Current Members

Ph.D. Students

Muhammad Ali Moriyani (Spring 2022 - Fall 2025)

• Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering (Concentration: Construction), North Dakota State University, USA, from January 2022.

• M.E. in Construction Management, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 2021.

• B.E. in Civil Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 2016.

• Academic experience: Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 2018-2021.

• Industry experience: Internee, National Internship Program, 2017-2018. Internee, G3 Engineering Consultants Hyderabad, June-July 2016. Internee, Osmani & Company Consultants Karachi, Dec 2015-Jan 2016. Internee, Arbi Square Hyderabad, June 2015-July 2015. Internee, Karachi Port Trust (KPT), June 2014-July 2014.

• Research interests: Scheduling, Building Information Modeling, Sustainable Construction, Data analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Construction.

Lemlem Abebaw Asaye (Spring 2022 - Fall 2025)

• Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering (Concentration: Construction), North Dakota State University, USA, from January 2022.

• M.S. in Construction Management and Technology, Addis Abeba Science and Technology University, Ethiopia, September 2020. 

• M.S. in Structural Engineering, Addis Abeba Institute of Technology, Ethiopia, October 2020. 

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Gonder, Ethiopia, 2016. 

• Experience: Lecturer, Unity University, and Office Engineer, SEA Construction, 2016-2021. 

• Research interests: Cost estimation, Construction Management. 

Ayenew Demeke (Fall 2023 - Spring 2027, Co-advising with Dr. Youjin Jang)

• Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering (Concentration: Construction), North Dakota State University, USA, from August 2023.

• M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia, September 2011.

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Mekelle University, Ethiopia, July 2009.

• Academic Experience: Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia, 2016-2023. Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Adigrat University, Ethiopia, 2012-2016.

• Industry Experience: Part-time Advisor, Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation, Ethiopia, 2021-2023.

• Research Interests: Construction Automation, Data Analytics, Machine Learning.

Anh Le (Spring 2024 - Fall 2027, Co-advising with Dr. Trung (Tim) Le) 

• Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering (Concentration: Construction), North Dakota State University, USA, from January 2024. 

• M.S. in Construction Management, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, June 2020. 

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, June 2018. 

• Academic Experience: Lecturer, Department of Construction Management, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, September 2020 – December 2023. 

• Industry Experience: Assistant Project Manager at Hoi An South Development project of Construction Joint Stock Company, Vietnam, 2018-2019. 

• Research Interests: Civil Infrastructure Management, Health Monitoring System, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Big Data in Construction Management.

Master's Students

Giridhari Doddi (Spring 2022 - Fall 2023)

• M.S. Student in Construction Management, North Dakota State University, USA, from January 2022.

• B.E. in Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal University of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2018-2021. 

• Diploma in Civil Engineering, State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana, India, 2015-2018.

• Industry experience: - 2BHK Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Housing projects, By Smart Infrastructural Engineering Service Trust - 15th May to 15th July. 

• Research interests: Building Components and Materials, Soil Investigation, Water treatment technology, Concrete Technology, GIS and GPRS system, Surveying.  

Other Graduate Assistants

Minakshi Arya (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022)

• Ph.D. in Software Engineering, NDSU, USA 2023.

• M.S. in Software Engineering, NDSU, USA, 2019.

• Master’s in Business Management, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1996.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, Haryana, India, 1992.

• Industry experience: System Administrator, Veterinary Surgeon, General Manager, Project Management Analyst.

• Research interests: Data analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, CyberSecurity.

Trang Nguyen (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, & Spring 2023)

• M.S. in Business Analytics, North Dakota State University, USA, from May 2021.

• B.S. in Accounting, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam, 2014.

• Industry experience: Bank employee, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, 2014-2019.

• Research interests: Blockchain, data analytics in the construction industry.