Construction Engineering Ph.D. student Oluwaseun Samuel Olabode has received the second runner-up Best Paper Award at the 2024 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce2024), held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

The paper, "Automaticity Diagnosis in Construction: A Longitudinal Study Using Attentional Measures," presents research conducted in collaboration with Behzad Esmaeili, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering, and Oluwaseun's advisor. This manuscript is part of a larger study that pioneers the application of automaticity theory into the construction industry. The overall goal of the study is to examine methods that are indicative of the development of automaticity on construction sites and its implications on construction safety and productivity.