Updates to JCEM Editorial Board

On behalf of ASCE Journal Publications and the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (JCEM) Editorial Board, I would like to thank Dr. Xiangyu Wang from Curtin University in Australia for his steady, tireless, and unselfish service to this journal as an Assistant Specialty Editor in the Project Planning and Design Area. We look forward to his continued participation as an author and reviewer.

I take great pleasure in announcing the appointment of three new Assistant Specialty Editors in the Project Planning and Design Area led by Dr. SangHyun Lee. We welcome you to the JCEM Editorial Board and look forward to your many contributions!

Dr. Changbum Ahn is an Assistant Professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he leads the Smart and Sustainable Construction Research Group. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in architectural engineering from Seoul National University in South Korea and his M.S. in earth and environmental engineering from Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. His main research interest is to investigate and develop data-driven techniques for transforming traditional project delivery processes into integrated, sustainable practices. He is particularly interested in utilizing smart sensing technologies—small-sized and low-cost sensors that can be easily employed in today’s construction environment—to capture activity-assessment and operational-assessment information in order to contribute to project planning, design, and control. By reappropriating widespread technologies to investigate opportunities for improved environmental, economic, and social sustainability, his research seeks to facilitate the immediate implementation of improved construction practices. Dr. Ahn has been actively involved in several academic and professional organizations, including three committees of the ASCE Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology and the ASCE Construction Research Council. He also serves as a peer reviewer in various journals.

Dr. Fei Dai is currently an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and Management in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of West Virginia University, where he is leading the development of the construction program and the Integrated Construction Informatics Laboratory. Prior to joining West Virginia University in August 2012, he received his postdoctoral training at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and M.S. in civil engineering from Tsinghua University, China. He also holds a B.Eng. degree in transportation and civil engineering from Hefei University of Technology, China. His research primarily involves development and application of advanced sensing and computing techniques in the areas of construction planning, control and automation, and automated jobsite safety and health monitoring. He is particularly interested in integrating visual sensing, discrete-event simulation, and evolutionary optimization techniques to enhance the productivity, safety, and efficiency of construction processes.

Dr. Carol C. Menassa is an Assistant Professor and a John L. Tishman Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the faculty at UM, she was the M. A. Mortenson Company Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for four years. She received her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering and M.S. in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her M.S. and B.E. in civil and environmental engineering from the American University of Beirut. Carol directs the Intelligent and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure Systems Laboratory at UM. Her current research focuses on sustainability of building infrastructure systems. She is using building automation systems and other sensor devices to understand and model the impact of occupant energy use characteristics on energy consumption in buildings and develop cost-effective solutions to achieve energy efficiency and conservation. She is also involved in several research projects focused on international construction, integrated project delivery, and quantitative assessment of project manager competencies. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Construction Industry Institute, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and the Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium. Carol has more than eight years of industry experience as a project engineer with Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners), a leading consulting firm, working on large-scale projects across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. She also was a summer associate with CRA International in their Boston, Massachusetts, office for three years, where she worked with their capital projects group. Carol is an active member of the Construction Research Congress (CRC) and the Academic Committee of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), and is a member of the ASCE Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT), the Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation (VIMS) Committee, the Data Sensing and Analysis Committee, and the Education Committee.