Dr. Frank Boukamp is a Senior Lecturer for Project-Management in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University, Australia. After he received his Dipl.- Ing. degree in Computer-Aided Civil Engineering from Bauhaus University in Germany and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Dr. Boukamp dedicated himself to teaching construction- and project-management courses and researching in the area of IT, data modelling and decision making.
Research
Dr. Boukamp’s research focuses on leveraging semantic knowledge in IT solutions for project management, decision making in interdisciplinary environments and teaching, with a focus on leveraging emerging and evolving technologies, such as integrated project models, IoT-based sensors, and Augmented/Virtual Reality.
Until February 2024, Dr. Frank Boukamp was a founding Committee Member of MelBIM, a not-for-profit group based in Melbourne, Australia that seeks to bring together the built environment community of Victoria, to share and exchange thoughts and knowledge relating to technology and innovation across the AEC+FM industry, with a particular focus on BIM.
“After 39 events with more than 150 industry presentations across the years since 2015, I decided to step down from the MelBIM committee. It has been an interesting and rewarding journey, watching the community outgrow our venues and requiring us to seek bigger venues and more sponsors. I wish the MelBIM committee and the community all the best for the future and want to thank them for an interesting journey! I also want to thank the Office of Projects Victoria (DTF) who recognized the importance and value of our MelBIM community and used our MelBIM events to update the industry about their Victorian Digital Asset Strategy (VDAS) and in later officially launched VDAS at one of our MelBIM events. This was a personal highlight for me as it showed how MelBIM was able to bring academia, industry and government together to drive digital innovation forward. A big thank you also to RMIT University, who supported the event over the years – and to all of the countless sponsors that supported the different events by paying for the catering.”
– Frank Boukamp, February 2024