23. PI, “Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Digital Twin for Risk Improved Decision Making in Transportation
Construction," sponsored by Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024.
22. PI, “Automated Disaster and Resilience Code Compliance Checking System of Vulnerable Housing"
sponsored by LSU LIFT2 Fund, August, 2022 – July, 2023.
21. PI, “Visual Notification and Awareness Apparatus and System" sponsored by LSU LIFT2 Fund, August,
2022 – July, 2023.
20. Co-PI, “Economic, Social, and Policy Pathways to Freeboard Adoption for Existing Homes," sponsored by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Louisiana Sea Grant, February 1, 2022
– January 31, 2024.
19. Co-PI, “AI-Based Roadway Flooding Digital Twinning (AIR-FLOOD)," sponsored by National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Texas Sea Grant, February 1, 2022 – January 31, 2024.
18. PI, “A Bridge Digital Twin for Enhancing Transportation Resilience and Asset Management," sponsored by
Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, August 1, 2021– January 31, 2023.
17. PI, “Developing an Automated Disaster Resilience Evaluation System using a Virtual Building Design,”
sponsored by the Proof-of-Concept/Prototype Initiative, Louisiana Board of Regents, August 1, 2021 – July 31,
2022.
16. PI, “AI-based Building Information Modeling for Automated Modular Housing Design Generation and Case
Studies,” sponsored by Contractor's Educational Trust Fund (CETF), LSU Foundation, March 2, 2021 –
December 15, 2022.
15. PI, “Data Interoperability for Smart Cities (DISC): Revealing Intrinsic Logic and Requirements of Urban-
Level Data Integration and Interoperability for Qatar Smart Cities," sponsored by Qatar National Research
Foundation, January 3, 2020 – January 2, 2024.
14. Senior Personnel, “CC* Compute: Deep Bayou: Accelerating Scientific Discoveries with A GPU Cluster,"
sponsored by National Science Foundation, July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022.
13. Co-PI, “Incentives and Barriers to Increased Freeboard to Enhance Flood Resilience: Southeast Louisiana
Perspectives," sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Louisiana Sea Grant,
February 1, 2020 – June 31, 2022.
12. PI, “A Data-Driven Dynamic Optimization Framework for Modular Construction-Based Rapid Post-Flood
Recovery of Residential Houses and Neighboring Communities” sponsored by Louisiana Economic
Development Assistantship (EDA) Fund, July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2022.
11. PI, “Deep reinforcement learning-based prioritization for rapid post disaster recovery of transportation
infrastructure systems," sponsored by Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, August 1, 2020– January 31, 2022.
10. PI, “Holistic Network-Level Assessment of Pavement Flood Damages using the FEMA’s Hazus Flood Models and
Maintenance Cost Prediction," sponsored by Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, August 15, 2019 – April
14, 2021.
9. PI, "Development, Education, and Implementation of A Low-Cost Audio Sensor-based Autonomous Surveillance
System for Smart and Connected Transportation Infrastructure Construction and Maintenance," sponsored by
Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, August 15, 2019 – February 14, 2021.
8. Co-PI, “Selecting the Most Feasible Construction Phasing Plans for Urban Highway Rehabilitation Projects,"
sponsored by Department of Transportation, Tran-SET, August 15, 2019 – February 14, 2021.
7. PI, “Development of Audio-based Process Monitoring and Safety Surveillance Systems for Roadway and
Bridge Construction ” sponsored by Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) Transportation
Innovation for Research Exploration (TIRE) , July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019.
6. PI, “A Speech and Sound Recognition Framework for Unraveling Communication Logic and Interrelationships
in Construction Sector” sponsored by LSU Faculty Research Grant – Emerging Research Program, August 1,
2018 – July 30, 2019.
5. PI, “Communication Recognition Framework and Data Analytics Solutions using Construction Field
Communication Transmitted on a Two-Way Radio Network” sponsored by LSU LIFT2 Fund, January 1, 2017 –
December 31, 2018.
4. LSU Council on Research Summer Stipend Program, “Communication Data Analytics and Visualization
Frameworks Integrated with Building Information Models for Enhanced Construction Process Monitoring and
Management,” sponsored by the Office of Research & Economic Development at Louisiana State University,
May 1, 2017 – August 31, 2017.
3. NSF I-Corp Site Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 13, 2017 - August 16, 2017
2. PI, “Graphical Scripting for Rule Definition and Checking Process for BIM Models,” sponsored by Vectorworks
and Georgia Institute of Technology, October 1, 2016 – December 31, 2017.
1. Co-PI, “Graphical Programming and Node-based Rule Definition and Checking Process for BIM Models,”
sponsored by Vectorworks, January 2016 – June 2016.
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES SUPPORTING RESEARCH PROJECTS