Construction Management

Mani Golparvar-Fard

Mani
Golparvar-Fard
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Computer Science
mgolpar@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 300-5226
Research Website

Mani Golparvar-Fard earned his B.Sc. and first M.Sc. in civil engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (2002), his M.A.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia (2006), and his M.S. in computer science and Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010). He joined the department in December 2012, after serving as an assistant professor on the faculty of the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.

His professional experience includes working for Turner construction company. Dr. Golparvar-Fard has several patents and is currently involved in two start-up companies which were founded based on the outcomes of his ongoing research projects.

Some of his honors include receiving the James R. Croes Medal (2013) from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the best journal paper award from the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (2012), best paper award from 12th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (2012), first-place best poster award from the Construction Research Congress (2012), Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellence Award from Virginia Tech (2011), best poster award from the 10th Annual Construction Industry Institute conference (2010), best student paper award from the 6th International Conference on Innovation in AEC (2010), FIATECH CETI Award in the category of outstanding student researcher and FIATECH scholarship award (2010), first-place best poster award from the Construction Research Congress (2009), William E. O’Neil Pre-Doctoral Fellowship award (2008), and Intel and Shell scholars research program scholarship awards (2008, 2009) from the University of Illinois. 

 

Research Overview: 

Dr. Golparvar-Fard has research interests in (1) creating and developing computer vision, image processing, and machine learning methods to automatically monitor building and construction performance, and reconstruct as-built 3D/4D building information models from static images as well as video streams; and (2) building information modeling to reason about building elements and systems to support model-based assessment of performance metrics and generate augmented reality visualizations.

 

 

Brent D. Young

Brent D.
Young

Instructor

"We are constructing tomorrow's construction industry leaders."

3129D Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
bdyoung1@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 244-4257

Brent D. Young holds a bachelor of science in Architectural Studies (University of Illinois, 2004), a Master of Architecture (University of Illinois, 2006), and an M.S. in Civil Engineering (University of Illinois, 2006) with a concentration in construction management.

After graduating from Illinois, he spent a year as a project manager for CORE Construction of Phoenix, Ariz. He then returned to central Illinois to start a residential design and contracting company. Young has experience at each level of the construction industry, from the trades to architectural design to project management of multi-million dollar projects. He is an active participant on mission construction teams in developing countries as well as domestic disaster rebuild projects.

Research Overview: 

Young teaches courses in construction management with an emphasis on practical industry application and is the director of the Global Leaders in Construction Management Program. 

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Nora El-Gohary

Nora
El-Gohary

Assistant Professor

3129c Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
gohary@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217)333-6620
Fax: 
(217) 265-8039

Assistant Professor Nora El-Gohary earned her B.Sc. (1999) and M.Sc. (2002) degrees from the American University in Cairo, both in Construction Engineering.  She earned her Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Toronto in Civil Engineering.  She joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, she served on the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering and Management. Her professional experience includes working for Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies.

A member of CEE’s Construction Engineering and Management faculty, Dr. El-Gohary will be teaching two courses in Construction Engineering and Management: CEE 422 Construction Cost Analysis and CEE 528 Construction Data Modeling.

Dr. El-Gohary’s professional activities include serving on the Data and Information Systems Committee and the Information Technology in Construction Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board National Research Council.  She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); the Construction Institute of ASCE; and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

Dr. El-Gohary has received several research grants and awards including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant in 2009.
 

Research Overview: 

Dr. El-Gohary has research interests in collaborative, integrated, intelligent, and sustainable construction including: information and knowledge modeling and management; knowledge-based construction management systems, semantic systems, ontologies, context-aware systems, semantic interoperability, and semantic mergers;  construction process modeling, process redesign, and process integration; sustainable construction, context sensitive solutions, and stakeholder management; nD visualization; multi-agent and game-theoretic analyses; and automated data collection, analysis, and processing.

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Liang Y. Liu

Liang Y.
Liu
Associate Professor
Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies
William E. O'Neil Faculty Scholar

"Construction Engineering and Management challenges students to develop skills beyond their engineering training."

1116 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

lliu1@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 333-6951
Fax: 
(217) 333-9464

Prof. Liang Y. Liu holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering (Structures) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Construction Engineering and Management (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). He has been on the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1992.

Prof. Liu teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Construction Productivity, Cost Estimating, Construction Management Information Systems, and Construction Case Studies.

A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Computer Simulation, and American Society of Engineering Educators, Dr. Liu has been recognized several times for excellence in research, teaching and advising.  In 2001, he was named the W. E. O’Neil Faculty Research Scholar.  In 2003, he won the Teaching Excellence Award of the University of Illinois College of Engineering.  He also received the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising in 2007.

Research Overview: 

Prof. Liu conducts both basic and applied research in construction engineering and management including project controls, productivity analysis and improvement, cost engineering, information technologies, facility life-cycle analysis, risk management, and computer simulation.

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Khaled El-Rayes

Khaled
El-Rayes
Professor
William E. O'Neil Faculty Scholar

"Our programs offer unique educational experiences that prepare our students to assume top leadership positions in industry and academia."

3112 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

205 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

elrayes@illinois.edu
Phone: 
(217) 265-0557
Fax: 
(217) 265-8039

Khaled El-Rayes holds a B.Sc. (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 1987), M.Eng. (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 1993) and a Ph.D. (Concordia University 1998), all in civil engineering. He has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2000. He has over 20 years of professional experience in both academia and the construction industry. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, he served on the faculty of the departments of Civil Engineering at Concordia University and the University of Newfoundland in Canada.

Dr. El-Rayes has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of construction engineering and management including: construction planning and control, construction optimization and decision making, project management, project planning and control, construction equipment planning and methods, construction processes, engineering economics and management principles, building engineering systems, building economics, engineering design and technical engineering drawing. In recognition of his teaching effectiveness, Dr. El-Rayes has been repeatedly named to the “Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students” at UIUC.

Dr. El-Rayes is a specialty editor for the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. He also served as the Chair of the ASCE Construction Research Council, which is widely recognized as the premier national forum for Construction Engineering and Management research and includes in its membership more than 150 professors and scholars.

The research contributions of Dr. El-Rayes have been recognized nationally and internationally, receiving several research awards including the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Best Paper of 2009 Award, ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize in 2007, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2003, the Faculty of Engineering Doctoral Prize from Concordia University in 1998, and the Project Management Institute Excellence Award in 1993.

Research Overview: 

Dr. El-Rayes has research interests in construction optimization, decision support systems, information technologies, highway construction, and construction productivity. He has over 70 publications in these areas including more than 30 journal papers.

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