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A Toolbox for Student Project Teams: Mastering Team Processes through Project Charters
This toolbox includes a dynamic charter (i.e., template) for students (capstone and competition teams etc.) and a video to train them in co-creating a project charter (fill out the template) and manage their team processes.
For optimal results, educators should consider integrating these elements into their assignments, classrooms, and teamwork sessions. The use of these tools is ideal for projects not shorter than 4-weeks in duration and with teams of 4 or more members. See the Tip Sheet for Educators below for details.
The final element of this toolbox is reminder modules. This element is an add-onto project charters, and can help take project management support and interventions to the next level for improved performance.
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Project: Intelligent Social Network Interventions to Augment Human Cognition for Interdisciplinary Interactions in Project Teams (IIS # 1928278)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Engineering Network Interventions - Practical Implications for Industry Teams
This study presents practical implications for team formation and management and network interventions for improved team communications and successful delivery of mid-sized AEC projects.
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. 1825678 and IIS#1928278.
Internship Supplement to NSF #1825678 Grant for Ph.D. Student Hasan Gokberk Bayhan
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Supplemental Funding Amount: $38,841
Awarded Amount to Date: $529,000
Internship Supplement to NSF #1825678 Grant for Ph.D. Student Meltem Duva
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Supplemental Funding Amount: $32,103
Awarded Amount to Date: $490,159
Internship Supplement to NSF #1825678 Grant for M.S Student Nishchhal Pandey
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Supplemental Funding Amount: $24,217
Awarded Amount to Date: $458,056
$240,000 Supplement to NSF IIS#1928278 Grant - COVID-19 Induced Changes to Project Teams
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Supplemental Funding Amount: $240,000
Awarded Amount to Date: $1,439,993
Intelligent Social Network Interventions to Augment Human Cognition for Interdisciplinary Interactions in Project Teams
Investigators: Dr.s Sinem Mollaoglu, Kenneth Frank, Jiliang Tang, Rick DeShon, Hanzhe Zhang
Original Timeline: Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2022
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Funding Amount: $1,200,000
Understanding Impacts of Social Network Interventions on Engineering Project Outcomes
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu, Dr. Dong Zhao, Dr. Kenneth Frank
Status: On-Going (Aug. 2018 - Aug. 2021)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Funding Amount: $417,000
HELP2018: Improving Residential Focus of the CM Program at MSU
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu, Dr. Matt Syal, Dr. George Berghorn
Status: On-going (Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2023)
Funding Agency: National Association of Homebuilders
Funding Amount: $100,000
Review outcomes and learn more about the Housing Education & Research Initiative
Integrating Collaborative Partnering for Airport Projects
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu, Dr. Brian Polkinghorn, Dr. Douglas Gransberg, Dr. Carla Lopez, Roddy Boggus, Duane Boreham, Joe Jackson, Kurt Dettman, Dr. Angelo Garcia, Dr. Anthony Sparkling
Status: Completed (August 2018)
Funding Agency: National Academy of Sciences
Funding Amount: $350,000
Outcomes:
- ACRP 08-02: Integrating Collaborative Partnering for Airport Projects - Guidebook - Published (February 2019)
HELP2013: Improving Residential Focus of the CM Program at MSU
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu, Dr. Syal
Status: Completed (August 2017)
Funding Agency: National Association of Homebuilders
Funding Amount: $99,487
Review outcomes and learn more about the Housing Education & Research Intiative
Structural, Climate and Communication Dynamics of Innovative Inter-Organizational Project Teams
Investigators: Dr. Vernon Miller, Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu
Status: Completed (August 2017)
Funding Agency: Science of Organizations Program, National Science Foundation
Funding Amount: $320,855
Influence of Project Delivery Methods on Achieving Sustainable, High Performance Buildings
Investigators: Dr. Molenaar, Dr. Gransberg, Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu, Horman M., Riley D.
Status: Completed (November 2010)
Funding Agency: Charles Pankow Foundation
Funding Amount: $200,000 > $56,000 MSU
Risk Management, Goal Alignment, and Additional Success Factors for Partnering in Construction Projects
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoglu
Status: On-going (Aug 2018 - Aug. 2020)
Funding Agency: International Partnering Institute
Funding Amount: $35,000
Evidence-based Research for Partnering Success Factors
Investigators: Dr. Sinem Mollaoğlu
Status: On-going (Jan. 2014 – December 2018)
Funding Agency: International Partnering Institute
Funding Amount: $70,059
Outcomes:
- IPI Research Report: In-Depth Study of a Partnered Project - Completed (June 2017)
- Barriers to Partnering in the AEC Industry - Completed (June 2014)
- IPI Research Project: Meta-Analysis - Completed (February 2015)
- Goal Alignment Transactive Memory Systems and Performance In Partnered Projects - Completed (2018)