We welcome you to the 2023-2024 PACE Roundtable. We are excited about this year’s research discussions and presentations to be in person again! The Research Roundtable is structured to include two break-out sessions in which critical industry issues will be discussed, intermingled with fast-paced graduate research presentations, and a session for engaging directly between students and industry.

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2023 PACE Roundtable

 Monday, November 6 – Reception and Dinner Agenda
– Graduate Hotel – 

125 South Atherton Street
State College, PA 16801

6:00 PM:    Reception and Registration
7:00 PM:    Dinner
7:45 PM:    Dinner Speaker

Behavioral Dynamics of Construction Teams and
their Impact on Lean Methods Implementation

Dr. Robert Leicht,
(on behalf of
Elnaz Asadian, PhD)

Tuesday, November 7 – Roundtable Program

– Graduate Hotel – 

125 South Atherton Street
State College, PA 16801

Agenda

November 7 

7:00 AM: Breakfast (Coaly Ballroom)

8:00 AM:  Welcome and Overview of Agenda

8:15 AM: Panel (Coaly Ballroom)

Facilitated By: Dr. JP Gevaudan

Pursuing Diverse and Inclusive Teams in the Construction Industry

Panelists:

• Emily Lowe, Butz Family of Companies
• Najla Robinson, Bozzuto
  

9:00 AM: Break

9:30 AM:    Breakout 1:

• 1A – Design for Disassembly (Df) for Buildings
  (Eleventh Room – Dr. Yuqing Hu)
• 1B – How should we use Robots in Construction?
  (Coaly Ballroom A – Dr. Robert Leicht)
• 1C – Making the Switch from BIM to Digital Twins
  (Coaly Ballroom B – Dr. John Messner)
  
  • Notes 
  • Poster – Digital Twins
• 1D – In Pursuit of Sustainable Concrete
  (Atherton Room – Dr. J.P. Gevaudan and Matt Hollingham)

 10:30 AM: Break

 10:45 AM: Breakout 2:

• 2A – Early Involvement of Trade Contractors
  (Eleventh Room – Dr. Robert Leicht)
• 2B – Understanding the Implications of AI for Design and Construction
  (Coaly Ballroom A – Dr. Nathan Brown)
• 2C – Understanding the Future of AR / VR Technologies for Construction
  (Coaly Ballroom B – Dr. John Messner)
  • Notes
• 2D – Moving from Safety to Health and Wellbeing in Construction
  (Atherton Room – Bill Moyer)

Noon:         Lunch (Coaly Ballroom)

1:15 PM:   Grad Student Presentations (Coaly Ballroom)

• Xiaohui ‘Sophia’ Wang
• Fangxiao Li
• Ali Alhussain
• Hamza Khan
• Matt Hollingham
• Ziyi Wang
• Lorine Ouma
• Zahra Ghorbani
• Qin Yin
• Hossein Zargar
• Saleh Alghamdi

2:30 PM:    Break

2:45 PM:    Focus groups – engaging industry to shape student research

• • Student Participation Form
  • Industry Participation Form

3:45 PM:    Closing Remarks

4:00 PM:    Adjourn

We want to extend a special Thank You to all of our PACE Sponsors for supporting student participation in this event.

Spring Seminar 2024 will be April 15-16 at the Penn State Conference Center.