Rajan Batta:
Significant Grant Support
National Science
Foundation (regular awards)
Collaborative Research: Regulating
Hazardous Materials Transportation by Multi-Objective Dual Toll Pricing, $318,362,
2011-2014. R. Batta and C. Kwon are co-PIs. Y. J. Son from University of Arizona is our
collaborator and has a separate $150,000 budget.
Inspection Strategies in Airport Security
Systems, $300,000, 2005-2008. R.
Batta, C. Drury and L. Lin
are co-PIs. Also got
an REU Supplement for $12,000 and an IREE Supplement for $15,000.
Congestion in Facilities Location
and Layout: Deterministic and Stochastic Models. $200,000,
2003-2006. R. Batta
and R. Nagi are co-PIs. Also got an REU
supplement--$12,000.
Facility Layout (Re)Design
Using Planar & Network Location Approaches.
$255,545.
1998--2001.
R. Batta and R. Nagi
were Co-PIs. Also got
an REU Supplement--$10,000 and International Supplement--$14,000.
Development and Analysis of Conflict-Free Routing
Strategies for Free-Ranging Automated Guided Vehicles,
$109,961, 1992--1994. R. Batta and M.H. Karwan were
Co-PIs. Also got an
REU Supplement--$10,000.
National Science Foundation (special programs)
IGERT: Integrated Graduate Education and Research
Training in Geographic Information Science. $4,000,000. 2004-2009. Co-PI with 6 other UB Faculty. D.M. Mark is PI/PD.
IGERT: Integrated Graduate Education and Research
Training in Geographic Information Science. $3,000,000. 1998-2003. Co-PI with 4 other UB Faculty. D.M. Mark is PI/PD.
National
Institute of Justice (regular award)
Detection and Prediction of
Geographical Changes in Crime Rates. $221,520.
1999-2001. R. Batta, P. Rogerson and C.M. Rump
were co-PIs.
National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Research on Aggregation Analysis
for Location Problems, NCGIA, $19,600. June 1995 through May 1996.
Research on Aggregation Analysis for Location Problems,
NCGIA, $9,500, September 1994 through May 1995.
Research on the Modifiable Areal
Unit Problem, Aggregation Analysis for Location Problems, and Modeling Trader
Behavior. NCGIA, $8,799, Summer 1994.
Continuation of "Theoretical Analysis of
Aggregation Methods in Location-Allocation Models," $8,058, Summer 1993.
Theoretical Analysis of Aggregation Methods in
Location-Allocation Models, $7,306, Summer 1992.
Integration of the Hypercube Queueing
Model for Police Districting into the ARC/INFO GIS, $7,306, Summer 1991.
Sensitivity Analyses and the Development of Fast and
Accurate Algorithms for Locating and Deploying Emergency Facilities in
a Congested Environment, $8,369, Summer 1990.
Demand Point Approximation for Location Problems,
$7,600, Summer 1989.
Center
for Transportation Injury Research
Using Advanced Technology for Emergency
Response. $210,000. July 2009 through September 2012.
Delivery of Critical Items in a
Prolonged Disaster Response Effort. $70,000. July 2008 through June 2009. P. Rogerson is a co-PI.
Coverage Models in Cellular Communications. $77,000. September
2003 through August 2004. P. Rogerson was a co-PI.
Data Analysis and Solution Methods for Coverage Models
that arise in Cellular Communications. $70,000. September 2002 through August 2003. P. Rogerson was a co-PI.
Cell Tower Location and Data
Analysis Project. $68,000. September 2001 through August 2002. P. Rogerson was a
Co-PI.
ACN/Cell-Phone Coverage Project. $57,313. September
2000 through August 2001. P. Rogerson was Co-PI.
CTIR
Crash Registry and Cell Phone Coverage Analysis for the ACN System. $67,500. September 1999 through August 2000. P. Rogerson was a
Co-PI.
Western
New York Baseline Study. $32,000. October 1998 through August 1999. P. Rogerson was a
Co-PI.
Research on Building an Accident Data Base, Developing a
Probabilistic Model, and Identifying Geographical "Hot Spots" for the
ACN Project, $28,881. February 1996
through January 1997. P. Rogerson was a co-PI.
Lockheed
Martin
Military Mission
Planning. $25,000 grant + $20,000 gift. 2002.
Supply Chain
Optimization. $25,000 grant + $14,000
gift. 2001.
Advanced
Supply-Chain/Logistics Problems. $25,000. 2000.
Postal Dispatching Study. $25,000. 1999.
Government
Effective and Equitable Supply of Gasoline to Impacted Areas in the
Aftermath of a Natural Disaster. $79,572. 2014-15. R. Batta is
PD. Co-PIs: C. Kwon
and A. Baveja (Rutgers). Funded by Region II
University Transportation Research Center.
Realizing Information Gain through
Optimization of Reconnaissance and Surveillance (RIGORS), Office of Naval
Research (ONR).
Through CUBRC.
UB portion $706,452, PI P. Singla, co-PI R. Batta and M. Majji,
September 2012—August 2017).
Control of Anarchical and Ordered
Systems (CAOS): Mathematical Programming Approaches for Measuring Decentralized
and Centralized Network Operations. Office of Naval Research (ONR), CUBRC/UB
$977,418, PI R. Nagi, co-PI Mark Karwan,
R. Batta, M. Sudit (CUBRC
PI), (July 2012–June 2015).
Optimization Planning and Tactical
Intelligent Management of Aerial Sensors (OPTIMAS).
$1,171,247. 2008-2011. M. Karwan is PD.
Co-PIs: R.Batta, J. Crassidis,
R. Nagi, M. Sudit, T. Jasinski, P. Deignan, C. Barsalou, PM: M.Moskal. Funded by Office of Naval
Research.
Redistricting and School Bus Route Optimization
for Sweet Home School District: A GIS Approach. $10,095. 2006. I. Casas is PD. R. Batta
and R. Nagi are co-PIs. Funded by the Sweet Home
School District, Amherst, New York.
Information Fusion Applied in an Earthquake
Disaster Setting. $2,500,000. 2000-2005. P. Scott is
PD. J. Llinas,
L. Lin, K. Kesavadas, and A. Bisantz
are co-PIs. Funded by
Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Innovative Fusion Capabilities: Tracking, Networking and Visualization. $553,564. 2004. T. Singh and R. Nagi are co-PDs, K. Kesavadas and B. Jayaraman are
co-PIs. Funded by Rosettex Technology and Ventures Group (NIMA/NGA).
The Design of Police Patrol
Operations in the City of Buffalo. $22,300. 1997-1998. C. Rump was a Co-PI.
Buffalo Police Department, Optimal Allocation of Police
Cars in the City of Buffalo. $5,000. 1997. C.
Rump was a co-PI.
United
Airlines
Irregular
Operations Optimization. $50,000.
Industry
Routing
and Dispatching Software Development for the Center for Transportation
Excellence. $45,579.
2007. Funded as
a sub-contract through CUBRC.
Computer
Based Order Combination Method. $6,662. 2007. Funded by American
Coaster Company.
Layout Efficiency Analysis. $11,000. 2007. Funded by Niagara
Transformer.
Layout and Analysis of Assembly Packaging Area. $14,000. 2006. Funded by Hydro-Air
Components.
Warehouse Layout Study. $16,923. 2006. Funded by Curbell, Inc.
R. Nagi is a co-PI.
Manufacturing Layout
Study. $16,923. 2006. Funded by Curbell,
Inc. R. Nagi
is a co-PI.
Optimization of Roll
and Sheet Sizes. $14,478. 2005. Funded by MOD-PAC, Inc.
Improvement of Store Room Operations and Inventory Management, Phase-I. $35,882. 2005. Funded by NFTA. L. Lin was a co-PI.
Distributed Mobile
Fusion. $50,000. 2001.
R. Nagi was a co-PI. Funded by Boeing.
Support
for Scheduling Software. $8,500. 2001. L. Lin was a co-PI. Funded by Quebecor
Printing.
Operations Analysis and Plant Layout/Facility Redesign
Studies. 2001. $9,943. R. Nagi was a co-PI. Funded by Ferro Electronics, Inc.
Assessment of Operation Efficiency/Layout Design and
Development of a Computerized
Production Scheduling System in Cylinder Manufacturing
Operations. $25,000. 2000. L. Lin was a co-PI. Funded by Quebecor
Printing.
IE-Related Projects at Buffalo
Wireworks, Buffalo Wireworks, Inc., $60,000. 1991-1996.
Capacity Planning and Detailed
Scheduling, Clearing Niagara, $23,500. 1995. L. Lin was a co-PI.
The Development of Vehicle Routes for Overnight Parcel
Deliveries, Federal Express Corporation, $16,500. 1989-1990.
Protective
Closures, Inc., Plant Layout. $6,591. 1997.
Diversified Manufacturing, Inc., GRIT project, Process
Improvement-Assessment with Implementation.
$19,166.
1996-1997. C.G. Drury was a co-PI.
Materials Management and Plant Layout Analysis, Harrison
Radiator, $25,000. 1988-1989.
Methods Study for Various Tasks Involved in the
Overhauling Procedure of New York City Cars in Blasdell, New York, General
Electric Co., $13,524. 1987.
Data Collection, Relationship Analysis and Personnel
Training for a Critical Path Method (CPM) Procedure for Overhauling New York
City Cars in Blasdell, New York, General Electric Co., $9,223.
1986.