Our work is supported by the following grants:

  • NSF RI-1619344. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $450,000. Jul 1 2016--Jun 30 2019.

  • NSF RI-1117956. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $385,564. Aug 2011--Jul 2014.
    • NSF RI-1117956, REU Supplement. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $16,000. Jan 2015--Jul 2015.
    • NSF RI-1117956, REU Supplement. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $18,000. July 2013--Jul 2014.
    • NSF RI-1117956, REU Supplement. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $16,000. Mar 2012--Jul 2014.

  • CREU CRA. Co-PIs: B.Y. Choueiry and Matthew B. Dwyer. Amount: $24,000. Aug 2011--Jul 2012.

  • Maude Hammond Fling Faculty Research Fellowship. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $10,000. Jan 2003--Dec 2003.

  • Unrestricted grant from Honeywell Laboratories. Amount: $20,000. December 2002.

  • NSF CAREER Award #0133568. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $600,000. June 2002-May 2008.

  • Integrated Planning of the ERP/NSF-EPSCoR, NSF grant #EPS-0091900.

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCoR, seed grant. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $25,000 ($15,000 from NASA, $10,000 matching fund from Center for Communication and Information Science). 2001-2002.

  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCoR, travel grant. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $3,000. 2001-2002.

  • Layman Award. PI: B.Y. Choueiry. Amount: $7,500. 2001-2002.


Extrenal distinctions and awards received by students:
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Daniel J. Geschwender. 2014-2017.

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Mary D. Burke. 2014-2017.

  • Chateaubriand Fellowship of the Embassy of France in the United States. Robert Woodward. 2013--2014.

  • NSF Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW). Robert Woodward. 2013--2014.

  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Daniel J. Geschwender. 2013-2014.

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Robert Woodward. 2011--2014.

  • Semi-finalist for a DOD Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship. Wesley Botham. 2010.

  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Robert J. Woodward. 2008--2010.

Internal distinctions and awards received by students:

  • 2017 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Matthew DeHaven.

  • 2016 CSE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Robert Woodward.

  • 2015 CSE Outstanding Graduate Research Award. Robert Woodward.

  • 2014 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Daniel Geschwender.

  • 2013 CSE Outstanding Graduate Research Award. Shant Karakashian.

  • 2013 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Mary D. Burke.

  • CSE nominee for the 2013 Folsom's Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (UNL). Robert Woodward.

  • 2012 CSE Outstanding Master's Student Award. Robert Woodward.

  • 2011 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Mary D. Burke.

  • 2010 CSE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Shant Karakashian.

  • 2010 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Robert Woodward.

  • 2008 CSE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Robert Woodward.

  • 2008 CSE Outstanding Master's Student Award. Kenneth M. Bayer.

  • CSE nominee for the 2008 Folsom's Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (UNL). Kenneth M. Bayer.

  • 2006 Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (UNL). Anagh Lal.

  • 2003 Amy Davis was one of the three finalists for Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (UNL).

Scholarships and awards received by students:

  • Dean of Graduate Studies Research Fellowship. Robert Woodward. Academic year: 2015-2016.

  • UNL Chancellor's Fellowship. Nathan Stender. Academic year: 2012-2013.

  • Eunice Stout Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences. Mary D. Burke. Total amount: $1594. 2012--2013.

  • Mathematics Scholarship Award of the Department of Mathematics (UNL). Mary Burke. Amount: $3000. 2012-2013

  • A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). Mary D. Burke. Amount $1500 for 2011--2012 and $1000 for 2012-2013.

  • Epsilon Pi Epsilon Dan Drew Award. Robert Woodward. Total amount: $1,500. September 2010.

  • David E. Klarner Fellowship for Computer Sicence. Robert Woodward. Total amount: $5,000. 2010-2011.

  • Chancellor's Math & Science Scholarship. Robert Woodward. Amount per year: $5000. 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.

  • Richard H. Larson Fellowship. Kenneth Bayer (MS). Academic years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Amount $3500 per year.

  • UNL Chancellor's Fellowship. Yaling Zheng (PhD). Academic years: 2002-2003 and 2003-2004.

  • Sue Wilson Graduate Fellowship (UNL). Lin Xu (MS). Amount $1000. 2002-2003.

  • Mary E. and Elmer H. Dohrmann Fellowship (UNL). Amy Beckwith. Amount: $1250. 2001-2002.

  • Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics and Statistics Scholarship (UNL). Amy Beckwith (MS). Amount: $3,000. 2001-2002.

  • Supplemental Graduate Research Assistantship Fellowship (CSE/UNL). Amy Beckwith (MS): Amount: $1,500. 2001.

The students of the Constraint Systems Laboratory have secured the following UCARE grants:

  1. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Tim McCaslin. Amount: $2,400. 2017-2018.

  2. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Gerald (JP) Thornton. Amount: $2,400. 2017-2018.

  3. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Ian Howell. Amount: $1,200. Fall 2017.

  4. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Alex Sturtz. Amount: $1,200. Fall 2016.

  5. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Dylan Laible. Amount: $2,400. 2015-2016.

  6. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Benjamin Peda. Amount: $2,400. 2015-2016.

  7. UCARE Grant (summer). PI: Dylan Laible. Amount: $2,400. 2015.

  8. UCARE Grant (summer). PI: Benjamin Peda. Amount: $2,400. 2015.

  9. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Daniel Geschwender. Amount: $2,400. 2013-2014.

  10. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Daniel Geschwender. Amount: $1,000. 2012-2013.

  11. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Keegan Lunn. Amount: $1,500. 2012-2013.

  12. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Mary D. Burke. Amount: $2,400. 2012-2013.

  13. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Keegan Lunn. Amount: $1,500. 2011-2012.

  14. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Mary D. Burke. Amount: $1,500. 2011-2012.

  15. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Trevor Janke. Amount: $2,000. 2010-2011.

  16. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Sean Hicks. Amount: $2,000. 2010-2011.

  17. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Jason Gaare. Amount: $2,000. 2010-2011.

  18. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Jason Gaare. Amount: $1,600. 2009-2010.

  19. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Joseph Schmiedeskamp. Amount: $1,000. 2009-2010.

  20. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Peter Schlette. Amount: $1,500. 2009-2010.

  21. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Peter Schlette. Amount: $2,000. 2008-2009.

  22. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Robert Woodward. Amount: $2,400. 2008-2009.

  23. UCARE Grant (second year). PI: Joshua Reed. Amount: $2,400. 2008-2009.

  24. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Robert Woodward. Amount: $2,400. 2007-2008.

  25. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Joshua Reed. Amount: $2,400. 2007-2008.

  26. UCARE Grant (first year). PI: Christopher Reeson. Amount: $2,000. 2006-2007.

The students of the Constraint Systems Laboratory have secured the following travel grants:


  • Anthony Schneider (PhD) and Daniel Geschwender (undergrad) received a AAAI scholarship to attend AAAI 2013.

  • Google Scholarship to the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Mary D. Burke. October 2012.

  • Shant Karakashian (PhD). AAAI student grant and "CSE ProFF Travel Award" to attend the Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2011). San Franscico, CA, 2011. Bellevue, Washington.

  • Ryan Lim (MS).
    • Travel grant to attend the National conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2005). Pittsburgh, PA, 2005.
    • Travel grant to participate in the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2004). Whistler, Canada, 2004.

  • Yaling Zheng (PhD).
    • Travel grant to participate in the ``First International Summer School on Constraint Programming.'' Italy, 2005.
    • Travel grant to participate in the Doctoral Programme of the Eleventh International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Spain, 2005.

  • Shi Yang (PhD). Travel grant to participate in the first CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop. Seattle, 2004.

  • Joel Gompert (MS).
    • Travel grant to participate in the Game Developers Conference. San Franscisco, CA, 2005.
    • Travel grant to participate in the Doctoral Programme of the Tenth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Toronto, Canada, 2004.

  • Venkata Praveen Guddeti (MS). Travel grant to participate in the Doctoral Programme of the Tenth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Toronto, Canada, 2004. Declined.

  • Daniel Buettner, Lin Xu, and Hui Zou. Graduate-student travel-award to participate in the Fifth International Symposium on Abstraction, Reformulation and Approximation 2002 (SARA 2002), Kananaskis, Canada. Amount for each student: $720.

  • Robert L. Galubius (MS). Travel grant to participate in the Doctoral Programme of the Eighth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Cornell, NY, 2002. Declined.

  • Amy Beckwith (MS): Travel grant to participate in the Doctoral Programme of the Seventh International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming. Paphos, Cyprus, 2001. Declined.