2002-2004 NOAA CICEET. $245,491 as co-PI on "Development of an Automated Mapping Technique for Monitoring and Managing Shellfish Distributions".

The purpose of this project is to identify the optimal spectral and spatial characteristics that are required to map the distribution and condition of intertidal shellfish resources.

2002-2005 Richland County. $80,152 as PI on "Establishment of an Internship Program between the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and the Richland County Information Technology Department".

The purpose of this project is to develop a land cover data layer for Richland County, SC.

2002-2005 National Institutes of Health. $1,513,402 as an Investigator on "Promotion of Physical Activity in High School Girls".

The purpose of this project is to use integrate in-school interventions with spatial analytical techniques to assess the role of environmental supports for physical activity in high school-age females.

2002-2006 National Institutes of Health. $178,892 as an Investigator on "Community Characteristics and Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls".

The purpose of this project is to use spatial analytical techniques to assess the role of environmental supports for physical activity in high school-age females.

2002-2003 Department of Defense / US Navy. $3,958,859 as a co-PI on "SouthEast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System Initial Implementation".

The SEA-COOS mission is to design, develop, deploy, evaluate, and upgrade a model-based, real-time, integrated, multi-purpose regional coastal ocean observing system for the Southeast in partnership with federal, state, and local agencies and regional users.

2002-2004 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. $2,583,300 as a co-PI on "The Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS)".

Caro-COOPS initiative is a partnership between the University of South Carolina's Belle W. Baruch Institute, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to monitor and model estuarine and coastal ocean conditions in the Carolinas to establish a capability to provide real-time predictions and ultimately forecasts to coastal managers.

2002 Department of Energy/SC Water Resources Center. $24,891 as PI on "Development of a Physical Spatial Model to Predict the Distribution of the Submerged Aquatic Perennial Hydrilla in the Lake Murray, SC Reservoir".

The goal of this project is to develop a spatial suitability model and resource management tool for reservoirs of the Southeastern US.

1994-2003 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. $1,296,669 as PI on "Continuing Support of the NERRS Centralized Data Management Office".

The goal of this project is to continue to administer and maintain the basic infrastructure and data protocol to support the assimilation and exchange of data, metadata and information within the framework of NOAA, the NERRS program, and state coastal zone management agencies. (cdmo.baruch.sc.edu)

1994-2003 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic Research Programs. $1,116,923 as a co-PI for Geographic Information Processing and Spatial Modeling on $6,160,769 grant entitled "Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems".

The goals of this project are to delineate the impact of multiple stresses resulting from urbanization of coastal estuaries, and to develop models providing a scientifically valid basis for land-use management decision-making. The models incorporate land-use patterns and practices, integrated toxicological and risk assessment techniques, and socioeconomic and public-response surveys.(www.urbanestuary.org)

2000-2003 SC Adjutant General's Office. $30,000 as PI on "Community-level Mapping of the McCrady Training Center".

To assist in the development of a GIS and remote sensing system for assessing the landscape of the National Guard training site.

2000-2004 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Ocean Program. $617,359 as PI on "Development of a GIS-based Database Management Program to Characterize Sources and Effects of Natural Parameters and Anthropogenic Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems".

To establish an environmental data management and information discrimination hub in support of coastal environmental modeling.(www.lu-ces.org)

1997-2002 NASA/EPSCoR Program. $150,000 of $560,000 as co-PI on "Monitoring Coastal Wetland Change and Modeling Ecosystem Health in South Carolina Using Advances in Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing".

The goal of this project is to develop remote sensing and image processing techniques to assess estuarine health.

1999-2002 Environmental Protection Agency. $144,550 of $589,696 as a co-PI on "CISNet: Molecular to Landscape-scale Monitoring of Estuarine Eutrophication".

The goal of this project is to develop integrated in situ, remote sensing, and GIS-based modeling techniques to assess, monitor and predict eutrophic conditions in estuaries.