Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Thu, MK., Hamilton, P., Lee, JH., Kingsley, G., & Babaak, A. (2024). A Critical Assessment of Material Price Adjustment Clauses for Transportation Design-Build Projects. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction. https://doi.org/10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-1126
Thu MK, Beppu S, Yarime M, & Shibayama S (2022). Role of machine and organizational structure in science. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272280. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272280
Thu MK, Shibayama S, and Yarime (2025). Challenges and Strategies for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research: A Survey of Interdisciplinary Research Teams. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5246432
An, Y., Kang, D., Kim, J., & Thu, MK. (2025). Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Smart Energy Cities: Techno-Socioeconomic Analysis of Global Energy Plans. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5150425
Other Publications:
Kingsley, G., Ashuri, B., Whetsell, T., Hamilton, P., Choi, JW., Kaufman, M., Broderick, K., Safikhanli, M., & Thu, MK. (2025). Post-Let Environmental Analysis and Permitting for Alternative Delivery Projects. Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Performance- Based Management & Research.
Ashuri, B., Kingsley, G., Lee, JH., Meng, CT., Thu, MK., & Hamilton, P. (2025). Rebalancing Contracting Terms to Ensure Success for the GDOT’s Alternative Delivery Projects and Better Reflect Real-Time Market Conditions. Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Performance-Based Management & Research.
Working Papers:
Thu, MK. (2025). Assessing the Effects of Supreme Court Patent Cases on Stock Market Returns of AI-related Sectoral Firms.
Thu, MK. (2025). Evaluating the Impact of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International Ruling on AI-Emerging Technologies Using Patent Novelty Scores as a Proxy.
Thu, MK. (2025). Measuring the Comparative Effects of Court Cases on the Novelty of the Software Technologies Patents in the Post Federal Circuit Information.
An, Y., Kang, D., Kim, J., & Thu, MK. (2025). Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Smart Energy Cities: Techno-Socioeconomic Analysis of Global Energy Plans. Applied Geography. (Under Review)
Workshop & Conferences:
18th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, July 2021, Rome, Italy
Presented conference paper “Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Activities: An Organizational Analysis of Research Teams”
Science for RE-designing Science, Technology, Innovation Policy Camp, September 2021, Tokyo, Japan
Co-developed policy proposal and technological solutions on using satellite tracking for dementia patients across urban and rural Japan
Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, May 2025, Atlanta, Georgia, US
Presented conference paper “Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Smart Energy Cities: Techno-Socioeconomic Analysis of Global Energy Plans”