Research Projects

Rabadi, G.(PI), Azevedo, R., Li, Y, Mondesire, S., Sabri, S., and Soykan, B. Graduate Certificate in Digital Twins for Next Generation Modeling and Simulation. Agency: US Department of Education, Jan 2024 – Dec 2026, Amount: $1,154,940, UCF Cost share: $288,742 (Total 1,443,882)

Bochenek, G., Rabadi, G., and Soykan, B. A³GENT: Army Adaptive Adversary Generation Technology, Automotive Research Center (ARC), University of Michigan, June 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027, Amount: $2.394,000

Soykan, B. (PI), Rabadi, G.(Co-PI), and Sabri, S. Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Management: Building Damage Identification and Flood Event Detection Using Deep Learning, May, 2025 – Nov 2025, EUR 58,300 (~$60,000), NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme

Bhatti, D., and Rabadi, G (Co-PI). Creating guidelines (structure) for standardized feedback on History and Physical Exam (H&P) assignments during Medical Student Clerkships to prepare Dataset for future Large Language Models (LLM) training data set, $10,000, Clerkship Educational Grant (AY 2023-2024) UCF College of Medicine

Taitano, A., and Rabadi, G.(Co-PI) Language Model Utility and Limitations for Clerkship Director Summaries (LUCID), $10,000, Clerkship Educational Grant (AY 2023-2024), UCF College of Medicine

Bhatti, D., and Rabadi, G. (Co-PI) “Exploring Use Case of Large Language Models in Medical Education: A Case Study Familiarizing Medical Students with Use of LLM for Education – Developing Chain of Thought, Few-Shot Prompts and Contextual Prompting”, $10,000, Dept. of Medicine Research Pilot Award Program (2023-2024)

Rabadi, G. (PI) and Papelis, Y. Artificial Intelligence Models for Search and Rescue in Disasters Using Autonomous Drones. Agency: Virginia Research Investment Fund (VRIF), April 1, 2022 – December, 2022, Amount: $50,000

Rabadi, G. (PI) and Seck, M. Modeling and Simulation for NATO’s Rapid Deployment Logistics. Agency: NATO Allied Command Transformation, July 6, 2017 – December 31, 2017, Amount: $56,000

Rabadi, G. (PI) Analytics via Operational and Logistical Simulation and Animation Models for Doha’s New Port, Agency: Qatar Foundation through Qatar University, January, 2015 – January, 2018, Amount: $207,312. This project is in collaboration with Mohammed Al-Salem of Qatar University and Ali Diabat of Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Total funding is $823,033)

Seck, M., Rabadi, G. (Co-PI) “NATO Logistics User Operations Requirements Assessment”. Agency: NATO’s Headquarter, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, June 1, 2016 – November, 2016. Amount: $44,800

 Rabadi, G. “Analytics for System-wide Infrastructure and Capacity Planning for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup”, Agency: Qatar Foundation through Qatar University, November, 2013 – December, 2015, Amount: $33,258. This project is in collaboration with Mohammed Al-Salem of Qatar University and Ahmed Ghoniem of UMASS Armrest (Total funding is $570,000)

 Rabadi, G. “Integrated Modeling and Optimization Approaches for Airport Terminal Area Management”, Funding Agency: Qatar Foundation through Qatar University, December, 2010 – January, 2013, Amount: $65,050. This project is in collaboration with Mohammed Al-Salem of Qatar University and Ahmed Ghoniem of UMASS Armrest (Total funding is $493,033)

Bowling, S., Rabadi, G., Landaeta, R., Pazos-Lago, M., Daniels, C., Pinto, C., Kady, R., and Hester, R. “The Usefulness of Mini Lectures Supplements in an Online Teaching Environment”, Faculty Innovator Grant, Agency: Center for Learning Technologies at ODU, 2010, Amount: $3,000.

Kady, R., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S., Robertson, J., and Mielke, R., “The Development of Modeling and Simulation Engineering Courses in Support of Modeling and Simulation Graduate Program”, Agency: Boeing, January 2009 – December 2009, Amount: $100,000, Contract No.: 793151

Landaeta, R., Rabadi, G., Watson-Papelis, G., Daniels, C., Blowing, S., Pazos, P. “Deployment and Evaluation of a Customized Project Management Development Program for the US Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District (USACE-NAO) (Phase III). Agency: Army Corps of Engineers—Norfolk District, January 2010 – May 2010, Amount: $60,330.

Landaeta, R. Rabadi, G., Watson-Papelis, G., Daniels, C., Blowing, S., Pazos, P. “Design of a Customized Project Management Development Program for the US Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District (USACE-NAO) (Phase II)”. April 2009-December 2009. Agency: Army Corps of Engineers—Norfolk District, Amount: $77,282

Rabadi, G., “Database Development for STIHL’s Guide Bar Facility”, Agency: STIHL Inc., October 2009 – December 2009, Amount $6,900

Rabadi, G., and Bowling, S., “Process Modeling and Scheduling at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding”, Agency: Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, September 2008 – June 2009, Amount: $86,520 (This contract was stopped due to shortage in funding)

Bowling, S. (PI), Rabadi, G., Keating, C., Landaeta, R., Earnest, D., “System-of-Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)-Phase II”, Agency: MITRE Corporation (funded by the Department of Homeland Security), October 2007 – March 2008, Amount: $130,000, Contract No.: 781681.

Rabadi, G. Keating, C., Bowling, S., Landaeta, R., Earnest, D., Unal, R., “System-of-Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)”, Agency: MITRE Corporation (funded by the Department of Homeland Security), June 2007 – September 2007, Amount: $145,000, Contract No.: 775021.

Keating, C., (PI), Rabadi, G, Sousa-Poza, A., and Bowling, S.R., “System-of-Systems Engineering Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)”, Agency: MITRE Corporation funded by the Department of Homeland Security, March 2006 – March 2007, Amount: $228,580, Contract No.: 763641

Earnest, D. (Department of Political Science & Geography – PI) and Rabadi, G., “Faculty Innovator Grant” for developing an Agent-based simulation graduate course entitled Beyond the Butterfly Effect: An Introduction to Simulation., Agency: Center for Learning Technologies at ODU, 2006, Amount: $3,000.

Rabadi, G. and Ardalan, A. (Co-Primary Investigator, Collaborator from the College of Business, ODU), “A Simulation-based Cost Modeling for Assembly Flow Shop Just-In-Time Problems”, Agency: Office of Research at Old Dominion University, May 2005 – August 2005, Amount: $11,000, Contract No.:992001

Pinto, C. (PI), Rabadi, G., and Talley, W., “Security Risk Analysis of Norfolk International Terminal (NIT)”, Agency: Virginia Port Authority, October 2005 – September 2006, Amount: $110,000, Contract No.: 560011

Keating, C. (PI), Loftin, B., Sousa-Poza, A., Rabadi, G., Mun, J.,and Landaeta, R., “The Department of Homeland Security Border System-of-Systems Engineering Analysis”, Agency: Department of Homeland Security through NAVAIR, October 2004 – March 2006, Amount: $819,212, Contract No.: 247591

Rabadi, G., “Research Extension of The Architectural Simulation Model for Existing and Future Launch Systems”, Agency: NASA Langley Research Center, July 2004-February 2005, Amount: $28,118, Contract No.: 140453 (extension)

Rabadi, G., “Operation and Support Cost Assessment Research Based on an Architectural Simulation Model for Future Launch Systems”, Agency: NASA Langley Research Center, October 2003-February 2004, Amount: $35,000, Contract No.: 140453

Mun, J. (PI) and Rabadi, G. “Flow Management Research for Sentara Leigh Hospital”, Agency: Sentara Leigh Hospital, October 2003-June 2004, Amount: $10,000, Contract No.: 741191

Unal, R. (PI) and Rabadi, G., “Development of A Simulation Approach for Launch Vehicle Operations and Support Assessment”, Agency: NASA Langley Research Center, September 2002-May 2003, Amount: $32,000, Contract No.: 124161

Rabadi, G., “NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowship”, Agency: NASA Langley Research Center, June 2003-August 2003, Amount: $12,000, Contract No.: 131941