Carlos H. Caldas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: ECJ 5.210
Phone: (512) 471-6014
Fax: (512) 471-3191
Email: caldas@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1752
My Website: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/caldas/index.htm

Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-ARE/CEPM
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1752
Austin, TX 78712-1094

Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Engineering Project Management

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
M.C.E., Civil Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 1990
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 1988

Technical Interests:
Information technologies for project management; life-cycle information integration; project data analysis; construction knowledge discovery and dissemination; product and process modeling; project control systems; field management technologies; communication, collaboration and coordination technologies.

Selected Publications:

Caldas, C. H., Soibelman, L., and Gasser, L. (2004) “A methodology for the integration of project documents in model-based information systems.” Accepted for publication at the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

Caldas, C. H., Torrent, D. G., and Haas, C. T. (2004) “Integration of automated data collection technologies for real-time field materials management.” Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Jeju, Korea.

Caldas, C. H. and Soibelman, L. (2003) “Automating hierarchical document classification for construction management information systems.” Automation in Construction, 12(4), 395-406

Soibelman, L., Liu, L. Y., Kirby, J. G., East, W. E., Caldas, C.H., and Lin, K.Y. (2003) “A design review checking system with corporate lessons learned.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(5), 475-484.

Caldas, C. H., Soibelman, L., and Han, J. (2002) “Automated classification of construction project documents.” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 16(4), 234-243.