Research Interest

• Automation and Robotics in Construction

• Digital Twinning & Extended Reality for the Built Environments

• Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Infrastructure  

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Construction and Civil Engineering

• Sensing and Reality Capture for Infrastructure Management

• Human-Machine Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction

RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Dr. Ham’s research group has received a total funding of over $6.1 million as PI or Co-PI. 

Extramural Research Grants 

1. Human-Robot Interface for Extraterrestrial Construction. 01/2023 – 12/2026. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

2. The Future of Teleoperation in Construction Workplaces. 01/2021 – 05/2025. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

3. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): The Future of Teleoperation in Construction Workplaces. 03/2023 – 05/2025. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

4. Digital Twin City for Age-friendly Communities - Crowd-biosensing of Environmental Distress for Older Adults. 10/2021 – 09/2025. Co-PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

5. Improving Undergraduate Education in Civil & Building Engineering through Student-centric Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Real-world Problems. 10/2020 – 09/2024. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

6. Synchronizing Decision-Support via Human- and Social-centered Digital Twin Infrastructures for Coastal Communities. 09/2021 – 8/2024. Co-PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

7. Artificial Intelligence-driven Disaster Risk Prediction and Assessment. 07/2020 – 03/2023. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

8. Uncovering Potential Risks of Wind-induced Cascading Damages to Construction Projects and Neighboring Communities. 01/2017 – 12/2021. PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

9. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Uncovering Potential Risks of Wind-induced Cascading Damages to Construction Projects and Neighboring Communities. 02/2019 – 12/2021 . PI
   Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

10. Behavior Analysis of Socially Vulnerable Households Responding to Planned Power Shutoffs. 08/2020 – 08/2021 . PI
    Sponsor: Natural Hazards Center by National Science Foundation (NSF)

11. Guidance for the Use of UAS During Suboptimal Environmental Conditions. 01/2020 – 08/2021 . Co-PI
    Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

12. Building PreK-12 School Resilience in the Face of COVID-19. 01/2021 – 06/2021. Co-PI
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

13. Elevate, Integrate, and Document Research for Architecture and Technologies to Support an Integrated RADAS Framework. 08/2020 – 12/2020. Co-PI
    Sponsor: Department of Defense (DOD) Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)

Intramural Research Grants 

1. The Center for Healthy, Equitable, and Resilient Transportation + Environment in Texas (C-HEaRT). 03/2024 – 02/2026. Co-PI
   Sponsor: TAMU Division of Research

2. Leveraging Human-Building Interaction for Occupant Comfort and Productivity. 01/2021 – 06/2023. PI
   Sponsor: TAMU President's Excellence Fund (T3)

3. Improving Undergraduate Education in Construction & Building Science. 11/2019 – 10/2022 . PI
   Sponsor: Center for Teaching Excellence

4. Digital Twin City for Age-friendly Communities: Crowd-biosensing of Environmental Distress for Older Adults. 09/2019 – 08/2022 . Co-PI
   Sponsor: X-Grant program

5. Boosting Workplace Productivity: Data-driven Framework for Enhancing Occupant Environmental Comfort. 09/2019 – 12/2021 . PI
   Sponsor: Texas A&M Institute of Data Science

6. Intelligent Psychoacoustic Space for Health and Well-Being. 09/2020 – 08/2021. Co-PI
   Sponsor: Innovation [X] Program

7. Wearable Sensing Framework for Examining the Effect of Built Environments to Human Performance. 01/2019 – 12/2020. PI
   Sponsor: TAMU President's Excellence Fund (T3)

8. Adaptive Responsive Environments for Physical and Mental Health. 09/2019 – 11/2020. Co-PI
   Sponsor: Innovation [X] Program