James H. Garrett, Thomas Lord Professor and Department Head-Civil and Environmental Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University

James Garrett

Contact Info:
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., Thomas Lord Professor and Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Co-Director, Pennsylvania Smarter Infrastructure Incubator (PSii)

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., K. Reed, E. Nyberg.  "Semi-Automated Model Matching using Version Difference",  in Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 23, No. 11, pp. 1-11, January 2009.
  • Guo, W., L. Soibelman and J. H. Garrett, Jr., "Imagery Enhancement and Interpretation for Remote Visual Inspection of Aging Civil Infrastructure", Tsinghua Science and Technology, Elsevier, Vol. 13, No. S1, pp. 375-380, October 2008.
  • Gordon, C.., B. Akinci and J. H. Garrett, Jr., “A formalism for construction inspection planning.” Automation in Construction, Vol. 17, Issue 6, pg. 705-718, August 2008.
  • Wang, H., B. Akinci J. H. Garrett, Jr., and K. Reed  "A Formalism for Applying Constraints in Domain-Oriented Schema Matching" Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 170-180, May/June 2008.
  • 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.