Refereed Conference Papers

Yu, H,. Kamat, V, Menassa, C., McGee, W., Guo, Y. and Lee, H. (2023). “Grip State Recognition for Enabling Safe Human-Robot Object Handover in Physically Collaborative Construction Work.” Proceedings of the 2023 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE). (pp. 787-795). doi:10.1061/9780784485224.095

Deng, M., Wang, X., Li, D., Fu, B., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2023). “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Based Human Centric Activity Based Workspaces.” Proceedings of the 2023 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE). (pp. 141-149). doi:10.1061/9780784485224.018

Park, S., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2023). “Joint BERT Model for Intent Classification and Slot Filling Analysis of Natural Language Instructions in Co-Robotic Field Construction Work.” Proceedings of the 2023 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE). (pp. 453-460). doi:10.1061/9780784485224.055

Gluck. A., Deng. M., Zhao. Y., Menassa. C., Li. D., Brinkley. J. and Kamat. V. (2022). “Exploring Driver Physiological Response During Level 3 Conditional Driving Automation.” In the proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Human Machine Systems (ICHMS). Orlando, FL. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9980597 

Deng, M., Fu, B. and Menassa, C. (2021). "Achieving Thermal Comfort Through Smart and Flexible Allocation of Spaces in Office Buildings." Proceedings of the 2021 Winter Simulation Conference. Phoenix, AZ. 1. https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/wsc/wsc2021_program/views/includes/files/inv197s3-file1.pdf

Cerpa, A., Menassa, C., and Ortiz, J. (2020). Message from General and Technical Program Chairs. In BuildSys 2020- Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (pp. I-II)

Liang, C.J., McGee, W., Menassa, C., and Kamat, V. (2020). "Bi-directional communication bridge for state synchronization between digital twin simulations and physical construction robots." Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), IAARC, Kitakyshu, Japan (Online). 1480–1487. https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0205.

Wang, X., Liang, C.J., Menassa, C. C., and Kamat, V. R. (2020). "Real-time process-level digital twin for collaborative human-robot construction work." Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), IAARC, Kitakyshu, Japan (Online). 1528–1535. https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0212.

Wang, X., Li, D., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2019). “Can Infrared Facial Thermography Disclose Mental Workload Demand in Different Indoor Thermal Environments?” The 1st ACM International Workshop On Urban Building Energy Sensing, Controls, Big Data Analysis, And Visualization (UrbSys '19), New York City, NY, USA. 87-96.

Li, D., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2019). “Thermal Sensor Fusion and RGB-D for Human Thermal Comfort Assessment.” Proceedings of the 2019 CIB World Building Congress, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Hong Kong. 1-10.

Liang, C. J., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2019). " Teaching Robots to Perform Construction Tasks via Learning from Demonstration." Proceedings of the 2019 International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Banff, Canada. (36) 1305-1311.

Wang, X., Li, D., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2019). “Investigating the Neurophysiological Effect of Thermal Environment on Individuals' Performance Using Electroencephalogram.” Proceedings of the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE), Atlanta, GA, USA. 598-605.

Li, D., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2019). “Feasibility of low-cost infrared thermal imaging to assess occupants’ thermal comfort.” Proceedings of the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE), Atlanta, GA, USA. 58-65.

Liang, C. J., Lundeen, K., McGee, W., Menassa, C., Lee, S. and Kamat, V. (2019). "Fast Dataset Collection Approach for Articulated Equipment Pose Estimation." Proceedings of the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE), Atlanta, GA. 146-152.

Lundeen, K., Kamat, V., Menassa, C. and McGee, W. (2019). “Planning and Execution for Geometrically Adaptive BIM-Driven Robotized Construction Processes.” Proceedings of the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE), Atlanta, GA, USA. 336-343.

Xu, L., Feng C., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2019). “Enhancing Visual SLAM with Occupancy Grid Mapping for Real-Time Locating Applications in Indoor GPS-Denied Environments.” Proceedings of the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE), Atlanta, GA, USA. 344-351.

Abdelhadey, A., Lin, S., Xu, L., Sediek, O., Hlynka, A., EI-Tawil, S., Spence, S., McCormick, J., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2019). “A Distributed Computing Platform for Community Resilience Estimation.” 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea. 10.22725/ICASP13.203: 1-8.

Liang, C. J., Start, C., Boley, H., Kamat, V., Menassa, C. and Aebersold, M. (2018). “An Augmented Reality Environment for Enhancing Clinical Training Experience: Stroke Assessment Simulation.” Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Meaningful Play, East Lansing, MI. 1-15.

Lundeen, K., Kamat, V., Menassa, C. and McGee, W. (2018) “Adaptive Perception and Modeling for Robotized Construction Joint Filling.” Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC), Berlin, Germany. 244-251.

Liang, C.J., Lundeen, K.M., McGee, W., Menassa, C. C., Lee, S., Kamat, V.R., (2018) “Stacked Hourglass Networks for Markerless Pose Estimation of Articulated Construction Robots.” Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC), Berlin, Germany. 859-865.

Lin, S. Y., Xu, L., Chuang W. C. El-Tawil, S., Spence, S., Kamat, V., Menassa, C. and McCormick, J. (2018). “Modeling Interactions in Community Resilience.” Proceedings of the 2018 Structures Congress, ASCE, Fort Worth, TX. 1-8.

Mantha, B., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2018). "Multi-Robot Task Allocation and Route Planning for Indoor Building Environment Applications." 2018 Construction Research Congress (CRC), New Orleans, LA. 137-146.

Lundeen, K., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2018). "Workpiece Modeling for Adaptive Robotized Construction Work." 2018 Construction Research Congress (CRC), New Orleans, LA. 1-11.

Liang, C.J., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2018). "Real-Time Construction Site Layout and Equipment Monitoring." 2018 Construction Research Congress (CRC), New Orleans, LA. 64-74.

Li, D., Menassa, C., and Kamat, V. (2017). "A Personalized HVAC Control Smartphone Application Framework for Improved Human Health and Well-Being." International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (IWCCE 2017), ASCE, Seattle, WA. 82-90.

Xu, L., Kamat, V., and Menassa, C. (2017). "Automatic Barcode Extraction for Efficient Large-Scale Inventory Management." International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (IWCCE 2017), ASCE, Seattle, WA. 340-348.

Thomas, A., Menassa, C., Kamat, V. (2016). ‘Distributed Simulation Framework to Analyze the Energy Effects of Adaptive Thermal Comfort Behavior of Building Occupants." Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2016), Washington, D. C. 3225-3236. (Invited Paper)

Mantha, B., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2016). "Ambient Data Collection in Indoor Building Environments Using Mobile Robots." 33rd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2016), Auburn, Alabama. 428-436. Overall Conference Best Paper Award.

Thomas, A., Mantha, B. and Menassa, C. (2016). “A Framework to Evaluate Life Cycle Costs and Environmental Impacts of Water Pipelines.” 2016 ASCE Pipelines Conference. Kansas City, Missouri. 1152-1163.

Thomas, A., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2016). “An LCM Framework to Couple Spatially Distributed Energy Simulation and Occupancy Models for Optimizing Building Energy Consumption.” 2016 Construction Research Congress (CRC), San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1071-1080.

Feng, C., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2016). “Marker Assisted Structure from Motion for 3D Environment Modeling and Object Pose Estimation.” 2016 Construction Research Congress (CRC), San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2604-2613.

Yang, C., Kamat, V. and Menassa, C. (2016). “BIMap: Plan Drawings as Tangible Interfaces for Building Information Models.” 2016 Construction Research Congress (CRC), San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2239-2249.

Thomas, A., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2015). “Coupled Simulation Framework to Assess Life-Cycle Energy Requirements in Buildings.” 2015 International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR), Banff, Canada. 206-215.

Barakat, B., Awwad, R. and Menassa, C. (2015). "Review of Construction Disputes Resolution Practices in the Middle East: Causes and Methods." The Eighth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC 2015), Sydney, Australia. 1015-1020.

Mantha, B., Feng, C., Menassa, C. and Kamat, V. (2015). “Real-time Building Energy and Comfort Parameter Data Collection Using Mobile Indoor Robots.” 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2015), Oulu, Finland. 639-647.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2014). “A Data Collection and Analysis Framework to Improve the Performance of Energy-Intensive Commercial Buildings.” Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ASCE, Orlando, FL. 1142-1149. Identified as one of the top papers: invited to the special issue publication in the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2014). “A Systematic Approach to Quantifying Energy Savings Potential Because of Improved Operations of Commercial Building Stocks.” Construction Research Congress 2014, ASCE, Atlanta, GA. 2214-2223.

Abou Jaoude, A., Srour, I. and Menassa, C. (2014). “A Review of Energy Efficiency Measures in Commercial Buildings: The Case of Lebanon.” Construction Research Congress 2014, ASCE, Atlanta, GA. 633-642.

Kamat, V., Menassa, C., and Lee, S. (2013). "On-Line Simulation of Building Energy Processes: Need and Research Requirements", Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, 3008-3017. (Invited Paper)

Menassa, C., Kamat, V., Lee, S., Azar, E., Feng, C., and Anderson, K. (2013). "A High Level Architecture Framework for Coupling Building Energy Performance Models" Proceedings of the 2013 Building Simulation Conference, International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Chambery, France, 3778-3785.

Menassa, C., Kamat, V., Lee, S., Azar, E., Feng, C. and Anderson, K. (2013). “Coupling Distributed Energy Simulation and Occupancy Models for Comprehensive Building Energy Consumption Analysis.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Los Angeles, CA. 275-282.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2013). “Influence of Social Sub-networks on Energy Conservation from Occupancy Interventions in a Typical US Commercial Building.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Los Angeles, CA. 267-274. Overall Conference Best Paper Award.

Stephan, K. and Menassa, C. (2013). “Agent-based Modeling of Impact of Stakeholder Requirements on Sustainable Retrofit of Buildings.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Los Angeles, CA. 283-290. Identified as one the top papers: selected for presentation at general session and invited to the special issue publication in the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

Menassa, C. and Baer, B. (2013). “Accounting for Stakeholder Perceptions in Sustainable Retrofits of Existing Buildings using House of Quality Approach.” Proceedings of 7th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-2013) - New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction, Honolulu, HI. 1493-1498.

Al-Sabah, R., Menassa, C. and Hanna, A. (2012). “Evaluating Significant Risks in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Construction Projects from Perspective of Multinational Firms.” Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of CIB W078 on Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, Beirut, Lebanon. 142-151.

Boodai, F., Menassa, C. and Hanna, A. (2012). “Understanding How Integrated Project Delivery Improves Project Success from an Owner’s Perspective.” Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of CIB W078 on Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, Beirut, Lebanon. 112-121.

Anderson, K., Lee, S. and Menassa, C. (2012). “Effect of Social Network Type on Building Occupant Energy Use.” BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Toronto, ON, 17-24. Nominated for the Best Paper Award.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2012). "Modeling occupant interactions for effective energy reduction strategies in buildings." Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), ASV, Moscow, Russia. 1-8.

Taylor, N., Menassa, C. and Nelson, J. (2012). "Automated Hybrid Ventilation Control in Complex Buildings." Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Miami, FL. 594-601.

Taylor, N., and Menassa, C. (2012). "An Experimental Approach to Optimizing Natural Ventilation in Public Spaces of Complex Buildings." Construction Research Congress 2012, ASCE, Purdue - IN. 1651-1661.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2012). "Sensitivity of Energy Simulation Models to Occupancy Related Parameters in Commercial Buildings." Construction Research Congress 2012, ASCE, Purdue - IN. 1381-1390.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2011). “A Decision Framework for Energy Use Reduction Initiatives in Commercial Buildings.” Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, Phoenix, AZ. 816-827. Invited Paper.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2011). “Impact of Occupants Behavior on Building Energy Use: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, Rome - Italy. 232-241.

Taylor, N., Azar, E., Menassa, C. and Nelson, J. (2011). “A Data Collection Framework to Study Post Occupancy Performance of Green Buildings” Proceedings of Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2011, Ottawa, ON. 2794-2803.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2011). “An Agent-Based Approach to Model the Effect of Occupants’ Energy Use Characteristics in Commercial Buildings.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Miami, FL. 536-543.

Song, X., Menassa C., Arboleda A., and Peña Mora F. (2011). “Analysis of Critical Parameters in the ADR Implementation Insurance Model.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Miami, FL. 744-751.

Azar, E. and Menassa, C. (2010). “A Conceptual Framework to Energy Estimation in Buildings Using Agent Based Modeling.” Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, IEEE, Baltimore, MD. 3145-3156. Invited Paper.

Bank, L., McCarthy, M., Thompson, B. and Menassa, C. (2010). “Integrating BIM with System Dynamics as a Decision-Making Framework for Sustainable Building Design and Operation.” First International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2010), Hong Kong, China. 40-48. Invited Paper.

Menassa, C. and Rexrode, A., (2010). "Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Real Option Theory for Improved Sustainability of Existing Buildings." Construction Research Congress 2010, Banff, AB. 1477-1486.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2009). “Real Options and System Dynamics Approach to Model Value of Implementing a Project Specific Dispute Resolution Process in Construction Projects.” Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, IEEE, Austin, TX. 2635-2646. Invited Paper.

Song, X., Peña-Mora, F., Conger, R., and Menassa, C. (2009). “The Potential Use of Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for ADR Implementation in Construction Disputes.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Austin, TX. 656-665.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2009). “An Investigation of Real Option Theory to Evaluate Design, Procurement and Construction of Renewable Energy Facilities.” Construction Research Congress 2009 – Building a Sustainable Future, ASCE, Seattle, WA. 646-654.

Song, X., Menassa, C., Peña Mora, F. and Conger, R. (2009). “Applying Insurance Pricing Models for Pricing Alternative Dispute Resolution as an Insurance Product.” Construction Research Congress 2009 – Building a Sustainable Future, ASCE, Seattle, WA. 726-735. 

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2008). “A Decision Support System Based on Financial Real Option Theory to Analyze Dispute Resolution Investments in AEC Projects.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Beijing, China. 1-10.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2007). “An Option Pricing Model to Evaluate ADR Investments in AEC Construction Projects Under Different Scenarios.” Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Pittsburgh, PA, 566-574.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2007). “A System Dynamics Model to Evaluate the Impact of Uncertainty on ADR Investments in AEC Projects.” Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Freeport, Bahamas. 1-8.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2007). “An Option Based Dynamic Optimization Model To Evaluate ADR Investments In AEC Construction Projects.” 25th Inaugural Construction Management and Economics: 'Past, Present and Future' Conference, CME 2007, Reading; UK. 1125-1137.

Menassa, C. and Peña Mora, F. (2006). “An Option Based Model to Evaluate ADR Investments in Design and Construction Projects.” Joint International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), Montreal, Canada, 1814-1825.

Mabsout, M., Menassa, C. and Tarhini, K. (2002). “Effect of Skewness in Concrete Slab Bridges.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), Taipei, Taiwan. 663-668.

Haddad, N., Wakim, B., and Menassa, C. (1997). “Damage Assessment and Evaluation of Existing Structures in Lebanon.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Rehabilitation and Development of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems, Beirut, Lebanon. 81-87.