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Samuel Ariaratnam

Samuel Ariaratnam

Samuel Ariaratnam
Professor, Undergraduate/Graduate Program Chair for Construction Engineering, Sunstate Chair of Construction Management and Engineering

Research Interests
Sustainable urban underground infrastructure systems, trenchless engineering and construction methods, underground asset management, performance modeling

[email protected]
480-965-7399
CAVC 480
Tempe campus

Gary Barras

Gary Barras

Gary Barras
Assistant Teaching Professor

Research Interests
Project management of heavy construction projects, heavy construction equipment, construction methods and materials, microcomputer applications for construction

[email protected]
CAVC 464
Tempe campus

Oswald Chong

Oswald Chong

Oswald Chong
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Sustainable design and project planning, eco-efficiency and technical metabolism, sustainable engineering knowledge system & clusters

[email protected]
512-496-1719
CAVC 570
Tempe campus

Mounir El Asmar

Mounir El Asmar

Mounir El Asmar
Associate Professor, Co-director of the EPA National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations

Research Interests
Sustainable building performance, integrated project delivery (IPD), cost engineering

[email protected]
480-727-9023
Remote

Ricardo Eiris

Ricardo Eiris

Ricardo Eiris
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Metaverse and the future of construction work and education, extended-reality (AR/VR/MR) technologies for construction safety applications, drone operations in construction

[email protected]
480-727-4579
CAVC 564
Tempe Campus

Elham (Ellie) Fini

Elham (Ellie) Fini

Elham (Ellie) Fini
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Sustainable construction, bio-based and bio-inspired materials, adhesives and sealants for use in construction, multi-scale characterization and modeling, surface and interface characterization

[email protected]
480-965-4273
CAVC 584
Tempe campus

David Grau

David Grau

David Grau
Associate Professor, Sundt Professor of Alternative Delivery Methods and Sustainable Development

Research Interests
Systems engineering, uncertainty and risk, automation, computing, and remote sensing, lean philosophy and processes, construction productivity

[email protected]
480-727-0665
CAVC 574
Tempe campus

Kristen Hurtado

Kristen Hurtado

Kristen Hurtado
Assistant Teaching Professor

Research Interests
Project planning and risk management, construction education and training, construction industry analytics, project management, facility management

[email protected]
CAVC 466
Tempe Campus

Anthony J. Lamanna

Anthony J. Lamanna

Anthony J. Lamanna
Associate Professor, Penta Building Group Professor

Research Interests
Anchorage to concrete, sustainable development, strengthening, repair, retrofit, and adaptive reuse of existing structures.

[email protected]
480-727-0155
CAVC 478
Tempe campus

Kristen Parrish

Kristen Parrish

Kristen Parrish
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair for Construction Management and Technology

Research Interests
Energy efficiency in buildings, building energy analysis, efficient process design and execution, construction planning, engineering education

[email protected]
480-727-6363
CAVC 572
Tempe campus

Monica Perrin

Monica Perrin

Monica Perrin
Assistant Teaching Professor

Research Interests
Teamwork in construction measuring team and project performance with a focus on design, contractor, and owner representatives. sustainability design and construction trends

[email protected]
CAVC 580
Tempe Campus

Kenneth Sullivan

Kenneth Sullivan

Kenneth Sullivan
Professor

Research Interests
Organizational transformation, expertise-based project delivery, performance measurement, human factors, and accountability systems, procurement & supply chain, facility management

[email protected]
480-965-4213
CAVC 582
Tempe campus

Avi Wiezel

Avi Wiezel

Avi Wiezel
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Leadership for project-based companies, construction process modeling, entrepreneurial-ism, adult education, mathematical models of decision making

[email protected]
480-965-4121
CAVC 580
Tempe campus