Burcu Akinci
Courtesy Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Paul Christiano Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio
Dr. Burcu Akinci is Paul Christiano Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the National Academies of Construction. She earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), MBA from Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey), and Master’s and PhD degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a specialization in Construction Engineering and Management from Stanford University.
Her research interests modeling and reasoning about information rich histories of buildings and infrastructure systems, to streamline construction and infrastructure operations. She specifically focuses on investigating utilization and integration of building information models with data capture technologies, such as 3D imaging and embedded sensors, to create digital twins of construction projects and infrastructure operations, and develop approaches to support proactive and predictive operations and management.
Dr. Akinci has two patents, and one provisional patent and over 70 refereed journal publications and 100 conference publications. She was the PI of more than $6M grants and co-PI of more than $10M grants, supported by federal and state agencies and industry. She has given over 100 invited presentations and co-edited books on CAD/GIS Integration and on Embedded Commissioning.
Education
PhD 2000 - Stanford UniversityMS 1995 - Stanford University
MBA 1993 - Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
BS 1991 - Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Research
Research Group: AISResearch Centers: Scott Insititue for Energy Innovation
Publications
Lei, X., Chen, Y., Berges M., Akinci, B. “Formalized Control Logic Fault Definition with Ontological Reasoning for Air Handling Units.” Accepted for Publication, Automation in Construction.
Wei, Y., & Akinci, B. (2019), A Vision and Learning-Based Indoor Localization and Semantic Mapping Framework for Facility Operation and Management. Automation in Construction, Volume 107, Nov. 2019.
Wei, Y., Kasireddy, V., Akinci, B. (2018), 3D Imaging in Construction and Infrastructure Management: Technological Assessment and Future Research Directions, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence, July 2018.
Anil, E. B., Akinci, B., Kurc, O., Garrett, J. H. (2016), Building Information Modeling Based Earthquake Damage Assessment for Reinforced Concrete Walls. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
Taneja, S., Akinci, B., Garrett, J. H., Soibelman, L., & Karimi, H. (2016), Effects of Positioning Data Quality and Navigation Models on Map-Matching of Indoor Positioning Data. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
Gao, T., Ergan, S., Akinci, B., and Garrett, J. (2016). Evaluation of Different Features for Matching Point Clouds to Building Information Models. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 1.
Gao, T., Akinci, B., Ergen, S., Garrett, J. H. (2015) An Approach to Combine Progressively Captured Point Clouds to Increase the Completeness of an As-Built BIM. Advanced Engineering Informatics. Volume 29, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 1001–1012.
Akinci, B. (2015). Situational Awareness in Construction and Facility Management. Journal of Frontiers of Engineering Management, Vol. 1, Issue 3., Pages 283-289.