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. Di Yang – University of Florida.
2026
ESIP: Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research & Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE). (US$20,000). PI Dr. Di Yang and Co-I Olivia Zhang – 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. Di 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. Di 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. Di 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. Di 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 Montananew tab)
- 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