Carol C. Menassa

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Carol C. Menassa is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Social Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol C. Menassa has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Building and Construction, 18 papers in Social Psychology and 16 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Carol C. Menassa's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (47 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (28 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (18 papers). Carol C. Menassa is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (47 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (28 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (18 papers). Carol C. Menassa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. Carol C. Menassa's co-authors include Vineet R. Kamat, Elie Azar, Da Li, Ci‐Jyun Liang, Xi Wang, Min Deng, Wes McGee, Sang Hyun Lee, Bharadwaj R. K. Mantha and Xiaojing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Energy Policy and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Carol C. Menassa

134 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

From BIM to digital twins: a systematic review of the evolution of intelligent building representations in the AEC-FM industry

2021 264 citations Min Deng, Carol C. Menassa et al. Journal of Information Technology in Construction profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carol C. Menassa United States	35	2.8k	645	618	485	432	138	4.2k
Farrokh Jazizadeh United States	26	2.4k 0.9×	506 0.8×	735 1.2×	131 0.3×	290 0.7×	82	3.3k
Olli Seppänen Finland	37	3.3k 1.1×	429 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	402 0.8×	934 2.2×	247	5.8k
Xiaowei Luo Hong Kong	40	1.3k 0.5×	414 0.6×	605 1.0×	243 0.5×	517 1.2×	211	5.7k
Johnny Wong Hong Kong	33	2.3k 0.8×	497 0.8×	415 0.7×	215 0.4×	1.1k 2.6×	108	4.5k
Núria Forcada Spain	31	1.6k 0.6×	503 0.8×	359 0.6×	154 0.3×	577 1.3×	82	2.5k
Clyde Zhengdao Li China	33	3.3k 1.2×	360 0.6×	407 0.7×	590 1.2×	1.7k 4.0×	72	4.7k
Ying Zhou China	36	1.6k 0.5×	245 0.4×	252 0.4×	203 0.4×	382 0.9×	137	4.1k
Zezhou Wu China	35	2.2k 0.8×	295 0.5×	280 0.5×	112 0.2×	844 2.0×	109	3.7k
Miquel Casals Spain	31	1.6k 0.6×	340 0.5×	560 0.9×	108 0.2×	445 1.0×	79	2.5k
Burçin Becerik-Gerber United States	52	5.9k 2.1×	1.8k 2.8×	1.8k 2.9×	339 0.7×	1.2k 2.7×	182	9.9k

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Menassa, Carol C., et al.. (2025). Siamese network with dual attention for EEG-driven social learning: Bridging the human-robot gap in long-tail autonomous driving. Expert Systems with Applications. 291. 128470–128470.

Park, Somin, Xi Wang, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat, & Joyce Chai. (2024). Natural language instructions for intuitive human interaction with robotic assistants in field construction work. Automation in Construction. 161. 105345–105345. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, et al.. (2024). Enabling Building Information Model-driven human-robot collaborative construction workflows with closed-loop digital twins. Computers in Industry. 161. 104112–104112. 14 indexed citations

Deng, Min, Bo Fu, Carol C. Menassa, & Vineet R. Kamat. (2023). Learning-Based personal models for joint optimization of thermal comfort and energy consumption in flexible workplaces. Energy and Buildings. 298. 113438–113438. 11 indexed citations

Deng, Min, Xi Wang, Da Li, & Carol C. Menassa. (2022). Digital ID framework for human-centric monitoring and control of smart buildings. Building Simulation. 15(10). 1709–1728. 23 indexed citations

Deng, Min, et al.. (2022). Exploring Driver Physiological Response During Level 3 Conditional Driving Automation. 1–5. 5 indexed citations

Liang, Ci‐Jyun, Vineet R. Kamat, Carol C. Menassa, & Wes McGee. (2021). Trajectory-Based Skill Learning for Overhead Construction Robots Using Generalized Cylinders with Orientation. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 36(2). 11 indexed citations

Liang, Ci‐Jyun, et al.. (2019). Fast Dataset Collection Approach for Articulated Equipment Pose Estimation. 146–152. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, Da Li, Carol C. Menassa, & Vineet R. Kamat. (2019). Can Infrared Facial Thermography Disclose Mental Workload in Indoor Thermal Environments?. 87–96. 12 indexed citations

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Thomas, Albert, Carol C. Menassa, & Vineet R. Kamat. (2018). A systems simulation framework to realize net-zero building energy retrofits. Sustainable Cities and Society. 41. 405–420. 34 indexed citations

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Kamat, Vineet R., et al.. (2016). BIMap: Plan Drawings as Tangible Interfaces for Building Information Models. Construction Research Congress 2016. 2239–2249. 3 indexed citations

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Behzadan, Amir H., Carol C. Menassa, & Anu Pradhan. (2015). Enabling real time simulation of architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AEC/FM) systems: a review of formalism, model architecture, and data representation.. Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 20(1). 1–23. 20 indexed citations

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Kamat, Vineet R., Carol C. Menassa, & Sang Hyun Lee. (2013). On-line simulation of building energy processes: need and research requirements. Winter Simulation Conference. 3008–3017. 4 indexed citations

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Menassa, Carol C., Vineet R. Kamat, Sang Hyun Lee, et al.. (2013). Coupling Distributed Energy Simulation and Occupancy Models for Comprehensive Building Energy Consumption Analysis. Computing in Civil Engineering. 275–282. 3 indexed citations

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Anderson, Kyle, Sang Hyun Lee, & Carol C. Menassa. (2013). Impact of Social Network Type and Structure on Modeling Normative Energy Use Behavior Interventions. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 28(1). 30–39. 51 indexed citations

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Azar, Elie & Carol C. Menassa. (2010). A conceptual framework to energy estimation in buildings using agent based modeling. Winter Simulation Conference. 3145–3156. 20 indexed citations

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Menassa, Carol C., et al.. (2010). Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Real Option Theory for Improved Sustainability in Existing Buildings. 82. 1477–1486. 1 indexed citations

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Azar, Elie & Carol C. Menassa. (2010). A conceptual framework to energy estimation in buildings using agent based modeling. Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference. 3145–3156. 17 indexed citations

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Menassa, Carol C., et al.. (2009). Real options and system dynamics approach to model value of implementing a project specific dispute resolution process in construction projects. Winter Simulation Conference. 2635–2646. 3 indexed citations

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Menassa, Carol C., et al.. (2009). An Investigation of Real Option Theory to Evaluate Design, Procurement, and Construction of Renewable Energy Facilities. 646–654.

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