NSF STEP program undergraduate research, $9,000, PI, summer 2010

National housing Endowment, Homebuilding Education Leadership Program, $363,360, PI, 2008-2011

Investigation of microwave energy applications for direct reduction of iron oxide for Mars in situ resource utilization

Discussion of potential mechanical problems associated with incidental and intentional contact on the surface of Mars, along with a short discussion of lunar concrete.

Internal:
- Lunar Excavation and Leveling Methods Research Plan, Civil Engineering Start-up Fund, 1991-1995, $20,000, PI
- Construction Automation Laboratory Equipment Grant, Texas Engineering Experiment Station and Civil Engineering Department, 1992-1995, $40,000, PI
- Sandia, Development of Telerobotic Vehicle, Texas Engineering Experiment Station and Civil Engineering Department, 1992-1993, $13,000, Co-PI
External:
- Lunar Excavation and Leveling Research, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research Project, 1992-1994, $136,022, PI
- Analysis, Storage, and Distribution of Lunar Soil Simulant, Lockheed (NASA), 1993-1994, $24,500, PI
- IBM Donation of Robot, IBM Austin, 1992, robot valued at $234,000, Co-PI
- Applications of Robotics to Highway Systems, Texas Department of Transportation, 1993, $75,000, Co-PI
- SPACE 94 Student Contest Video, Texas Space Grant Consortium, 1994, $10,295, PI
- One-sixth gravity flights, NASA-JSC, 1995 and 1996, Flights Valued at $26,000, PI
- Development of a Parametric Estimating System for State of Texas Prison Facilities, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 1995, $203,854, Co-PI