Research Funding

Dr. McMahan has been awarded over $1M in research funding from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, Intuitive Surgical, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Active Funding
  • Collaborative Research: CCRI: Planning: InfraStructure for Photorealistic Image and Environment Synthesis (I-SPIES), National Science Foundation, CNS #2120240, Oct 2021 – Sep 2022, $77,922. PI (45% credit).
  • CAREER: Leveraging the Virtualness of Virtual Reality for More-Effective Training, National Science Foundation, IIS #2021607, Aug 2019 – Aug 2022, $289,194. PI (100% credit).
Past Funding
  • CAREER: Leveraging the Virtualness of Virtual Reality for More-Effective Training, National Science Foundation,
    IIS #1552344, Sep 2016 – Aug 2019, $434,879. PI (100% credit).
  • A Portable, Full-Body, Virtual Reality Training System for Non-Surgeon da Vinci Team Members, Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Jan 2016 – Jun 2018, $101,071. PI (100% credit).
  • Virtual Reality for Safety Training, iPerform Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC), Jan 2015 – Dec 2017, $80,000. PI (100% credit).
  • VR Collaboration with CASL’s Virtual Office Community and Computing (VOCC) Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jan 2014 – May 2015, $68,373. PI (100% credit).