Future; the Camless Engine", $250,000, 2000 - 2003
30. US-Egypt Collaborative Program, NSF, "Smart Composite Materials for Monitoring Structural Damage", $49,996, July 99 - July 2002
29. Goodrich Corporation, "The Goodrich Laboratory of Excellence in Mechanical Diagnostics and Prognostics Technology", $250,000, 2001 - 2002
28. Gulfstream Aerospace, "Testing and Simulation of Airframe Structure under Complex Loading", $120,000 July 2002 - June 30, 2003
27. Center for Manufacturing and Technology (CMAT), $400,000, 1999 - 2001
26. CECMT Center for Composites at USC, DOD-US Navy-GLCC, $15,000, 1999 - 2000
25. NASA Langely, "Sensing and Control in Machining Processes", $44,000, 1997 - 1999
24. KREATIV, Inc., "The Development and Characterization of Air Abrasive Jet for Dentistry Applications", $106,500, January 1998 - December 1998
23. Ingersoll-Rand Company, "Icejet and Waterjet Technology for Biological and Electronics Applications", $55,100, November 1997 - November 1998
22. Space Age Control, Inc., "An Investigation of a Transducer Frequency Response", $5,100, April 1998 - July 1998
21. National Science Foundation, "Advanced Manufacturing Concepts for Shaping Superplastic Sheet Materials", $299,916, August 1993 - May 1996
20. The Boeing Company, "Intelligent Machining Systems: Tape Tuning and Control", $112,820, July 1992 - December 1994
19. Flow International Cooperation, "High Pressure Jet-Assisted Machining of Hard Materials; Design, Mechanics and Tribology", $188,280, 1993 - 1995
18. Washington Technology Center, "Advanced Waterjet Technology Development; Jet-Assisted Machining and Abrasive Waterjet Cutting", $70,000, 1993 - 1995
17. Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, "Intelligent Supervisory Control of Unmanned Machining Systems", $366,556, 1990 - 1994
16. Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Co-PI, "Boeing Manufacturing Professor", $500,000, 1993 - 1998
15. Hewlett-Packard Company, "The Effect of Tribology of Sliding Printer's Components on Print Quality using Machine Vision", $50,000, August 1, 1992 - December 31, 1993
14. The Washington Technology Center, "Advanced Forming Concepts; Design, Materials and Processing", $48,841, July 1991 - June 1993
13. Omark Industries, "The Development of an Adaptive Control System for a Multi-system Bulk Deformation Processes", $65,000, July 1990 - June 1991
12. The Washington Technology Center, "Sensors and Control of Machining Processes", $55,500, July 1991 - June 1993
11. College of Engineering and Architecture-WSU, "Polyspectral Analysis of the Buckled Beam and Machine Tool Chattering Using Nonlinear Transfer Functions", $13,988, 1990 - 1991
10. Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., "Automated Formability Analysis of Al-Li and Other Al Alloys", Grant No.429662-0957N, $43,982, 1988 - 1989
9. National Science Foundation, "Engineering Research Equipment Grant: High Power Copper Vapor Laser", $35,000, 1988 - 1989
8. Washington State University, "Material Characterization for Forming Processes", grant-in-aid Program, $9,590, 1986 - 1987
7. Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, "Physical Machinability Models for Flexible Machining Systems", $25,000, 1986 - 1987
6. The Washington Technology Center, "Advanced Forming Concepts", $181,918, 1988 - 1993
5. The Washington Technology Center, "Sensors and Control in Machining", $185,129, 1988 - 1993
4. Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, "Cutting Tool Reliability and Tool Wear Analysis", Grant No. Y4-18661, $60,608, 1985 - 1986
3. National Science Foundation, "Engineering Research Equipment, High-Speed Camera and Photographic Data Reduction Unit", Grant No. CBT-8506618, $36,191, 1985 - 1986
2. United States Department of Agriculture - Forestry Service, "New Concept Increment Borer for High Production Sampling in Building Green Density Models", Grant No. PNW-84-35, $12,962, 1984 - 1985
1. National Science Foundation, "Equipment to Support Materials Behavior Research", Grant No. MEA 8405633, $57,000, 1984 - 1985