2022/23

ROBOTICS | CONSTURCTION MANAGEMENT

Extending the Construction Robots Database

Research Staff: Cynthia Brosque, Ph.D. (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Users, Operators, Builders

ROBOTICS

Design for Robotic Construction (Continued)

Research Staff: Heyaojing Huang (CEE)

Research Advisor: Martin Fischer (CEE), Oussama Khatib (CS)

Stakeholder Categories: Designers, Builders, Robot manufacturers, Construction innovators

BIM | NLP | AI | VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Developing Virtual Assistants for the AEC-FM Industry

Research Staff: Junwen Zheng (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE), Prof. Monica Lam (CS)

Stakeholder Categories: Users, Operators, Builders

VDC | AI FOR GENERATIVE DESIGN

Neural Design Phase: Bridging Schematic and Development Phases

Research Staff: Alberto Tono (CEE), Despoina Paschalidou (CS)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE), Leonidas Guibas (CS)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Designers

PROCESS ANALYSIS | COMPUTER VISION | HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION | ERGONOMICS

Exploring human-robot collaboration in industrialized construction assembly production by using computer vision algorithms

Research Staff: Bochen Zhang (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Users, Builders, Designers

SUSTAINABILITY

Flexibility in Building Design

Research Staff: Giulia Scagliotti (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Designers

HUMAN-BUILDING INTERACTION

Data-driven methods to understand and improve the design and retrofit of buildings to support occupant wellbeing

Research Staff: Eva Bianchi (CEE), Dr. Arash Tavakoli (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Sarah Billington (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Users, Operators, Designers

SUSTAINABILITY

A Socio-technical Approach to Increasing the Use of Natural Cooling in Residential Buildings

Research Staff: Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Rishee Jain (CEE), Prof. Catherine Gorle (CEE), Prof. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi (ESS)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Operators, Designers

Title Pictue Assessing Building Level Retrofit.jpg

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Assessing building-level retrofit potential on a large scale

Research Staff: Kevin Mayer (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Operators, Contractors, Investors

SUSTAINABILITY | BUILDING DECARBONIZATION | WHOLE-LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Reduction of operational carbon in existing buildings through energy efficiency

Research Staff: Eleni Alexandraki (CEE)

Research Advisor: Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE)

Stakeholder Categories: Owners, Operators, Builders, Designers