E. SARAH SLAUGHTER
Other Information

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

Sigma Xi; New York Academy of Sciences; American Society of Civil Engineers; American Society for Engineering Education; National Society of Professional Engineers.

Professional Activities

1997 Committee on Outsourcing of Design and Construction Management Services for Federal Facilities, National Research Council.
July 1996 Integrated Research in Civil Infrastructure Workshop, NSF.
June 1996 Partnership for Building Innovation Workshop, Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF).
1996 Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation.
June 1995 Symposium on Federal Policies to Foster Innovation and Improvement in Constructed Facilities, National Research Council.
1995 to 1996 Design Technology and Practice Task Force, Civil Engineering Research Foundation.
1992 to 1993 Committee for an Infrastructure Technology Research Agenda, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.
1992 Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation.
1989 to Now Reviewer, Research Policy, PCI Journal, AISC>Engineering Journal, Journal of Construction Engineering and mangement, Construction Management and Economics, National Academy of Sciences Press .

Other Professional Duties

1997Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, CEE, MIT
1997Faculty Administrator, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, MIT.
1997Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter, MIT.
1997CEE Department Computer Committee, MIT.
1994Search Committee, Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University.
1993Member, Lehigh University President's Task Force on Teaching and Learning.

Graduate Theses Supervised

Current Students

Name Degree
Michael Carr MS
Alejandro Ramirez MS
Alessandra Orsoni Ph.D.
John Murray MS
Chris Maury MS

Graduate Students and Thesis Titles

Kurt A. Levens. Lighting a Building With a Single Bulb: Toward a System for Illumination in the 21st Century, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Architecture, MIT, August 1997.

Rachel Ramcharan, Strategic Impact of Information Technology Innovations on Construction, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, May 1997.

Hikaru Shimizu, Development of Technological Innovations for Long Span Bridges, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, May 1997.

Kevin Stewart, Evaluating End-Of-Life Strategies for Decommissioned Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Leaders for Manufacturing Program, MIT, May 1997.

Leanne Attai, Simulation to Assess Exterior Enclosure Innovations, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, January 1997.

Berlin Wu, Geotechnical Design and Construction Automation in Taiwan, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, May 1996.

Chris Ackerman, Structural Quality Assurance of Wood Light-Frame Construction Subject to Extreme Wind Hazards, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Architecture, MIT, August 1996.

Cory Farschman, Preassembly of Structural Systems: Methodology and Application, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, May 1996.

Mario Eraso, Methodology for the Economic Assessment of Construction Innovations: Simulation of Structural Steel Erection, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, May 1995.

Willem vanZyverden, New Floor Framing Systems for Precast Concrete Office Buildings, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, May 1994.

Richard Prior, Identification and Preliminary Assessment of Existing Precast Concrete Floor Framing Systems, Thesis for the Master of Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, May 1993.

Dissertation Committees Served On:

Chang-Ho Lee Expected Completion Dec. 1996 Lehigh

Graduate Advisors

Professor Fred Moavenzadeh, MIT
Professor Eric von Hippel, MIT
Professor Richard de Neufville, MIT
Professor Tom Allen, MIT

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