Recent External Research Grants

Brian Deal (PI) and Varkki Pallathucheril (co-PI), Enabling Enhanced Protection for the Lake Michigan Coast in the Chicago Metropolitan Region: A Watershed Planning Support System, The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), 2007-2008, $320,000.

Brian Deal (PI) and Varkki Pallathucheril (co-PI), Data Exchange and Communication Between Existing Travel Demand Model and Land Use Models, The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, 2007, $60,000.

Brian Deal (PI), A Comparison of Land Use Modeling Approaches. Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, 2007, $30,800.

Brian Deal (PI), The Greening of McDonalds, The McDonalds Corporation International, 2007, $40,000.

Brian Deal (PI), and Varkki Pallathucheril (co-PI), LEAMsci: An Assessment of Future Rural Development Patterns Using LEAM, Illinois Department of Transportation and the South Central Illinois Regional Planning Commission, 2006-2007, $200,000.

Brian Deal (PI) and Y Kim (co-PI), An Application of the Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model (LEAM) to Ansung-City, Kyungki-Do, Republic of Korea and Research on Rural-rural (u-rural), PANGEA21, Anyang, Kyonggi-do, 431-060, Republic of Korea, 2006-2007, $25,000.

Brian Deal (PI) and Varkki Pallathucheril (co-PI), Local Legacy Planning of Will County, The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 2006-2007, $100,000.

Brian Deal (PI) D Fournier (co-PI), The Illinois Small Business Smart Energy Program, The US Department of Energy and IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, 2004-2007, $2,500.000.

Mary Edwards (PI), A Critical Examination of Fiscal Impact Analysis: Theory, Methods and Evaluation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2007, $28,312.

Edward Feser (co-PI), Regionalism and Clusters for Local Development, Economic Development Administration, 2006-2007, $362,000.

Edward Feser (PI), Regional Industry Cluster Analysis of the WIRED ALMS Region, Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007, $16,879.

Edward Feser (PI), Estimating the Economic Consequences of Natural Disasters, Mid-American Earthquake Center, 2004-2007, $247,500.

Edward Feser (PI), Regions, Industrial Dominance, and Business Success: An Inquiry into the Geography of Economic Adjustment, Flexibility and Competitiveness, National Science Foundation, August 2004-2008, $147,971.

Lewis Hopkins (PI), Symposium on Creating the Future: Using Forecasts, Scenarios, and Plans, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2004-2006, $27,000.

Lewis Hopkins (PI), Envisioning Regional Recovery Futures: Places, Persons, Economies, Ecosystems” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2006, $60,000.

Andrew Isserman (PI), Assessing Current Practices Among States and Regions to Promote, Attract, and Sustain Clusters, The Brookings Institution, 2006-2007, $7,500.

Andrew Isserman (PI), “Economic and Demographic Analysis of the WIRED Region,” Alabama, Mississippi, Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, PI, February 2007-January 2008, $16,879.

Andrew Isserman (PI) and Edward Feser (co-PI), Why Some Rural Communities Prosper and Others Do Not, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2003-2007, $74,035.

Tschangho J Kim (co-PI), Integrated Transportation Data System for Safety by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation, Republic of Korea in collaboration with Seoul National University, 2005-2009, $250,000.

Tschangho, J Kim (co-PI), Planning for Ubiquitous City by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea in collaboration with Seoul National University, 2005-2009, $300,000.

Tschangho J Kim (co-PI), Development of Standardized Data System for Traffic Accident Record and Safety, Telecommunications Technology Association, 2006-2007, $150,000.

Robert Olshansky (PI), Planning for a Better New Orleans: Investigation of the Planning and Development Management Processes Following Hurricane Katrina, Public Entity Risk Institute, 2007-2008, $15,000.

Robert Olshansky (PI), Land Banking in the Reconstruction of New Orleans, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2007-2009, $66,000.

Robert Olshansky (co-PI), The Influence of Political and Organizational Structures on Earthquake Decision Making Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2005-2007, $471,000.

Robert Olshansky (PI), Qualitative Evaluation of the Memphis Test Bed, Mid-America Earthquake Center, October, 2005-2007, $43,750.

Daniel Schneider (PI), Evaluating the Transfer, Dynamics and Risk of Spread of Aquatic Nuisance Species by Water Craft in the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, $49,995, 2006-2008.

Daniel Schneider (PI), Treating Sewage: Technology, Science, Labor and Law in an Industrial Ecosystem, National Science Foundation, 2006-2007, $94,824.

Daniel Schneider (PI), Evaluating the Risk of Transfer of Aquatic Nuisance Species by Watercraft Between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, 2005-2006, $23,590.