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Grants

07/2022 - 6/2023
"Validate and Update Illinois Community College District Boundaries"
Grant awarded by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB)($40,000)

07/2019 - 7/2023
"GP-EXTRA: Personal Relevance, Global Significance – Building Education and Career Pathways in the Geosciences"
Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)($382,636)
Dr. Sharon Locke (PI, STEM Center, SIUE), Dr. Shunfu Hu (co-PI), Dr. Adriana Martinez (co-PI, Geography, SIUE), Dr. Alan Black(co-PI, Geography, SIUE), and Dr. Ben Greenfield (co-PI, Environmnetal Sciences, SIUE)

07/2019-06/2020
"Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology into the GIS Curriculum"
Grant awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences' Targeted Funding Itiative (TFI), SIUE($3,862)

07/2019-06/2020
"Keeping Cartography Relevant: Retraining Faculty and Redeveloping GEOG320 Labs for ArcGIS Pro"
Grant awarded by the Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE), SIUE($7,827)

07/2016-06/2017
"Using Experiential Learning Opportunities in the Virtual National Parks to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience General Education"
Grant awarded by the Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE), SIUE($5,940)

06/2016 - 6/2019
"EarthCaching for Pre-Service Teachers: Examining Attitudes and Intentions towards Informal Science Learning"
Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)($299,547)
Dr. Sharon Locke (PI, STEM Center, SIUE), Dr. Shunfu Hu (co-PI), Dr. Tom Foster (co-PI, Physics, SIUE), and Georgia Bracey(co-PI, STEM Center, SIUE)

04/2012 - 3/2017
"Documenting the Languages of Manang, Nepal for Local and International Impact"
Grant awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF)($400,000)
Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt (PI, Department of English, SIUE), Dr. Shunfu Hu and Dr. Jessica Krim (School of Education, SIUE)

06/2012
"Multimedia Mapping of Lingustics in Manang, Nepal"
Grant awarded by the Graduate School, SIUE ($8,172.56)
Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt (PI, Department of English, SIUE) and Dr. Shunfu Hu

01/2012 - 06/2013
"Investigation of Methods & Approaches for Collecting & Recording Highway Inventory Data"
Grant awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation ($215,000)
Dr. Huaguo Zhou (PI, School of Engineering), Dr. Shunfu Hu (co-PI), Dr. Jie Gong (co-PI, School of Engineering), and Mr. Mark Grinter (co-PI, School of Engineering )

06/2011 - 06/2012
"Multimedia GIS Approach for the Collection of Rural Highway Roadside Inventory Data"
Grant awarded by the Graduate School's New Directions Program, SIUE ($5,400)

01/08 - 08/09
"Modeling 3D Photo-realistic Landscape in Geographic Information System"
Grant awarded by Summer Research Fellowship (SRF), Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($4,000)

01/08 - 08/09
"Orthorectification of Aerial Images from 1983 in Madison County, Illinois"
Grant awarded by Madison County, Illinois ($40,000)

06-08/08
"An Interactive Approach to Monitoring Suburban Sprawl Using High Resolution Aerial Imagery"
Grant awarded by Summer Research Fellowship (SRF), Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($4,000)

08/07 - 05/08
"Development of GIS spatial database in St. Clair County, IL"
Grant awarded by St. Clair County, Illinois ($6,000)

05/07 - 10/08
"Modeling Indiana Bat Habitat Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques"
Grant awarded by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U. S. Department of Interior ($22,000)

04-09/07
"Orthorectification of Aerial Images from 1992 in Madison County, Illinois"
Grant awarded by Madison County, Illinois ($19,951)

08/06
"Mapping of Street Infrastructure and its Features in O’Fallon, Illinois"
Grant awarded by City of O’Fallon, Illinois ($6,000)

08/06
"ArcGIS Training"
Grant awarded by City of East St. Louis, Illinois ($5,000)

08/06
"Development of Street Centerlines for Franklin County, Missouri"
Grant awarded by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) ($12,060)

07/05 - 07/06
"Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Geospatial Techniques"
Grant awarded Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($3,000)

07/05 - 07/06
"Multimedia in Geographic Information System (textbook)"
Grant awarded by Funded University Research (FUR), Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($2,733)

08/04 - 06/05
"Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Geospatial Techniques"
Grant awarded by Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($8,540)

01/04 - 12/04
"Development of an Interdisciplinary GIS Curriculum for Non-Geography Graduate Education"
Grant awarded by Excellence in Graduate Education (EGE), Graduate School Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($3,600)

05/04 - 08/04
"Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Change in Piasa Creek Watershed, Illinois, Using Landsat Satellite Imagery"
Grant awarded by Summer Research Fellowship(SRF), SIUE Graduate School, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($6,000)

04/03
"Piasa Creek, Illinois, Watershed Biodiversity Study Project"
Grant awarded by Great Rivers Land Trust ($1,205)

07/03 –06/04
"Developing a Wastewater Biosolids Information Management System"
Grant awarded by Funded University Research (FUR), SIUE Graduate School, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($9,200) (With Jim Zhou at Department of Civil Engineering, SIUE)

06/02 –05/05
"Integrating GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS into Undergraduate Education and Research"
Grant awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) ($39,000)

6/01- 01/02
"Inventory and Characterization of In-shore Channels on the Winnebago Upper Pool Lakes, Wisconsin: An Integrated Multimedia Approach"
Grant awarded by Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Program ($2,500) (With Jason Strahl from Department of Geography, UW-Oshkosh)

6/00-1/01
“A GIS Approach to the Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns at the Bell Archaeological Site, Wisconsin”
Grant awarded by UW-Oshkosh Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Program ($2,500) (With Terry Batman from Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, UW-Oshkosh)

7/99–8/00
“Development of a Multimedia CD-ROM for Everglades Environmental Education”
Grant awarded by UW-Oshkosh Faculty Development Program ($6,400)

7/99–8/02
“The Application of the ABC Resource Survey, GIS, and an Integrated Multimedia Approach to Sensitive Shoreline Designation on the Winnebago Pool Lakes, Wisconsin”
Grant awarded by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ($58,000)(With A. O. Gabriel and L. R. Bodensteiner)

6/99-1/00
“An integrated Multimedia Approach with GIS and Remote Sensing to Assessing and Inventorying Vegetation and Associated Habitat for the Terrell’s Island Restoration Project”
Grant awarded by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ($21,000)

6-8/99
“Assessment and Inventory of Vegetation and Habitat for the Terrell”s Island Restoration Project and Management Plan”
Grant awarded by UW-Oshkosh Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Program ($2,500) (With Cynthia Lancaster from Department of Geography, UW-Oshkosh)