Shiva Pooladvand

Assistant Professor,

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Other ASU affiliations

Global Security Initiative, Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming

HLMK 580 Tempe, AZ 85287-3005
Mail code: 3005

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Shiva Pooladvand is an assistant professor in the Del E. Webb School of Construction in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on incorporating intelligent human-machine interaction, immersive environments (VR/AR/MR/AV), artificial intelligence, sensing technologies, data-driven methods, and human factors to advance automation, smart safety, and productivity within construction workplaces.

Prior to joining the Fulton Schools, Pooladvand earned her doctoral degree at the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University. Accolades for her doctoral research include the 2022 Oral Excellence Award from the Society of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. She was also named as a finalist for the best research poster by the IEEE Industrial Applications Society. Her work was the 2023 Editorial Choice Paper in the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and she received the 2023 Nellie Munson Teaching Assistant Award from Purdue University.

Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
Minor in Engineering Education, Purdue University, 2024

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=TtK2VKsAAAAJ

Research Interests

Advancing construction automation, and smart construction safety through incorporating intelligent human-machine interaction, immersive environments (VR/AR/MR/AV), artificial intelligence (AI), sensing technologies, data-driven methods, and human factors.

Her interdisciplinary research incorporates civil engineering, cognitive psychology, human behavioral science, and computer science to advance construction automation, smart safety and productivity and overcome challenges within complex projects.

Courses

2026 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
CON 251	Computer Apps for Construction

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CEE 799	Dissertation
CEE 792	Research
CON 799	Dissertation
CON 792	Research
RAS 590	Reading and Conference

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
CEE 792	Research
CEE 799	Dissertation
CON 799	Dissertation
CON 575	Info Technology in Constructn
CEE 799	Dissertation

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CON 251	Microcomputer Appls for Constr