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• Project delivery and procurement methods
• Artificial intelligence and automation in construction
• Wearables and computer visions
• Construction productivity
• Construction safety
• Geographic information system for winter maintenance operations

• 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
• 2022, Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering.
• 2018, J.E. Dunn Construction Scholarship, University of Kansas and J.E. Dunn Construction Group.
• 2018, Bert and Dorothy Steves Memorial Scholarship, University of Kansas.
• 2017, Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar Selections, California State University.
• 2016, Engineering Doctoral Degree Scholarship, University of Kansas.

• Efficient Construction Material Testing and Inspection Based on Risk Levels. South Dakota Department of Transportation. Fund: $160,000. Role: Co-PI. Start Date: January 15, 2025.
• Optimizing Clinical Competency and Cognitive Load in Computer-Based Simulation Using the Self-efficacy Pre-briefing Model. Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Early Career Mentored Research Award. Fund: $10,000. Role: Co-PI. Start Date: March 1, 2025. 

1. Nguyen, P., Tran, D., Scott, S. and Konrath, L. (2024). “Implementation of progressive design-build in airport capital construction projects.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Sage Journals.
2. Nguyen, P. and Tran, D. (2024). “Exploring the use of quality control plans for alternative contracting methods in highway projects.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. ASCE.
3. Maali, O., Ko, C-H and Nguyen, P. (corresponding author) (2024). “Applications of existing and emerging construction safety technologies”. Automation in Construction. Elsevier.
4. Ko, T., Le, C., Jeong, H., Nguyen, P., Choi, K. and Gransberg, D. (2024). “A methodological approach to risk identification, prioritization, and mapping for early construction cost contingency estimation.” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.
5. Nguyen, P. and Tran, D. (2024). “Constraint-based snowplow optimization model for winter maintenance operations.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Elsevier.

Conference Publications

1. Nguyen, P., Harper, C., Sturgill, R. and Tran, D., (2025). “Examining Post-Construction Evaluation for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods.” In Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
2. Ko, C-H, Nguyen, P., Maali, O. and Al-Bayati, A. (2025). “Trends and Limitations of Current Construction Safety Technologies.” In the CITC-14: 14th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century. Rabat, Morocco.
3. Nguyen, P. and Tran, D. (2024). “Implementing Bayesian Networks in delivery selection for highway construction projects.” In Construction Research Congress 2024. Des Moines, Iowa: ASCE. Best Paper Award in the CRC 2024 Track of Contracting, Project Delivery, and Legal Issues. 
4. Nguyen, P. and Tran, D. (2024). “Development of a practical project delivery selection tool for airport capital projects.” In Construction Research Congress 2024. Des Moines, Iowa: ASCE.
5. Nguyen, P., Fayek, A.R. and Hamzeh, F. (2022). “A sensor-based empirical framework to measure construction labor productivity.” In Construction Research Congress 2022. Arlington, Virginia: ASCE.