Assistant Professor Amir H. Behzadan


Title: Ph.D.
Year joined the college: 2008

Degrees Earned
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) - 2008
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M.Eng. (Construction Engineering and Management) - 2005
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) – 2003

Professional Experience and Research
Dr. Behzadan has worked as a graduate researcher on the application of advanced simulation, visualization, and tracking technologies in construction. He has developed ARVISCOPE, an augmented reality based system capable of visualizing simulated construction operations in real time. Using GPS and head tracking data communication, ARVISCOPE provides an interactive visualization environment in which the scene observer can navigate inside the augmented space and study a simulated operation from different perspectives. The findings of his research have great potential in areas such as process planning, construction personnel training, construction site safety, damage prevention, work progress monitoring, and remote sensing of construction site date. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Behzadan has worked as a project engineer for a local office of SETEC BATIMENT, a well known international construction firm based in France, on a high rise construction project in Tehran, Iran. In 2003, almost a year before starting his graduate studies at the University of Michigan, he joined a business investment company as an investment analyst.

Courses
Materials and Methods of Construction, Materials and Methods of Construction II, and Construction Management I.

Professional Affiliations, Members, Committees
American Society of Civil Engineers (Construction Institute), Associate Member, 2000 – present
Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), Student Member, 2004 – 2008
Project Management Institute (PMI), Student Member, 2005 – 2008

Professional Development and Service
Pear Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2007 – 2008
Pear Reviewer, International Journal of Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science, 2007
Primary Award Investigator, Construction Industry Forum (CIF), 2006 – 2007
Engineering Academic Scholar, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2006

Journal Papers
Behzadan A.H., Aziz Z., Anumba C.J., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Ubiquitous Location Tracking for Context-Specific Information Delivery on Construction Sites”, Elsevier Journal of Automation in Construction, 17(6), New York, NY, 737-748.

Behzadan A.H., Timm B.W., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “General-Purpose Modular Hardware and Software Framework for Mobile Outdoor Augmented Reality Applications in Engineering”, Elsevier Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics, 22(1), New York, NY, 90-105.

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Automatic Generation of Operations Level Construction Animations in Outdoor Augmented Reality”, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (Special Issue on Graphical 3D Visualization in AEC), Reston, VA (in press)

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Scalable Algorithm for Resolving Incorrect Occlusion in Dynamic Augmented Reality Engineering Environments”, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Blackwell Publishers, Malden, MA (accepted for publication)

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2007), “Georeferenced Registration of Construction Graphics in Mobile Outdoor Augmented Reality”, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 21(4), Reston, VA, 247-258.

Conference Proceedings
Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2009), “Interactive Augmented Reality Visualization for Improved Damage Prevention and Maintenance of Underground Infrastructure”, (to appear in) Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress, Seattle, WA

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Simulation and Visualization of Traffic Operations in Augmented Reality for Improved Planning and Design of Road Construction Projects”, (to appear in) Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, Miami, FL (invited paper)

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Resolving Incorrect Occlusion in Augmented Reality Animations of Simulated Construction Operations”, Proceedings of the 15th Workshop of Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture (EG-ICE), Plymouth, UK

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2008), “Automated Generation of Dynamic Simulation Scenarios in an Interactive Augmented Reality Environment”, (to appear in) Proceedings of the 12th  International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE-XII), Beijing, China

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2007), “Enabling Smooth and Scalable Dynamic 3D Visualization of Discrete-Event Construction Simulations in Outdoor Augmented Reality”, Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, DC (invited paper)

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2007), “Reusable Modular Software Interfaces for Outdoor Augmented Reality Applications in Engineering”, ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA

Behzadan A.H., Khoury H.M., and Kamat V.R. (2006), “Structure of an Extensible Augmented Reality Framework for Visualization of Simulated Construction Processes”, Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, Monterey, CA (invited paper)

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2006), “Animation of Construction Activities in Outdoor Augmented Reality”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE-XI), Montreal, QB, Canada

Kamat V.R., and Behzadan A.H. (2006), “GPS and 3DOF Tracking for Georeferenced Registration of Construction Graphics in Outdoor Augmented Reality”, Proceedings of the 13th Workshop of Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture (EG-ICE), Ascona, Switzerland

Behzadan A.H., and Kamat V.R. (2005), “Visualization of Construction Graphics in Outdoor Augmented Reality”, Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL