This page lists the Engineer and Masters degree students for whom I served or am serving as the Principal Thesis Advisor (in chronological order). |
James R. Breuer, Managerial Issues and
the Implementation of Information Technology in the AEC Industry,
June 1993 |
Eric B. Collier, Four-dimensional Modeling
in Design and Construction, March 1995 |
Robert C. Woods, The Rise and Fall of Commercial
Real Estate Development in the USA: A History of Causes and Effects,
March 1996 |
Burcu H. Akinci, Contractor's Risk of Cost
Overburden: A Review of Risk Factors and Methods, June 1996 |
Abraham Katz, Assessing Plan Reliability
with 4D Production Models, June 1998 |
Bonsang Koo, Application of 4D Modeling
to Commercial Construction, August 1998 |
Sergio Luis Moya Palazuelos, EEAP's Feasibility
Study for Exporting Structural Steel from Mexico to the US, March
1999 |
Gustavo de Lemos, Financial Price Risks
and Current Risk Management Practices in the Construction Industry,
July 1999 |
Meenakshy Chakravorty, December 2000 (MS in Computer Science with Distinction in Research, co-advised with Terry Winograd) |
Alex Barron, Modeling Business Processes
to Predict Potential Benefits of Internet-Based Project Control Systems,
June 2001 |
Sheryl Staub-French, Industrial Case Study
of Electronic Design, Cost, and Schedule Integration, June 2001 |
Calvin Kam, A Study of Product Modeling
Approach and Interoperability Standard based on an International Design
and Construction Pilot, June 2002 |
Brad Jarrett, Naming Convention for 4D Modeling, August 2002 |
Mauricio Toledo, Potential Capital Expenditures Savings from Virtual Design and Construction and their Impact on Companies' Financial Performance, March 2006 |
Atul Khanzode, Enabling the Lean Project Delivery Process through the Application of Virtual Design and Construction Technologies, December 2006 |
Ju Gao, Framework and Case Studies Comparing Implementations and Impacts of 3D/4D Modeling across Projects, March 2008 |
Hideyuki Kobayashi, An Application of Probabilistic Life-Cycle Cost Analysis to the Construction and Maintenance of Reinforced Concrete Bridges, June 2008 |
Nuwan Senaratna, Automatically inferring decision alternatives in AEC decision scenarios, June 2009 (MS in Computer Science with Distinction in Research, co-advised with Jean-Claude Latombe) |
Roshan Mehdizadeh, A Technical Comparison of Voluntary and Involuntary Sustainable Rating Systems for Building Development, June 2011. |
Forest Peterson, Model-based Quantity Collection and Control, March 2012 |
Jung In Kim, Extending the Decision Support Simulator to Forecast Road Demand, March 2012 |
Sangwoo Cho, Real-Time Supply Chain Management using Virtual Design and Construction and Lean Methods, June 2012 |
Anne-Laure Cuvilliez, Construction of Renewable Energy Infrastructure, June 2012 |
Elaine Kan, The Three Essential Ingredients for Rapidly Greening Today's Building Portfolios: Enabling Technology Combined with Enhanced Industry Practice, Performance-based Policies, and Innovative Financing Mechanisms, June 2012 (MS thesis in International Policy) |