Jorge Vanegas

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JORGE VANEGAS

Dr. Jorge A. Vanegas graduated in 1979 with a degree in Architecture from the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, South America, and is a registered Architect in Colombia. He pursued graduate studies in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Stanford University, Stanford, California, graduating with a M.S. degree (\'85), and a Ph.D. degree (\'88). Since Sept.\'20, Dr. Jorge A. Vanegas has served as Director of the Institute for Sustainable Communities at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He joined TAMU in Jan.\'06 as a tenured Professor in the Department of Architecture in the new School of Architecture and has courtesy appointments as a Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering since Feb.\'20, and as a Research Professor in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) of the TAMU System since Sept.\'11. In addition, he served (Jan.\'22 to Oct.\'22) as Associate Vice President in the Division of Academic and Strategic Collaborations of the Office of the President. Previously, he served (July\'08 to Dec.\'21) as Dean of the former College of Architecture. Prior to joining TAMU, he held appointments as Associate Professor and Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech (May\'93–Dec.\'05), and as Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering at Purdue University (Aug.\'88–May\'93). Since 1984, Dr. Vanegas’ primary areas of scholarly and professional activities in research, teaching and learning, and engagement have been, among others:(1) sustainability of the built environment – urban, infrastructure, facilities, and housing, with an emphasis on livable, resilient, sustainable, and smart communities;(2) problem solving based on creativity, innovation, and design thinking, fueled by curiosity and imagination, and pulled by a spirit of entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship for social change;(3) advanced strategies, technologies, methods, and tools for integrated capital asset delivery and management in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, with an emphasis on innovative, best, and value improvement practices for capital projects;(4) design/construction integration in the development and rehabilitation of facilities and civil infrastructure systems;(5) constructability programs and advanced use of prefabrication, pre-assembly, modularization, off-site construction;(6) undergraduate and graduate curricula development; and (7) continuing education program development.