Clarissa N. Biotto, PhD

James P. Smith, PhD

Dr. Biotto is a Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. She teaches Production Planning and Control of Construction Projects, Administration of Construction, BIM4D, and Technical Drawings. Currently, she is also a Postdoctoral Researcher at the same university, at the Post Graduation Programme of Civil Engineering (PPGECiv), developing research in Lean Design Management and BIM. Clarissa developed her doctorate at the University of Huddersfield, UK, with her thesis entitled “Integration of overlapping design and construction phases using location-based planning tools”. She worked as a lean management consultant at SIPPRO - Construction Planning Solutions. Clarissa gave several in-company trainings and applied BIM 4D to construction management. She holds a Master's degree in Construction Management and Economics from the Post-Graduate Program in Civil Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, where she developed her dissertation using BIM 4D in production management. Clarissa graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (2009).

Dr. Smith graduated from BYU’s Construction Management program with his Bachelor’s Degree in 2003. After graduation, he worked in industry for seven years in Nevada and Utah, before returning to BYU for his Master’s degree. He then received his PhD in Architecture from Texas A&M University in 2013 after completing his dissertation entitled, “Trust-Building in the Construction Project Delivery Process: A Relational Lookahead Tool for Managing Trust”. Dr. Smith started his teaching career at Clemson University where he participated in the development of an Integrated Project Delivery certificate and multiple other collaborative efforts between architecture and construction management faculty. James is currently an assistant professor in the Construction and Facilities Management Program at Brigham Young University. He teaches Introduction to Construction and Facilities Management and the Preconstruction course at BYU. His research focuses on trust-building in the construction delivery process including alternate project delivery methods, interdisciplinary learning and lean construction.

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Prof. Michail Kagioglou

Adjunct Professor at the Interdisciplinary Department at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, acting in the Interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Science and Technology, focusing on the disciplines of the Service Engineering terminal. She holds a doctorate in Civil Engineering (2015), from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a sandwich doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. Master in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2011) and a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2008). She has experience in the area of Civil Engineering, with emphasis on Management and Construction Economics, acting on the following subjects: Last Planner System, Lean Construction, Prefabrication, engineer-to-order, and Perspective Language-Action.

Professor Mike Kagioglou became the Dean of Engineering at Western Sydney University on the 9th of March 2020. Mike's career spans Engineering, Manufacturing, Creativity, Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, engaged in inter and multi-disciplinary research at a global level. Mike's commitment to inter and multidisciplinary endeavours was evident from the beginning of his academic career. He chose to undertake an Integrated Engineering Systems degree at Manchester Metropolitan University. He then specialised in Advanced Manufacturing Systems at the Master's level where he coined his work on Design and New Product Development (NPD) working with SMEs. His PhD considered Process in general and NPD more specifically in a number of sectors and that was the point that he developed a strong interest in the Built Environment and worked as a research fellow in a major EPSRC funded project.