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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
