Active Research Projects

• Develop Methodologies for Reducing Costs in Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) Construction: Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), $679,485, 2023–2026
  
  
• Develop an Interactive State-Wide Production Rate Estimation Tool for Reliable Contract Time Determination: Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), $374,458, 09/2023–02/2026
  
  
• REU Site: Smart and Sustainable Construction: Senior Personnel, National Science Foundation, $402,904, 09/01/2023 – 08/31/2026

• AI-Based Roadway Digital Twinning System for Flooding (AIR-FLOOD): Principal Investigator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the National Sea Grant College Program (Texas), $300,000, 02/01/2022-01/31/2024
  
  
• IRES Track II: US-Korea Advanced Transportation Infrastructure Informatics Institutes (ATI³): Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, $224,614, 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2023
  

Completed Research Projects

• Contingency Factors to Account for Risk in Early Construction Cost Estimates for Transportation Infrastructure Projects (NCHRP 15-71): Co-PI, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, $250,000, 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2022
  
  
• Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Project Prioritization: Co-PI,  U.S. Department of Transportation through the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, $90,000, 08/01/2020 – 02/01/2022
  
  
• Selecting the Most Feasible Construction Phasing Plans for Urban Highway Rehabilitation Projects: Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Transportation through the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, $90,000, 08/15/2019 – 02/14/2021
  
  
• Holistic Network-Level Assessment of Pavement Flood Damages: Co-PI, U.S. Department of Transportation through the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, $75,000, 08/15/2019 – 02/14/2021
  
  
• Perform Feasibility Study on Use of Innovative Tools and Techniques to Accelerate Pavement Construction: Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), $480,843, 09/01/2018 – 08/30/2021
  
  
• Develop Capacity and Cost Benefits of Super 2 Corridors: Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), $299,846, 09/01/2018 – 08/30/2020
  
  
• Systematic Approach for Estimating Construction Contract Time: A Guidebook (NCHRP 08-114): Co-PI, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, $500,000, 09/01/2018 – 08/30/2020
  
  
• Harnessing Artificial Intelligence towards Autonomous Mobility and Safety Impact Prediction of Critical Highway Projects: Principal Investigator, T3 of Texas A&M Triads for Transformation, $30,000, TAMU President’s Excellence seed grant program, Jan. 2020 – Jan. 2021 (internal grant).  
  
  
• Right-Sizing Transportation Investments-Methods for Planning and Programming (NCHRP 19-14): Co-PI, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, $500,000, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019
  
  
• Design-Build Assessment: Co-PI, Maricopa Association of Government (MAG): Task Order No. 15, $97,502, 06/01/2019 – 03/21/2020.
  
  
• Autonomous SWAT Machine-Learning Computer Model for Construction Work Zones: Principal Investigator, Construction Industry Advisory Council, $12,500, 06/01/2016 – 05/30/2017 (Internal grant)
  
  
• Scoping and Managing Critical Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Principal Investigator, University’s Action 2015: Education First Initiative of TAMU, $15,000, 06/01/2014 – 05/31/2015 (Teaching grant)
  
  
• Decision-Support Framework for Quantifying the Most Economical Incentive/Disincentive Dollar Amounts for Critical Highway Pavement Rehabilitation Projects: Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Transportation UTC Program: SWUTC, $56,625, 03/01/2012 – 08/31/2013
  
  
• Guides on the Use of Social Media to Improve Participation in Public Involvement Processes: Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), $184,496, 08/29/2012 – 08/31/2013
  
  
• Effective Project Scoping Practices to Improve On-Time and On-Budget Delivery of 16 Highway Projects (NCHRP 08-88): Co-PI, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), $250,000, Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2015
  
  
• Determining the Effectiveness of the Design-Build Method on Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects: Principal Investigator, District of Columbia Water Resource Research Institute, $53,000
  
  
• Authentication in Mobile−Cloud Environments: Co-PI, UDC strategic initiative fund, $35,000, 05/2010 – 05/2011
  
  
• Incentive-based Decision-Support Model for Transportation Infrastructure Renewal: Principal Investigator, UDC seed grant award, $7,500 plus a $17,500 in-kind match, 12/2009 – 05/2010
  
  
• Innovative Contracting Methods Implementation Studies: Lead Graduate Research Engineer, California Department of Transportation, $225,000, 01/2008 – 06/2009
  
  
• Extended Applications of Rehabilitation Construction Productivity Analysis Products (CA4PRS): Lead Graduate Research Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, $1,200,000, 06/2008 – 06/2010
  
  
• Construction and Traffic Monitoring for I-15 Devore Reconstruction Project: Graduate Research Engineer, California Department of Transportation, $240,000, 06/2003 – 08/2004