Research News @ Rinker School
Here, we highlight the latest accomplishments and milestones of our faculty and graduate students. It features updates on externally funded research awards received by our faculty, showcasing the breadth and impact of their contributions to advancing knowledge in construction management and the built environment. This page also serves as a space for announcing upcoming PhD and master’s thesis defenses, celebrating the achievements of our graduate students and inviting the academic community and public to engage with their work.
PhD Defense – Ali Katooziani
Please join us for Ali Katooziani’s PhD Defense titled “VirtuaAI-Safe: GPT-Enabled Personalized Situated Learning in Virtual Reality for Safety Education” at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 8, in Rinker 303.
PhD Defense – Chady Elias
Please join us for Chady Elias’s PhD Defense titled “Context-Aware Operational Digital Twins for AI-Augmented Facility Management” at 10:00 AM on Friday, June 12 in Rinker 338.
PhD Defense – Deepak Balakrishnan
Please join us for Deepak Balakrishnan’s PhD Defense titled “Powering Digital Twins: Development of an NVIDIA™ Omniverse Bi-Directional Connector for Near Real-Time Building Energy Simulation and Optimization” at 8:00 AM on Friday, February 6, in ARC331F.
MSc Defense – Aditi Thanedar
Please join us for Aditi Thanedar’s MSc Defense titled “A Decision-Making Framework for 4D BIM Adoption in Construction Scheduling” at 1:00 PM on Friday, November 14, in RNK304A (Small Conference Room).
von Meding, Brisotto and Carney Receive $573K National Academies Award for Research on Resilient Construction and Community Training
MSc Defense – Fernando De Howitt
Please join us for Fernando De Howitt’s MSc Defense titled “CRAVE: A Construction Robotics Acceptance-Validation-Evaluation Framework for Industrialized Construction” at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 22, in RNK304A (Small Conference Room).