School of Building Construction at Georgia Tech is proud to announce two big awards in the College of Architecture Awards Day Celebration. This annual event recognizes the staff and faculty in the college for fantastic work and achievements over the last year.

This year, two Building Construction staff and faculty were recognized.

Professor Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi received the “COA Outstanding Faculty Award” and Lorie Wooten was honored with the “COA Outstanding Staff Award”. 

“It is rare for a unit to receive both outstanding faculty and staff awards at the same time. This talks of the high quality people we have in our School, as well as the high quality environment for their professional growth and success”, said Daniel Castro, Professor and Chair, School of Building Construction. 

Both Wooten and Pishdad-Bozorgi were thrilled with their awards.

Lorie Wooten, Administrative Professional, Sr. said, “I am very appreciative of this award.  It is very gratifying for my contribution to be recognized in this way.  I would also like to congratulate each of the other winners and nominees on a job well done.” Wooten continued, “Looking forward to continue supporting our graduate students and faculty in their academic and professional endeavors. “

Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Assistant Professor in the School of BC, was also honored by her recognition.
“I am truly honored and humbled to be the recipient of the 2016 Georgia Tech College of Architecture Outstanding Faculty Award. This is a wonderful recognition by my peers and I feel privileged and grateful for the support and encouragement I have received from my mentors and supervisors, who have enabled my professional growth so that I can reach my full potential.”

When asked “what’s next”, Pishdad-Bozorgi continued, “For me, nothing is more rewarding and refreshing than improving and learning every day. I will continue challenging myself to explore and conduct research and teach in the areas, which I am most passionate about, and of course, are of value adding to the field and the society. My plan is to continue my research work on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Trust-Building, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Flash Track (Faster Fast Track) implementation. I will also continue teaching the two graduate level courses I have developed, including: “Integrated Design and Construction Process”, which incorporates iTWO 5D modeling technology and “Building Information Modeling”. My goal is to help transforming the industry by educating the next generation of industry professionals on cutting-edge technologies and the state of the art integrated processes.