Contact Information
- Company: Hastak Consulting Services, LLC
- Phone: 765-494-0641
- Cell: 765-430-1981
- Website: engineering.purdue.edu/CEM
Specialties & Experience
General Specialties:
Construction and Civil EngineeringSpecialty Focus:
Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Cost Overruns, Schedule Delays, Construction Safety, Modular Construction, Factory Built Construction, Infrastructure Planning, Data Center Construction, project risk management, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Mitigation, Trade Secret MisappropriationEducation:
PhD (Civil/CEM), School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, USA; MS (Civil/CEM), Dept of Civil & Env Engrg, University of Cincinnati, USA; BE (Civil), Nagpur University, India; Advanced Certificates in Strategic Human Resource Mgmt; Financial Mgmt.; Executive Leadership, Cornell University, USAYears in Practice:
30+Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
6Additional Information
- Prof & Head (2007-Present) Construction Engrg and Mgmt, Purdue Univ. - Prof of Civil Engrg at Purdue Univ. - 30+ years work experience in the construction industry conducting research, teaching, and consulting. - Research funded by National, State, and Industry sources - Graduated 18 PhD and 40+ MS students as the Major Prof. - Regularly teach Professional construction courses - Offered 40+ invited lectures and keynotes around the world - Professional Engineer (PE) + Certified Cost Professional (CCP) + 30-Hour OSHA + Const Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) - Author and co-author of over 200 publications including journal and peer-reviewed conference papers, book chapters, and several other publications - Co-authored a popular book on Infrastructure Planning, Engineering, and Economics through McGraw-Hill (2015, 2nd Ed.) - Served on the Education Board of the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering (2004-2016) - Edited two books for AACE the 6th edition of the Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering (2015) and the 2nd Edition of the CCP Certification Study Guide (2016) - Chair of the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers (2008-2010) + Scholar-in-Residence, NAHB Research Center (2006) - Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (2009-2015) - One of the founders and the past chair of the Global Leadership Forum for Construction Engineering and Management programs (GLF-CEM) - Chair, ASCE Construction Research Congress (2012) - Fellow of the American Council on Education (cohort of 2013-14); worked closely with the senior leadership at Cornell Univ. - Vice President, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)-(2020-22) Academic Advisor, Construction Industry Institute (CII) Downstream and Chemicals Committee (2020 - ) - Served on the faculty at Georgia Tech, NYU-Poly, Univ. of Cincinnati, and now at Purdue Univ. - Expert Witness: 17 cases (2017-21); deposition: 6