CIFE Technical Advisory Committee 2018

The Technical Advisory Committee is the meeting where Small Business level members and above join us to review and select research projects for the next academic year. We will start on first afternoon with an update on current CIFE research and member updates. The second day will be a full day of research proposals, ending with the committee selecting the projects to fund.

Thursday, May 17
Optional Informal meeting and dinner, Wednesday, May 16
The Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building (Y2E2), Room 292A

AGENDA

Wednesday - May 16 -- Informal Researh Briefings, Seminar, and Dinner

Please join us as your schedule permits. All will be at CIFE, except for the 3:15 session

11.45 AM

Using UAVs for Automated BIM-based Construction Progress Monitoring and Quality Control -- H. Hamledari

12.30 PM

Generating Bills of Materials for Daily Work Orders Consisting of Made-to-Stock Materials -- M. Song

1.15 PM

-- Break --

1.30 PM

Additive Manufacturing for Construction -- N. Mrazović

2.15 PM

Early-phase Rapid Evaluation of Prefabrication Alternatives for Building Structures -- Y. Wang

3.00 PM

walk from CIFE to VAIL

3.15 PM

Tour of the VAIL facility (Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab) with experience of the (autonomous) driving simulator

4.15 PM

walk back to CIFE

4.30 PM

Invitation to join weekly seminar held at CIFE on Artificial Intelligence in the AEC Industry. The topic will be "Smart Buildings, Comfort"

6.00 PM

Welcome, CIFE and Member Updates -- M. Fischer

-- Informal Dinner at CIFE --

Demo of multi-scale construction planning tool with dynamics look-ahead windows prototyped

THURSDAY - May 17th

7.45 AM

-- Continental Breakfast --

8.00 AM

Welcome & Overview of the day - Martin Fischer

8.30 AM

2018-01: Operating LOD400-based Daily Bill of Materials through the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle
M. Fischer, M. Song

8.45 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

8.50 AM

2018-03: Data Thinking Prototype for Construction Project Managers
M. Fischer, R. Rajagopal, P. Nikkhoo

9.05 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

9.10 AM

2018-04: A Multidisciplinary Method to Optimize and Automate the Structural and Connection Design of Large-Scale Steel Structures
M. Fischer, E. Miranda, R. Rajagopal, F. Ranalli

9.25 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

9.30 AM

2018-06: Robotics Evaluation Framework
M. Fischer, C. Brosque

9.45 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

9.50 AM

2018-02: Edge Computing Hardware for Smart Buildings
B. Murmann, E. Chai

10.05 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

10.10 AM

-- Break --

10.30 AM

2018-07: A Framework for Dynamically Updating Building Information Models using Mobile Robots and Computer Vision
K. Law, M. Ferguson

10.45 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

10.50 AM

2018-05: Human-Machine Interaction and Designing Interactive Autonomous Vehicle Systems for the Construction Industry

L. Leifer, M. Fischer, E. Fu, D. Sirkin

11.05 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

11.10 AM

2018-14: Robust Design and Operation of Natural Ventilation Systems
C.  Gorlé, M. Fischer, C. Chen

11.25 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

11.30 AM

2018-13: Assessment and Reduction of the Risks Inherent in Performance Based Contracting by Use of CIFE’s Automated Building Energy Model Generator

C.  Gorlé , M. Fischer, S. Tarantino, I. Armeni

11.45 AM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

11.50 AM

2018-08: Comparing Different Delivery Methods of Contextual Work Instructions for Construction Laborers
M. Fischer, R. Liu

12.05 PM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

12.10 PM

-- Lunch --

1.10 PM

2018-09: Estimating the True Cost of Deferred Maintenance: An Empirical Analysis
M. Fischer, C. Casady, M. Bennon

1.25 PM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

1.30 PM

2018-11: Global Innovation Repository and Evaluation Framework
M. Fischer, C. Kam, K. Keene, J. Lo

1.45 PM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

1.50 PM

2018-12: Honing in on Blockchain for AEC: Applications for Project Management
M. Fischer, C. Kam, W. Nuelle, J. Lo

2.05 PM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

2.10 PM

2018-15: CryptoBIM: Blockchain-Enabled and Cryptographic Building Information Modeling
M. Fischer, M. Lepech, H. Hamledari

2.25 PM

-- Review forms; next speaker setup --

2.30 PM

2018-16: VDC Knowledge Base
M. Fischer

2.45 PM

-- Review forms --

2.50 PM

-- Break --

3.10 PM

Selection of Projects

5.30 PM

Adjourn