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Kevin Grosskopf
Associate Professor of Construction Management


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Curriculum Vitae

Number of years of service on this faculty, including date or original appointment and dates of advancement in rank:


  • Appointed 2009 - Associate Professor (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  • Appointed 2009 - Associate Professor (University of Florida)
  • Appointed 2002 - Assistant Professor (University of Florida

Degrees


  • Ph.D. Architecture, University of Florida, 1998
  • M.S. Building Construction, University of Florida, 1993
  • B.S. Construction Engineering Technology, Florida A&M University, 1992

Other teaching experience


  • Guest Professor, Curitiba, Brazil
    2005 Paraná Federal University
  • Guest Professor, Lippe, Germany
    2004-2007 Fachhochschule Lippe und Hoxter (University of Applied Sciences)

Full-time industrial experience


  • Gainesville Regional Utilities - Gainesville, Florida
    1999-2002 Manager
  • U.S. Department of Defense - Tyndall, AFB Florida
    1993-1999 Staff Engineer
  • John Eggers Construction - St. Petersburg, Florida
    1989-1992 Superintendent

Consulting work, patents, etc.


  • Airborne infection control and pandemic patient surge in U.S. healthcare facilities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, May 2009-present
  • Moisture IAQ software, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), September 2006-present
  • Construction draw inspections, Capital City Bank, November 2001-August 2009
  • Moisture Control Construction Checklist (MC3), Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), U.S. copyright, 2007
  • People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3), proposal review team, U.S. EPA, March 2007

States in which professionally licensed or certified, if applicable


  • State of Florida Certified Building Contractor, CBC1250624
  • U.S. OSHA 500 Construction Safety Trainer
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

Principal publications during the last five years:


  • "Avoiding HVAC Defect Claims in Hot, Humid Climates," Grosskopf, K.R., Oppenheim P., and T. Brennan, ASHRAE Journal Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 40-52, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA 2008
  • "Assessing the Financial Feasibility of Utility Provided Back-Up Power During Site Planning," Grosskopf, K.R., W.S. Shepherd and P. Oppenheim, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)., Vol. 132, No. 1, pp. 2-7, Reston, VA, 2006
  • "Protective Window Safety Films: A Case Study in ASTM All-Hazard Building Code Standards," Grosskopf, K.R., Journal of ASTM International (JAI) Vol. 2, No.7, pp. 1-9, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2005

Conference Proceedings


  • "Reducing Carbon Footprint through Market Based Demand Side Energy Management," Grosskopf, K.R., Proceedings of the 2008 World Sustainable Building Conference (SB08), Melbourne (Australia), September 2008
  • "Identifying the Causes of Moisture-Related Defect Litigation in U.S. Building Construction," Grosskopf, K.R., Proceedings of the 2008 Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference (COBRA), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Dublin (Ireland), September 2008
  • "Use of Disaster Simulation Software to Identify Reconstruction Worker Training Needs," Grosskopf, K.R., Proceedings of the 3rd Built Environment Conference (BEC), Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa (ASOCSA), Cape Town (South Africa), July 2008
  • "Market-based Incentive/Disincentive (I/D) Model for Sustainable Energy Use in Residential Construction," Grosskopf, K.R, C.J. Kibert and P. Oppenheim, Proceedings of the 2005 World Sustainable Conference, Tokyo (Japan), September 2005

Scientific and technical societies of which a member


  • American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

Honors and Awards


  • 2008 AGC National Outstanding Educator Award
  • 2007 National Teaching Award, Associated Schools of Construction (ASC)
  • 2005 College Teacher of the Year Award, University of Florida

Institutional and professional service in the last five years


  • Associate Editor, ASC Journal of Construction Education and Research, 2007-present
  • Director, Center for Collective Protection, University of Florida, 2002-2009

Recent summer or other assignments not shown above


  • Summer support from research grants (~$1.0M), 2006-2009

Percentage of time available for research or scholarly activities


  • 40%

Percentage of time committed to the program


  • 60%