Fischer

Martin Fischer is professor of civil engineering and director of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University. He joined Stanford in 1992, after earning master’s and PhD degrees there. He also holds degree in civil engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He has excelled as a researcher, research center director, and faculty member at Stanford. Known as a pioneer in the virtual design-construction (VDC) field, Martin’s research has spanned more than two decades into VDC theory and practice. Now VDC can be found in use throughout the construction industry.

In addition to his impact in the classroom and on his students, he has assisted numerous progressive owners, builders, and software developers to test and refine VDC concepts and techniques. Honored many times, his recognitions include ENR Top 25 Newsmaker, the Peurifoy Construction Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and election as a foreign member to the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences in Sweden. He and a group of inventors hold a U.S. patent in multi-dimensional project models.