Leonel E. Lagos, Ph.D., PMP® Program Director
Dr. Lagos is an Associate Professor at FIU’s Moss Department of Construction Management, Director of Research at FIU’s Applied Research Center, and Director of FIU’s Science & Technology Workforce Development Initiative (DOE Fellows Program). Dr. Lagos is also a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on several sponsored research projects. Dr. Lagos has over 28 years of hands-on experience in executing, managing, and leading research programs sponsored by federal agencies and private industry. As a PI and Director of Research, Dr. Lagos executes, and directs research efforts of a multi-disciplinary team composed of 23 full-time staff (scientists, engineers), Post-Doctoral Associates, and over 30 STEM students including undergraduates, Master’s and PhDs. Since 2012, Dr. Lagos has been the Principal Investigator for the DOE-FIU Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and FIU in support of DOE’s environmental restoration program conducting multi-disciplinary research in areas of robotics and remote systems, AI/LM, generative AI, cyber security, natural language processing, radiochemistry, environmental chemistry, decommissioning, digital decommissioning.
Other current and past research funding include the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s University Program (research area: robotics), National Science Foundation (robotics, sensors, big data/data analytics, predictive maintenance, STEM workforce development and training), Department of Energy’s Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (research areas: robotics, sensors development and deployments), Sandia National Laboratory Exoskeleton program (research areas: wearable robotics), Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (blockchain and machine learning technologies applied to fossil power plants), National Science Foundation Convergence Program (research areas: project management/5G technology development), Department of Education Title III HIS STEM Grant (research areas: Cybersecurity STEM training) and National Nuclear Security Administration (research areas: advanced manufacturing for small modular reactors). The above research portfolio has a value of approximately $8M a year.
Dr. Lagos is an active member of the Waste Management Symposia (WMS) and American Nuclear Society. For the WMS, Dr. Lagos serves as a Program Advisory Committee Member (PAC) As a PAC member, he supports STEM initiatives and contributes to various Tracks, including Tracks 9 (Robotics), and Track 10 (STEM). He has also actively contributed to Track 8 (Communication, workforce development and training, and stakeholder’s involvement) and Track 6 (Deactivation & Decommissioning). Dr. Lagos serves as a member of the Roy G. Post Foundation Board of Trustees.
Dr. Lagos also is a member of the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) Robotics & Remote Systems Division (RRSD) and has served in various roles including treasurer (2016), vice Chair (2017) and Chair (2018-2020) of RRSD’s Executive Committee. Dr. Lagos has led Florida International University’s Applied Research Center international efforts and has developed active working relationships with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of France, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Halden, Norway, And University of Porto, Portugal.
Dr. Lagos is also an adjunct professor in FIU’s Biomedical Engineering Department and previously an adjunct professor in FIU’s Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department. Dr. Lagos is also a Graduate Faculty within the Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering and Moss Department of Construction Management at FIU. As a Graduate Faculty Dr. Lagos has participated in 33 Masters and PhDs committees since 2009. As a major professor or co-major professor, Dr. Lagos is supervising a total of 6 PhDs and 8 Master students.
As part of his research efforts, Dr. Lagos supports a total of 30 STEM students including 6 PhDs, 6 Masters, and 18 undergraduate students fully funded under various sponsored research projects.
Leonel E. Lagos, Ph.D., PMP®
Director of Research
Director – DOE Fellows Program
Graduate Faculty (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Adjunct Professor (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)
Chair – American Nuclear Society Robotics and Remote Systems Division (RRSD)
Applied Research Center
Florida International University
10555 West Flagler St. Suite 2100
Miami, Florida 33174
Ph: (305) 348-1810, Fax: (305) 348-1852
http://fellows.fiu.edu
lagosl@fiu.edu