December 6, 2024
Congratulations to Nikiforos Repousis on earning his Master’s degree! Nik’s research on structural material reuse has been a great source of proud for DHL. We’ll miss our brilliant and kind friend—and his trade secret, the legendary notebook!
November 12, 2024
Congratulations to Guilherme Eliote on passing his PhD defense – the first of DHL! Your focus on enhancing sustainability within construction, characterizing why buildings become obsolete, structuring the required data we need to assess how to design for reuse, and improving processes for quantity take-off (specifically for material recovery), are much-needed additions to our industry.
October 16, 2024
Chris-tmas came early! We are excited to share the arrival of our lab’s new member, Robot Arm. Stay tuned for Jeehoon’s upcoming research using robotics. Ho ho ho!
July 16, 2024
The Digital Harvest Lab was selected for funding by the EPA! In collaboration with our collaborators, we will develop supply chain emission data sets for three salvage product categories: dimensional lumber, commercial doors and waste plastic. Using these data sets, we intend to develop PCRs for salvaged materials and establish a framework for robust EPDs for salvaged materials. The project also includes an open-source toolkit for computing the environmental impacts of salvaged construction products and materials. Read more here.
June 13, 2024
Our research project supported by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) focused on decarbonization of capital projects presented a webinar highlighting some of our work to date to member companies in CII. Stay tuned for more research developments on this project.
April 19, 2024
The Digital Harvest Lab was featured in the Cockrell School of Engineering newsletter for our ongoing research on waste diversion at the Erwin Center. Read more here!
April 12, 2024
The Digital Harvest Lab was awarded a new grant entitled “From solar panels to sustainable concrete: development of solar waste glass pozzolan (SWAGPozz)” in conjunction with the Ferron Group. Led by principal investigator Prof. Raissa Ferron, this grant awarded by The Energy Institute is part of the 2024 Strategic Energy Seed Grant Program. DHL will provide inputs on a life cycle assessment and market evaluation for the viability of turning solar panel waste into additives for concrete, as a way to achieve industrial decarbonization.
Mar 19, 2024
Dr. Rausch presented at the Construction Technology Summit 2024, sharing insights on “The XYZs of laser scanning in the construction industry.”
Feb 26, 2024
Dr. Rausch hosted a seminar featuring Joe Hicken, Vice President of Business Development and Policy from Sublime Systems as part of the Building Materials and Methods course. He shared an insightful presentation on “Commercializing Ultra-Low-Carbon Cement.”
Jan 24, 2024
The Digital Harvest Lab held our first meeting of the semester! A special welcome to Sophia and Alyssa, joining our team as Undergraduate Research Assistants!
