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GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP-Educational and Research Enhancement. He serves as an editor and reviewer for several journals and symposia and is an active member of professional communities like Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Clean Energy Leadership Institute, and Young Professionals in Energy.



Dr. Somayeh Asadi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. She also serves as a graduate program officer and is a Fulbright Specialist. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. She serves as an assistant and associate editor of various journals, including ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Engineering, Construction, and Architectural Management, Buildings, IEEE Access, Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Energy, among others. Dr. Asadi specializes in sustainable building and built environment, integrated building design systems, energy management, renewable energy systems, and smart grids. To date, her research efforts have resulted in more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 10 book chapters, three books, and more than 60 peer-reviewed conference papers. Her research efforts include 12 externally funded projects as a PI and Co-PI, including 3 from the National Science Foundation, 3 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 3 from the US Department of Energy, and 3 from Qatar National Research Foundation, resulting in more than $5 million in research project funding in total.



Dr. Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Ph.D., is with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Turkey. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also a Professor at the University of Tabriz, from where he is currently on leave. Before joining the University ofTabriz, he was a research associate at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His main research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.



Dr. Houtan Jebelli, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and an Affiliate of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. He received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic University and an MSc in Structural Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. Dr. Jebelli completed a second MSc in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While pursuing his Ph.D., he received his third MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Dr. Jebelliis the Director of the Robotic, Automation, and Intelligent Sensing (RAISE) Lab. Dr. Jebelli's research group at Penn State explores ways to implement automation and robotics in the field to enhance efficiency and productivity at construction sites. His team's other thematic priorities involve physiological computing for construction automation and safety, physiologically-enabled health monitoring of construction workers, human-centered approaches for robotic teleoperation, and personalized worker-robot collaboration and co-adaptation at construction sites. He has received several awards and fellowships, including the Charles M. Eastman Top Ph.D. Paper Award, two Outstanding Thesis Awards, the Rackham Research Grant, the John L. Tishman Fellowship, and the Calvin C. Solem Foundation Fellowship. He serves as a reviewer for a number of journals and symposia and is an active member of professional communities like the ASCE Data Sensing and Analysis (DSA) and ASCE Visualization, Information Modelling, and Simulation (VIMS) committees. Dr. Jebelli has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. His research has been supported by several funding agencies, including National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).