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Tanyel Bulbul

Graduate Program Director, Building Construction
  • Associate Professor, Building Construction
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200E Hitt Hall
1385 Perry St
Blacksburg VA 24061
tanyel@vt.edu
(540) 553-2140

Role and Background

Dr. Tanyel Bulbul is an Associate Professor and serves as the Building Construction Graduate Program Chair for Myers-Lawson School of Construction. She joined Virginia Tech in 2010.

Dr. Bulbul's research and teaching focuses on automation in design and construction. In her current research, Bulbul is exploring automated assembly systems using AR head-mounted displays with a specific focus on information presentation methods, mental workload evaluations using electroencephalogram, and situational awareness in dynamic construction settings. She aims to impact the industry’s use of emerging technologies at a job site and the development of specialized human-system interaction methods for construction.

Dr. Bulbul's current and previous teaching responsibilities include:

  • BC 2114 IT in Design and Construction
  • BC 4114 / BC 5114G BIM in Design and Construction
  • BC 4124 / BC 5124G Digital Construction and Manufacturing
  • BC 5154 Modeling in Design and Construction

Education

Dr. Bulbul holds a PhD in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a M.S. and B.S. from Orta Dogu Technical University, Turkey.

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