Selected Grants/Contracts (Zhan was sole PI unless otherwise noted)
  1. "Models of Fuzzy Spatial Relations," funded by Texas State Office of Research and Sponsored Program, Faculty Research Enhancement. 


  2. "A Web-Based Recycling Markets Information System I,” funded by Texas Natural Resources and Conservation Commission. (PI: Robert Larsen; co-PI: F. Benjamin Zhan).


  3. “A Network-Based Model for Water Availability and Water Rights Management of Texas Rivers,” funded by Texas State Office of Research and Sponsored Program, Faculty Research Enhancement Grant.  (PI: F. Benjamin Zhan; co-PI: Richard Earl) 


  4. “Shortest Path Algorithms: An Empirical Evaluation Using Real Road Networks,” funded by Texas State Office of Research and Sponsored Program, Faculty Research Enhancement Grant. 


  5. "A Web-Based Recycling Markets Information System II,” funded by Texas Natural Resources and Conservation Commission.


  6. "Modeling Urban Growth and GIS-Based Allocation Analysis of Regional Water Demand and Supply,” funded by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).


  7. "Texas GIS-Based Sex Offender Location Notification Seed Grant,” funded by the Texas Department of Public Safety.  (PI: F. Benjamin Zhan; co-PI: Lawrence Estaville)


  8. "GIS-Based Pollutants Emission Estimation and Allocation along the Texas-Mexico Border,” funded by Texas Natural Resources and Conservation Commission.


  9. "High Tech Workforce Training for Youth: Geospatial Information Technology,” funded by the Texas Workforce Commission.  (PI: Richard Boehm; co-PI: F. Benjamin Zhan)


  10. "The Impacts of Economic and Population Growth on Water Quality and Physical Habitat in the Guadalupe River Basin,” Houston Endowment via the International Institute for Sustainable Water Resources (IISWR), Texas State. 


  11. "Residential Proximity to Environmental Hazards and Congenital Malformations in Offspring,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via the Texas Birth Defects Research Center.  (PI: Jean Brender; co-PIs: F. Benjamin Zhan, Lucina Suarez, Peter Langlois)


  12. "Texas-Mexico Border Health and Environmental Security Initiative,” Department of Defense through the Air Force Institute for Operational Health and the International Consortium for Health and Environmental Security.  (co-PIs: Roberto Villarrel, Isidore Flores, Monte Thies, F. Benjamin Zhan, Keith Sternes) 


  13. "The Texas Watch Program,” United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) via the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). 


  14. "Research and Technology Implementation Technical Assistance Panel,” Texas Department of Transportation. 


  15. "Sustainable Agricultural Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin—GIS and Climate Modeling Component” U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (part of the grant – USDA/CSREES Award No: 2004-38899-02181).  [sub-contract through Texas State River Systems Institute at Texas State]


  16. "Regional Public Transportation Solutions for Intercity Commuting Problems,” Texas Department of Transportation–Research and Technology Implementation Office. 


  17. "GIS-Based Analysis for Linking Environmental and Birth Data,” Texas Department of State Health Services – Epidemiology Program.    
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  18. "GIS for Environmental Health Data Analysis in Texas,” Texas Department of State Health Services – Epidemiology Program.  


  19. "GIS-Augmented Environmental Health Research in Texas: Maternal Residential Proximity to Superfund Sites and Low Birth Weight in Offspring,” Texas Department of State Health Services – Epidemiology Program.    


Last update: January, 2008