School of Building Construction’s Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi named “Outstanding Researcher”

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 4, 2016

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pardis.pishdad@design.gatech.edu

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Pishdad-Bozorgi was acknowledged as Outstanding Researcher at the 2016 CII Annual Conference, held August 1-3 in Maryland.

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Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi and her co-PI, Jesus de la Garza from Virginia Tech, are the recipients of 2016 CII Outstanding Researcher Award for their collaborative research project with CII on Successful Delivery of Flash Track Projects.

 

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Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi has been honored with a highly selective award by The Construction Industry Institute (CII).  This award is not an annual award; it is only awarded when there is a viable candidate whose academic research has the potential to significantly improve the construction industry. Pishdad-Bozorgi, an Assistant Professor in the School of Building Construction and her co-PI, Jesus de la Garza from Virginia Tech have succeeded in earning this distinction.

Pishdad-Bozorgi and de la Garza’s research focused on the Successful Delivery of Flash Track Projects.

The Construction Industry Institute (CII), based at The University of Texas at Austin, is a consortium of more than 130 leading owner, engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas. A learning organization with a wealth of knowledge and information, CII is unique in the engineering and construction industry.

CII requirements indicate that an award winning research report has the following characteristics: 

  • has a thorough going account of the data collection methods
  • presents a complete description of the data analysis performed
  • explains the findings in statistical detail, as appropriate
  • makes reasoned claims and conclusions; divulges any limitations of the findings
  • presents a useful and valuable discussion of industry implementation
  • makes viable recommendations for further research

Pishdad-Bozorgi is honored to receive this research award and have her research on Successful Delivery of Flash Track Projects singled out for this distinction. Congratulations to Professors Pishdad-Bozorgi and de la Garza!

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School of Building Construction

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