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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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Principal Investigator

Ying Huang

I'm a 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

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Senior Personnel

Nita Yodo

I'm an adjunct 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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Senior Personnel

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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Senior Personnel

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

Youjin Jang

I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, click here to learn more about me. 

y.jang@ndsu.edu  |  Tel: 701-231-7564

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Senior Personnel

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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Co-Principal Investigator

Di Wu

I am an Associate 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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Senior Personnel

Harun Pirim

I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, click here to learn more about me. 

harun.pirim@ndsu.edu  |  Tel: 701-231-7285

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Senior Personnel

Chau Le

I am an Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, click here to learn more about me.

chau.le@ndsu.edu  |  Tel: 701-231-7194

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Seed Grant Awardee

Trung B. Le

I'm an Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, click here to learn more about me. 

trung.le@ndsu.edu  |  Tel: 701-231-6369

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Seed Grant Awardee

Inbae Jeong

I'm an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, click here to learn more about me. 

inbae.jeong@ndsu.edu  |  Tel: 701-231-4937

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Senior Personnel

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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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

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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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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Senior Personnel

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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Senior Personnel

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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Senior Personnel

Xintao Wu

I'm a Professor in Computer Science 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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Senior Personnel

Yue Zhao

I'm an Associate Professor in Engineering, click here to learn more about me.

yuezhao@uark.edu  |  Tel: 479-575-4627

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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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Seed Grant Awardee

Rob Curry

I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering, click here to learn more about me.

rmcurry@uark.edu  |  Tel: 479-575-3156

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Senior Personnel

Haoming Shen

I'm an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Operational Engineering, click here to learn more about me

haomings@uark.edu  |  Tel: 479-575-7780

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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Senior Personnel

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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Senior Personnel

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

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Seed Grant Awardee

Shengjie (Patrick)
Zhai

I'm an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, click here to learn more about me.

Shengjie.Zhai@unlv.edu  |  Tel: +1 702-774-1409

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Seed Grant Awardee

Zuobin Xiong

I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, click here to learn more about me

zuobin.xiong@unlv.edu  |  Tel: 702-895-2639

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

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

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

Elsayed A. Elsayed

I'm the Director of the NSF/Industry/University Co-operative Research Center for Quality  Engineering. and  Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University, click here to learn more about me.

elsayed@soe.rutgers.edu  |  Tel: 848-445-3859

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Board Member

OM PRAKASH YADAV

I'm a Chair and Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University click here to learn more about me.

oyadav@ncat.edu |  Tel: 123-456-7890

Industry Partners

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