Current Grants
Sub-ice Investigation of Marine and PLanetary-analog
Ecosystems, NASA, $4,724,192,
4/1/12 - 3/31/16, Britney Schmidt, William Stone, Peter Doran,
Andrew Johnson, Stacy Kim, Mark Skidmore, Nathan Bramall, Frank
Rack
Describing, Contrasting, and Visualizing End-of-Life Care in
the 21st Century, National Institute of Nursing Research,
$2,069,041,
9/9/11 - 6/30/15, Gail Keenan, Diana Wilke, Yingwei Yao, Andrew
Johnson, Rashid Ansari, Ashfaq Khokhar
MRI-R2: Development of the Next-Generation CAVE Virtual
Environment (NG-CAVE), National Science Foundation,
$701,815, 5/01/10 - 4/30/13, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Tom
Peterka, Maxine Brown
CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: Enhancing Stakeholder
Participation in Environmental Planning with Visualization
Tools
that Support Complex Systems Learning and Spatial Thinking,
National Science Foundation, $249,953, 8/1/11 - 7/31/13, Moira
Zellner, Andrew Johnson, Leilah Lyons, Charles Hoch, Josh
Radinsky
Human Augmentics for Sustained Wellness, University of
Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational
Science, $30,000, 2/1/12 - 1/31/13, Jason Leigh, Steve Jones,
Robert Kenyon, Stellan Ohlsson, Giselle Mosnaim, Robin
Mermelstein, James Rimmer, Andrew Johnson, Eulalia Puig Abril
STCI: OptIPlanet Cyber-Mashup: Persistent Visualization and
Collaboration Services for Global Cyber Infrastructure,
National Science Foundation, $1,933,337, 9/1/09 - 8/31/13, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Maxine Brown, Luc Renambot
MRI: Development of OmegaTable and OmegaDesk - Instruments
for Interactive Visual Data Exploration and Collaboration,
National Science Foundation, $466,000, 9/1/08 - 8/31/13, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown
Prior Grants
Visualization and Interaction
Collaborative Research: Toward Likelike Computer Interfaces
that Learn, National Science Foundation, $569,872, 1/1/07
- 1/31/12, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Steve
Jones, Tom DeFanti, in collaboration with Avelino Gonzalez, Ron
DeMara
Future Earth Initiative, National Science Foundation, UIC
part: $205,943, 4/1/09 - 12/31/11 Patrick Hamilton, Paul Morin,
Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot
Center for End-of-Life Transition Research (CEoLTR)
supplement, National Institute of Nursing Research,
$399,753, 9/18/09 - 9/29/11, Diana Wilke, Andrew Johnson, Rashid
Ansari, Ashfaq Khokhar, Yingwei Yao
Environmentally Non-disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic
Explorer (ENDURANCE), NASA, UIC part: $462,570 of
$2,140,519, 5/1/07 - 6/14/11, Peter Doran, Andrew Johnson,
William Stone, Bin Chen, Chris McKay, John Priscu
Collaborative Research: CoreWall - Integrated Environment for
Interpretation of Geoscientific Data from Sediment and
Crystalline Cores, National Science Foundation, $461,663
3/1/06 - 2/28/09, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot
Visualization Techniques for Supporting Rapid Decision Making
Involving Large Scale Data (TRECC), Office of Naval
Research/NCSA, $328,756 3/03-2/04, $138,054 3/04-2/05, $243,532
3/05-2/06, $193,916 3/06-2/07, $172,935 3/07-2/08, $150,000
3/08-2/09, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Tom DeFanti, Luc
Renambot,
ITR Collaborative Research: The GeoWall - Stereo
Visualization for the Earth Sciences, National Science
Foundation, $282,541 9/15/02 - 9/14/06, Andrew Johnson
Collaborative Research: A GIS Database for Studying and
Visualizing Tethyan Plate Collisions, National Science
Foundation, $108,630 10/1/03 - 9/30/05 Martin Flower, Andrew
Johnson
CAVERN - the CAVE Research Network, National Science
Foundation, $2,112,000 from 9/1/98 - 8/31/04 Tom DeFanti, Pat
Banerjee, Maxine Brown, Ugo Buy, Rhonda Drayton, Robert
Grossman, Andrew Johnson, Robert Kenyon, Tom Moher, Francis
Quek, Nong Ye
Corridor One: an Integrated Distance Visualization
Environment for SSI And ASCI Applications, Department Of
Energy, $399,115 from 7/01/99 - 7/15/01 Jason Leigh, Andrew
Johnson, Tom DeFanti
Center for Integrated MicroSystems, UIC OVCR Research
Program/Center Seed Grant Program, $100,000 from 10/1/98-9/30/99
Krishna Shenai, Ishwar Puri, Andrew Johnson
Learning
REU support from Illinois Space Grant Consortium, NASA,
$20,315, 6/2/06 - 2/28/11, Andrew Johnson
Disaster Preparedness Training - An online gaming
demonstration for scenario-based training of middle school
aged children, State of Illinois, UIC part: $152,710 of
$706,456, 5/15/09 - 4/30/10, Tom Prudhomme, Jason Leigh, Andrew
Johnson, in collaboration with Patricia Rushing, Guy Garnett
NCLT: A Center to Develop Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Educators with Leadership Capabilities, National Science
Foundation, UIC part: $1,075,000 of $15,988,084 10/1/04 -
9/30/09, Thomas Moher, Andrew Johnson, Jim Pellegrino, Carmen
Lilley
ITR Learning-Centered Design Methodology: Meeting the
Nation's Need for Computational Tools for K-12 Science
Education, National Science Foundation, $3,179,998 (UIC
334,996) from 9/1/00 - 8/31/04 Elliot Soloway, Andrew Johnson
(PI of UIC subcontract), Danny Edelson, Mark Guzdial, Joe
Krazjik
Prior Knowledge, Analogical Transfer and Multiple
Perspectives in Child Learning, National Science
Foundation, $133,942 from 9/1/99 - 8/31/01 Stellan Ohlsson,
Andrew Johnson, Thomas Moher
REU Supplement to STAR TAP 2, National Science
Foundation, $30,000 from 5/01/99 - 4/30/01 Tom DeFanti, Andrew
Johnson
Deep Learning and Visualization Technologies, National
Science Foundation, $250,001 from 10/1/97-9/31/00 Tom DeFanti,
Andrew Johnson, Tom Moher, Stellan Ohlsson
Systems Development
MRI: Development of Instrumentation for Lambda Vision,
National Science Foundation, $395,726 9/15/04 - 8/31/09, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Tom DeFanti, Tom Moher
Instrumentation Development for Human-Centered Tele-Immersion,
National Science Foundation, $770,000 from 9/1/98 - 8/31/01 Tom
DeFanti, Dan Sandin, Greg Dawe, Maggie Rawlings, Andrew Johnson
Networking
Starlight: Strategic Technologies for Internet Discovery and
Development, National Science Foundation, $1,512,000
11/01/02 - 10/31/05 Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh,
Oliver Yu, Andrew Johnson (senior personnel)
EuroLink: High Performance International Internet Services
between Research and Educational Institutions in the US and
Europe / Israel, National Science Foundation, $12,069,564
from 4/01/99-5/31/06 Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh,
Andrew Johnson, Daniel Sandin
EMERGE: ESnet / MREN Regional Grid Experimental NGI Testbed,
National Science Foundation, $1,457,160 from 8/01/99-7/31/02 Tom
DeFanti, Oliver Yu, Maxine Brown, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh