Tripp Shealy
Associate Professor
Tripp Shealy
113C Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)
Program Area : Construction Engineering and Management
Program Area : Bowman Sustainable Land Development
Personal Homepage : http://decisionengineering.org
Biography
My research investigates engineering decision making at the system, behavioral, and cognitive levels to encourage less carbon intensive and more user-centered infrastructure system solutions. My approach to research bridges data science and cognitive psychology to engineering for sustainability.
Areas of Interest
Engineering decision making for sustainable infrastructure and communities.
Key areas include:
(1) judgement and decision making under uncertainty,
(2) engineering design methods,
(3) engineering education for sustainability.
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering Clemson University 2015
- M.S. Civil Engineering Clemson University 2013
- B.S. Civil Engineering Clemson University 2010
- Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2021.
- Faculty Fellowship Award, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2020 – 2023.
- Reviewers' Favorite Paper Award, Shealy, T., Gero, J. (2019) "The Neurocognition of three engineering concept generation techniques" International Conference on Engineering Design, Delft, Netherlands, August 5-8. doi: 10.1017/dsi.2019.189.
- G.V. Loganathan Award, Charles E. Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE Faculty Achievement Award, determined by current CEE students), 2017 – 2018.
- Best Paper Award, Shealy, T., Ismael, D., Hartmann, A., van Buiten, M. (2017) "Removing Certainty from the Equation: Using Choice Architecture to Increase Awareness of Risk in Engineering Design Decision Making" Engineering Project Organization Conference, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, June 5-7.
- CEE 4014: Estimating, Production and Cost Engineering
- CEE 4034: Smart Sustainable Infrastructure
- Preparing engineers to address climate change and its implications on sustainability: modeling impact of college experiences on students (NSF #1635534)
- Intentional defaults for more sustainable infrastructure: Studying interventions to alleviate biases in upstream, multi-stakeholder decisions (NSF #1531041)
- Milovanovic, J., Hu, M., Shealy, T., Gero, J. (2021) "Characterization of concept generation for engineering design through temporal brain network analysis." Journal of Design Studies. doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2021.101044
- Shealy, T., Katz, A., Godwin, A., Bell, M. (2021) "Civil Engineering Students' Beliefs about Global Warming and Misconceptions about Climate Science." Journal of Civil Engineering Education. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000050
- Shealy, T., Katz, A., Godwin, A. (2021) "Predicting Engineering Students Desire to Address Climate Change in their Careers: An Exploratory Study Using Responses from a National Survey" Environmental Education Research. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2021.1921112
- Hu, M., Shealy, T., Milovanovic, J. (2021) "Cognitive Differences Among First Year and Senior Engineering Students when Brainstorming Solutions that include Dimensions of Sustainability" Design Science, 7, E1. doi:10.1017/dsj.2021.3
- Shealy, T., Gero, J., Hu, M., Milovanovic, J. (2020). "Concept generation techniques change patterns of brain activation during engineering design" Design Science, 6, E31. doi: 10.1017/dsj.2020.30
- Coleman, E., Shealy, T., Grohs, J., Godwin, A. (2019) "Perceived Design Thinking Ability Among Freshman and Senior Engineering Students: A Cross-Sectional, National Study" Journal of Engineering Education, Published online. doi: 10.1002/jee.20298
- Hu, M., Shealy, T., Grohs, J., Panneton, R., (2019) "Empirical evidence that concept mapping reduces neurocognitive effort during concept generation for sustainability." Journal of Cleaner Production, 238(33), 117815. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117815
- Shealy, T. and Klotz, L. (2016). "Choice Architecture as a Strategy to Encourage Elegant Infrastructure Outcomes." J. Infrastruct. Syst., 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000311, 04016023.
- Shealy, T., Klotz, L., Weber, E., Johnson, E., and Bell, R. (2016). "Using Framing Effects to Inform More Sustainable Infrastructure Design Decisions." J. Constr. Eng. Manage. , 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001152 , 04016037.