Digital Design and Fabrication

• Development and assessment of software for virtual testing of new building components and assemblies; closing he loop with prototyping and physical testing
• Assessment of new building methods, including assembly  and fabrication methods, mixing shop-based and field fabrication
• Exploring new materials with digital design, prototyping, and fabrication
• Streamlining off-site fabrication with robotics

Energy and Sustainability

• Development of performance assessment tools
• Applying performance requirements to building products
• Integrating performance assessment with BIM

Modeling and Visualization

• Developing interactive environments using game engine technologies
• New technologies to capture “as-built” conditions
• The evolutionary development of tools to support retrofit design and engineering

Systems, Processes and Interoperability

• Standards development to realize interoperability for particular next-generation workflows
• Specifying and Improving project work flows, as part of the project delivery planning process
• The development of rule-based systems, for automated building model checking of both model quality and design issues
• The emergence of BIM servers to enhance integrated project delivery