jochen teizer - RAPIDS Laboratory - Georgia Institute of Technology

JOCHEN TEIZER
Associate Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
790 Atlantic Drive N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0355, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-404-894-8269 Fax: +1-404-894-2278
E-Mail: teizer@gatech.edu
http://www.rapids.gatech.edu
A. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
2006 Ph.D. Civil, Arch., Env. Engineering The University of Texas at Austin
2002 Dipl.-Ing. (M.S.) Civil Engineering University of Karlsruhe, Germany
1999 Vor-Diplom (B.S.) Civil Engineering University of Karlsruhe, Germany
B. APPOINTMENTS
2012-Present Associate Professor Civil and Env. Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
2006-2012 Assistant Professor Civil and Env. Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
2002-2006 Grad. Research Assistant Civil and Env. Engineering The University of Texas at Austin
2001-2002 Visiting Research Scholar Civil Engineering Texas A&M University
1997-2002 Research Assistant Civil Engineering University of Karlsruhe, Germany
1991-2002 Consultant Construction/IT Industry
C. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Zhang, S., Teizer, J., Lee, J.K., Eastman, C.M., Venugopal, M. (2012). “Build Information Modeling
(BIM) and Safety: Automatic Safety Checking of Construction Models and Schedules”, Automation in
Construction, Elsevier, (in review).
2. Venugopal, M., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Teizer J. (2011). “Semantics of Model Views for
Information Exchanges using the Industry Foundation Class (IFC)”, Advanced Engineering
Informatics, Elsevier (in press).
3. Cheng, T., Venugopal, M., Teizer, J., and Vela, P.A. (2010). “Performance Evaluation of Ultra
Wideband Technology for Construction Resource Location Tracking in Harsh Environments”,
Automation in Construction, Elsevier, Elsevier, 20(8), pp. 1173-1184.
4. Cheng, T., Mantripragada, U., Teizer, J., and Vela, P.A. (2011). “Automated Trajectory and Path
Planning Analysis Based on Ultra Wideband Data”. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering,
Reston, Virginia, (in press, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000115).
5. Hinze, J.W., and Teizer, J. (2011). “Visibility-Related Fatalities Related to Construction Equipment”,
Journal of Safety Science, Elsevier, 49(5), pp. 709-718.
6. Teizer, J., Allread, B.S., Fullerton, C.E., and Hinze, J. (2010). “Autonomous Pro-Active Real-time
Construction Worker and Equipment Operator Proximity Safety Alert System”. Automation in
Construction, Elsevier, 19(5), pp. 630-640.
7. Teizer, J., Allread, B.S., and Mantripragada, U. (2010). “Automating the Blind Spot Measurement of
Construction Equipment”. Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 19(4), pp. 491-501.
8. Teizer, J., Caldas C.H., and Haas, C.T. (2007). “Real-Time Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid
Modeling for the Detection and Tracking of Construction Resources”. ASCE Journal of Construction
Engineering and Management, 133(11), pp. 880-888, Reston, Virginia.
9. Allread, B. and Teizer, J. (2010). “Blind Spot Measurements for Real-time Pro-Active Safety in
Construction,” Proc. Construction Research Congress, pp. 132-141 (BEST PAPER AWARD).
10. Teizer, J., Lao, D., and Sofer, M. (2007). “Rapid Automated Monitoring of Construction Site Activities
using Ultra-Wideband”, Proc. 24th ISARC, pp. 23-28 (BEST PAPER AWARD).
D. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Dr. Jochen Teizer is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been working as a researcher and consultant in the area of
construction engineering and management, remote sensing, real-time pro-active resource detection and
tracking, data processing and modeling algorithms, work zone safety, automation and emerging sensing
technology systems since 1991. Jochen Teizer is the founder and director of the Real-time Project
Information and Decision Systems Laboratory (RAPIDS) at Georgia Tech. The RAPIDS laboratory is a
unique facility in the United States that focuses on developing and applying innovative technologies and

methods to improve the construction safety performance. The current research focuses on real-time
resource location tracking, technology-based safety in heavy equipment operation and work sites,
proximity warning and alert devices, equipment blind spot and operator visibility studies, automated
safety-rule checker for Building Information Models (BIM), real-time 3D immersive data visualization
environments for rapid decision making and learning tools, site layout planning, mobile laser scanning,
and automated three-dimensional as-built modeling. The RAPIDS research team is actively involved in
projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Construction Industry Institute (CII), National
Cooperative Highway Research Program’s (NCHRP), and Georgia Department of Transportation
(GDOT). RAPIDS reaches out and receives support from many other organizations and industry partners.
Dr. Teizer and his research team have won a number of awards including the CETI Outstanding Early
Career Researcher Award by FIATECH in 2010, the Best Paper Awards at the 2010 Construction
Research Congress and at the 24th Int. Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction in 2007,
and the Best Poster Award at the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Construction Industry Institute (CII).
Dr. Teizer leads several efforts on K-12 construction education including elementary and high
schools, the Construction Challenge and Destination ImagiNation, and the Construction Career
Exposition organized by the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA).
Dr. Teizer has served on CII’s Breakthrough Strategy Committee and has performed joint research
collaboration as a visiting scholar in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is an
active member in two committees of the Transportation Research Board: Geospatial Data Acquisition
Technologies in Design and Construction Committee (AFB80), and the Emerging Technology for Design
and Construction Committee (AFH30). Since 2007 he is an elected member of the Board of Directors of
the International Association on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC). Dr. Jochen Teizer is
currently serving as an Associate Specialty Editor of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
Construction Engineering and Management (JCEM) Journal.
Area of Expertise in Civil Engineering
(1) Construction Engineering and Management; (2) Construction Safety and Health for Workers and
Equipment, i.e. Real-time Pro-Active Safety & Health; (3) Remote Sensing, Automation, and Robotics,
and Emerging Technologies; (4) Real-time Data Acquisition, Processing, and Visualization, i.e. Resource
Tracking and Productivity Analysis for Inference Management of Personnel, Equipment, and Materials.
Grants, Contracts, and Donations
Total amount awarded as Principle Investigator (PI): $3,210,561 (08/2006 to 03/2012)
Honors and Awards
2012 CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2012 JSPS Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan
2011 Distinguished Professor Award, Construction Industry Institute (CII)
2011 Partner Curriculum Award, Construction Industry Institute (CII)
2010 CETI, Outstanding Early Career Researcher, FIATECH
2010 Best Paper Award, ASCE Construction Research Congress (CRC)
2009 Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2008 Best Poster Award, 25th Anniversary Conference, Construction Industry Institute (CII)
2007 Best Paper Award, 24th Int. Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
2007 ASCE ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Fellowship
2003, 2004 Richard and Shirley Tucker Endowed Scholarships, CEPM, University of Texas at Austin
E. COLLABORATIONS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Graduate Advisors
Carlos H. Caldas (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and Carl T. Haas (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Advising Post-Docs and Graduate Students
Post-Doc: Manu Venugopal; Ph.D. Students: Tao Cheng, Aaron Costin, Yihai Fang, Kyungki Kim, Eric
Marks, Nipesh Pradhananga, Soumitry J. Ray, and Sijie Zhang.
Collaborators
Roger Bostelman and Kamel Saidi (NIST); Charles M. Eastman, Ioannis Brilakis, Dan Ortiz, Patricio Vela,
Don White (Georgia Tech); Dongping Fang (Tsinghua University); Mani Golparvar-Fard (Virginia Tech);
Carl Haas (University of Waterloo); Giovanni Migliaccio (Univ. of Washington); Nobuyoshi Nabuki (Osaka
Univ., Japan); and Matthew Reynolds (Duke University).