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Dissertation
1. Venugopal, M., (2011). Formal Speci cation of Industry Foundation Class Concepts using Engineering Ontologies. Ph.D. thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2011. (Top)
1. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Teizer, J. (2012). "Ontology-based analysis of the IFC schema for product model exchanges in the AEC/FM industry." Advanced Engineering Informatics, (in review).
2. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Sacks, R. (2012). "Semantic exchange modules: A new approach to support information exchanges in building information modeling." ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, (in review).
3. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., and Teizer, J. (2012). "Semantics of model views for information exchanges using the industry foundation class schema." Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol 26(2), pp.411-428. doi:10.1016/j.aei.2012.01.005
4. Eastman, C. M., Venugopal, M., Aram, V., and Sacks, R. (2012). "Industry-wide National BIM Standard." Journal of Building Information Modeling, Spring 2012, pp-27-28.
5. Cheng, T., Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., and Vela, P. A. (2011). "Performance Evaluation of Ultra Wideband Technology for Construction Resource Location Tracking in Harsh Environments." Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 20(8), 1173-1184. doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2011.05.001
6. Teizer, J., Venugopal, M., Teizer, W., and Felkl, J. (2011). "Nanotechnology and Its Impact on Construction: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Industry Professionals." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000467
7. Teizer, J., Venugopal, M., and Walia, A. (2008). "Ultra Wideband for Automated Real-time Three-Dimensional Location Sensing for Workforce, Equipment, and Material Positioning and Tracking."Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.,No. 2081, pp. 56-64. doi:10.3141/2081-06
Journal Publications in Preparation
8. Venugopal, M., and Eastman, C. M. (2012). "A Test Implementation of Interoperability Standards for Information Exchanges throughout the Life Cycle of a Precast Concrete Project." ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, (in preparation).
9. Zhang, S., Lee, J. K., Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., and Eastman, C. M. (2012). "Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Safety: Automatic Safety Checking of Construction Models and Schedules." Automation in Construction, Special Issue: Computing for Spatial Design Assistance (in preparation). (Top)
1. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Sacks, R. (2012). "Con gurable Model Exchanges for the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Industry using Semantic Exchange Modules (SEM)," 2012 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA, July 17-20, 2012. (accepted).
2. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Teizer, J. (2012). "Formal Speci cation of the IFC Concept Structure for Precast Model Exchanges," 2012 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA, July 17-20, 2012. (accepted).
3. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Teizer, J. (2012). "An Ontological Approach to Building Information Model Exchanges," Construction Research Congress, West Lafayette, IN, USA, May 21-23, 2012. (accepted).
4. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., and Teizer, J. (2011). "Improving the robustness of model exchanges using product modeling `concepts' for IFC schema." Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, pp. 611{618. doi:10.1061/41182(416)75
5. Zhang, S., Lee, J. K., Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., and Eastman, C. M. (2011). "Integrating BIM and Safety: An Automated Rule-Based Checking System for Safety Planning and Simulation." Proceedings of CIB W099, Washington D.C., August 24-26, 2011.
6. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., Panushev, I., and Aram, V. (2010). "Engineering semantics of IFC product model views." Proceedings of the CIB W78 2010: 27th International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 16-18 November, 2010.
7. Venugopal, M., Cheng, T., and Teizer, J. (2010). "Real-time Spatial Location Tracking of Construction Resources in Lay Down Yards", Proceedings of the Construction Research Congress, Ban , Canada, May 8-11, 2010, pp.112{121. doi:10.1061/41109(373)12
8. Panushev, I., Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., Venugopal, M., and Aram, V. (2010). "Development of the National BIM Standard (NBIMS) for Precast/ Pre-stressed Concrete". Proceedings of the CIB W78 2010: 27th International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 16-18 November, 2010.
9. Aram, V., Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., Panushev, I., and Venugopal, M., (2010). "Introducing a new methodology to develop the Information Delivery Manual for AEC projects." Proceedings of the CIB W78 2010: 27th Inter-national Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 16-18 November, 2010.
10. Cheng, T., Venugopal, M., Yang, J., Teizer, J., and Vela, P.A. (2010). "Leveraging Technology for Productivity, Safety, and Security Monitoring and Control." The Second International Conference on Engineering Systems Management and Applications, Solutions for Regional and Global Challenges, March 30 - April 1, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, pp. 73-80.
11. Venugopal, M., Cheng, T., Allread, B., Fullerton, C., Teizer, J., Reynolds, M. S., Hinze, J. (2009). "Using Technology to Warn ConstructionWorkers of Danger". CIB W099 Conference 2009, Melbourne, Australia, October 21-23, 2009.
12. Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., and Teizer, W. (2009). "Nanotechnology: Benfie ts, Barriers, and Impact on Construction". Proceedings of the Construction Research Congress, Seattle, Washington, April 5-7, 2009, pp. 447{456. doi:10.1061/41020(339)46
13. Teizer, J., Mantripragada, U., Venugopal, M., Walia, A. (2008). "Analyzing the Travel Pattern of Construction Workers". Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 27-29, 2008.
14. Venugopal, M., and Teizer, J. (2008). "Emerging Pro-Active Work Zone Safety Technologies in Construction". Proceedings of CIB W99 International Conference, 14th Rinker International Conference on Evolution of and Directions in Construction Safety and Health, Gainesville, Florida, March 9-11, 2008, pp. 363-375.
Conference Publications in Preparation
15. Venugopal, M., Swarts, M. and Eastman, C. M. (2012). "Semantic Exchange Modules (SEM): A modular approach to IFC implementations." 9th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM 2012), Reykajvik, Iceland, July 25-27, 2012. (in preparation).
16. Zhang, S., Lee, J. K., Venugopal, M., Eastman, C. M., and Teizer, J. (2012). "A Framework for Automatic Safety Checking of Building Information Model (BIM)," Construction Research Congress, West Lafayette, IN, USA, May 21-23, 2012. (in review). (Top)
17. Eastman, C., Venugopal, M., and Aram, S. Industry-Wide National BIM Standard: A Progress Report. Building the Future-AECbytes, Nov. 30, 2011.
18. Venugopal, M., and Eastman, C. Formal Methods for Specifying Product Model Views. Tech. report National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), grant #60NANB9D9152, 2011.
19. Eastman, C., Panushev, I., Sacks, R., Venugopal, M., Aram, S., and See, R., A Guide for Development and Preparation of a National BIM Exchange Standard. Tech. report buildingSMART, 2011.
20. Eastman, C., Panushev, I., Sacks, R., Venugopal, M., and Aram, S. Development of a National BIM Standard for Precast Concrete. Tech. report Charles Pankow Foundation, 2011.
21. Teizer, J., Reynolds, M.S., Cheng, T., Venugopal, M., Thomas, S., Wheeler, E., Pradhananga, N., and Costin, A. (2011). "SmartHat: Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology for Hazard Avoidance and Training. Proceedings of 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 4-7, 2011.
22. Teizer, J., Reynolds, M.S., Venugopal, M., Cheng, T., Thomas, S., Allread, B., Fullerton, C., Sadeghpour, F. (2009). "SmartHat: Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology for Hazard Avoidance and Training. Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference,Honolulu, Hawaii, June 22-25, 2009.
23. Teizer, J., Teizer, W., Venugopal, M., Sandha, B. (2008). "Nanotechnology and Its Impact on Construction. Research Report 251-1 to the Construction Industry Institute, College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2008.
24. Venugopal, M., Intelligent Trac Information System for National Highways of South India. B.E Dissertation, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India, 2005.
Poster Presentation
25. Zhang, S., Lee, J.K., Venugopal, M., Pradhananga, N., Costin, A., Teizer, J., Eastman, C., (2011), Automated Rule-Based Safety Checker for Building Information Models (BIM), 28th Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Chicago, Illinois, July 26-27, 2011.
26. Cheng, T., Thomas, S., Venugopal, M., Wheeler, E., Teizer, J., and Reynolds, M.S., (2011). SmartHat: Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology for Hazard Avoidance and Training, 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 24-26, 2011.
27. Makhmalbaf, A., Allread, B.S., Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., Brilakis, I., Lourakis, M., Sacks, R., Christodoulou, S., and Savarese, S. (2009). Automated Generation of Parametric BIMs based on Hybrid Image and Laser Scanning Data, 26th Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Reno, Nevada, August 5-6, 2009.
28. Teizer, J., Reynolds, M.S., Venugopal, M., Cheng, T., Thomas, S., Allread, B., Fullerton, C., and Sadeghpour, F. (2009). SmartHat: Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology for Hazard Avoidance and Training, 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 22-25, 2009.
29. Venugopal, M., Bohn, J., and Teizer, J. (2008),Work Pattern and Resource Flow Analysis in Building Information Modeling, 25th Anniversary Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), Keystone, Colorado, August 5-7, 2008. (Top)