National Science Foundation, “Innovative Ventures for Emerging Technologies in Rural North Louisiana”; with M. Chopin, T. Noble, K. Varahramyan, and M. McShane; November 2003-October 2006;  $599,937. (BoRSF Match of $30,000)

National Science Foundation, “Take a Walk on the Reviewer’s Side Grant Writing Workshop”; with S. Herrmann; July 2004-September 2004; $7,000.

National Science Foundation, “Louisiana Tech’s Graduate K-12 Teaching Fellows Program”; co-PI with D. Mills, J. Dauzat, L. Ramsey and S. Reagan; May 2003-April 2006; $1,485,997.

National Science Foundation, “North Louisiana Partnership for Innovation: Creating Infrastructure for Technology Growth”; co-PI with A. Scheffler, J. Orban, P. Sisson and S. Conrad; July 2003-June 2006; $599,474.

Louisiana Information Technology Initiative; State of Louisiana; “Establishment of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology (CEnIT) at Louisiana Tech University;” $1.86M/year operating funds and $540,000 in capital outlay.        

Sandia National Labs, “Design and Fabrication of Novel Fluidic Systems;” with R. Besser and M. McShane; 2002-2003;  $396,000.

BORSF, "Graduate Fellows for ACAM, BME,  & ENGR PhD Students”; 2000-2004; $128,000.

BORSF, "Recruitment of Superior Students for the PhD Program in Engineering"; with Richard Greechie;  July 1999-June 2003; $70,000.

BORSF, "Evaluation of Drill Pipe in Mini-HDD Construction"; with P.F. Hadala (P.I.), R. L. Sterling and W.M. Jordan; July 1998-June 1999; $118,000.

LEQSF, "Development of a Preliminary Sanitary Sewer Management System"; with N.D. Pumphrey (P.I.), F.L. Roberts and R. Nassar; June 1995-June 1999; $100,000.

City of Baton Rouge, "Tests for Evaluating Fluid Migration in the Annular Space of Lined Piping Systems"; with Dr. R. Bakeer (Tulane); December 1995-July 1997; approximately $50,000.

InLiner USA, Inc., "Experimental Program for Evaluating InLiner USA Pipe Installed in Host Pipes"; with Dr. W. T. Straughan (Co-P.I.); Aug 1995-March 1996; $25,780.

U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station; "Evaluation of a Fail-Safe Retrievable Microtunneling System"; with others; October 1994-May 1995; $15,000.

Shell Development Company, "Evaluation of Different Epoxy Resin Systems in CIPP Applications," March 1993-June 1994; $60,371.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Productivity Advancement Research Program; "Trenchless Construction:  Evaluation of Methods and Materials to Install and Rehabilitate Underground Utilities"; with D.T. Iseley and R.D. Bennett; primary responsibility for pipeline rehabilitation component;  January 1991- January 1993; approximately $1.5 million including match.

Federal Highway Administration's Research Fellowship Program; "Analysis of Vehicle Dynamic Forces"; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center; July 1988-June 1989; $17,295.

Louisiana Transportation Research Center and Federal Highway Administration; "Traffic Accident Simulation Using Interactive Computer Graphics"; with D.O. Anderson (P.I.); August 1987-July 1990; $299,996.

U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station; Reinforced concrete slabs subjected to static and dynamic loadings; (P.I.); May 1983-May 1987; $132,450.

U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station; "Effects of Weapons on Structures"; principal investigator; March-August 1986; $27,500.

U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station; "Three-Dimensional Finite Element Mesh Generator";  July 1981-January 1982.

U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station; "Computer-Aided Graphics for Engineers"; July-August 1979.