Carlos Caldas

• Professor of Construction Engineering and Project Management at The University of Texas at Austin
• Extensive knowledge of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) activities and best practices. Principal investigator of nine CII research projects.
• More than 30 consulting and short course engagements with organizations such as Shell, Petrobras, Ecopetrol, ArcelorMittal, Singapore Economic Development Board, Engineering Development Research Center (South Korea), and Sinopec, among others.
• Author or co-author of over 110 refereed journal and conference articles, and more than 40 technical reports
• Principal or co-principal investigator of more than 25 funded studies in the areas of information technologies for construction management, productivity improvement, and project performance assessment.
• Advisor or co-advisor of 13 Ph.D. students and more than 35 M.S. students.
• 2014 Construction Industry Institute (CII) Researcher of the Year Award
• 2010 Best Paper Award - ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
• 2010 Construction Industry Institute (CII) Outstanding Instructor Award
• 2009 Construction Industry Institute (CII) Researcher of the Year Award
• 2009 CII Distinguished Professor Award

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.