RESEARCH
Research Interest
Smart City Resilience & Resilient Infrastructure System
Smart City Digital Twin, Big Data-driven Risk Management, Social Sensing, Citizen Science, Risk-informed Decision-Making, Experimental Testing of Extreme Weather Effects on Built Environments in collaboration with the NSF NHERI Experimental Facility
Smart Construction & Intelligent Maintenance
Smart Construction Digital Twin, Space (Lunar) Construction, Human-Robot Interfaces, IoT & Big Data-driven Construction Management, UAV-based Project Monitoring and Controls, Teleoperation, Automation in Construction, Construction Site Hurricane Preparedness
Smart Building & Sustainable Community
Human-Building Interaction, Human-in-the-loop Sensing and Control, Thermographic & Physiological Sensing and Data Analytics, Environmental Comfort, Building Energy, Building Information Modeling (BIM)
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
Human-Robot Interface for Extraterrestrial Construction. 01/2023 – 12/2026. PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)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)Digital Twin City for Age-friendly Communities - Crowd-biosensing of Environmental Distress for Older Adults. 10/2021 – 09/2024. Co-PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): The Future of Teleoperation in Construction Workplaces. 03/2023 – 12/2024. PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)The Future of Teleoperation in Construction Workplaces. 01/2021 – 12/2024. PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)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)Artificial Intelligence-driven Disaster Risk Prediction and Assessment. 07/2020 – 03/2023. PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)Uncovering Potential Risks of Wind-induced Cascading Damages to Construction Projects and Neighboring Communities. 01/2017 – 12/2021. PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)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)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)Guidance for the Use of UAS During Suboptimal Environmental Conditions. 01/2020 – 08/2021 . Co-PI
Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)Building PreK-12 School Resilience in the Face of COVID-19. 01/2021 – 06/2021. Co-PI
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)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
Leveraging Human-Building Interaction for Occupant Comfort and Productivity. 01/2021 – 06/2023. PI
Sponsor: TAMU President's Excellence Fund (T3)Improving Undergraduate Education in Construction & Building Science. 11/2019 – 10/2022 . PI
Sponsor: Center for Teaching ExcellenceDigital Twin City for Age-friendly Communities: Crowd-biosensing of Environmental Distress for Older Adults. 09/2019 – 08/2022 . Co-PI
Sponsor: X-Grant programBoosting Workplace Productivity: Data-driven Framework for Enhancing Occupant Environmental Comfort. 09/2019 – 12/2021 . PI
Sponsor: Texas A&M Institute of Data ScienceIntelligent Psychoacoustic Space for Health and Well-Being. 09/2020 – 08/2021. Co-PI
Sponsor: Innovation [X] ProgramWearable Sensing Framework for Examining the Effect of Built Environments to Human Performance. 01/2019 – 12/2020. PI
Sponsor: TAMU President's Excellence Fund (T3)Adaptive Responsive Environments for Physical and Mental Health. 09/2019 – 11/2020. Co-PI
Sponsor: Innovation [X] Program