CEE Faculty Earn Teaching Honors
11 April 2023
Four faculty members have been recognized by students for their excellence in the classroom.
Biography
Professor Baabak Ashuri is Executive Director of the Professional Master’s in Occupational Safety and Health (PMOSH), Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Building Construction, and Fellow of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Ashuri’s research has advanced theoretical foundations and applications of data analytics, economic decision analysis, and quantitative methods for infrastructure systems and construction engineering and management, allowing other researchers to use his findings for enhancing the performance of infrastructure operations on several subdomains directly related to pre-construction decisions, e.g., artificial intelligence (AI) and design automation, alternative contracting methods (ACMs), infrastructure finance and public-private partnership (P3), and energy technology investments. Dr. Ashuri has 242 publications in these fields, including 86 refereed journal articles, 103 peer-reviewed conference papers, 50 research reports and guidebooks, 1 co-edited book, and 2 referred book chapters. Dr. Ashuri secured a funding amount of over $17M from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Energy (DOE), Build America Bureau (BAB), Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT), South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), Construction Industry Institute (CII), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Southeast Transportation Consortium (STC), Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), Turner Construction, and Perkins + Will, to name a few. Dr. Ashuri received many awards including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (Thomas Fitch Rowland paper award), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) High Value Research “Sweet Sixteen” Award, and the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) (Distinguished Leadership – Faculty). Dr. Ashuri has chaired the ASCE Construction Research Council (CRC) and served on the ASCE Construction Institute (CI) Board of Governors. Dr. Ashuri serves as the Southern Region Director of the USDOT Build America Center (BAC), which leads cutting-edge research on the use of innovative financing, funding, and project delivery solutions.
Research
- Data Analytics and AI for Construction Project Management
- Quantitative Methods for Construction Engineering and Project Management
- Construction and Infrastructure Economics
- Construction Cost Analysis and Forecasting
- Innovative Project Delivery Systems and Alternative Contracting Methods (ACMs)
- Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership (P3)
- Real Options Analysis for Infrastructure Asset Valuation
- Investment Evaluation Methods
- Energy Investment Evaluation
- Resilient Infrastructure Systems
- Risk Management
- Construction Claims Analysis
- Transportation Asset Management
- Digital Delivery – BIM for Infrastructure
- BIM Log Mining: Data Mining of BIM Projects
In the News
Baabak Ashuri Named Director for Professional Master’s in Occupational Safety and Health
02 February 2023
As academic director of PMOSH, Dr. Ashuri will work to increase the program's national visibility while seeking opportunities to strengthen the ties between PMOSH and the other aligned degrees, programs and activities across the Institute.
