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University of Texas at Austin

Engineering Property and Construction Civil Engineering Construction Management Project Management Civil and Environmental Engineering

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5.04/23/2026

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Carlos Caldas is a Professor holding the Gerard A. Rohlich Regents Professorship in Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering within the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Academic Affairs and has over 30 years of experience in construction engineering and project management. Caldas earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal do Ceará in 1988, M.C.E. in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense in 1990, and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003. His research focuses on construction engineering and project management, including information technologies and sensors, advanced data analysis techniques, project performance assessment, productivity improvement, knowledge management, and infrastructure systems. Additional areas encompass life-cycle information integration, project data analysis, construction knowledge discovery and dissemination, product and process modeling, project control systems, field management technologies, and communication, collaboration, and coordination technologies. He teaches courses on information systems, data mining, project management, engineering economic analysis, and building construction.