Anu R. Pradhan

Assistant Professor,

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,

Drexel University,

Email: pradhan at drexel dot edu

Student Opportunities Available!!

I am looking for graduate students (with a strong computing background) who are interested in leveraging statistical data mining techniques to solve infrastructure management, transportation and construction engineering problems. Preference will be given to PhD candidates with Masters degree. Exceptional candidates will receive an attractive research assistantship package with full tuition waiver and other benefits. Interested students should contact me by e-mail.

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2009)

MS, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University

Research Interests

Multi-Source Data Fusion to Support Infrastructure Management Tasks

Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining

Artificial Intelligence Planning

Geographical Information System

High Performance Parallel Computing

Sensing devices (e.g., Radio Frequency Identification Devices, Airborne and Terrestrial Light Ranging and Detection (LIDAR))

Courses Taught

CIVE 790/380 Introduction to GIS – Fall 2009

CIVE 615 Infrastructure Condition Assessment – Winter 2010

Journal Publications

1.    Akinci, B. Karimi,  H., Pradhan, A., Wu, C., Fichtl, F. CAD and GIS Interoperability through Semantic Web Services, ITCcon, Vol. 13, pp. 39-55 (2008)

2.      Pradhan, A., Laefer, D.F., Rasdorf, W. J. Infrastructure Management System Framework Requirements for Disasters, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol 21, Issue 2, pp 90-101 (2007).

3.      Laefer, D., and Pradhan, A. Evacuation Route Selection Based on Tree-based Hazards using Light Detection and Ranging and GIS, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol 132, Issue 4, pp. 312-320 (2006).

4.      Laefer, D., Koss, A., Pradhan, A. The Need for Baseline Data Characteristics for GIS-Based Disaster Management Systems, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, Vol. 132, Issue 3, pp. 115-119 (2006).

5.   Pradhan, A., Ergen, E., Akinci, B. Technological Assessment of Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Indoor Localization, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol 23, Issue 4, pp. 230-238.

Book Chapter

1.      Kiziltas, S., Akinci, B., Ergen, E., Tang, P., Pradhan, A. Field Technologies and their Impact on Management of Supply Chains. Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook, Edited by OBrien, W. J., Formoso, C. T., Vrijhoef, R., London, K.A., CRC Press, 2007, USA.

Conference Proceedings and Symposiums

1.      Akinci, B., Pradhan, A., Kiziltas, S. (2008), Analyses of Data Sources for Multi-source Data Fusion to Support Project Management Tasks. National Science Foundation CMMI Grantee Conference, Jan 7-10, 2008, Knoxville, TN, USA.

2.      Kiziltas, S., Pradhan, A., Akinci, B. (2007).  Fusing data from multiple sources to support project management tasks. International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, July 24-27, 2007,Pittsburgh, USA.

3.      Pradhan, A. and Akinci, B. (2007) A Planning Based Approach for Fusing Data from Multiple Sources for Productivity Monitoring. Construction Research Congress, May6-8, 2007, Grand Bahama Island.

4.      Akinci, B. Kiziltas, S., Pradhan, A. (2006) Capturing and Representing Construction Project Histories for Estimating and Defect Detection. 13th EG-ICE Workshop, June 25-30, 2006, Ascona, Switzerland.

5.      Kiziltas, S., Pradhan, A., Akinci B. (2006)  Developing Integrated Project Histories by Leveraging Multi-Sensor Data Fusion.  Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2006, June 14-16. 2006, Montreal, Canada.

6.      Laefer, D., Pradhan, A. (2006) GIS-Based Disaster Management Systems: Cogent Data Framework TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Report 06-2076, 2006

7.    Pradhan, A., Akinci, B., Garrett, Jr., J. (2009) Development and Testing of RFID-based Inertial Measurement System for Indoor Localization, 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Austin, TX

8.  Pradhan, A., Rasdorf. W. J. (2009) GIS and LiDAR Use for Identification of Potential Road Hazard Locations, 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Austin, TX

Publications under Review/Preparation

1.      Pradhan, A., Akinci, B. Planning Based Approach for Fusing Data from Multiple Data Sources for Construction Productivity Monitoring (In Review)

2.      Pradhan, A., Akinci, B. Formalism for Capturing User Queries and Identifying Applicable Data Sources to Support Construction Productivity Monitoring (In Review)

Affiliations

1.      American Association for Artificial Intelligence

2.      Member of International High IQ Society

3.      Member of National Space Society

4.      Member of Phi Kappa Phi Society

5.      Sun Certified Java Programmer