Meet Our Personnel
Our personnel come from many different disciplines, and each of them have a contribution to this program. Personnel members can take part in multiple research themes, so the staff is organized by institution. Personnel also includes our partners in the industry.
North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Co-Lead
Di Wu
I am an Assistant Professor in Computer/Electrical Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
di.wu.3@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-7414
Research Member
James Caton
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics, click here to learn more about me.
james.caton@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-7337
Project Coordinator
Kirstin Saulsbury
I'm the Project Coordinator for this Program! Click here to learn more about me.
kirstin.saulsbury@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-7041
Co-Lead
Nita Yodo
I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
nita.yodo@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-5376
Co-Lead
Saeed Salem
I'm a Professor in Computer Science and Graduate Coordinator, click here to learn more about me.
saeed.salem@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-6377
Seed Grant Awardee
Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
Surya.congress@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-5619
Research Member
Trung (Tim) Le
I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
trung.q.le@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-7286
Seed Grant Awardee
Wenjie Xia
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
wenjie.xia@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-5648
Principal Investigator
Ying Huang
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering and a Welch Faculty Fellow Professor, click here to learn more about me.
ying.huang@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-7651
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC)
Co-Principal Investigator
Kerry Hartman
I'm the Environmental Science Chair and the Academic Dean, click here to learn more about me.
khartm@nhsc.edu | Tel: 701-627-8053
University of Arkansas (UARK)
Seed Grant Awardee
Alan Vazquez
I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
alanv@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-7780
Research Member
Ed Pohl
I'm a Professor and Department Head of Industrial Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
epohl@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6029
Co-Principal Investigator
Haitao Liao
I'm a Professor in Industrial Engineering and the John and Mary Lib White Endowed Systems Integration Chair, click here to learn more about me.
liao@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6196
Co-Lead
Roy A. McCann
I'm a Professor in Electrical Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
rmccann@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6054
Seed Grant Awardee
Thi Hoang Ngan Le
I'm an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
thile@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6197
Co-Lead
Xiao Liu
I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
xl027@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6033
Research Member
Xintao Wu
I'm a Professor in Computer Science/Engineering and the Charles D. Morgan/Acxiom Graduate Research Chair, click here to learn more about me.
xintaowu@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-6519
Research Member
Yue Zhao
I'm an Associate Professor in Engineering, click here to learn more about me.
yuezhao@uark.edu | Tel: 479-575-4627
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Co-Principal Investigator
Eakalak Khan
I'm a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, click here to learn more about me.
eakalak.khan@unlv.edu | Tel: +1 702-774-1449
Co-Lead
Erica Marti
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, click here to learn more about me.
erica.marti@unlv.edu | Tel: +1 702-895-2693
Seed Grant Awardee
Jeehee Lee
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, click here to learn more about me.
jeehee.lee@unlv.edu | Tel: +1 702-895-2184
Seed Grant Awardee
Marie-Odile Fortier
I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, click here to learn more about me.
marie-odile.fortier@unlv.edu | Tel: +1 702-894-1459
Research Member
Krystyna Stave
I'm a Professor in Public Policy and Leadership, click here to learn more about me.
krystyna.stave@unlv.edu | Tel: +1 702-895-4833
External Advisory Board
Board Member
Brij Singh
I'm an Advanced Technology Manager and a John Deere Technical Fellow at John Deere, click here to learn more about me.
Board Member
Darcy Neigum
I'm a Director and System Operations and Planning Manager at Montana-Dakota Utilities Company, click here to learn more.
name@email.com | Tel: 701-222-7757
Board Member
Douglas Bowman
I'm a PE, Research, Development, and Lead Engineer at Southwest Power Pool, click here to learn more about me.
name@email.com | Tel: 123-456-7890
Board Member
Elsayed A. Elsayed
I'm the Director of the NSF/Industry/University Co-operative Research Center for Quality and Reliability Engineering. I am also a Distinguished Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University, click here to learn more about me.
elsayed@soe.rutgers.edu | Tel: 848-445-3859
Industry Partners
Research Member
Jun Kong
I'm a Professor in Computer Science, click here to learn more about me.
jun.kong@ndsu.edu | Tel: 701-231-8179