{"id":9,"date":"2022-07-26T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T17:57:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The investigation team involves members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/gegradi\/\">GEGRADI<\/a> research group from the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), and members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gric.upc.edu\/en\">Group of Research and Innovation in Construction (GRIC)<\/a> from the Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Coordinator<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Captura-de-tela-2022-07-26-104221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"125\" \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Raf<\/strong><strong>aela Bortolini<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/9471659878839112\">http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/9471659878839112<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dr. Bortolini is a professor and researcher at the School of Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel). She has a MSc in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and a PhD in Construction Engineering from the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC). She is a member of the research group <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">GEGRADI (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Grupo de Estudos de Ensino \/ Aprendizagem de Gr\u00e1fica Digital). She is also a reviewer of scientific international journals. Her current research topics focus on BIM, Facility Management, Decision support, Bayesian networks, occupants\u2019 comfort, and Digital Twins.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Team<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/181399_foto-nf-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/181399_foto-nf-2018.jpg 120w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/181399_foto-nf-2018-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>N\u00faria Forcada<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/NuriaForcadaMatheu\">https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/NuriaForcadaMatheu<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dr. Forcada has a MSc in Industrial Engineering and an international PhD in Construction Engineering from the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC). She is a Full Professor and a member of the Group of Construction Research and Innovationg (GRIC) from the Department of Project and Construction Engineering. Dr. Forcada has participated and coordinated numerous national and international research projects in the fields of building performance, thermal comfort and energy efficency. She is also a member of the National Agency for Evaluation and Prospective (ANEP) of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and of the Group of Evaluators of the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong. She is also an Evaluator for the European Union&#8217;s Horizon Europe and H2020 Program. Dr. Forcada has published 53 articles indexed in the JCR and supervised two thesis. She is currently supervising four more thesis in the field of thermal comfort, energy efficiency, Industry 4.0, BIM and digital twins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/25208086_vllg1122238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/25208086_vllg1122238.jpg 120w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/25208086_vllg1122238-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Hamidreza Alavi<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/25208086\">https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/25208086<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Hamidreza Alavi (aka Hamid) is a researcher at the Department of Project and Construction Engineering (DPCE), Group of Construction Research and Innovation (GRIC), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC). He has studied Civil Engineering and has been an honor student in B.E and M.E. He has a PhD and his thesis has focused on Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Facility Managers. Throughout his academic career, he has been awarded several grants for his projects at Terrassa (Barcelona) city hall. He has also produced a number of high-quality peer-reviewed academic publications in some of the world\u2019s leading scientific journals. His research topics focus on BIM, Facility Management, Data integration, Augmented Reality, Mobile applications, Decision support, Bayesian network, Building condition, Occupants\u2019 comfort and Visualization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-66 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/servletrecuperafoto-e1658844062614-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/servletrecuperafoto-e1658844062614-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/servletrecuperafoto-e1658844062614-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Luisa Rodrigue<\/strong><strong>s F\u00e9lix Dalla Vecchia<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/3026091557054164\">http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/3026091557054164<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">She has a PhD in Evironmental Design (2021) from the University of Calgary, Master\u2019s in Architecture and Urban Planning (2007) from UFSC, and Bachelor\u2019s in Architecture and Urbanism from UFPel. She is currently a professor at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) where she coordinates the Specialization program in Digital Graphics. She is part of the research group GEGRADI (https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/gegradi\/) and research interests include mass customization, digital fabrication and collaboration and automation in the design process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/09\/5e34bc51-549f-40ce-8f31-f55aa3e94208-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Luana Zanini Ferreira<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/4473956094300567\">http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/4473956094300567<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Student of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel). Intern at the dDM Ateli\u00ea de Arquitetura office working on projects developed in BIM technology (Revit). Scientific Initiation Scholarship (CNPq) in the Teaching\/Learning Study Group of Digital Graphics (GEGRADI) at UFPEL, working on research related to digital twins and BIM technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Raul Balbinoti Rodrigues<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/7405939991176435\">http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/7405939991176435<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Copia-de-IMG_0391-scaled-e1658844019587-400x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Copia-de-IMG_0391-scaled-e1658844019587-400x368.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Copia-de-IMG_0391-scaled-e1658844019587-1024x943.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Copia-de-IMG_0391-scaled-e1658844019587-768x707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/digtwins4buildings\/files\/2022\/07\/Copia-de-IMG_0391-scaled-e1658844019587.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Graduating in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL). Technician in Buildings graduated from Instituto Federal Sul-Rio-Grandense (2018). He is currently a scholarship of scientific initiation (FAPERGS) in the Study Group of Teaching \/ Learning of Digital Graphics (GEGRADI) at UFPEL, working in research related to BIM technology.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation team involves members of the GEGRADI research group from the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), and members of the Group of Research and Innovation in Construction (GRIC) from the Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC). 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