Scholars

Suermann, PhD, PE, LEED AP, F. ASCE, Patrick

Interim Dean

Positions:

Associate Professor and Department Head, Construction Science, College of Architecture
Interim Dean, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

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Profile Summary

suermann@tamu.edu

7193399611

Co-author Network

Map of Science

Co-investigator Network

ORCID

0000-0002-2322-5486

overview

- Global Construction Principles

- Military Construction

- Austere Construction

- Building Information Modeling (BIM)

- Virtual Design and Construction

- Explosive Ordnance Disposal

- Firefighting Cognitive Response

- Wearables

- Unmanned Aerial Systems/Vehicles (UAS)

- Drones

- Reality Capture

education and training

Ph.D. in Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 2009
M.C.E. in Construction Management, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2003
B.C.E. in Civil Engineering, United States Air Force Academy - (Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States) 1997

selected publications

Academic Articles5

Senseney, C. T., & Suermann, P. C (2021). Design, construction and monitoring of concrete roadway pavement at extremely steep longitudinal slopes. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 1-9.
Suermann, P. C., Patel, H. H., & Sauter, L. D (2019). Simulating and evaluating regolith propagation effects during drilling in low gravity environments. Advances in Computational Design. 4(2), 141-153.
Christ, J. A., Heiderscheidt, J. L., Pickenpaugh, M. Y., Phelan, T. J., Pocock, J. B., Stanford, M. S., ... Twesme, T. M (2015). Incorporating Sustainability and Green Engineering into a Constrained Civil Engineering Curriculum. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. (2),
Hutchinson, M., & Suermann, P (2010). Advancing MILCON transformation. Military Engineer. 102(668), 71-72.
Suermann, P. C., & Issa, R (2009). Evaluating industry perceptions of building information modeling (BIM) impact on construction. Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 14, 574-594.

Chapters2

Suermann, P. C., & Maddox, L. R (2015). MILCON in the Department of Defense: Estimating, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Based Design, and Impact on United States Army and Air Force Construction. Building Information Modeling. 83-106. American Society of Civil Engineers.
Suermann, P. C., & Issa, R (2010). The US National Building Information Modeling Standard. Jason Underwood, .., & Umit Isikdag, .. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics. 138-154. IGI Global.

Conference Papers6

Zuppa, D., Issa, R., & Suermann, P. C (2009). BIM's Impact on the Success Measures of Construction Projects. Computing in Civil Engineering (2009), International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2009. 346, 503-512.
Suermann, P. C., & Issa, R (2009). Dynamic Prototyping: The United States Air Force Building Information Modeling Initiative. Computing in Civil Engineering (2009), International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2009. 346, 485-494.
Issa, R., Suermann, P. C., Olbina, S., & IEEE (2009). USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS IN SIMULATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2009 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC 2009 ), VOL 1-4. 2534-+.
Issa, R., Suermann, P. C., & Olbina, S (2009). Use of building information models in simulations. Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2009 Winter Simulation Conference - (WSC 2009). 1, 2664-2671.
Suermann, P. C (2005). Leveraging GIS Tools in Defense and Response at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Computing in Civil Engineering (2005), International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2005. 1-10.