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James H. Garrett Jr. is the Provost and Thomas Lord Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He previously served as Dean of the College of Engineering (2013-2018) and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2006-2012). Garrett joined CMU in 1990 and has held leadership roles including Associate Dean for Academic and Graduate Affairs (2000-2006).
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1986)
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1983)
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (1982)
Garrett’s research focuses on sensor systems, data mining, and machine learning for civil infrastructure condition assessment. His work spans smart cities, transportation engineering, and structural health monitoring, with applications in HVAC systems, water infrastructure, and bridge diagnostics. He has pioneered methods for integrating BIM with maintenance data and developing intelligent decision support systems.
Garrett’s publications emphasize sensor networks, data-driven infrastructure management, and machine learning for anomaly detection in transportation and building systems. His work bridges civil engineering with computational methods, including variational autoencoders for rail monitoring and adaptive graph filtering for bridge diagnostics.
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (2012)
- Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research (2007)
- ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Award (2006)
As founding co-director of the Pennsylvania Smarter Infrastructure Incubator and a leader in the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Garrett has advanced smart infrastructure through sensor networks and data analytics. He also served as co-chief editor of the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (2008-2013).
