Projects
2025-2027
NASA: Forecasting Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk in a Changing Climate: Integrating GLOBE Citizen Science and NASA Earth System Modeling. (US$832,836). PI Dr. Yang – University of Florida.
2025-2029
NASA: CUNY-GLOBE Partnership. (US$800,000). Senior Personnel (Research Partner) Dr. Di Yang – University of Florida. PI Dr. Boger.
2024-2026
NASA Early-Career: Evaluating Long-term Impacts of Land-use Transformation on Fire Regimes: A Comprehensive 60-Year Analysis Utilizing CORONA, GEDI, and GLOBE Observer over Western U.S. Forest. (US$299,604). PI Dr. Yang – University of Florida.
2024-2027
NSF: Equipment: MRI: Track 2 Acquisition of an Advanced Infrastructure to Accelerate Impact of AI Through Applications and Innovation for Wyoming (AI4WY). (US$4,000,000). Senior Personnel Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Andrew Kirby.
2024
University of Wyoming: Building A Wyoming Citizen Science Data Clearinghouse for Community Coordination and Engagement. (US$25,000). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2023-2025
BLM: Monitoring the Yermo xanthocephalus (desert yellowhead) using high-resolution UAS data and novel AI/ML workflows. Co-I Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Madson.
2023-2025
WyldTech Innovation Center, University of Wyoming: Advanced Technology Development Initiative. (US$300,000). Co-I Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2023-2025
NCAR Large Allocation Grants: Harnessing HPC for Predictive Geospatial Analytics: Modeling Biogeophysical Impacts of Potential Forestation on Regional Climate over Western US. (9,000,000 Credit Hours). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2023-2025
NSF Engines: Advancing Precision Forestry and Rangeland Technologies. (US$987,278). Senior Personnel Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Whittenburg. University of Montana
2023-2025
University of Wyoming Water Research Program: High Resolution Upload and Riverbank Erosion Monitoring to Inform Best Management Practices that Seek to Reduce Sediment Accumulation at the Willwood Dam. (US$199,999). Co-I Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Madson.
2023-2025
University of Wyoming Research Excellence Fund: Establish Edge-Computing Sensory Data Collection Platforms at the UW-AMK Ranch Field Station. (US$40,000). Senior Personnel Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Gong.
2023-2024
NASA EPSCoR: Quantifying Effects of Land Cover Change-Climate Interaction on Ecosystem Productivity Over Western North America. (US$93,548). Co-I Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Yaqian He.
2023
Amazon AWS Public Sector: Analyzing NEON hyperspectral signatures using Amazon SageMaker. (US$30,000 AWS Credit). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2023
University of Wyoming School of Computing: Incorporating Geoinformatics with CLIMATE: Community Led Initiative to Monitor Alpine Temperature Extremes. (US$15,000). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2022-2023
University of Wyoming Center for Global Studies: Faculty & Staff International Research Grant. (US$3,340). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2022-2023
NASA EPSCoR: Mapping and Assessing Standing Dead Trees Across Different Scales in Rockies Forests Incorporating In-Situ Field Observation with LiDAR and Hyperspectral Datasets. (US$26,501). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2021-2023
NASA: A Meta-Learning Framework for Characterizing and Accessing Machine Learning Training Data for GLOBE Observer Mosquito and Land Cover Protocols. (US$99,502). PI Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming.
2021-2022
University of Wyoming CSTC: Enhancing Student Technology to Support Undergraduate/Graduate Learning and Research in Spatial Data Science. (US$9,998). Co-I Dr. Yang – University of Wyoming. PI Dr. Madson.
Collaborators and Partners
Programs & Centers Collaborations
Spatial Analysis Lab, University of Montana
Florida Community Innovation
NASA GLOBE Observer
NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Program
NASA DEVELOP Program
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
WyldTech Innovation Center
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
UF Center for Remote Sensing
Government & Space Agencies Partnerships
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Wyoming State Forestry Division
Private Sector & Foundations
Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)