Professor Baabak Ashuri is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Building Construction at Georgia Tech, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Professional Master’s in Occupational Safety and Health and a Fellow of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems. His research advances data analytics, economic decision analysis, and quantitative methods for infrastructure systems, with major contributions to AI and design automation, alternative contracting methods, public–private partnerships, and energy technology investments. He has published extensively, securing over $17M in competitive research funding from NSF, FHWA, DOE, and major industry partners. Professor Ashuri is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland Award, the AASHTO High Value Research “Sweet Sixteen” Award, and the DBIA Distinguished Leadership Award. He has chaired the ASCE Construction Research Council and currently serves as the Southern Region Director of the USDOT Build America Center.