Students: Over 100 graduate degrees have been awarded under CCIS and approximately half of these have been funded directly through Sloan Foundation grants. A list of these students can be downloaded.

Faculty: Faculty involvement in Phases I and II, contact information and research interests to each faculty is found below.

Construction Engineering and Project Management John D. Borcherding* Carlos H. Caldas Edward G. Gibson Steve D. Nelson* Atila Novoselac* William O'Brien* James T. O'Connor* August C. Petersen* Stephen R. Thomas* Jeffrey A. Siegel* John E. Taylor* Richard L. Tucker * currently active in CCIS

Other organizations Stuart D. Anderson Suzanne K. Barber Natasha S. Beretvas Alison Davis-Blake Robert W. Glover* Carl T. Haas* Robert Harrison William R. Kelly* Katherine A. Liapi Douglas J. Morrice S.V. Sreenivasan

Picture	Name/Department/Contact	Research interests
Top	Stuart D. Anderson  Professor Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University Website	Project management processes; process modeling; impact of computerization on organizational efficiency in construction; total quality management and team building; highway design and construction including constructibility, intersection reconstruction, and life-cycle cost analysis.
Top	Suzanne K. Barber  Associate Professor Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin Website	Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Top	Natasha S. Beretvas  Assistant Professor Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin Website	Application and evaluation of psychometric and statistical models; hierarchical linear modeling with a focus on the multilevel measurement model
Top	John D. Borcherding  Adjunct Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	construction estimating, planning and scheduling, construction contract law, management of human resources, and productivity improvement
Top	Carlos H. Caldas  Assistant Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Information technologies for project management, life-cycle information integration and management, project data analysis, construction knowledge discovery and dissemination, product and process modeling, project control systems, and job site data collection technologies
Picture	Name/Department/Contact	Research interests
Top	Alison Davis-Blake  Professor McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin Website	Human Resource Management, Organizational Design
Top	Edward G. Gibson  Professor, Austin Industries Endowed Faculty Fellow Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Organizational change, pre-project planning, construction productivity, electronic data management, and automation and robotics
Top	Robert W. Glover  Research Scientist Ray Marshall Center for Research in Human Resources, University of Texas at Austin Website	Learning, work, and labor markets
Top	Carl T. Haas  Professor, Canada Research Chair in Construction and Maintenance of Sustainable Infrastructure Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada Website	Applications of advanced technology in construction and transportation, automated sensing, field robotics, machine vision, knowledge based systems, and engineering software development, workforce issues such as multiskilling and the impact of technology on the workforce, organizational change, pre-project planning, construction productivity, electronic data management, and automation and robotics
Top	Robert Harrison  Senior Research Scientist Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin Website	Economic impact studies, trade issues, cost/benefit analysis, transport sector planning; NAFTA trade corridors, inland ports, Texas-Mexico border trade issues
Picture	Name/Department/Contact	Research interests
Top	William R. Kelly  Professor Sociology, University of Texas at Austin Website	Program and policy research and evaluation, research methodology and statistics, and criminal justice/criminology
Top	Katherine A. Liapi  Assistant Professor Architectural Engineering, University of Patras, Greece	Energy conscious design, daylight simulation, CAD, historic preservation, and architectural theory, building design, deployable building structures (tensegrities), computer animation and CAD applications in design and construction, and sustainable design
Top	Douglas J. Morrice  Professor Management Science, Department of Management Science and Information Systems, University of Texas at Austin Website	Computer Simulation, Customer Insight, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management
Top	Steve D. Nelson  Adjunct Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Sureties, bonding, liens, alternative contract delivery methods, alternative dispute resolution, standard form contracts and legislative issues
Top	Atila Novoselac  Assistant Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Ventilation and indoor air quality; computations and measurements of airflows in buildings; pollutants transport modeling; building energy analysis
Top	Stephen R. Thomas  Senior Lecturer and Associate Director Construction Industry Institute Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Techniques for improving team communications and benchmarking performance and best practices on engineering and construction projects
Picture	Name/Department/Contact	Research interests
Top	Willam O'Brien  Assistant Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Construction supply chain management and electronic collaboration, information technologies to support multi-firm coordination, web-tools to support practice
Top	James T. O'Connor  Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Project constructability enhancement, pre-construction management systems, specifications, project risk management, and advanced construction technologies, including automation and simulation
Top	August C. Petersen  Lecturer Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Financial management for engineering and consulting firms
Top	Jeffrey A. Siegel  Assistant Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Design of energy-efficient buildings, indoor air quality, and indoor particle dynamics. Current research interests include resuspension of particles from building surfaces, protecting buildings from bioterrorism, indoor air quality consequences of energy conservation, and sustainable building design
Top	S.V. Sreenivasan  Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin Website	Design of Ultra-Precision Machines, Nanostructure Fabrication Techniques, Design of Opto-Mechanical Systems, Robotics and Machine Theory, Biomechanics
Picture	Name/Department/Contact	Research interests
Top	John E. Taylor  Assistant Professor Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin	Innovation and organizational change processes in global project networks.  His recent research has focused on the evolution to 3D CAD, supply chain integration, pre-fabricated wall systems and elevator systems
Top	Richard L. Tucker  Professor Emeritus Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas at Austin Website	Methods for improving construction productivity, foreman delay surveys and other worker productivity evaluation techniques, methods for evaluating design effectiveness, and methods for identifying high pay-off areas for construction technology advancement

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