Laboratory for Interactive Visualization in Engineering

Photo of Professor Vineet Kamat

Vineet R. Kamat, Ph.D.

John L. Tishman Family Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


Director of Graduate Degree Programs

College of Engineering


University of Michigan

Phone: +1-734-764-4325  |  E-Mail: vkamat@umich.edu 


Curriculum Vitae  |  Google Scholar

Researchers in the Laboratory for Interactive Visualization in Engineering (LIVE) have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of construction engineering and management through research and development of new technology, principles, and practices. The group's accomplishments include pioneering research in Construction Automation and Robotics, where their work has developed new methods for construction robots to overcome workspace uncertainties and human-robot interaction barriers to make adaptive co-robotized construction work possible. Research at LIVE has also resulted in fundamental contributions in the areas of Real-Time Construction Monitoring, Context-Aware Infrastructure Visualization, construction visualization in Georeferenced Augmented Reality, and Visual Simulation of Construction Processes

Recent research at the LIVE has specifically focused on exploring Automation and Robotics to improve the human experience in the built environment (e.g., mobility, comfort), to improve the sustainability of engineering processes (e.g., construction, operation), and to reduce ability-based inequalities in physically-demanding work (e.g., on-site construction) and life activities (e.g., urban mobility). LIVE researchers have strong collaborations with the SICIS and the FabLab, and are affiliated with the Graham Sustainability Institute,  the MICDE, the MIDAS, the C4E,  and Michigan Robotics. LIVE discoveries have earned four US patents, is described in over 220 peer-reviewed publications, and is available in the form of several licensable technologies.

News and Events

08/2024 - Paper by LIVE and SICIS researchers awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2024 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 

05/2024 - Professors Vineet Kamat and Carol Menassa Awarded 2024 Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize

10/2023 - Professor Kamat inducted into the National Academy of Construction (NAC)

02/2023 - Paper by LIVE and SICIS researchers awarded the 2023 ASCE John O. Bickel Award

10/2022 - Professor Kamat named John L. Tishman Family Professor

09/2022 - NSF awards UM research project to study independent mobility in differently-abled people

07/2022 - Professor Kamat recognized as ASCE Fellow

04/2022 - Professor Kamat awarded the 2022 Rackham Master’s Mentoring Award

02/2022 - Professor Kamat awarded the 2022 ASCE Construction Management Award

09/2021 - NSF awards UM research project to study robotic assistants in construction work

06/2021 - Paper by SICIS and LIVE researchers awarded the 2021 ASCE Arthur M. Wellington Prize

06/2021 - Paper by SICIS and LIVE researchers awarded the 2021 ASCE Collingwood Prize

02/2020 - Professor Kamat awarded the 2020 ASCE Peurifoy Construction Research Award