Key Personnel Directory
Principal Investigators

Colorado State University

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  Yanlin Guo, Ph.D.
  University Director
  (970)491-3518
  yanlin.guo@colostate.edu
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  Rebecca Atadero, Ph.D., P.E.
  (970)491-3584
  rebecca.atadero@colostate.edu
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  Tim Coburn, Ph.D.
  tim.coburn@colostate.edu
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  Erika Gallegos, Ph.D.
  (970)491-3346
  erika3@colostate.edu
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  Paul Heyliger, Ph.D.
  (970)491-6685
  prh@engr.colostate.edu
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  Gaofeng Jia, Ph.D.
  (970)491-6580
  gaofeng.jia@colostate.edu
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  Hussam Mahmoud, Ph.D.
  (615)343-9136
  hussam.mahmoud@vanderbilt.edu
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  Jeffrey Niemann, Ph.D., P.E.
  (970)491-3517
  jeffrey.niemann@colostate.edu
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  Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Ph.D.
  (970)491-6670
  pinar.omur-ozbek@colostate.edu
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  Mehmet Ozbek, Ph.D.
  (970)491-4101
  mehmet.ozbek@colostate.edu
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  Vincent "Vinnie" Paglioni, Ph.D.
  (970)491-2197
  vincent.paglioni@colostate.edu
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  Christopher Robertson
  (970)491-8985
  christopher.robertson@colostate.edu
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  Joseph Scalia, Ph.D.
  (970)491-3774
  joseph.scalia@colostate.edu
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  Mahmoud Shakouri, Ph.D.
  (970)491-8284
  mahmoud.shakouri@colostate.edu
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  Jianguo Zhao, Ph.D.
  (970)491-5927
  jianguo.zhao@colostate.edu

Fort Lewis College

• 
  Yiyan Li, Ph.D.
  University Director
  (970)247-6574
  yli@fortlewis.edu

North Dakota State University

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  Kimberly Vachal, Ph.D.
  University Director
  (701)231-6425
  kimberly.vachal@ndsu.edu
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  Armstrong Aboah, Ph.D.
  (701)231-4144
  armstrong.aboah@ndsu.edu
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  Raj Bridgelall, Ph.D.
  (408)607-3214
  raj.bridgelall@ndsu.edu
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  Ron Hall
  (970)217-9076
  ronald.hall@ndsu.edu
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  Ying Huang, Ph.D.
  (701)231-7651
  ying.huang@ndsu.edu
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  Ihsan Ullah Khan, Ph.D.
  (701)936-9487
  ihsan.khan@ndsu.edu
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  Pan Lu, Ph.D.
  (701)212-3795
  pan.lu@ndsu.edu
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  Denver Tolliver, Ph.D.
  (701)231-7190
  denver.tolliver@ndsu.edu
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  Mijia Yang, Ph.D., P.E.
  (701)231-5647
  mijia.yang@ndsu.edu

South Dakota State University

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  Rouzbeh Ghabchi, Ph.D., P.E.
  University Director
  (605)688-6333
  rouzbeh.ghabchi@sdstate.edu
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  Aritra Banerjee, Ph.D., P.E.
  (605)688-4918
  aritra.banerjee@sdstate.edu
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  Akram Jawdhari, Ph.D., P.E.
  (605)688-5226
  akram.jawdhari@sdstate.edu
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  Mostafa Tazarv, Ph.D., P.E.
  (775)682-6708
  mtazarv@unr.edu
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  Kwanghee Won, Ph.D.
  (605)688-4346
  kwanghee.won@sdstate.edu

United Tribes Technical College

• 
  Matthew Mastel
  University Director
  (701)221-1571
  mmastel@uttc.edu
• 
  Shelby Martell
  (701)221-1412
  smartell@uttc.edu

University of Colorado Denver

• 
  Wesley E. Marshall, Ph.D., P.E.
  University Director
  (303)315-7568
  wesley.marshall@ucdenver.edu
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  Moatassem Abdallah, Ph.D.
  (303)315-7566
  moatassem.abdallah@ucdenver.edu
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  Bruce Janson, Ph.D., P.E.
  (303)315-7569
  bruce.janson@ucdenver.edu
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  Yail "Jimmy" Kim, Ph.D., P.E.
  (303)315-7497
  jimmy.kim@ucdenver.edu
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  Aditi Misra, Ph.D.
  (404)734-2376
  aditi.misra@ucdenver.edu
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  Manish Shirgaokar, Ph.D.
  (303)315-0336
  manish.shirgaokar@ucdenver.edu

University of Denver

• 
  Patrick Sherry, Ph.D.
  University Director
  (303)871-2495
  patrick.sherry@du.edu
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  Ruth Chu-Lien Chao, Ph.D.
  (303)871-2495
  chu-lien.chao@du.edu

University of North Dakota

• 
  Sattar Dorafshan, Ph.D.
  University Director
  (701)777-0585
  sattar.dorafshan@und.edu
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  Sherif Moustafa Gaweesh, Ph.D., P.E.
  (701)777-5058
  sherif.gaweesh@und.edu
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  Yun Ji, Ph.D.
  (701)777-4456
  yun.ji@und.edu

University of Utah

• 
  Chris Pantelides, Ph.D., P.E.
  University Director
  (801)599-0643
  c.pantelides@utah.edu
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  Jianli Chen, Ph.D.
  (540)315-0110
  jianli.chen@utah.edu
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  Xiaoyue "Cathy" Liu, Ph.D., P.E.
  (801)587-8858
  cathy.liu@utah.edu
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  Nikola Marković, Ph.D.
  (801)585-2877
  nikola.markovic@utah.edu
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  Juan Medina, Ph.D.
  (801)585-1952
  juan.c.medina@utah.edu
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  Kami Mohammadi, Ph.D., P.E.
  (801)585-0130
  kami.mohammadi@utah.edu
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  Abbas Rashidi, Ph.D.
  (801)581-3155
  abbas.rashidi@utah.edu
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  Pedro Romero-Zambrana, Ph.D., P.E.
  (801)587-7725
  pedro.romero@utah.edu
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  Xuan Zhu, Ph.D.
  (801)585-7961
  xuan.peter.zhu@utah.edu

University of Wyoming

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  Khaled Ksaibati, Ph.D., P.E.
  University Director
  (307)766-6230
  khaled@uwyo.edu
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  Ahmed Abdelaty, Ph.D.
  (307)766-2356
  aahmed3@uwyo.edu
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  Ahmed Farid, Ph.D.
  (307)766-6743
  afarid@uwyo.edu
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  Shahbaz Khan, Ph.D.
  (352)709-4177
  skhan11@uwyo.edu
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  Suresh Muknahallipatna, Ph.D.
  (307)766-3174
  sureshm@uwyo.edu
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  Yu "Fred" Song, Ph.D.
  (307)766-5550
  ysong@uwyo.edu
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  Mohamed Yamany, Ph.D.
  (307)761-1100
  myamany@uwyo.edu
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  Milan Zlatkovic, Ph.D., P.E.
  (307)766-2390
  mzlatkov@uwyo.edu

Utah State University

• 
  Marvin W. Halling, Ph.D., P.E.
  University Director
  (435)797-3179
  marv.halling@usu.edu
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  Srishti Banerji, Ph.D.
  (435)797-0990
  srishti.banerji@usu.edu
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  Patrick Singleton, Ph.D.
  (435)797-7109
  patrick.singleton@usu.edu
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  Mohsen Zaker Esteghamati, Ph.D.
  (435)797-1522
  mohsen.zaker@usu.edu