John Messner, Michael Horman and David Riley have been notified by the National Science Foundation that they will receive a three-year NSF Award for their proposal titled: “Virtual Construction Simulator: Improving Design and Construction Engineering Education with Virtual Reality.” This multi-disciplinary project, performed in collaboration with the Architecture Department, Information Technology Services (ITS), and the Communications Department, will investigate the use of immersive virtual reality in a large stereoscopic display system for improving architectural engineering education at Penn State and other universities. The display system will allow students to visualize construction projects and building designs at full scale in a 3-D immersive environment. A new immersive visualization facility will be developed as a part of the project.

If you are interested in learning more about this project, please contact Dr. Messner at jmessner@engr.psu.edu.