Information modeling
Connecting project data, objects, decisions, and lessons learned across the asset lifecycle.
Research, projects & funding
From information to informed action.
IVM develops methods, models, and learning environments that help people understand complexity and manage the built environment more effectively.
Research areas
Six connected areas form the IVM research framework.
Visualization & simulation
Making complex spatial, temporal, and operational relationships understandable and testable.
AI & knowledge systems
Combining machine intelligence with expert knowledge to support transparent, responsible decisions.
Digital twins & sensing
Linking BIM, point clouds, sensors, and operational data into responsive representations.
Construction management
Applying digital methods to project delivery, productivity, safety, maintenance, and performance.
Technology-enabled learning
Using virtual environments, serious games, visualization, and intelligent instructors to improve learning.
Selected projects
Current and recent directions
012025
Generative intelligence
Generative System Models in the Built Environment
A framework for understanding how generative systems can create and assess sustainable, efficient, and lifecycle-aware design alternatives.
Read the work022025
Responsive operations
Optimizing Responsive Hospital Operations
A simulation process for testing how healthcare spaces and operations can adapt to uncertain treatment demand.
Read the work032024
Sensing technology
Advanced Building-Assistance Systems
A systematic study of sensing technologies for identifying, locating, and orienting objects in dynamic construction environments.
Read the work04Ongoing
AI-enabled education
Intelligent Digital Instructor Twins
Developing responsible approaches for translating instructor knowledge, presence, and feedback into interactive technical learning experiences.
Selected funding
Support for research, education, and technology translation.
Selected publicly documented awards and capital support. Partnership contributions without a published value are described separately.
National Science Foundation
$199,999Interactive Virtual Environment for Learning Surveying (VELS)
Principal InvestigatorNational Science Foundation
$198,706Interactive Steel Connection Teaching Tool — A Virtual Structure
Principal InvestigatorIndustry capital support
$100,000Construction technology and visualization equipment
Co-Principal InvestigatorPurdue Polytechnic Institute
$66,522Curriculum Integration Strategies
Co-Principal InvestigatorPurdue Research Foundation
$16,000Sustainability game and automated construction supervision research
Principal InvestigatorPublication record
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