E-participation
Project Title: Citizens' Use of Electronic Participation Services in Local Government and Its Effects on Their Perceptions of Public Values: A Case of City of Omaha (November, 2019 - June, 2020)
- CPACS Inquiry Award ($10,000), sponsored by the UNO School of Public Affairs and Community Service.
- Principal investigator: Dr. Jooho Lee (PI) at the UNO School of Public Administration
Artificial Intelligence
Project Title: Data-enabled Pathways to Equity in Cyberinfrastructure Utilization for Scientific Discovery (March 2024 - February 2025)
- Award: Approximately $280,000
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Yu-Che Chen (PI)
- Co-Principal Investigators: Rich Knepper (Co-PI, Cornell University, with a subaward from UNO) and Dr. Xiaoyue (Zoe) Cheng (Co-PI, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
Project Title: Enhancing Accountability and Impact of AI Chatbots for Collaboration between the U.S. Government and Tribal Nations in Emergency Management (Three-year NSF award)
- Award: $750,000
- Principal Investigators: Dr. Yu-Che Chen (PI)
- Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Chun-Hua Tsai (Co-PI, Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, IS&T) and Dr. Eduardo Zendejas, J.D. (Co-PI, Tribal Management and Emergency Service program, School of Public Administration)
Project Title: Regulation Compliance and Risk Mitigation of Recreational Drone Users (October, 2019 - June, 2020)
- CPACS Inquiry Award ($10,000), sponsored by the Center for Public Affairs Research.
- Principal and Co-Principal investigators: Dr. Victor Huang (PI) and Dr. Yu-Che Chen (co-PI) at UNO School of Public Affairs and Community Service
Transportation: Transit & Aviation
Project Title: Transformative Analytical Methods and Technology to Improve Proactive Safety Management of General Aviation Operations (July, 2019 - June, 2020)
- University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Planning Grant ($20,000)
- Principal and Co-Principal investigators: Dr. Victor Huang (PI) at UNO School of Public Affairs and Community Service, Xiaoyue Cheng (co-PI) from the Department of Mathematics at UNO and Stephen D. Scott (co-PI) from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UNL
Project Title: Unmanned Aircraft System Operations and Infrastructure Development (January, 2019 - December, 2019)
- NASA EPSCoR mini-grant ($15,000)
- Principal investigators: Dr. Victor Huang (PI) at UNO School of Public Affairs and Community Service
Project Title: Nebraska Rural Transit Project (January 2017- December 2021)
- Nebraska Transit Applied Research Grant ($2.4 million), sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
- Co-principal investigators: Dr. Yu-Che Chen, Dr. Jooho Lee, and Dr. Josie Schafer, in collaboration with the Center for Public Affairs Research at UNO, the Nebraska Department of Transportation, and the University of Nebraska at Kearny.
- The project is responsible for innovative technology and information systems for transit service to connect Nebraska rural communities and urban centers.
Digital Government: Nebraska and Beyond
Project Title: System Science Grant (April, 2017 - June, 2018)
- System Science Grant ($20,000), sponsored by the University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative.
- Co-principal investigators: Dr. Yu-Che Chen and Dr. DeeDee Bennett at UNO School of Public Administration and Dr. Byrav Ramamurthy and Dr. Francisco Muñoz-Arriola at UNL
- This grant is titled "Modeling Resilient Interdependent Systems for Data-driven Decision Support".
Project Title: Social Media for Emergency Management (SMEM): Promoting Inter-organizational Collaboration (November, 2015 – June, 2016)
- Urban Research Grant Award ($9,400), sponsored by the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Co-principal investigators: Dr. DeeDee Barnet, Dr. Yu-Che Chen, Dr. Jooho Lee, and Joe Mancuso
Project Title: Smart Urban Cities/Communities: Leveraging Information and Communication Technologies for Improving Local Public Services (November, 2014 – September, 2015)
- Urban Research Grant Award ($9,900), sponsored by the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Co-principal investigators: Dr. Yu-Che Chen, Dr. Jooho Lee, and Dr. Robert Blair
- Publication: Chen, Yu-Che and Jooho Lee. (2017). “Collaborative Data Networks for Public Service: Governance, Management, and Performance,” Public Management Review (http://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/full/10.1080/14719037. 2017.1305691)
Project title: Building Research Partnership for Technology-enabled Collaborative Public Governance (April, 2014 – March, 2015)
- Faculty Research International Grant Award, Dr. Yu-Che Chen (principal investigator) and Dr. Jooho Lee.