Dragana Nikolic, Ph.D.
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Postdoctoral Scholar dragana@psu.edu |
Research Topic: Development of Simulation Games for Construction Engineering Education
Degree: Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering, August 2011
Grant Proposals:
- 2012
- Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES II), National Science Foundation, “Virtual Construction Simulator: Developing an Experiential Learning Simulation Game for Improved Learning of Construction Engineering and Management Concepts” #1226204 ($600,000) Submitted January 2012 – Awarded, Principal Investigator: Dr. John Messner, Research Associate: Dragana Nikolic
- 2009
- The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI), National Science Foundation, “Virtual Construction Simulator 3D: A Simulation Game For Construction Engineering Education” #0935040; ($150,000) Submitted March 2009 -- Awarded, Principal investigator: Dr. John Messner; Research Assistant: Dragana Nikolic
Publications:
Nikolic, D. and Messner, J.I., (2012) "Measuring the value of “all play and no work”: Can rigorous assessment of simulation games drive innovative teaching in construction?" Construction Research Congress, May 21-23, 2012 Purdue University.
Lee, S., Nikolic, D., Messner, J.I., and Anumba, C. (2011) "The Development of the Virtual Construction Simulator 3 – An Interactive Simulation Environment for Construction Management Education." Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Miami, Florida, June 19-22
Nikolic, D., Lee, S., Messner, J.I., and Anumba, C. (2010) "The Virtual Construction Simulator – Evaluating an Educational Simulation Application for Teaching Construction Management Concepts." Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Applications of IT in the AEC Industry 2010, Cairo, Egypt
Nikolic, D., Messner, J.I., Lee, S., and Anumba, C. (2010) "The Virtual Construction Simulator - development of an educational simulation game." n Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference, W. TIZANI (Editor), 30 June-2 July, Nottingham, UK, Nottingham University Press, Paper 9, p. 17
Nikolic, D., Jaruhar, S., and Messner, J. I. (2010) "An Educational Simulation in Construction: The Virtual Construction Simulator." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering Vol. 25, No. 6, 421-429
Nikolic, D., Jaruhar, S., and Messner, J. I. (2009) "An Educational Simulation in Construction: The Virtual Construction Simulator." Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Austin, Texas, 633-642
Balakrishnan, B., Nikolic, D. and Zikic, N. (2007) ""Where am I?" Impact of Display and Content Variables on Spatial Presence and Comprehension in Virtual Environments" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007
Kalisperis, L., Muramoto, K., Balakrishnan, B., Nikolic, D., and Zikic, N. (2006). "Evaluating relative impact of virtual reality system variables on architectural design comprehension and presence" Paper presented at the Proceedings of eCAADe2006, Volos, Greece.