Samuel Labi
Professor, Purdue University
Dr.Labi's Students
Dr. Labi’s students are at various levels: undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.). They are trained to enhance their skills in three key areas: research ability, teaching skills, and engagement with the academic community and industry, both domestic and international. Most of his PhD students go on to become professors at universities all over the world.
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Dr. Labi’s students carry out research in topics that characterize emergent threats including aging infrastructure, funding limitations, and infrastructure vulnerability and exploit opportunities including technological advancements and interdisciplinary synergies. They address problems that are either descriptive (using tools including simulation, statistical and econometric, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and artificial intelligence modeling) or prescriptive (using tools such as optimization involving multiple criteria, stochasticism, or simulation).
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His students acquire these tools by taking courses in the schools of economics, industrial engineering, computer science, and statistics, not only at Purdue but also at other schools such as GeorgiaTech, Virginia Tech and MIT through exchange programs, workshops, or special semester-long programs.
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The contribution of Dr. Labi’s students include the development of methodological platforms that provide a scientific basis to make infrastructure development decisions consistent with principles of economy, sustainability, resilience to natural and man-made stressors, and infrastructure longevity.
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Visiting Professor (Jan 2018 - )
Bio: Seyedmohammad Miralinaghi is a visiting professor at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2013 [Read More]
SeyedMohammad Miralinaghi
Research areas: Traffic assignment, asset management, connected and autonomous vehicles
Journal publications: 8
Awards: 4
Conference presentations: 14
Research projects: 1
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Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aug 2017 - Dec 2017)
SeyedMohammad Miralinaghi
Research areas: Traffic assignment, asset management, connected and autonomous vehicles
Journal publications: 8
Awards: 4
Conference presentations: 14
Research projects: 1
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Bio: Seyedmohammad Miralinaghi is a post-doctoral fellow at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2013 [Read More]
Visiting Scholar
Yinjie Deng
Research areas: Asset management, durable pavement technologies
Journal publications: 4
Awards: 8
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Bio: Yinjie Deng is a visiting scholar at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2017 [Read More]
Doctoral Students
Bio: Sikai Chen is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2014 [Read More]
Bio: Seyedali Ghahari is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2015 [Read More]
Seyedali Ghahari
Research areas: Asset Management, Bridge Management, Infrastructure Economics, Corruption and Fraud Monitoring
Thesis topic: A Blueprint for Detecting and Measuring Inefficiencies at Infrastructure Agencies
Journal publications: 13
Awards: 6
Conference presentations: 27
Research projects: 3
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Bio: Saeed Al-Qadhi is a faculty member at King Khalid University and a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2014 [Read More]
Saeed Al-Qahdi
Research areas: Asset management, Life-cycle Analyses
Thesis topic: Life cycle assessment of alternative pavement materials using multiple-criteria analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and stochastic dominance methodology
Journal publications: 8
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Conference presentations: 6
Research projects: 2
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Bio: Qiao Yu is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2014 [Read More]
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Bio: Tariq Saeed is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2014 [Read More]
Tariq U. Saeed
Research areas: Asset management, connected and autonomous vehicles
Thesis topic: A more robust approach to lifecycle assessment of bridge infrastructure management: proactively dealing with an uncertain future
Journal publications: 18
Awards: 12
Conference presentations: 14
Research projects: 3
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Sikai Chen
Research areas: Highway safety analysis, highway design policy analysis, applications of machine learning and data mining in transportation and infrastructure systems
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Journal publications: 5
Awards: 2
Conference presentations: 5
Research projects: 1
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M.S.
Bio: Abdullah J. Nafakh is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2012 [Read More]
Bio: Nathan Shellhamer is a doctoral student at Purdue University. He joined Civil Engineering in Fall 2012 [Read More]
Nathan Shellhamer
Research areas: Transit management, Infrastructure risk and hazard assessment and mitigation
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Abdullah J. Nafakh
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Past Doctoral Students
Muhammad Khurshid
Graduation year: 2010
Thesis topic: A Framework for Establishing Optimal Performance Thresholds for Highway Asset Interventions
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Kevin Ford
Graduation year: 2011
Thesis topic: Incorporating Highway Asset Life Expectancy Into Long-Term Planning –Risk-Based, Probabilistic Approach
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Apichai Issariyanukula
Graduation year: 2011
Thesis topic: A Probabilistic Methodology For Estimating Transportation Project Costs Using Bayesian Models
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Qiang Bai
Graduation year: 2012
Thesis topic: Trade-Off Analysis In Multiobjective Optimization For Transportation Asset Management
*[Best PhD dissertation award in national competition, Council of University Transportation Centers, USA]
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Ahmed Anwar
Graduation year: 2012
Thesis topic: Pavement Damage Cost Estimation using Highway Agency Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Strategies
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Hafizur Arman
Graduation year: 2014
Thesis topic: Managing Risks In Highway Winter Operations Using Options Theory
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Michelle Dojutrek
Graduation year: 2014
Thesis topic: A Multiple Criteria Evaluation Procedure for Security Investments
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Stephanie Everett
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: Auctions Approach for Overweight Truck Permitting
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Matthew Volovski
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: Spatial Analysis of Passenger Vehicle Use and Ownership/Impact on Highway Infrastructure Funding Sustainability
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Wubeshet Woldemariam
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: Development of Measures of Network Connectivity and Accessibility for Project Evaluation
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Nathee Athigakunagom
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: Using Real Options Theory for Highway Intervention Scheduling
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Jackeline Murillo Hoyos
Graduation year: 2016
Thesis topic: Scheduling Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Maintenance using Dynamic Thresholds
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Zhibo Zhang
Graduation year: 2016
Thesis topic: Developing Condition-Based Triggers For Bridge Deck Maintenance And Rehabilitation Treatments
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Majed Alinizzi
Graduation year: 2017
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Affiliation: Assitant Professor, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad Irfan
Graduation year: 2010
Thesis topic: A Framework for Developing Optimal Pavement Life-cycle Activity Profiles
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Past M.S. Students
Myriam Rodriguez
Graduation year: 2004
Thesis topic: An Assessment of Preservation Needs of State Highway Bridges in Indiana
*[Best M.S. Thesis award in national competition, Council of University Transportation Centers, USA]
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Geoffrey Lamptey
Graduation year: 2004
Thesis topic: Optimal Scheduling of Pavement Preventive Maintenance using Life Cycle Cost Analysis
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Siew Hwee Kong
Graduation year: 2007
Thesis topic: Aggregate Cost Modeling of Transit Capital Investment, and O&M
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Essa Mahmodi
Graduation year: 2008
Thesis topic: Integrating Preventive Maintenance into Bridge Management Systems
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Amanda Cope
Graduation year: 2009
Thesis topic: Multiple-criteria Life-cycle Evaluation of Alternative Bridge Deck Reinforcement Materials
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Michelle Dojutrek
Graduation year: 2011
Thesis topic: An Elemental Decomposition & Bi-Criteria Method for Asset Valuation
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Matthew Volovski
Graduation year: 2011
Thesis topic: Econometric Models for Pavement Routine Maintenance Expenditure
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Tao Liao
Graduation year: 2011
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Zhibo Zhang
Graduation year: 2012
Thesis topic: Evaluating Long-term Leasing of Toll Roads based on Probabilistic and Multiple-Criteria Techniques
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Eleni Bardaka
Graduation year: 2012
Thesis topic: Mixed Linear Modeling Techniques for Enhancing Pavement Performance Predictions
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Ashish Samdariya
Graduation year: 2012
Thesis topic: Probabilistic And Multiple-Criteria Techniques In Evaluating Alternative Reinforcement Materials For Increasing Bridge Deck Life
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Milhan Moomen
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: Enhanced Bridge Deterioration Models for the Bridge Management
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Trevor Klatko
Graduation year: 2015
Thesis topic: A Framework for VMT Estimation
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Peng Jiao
Graduation year: 2016
Thesis topic: Dynamic Green Split Optimization in Intersection Signal Design for Urban Street Network
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Claire Bordat
Graduation year: 2004
Thesis topic: An Analysis of Cost Overruns and Time Delays in INDOT Projects
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