We welcome you to this year’s PACE Roundtable. We are excited about the research discussions and presentations! The Research Roundtable is structured to include two break-out sessions in which critical industry issues will be discussed, intermingled with research presentations and a panel session for engaging directly between students and industry.
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2024 PACE Roundtable
Monday, November 11 – Reception and Dinner Agenda
– Penn State Hotel and Conference Center –
215 Innovation Blvd,
State College, PA 16803
4:30 PM (Optional) – Tour of new AE Spaces – ECoRE Building
6:00 PM: Reception and Registration – Dean’s Hall
7:00 PM: Dinner
7:45 PM: Dinner Speaker
Eisenhower Parking Deck Case Study
Brian LaChance,
James G. Davis Construction
Tuesday, November 12 – Roundtable Program
– Penn State Hotel and Conference Center –
Agenda
November 7
7:00 AM: Breakfast (Gardens Restaurant)
8:00 AM: Welcome and Overview of Agenda (Dean’s Hall)
8:15 AM: Panel
Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twins in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry
9:00 AM: Break
9:30 AM: Graduate Student Research Presentations, Round 1 – (Dean’s Hall)
- Matthew Hollingham
- Zahra Ghorbani
- Skylar Farrow
10:15 AM: Breakout 1:
- 1A – Messner – Implementing Digital Twins – Rm 104
(Dr. John Messner) - 1B – Challenges of integrated design in collaborative projects – Rm 105
(Dr. Robert Leicht) - 1C – Next Level of Sustainable Materials – Rm 106
(Dr. JP Gevaudan)
- 1D – AI and parametric modeling to enhance design – Rm 108
(Dr. Nathan Brown
11:15 AM: Break
11:30 AM: Graduate Student Research Presentations (Round 2) – (Dean’s Hall)1B –
- Yishuang Wang
- Lara Maalouf
- Mohammed Amir Hamza Khan
Noon: Lunch (Dean’s Hall)
1:00 PM: Graduate Student Research Presentations (Round 3) – (Dean’s Hall)
- Xiaohui Wang
- Suman Paneru
- Ayah Rub
1:45 PM: Breakouts
- 2A – Broadening workforce participation – Rm 104
(Room – Dr. Yuqing Hu) - 2B – Moving toward industrialized construction – Rm 105
(Ballroom A – Dr. Robert Leicht) - 2C – Napolitano – Resilience at the building and community scale – Rm 106
(Ballroom B – Dr. Rebecca Napolitano) - 2D – AR VR and MR in AEC Industry – Rm 108
(Room – Dr. John Messner)
2:45 PM: Break
3:00 PM: Focus groups – engaging industry to shape student research (Dean’s Hall)
3:45 PM: Closing Remarks
4:00 PM: Adjourn
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We want to extend a special Thank You to all of our PACE Sponsors for supporting student participation in this event.
2025 PACE Research Seminar will be held April 22-23 at the Nittany Lion Inn.