Van Woods

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

7/2023 – Present

Leading research initiatives in built environment technologies and digital transformation.

Key Achievements:

• Pentagon Digital Transformation, Technical Lead
• AI Criteria Assistant, Principal Investigator
• BIM to BUILDER/ESMS, Principal Investigator
• Digital Project Delivery in Construction, Co-lead

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Seattle District

6/1/2012 – 7/2023

Responsible for strategic BIM initiatives, applied research and development, and innovation incubation within a production environment on high-priority BIM capabilities across the project lifecycle.

Key Achievements:

• Formally recognized as a BIM and facility data subject matter expert (SME) nationally across USACE.
• Technical Lead on USACE/Industry BIM Consortium (UIBC).
• BIM and COBie-MHS Support Technical Lead for USACE Medical Center of Expertise (USACE-MX).

US Army Corps of Engineers - Seattle District

1/1/2007 – 6/1/2012

Managed all aspects of and lead champion for the application and innovation of BIM.

Key Achievements:

• Senior technical representative for the development of enterprise-wide BIM program strategy documents, guidance, and policies.
• Performed pilot projects to develop and test BIM Use capabilities on Facilities and Civil Works structures for program validation.
• Championed and executed transition to dual-platform, multi-disciplinary production environment.

US Army Corps of Engineers - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)

1/1/1998 – 1/1/2007

Conducted research specializing in preliminary design modeling and computable criteria management.

Key Achievements:

• Lead developer for the Building Composer module of the Facility Composer suite.
• Principal Investigator for a research project to advance the state-of-the-art in parametric design and visual programming.
• Managed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Bentley Systems.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

9/1/1995 - 5/31/1997

• Practice & Design Integration Option
• Computational Design Research

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

9/1/1991 - 5/31/1995

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), BIM Council

1/1/2020 – 12/31/2021

Providing vision and leadership of the NIBS BIM Council Board of Direction to reorganize the BuildingSMART Alliance to become the NIBS BIM Council.

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), BIM Council

1/1/2018 – 12/31/2020

Providing vision, leadership, and effective execution of the council within the nonprofit organization.

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) / Industry BIM Consortium (UIBC)

1/1/2009 – Present

Responsible for direction and execution of USACE-wide standards development initiatives in collaboration with AEC industry members, academia, and legal experts.

BIM Experts LinkedIn Group

1/1/2008 – Present

Founder and maintainer of the BIM Experts LinkedIn Group, the largest and most active international online BIM forum (155,000 users).

• Emerging CAD Processes: The Case of Computer Aided Requirement Management. International Symposium on Generative CAD Systems (GCADS), 2004. Peer reviewed Proceedings of the International Symposium on Generative CAD Systems (GCADS), July 2004, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Programmatic Reasoning for Strategic Design: Using Composition for Adaptable and Reusable Spatial Configurations. Bentley Research Seminar, 2003. Presentation at Bentley Research Seminar, May 2003.
• Conditional Modeling as a Platform for Interactive Design Automation. Bentley Research Seminar, 2002. Presentation at Bentley Research Seminar, May 2002.
• NIBS BIM Council Semi-Annual Meeting: 2021 Progress, Activities, Direction. National Institute of Building Sciences, 2021. Presentation for the National Institute of Building Sciences semi-annual meeting, June 2021.
• Identifying Data Patterns from Professional Practice. Digital Built Environment Institute, Building Content Summit conference, 2019. Presentation and paper for Digital Built Environment Institute, Building Content Summit conference, July 2019, Seattle, Washington.

• USACE Hero of the Month, 2022. USACE Headquarters: Recognized nationally by USACE Headquarters for industry leadership.
• USACE Seattle District T.E.A.M. award, 2015. USACE Seattle District: For "Model Based Quantity Takeoff for Cost Estimating" project.
• 2012 USACE Autodesk BIM Awards: BIM Supporting Energy Analysis, 2012. USACE: Team lead for the award-winning project.
• Commanders Award for Civilian Service, 2009. USACE
• 2009 CAD/BIM Award for Professional Excellence, 2009. Engineer Research and Development Center, Tri-Service CAD/BIM Technology Center