Hiam M. Khoury
University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2350 Hayward Street, 1360 G.G. Brown Building Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Tel: (734) 709-4808 Email & Website:
hkhoury@umich.edu http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hkhoury
Education
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Expected graduation- December 2008 Construction Engineering and Management Program-Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Dissertation: “Ubiquitous User Localization for Context-Aware Information Retrieval in Construction Project Management and other Engineering Applications” Advisor: Dr. Vineet R. Kamat M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2005 Construction Engineering and Management Program-Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Thesis: “Simulation and Visualization of Simultaneous Airside and Construction Operations at Detroit Metropolitan Airport” Advisor: Dr. Vineet R. Kamat B.E. Civil Engineering, 2004 Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon Senior Project: “Project Planning and Scheduling for Hadath Municipality” Advisor: Dr. Pierrette Zouein
Teaching and Student Supervision Experience
Graduate Student Instructor for Construction Contracting Course (CEE 431), University of Michigan [ Fall 2007-Winter 2008 ] Teaching Assistant for Construction Cost Engineering Course (CEE 531), University of Michigan [ Fall 2007 ] Grader for Construction Engineering and Project Management Course (CEE 532), University of Michigan [ Winter 2007 ] Grader for Building Construction Course (CEE 537), University of Michigan [ Fall 2006 ] Student Advisor, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) [ Fall 2006 ] Construction Laboratory Monitor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan [ September 2004-present ]
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Teaching Assistant for Dr. Mazen Tabbara , Department of Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University (LAU), Byblos, Lebanon [ February 2002-June 2004 ] Lab Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University (LAU), Byblos, Lebanon [ October 2001-February 2002 ]
Research Experience
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan [ Fall 2005 – Current ] Advisor: Dr. Vineet R. Kamat, Assistant Professor • Conducted research on the design and implementation of a ubiquitous location-aware methodology for contextual information support in Construction • Authored several technical papers in professional engineering journals • Presented the latest findings of my research in well recognized and prestigious national and international conferences and seminars Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland- [ Summer 2008/ August-September 2008 ] Project : Indoor and Outdoor User Localization(UWB and Indoor GPS) for Contextual Information Retrieval in Construction and other Engineering Applications Guest Researcher at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), Champaign, Illinois- [ Spring 2008/ May-June 2008 ] Project : RFID Wireless Positioning Technology Use in Congested Environments Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland- [ Summer 2007 ] Project : Wireless Positioning Technologies (Ekahau, UWB and Indoor GPS) Use in Congested Environments Masters Research Student, University of Michigan Advisor: Dr. Vineet R. Kamat, Assistant Professor Project: Simulation and Visualization of Simultaneous Airside and Construction Operations at Detroit Metropolitan Airport [Spring-Summer 2005]
Research Interests
• • • • • Deployment of Location-Aware/Positioning Technologies (WLAN, UWB, GPS, Indoor GPS, and RFID) on Construction Project Sites and other Engineering Fields Assessment of Artificial Neural Networks and Statistical Approaches for User and Object Positioning Database Query and Information Retrieval in Engineering Applications (e.g. construction project management, inventory control, warehouse management, etc.) Interactive Visualization of Project Information in Engineering Applications Simulation and Visualization of Construction Operations Page 2 of 6
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Industry Experience
Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland- [ Summer 2008/ August-September 2008 ] Guest Researcher at the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), Champaign, Illinois- [ Spring 2008/ May-June 2008 ] Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland- [ Summer 2007 ] Civil Engineering Intern at MAN Enterprise (A leading contracting company in Lebanon and the Middle East-ISO Certification), Lebanon- [ Summer 2002 ]
Professional and University Services
Reviewer , International Journal of Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science [Fall 2008] Departmental Speaker , College of Engineering Technical Day (An Introduction Session for Prospective Engineering Students), University of Michigan [Fall 2007] Nova Award Engineer Investigator, Construction Innovation Forum Project: Ultra-High Performance Ductile Concrete[ Summer 2007 ] Nova Award Engineer Investigator, Construction Innovation Forum Project: AquaBlok® Composite Particle Technology [ Fall 2006 ] Departmental Speaker , College of Engineering Technical Day (An Introduction Session for Prospective Engineering Students), University of Michigan [Fall 2006] Departmental Speaker , College of Engineering Technical Day (An Introduction Session for Prospective Engineering Students), University of Michigan [Fall 2005]
Awards and Honors
Pre-Doctoral Award, Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Educational Foundation, Citation of Merit, 2008 Second-place Award, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium (oral presentation competition), Industrial and Systems Engineering session, University of Michigan, 2006 Honor Scholarship, Undergraduate studies terms (2000-2004), Lebanese American University Dean’s Honor List, Member of the student honor society (2000-2004), Lebanese American University Graduated with Honor Page 3 of 6
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Journal Papers
Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2008). “Indoor User Localization for Context-Aware Information Retrieval in Construction Projects”, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science, New York, NY. (Tentatively accepted for publication- In Re-Review). Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2008). "High-Precision Identification of Contextual Information in Location-Aware Engineering Applications", Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier Science, New York, NY. (Tentatively accepted for publication- In Re-Review). Khoury, H. M., Kamat, V. R., and Ioannou, P. G. (2007). “Evaluation of General-Purpose Construction Simulation and Visualization Tools for Modeling and Animating Airside Airport Operations”, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 83, Issue 9, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), San Diego, CA, 663-679. Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2008). “Standard Product Models for Context-Aware Information Delivery in Construction, Inspection, and Maintenance Operations”, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. (In Preparation). Khoury, H. M., East, E. W., Kirby, J., and Kamat, V. R. (2008). “Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) for Adaptive User Position Tracking in Construction and Facilities Management”, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science, New York, NY. (In Preparation).
Conference Papers
Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2008). “Indoor User Localization for Rapid Information Access and Retrieval on Construction Sites”, Proceedings of the 15th Workshop of Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture (EG-ICE), Plymouth, UK, 497-507. Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2007). “Automated Georeferenced User Position Tracking for Contextual Information Retrieval on Construction Sites”, Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, Munchen, Germany, 1-5. Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2007). “WLAN Based User Position Tracking for Contextual Information Access in Indoor Construction Environments”, Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 838-845. Khoury, H. M., and Kamat V. R. (2007). “A Framework for Georeferencing Based Automated Retrieval of Contextual Project Information on Construction Sites”, Proceedings of 2007 Construction Research Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 1-9. 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, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, 2055 2062 (Invited Paper). Khoury, H. M., Kamat, V. R., and Ioannou, P. G. (2006). "Simulation and Visualization of AirSide Operations at Detroit Metropolitan Airport", Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, 2029 - 2038. Page 4 of 6
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Theses, Technical Reports, and Other Publications
Khoury, H. M., Kamat, V. R., and Ioannou, P. G. (2006). “A Framework for Detroit Metropolitan Airport Capacity and Delays Model Using Simulation and Visualization tools”, CEE Newsletter, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Michigan. Khoury, H. M., and Kamat, V. R. (2005). “Simulation and Visualization of Airside Operations at Detroit Metropolitan Airport”, UMCEE Report No. 05-10, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Khoury, H. M., and Zouein, P. (2004). “Project Planning and Scheduling for Hadath Municipality”, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
Seminars, Presentations and Posters
Khoury, H.M., and Kamat V.R., (2008). “Indoor User Localization for Rapid Information Access and Retrieval on Construction Sites”, ASCE Construction Research Council (CRC) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. Khoury, H.M., and Kamat V.R. (2008). “Evaluation of Location-Aware Technologies for Information Access and Retrieval on Construction Sites”, Construction Engineering and Research Laboratory (CERL), Champaign, IL. Khoury, H.M., and Kamat V.R.(2008), “Location-Aware Information Retrieval on Construction Sites”, Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Symposium (CEERS08), University of Michigan Kamat V.R., Khoury H.M., and Behzadan A.H. (2007), “A Ubiquitous WLAN and GPS Based User Tracking Framework for Contextual Information Support in Construction and Urban Disasters”, Poster Session, 2007 Construction Industry Institute (CII) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL Behzadan, A.H., Khoury, H.M., and Kamat, V.R. (2006), “An Extensible Augmented Reality Framework for Visualization of Simulated Construction Processes”, Engineering Graduate Student Symposium, University of Michigan. Khoury, H.M., and Kamat V.R., (2006). “Location-Aware Contextual Information Access and Retrieval on Construction Sites”, ASCE Construction Research Council (CRC) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Computer Skills
Operating Systems – Microsoft Windows, Linux Programming Languages – C++, Java, JavaScript, VRML Script, HTML,PHP, XML, XSLT, SQL, Matlab, Visual Basic Software Tools – MATLAB, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, Robot (Millennium), Primavera Project Planner, ADINA, VITASCOPE, STROBOSCOPE Graphic Tools - OpenGL, OpenSceneGraph, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, 3DS MAX , Adobe PhotoShop, Visio, VRML Page 5 of 6
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Professional Affiliations
Member, Association for Women in Science (AWIS), 2008 Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2008
Relevant Coursework
• • • • • • • Construction Cost Engineering/Construction Project Engineering Construction Management Information Systems(MIS)/ Web Database and Information Systems Visual Pattern Recognition in Civil Engineering/ Image Processing Interactive Computer Graphics /Principles of Virtual Reality Construction Decisions Under Uncertainty /Critical Path Methods Construction Contracting /Construction Engineering, Equipment , and Methods Building Construction/Concrete Construction
Languages
Arabic (Native language) English (Fluent) French (Fluent)
References
Vineet R. Kamat, Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Tel. (734) 764-4325, e-mail: vkamat@umich.edu Website: http://pathfinder.engin.umich.edu/ John G. Everett, Lecturer Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Tel. (734) 764-8496, e-mail: everett@umich.edu Website: http://cee.engin.umich.edu/facultyandstaff/profiles/everett.html Kamel S. Saidi, Research Engineer Construction Metrology and Automation Group National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland Tel. (301) 975-6069, e-mail: kamel.saidi@nist.gov Alan M. Lytle, Research Leader Construction Metrology and Automation Group National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland Tel. (301) 975-6048, e-mail: alan.lytle@nist.gov
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