2020 PACE Roundtable

The PACE Roundtable event, held each fall, combines inspirational presentations with interactive work sessions focused on identifying key issues that require further attention and research.  The Roundtable is attended by industry leaders, students, and faculty.  The results from the event include the identification of research topics that will drive ongoing research and scholarly activities by students and faculty at Penn State.  Results from a portion of the research are then presented at the Spring PACE Research Seminar.

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2020 PACE Roundtable

Wednesday, November 11th

Location:
This year’s PACE Roundtable will be an online event, hosted through Zoom. More details will be provided to registrants before the meeting.

Details for joining will be made available to registrants directly as the event approaches.

Theme 2020-2021

Building Together

Agenda

November, 11:
8:30 AM:    Welcome and State of the Department

Presenter:

Digital Twins for Structural Health Monitoring

Rebecca Napolitano
Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering

9:30 AM: Breakout 1:

  • 1A: Changing approaches to collaboration and integrated design

  • 1B: Human-Robot Collaboration on Construction Sites

  • 1C: Women in Construction Leadership

  • 1D: Digital Twin – is it a revolution or just another step toward digitalization?

10:30 AM: Break

11:00 AM:  Presentation:

Student Panel:  The “student experience” during Covid-19

Facilitator: Robert Leicht
Panelists: Jacob Maines, Molly Sizemore, Nicole Slavic, Nicholas Adams

Break for lunch

1:00 PM:    Breakout 2:

  • 2A: Field adoption of lean methods

  • 2B: The use of Augmented and Virtual Reality for workforce training

  • 2C: COVID-19 and Labor Challenges in Construction

  • 2D: How can technology help with pandemic driven changes to design and construction

2:00 PM:    Break
2:30 PM:    Industry / Student Discussions
3:30 PM:    Closing Remarks & Adjourn

We would like to extend a special Thank You to all of our PACE supporters for supporting student participation in this event.