About
Dr. Fadi Castronovo
Hi! My name is Dr. Fadi Castronovo, and I am an Evaluation and Assessment Consultant at Castronovo Educational Assessments and Evaluations LLC. My work as a consultant focuses on providing external evaluation and consultation services to higher-education institutions submitting grants to Federal and State Institutions. I strive to provide rigorous assessment and evaluation while investigating innovative and experimental research questions.
Biosketch
For the past decade, Dr. Fadi Castronovo Ph.D., EIT, has been a Senior Lecturer in the Built Environment at the University of Brighton and an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the California State University East Bay. His research focused on the use of innovative technology (such as BIM, virtual and augmented reality) for the enhancement of construction management and engineering delivery process. He has researched the role of immersive virtual reality to improve the delivery process of facilities, starting from the design to the management of the facility. His research also focused on intersecting with educational psychology, with a special focus on self-regulated learning of Lean Design and Construction practices. Lastly, his main research focus layed in the development and assessment of educational video games for the advancement of STEM education. At Cal State East Bay, he supported the formation of the Construction Engineering Advanced Technologies (CEAT) Center. Three of his research groups are part of the CEAT Center. The Immersive and Interactive Research group performs research in the use and development of interactive workspaces for integrated project teams. Efforts from Lean Construction Research group focus on the use of technology to eliminate construction waste. Lastly, the STEM Educational Gaming Research group efforts focus on leveraging engaging and innovative technology to enhance the education for future construction managers and engineers
Selected Works
Castronovo, F., RazaviAlavi, S., & Rodriguez, P. M. (2024). Improving Learners’ Self-Efficacy in Performing Design Reviews with Virtual Reality. Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), 29(1), 1-15.
Wu, W., Luo, Y. V., Castronovo, F., Liang, A., Gomez, F., Kassis, S., & Wolcott, A. (2023). Barriers and pathways to use extended reality in stem classrooms: perspectives of key stakeholders. In EC3 Conference 2023 (Vol. 4, pp. 0-0). European Council on Computing in Construction.
Santos, A. V., Boehm, S. J., Castronovo, F., & Mathews, T. A. (2023). Graduate Research Experience and Transitioning to Grad School (GREaT GradS): A New Approach to Graduate-School Onboarding for Marginalized Groups. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Castronovo F., Oliver J., Stanciulescu A. (2022) Measuring Students’ Engagement in Learning Volumes of Revolution when Using Advanced Visualization Media in an Active Learning Environment. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference 2020. June 22 - 26
Kandi, V. R., Castronovo, F., Brittle, P., Mastrolembo Ventura, S., & Nikolic, D. (2020). Assessing the Impact of a Construction Virtual Reality Game on Design Review Skills of Construction Students. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 26(4), 04020035.
Castronovo, F., Van Meter, P. N., & Messner, J. I. (2018). Leveraging metacognitive prompts in construction educational games for higher educational gains. International Journal of Construction Management, 1-12.
Castronovo, F., Van Meter, P. N., Zappe, S. E., Leicht, R. M., & Messner, J. I. (2017). Developing problem-solving skills in construction education with the virtual construction simulator. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33(2), 831-846.
Selected News
Dr. Castronovo wins the 2020 CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award
Dr. Castronovo's work on Visualization Research highlighted on the Cal State East Bay News
Dr. Castronovo is featured on The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Dr. Fadi Castronovo hosts the high school Virtual Realith Engineering Summer Camp at Mission College
Dr. Castronovo wins grant from BROADCOM Foundation to host the Hayward High School District Virtual Reality Engineering Summer Camp
Dr. Castronovo build the Automation and Visualization Laboratory at Cal State East Bay