Funded research program

My research is supported by $3.71M in external and internal funding as PI and Co-PI, anchored by an NSF CAREER award. Additional proposals totaling $3.47M are currently under review, part of $8.28M in external proposals submitted since 2023.

$3.71M

Funded
(PI & Co-PI)

Funded
awards

$3.47M

Under
review

$8.28M

Submitted
since 2023

Featured · NSF CAREER Award · PI

3AforCT: AI-Guided, Authentic, Ag-STEM Inquiry for Cultivating Computational Thinking in Rural Middle Schools

A five-year program (2026–2031) in which rural middle school students instrument school gardens with environmental sensors, take on collaborative professional roles, and work with a classroom-safe AI peer mentor that scaffolds data-to-decision reasoning. The project produces an agriculture-specific computational thinking taxonomy and open, adoption-ready curriculum materials.

$1.62M

2026–2031

Funded grants

ProjectAgencyRoleAmount

AI-Driven Professional Learning to Strengthen Pre-Service Teachers' Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and Mathematical Creativity · 2026–2031National Science FoundationCo-PI$1,989,289

CAREER: 3AforCT: AI-Guided, Authentic, Ag-STEM Inquiry for Cultivating Computational Thinking in Rural Middle Schools · 2026–2031National Science Foundation, CAREERPI$1,616,223

Artificial Intelligence Mentorship for Rural Education (AIM4Rural) · 2024–2026Emerge Grant, College of Education, TAMUPI$49,436

AI-Enhanced Computational Thinking and Agricultural Science in Rural Schools · 2024–2026Catapult Grant, College of Education, TAMUPI$30,000

Collaborative Human-AI STEM Learning Ecologies Lab (CoHALE Lab) · 2025–2027Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & TLAC, TAMUPI$15,000

Computing and Learning Interdisciplinary Collaboration (CLIC): CLIC Research Group · 2026–2027Catalyst Grant, College of Education, TAMUCo-PI$10,000

Developing and Operationalizing an Analytical Framework for Multicultural Collaborative Competence · 2022–2023AERA Division DPI$5,000

Under review

U.S. Department of Education · Co-PI · $2,971,772

XR-MathLeader: Immersive AI-Enabled Mathematics Instructional Rehearsal for Teachers with School-Leader Support

National Science Foundation · Co-PI · $500,000

CyberAI Innovation: Vigilant Horizon: Augmented Reality with Embodied AI Mentorship for Advancing Cybersecurity Competency

Full grant history, including submitted proposals, is available in the CV.