Research

Externally-funded Research Projects

  1. Develop or Improve Construction Scheduling Methods and Model for Construction Projects (Lead PI Le, Budget: $199,470, 12/15/22-12/14/24); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)

  2. Best Practices on Collecting Asset Information from The Construction Stage (Lead PI Le, Budget: $150,049, 03/01/22-08/31/23); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)

  3. A Preliminary Cost Estimating Model for Transportation Projects (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $149,996, 01/01/22-06/30/23); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)

  4. Impact of Utility Delays on Project Delivery (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $414,996, 01/01/21-08/31/23); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)

  5. Evaluating the Construction Cost and Schedule Impacts of SCDOT’s Traffic Control Restrictions (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $149,996, 01/15/20-04/15/21); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)

  6. RAPID: Critical Assessment of Drainage Infrastructure Performance in a Sustained Flooding Event: The Case of Hurricane Florence (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $65,458, 11/01/18-10/31/20); Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  7. REU Supplement, CRISP Type I: Data-driven Real-time Simulation for Adaptive Control of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $16,000, 06/1017-08/31/21); Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  8. CRISP Type-1: Data-driven Real-time Simulation for Adaptive Control of Interdependent Infrastructures (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $ 499,870, 01/01/17-08/31/21); Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Click here for the abstract)

  9. CyberSEES Type-1: Enabling Sustainable Water Supplies Through Self-Powered Sensor-Based Monitoring (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $ 396,011, 09/01/15-08/31/19); Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Click here for the abstract)

  10. EAGER: SSDIM: Multiscale Methods for Generating Infrastructure Networks (Lead PI Safro, Budget: $200,000, 09/01/17-08/31/20); Sponsor: National Science foundation (Click here for the abstract)

  11. Best Practices for Assessing Culvert Health and Determining Appropriate Rehabilitation Methods (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $ 199,966, 02/16/15-02/15/17); Sponsor: South Carolina Department of Transportation (Click here for the abstract)

  12. Adaptability Toolkit for South Carolina's Coastal Water Infrastructure (Lead PI Piratla, Budget: $ 159,831 direct cost + $ 79,916 cost share, 02/01/16-07/31/18); Sponsor: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium through National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); (Click here for the abstract)

  13. RED: Learning Teams and Innovation Ventures for Adaptable Training in Engineering (Lead PI de la Garza, Budget: $1,999,289, 07/15/17-06/30/23); Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Click here for the abstract)

*Few colleagues from Clemson and other universities serve as PIs or co-PIs on the above identified projects. The indicated budgets are for the entire project.

A few topics our research group currently focusing on include:

  1. Human-centered design of smart and resilient critical infrastructures

  2. Decentralized water systems for sustainable and reliable supply

  3. Resilience-based rehabilitation planning of water pipeline systems

  4. Real-time monitoring of water pipeline systems using sustainable sensing systems

  5. Resilience enhancement of water supply networks against seismic hazards

  6. Best practices for assessing culvert health and determining appropriate rehabilitation methods

  7. Adaptable coastal storm water infrastructures in the face of sea level rise and coastal flooding hazards

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