{"690760":{"#nid":"690760","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Jingyuan Shen\u00a0","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D. Proposal Defense - Jingyuan Shen\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate and Time:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETuesday, June 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn-person: Caddell Building, Flex Space\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnline:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMicrosoft Teams meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoin:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/253269875550033?p=hFBtigRwV6yXosWAkW\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/253269875550033?p=hFBtigRwV6yXosWAkW\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/253269875550033?p=hFBtigRwV6yXosWAkW\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting ID: 253 269 875 550 033\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPasscode: Jz2dn342\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022eb2a8c577c0fc0c941078fe834ae1afa6\u0022\u003EDr. Jing Wen - School of Building Construction, Georgia Tech (advisor)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ead461480b206e4b6271f1889b1308c56\u0022\u003EDr. Omobolanle Ogunseiju - School of Building Construction, Georgia Tech\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e2e442ad0fe8e7ba942d51622c9c7f2ff\u0022\u003EDr. Ebenezer Fanijo - School of Building Construction, Georgia Tech\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e62b7e399db9333bccced6baf91d6cef8\u0022\u003EDr. Yalong Yang - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e55dc3fd73a6b61e6892ce196bc07a710\u0022\u003EDr. Hyo Kang - Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFostering Sustainability Literacy and Construction Career Development Through Interactive Virtual Reality: An Experiential Learning Approach for High School Students\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector is a critical driver of global decarbonization, yet the industry faces a widening gap between the demand for green building competencies and the supply of qualified professionals. Cultivating a future-ready workforce requires early educational interventions, but high school students often lack exposure to the AEC industry as a technology-enabled and socially meaningful career path. Furthermore, existing outreach efforts frequently treat sustainability education and career exposure as separate entities, leaving a critical gap in how we jointly support environmental comprehension and vocational development. To bridge this gap, this study investigates GreenBuildVR, an interactive virtual reality-based intervention designed for high school students. Grounded in the Green Building Literacy framework and Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), this study outlines four core objectives: 1) evaluating the intervention\u2019s impact on students\u2019 sustainability literacy; 2) assessing its effect on sustainable construction career development; 3) examining the predictive relationship between these two domains; and 4) exploring how these effects vary across contextual factors. The empirical assessment will be conducted with high school students in a summer camp setting using a pretest\u2013posttest intervention evaluation design. This research is expected to yield an empirically grounded understanding of how VR-based intervention supports both sustainability literacy and career development among high school students. It will clarify how literacy-related constructs are associated with SCCT-based career development constructs and how student background, prior experience, and VR-related learning experience factors moderate intervention effects. The study contributes by integrating sustainability literacy and career development into a coherent VR-based intervention model, offering a construct-measure framework for pre-college sustainable construction education, and providing design guidance for AEC outreach programs seeking to support future sustainable workforce pathways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFostering Sustainability Literacy and Construction Career Development Through Interactive Virtual Reality: An Experiential Learning Approach for High School Students\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fostering Sustainability Literacy and Construction Career Development Through Interactive Virtual Reality: An Experiential Learning Approach for High School Students"}],"uid":"36872","created_gmt":"2026-06-16 17:01:53","changed_gmt":"2026-06-16 17:08:02","author":"fkhan47","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-06-30T11:00:40-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-06-30T13:00:40-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-06-30T13:00:40-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-06-30 15:00:40","gmt_time_end":"2026-06-30 17:00:40","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-06-30 17:00:40","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Caddell Building, Flex Space","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/253269875550033?p=hFBtigRwV6yXosWAkW","title":"Teams Meeting Link"}],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}