| Principal Investigator | Email Address | Department | Title of Project | Project Summary | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Pearson | tdpearson@ou.edu | University Libraries | AI Pilot of Tools and Workshop Curriculum for Research and Instruction | Establishes an AI sandbox in University Libraries to provide hands-on access to generative and non-generative AI tools (JupyterLab, LibreChat, LiteLLM). Includes training materials and fall workshops to support learning and experimentation with AI technologies. | $ 10,000 |
| Varun Sayapaneni | varunsaya@ou.edu | ||||
| Mark Laufersweiler | laufers@ou.edu | ||||
| Chongle Pan | cpan@ou.edu | Computer Science | Benchmarking the Scalability, Turnaround time, and Cost of On-premise and Cloud Computing Platforms for Fine-tuning LLMs. | Benchmarks scalability, cost, and performance of fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) on cloud vs. on-premise systems. Provides reproducible metrics to guide infrastructure investment. | $ 10,000 |
| Xiaolan Liao | siaolan-liao@ouhsc.edu | Pediatrics | Smart Data Prep: an AI- Assisted Tool for Streamlined Data Preprocessing and Integration for Non-Programmer Researchers | Develops an AI-guided Shiny application to support data cleaning and preprocessing for researchers without programming skills. Includes user-guided decision-making, transparency, and reproducibility features. | $ 10,000 |
| David Bard | David-Bard@ouhsc.edu | Pediatrics | |||
| Sungbo Jung | sungbo.jung@ou.edu | Cybersecurity, OU Polytechnic Institute | Establishing a High-Performance Local AI Development Platform: Empowering the University of Oklahoma with Secure and Efficient On-Premises LLM Capabilities | Establishes a secure, high-performance local workstation for hosting LLMs and developing AI agents. Produces guidance documents and Docker containers for replication and teaching purposes. | $ 5,000 |
| Chenggang Wang | chengang.wang@ou.edu |
| Principal Investigator | Email Address | Department | Title of Project | Project Summary | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharukh Khajotia | Sharukh-Khajotia@ouhsc.edu | College of Dentistry, Department of Dental Materials | Detecting and Locating Second Mesio-Buccal Canals in Maxillary Molars using AI | Develops an AI model to detect second mesio-buccal (MB2) canals in maxillary molars using Cone Beam CT imaging. Aims to improve endodontic treatment success by enhancing detection rates. | $ 9,942 |
| Farah Masood | Farah-Masood@ouhsc.edu | Dentistry, Dept of Diagnostic and Preventative Sciences | |||
| David. Shadid | David-Shadid@ouhsc.edu | Dentistry, Division of Endodontics | |||
| Chongle Pan | cpan@ou.edu | Computer Science | |||
| Jinyoung Park | Jinyoung-Park-1@ouhsc.edu | Research / Professional Dentistry | |||
| David Bard | David-Bard@ouhsc.edu | Pediatrics | A Comparative Pilot of Manual vs. LLM-Augmented Abstraction for Clinical Imaging Reports | Pilots a human-in-the-loop workflow using LLMs to extract structured data from echocardiogram reports. Compares speed, accuracy, and usability against manual abstraction. | $ 10,000 |
| Faizeh Bhatti | faizah-bhatti@ouhsc.edu | Neonatal-Prenatal Medicine | |||
| Will Beasley | William-Beasley@ouhsc.edu | Psychology | |||
| Arnold Kanagwa | Bingi-Kanagwa@ouhsc.edu | Clinical Research Data Warehouse | |||
| Ashley Thumann | ashley-thumann@ouhsc.edu | Clinical Research Data Warehouse | |||
| Geneva Daniel | Geneva-Daniel@ouhsc.edu | Clinical Research Data Warehouse | |||
| Dokyoung Sophia You | Dokyoung-You@ouhsc.edu | Family and Community Medicine | Feasibility of an AI-Powered Learning Healthcare System for Behavioral Medicine Services | Designs and tests a patient intake and stratification tool to prioritize behavioral health services. Uses qualitative feedback to refine an AI-powered Learning Healthcare System. | $ 4,200 |
| Jay Anderson | Jay-Anderson@ouhsc.edu | Family and Community Medicine | |||
| Bingi Arnold Kanagwa | Bingi-A-Kanagwa@ouhsc.edu | Clinical Research Data Warehouse | Predicting 30-Day Unplanned Hospital Readmissions Using Machine Learning: From Model Development to Deployment. | Builds machine learning models to predict unplanned readmissions at OU Medical Center. Integrates into SQL-based reporting for clinical use. | $ 10,000 |
| Principal Investigator | Email Address | Department | Title of Project | Project Summary | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Harrington | sharrington@ou.edu | Technology and Innovation - College of Law | AI-First Legal Education: Course Development, Secure Assessment, and Canvas Assistant | Develops an AI-focused law course with secure assessments and a custom Canvas-integrated AI assistant. Outputs to be open-sourced for broad reuse. | $ 10,000 |
| Kenton Brice | kbrice@ou.edu | Law Library | |||
| Jacob Pleasants | jacob.pleasants@ou.edu | Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum | Instructional Resources to Promote OU Students’ Critical AI Literacy | Creates modular learning activities to help students evaluate and reflect on their use of AI tools. Materials are customizable for multiple disciplines. | $ 9,198 |
| Julianna Kershen | jkershen@ou.edu | Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum | |||
| Yong Ju Jung | yongju@ou.edu | Libraries and Information Studies | Syllabi and Activities for AI-Assisted Maker Education: Design and Evaluation | Refines course materials for hands-on maker activities supported by generative AI tools. Evaluates student learning across multiple roles of AI agents. | $ 9,964 |
| Jiqun Liu | jiqunliu@ou.edu | Libraries and Information Studies | |||
| Arif Sadri | sadri@ou.edu | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science | Enhancing Traffic Engineering Education with AI: Integrating Advanced Techniques for Traffic Analysis, Design, and Control | Enhances CEES 4883 course materials by integrating AI tools into traffic analysis and signal timing curriculum. Includes real-world case validation. | $ 10,000 |
| Randall Kolar | kolar@ou.edu | ||||
| Royce Floyd | rfloyd@ou.edu | ||||
| Javeed Kittur | jkittur@ou.edu | Engineering Education | AI-Enhanced Teaching: A Bloom’s Taxonomy-Based Faculty Development Initiative | Develops training modules to help faculty integrate generative AI into teaching using Bloom’s cognitive framework. Includes sample use cases for each level. | $ 10,000 |
| Dee Wu | dee-wu@ouhsc.edu | Radiological Sciences | Developing a model structured curriculum for the use of AI in training differential diagnosis | Designs simulation-based training for using AI in complex diagnoses such as hemolytic anemia. Includes four study conditions (AI, mentor, hybrid, control). | $ 10,000 |
| Nirmal Choradia | Nirmal-Choradia@ouhsc.edu | Thoracic Oncology | |||
| Eric Day | eday@ou.edu | Psychology | |||
| Amy Bradshaw | bradshaw@ou.edu | Educational Psychology | |||
| Mohammad Shams Ud Duha | duha@ou.edu | Educational Psychology | |||
| Shane Connelly | sconnelly@ou.edu | CASR | |||
| Anthony Alleman | Anthony-Alleman@ouhsc.edu | Radiological Sciences | Timely Responsible AI Think Tank (TRAITT) Curriculum Development and Evaluation | Develops ethical scenarios and governance frameworks to teach responsible AI use in clinical care. Targets approval by the OU medical curriculum committee. | $ 10,000 |
| Dee Wu | dee-wu@ouhsc.edu | Radiological Sciences | |||
| Mohammad Duha | duha@ou.edu | Educational Psychology | |||
| Brian Fails | Robert-Fails@ouhsc.edu | Radiological Sciences | |||
| Brandt Wiskur | Brandt-Wiskur@ouhsc.edu | Family and Preventative Medicine | |||
| Chris Williams | Christopher-Williams@ouhsc.edu | Clinical Pathology | |||
| Jose Sanclement | Jose-Sanclement@ouhsc.edu | Otolaryngology |
| Principal Investigator | Email Address | Department | Title of Project | Project Summary | Amount Requested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Huskey | huskey@ou.edu | Classics & Letters | AI for Cost-Effective Research Workflows When Funding is Scarce | Uses LLMs to alleviate bottlenecks in humanities projects (e.g., Latin, Coptic, Enenlhet). Shares methodology for broader adoption. | $ 9,974 |
| Raina Heaton | rainaheaton@ou.edu | Native American Studies | |||
| Carrie Schroeder | ctschroeder@ou.edu | Women's and Gender Studies | |||
| Heshan Sun | sunh@ou.edu | Management Information Systems | Trustworthy AI for Research and Learning: Role-Based Multi-Agent AI Applications for Information Accuracy | Pilots a tool that uses coordinated LLM agents to detect hallucinations and validate AI outputs before use. Applications include research, teaching, and policy. | $ 9,200 |
| Anindya Maiti | am@ou.edu | Computer Science | Enhancing Email Management through Large Multi-Modal Model Classification | Applies multi-modal AI models to improve email classification and support data-sensitive communications. | $ 7,665 |
| Blaine Mooers | blaine-mooers@ouhsc.edu | Biochemistry and Physiology | Extending the Impact of the Oklahoma Data Science Workshop | Creates a GitHub repository infrastructure to organize past seminar materials for broader access and adoption. | $ 10,000 |
| Chenggang Wang | chenggang.wang@ou.edu | Cybersecurity, OU Polytechnic Institute | Catalyst OU: A Pilot for an LLM-Powered Researcher Collaboration Network | Builds a prototype system to identify cross-disciplinary research collaboration opportunities using LLMs to extract and match research profiles. | $ 7,300 |
| Chad Roller | chad.roller@ou.edu | Software Development and Integration, OU Polytechnic Institute |
