Human-Centered Issues

The BioBuild Program is an interdisciplinary graduate education program (IGEP) at Virginia Tech. The purpose of IGEPs is to promote and sustain interdisciplinary graduate education and research at Virginia Tech.  Each IGEP addresses a major fundamental problem or complex societal issue requiring an interdisciplinary team of scholars. In case of the BioBuild Program, there are currently five faculty part of the leadership group of the program. Read more about Doctoral IGEP in BioBuild

Virginia Center for Housing Research

The Virginia Tech Center for Housing Research (VCHR), located in Blacksburg, is the official housing research center for the Commonwealth and is a college center in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering. VCHR has a mission to serve as "an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource on housing for the Commonwealth of Virginia." Accordingly, VCHR provides housing-related research for localities and the Commonwealth, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses. Read more about V C H R

Center for Innovation in Construction Safety, Health, and Well-being 

Providing national leadership for construction safety, health, and well-being through research, teaching, and engagement. Read more about I C - S A F E

We are the Sustainable Facilities & Infrastructure Lab at Virginia Tech - a team of faculty, students, and external partners who work together to invent a sustainable future through innovation in the built environment. Founded in 2006, the SFI Lab operates under the direction of Dr. Annie Pearce, an Associate Professor in the Department of Building Construction and the Myers-Lawson School of Construction. Read more about SF&I Lab

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