Fernanda Leite
Envisioning Tomorrow’s World with Impactful Science, 11.50 a.m.
Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
Fernanda Leite is the Associate Dean for Research in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the past Chair of a University-wide Bridging Barriers research initiative called Planet Texas 2050. She currently serves as Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Computing Division Executive Committee. Most of her research has been in building and infrastructure systems information modeling, Scan-to-BIM, visualization and collaboration technologies, and circular economy in the built environment. At the University of Texas, Dr. Leite has taught courses on Building Information Modeling, Project Management and Economics, Construction Safety, and Sustainable Systems Engineering.
