Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki

Lecturer in Building Information Modelling and Management

The Bartlett Sch of Const & Proj Mgt

Faculty of the Built Environment

Joined UCL: 28th Sep 2016

Research summary

Eleni’s research interests lie at the intersection of management, social science, and engineering. She has been looking at Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a domain of Information Technology (IT) for generating, sharing, and managing consistent information among various actors, based on the principles of information systems interoperability. As BIM and digital technologies affect collaboration in projects, Eleni has been researching BIM and digital transformation from an intra- and inter-organisational standpoint, and in particular through the lens of supply chains and networks. She is interested in digital and relational aspects of governance of project network for and due to the advancement of construction IT.

A list of my current projects:

_"Digital transformation in the built environment" funded by UCL Innovation & Enterprise (2018-2019) in collaboration with Dr Beth Morgan: https://tinyurl.com/ucl-digital

_"Recommendations for automated checking of regulations and requirements management in healthcare design" funded by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) (2018-2019) in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield: https://tinyurl.com/healthcare-automation

_"AEC Delta Mobility" funded by InnovateUK (2018-2020) in collaboration with Dimitrie Stefanescu and industrial partners: https://github.com/aecdeltas

Teaching summary

Eleni teaches at undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive levels. She is leading the MSc option module on 'Integrating Project Information Systems with Building Information Modelling' for PEM and CEM programmes and the 2-year BSc module: ‘Professional skills for Project Management’. Eleni is supervising dissertations at both BSc and MSc levels.

Currently supervising three PhD students and accepting PhD students in the following areas (in no particular order):

_Digital and digitalisation

_Supply chain management

_Construction networks

_Project management

_Blockchain technology

_Building Information Modelling.

Education

University College London: FHEA, Academic studies in Higher Education | 2017
Technische Universiteit Delft: PhD, Construction Management | 2016
Technische Universiteit Delft: MSc, 3D Design | 2012
National Technical University of Athens: Dipl. Ing., Architecture and Engineering | 2008

Biography

Eleni is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Building Information Modelling and Management and management consultant and executive coach in construction digitalisation. She is involved as a Steering Board member and administrator in the UCL's Construction Blockchain Consortium (CBC) social enterprise.

Prior to joining academia Eleni worked as architect and design manager on a number of complex, international, and varying-scale projects in Greece, the Netherlands, and the Middle-East. Eleni holds a PhD degree in Design and Construction Management on the topic of ‘Alignment of Partnering with Construction IT’ from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands, and a MSc degree (cum laude) in Architecture – with an emphasis on digital technologies – also from TU Delft. Before moving to the Netherlands, Eleni obtained a Diploma in Architectural Engineering (cum laude) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece.

Publications