Funded Projects

  • "NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology (NC-CAV)," NCDOT, $1M,A. Karimoddini (Lead PI), A. Homaifar, W. Fan (UNCC), T. Chase (NCSU), J. Kelly, S. Jiang, L. Hashemi Beni, A. Eroglu, N. Rouphail (NCSU), C. Cunningham (NCSU), A. Hajbabaie (NCSU), S.C. Lin (NCSU), D. Findley (NCSU), S. Bert (NCSU), N. Norboge (NCSU), 2020-2022 (Project Website, NCDOT Public Release, NC A&T Public Release)


  • "Supporting the UAS research at NCA&T," Intel, $43,795, A. Karimoddini, 2019-2020.


  • "Developing a Safe and Cost-effective Flight Control Methodology for a UAV-Enabled Bridge Inspection,"NCDOT, $263,937, A. Karimoddini (Lead PI), N. Goudarzi (UNCC), A. Homaifar, 2019-2020 (Project Website, NCDOT Project Details).


  • “Excellence in Research: A Reliable Automated Distributed Monitoring System for Smart Agricultural Applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF), $596,143, A. Karimoddini, L. Hashemi, A. Shahbazi, 2018-2021. (NSF Project Details)


  • “Data-driven Intelligent Prediction Tool (DIPT),” DOD Test Resource Management Center, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, DOD Test Resource Management Center, $5,300,000, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2016-2020. (NC A&T Press Release)


  • “Testing, Evaluation and Control of Heterogeneous Large-scale Autonomous Vehicles (TECHLAV),” DoD Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), $5,000,000, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, J. Kelly, Y. Seong, 2015-2020. (NC A&T Press release )


  • “Enhancing Autonomous Vehicle Traffic Safety through Pedestrian Detection, Classification and Communication,” North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), $199,396 , M. Palmer, A. Karimoddini, S. Hollar, J. Feng, A. Homaifar, 2019-2021. (NCDOT Project Details)


  • “A3- Aggies' Autonomous Auto,” $336,547, A. Karimoddini, S. Yi, D. Acree, SAE International and General Motors, 2017-2020.


  • “Reliable and Flexible Teaming of Heterogeneous Autonomous Vehicles,” DoD Army Research Office (ARO), $500,000, A. Karimoddini, A. Homaifar, 2016-2018.


  • “Data Driven Techniques for Testing and Evaluation of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems,” General Informatics Inc (GI), $480,000, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2015-2016.


  • “A Type-2 Fuzzy Inference System Development Toolbox,” Scientific Research Corporation (SRC), $214,950.00, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2014.


  • “Developing a Test-bed of Multi-agent Systems,” College of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Drive toward research preeminence program, $96,140, A. Karimoddini, A. Homaifar, 2013.


  • “Assistive robot for geriatric and handicap application,” College of Engineering Research Equipment Funding, North Carolina A&T State University, $100,176, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2013.


  • “Inference Engine Using Type-2 Fuzzy Sets, Focus on type-reduction,” Scientific Research Corporation (SRC), $36,800, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2013.


  • “Inference Engine Using Type-2 Fuzzy Sets, Feasibility Study and Concept building,” Scientific Research Corporation (SRC), $75,000, A. Homaifar, A. Karimoddini, 2013.