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James H. Garrett, Jr.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Office: 119D Porter Hall
Phone: 412-268-2941
Fax: 412-268-7813
Email: garrett@cmu.edu

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James H. Garrett, Jr., Professor and Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Co-Director, Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure Research 

Areas of Interest:

Applications of sensors and sensor systems to civil infrastructure condition assessment; mobile hardware/software systems for field applications; representations and processing strategies to support the usage of engineering codes, standards, and specifications; and knowledge-based decision support systems

Education

Ph.D. 1986, Carnegie Mellon University

Select Publications: 

  • Wang, H., B. Akinci and J. H. Garrett, Jr., "A Formalism for Detecting Version Differences in Data Models", Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 5, September/October 2007.
  • Gordon, C. J., B. Akinci and J. H. Garrett, Jr., "Formalism for construction inspection planning: requirements and process concept" Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 29-38, January 2007
  • Reinhardt, J, B. Akinci, and  J. H. Garrett, Jr., “A Navigational Model for Providing Customized Representations for Effective and Efficient Interaction with Mobile Computing Solutions on Construction Sites,” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Volume 19, Number 2, pp. 109-118, 2005
  • Chen, P., R. B. Buchheit, J. H. Garrett, Jr., S. McNeil “Web Vacuum: A Web-Based Environment for Automated Assessment of Civil Infrastructure Data,” ASCE Journal of Computing ion Civil Engineering, Volume 19, Number 2, pp. 137-147, 2005
  • Buchheit, R. B., J. H. Garrett, Jr., S. McNeil, P. Chen, “An Automated Procedure to Assess Civil Infrastructure Data Quality,” ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 180-189, September 2005