Rayan Hassane Assaad
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- rayan.hassane.assaad@njit.edu
- 973-596-2470
- 207 Colton Hall (COLT)
About Me
Rayan H. Assaad is the founding director of the Smart Construction and Intelligent Infrastructure (SCIIS) Lab at NJIT (https://sciis.njit.edu/). Dr. Assaad is an Assistant Professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at NJIT. Dr. Assaad’s research interests span over different multi-disciplinary areas, including construction automation and robotics; smart sensing; infrastructure asset management of above and underground systems; sustainability, resilience, and environmental impacts of infrastructure facilities; computational methods and applied machine learning; and modeling, simulation, and optimization of infrastructure and construction operations. Dr. Assaad's research lab focuses on intelligent infrastructure systems; efficient system performance and innovative facility maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation; and next-generation technologies such as internet of things, construction robots, sensing technologies, and virtualization. Dr. Assaad previously worked as a project manager responsible for the rehabilitation and maintenance of large commercial and residential projects. Dr. Assaad has authored and co-authored more than 135 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers as well as two book chapters. Dr. Assaad has received numerous awards for his research, service, innovation, and leadership. Dr. Assaad is actively involved with the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Associated General Contractors of America, among other professional organizations.
Education
Ph.D.; Missouri University of Science and Technology; Civil Engineering; 2021
M.E.; American University of Beirut; Engineering Management; 2018
B.E.; American University of Beirut; Civil and Environmental Engineering; 2016
Awards & Honors
2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award , Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management
2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Management in Engineering
2021 Academic Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Distinguished Research and Innovation Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Key Contributor Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Leadership Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Member of the Year Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Infrastructure Systems
2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Management in Engineering
2020 College of Engineering and Computing Dean's PhD Scholar Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2020 Scholarship Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Management in Engineering
Website
2026 Fall Courses
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CE 210 - CONSTRN MATRLS & PROCDRS
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
Teaching Interests
- Applied Machine Learning
- Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability
- Infrastructure Asset Management
- Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization
- Automation and Technologies in Construction
- Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability
- Infrastructure Asset Management
- Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization
- Automation and Technologies in Construction
Past Courses
CE 210: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES
CE 455: CIVIL ENGINEERING DATA MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS, AND VISUALIZATION
CE 611: PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL
CE 612: MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA ANALYTICS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
CE 613: RESILIENT SYSTEMS PLANNING AND DESIGN
CE 702: SPECIAL TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
CE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
Research Interests
Dr. Assaad's research interests are related to sustainable infrastructure systems, construction engineering, project management, and technologies. Dr. Assaad's research interests include:
- Sustainable, Resilient, and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems: Disaster Management and Recovery, Assessment of Deterioration Conditions of Infrastructure Assets, Inspection-Free and Data-Driven Maintenance Decisions, Technology-Driven Rehabilitation and Repair, Smart Cities and Transportation.
- Data Science and Computational Analytics: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing, Data Mining, Deep Learning.
- Innovative Technologies: Emerging Materials, Automation, Robotics, Sensing Technologies, Virtualization, Internet of Things (IoTs), Green Technologies, Offsite Manufacturing.
- Optimization, Modeling, and Simulation: Agent-Based Modeling, Mathematical and Statistical Models, Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization, System Dynamics, Monte-Carlo, Discrete-Event Simulation.
- Multi-Agent Systems: Interacting Intelligent Agents, Resilient and Sustainable Communities, Game theory, Systems-of-Systems, Self-Organized System.
- Novel Project Management Methods: Accelerated Project Delivery Solutions, Project Performance and Control, Risk Management.
- Workforce- and Workplace-related Aspects: Productivity, Health and Safety, Skill Set, Training Practices, Business Operations, Financial Performance.
- Contracting: Bid Decision-making, Project Procurement Methods, Sub-contracting, Contractual Guidelines, Commercial and Legal Considerations, Dispute Mitigation and Resolution.
- Sustainable, Resilient, and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems: Disaster Management and Recovery, Assessment of Deterioration Conditions of Infrastructure Assets, Inspection-Free and Data-Driven Maintenance Decisions, Technology-Driven Rehabilitation and Repair, Smart Cities and Transportation.
- Data Science and Computational Analytics: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing, Data Mining, Deep Learning.
- Innovative Technologies: Emerging Materials, Automation, Robotics, Sensing Technologies, Virtualization, Internet of Things (IoTs), Green Technologies, Offsite Manufacturing.
- Optimization, Modeling, and Simulation: Agent-Based Modeling, Mathematical and Statistical Models, Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization, System Dynamics, Monte-Carlo, Discrete-Event Simulation.
- Multi-Agent Systems: Interacting Intelligent Agents, Resilient and Sustainable Communities, Game theory, Systems-of-Systems, Self-Organized System.
- Novel Project Management Methods: Accelerated Project Delivery Solutions, Project Performance and Control, Risk Management.
- Workforce- and Workplace-related Aspects: Productivity, Health and Safety, Skill Set, Training Practices, Business Operations, Financial Performance.
- Contracting: Bid Decision-making, Project Procurement Methods, Sub-contracting, Contractual Guidelines, Commercial and Legal Considerations, Dispute Mitigation and Resolution.
Journal Article
Oscar Poudel, Rayan H Assaad. 2025. "A Real-Time Intelligent Acoustic IoT-Enabled Embedded Construction Site Monitoring and Alert System: Integrating Deep Learning--Based Machine-Listening Algorithms, Edge Computing, and Cloud Computing." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 151, no. 7, pp. 04025075.
Ghadi Charbel, Rayan H Assaad, Tulio Rodriguez Tejada, Fadi A. Karaa. 2025. "Developing a Quantitative Modeling Framework for Risk Propagation Analysis: Application to Preconstruction Delays." ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 04025011.
Rayan H Assaad, Mohsen Mohammadi, Oscar Poudel. 2025. "Developing an intelligent IoT-enabled wearable multimodal biosensing device and cloud-based digital dashboard for real-time and comprehensive health, physiological, emotional, and cognitive monitoring using multi-sensor fusion technologies." Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 381, pp. 116074.
Mohsen Mohammadi, Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2025. "Integrating immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies and multimodal IoT-enabled wireless sensor networks for real-time smart human-centered HVAC building system interaction and thermal comfort assessment and visualization." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment.
Yasser Jezzini, Rayan H Assaad, Islam H El-Adaway. 2025. "Modeling framework to quantify and gauge project cost risks due to construction material price volatilities using predictive probabilistic deep-learning algorithms and stochastic risk modeling." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 151, no. 7, pp. 04025071.
Ghadi Charbel, Rayan H Assaad, Tulio Rodriguez Tejada, Fadi A. Karaa. 2025. "Modeling the Interdependencies between the Risk Factors Contributing to Preconstruction Delays in Construction Projects." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 151, no. 4, pp. 04025022.
Ghadi Charbel, Rayan H Assaad, Yu Qiao, Samuel Labi. 2025. "Predicting the Level of Competition and Determining Optimal Bidding Strategies for Bundled Projects: Integrating Machine-Learning Algorithms and Probabilistic Modeling." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 151, no. 11, pp. 04025178.
Yasser Jezzini, Rayan H Assaad, Islam H El-Adaway. 2025. "Risk Allocation Model for Price Escalations in Construction Projects: Integrating Bargaining Game Theory and Probabilistic Bayesian Modeling." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 151, no. 9, pp. 04025134.
Ghadi Charbel, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Tulio Rodriguez Tejada, Fadi A. Karaa. 2025. "Studying and Modeling the Causal Relationships between the Risk Factors Leading to Pre-Construction Delays in Construction Projects." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, no. 151(4):04025022, DOI: 10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-15871, .
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "A Data-Driven Decision-Support Tool for Selecting the Optimal Project Delivery Method for Bundled Projects: Integrating Machine Learning and Expert Domain Knowledge." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 150, no. 12, pp. 04024181.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "A decision-support system for choosing between traditional and alternative project delivery methods for bundled projects." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Analyzing the critical success factors affecting project bundling performance of infrastructure projects." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 150, no. 9, pp. 04024106.
Rayan H Assaad, Yasser Jezzini. 2024. "Assessing and predicting green gentrification susceptibility using an integrated machine learning approach." Local Environment, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1099--1127.
Yasser Jezzini, Rayan H Assaad, Michel Boufadel, Hani Nassif. 2024. "Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Green Infrastructure Plans Using Agent-Based Modeling and Scenario Analysis: Evaluating Social and Economic Values." Journal of Urban Planning and Development, vol. 150, no. 4, pp. 04024050.
Rayan H Assaad, Mohsen Mohammadi, Ghiwa Assaf. 2024. "Determining critical cascading effects of flooding events on transportation infrastructure using data mining algorithms." Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 04024006.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Developing a scoring framework to assess the feasibility of the design--build project delivery method for bundled projects." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 04024058.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Development and validation of a heat resilience index: Measuring communities resilience to extreme heat events." Journal of Urban Planning and Development, vol. 150, no. 4, pp. 04024034.
Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Examining low-carbon material initiatives: Existing policies, impacts on the procurement of projects, current challenges, and potential solutions to reduce embodied carbon in the construction industry." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 04523060.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Modeling the impact of land use/land cover (LULC) factors on diurnal and nocturnal Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensities using spatial regression models." Urban Climate, vol. 55, pp. 101971.
Rayan H Assaad, Ahmed Omran, Nancy Soliman, Ghiwa Assaf. 2024. "Prediction of the Lateral Pressure of Self-Consolidating Concrete on Construction Formwork Systems Using Machine-Learning Algorithms." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 150, no. 9, pp. 04024110.
Bahaa Chammout, Islam H El-Adaway, Mohammad Abdul Nabi, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Price escalation in construction projects: Examining national and international contracts." Journal of construction engineering and management, vol. 150, no. 9, pp. 04024109.
Mohsen Mohammadi, Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H Assaad. 2024. "Real-time spatial-temporal mapping and visualization of thermal comfort and HVAC control by integrating immersive augmented reality technologies and IoT-enabled wireless sensor networks: Towards immersive human-building interactions." Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 94, pp. 109887.
Aichih Jasmine Chang, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Ghiwa Assaf, Mohsen Mohammadi. 2024. "An Intelligent Cloud-Based IoT-Enabled Multimodal Edge Sensing Device for Automated, Real-Time, Comprehensive, and Standardized Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Process Using Multisensor Data Fusion Technologies." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, vol. 38, no. 6.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Fadi A. Karaa. 2024. "Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges of Project Bundling: Modeling and Discovering Key Patterns Using Unsupervised Machine Learning." ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 30.
Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2024. "A BIM-enabled digital twin framework for real-time indoor environment monitoring and visualization by integrating autonomous robotics, LiDAR-based 3D mobile mapping, IoT sensing, and indoor positioning technologies." Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 86, pp. 108901.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Yasser Jezzini. 2024. "Green gentrification vulnerability index (GGVI): A novel approach for identifying at-risk communities and promoting environmental justice at the census-tract level." Cities, vol. 148, pp. 104858.
Mohamad Abdul Nabi, Islam El-adaway, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2024. "Modeling Inflation Transmission among Different Construction Materials." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 150, no. 5, pp. 04024024.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Fadi Karaa. 2024. "Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges of Project Bundling: Modeling and Discovering Key Patterns Using Unsupervised Machine Learning." Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 04024001.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan H. Assaad, Fadi A Karaa. 2024. "Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges of Project Bundling: Modeling and Discovering Key Patterns Using Unsupervised Machine Learning." ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, no. https://doi.org/10.1061/JITSE4.ISENG-2299, January 2024..
Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Examining Low-Carbon Material Initiatives: Existing Policies, Impacts on the Procurement of Projects, Current Challenges, and Potential Solutions to Reduce Embodied Carbon in the Construction Industry." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 04523060.
Mohamad Abdul Nabi, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam El-adaway. 2023. "Modeling and Understanding Dispute Causation in the US Public–Private Partnership Projects." Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 04023035.
Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Improving the Predictive Analytics of Machine-Learning Pipelines for Bridge Infrastructure Asset Management Applications: An Upstream Data Workflow to Address Data Quality Issues in the National Bridge Inventory Database." Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 04023103.
Oladoyin Kolawole, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Matthew P. Adams, M C Ngoma, A Anya, G Assaf. 2023. "Coupled Experimental Assessment and Machine Learning Prediction of Mechanical Integrity of MICP and Cement Paste as Underground Plugging Materials." Biogeotechnics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 100020.
Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Mohab Hussein. 2023. "Discovering key factors and causalities impacting bridge pile resistance using Ensemble Bayesian networks: A bridge infrastructure asset management system." Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 238, pp. 121677.
Oladoyin Kolawole, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Modeling and Prediction of Temporal Biogeomechanical Properties Using Novel Machine Learning Approach." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 5635 - 5655.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Mohsen Mohammadi, Aichih Chang. 2023. "An IoT-Enabled Sensing Device to Quantify the Reliability of Shared Economy Systems Using Intelligent Sensor Fusion Building Technologies." Buildings, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 2182.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Models and methods for quantifying the benefits of engineered heat mitigation initiatives: A critical review." Urban Climate, vol. 51, pp. 101654.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Mohsen Mohammadi, Aichih Jasmine Chang. 2023. "An IoT-Enabled Sensing Device to Quantify the Reliability of Shared Economy Systems Using Intelligent Sensor Fusion Building Technologies." Buildings, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 2182.
Ghiwa Assaf, Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Predicting Urban Heat Island severity on the census-tract level using Bayesian networks." Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 97, pp. 104756.
Oladoyin Kolawole, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Matthew P Adams, Mary C Ngoma, Alexander Anya, Ghiwa Assaf. 2023. "Coupled Experimental Assessment and Machine Learning Prediction of Mechanical Integrity of MICP and Cement Paste as Underground Plugging Materials." Biogeotechnics, pp. 100020.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Xi Hu, Mohab Hussein. 2023. "Expert Knowledge–Guided Bayesian Belief Networks for Predicting Bridge Pile Capacity." Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 04023058.
Ghiwa Assaf, Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Mining and modeling the direct and indirect causalities among factors affecting the Urban Heat Island severity using structural machine learned Bayesian networks." Urban Climate, pp. 101570.
Xi Hu, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "The use of unmanned ground vehicles (mobile robots) and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in the civil infrastructure asset management sector: Applications, robotic platforms, sensors, and algorithms." Expert Systems with Applications, pp. 120897.
Oladoyin Kolawole, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Modeling and Prediction of Temporal Biogeomechanical Properties Using Novel Machine Learning Approach." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, pp. 1--21.
Yasser Jezzini, Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Models and Methods for Quantifying the Environmental, Economic, and Social Benefits and Challenges of Green Infrastructure: A Critical Review." Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 7544.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Optimal Preventive Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Program for Catch Basins to Reduce Urban Flooding: Integrating Agent-Based Modeling and Monte Carlo Simulation." Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 8527.
Ghiwa Assaf, Rayan Hassane Assaad. 2023. "Key decision-making factors influencing bundling strategies: analysis of bundled infrastructure projects." Journal of infrastructure systems, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 04023006.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Ghiwa Assaf, Michel Boufadel. 2023. "Optimizing the maintenance strategies for a network of green infrastructure: An agent-based model for stormwater detention basins." Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 330, pp. 117179.
Firas Gerges, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Hani Nassif, Elie Bou-Zeid, Michel C Boufadel. 2022. "A perspective on quantifying resilience: Combining community and infrastructure capitals." Science of the Total Environment, vol. 859, pp. 160187.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Makarand Hastak, Kim LaScola Needy. 2022. "Key Factors Affecting Labor Productivity in Offsite Construction Projects." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 149, no. 1, pp. 04022158.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Makarand Hastak, Kim LaScola Needy. 2022. "The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Catalyst and Accelerator for Offsite Construction Technologies." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 04022062.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Makarand Hastak, Kim LaScola Needy. 2022. "Quantification of the state of practice of offsite construction and related technologies: Current trends and future prospects." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 148, no. 7, pp. 04022055.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Makarand Hastak, Kim LaScola Needy. 2022. "The impact of offsite construction on the workforce: Required skillset and prioritization of training needs." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 148, no. 7, pp. 04022056.
Muaz O Ahmed, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Emily Echele, Kyle Govro, John Watson. 2021. "Administering Change Orders in Highway Projects." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 05021010.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Muaz O Ahmed, Islam H El-adaway, Pramen P Shrestha. 2021. "Management of Change Orders in Infrastructure Transportation Projects." Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 05021006.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2021. "Stock Prices of Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Firms as Leading Economic Indicator: A Computational Deep-Learning Econometrics Model to Complement the Architecture Billings Index." Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 04021043.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Sara Fayek. 2021. "Predicting the price of crude oil and its fluctuations using computational econometrics: deep learning, LSTM, and convolutional neural networks." Econometric Research in Finance, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 119--137.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2021. "Determining critical combinations of safety fatality causes using spectral clustering and computational data mining algorithms." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 147, no. 5, pp. 04021035.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2021. "Guidelines for responding to COVID-19 pandemic: Best practices, impacts, and future research directions." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 06021001.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Keegan Baxmeyer, Mikala Harman, Levi Job, Hannah Lashley. 2021. "Allocation of Risks and Responsibilities in Green and Sustainable Buildings." Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 04021002.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Makarand Hastak, Kim LaScola Needy. 2020. "Commercial and legal considerations of offsite construction projects and their hybrid transactions." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 146, no. 12, pp. 05020019.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Muaz O Ahmed, Islam H El-adaway, Amr Elsayegh, Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla. 2020. "Comparing the impact of learning in bidding decision-making processes using algorithmic game theory." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 04020099.
Ramy Khalef, Islam H El-adaway, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Niame Kieta. 2020. "Contract risk management: A comparative study of risk allocation in exculpatory clauses and their legal treatment." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 04520036.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2020. "Impact of dynamic workforce and workplace variables on the productivity of the construction industry: New gross construction productivity indicator." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 04020092.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2020. "Bridge infrastructure asset management system: Comparative computational machine learning approach for evaluating and predicting deck deterioration conditions." Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 04020032.
Rayan Assaad, Islam H El-adaway, Ayman H El Hakea, Matthew J Parker, Tyler I Henderson, Christopher R Salvo, Muaz O Ahmed. 2020. "Contractual perspective for BIM utilization in US construction projects." Journal of construction engineering and management, vol. 146, no. 12, pp. 04020128.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-adaway. 2020. "Evaluation and prediction of the hazard potential level of dam infrastructures using computational artificial intelligence algorithms." Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 04020051.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Amr Elsayegh, Gasser Ali, Mohamad Abdul Nabi, Islam H El-adaway. 2020. "Back-to-back relationship under standard subcontract agreements: Comparative study." Journal of legal affairs and dispute resolution in engineering and construction, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 04520020.
Amr Elsayegh, Islam H El-Adaway, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Gasser Ali, Ibrahim Abotaleb, Christopher Smith, Mustafa Bootwala, Seif Eteifa. 2020. "Contractual guidelines for management of infrastructure transportation projects." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 04520023.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-Adaway. 2020. "Enhancing the knowledge of construction business failure: A social network analysis approach." Journal of construction engineering and management, vol. 146, no. 6, pp. 04020052.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Mohamed-Asem Abdul-Malak. 2020. "Legal perspective on treatment of delay liquidated damages and penalty clauses by different jurisdictions: Comparative analysis." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 04520013.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Mohamed-Asem Abdul-Malak. 2020. "Timing of liquidated damages recovery and related liability issues." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 04520015.
Rayan Hassane Assaad, Islam H El-Adaway, Ibrahim S Abotaleb. 2020. "Predicting project performance in the construction industry." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 146, no. 5, pp. 04020030.
Islam H El-Adaway, Gasser Ali, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Amr Elsayegh, Ibrahim S Abotaleb. 2019. "Analytic overview of citation metrics in the civil engineering domain with focus on construction engineering and management specialty area and its subdisciplines." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, vol. 145, no. 10, pp. 04019060.
Conference Proceeding
"A Novel Approach for Classifying the Management Priorities of Flooding Events Using Clustering Algorithms and Geospatial Analysis"
2024.
2024.
"Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities to Heat Waves: Developing a Heat Vulnerability Index"
2024.
2024.
"Automated Heat Stress Monitoring and Water-Spraying Robotic System for Improving Work Conditions Using Drone (UAV) Infrared Thermography"
2024.
2024.
"Automatic Detection of Natural Hazard-Induced Power Grid Infrastructure Faults Using Computational Intelligence"
2024.
2024.
"Integrating Benefit-Cost Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation to Prioritize Flood Mitigation Projects and Model Flood-Related Uncertainties"
2024.
2024.
"Intelligent inspection and warning robotic system for onsite construction safety monitoring using computer vision and unmanned ground vehicle"
2024.
2024.
"Investigating Price Fluctuation Transmission among Construction Materials"
2024.
2024.
"Mitigating the Social Challenges of Green Infrastructure: A Social Vulnerability Index"
2024.
2024.
"Modeling Flood Vulnerabilities and Estimating Potential Economic and Social Losses: Assessing the Level of Community Flood Readiness and Preparedness in Newark, NJ"
2024.
2024.
"Modeling the Ripple Effects of Flooding Events: Determining Critical Dependencies Using Association Rule Analysis"
2024.
2024.
"Predicting construction costs under uncertain market conditions: Probabilistic forecasting using autoregressive recurrent networks based on DeepAR"
2024.
2024.
"Predicting Project Contingency in the Construction Industry Using Machine Learning Algorithms"
I3CE, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024.
I3CE, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024.
"An Intelligent and Dynamic Pricing IoT Model to Stimulate the Use of Shared Economies in Smart Cities"
American Society of Civil Engineers, March, 2024.
American Society of Civil Engineers, March, 2024.
"An Intelligent IoT Device for Real-Time Cloud-Based Tracking of the Terms of Service in Smart Cities"
American Society of Civil Engineers, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
American Society of Civil Engineers, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
" Dynamic Agent-Based Optimization Model for Green Infrastructure Maintenance: Addressing Flooding Risks with a Focus on Permeable Pavements"
i3CE 2023 Conference Proceedings, published in the ASCE Library, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
i3CE 2023 Conference Proceedings, published in the ASCE Library, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
Conference Paper
"A Dynamic Agent-Based Optimization Model for Green Infrastructure to Address Flooding Risks"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"A Fuzzy Model and Decision-Support Tool for Assessing and Predicting the Probability of Bankruptcy of Construction Companies"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"An Agent-Based Cellular Automaton Simulation Model to Study Worker Safety Behavior on Construction Sites: The Impacts of Different Social Influence Rules"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"An Intelligent IoT Device for Real-Time Cloud-Based Tracking of the Terms of Service in Smart Cities"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities Exposed to Climate Change-Related Challenges Caused by the Urban Heat Island Effect Using Machine Learning"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"Cloud-Enabled Indoor Thermal Comfort Assessment and Visualization Using Digital Twins, IoT, Robotics, and Indoor Positioning Technology"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"Integration of Autonomous Robotics, Indoor Localization Technologies, and IoT Sensing for Real-Time Cloud-Based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Visualization"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"Using Data-Driven Feature Engineering Algorithms to Determine the Most Critical Factors Contributing to the Urban Heat Island Effect Associated with Global Warming"
June, 2023.
June, 2023.
"Analyzing Causes of Disputes in Public Private Partnership Construction Projects"
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), May, 2023.
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), May, 2023.
"Price Escalation in Design-Bid-Build Construction Projects: A Contractual and Legal Perspective"
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), May, 2023.
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), May, 2023.
"An Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting Microbial-Induced Alteration of Rock Strength"
March, 2023.
March, 2023.
"A Simulation Model for Optimal Bidding Decisions"
May, 2022.
May, 2022.
"Opportunities and Challenges of Offsite Construction"
May, 2022.
May, 2022.
"Prioritization of Project Factors Affecting the Use of Modular Construction: Comparison Between the Perspectives of Industry and Literature"
May, 2022.
May, 2022.
"Smart and Emerging Technologies: Shaping the Future of the Industry and Offsite Construction"
Computing in Civil Engineering 2021, May, 2022.
Computing in Civil Engineering 2021, May, 2022.
"A Comprehensive Management Framework for Preventing Operational Bankruptcy of Construction Firms"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"Analyzing Citation Metrics in Civil Engineering with Focus on Construction Engineering and Management"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"Deck, Superstructure, and Substructure Deterioration Prediction for Bridges Using Deep Artificial Neural Networks"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"Forecasting and Modeling Bridge Deterioration Using Data Mining Analytics"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"Holistic risk management approach for predicting cost and schedule overruns at project completion"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"Understanding the Sub-Contractual Relationship for Proper Management of Construction Projects"
November, 2020.
November, 2020.
"A system-of-systems model to simulate the complex emergent behavior of vehicle traffic on an urban transportation infrastructure network"
Procedia Computer Science, May, 2020.
Procedia Computer Science, May, 2020.
"Artificial neural network model for bridge deterioration and assessment"
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), June, 2019.
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), June, 2019.
Technical Report
"A Machine Learning Decision-Support System for Selecting Optimal Innovative Project Delivery Methods for Bundled Transportation Projects "
U.S. Department of Transportation, June, 2023.
U.S. Department of Transportation, June, 2023.
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Other
"Innovative modeling and management of infrastructure systems, engineering and construction operations, and offsite construction technology using computational data analytics"
Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2021.
Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2021.
"Innovative modeling and management of infrastructure systems, engineering and construction operations, and offsite construction technology using computational data analytics"
Missouri University of Science and Technology, September, 2021.
Missouri University of Science and Technology, September, 2021.