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Sinem Mollaoglu is a Professor and CANR Faculty Excellence Advocate in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. She serves as a LEED-accredited professional with expertise in construction management and sustainable built environments, advising the Professional Women Builders Student Group and working with the Outreach and Mentoring Committee of the Industry and Alumni Board.
Her educational background includes:
- Bachelor of Architecture from Dokuz Eylul University
- Master of Science in Project Construction and Management from Istanbul Technical University
- PhD in Architectural Engineering from Penn State University, with dissertation on High-Performance Green Building Delivery
Professor Mollaoglu's research focuses on sustainable built environments, project delivery systems, team integration, and organizational issues in architecture, engineering, and construction. Her methodological expertise includes Social Network Analysis, Survey Research, and Case Study Research. She investigates how information exchange patterns impact performance of inter-organizational project teams in sustainable construction delivery, with particular emphasis on communication networks and team dynamics.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent focus on applying network analysis to construction project teams, spanning airport construction partnering to general AEC project performance. Her work shows evolution from foundational research on green building delivery to current work on social network interventions and future of work in construction, revealing a trajectory of increasingly sophisticated analysis of team dynamics and communication patterns in complex construction environments.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- LEED-accredited professional certification
- 2020-2021 'You Belong Here Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Award'
- Emerald Literati Award for highly commended paper
Professor Mollaoglu has successfully advised numerous graduate students who have won awards and secured academic positions. She has secured significant research funding including a $1.2M NSF grant to study intelligent social network interventions and a $417K NSF grant to study impacts of social network interventions on engineering project outcomes, demonstrating her ability to translate theoretical research into practical applications for the construction industry.
She leads multiple research initiatives including the Construction Management Education and Research Lab, Housing Education and Research Initiative, and Inter-Organizational Project Teams for Innovation, Collaboration and Sustainability (I-OPT4). She serves on the Engineering Project Organization Journal Editorial Board and actively participates in the International Partnering Institute, contributing to industry standards and practices in collaborative construction project delivery.
