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Dr. Dai joined the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the West Virginia University (WVU) in August 2012 after completing his postdoctoral training at Georgia Institute of Technology and earning his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests focus on sensing, experiments, modeling, and analytics to enable knowledge discovery and development of innovative strategies, methods, technologies, and tools for improving sustainability, safety, and health of construction working environments and infrastructure systems. While at WVU, Dr. Dai has developed an active, independent research program and built its research strengths in construction informatics and workplace safety and health. Dr. Dai has been serving on the editorial board of ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management since 2013, the editorial board of Elsevier Automation in Construction since 2022, and currently is the Vice Chair of the ASCE Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation (VIMS) Committee. His contribution to service was acknowledged with four-time Outstanding Reviewer Recognition by ASCE.

Alireza Ghasemi is a Graduate Research Assistant from 2023 pursuing Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. His primary focus is developing innovative strategies in construction projects, computer vision, and deep learning.

Dilruba Mahmud graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology in 2016 with B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. After graduation, she started working as a structural safety engineer at Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh where her interest to enforce safety in the construction industry flourished. She joined ICIL, West Virginia University as a Graduate Research Assistant in Fall 2021. Her current research works are focused on the development of innovative technologies and methods for improving safety and health of construction working environments.

Sourav Dutta joined ICIL in Fall 2021. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining ICIL, he was working as a structural safety engineer at ACCORD Bangladesh (Currently RSC) which ensures workplace safety for garment workers. His research works are focused on Intelligent Machine Learning for infrastructures.

Nazia Zerin completed her BSc. in Civil Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology in 2015. After graduation, she worked as a Structural Safety Engineer in Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and RMG Sustainability Council from 2017 to 2022. She joined ICIL at West Virginia University as a Graduate Research Assistant in Fall 2022 and her current research works are focused on occupational safety and health in construction workplaces.

Mohammad Samin Mansur graduated from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He joined the Integrated Construction Informatics Laboratory (ICIL) at West Virginia University (WVU) as a Graduate Research Assistant in Fall 2022, where he is pursuing his MSCE degree in the area of construction safety.

Taylor Layne is currently a CEE undergraduate student at WVU. He joined ICIL in Summer 2023 as an UG researcher.