What courses do you teach?

I teach Concrete Analysis and Design, Material Testing and Quality Control, Construction Graphics, Heavy Construction Equipment, Intro to Facilities Management, Contemporary issues in Facility Management, Energy and Sustainability, Masters Capstone, and Senior Capstone.

How have your interests, research or experience led you to your field?

During my childhood, I was always fascinated by how open space turns into huge buildings. I started loving how buildings are coming into reality from nowhere. As a student, I always thrived on learning more about technologies that transform the construction industry. These technological advancements encouraged me to work on different research streams that include sustainable transportation and energy analytics for institutional infrastructures. As an educator, I firmly believe that students appreciate learning in the classroom when it can interfuse with their future careers. I am currently working on creating an interactive classroom environment using Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented reality (AR) modules for students to experience and explore reality in a virtual space.

Why I am proud to be part of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

I’m proud to be part of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community because, like any other person from this community, I am determined, hard-working, and proud of my achievements despite being away from my family, friends and culture.

Describe one exciting thing that you are working on or is happening in your classroom.

I am currently developing and teaching a new course on Advanced Construction Technology where students are learning about the latest technologies from the pre-construction phase to the post-construction phase. I am also developing several VR modules for students to experience construction sites and elevate spatial visualization techniques. I am excited to see students' reflections on these new VR-based teaching methods.

What is one interesting fact about you?

I like to travel and spend a lot of time outdoors.

Share your favorite quote for this month.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

List of recent publications and other accomplishments:

Journal Articles

• Arababadi, R., Naganathan, H., Saffari Pour, M., Dadvar, A., Parrish, K., & Chong, O. (2021). "Building stock energy modeling: Feasibility study on selection of important input parameters using stepwise regression," Energy Science & Engineering.
• Cruz Rios, F., Naganathan, H., Tello, L., Adams, S., Cook-Davis, A., El Asmar, M., ... & Parrish, K. (2021). "Catalysts and Barriers Faced by Native American Engineering Undergraduate Students in Arizona," Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 147(2), 04020017.
• Naganathan, H., Chong, O., Sauer, A. D., & Kim, J. (2020). "Qualitative Analysis of Sustainable Indicators: An Approach to Correlate Sustainable Indicators with Transportation Practices," Global Journal of Research In Engineering.
• Aaron Sauer, Hariharan Naganathan. “Examining the Pre-Construction Professional: Career Evolution, Responsibilities and Skills", International Journal of Construction Education and Research.
• Chong, W. K., Naganathan, H., Liu, H., Ariaratnam, S., & Kim, J. (2018). "Understanding Infrastructure Resiliency in Chennai, India Using Twitter’s Geotags and Texts: A Preliminary Study." Engineering (2018).

Conference Proceedings

• Curtis W. Bradford, Hariharan Naganathan, K. H. L. (2019). Determinants for Student Success on the Associate Constructor Exam. ASC.
• Hariharan Naganathan, Kyle Larson, Curtis Bradford, Jonghoon Kim, O. C. (2019). Predictive Energy Analytics on Institutional Buildings using integrated wavelet transformation and deep learning algorithms. ASC.
• Jacob A. Nelson, Hariharan Naganathan, A. D. S. (2018). Applied Laser Scanning for the Construction Classroom: Instructional Design and Best Practices. ASC.
• Kyle Larson Curtis Bradford, Hariharan Naganathan (2019). Success of Construction Management Students in Statics. ASC.

Grants

• Research Grant: $1000- School of Management, Construction Management Program, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2021.
• Scholarly Activity Fund (SAF): $1000 – Awarded by SAF to travel and attend ACI Educator’s workshop at Farmington Hills, MI, 2019.
• MEAC Grant: $1500 – Awarded to attend the Mechanical Electrical Academic Consortium Bootcamp at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2019.
• UCM Foundation Grant: $2055 – Awarded UCM Foundation Grant for implementing advanced equipment and technology in the Construction Surveying course.
• University of Central Missouri, 2019 Professional Enhancement Committee (PEC) Grant: $1000 – Awarded PEC grant for research proposal titled “Construction Cyberspace.”
• University of Central Missouri, 2018 Scholarly Activity Fund: $1000 – Awarded SAF grant for presenting at ASC International conference at Denver.