Presidential Young Investigator Award: Construction Automation

总统青年调查员奖的研究活动包括建筑工程和建筑自动化领域的两个领域：(1)应用先进机器人技术的建筑工作系统设计，以及(2)专家系统在承包商资格预审过程中的应用。第一个研究领域集中于传统工业建筑流程的重组，以满足自动化建筑设备的能力并展示其优势，无论是传感器驱动的还是数字控制的。在新工艺设计完成后，可以通过对相关工作参数的计算机模拟来估计自动化施工设备的性能。调查员最近开展的第二个研究领域涉及专家系统方法在分析建筑承包商资格预审过程中的应用。这项工作集中在基于启发式的知识体系的创建和结构以及资格预审专家系统的知识工程。调查员还参与了这种系统的原型的开发，作为对业主和开发商的帮助。

Research activities for this Presidential Young Investigator Award include two areas within the Construction Engineering and Construction Automation fields: (1) Design of construction work systems for the application of advanced robotics, and (2) application of expert systems to contractor prequalification process. The first of these research areas focuses on the restructuring of the traditional industrial construction processes to meet the capabilities and expose the advantages of automated construction equipment, either sensor-driven or numerically controlled. After the design of the new processes performance of the automated construction equipment may be estimated through computer simulations of relevant work parameters. The second research area recently undertaken by the investigator pertains to the application of expert system methodology to the analysis of construction contractor prequalification processes. The work concentrates on the creation and structure of the heuristics-based body of knowledge and knowledge engineering for a prequalification expert system. The investigator is also involved in the development of a prototype of such a system as an aid to owners and developers.