Van Woods

Current

CAD/BIM Manager at US Army Corps of Engineers

Past

Research Architect at Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), US Army Corps of Engineers, Eng. R&D Center

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Van Woods’s Summary

Van Woods’s Specialties:

Emerging technologies, CADD, BIM, Bentley BIM, MicroStation, AutoCad, Revit, IAI-IFC, Visio, Photoshop, Generative Components, Usability, IDEF, Lean Six Sigma, Java, C#, VB, VBA, MVBA, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, UML

Van Woods’s Experience

CAD/BIM Manager

US Army Corps of Engineers

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Civil Engineering industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Research Architect

Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), US Army Corps of Engineers, Eng. R&D Center

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

August 1997 — January 2005 (7 years 6 months)

Conducted research specializing in preliminary design modeling and criteria management. Managed and worked independently on research projects, software requirements solicitation, user interface and system architecture design, coding, change management, version control, testing, and maintenance of tools for building design professionals. Significant projects: 1. Principle Investigator for research project to advance the state-of-the-art in parametric CAD and visual programming concepts in design. Managed and executed cooperative R&D agreement with Bentley Systems. 2. Lead developer for Layout Composer (https://ff.cecer.army.mil/fc/). 3. Managed development of Sustainable Designer's Aid (https://ff.cecer.army.mil/sda/). 4. Programmer on the Modular Design System (MDS) design tool which achieved increased design efficiency and flexibility for repetitive facility types and a very early form of a Building Information Modeling (BIM) tool (http://tinyurl.com/at7we).

Van Woods’s Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Master of Architecture (MArch) , Architecture , 2005 — 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BSAS) , Architecture , 1990 — 1995

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Van Woods’s Interests:

Lean Six Sigma, architectural design, hiking, camping, kayaking, biking, digital photography, software development, international travel, design research, real estate, interior design, 3D modeling, BIM, CAD

Van Woods’s Groups:

Seattle BIM Forum, Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI), International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation (CIB), Bentley Developer Network