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Chirag Kothari presenting his work at the CTR symposium.

MOVE group members and UT students presented their work at CRC Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

MOVE group members celebrating Jojo’s graduation.

March, 2022

MOVE STUDENTS PRESENT AT THE CRC CONFERENCE

Vassiliki A Demetracopoulou and Byung Gi Han presented their work at the 2022 CRC Conference, Arlington, Virginia.

Byung Gi’s work focused on analyzing current schedule management provisions stipulated in the WASHTO DOT’s Standard Specifications to address gaps among the DOTs

Vassiliki's work entitled "Dimensions of Innovation in Project Delivery Method Selection for Highway Projects" presented a new approach to evaluating project innovation during delivery method selection for highway projects by differentiating inherent project characteristics and exogenous innovation opportunities.

Vassiliki A Demetracopoulou presenting her work on innovations in project delivery method selection.

September, 2021

REDUCING ENERGY USE WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Dr. William O’Brien is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow for 2021-2022, joining the US Dept of Energy Building Technologies Office in its effort to reduce building energy usage. Specifically, O’Brien is supporting the Advanced Building Construction initiative, which seeks to decrease the cost and increase the adoption of energy efficient technologies in new and existing homes and buildings.

September, 2021

CHIRAG KOTHARI PRESENTS AT 2021 ASCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (i3CE2021)

Chirag presented his work on "Assessing Social Equity in Highway Asset Management Plans" at the i3CE2021 workshop in Orlando, Florida. The study explored different numerical approaches and visualization techniques to systematically evaluate levels of social equity in the road network. The representations of the study expanded the use of quantitative metrics of social equity to support decision-making for infrastructure.

Chirag Kothari presenting his work at the ASCE 2021 computing conference.

January, 2021

ASCE COMPUTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AWARD

Dr. William O’Brien has received the ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Award, recognizing his leadership in linking science, public policy, and the construction industry to drive technology development and progress. (See more)

September, 2020

DR. O’BRIEN ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSTRUCTION

Recognizing his contributions to the adoption of Advanced Work Packaging, the National Academy of Construction elected Dr. O’Brien as a member in 2020.

MOVE TEAM PRESENTED AT THE CTR SYMPOSIUM

MOVE members Vassilina Demetracopoulou, Byung Gi Han, Chirag Kothari presented their work at the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) symposium.

Vassilina presented the Alternative Delivery System (ADS) Decision-Support Tool V2.0, a delivery method selection tool customized for TxDOT.

Byung Han showcased his work on developing assessment criteria for state DOTs’ standard specifications on contractor schedules.

Chirag presented a cross-functional planning tool for TxDOT for integrating construction and maintenance project plans.

Students having a discussion with TxDOT practitioners during the CTR symposium.

March, 2020

BEST PAPER AWARD

Former student Augusto Tiezzi, together with David and Wayne Lott of Lott Brothers Construction, with support from Drs. O’Brien and Borcherding, won the Best Paper award in the Construction Scheduling and Controls Tract at the 2020 ASCE Construction Research Conference in Tempe, Arizona (March 8-10). The paper, Case Study of Efficiency Improvements Using Matrix Methods of Production Management in Building Construction, details productivity improvements pioneered at Lott Brothers.