Fernanda Leite Assistant Professor Construction Engineering and Project Management Program Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 301 E Dean Keeton St. Stop C1752 Austin, TX 78712-1094 Voice: (512) 471-5957 · Fax: (512) 471-3191 · Office: ECJ 5.302 Campus box: C1752 firstname.lastname@austin.utexas.edu Resume, January 2013

EDUCATION

 

PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009

MS, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2005

BS, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil, 2002

 

RESEARCH

 

In the news: ENR article on Women in Construction

 

Research interests: information technology for project management, building information modeling, visualization, life-cycle information integration, collaboration and coordination technologies, and information technology-supported construction safety management.

 

Prospective students: Graduate studies in CEPM at UT Austin

 

Prospective students from Brazil: Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras

 

Current Sponsored Research Projects:

AutoCodes Project, Phase II

Sponsor: Regulatory Streamlining Committee, FIATECH

Period: 10/2012 to 08/2014

 

True Impact of Late Deliverables at the Construction Site

Sponsor: Construction Industry Institute (CII) and Construction Users Roundtable (CURT)

PIs: Leite, O’Brien

Period: 09/2012 to 08/2014

 

Prevention of Backing Fatalities in Construction Work Zones – 0-6703

Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

UT Austin PIs: Leite, Seedah, Caldas

UT Tyler PI: Fan

Period: 09/2011 to 08/2013

 

WorkFace Planning, from Design through Site Execution – RT272

Sponsors: Construction Industry Institute (CII) and Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA)

PIs: O’Brien, Leite

Period: 09/2011 to 08/2013

 

Past Sponsored Research Projects:

State of the Practice for Workers in Very Short Duration Work Zone Operations – 0-6640

Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

PIs: Machemehl, Leite, Seedah

Period: 09/2010 to 08/2012

 

Generating as-built 3D models of roads and bridges from 2D photos

Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

PI: Leite

Period: 06/2011 to 12/2011

 

Enhanced Work Packaging: Design through Work Face Execution – RT272

Sponsor: Construction Industry Institute (CII)

PIs: O’Brien, Leite

Period: 09/2009 to 12/2011

 

Generating Industry Foundation Classes Models for Mixed Use and Commercial Buildings to support Building Energy Performance Simulation

Sponsor: United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) and Department of Energy (DOE)

PI: Leite

Period: 04/2011 to 10/2011

 

Economic Considerations in Transportation System Development & Operations– 0-6628

Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

PIs: Kockelman, Leite, Boske, Prozzi

Period: 09/2010 to 08/2011

 

Current Students:

PhD Students:

1.    Xiaowei Luo, co-advised with William O’Brien, expected graduation May 2013

2.    Christopher Stoppel, expected graduation May 2013

3.    Li Wang, expected graduation Dec 2013

4.    Sooyoung Choe, expected graduation May 2015

5.    Dan Seedah, expected graduation May 2016

 

MS Students (Thesis or Departmental Report):

1.    Olfa Hamdi, co-advised with William O’Brien, expected graduation Aug 2013

2.    William Barry, co-advised with William O’Brien, expected graduation Aug 2014

 

Past Students:

MS Students (Thesis or Departmental Report):

1.    Luis Aldana, Dec 2012, currently at Sigma Inmobiliaria, in Guatemala.

2.    Puneet Anil Nathu, Dec 2012

3.    Chris Kekicheff, Aug 2012, currently at McCarthy Building Companies, in Oakland, CA

4.    Sooyoung Choe, May 2012, currently PhD student in my lab

5.    Sarah Meeks, co-advised with William O’Brien, MS CEPM, Dec 2011, currently at ExxonMobil, Houston, TX

6.    Ankit Bhatla, MS CEPM, Dec 2011, currently at WorleyParsons, Houston, TX

7.    Nitin Gulati, co-advised with Jim O’Connor, MS CEPM, May 2011, currently working as a Project Manager in Brooklyn, NY

8.    Li Wang, MS CEPM, Dec 2010, currently PhD student in my lab

9.    Patrick Ryan, MS CEPM, Dec 2010, currently at U.S. Air Force’s Planning, Design, and Construction Branch of the Health Facilities Division

 

Undergraduate Students:

1.    Oscar Fierro (2011-2012 TREX Program), BS CE, May 2012, currently graduate student at UT Austin

2.    Ramon Iglesias Torres (2010-2011 TREX Program), BS CE, May 2012, currently graduate student at Stanford University

 

TEACHING

 

Fall 2013: CE395R7/ARE377K: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects

Spring 2013: CE395R7: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects

Fall 2012: CE395Q1: Project Controls (in collaboration with Dr. Burcin Becerik-Gerber, University of Southern California)

Spring 2012: ARE323K: Project Management and Economics

Fall 2011: CE395R7: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects

Spring 2011: ARE323K: Project Management and Economics & CE397: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects

Fall 2010: CE397: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects

Spring 2010: ARE323K: Project Management and Economics

 

Spring 2011 BIM Class at the TACC Vis Lab

 

SERVICE (present service; see resume for complete list of past and present service activities)

 

Departmental: Distinguished Lecturer Committee; Graduate Curricula & Policies Committee; Editor: CEPM Alumni Newsletter (latest issue here)

 

College of Engineering: Women in Engineering Program Committee

 

University of Texas: Faculty Welfare Committee

 

Academic Community: Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering; Elected Secretary: ASCE Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT) Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation (VIMS) Committee; Journal Reviewer: ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Construction Management and Economics, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Energy & Buildings, Advanced Engineering Informatics; Committees: CII Academic Committee, CII Safety Community of Practice, CII Next Generation Community of Practice, ASCE TCCIT Data Sensing and Analysis (DSA)

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (see resume for complete list of publications; *indicates with student advisee)

 

1.    Leite, F.; Akinci, B. (2013) "Reasoning about Building Systems and Contents to Support Vulnerability Assessment in Building Emergencies”. In: ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 118–128.

2.    *Wang, L.; Yi, J.; Leite, F. (2012) “Information Capture and Representation of Model-based Design Review Process in Virtual Environments”. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR). Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan University.

3.    *Bhatla, A.; Choe, S.; Fierro, O.; Leite, F. (2012) "Evaluation of Accuracy of as-built 3D Modeling from Photos taken by Handheld Digital Cameras”. In: Automation in Construction, Volume 28, pp. 116-127.

4.    Leite, F.; Akinci, B. (2012) "A Formalized Representation for Supporting Automated Identification of Critical Assets in Facilities during Emergencies Triggered by Failures in Building Systems”. In: ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Volume 26, Issue 4, pp. 519-529.

5.    Leite, F., Akcamete, A., Akinci, B., Atasoy, G., Kiziltas, S. (2011) "Analysis of modeling effort and impact of different levels of detail in building information models”. In: Automation in Construction, Volume 20, Issue 5, pp. 601–609.

6.    Kiziltas, S., Leite, F., Akinci, F., Lipman, R. (2010). “Chapter 4: Interoperable methodologies and techniques in CAD”. In: H. Karimi & B. Akinci (Eds.), CAD and GIS integration, pp. 73-110. Taylor & Francis.

7.    Yezioro, A., Dong, B., Leite, F. (2008). “An applied artificial intelligence approach towards assessing building performance simulation tools”. In: Energy and Buildings, Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 612-620.

 

AWARDS & HONORS (as a faculty member)

 

FIATECH Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation (CETI) Award – Outstanding Early Career Researcher (2013)

ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering Outstanding Reviewer (2012)

Construction Industry Institute (CII) Distinguished Professor Award (2011)

Engineering and Construction Contracting (ECC) Association Future Leader (2011)

ASCE Excellence in Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellow (2010)

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

Construction Research Council, Member

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Member

Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, Member

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Member

Brazilian Engineering and Architecture Council (CREA-CE), Licensed Professional

 

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

 

Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006–2009

Research Assistant, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2003–2005

Project Manager, RFurlani Architecture and Construction Company, Brazil, 2002–2003