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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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