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.

Models for Air Medical Service Base Location. $40,000. July 2006 through June 2007. P. Rogerson is a co-PI.

Provision of Air Medical Services, and Interpolation of Results from Mobile Sensors. $87,000. January 2005 through May 2006. 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

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.