Dr. Deniz Besiktepe is an assistant professor in the School of Construction Management Technology at Purdue University Polytechnic Institute. After graduating from architecture school in 2003 and thirteen years of construction and facilities management experience, she received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, focusing on Construction Engineering and Management at Colorado State University. Dr. Besiktepe's research interests include facilities management (FM) and built environment, building maintenance, digital twins, condition assessment, decision-making models, and implementing technology and data-driven techniques in the FM area. In addition to her FM research, she has ongoing research efforts in construction management and FM education, workforce development, large language models, and sustainability. She is serving as a PI and Co-PI in research projects funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and ELECTRI International.
