IVM Overview
People
- Hazar Dib (Director and Founder)- Clark Cory (co-Director)
Faculty Affiliates
- Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Graduate Students
- Stephen Garver
- Saikiran Anasingaraju
- Sanjana Hemanth
- Jun Yu
Former Graduate Students
- Yunfeng Chen
- VELS
- Steel Sculpture
- Sustainability Game
- Construction Activities Simulator
- 3D Model Analyzer
- VIAM
- RFID and Information Models
- LEED-ERS Animation
- Steel Sculpture
- Sustainability Game
- Construction Activities Simulator
- 3D Model Analyzer
- VIAM
- RFID and Information Models
- LEED-ERS Animation
Publications
Contact Us
IVM Overview:
At IVM lab we: (1) research visualization technologies and information models to capture, share, and document life cycle information to support construction management practices, and (2) research emerging computer graphics technologies to develop and validate innovative educational tools that support student learning and lead to effective instructional approaches in the engineering and technology curricula.The IVM lab is the research counterpart of the BIM lab, a teaching lab that focuses on the teaching of technologies that serve the design, construction and assessment of the built environment.
Please visit our project section to explore some of our ongoing projects.
Hazar Dib
MSCE, Ph.D.
He received his BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering in 2002 from the University of Balamand (Lebanon) and his PhD in Building Construction Management from the University of Florida (USA) in 2007 with Emphasis on Information Sharing and Information Management. He believes that computing and technology are fundamental to the advancement of globalization of science and engineering and he works toward this goal.His research areas include the integration of 3D technologies in information modeling techniques, development of knowledge acquisition methods and strategies for examining and capturing expert design knowledge, sharing lessons learned and historical data to improve design, increase efficiency in the construction processes, and improve the classroom experience of teaching construction management.
Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue University, Dr. Dib worked on management of commercial construction for major construction management companies.
Dr. Dib is the founder and director of the IVM lab
VELS:
An interactive Virtual Environment for Learning Surveying
This project enhances traditional surveying instruction methods with an engaging, interactive Virtual Environment for Learning Surveying (VELS) that can be integrated into surveying courses as a preparation, revision and assessment tool. The project uses innovative educational technologies that support students learning and lead to effective instructional approaches in the engineering curriculum.The VELS supports mathematical representational fluency and includes realistic virtual terrains and surveying instruments that look, operate and produce results comparable to the physical ones.
The VELS is a project funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, award # 1140514
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Refereed Journal Articles
- Adamo-Villani*, N. & Dib, H. (accepted - in press). Online Virtual Learning Environments: a Review of Two Projects. International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE), IGI Global.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Garver, S. (2014). Realistic versus schematic visualizations for learning surveying practices: a comparative study. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (IJICTE). IGI Global. To appear in Issue #38 (Vol. 10 N. 2), Apr-Jun 2014.
- Nilforooshan#, R., Adamo-Villani, N. & Dib, H. (2013). A study of the effects of computer animation on college students' learning of "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED". ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning, 13(3) e3. (http://www.eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/el.1.3.e3 )
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Garver+, S. (accepted-in press). An interactive virtual environment for learning differential leveling: development and initial findings. Advances in Engineering Education (ASEE).
- Dib*, H. & Adamo-Villani, N. (2014). The Sustainability Challenge: a serious game to promote teaching and learning of sustainable building practice. JCCE - Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (ASCE). To appear in Spring 2014 Issue. Early view available at: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000357
- Adamo-Villani*, N. & Dib, H. (2013). Evaluating technology-based educational interventions: a review of two projects. Journal of Educational Technology Systems (Baywood), 41(4), 295-317.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Issa Raja R. (2013). A GIS - Based Visual Information model for Building Construction Project Management. International Journal of Construction Management (IJCM), 1(1), 1-18.
- Dib*, H. & Adamo-Villani, N. (2011). An innovative software application for Surveying Education. Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Education (Wiley). Early view available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cae.20580/pdf
- Dib*, H. &Adamo-Villani, N. (2011). An e-tool for undergraduate surveying education: design and evaluation. ICST Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning, July-September 2011 | Volume 11 | Issues 7-9 | e5.
Refereed Conference Papers
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Garver, S. (2014). An Interactive Virtual Environment to Improve Undergraduate Students' Competence in Surveying Mathematics. Proceedings of ICCCBE 2014, Orlando, FL, June 2014.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Garver+, S. (2013). An Interactive Virtual Environment for Teaching "Triangulations and Coordinates Calculations" to Surveying Students. Proceedings of IV 2013- 17th International Conference on Information Visualisation- Symposium on Multimedia and e-Learning, July 2013, London, pp. 445-450. IEEE Digital Library.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Garver+, S. (2013). An interactive virtual environment for learning differential leveling. Proceedings of WCIT - 3rd World Conference on Information Technology, Barcelona, Spain. AWER Procedia Information Technology & Computer Science, 3, pp. 1241-1246.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Nilforooshan#, R. (2012). A serious game for learning sustainable design and LEED concepts. Proceedings of 2012 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 17-20, 2012. Clearwater Beach, FL.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N. &Issa, R. (2011). A GIS-based Integrated Information Model to Improve Building Construction Management: Design and Initial Evaluation. Proceedings of CONVR 2011 International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Germany, 769-781.
- Dib*, H. & Adamo-Villani, N. (2011). An e-tool for assessing undergraduate students' learning of surveying concepts and practices. Proceedings of IT Revolutions 2011, 23-25 March 2011, Cordoba, Spain. Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. LNICST 82, pp. 189-201, 2012.
- Dib*, H. & Adamo-Villani, N. (2010). Assessing the effectiveness of Virtual Environments for learning the fundamentals of Surveying and Construction Layout: initial findings. Proceedings of CIB 2010 Conference, November 2010, Cairo, Egypt. Paper w78-2010-79.
- Dib*, H., Adamo-Villani, N., Crawford, W. & Keith, D. (2010). Virtual Reality for learning construction surveying. Proceedings of ICCCBE 2010 - International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, June - July, 2010, Nottingham, UK. Paper 293, 585-591.
Posters
- Dib, H.(2013). An Interactive Steel Connection Teaching Tool: A Virtual Structure. Proc. of 2013 NSF-TUES PI Conference - Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM, Washington DC. Abstract and poster.
- Dib* H., Adamo-Villani, N. & Oania, M. (2011). The VELS: Virtual Learning Environment for Learning Surveying. College of Technology Convocation. Poster.
IVM LabPurdue UniversityKnoy Hall of Technology, rooms 379 C & D 401 N. Grant St. West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765 494 2464 Email: hdib@purdue.edu |
Hazar DibPurdue UniversityKnoy Hall of Technology, room 445 401 N. Grant St. West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765 494 2464 Email: hdib@purdue.edu |
Clark CoryPurdue UniversityKnoy Hall of Technology, room 325 401 N. Grant St. West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765 494 8730 Email: ccory@purdue.edu |
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