Faculty Research Interests/Publications

Construction Engineering

Dulcy M. Abraham

• Researchgate

Infrastructure condition assessment and rehabilitation, infrastructure resilience, coupled human-infrastructure systems, value-added delivery of capital-intensive projects and innovative financing, construction safety and health, and global issues in engineering and construction

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Hubo Cai

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

Construction engineering and management; Built environment modeling (BIM and GIS); Engineering database and information management systems; Virtual construction; Sensor and sensing technologies in construction automation

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Phillip S. Dunston

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

Virtual & Mixed Reality Applications for Construction Training, Planning, and Field Activities; Highway Construction Methods; Constructability; Field Sensing for Construction Equipment Operations; Real-Time Control for Construction Operations; Human-Machine Collaboration

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Behzad Esmaeili

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

Human factors; human AI teaming; smart occupational safety; risk and decision making

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Sogand Hasanzadeh

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

Smart construction safety, cyber-physical-human-systems, MR/VR/AR, human factor, wearable sensors, human-robot interaction, sensing technologies in construction automation, human behavior and injury-prevention techniques.

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Makarand Hastak

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

Decision support systems and construction process improvement; Risk assessment and strategic planning infrastructure management; International construction project cost control; Construction operations analysis; Simulation life cycle assessment of composite materials in construction

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Theodore Weidner

• Google Scholar
• Purdue Scholar
• Researchgate

Prof. Weidner is actively involved in pursing research analyzing data about the maintenance and operational costs and the identification of the metadata to improve decision-making for facility operations.