Grants
2024, Federal Bureau of Investigation, $200,000 USD, Associate Investigator, Developing and Testing a Rapport-Based Time-Sensitive Interviewing Approach
2024, National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Research Grant, $100,000 USD, Principal Investigator, Expanding WUI-READY: A Pathway to Gamify the WUI Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM)
2024, National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Research Grant, $100,000 USD, Principal Investigator, WUI READY: A Serious Game for Enhancing WUI Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology Adoption
2023, Institute of Fire Engineers Singapore Research and Development Grant, $7,000 NZD, Co-Principal Investigator, Virtual reality training for fire extinguisher inspection
2022, Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund Fast-Start Grant, $360,000 NZD, Associate Investigator, How much do they recall? measuring the effect of safety training on human memory
2022, Massey University Strategic Research Excellence Fund, $20,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, Behavioural appraisal using virtual reality and motion capture for earthquakes
2022, IITD-NZ Centre Seed Fund, $10,000 USD, Co-Principal Investigator, Virtual reality studies to enhance the performance of evacuation in underground stations
2021, Science for Technological Innovation Proposal Development Grant, $3,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, Behavioural appraisal using virtual reality and motion capture for earthquakes
2020, Massey University Research Fund, $14,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, 360-degree panoramas-based virtual reality training system for urban evacuation
2020, FRG Micro Grant, $2,500 NZD, Associate Investigator, Investigating pedestrian dynamics using Kinect
2024, National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Research Grant, $100,000 USD, Principal Investigator, Expanding WUI-READY: A Pathway to Gamify the WUI Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM)
2024, National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Research Grant, $100,000 USD, Principal Investigator, WUI READY: A Serious Game for Enhancing WUI Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology Adoption
2023, Institute of Fire Engineers Singapore Research and Development Grant, $7,000 NZD, Co-Principal Investigator, Virtual reality training for fire extinguisher inspection
2022, Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund Fast-Start Grant, $360,000 NZD, Associate Investigator, How much do they recall? measuring the effect of safety training on human memory
2022, Massey University Strategic Research Excellence Fund, $20,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, Behavioural appraisal using virtual reality and motion capture for earthquakes
2022, IITD-NZ Centre Seed Fund, $10,000 USD, Co-Principal Investigator, Virtual reality studies to enhance the performance of evacuation in underground stations
2021, Science for Technological Innovation Proposal Development Grant, $3,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, Behavioural appraisal using virtual reality and motion capture for earthquakes
2020, Massey University Research Fund, $14,000 NZD, Principal Investigator, 360-degree panoramas-based virtual reality training system for urban evacuation
2020, FRG Micro Grant, $2,500 NZD, Associate Investigator, Investigating pedestrian dynamics using Kinect
Awards
2020, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, $6,000 USD
2019, University of Auckland Velocity Innovation Challenge, $2,000 NZD (1K Challenge winner and 100K Challenge finalist), Project Founder, Virtual reality-based emergency training system
2019, ThingWorx IoT/AR Hackathon, $3,000 NZD (first prize), Member, IoT & AR-enabled smart wetlands
2019, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) the Global Youth Forum for Construction Management and the 5th Summer School for Construction Management, Outstanding Student
2019, University of Auckland Velocity Innovation Challenge, $2,000 NZD (1K Challenge winner and 100K Challenge finalist), Project Founder, Virtual reality-based emergency training system
2019, ThingWorx IoT/AR Hackathon, $3,000 NZD (first prize), Member, IoT & AR-enabled smart wetlands
2019, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) the Global Youth Forum for Construction Management and the 5th Summer School for Construction Management, Outstanding Student