{"559201":{"#nid":"559201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Building Construction\u2019s Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi named \u201cOutstanding Researcher\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPardis Pishdad-Bozorgi has been honored with a highly selective award by The Construction Industry Institute (CII). \u0026nbsp;This award is not an annual award; it is only awarded when there is a viable candidate whose academic research has the potential to significantly improve the construction industry. Pishdad-Bozorgi, an Assistant Professor in the School of Building Construction and her co-PI, Jesus de la Garza from Virginia Tech have succeeded in earning this distinction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPishdad-Bozorgi and de la Garza\u2019s research focused on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESuccessful Delivery of Flash Track Projects\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Construction Industry Institute (CII), based at The University of Texas at Austin, is a consortium of more than 130 leading owner, engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas. A learning organization with a wealth of knowledge and information, CII is unique in the engineering and construction industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECII requirements indicate that an award winning research report has the following characteristics:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ehas a thorough going account of the data collection methods\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Epresents a complete description of the data analysis performed\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eexplains the findings in statistical detail, as appropriate\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Emakes reasoned claims and conclusions; divulges any limitations of the findings\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Epresents a useful and valuable discussion of industry implementation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Emakes viable recommendations for further research\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPishdad-Bozorgi is honored to receive this research award and have her research on \u003Cem\u003ESuccessful Delivery of\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EFlash Track Projects\u003C\/em\u003E singled out for this distinction. Congratulations to Professors Pishdad-Bozorgi and de la Garza!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPardis Pishdad-Bozorgi and her co-PI, Jesus de la Garza from Virginia Tech, are the recipients of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2016 CII Outstanding Researcher Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E for their collaborative\u0026nbsp;research project with CII on \u003Cem\u003ESuccessful Delivery of Flash Track Projects\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pishdad-Bozorgi was acknowledged as Outstanding Researcher at the 2016 CII Annual Conference, held August 1-3 in Maryland."}],"uid":"27520","created_gmt":"2016-08-04 09:28:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:16","author":"Brenda Morris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"559191":{"id":"559191","type":"image","title":"CII Award","body":null,"created":"1470316944","gmt_created":"2016-08-04 13:22:24","changed":"1475895361","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:01","alt":"CII Award","file":{"fid":"206745","name":"pardis.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pardis.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pardis.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":189753,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pardis.jpg?itok=iFoD6ngL"}}},"media_ids":["559191"],"groups":[{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4997","name":"building construction georgia tech"},{"id":"172231","name":"Fast Track"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pardis.pishdad@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epardis.pishdad@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["pardis.pishdad@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}