Dr Dragana Nikolić
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Associate Professor in the Digital Built Environment
- SBE Co-Director for Diversity & Inclusion
Office
131Building location
Chancellor's BuildingAreas of interest
- Visualization and simulation tools for decision-making
- Building information modelling and management
- Digital twins for asset operation and management
- Simulation games for engineering education
- Sustainable design and innovation
Postgraduate supervision
Teaching
Convenorship:
- CEM260 Innovations in digital practice
- CE3DCT Digital technologies in design and construction
Contributing to:
- CEM10A - Research Skills (MSc)
- CEM10B - Dissertation Supervision (MSc)
- CE3CCD - Dissertation Supervision (UG)
- AA2DS3 - Skills in Architectural Design
- CE1CPR - Projects
- CE1CIC2 - Information and Communication
Research centres and groups
Research projects
Background
Dr Nikolić’s research addresses questions about how advanced digital and visualisation technologies can support and improve decision making processes in design and construction. Specifically, her research interests centre on how evolving digital practices transform the project delivery in the built environment from the technical, strategic, procedural and human perspectives. In educational context, this work raises questions about the strategies for using (inter)active and problem-based learning to foster analytical and decision-making skills in the contexts of increased uncertainty and ambiguity. Collaborations with Skanska, Crossrail and Mott MacDonald among other, informed the exploration of issues such as visualization in virtual reality for training and design reviews, information management, and digital fabrication, straddling the use of digital technologies in design practice and engineering education.
Academic qualifications
PhD, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, US, 2011
MArch, Department of Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, US, 2006
Dipl.Eng. in Architecture, Department of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 2003
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Advisory Board Member for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Digital Workstream
- Member of the EC3 Human-Data Interaction (HDI) Technical Committee, European Council for Computing in Construction
- Member of the Constructing Excellence Digital Construction Theme Group
- Associate Member of the ASCE Visualization, Information Modelling and Simulation (VIMS) Technical Committee
- Fellow of the Higher Education Association
Websites/blogs