Alissa Cooperman

Dr. Alissa Cooperman joined CIFE as its Research Associate after completing her PhD at CIFE in June 2023. Dr. Cooperman's research goals are to improve communication and coordination in AECO. Her research examines the coordination of data and information transfer from one building lifecycle phase to another, e.g., from construction to building operations and maintenance, and what the study of AECO team meetings reveals about how work is achieved and coordinated. Her PhD research focused on the presence of communication inefficiencies among meeting participants in AEC/FM. Her dissertation work contributed a formalized method for systematically analyzing conversations in meetings so that breakdown handling can be observed and analyzed.

As CIFE's Research Associate Dr. Cooperman researches coordination and communication in AECO focusing on the interdependence between construction and facility management (FM). Additionally, she manages the PhD lab group and assists with CIFE events. When not behind a computer or in a meeting, she can be found riding a bike or crocheting amigurumi.