Martin Fischer of Stanford's Center for Integrated Facility Engineering kicks off the College of Architecture T. Gordon Little Lecture Series on August 31, 6 p.m., in the newly renovated Reinsch Pierce Family Auditorium, East Architecture Building. A reception will follow to mark 50 years of Building Construction at Georgia Tech.

At CIFE, Fischer works to enhance the sustainability of the built environment and to improve productivity of project teams involved in designing, building and operating facilities.

"Martin Fisher leads the world's premier academic research center for virtual design and construction of architecture/engineering/construction industry projects," said Roozbeh Kangari, director of graduate programs in Building Construction at Georgia Tech. "With his leadership, CIFE has had a major impact on the industry by developing innovative new ways to model, visualize, analyze and evaluate the multidisciplinary performance of design-construction projects. This work ha also increased awareness of the value and costs of virtual design and construction."

Following the lecture will be an open reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the Building Construction Program at Georgia Tech. The program has leapt forward under the direction of Kangari--undergraduate enrollment has more than doubled and its nine-year-old graduate program has become the largest in the College of Architecture. Kicking off its next 50 years, the program has tripled its research proposal output in the last year alone.

This lecture is free and open to the public, and will offer AIA Continuing Education Credits. Attendees are encouraged to carpool. Parking is available in the Technology Square Parking Deck on Spring St. View map>>