Eric Asa is an Associate Professor in Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. He holds a doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Dr. Asa has several years of corporate and government experience. Prior to coming to NDSU, Eric worked as Assistant Professor in University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; where he taught such courses as Engineering Economics, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, and others. Since his arrival at NDSU, Eric has developed and/or taught several courses to undergraduate and graduate students. His research interests are the application of computational methods (stochastic, spatial statistics and GIS) in construction/engineering; sustainable advanced materials and engineering education. He is the Director of the Computational and Sustainable Infrastructure (CSI) Laboratory. The laboratory is aimed at discovering and employing innovative, cutting-edge computational and laboratory methodologies, algorithms and technologies to advance research and education in the science, engineering and construction of sustainable infrastructure.
Ph.D. | Civil & Environmental Engineering | University of Alberta | 2002 | |||
Master of Engineering | Management | Colorado School of Mines | 1994 | |||
Master of Science | Economics | Colorado School of Mines | 1992 | |||
Post-Graduate Diploma | Mining Engineering | UST (TU Berlin Profs.) | 1985 | |||
B.S (Honors) | Mining Engineering | UST (TU Berlin Profs.) | 1984 | |||
Associate Professor | North Dakota State University | Aug 2012 to Present | ||
Assistant Professor | North Dakota State University | Aug 2004 - Aug 2012 | ||
Assistant Professor | University of Idaho | Aug 2001- Aug 2004 | ||
Sessional Lecturer | University of Alberta | Winter 1999 | ||
Systems Administrator/ Sessional Lecturer | University of Alberta | Sept. 1997- Sept 1998 | ||
Research Assistant | University of Alberta | Sept. 1996- July 2001 | ||
Research Assistant | Colorado School of Mines | Jan. 1992- Dec 1994 | ||
Assistant Lecturer | Univ. of Science and Tech. School of Mines, Tarkwa | Sept. 1985 -Dec 1986 | ||
Consulting | Excellence Engineering & Economics | Sept. 1997 - Present | ||
Project Engineer | BHP World Minerals | Jan. 1995 - June 1996 | ||
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer | Minerals Commission, Accra | Jan. 1987 - Jan. 1992 | ||
Project Engineer | Primary Fuels (GH) Limited | 1984 - 1985 | ||
Summer Employment | Ghana Bauxite Company | July 1982 - Sept. 1982 | ||
Summer Employment | Ashanti Goldfields Corporation | July 1981 - Sept 1981 | ||
Summer Employment | Ashanti Goldfields Corporation | Oct. 1980 - Feb. 1981 |
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