Student Chapters

2009-2010 ACADEMIC YEAR

CMAA and its Regional Chapters extend the opportunity to students at colleges and universities across the nation to form Student Chapters. Currently, there are 24 student chapters. Each chapter has a faculty advisor and a student board of directors. Interested parties can contact the student chapters to learn more about their CM program and the chapter organization and activities.

ARIZONA

ITT Technical Institute, Tempe
5005 S. Wendler Drive
Tempe, AZ 85282
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Host Regional Chapter: Arizona Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Instructor Alex Devereux
Phone: 602-437-7554
Email: adevereux@itt-tech.edu
Student Chapter President: Jeff Nickerson
Email: jnickerson2@email.itt-tech.edu

CALIFORNIA

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Website: http://www.construction.calpoly.edu

Host Regional Chapter: Southern California Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Lonny Simonian
Phone: 805-756-7981
Email: lsimonia@calpoly.edu
Student Chapter President: Ryan Brown
Email: rbrown06@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly is a nationally ranked, four-year, comprehensive public university located in San Luis Obispo, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on California's Central Coast. It is a distinctive learning community offering academically focused students a hands-on educational experience that prepares them for today's scientific and technical world. Cal Poly's admissions process is a highly competitive one.

2008 was the fourteenth straight year the university experienced a record applicant pool: nearly 38,000 applications for 4,100 available spaces. Freshmen enrolled for the 2008 term had an average high school GPA of 3.78, average ACT score of 26.1 and average SAT score of 1200.

For the 17th year in a row, Cal Poly has been rated the best public-master's university in the West by U.S. News & World Report, in its 2010 America 's Best Colleges guidebook. Cal Poly moved up four spots from 10th to 6th in the magazine's overall list of the West's best universities, including both public and private institutions, that provide "a full range of undergraduate and master's-level programs but few, if any, doctoral programs." U.S. News ranks colleges that grant doctoral degrees, such as those in the University of California system, in a separate category.

Cal Poly ranks third nationally among public universities in a Forbes.com ranking of college campuses, based on a recent study that looks at earnings of alumni at colleges around the country. Forbes.com says it bases its ratings on the salaries of college degree holders who have 10 to 20 years of work experience. Cal Poly followed only Berkeley and University of Virginia in the public rankings, tying for the third spot with UCLA and UC San Diego.

California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA
Website: http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/cecem/

Host Regional Chapter: Southern California Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tariq Shehab
Phone: 562-985-1643
Email: shehab@csulb.edu
Student Chapter President: Tarek Nasr
Email: tnismo88@yahoo.com

California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street, Suite JD4507
Northridge, CA 91330-8347
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Host Regional Chapter: Southern California Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Mohamed Hegab, Ph.D.
Phone: 818-677-7034
Email: mhegab@csun.edu
Student Chapter President: Michael Elliott
Email: michael.elliott.0@my.csun.edu

The Construction Management Technology (CMT) program at California State University Northridge is hosted by the College of Engineering and Computer Science and has been offered through the department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanic since 2005. This is a 4 year Bachelors of Science Degree that prepares students to enter into the construction field with skill sets in: Scheduling and Estimating, Project Administration and Control, Project Management, Safety, Economics, Law, and Communications to name a few. For a full listing of courses in the program visit the web site http://www.csun.edu/~ceam/cmt_home.html. The programs objective is to prepare students in a well rounded curriculum with the knowledge they will need in real world applications to ensure construction projects are deliverable on-time, within budget, with quality control and safety. At California State University Northridge our CMAA student chapter helps our student members to improve their leadership, team work and extended learning beyond what is done in the classroom. At CSUN our student chapter organizes trips to conferences such as AGC and ASC Conferences which is a great application of skill sets learned in scenarios that could arise on the job at any time. CSUN’s Student Chapter organizes career fairs as an outreach to companies to enable the students of Construction Management Technology (CMT) to network with prospective employers and demonstrate what our program and our students have to offer.

University of Southern California
3620 S. Vermont Avenue, KAP222
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
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Host Regional Chapter: Southern California Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Professor and CE&M Program Director Henry Koffman
Phone: 213-740-0556
Email: koffman@usc.edu
Student Chapter President: Jaimie Irvine
Email: jairvine@usc.edu

COLORADO

Colorado State University
Department of Construction Management
Guggenheim Hall
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1584
Website: http://www.cahs.colostate.edu/cmaa/mission.html

Host Regional Chapter: Colorado Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor Mehmet Egemen Ozbek, Ph.D.
Phone: 970-491-4101
Email: meozbek@cahs.colostate.edu
Student Chapter President: Maria Delgado
Email: mdelgado@rams.colostate.edu

CMAA’s student chapter at Colorado State University (CSU) was founded in Fall 2008 and is roofed under the Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University. The Department of Construction Management at CSU is one of the top ranked programs in the nation and accredited by the American Council for Construction Education. The department is committed to providing a high quality curriculum to its students. Being active participants inside and outside the classroom is strongly encouraged. There are many types of clubs and competition teams each individual can join. The department is dedicated to preparing the future construction industry leaders.

The Chapter’s goal is to provide students interested in Construction Management as a profession, a sense of the roles and responsibilities of a Construction Manager. The Chapter will work to abide by and encourage the mission of CMAA which is “to promote and enhance leadership, professionalism, and excellence in managing the development and construction of projects and programs.” Following the CMAA’s mission statement, the Student Chapter’s goal is to enlarge the student experience by enhancing the link between students and the construction industry, help students increase their academic experience, and create a greater sense of community within the CSU Construction Management Department.

The specific Student Chapter objectives include:

Expose students to professional aspects of Construction Management by interfacing with local CMAA chapters (i.e., field trips, seminars, workshops, and panel discussions).
Engage in CM outreach activities in the community.
Help develop leadership skills in CMAA student members.
To expose students to CMIT in pursuit of CCM and provide guidance in achieving the certification.
Create Internships and Shadow Programs.

FLORIDA

Everglades University, Orlando
877 E. Altamonte Drive
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
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Host Regional Chapter: West Central Florida Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Lead Faculty Member Daniel Vannoy, JD, MSIR
Phone: 407-277-0311
Email: dvanoy@cfl.rr.com
Student Chapter President: Robert Hibjan
Email: bobnana@earthlink.net

University of Florida
M E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction
314 Rinker, P.O. Box 115703
Gainesville, FL 32611-5703
Website: http://www.bcn.ufl.edu

Host Regional Chapter: West Central Florida Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Professor Michael Cook, MBA, JD
Phone: 352-273-1156
Email: zekecook@ufl.edu
Student Chapter President: Brando Fetzek
Email: brando.fetzek@ufl.edu

The Student Chapter of CMAA at the University of Florida is a student-run organization campus organization. The students involved in the Chapter promote the Construction Management delivery method. The Chapter encourages interaction amongst students who are majoring in various fields associated with Construction Management. Social and professional events are held throughout the year to provide a forum for students of Architecture, Building Construction, Planning, Engineering, and Business to interact and understand one another. The Chapter promotes future expertise in the construction industry by creating events in which student members interact with professionals at lectures and in the field.

Planned CMAA events for the 2009-2010 school year include: lecture series by industry professionals, site visits throughout Florida, study sessions for construction classes, Habitat for Humanity/Rebuild Gainesville service activities, Florida Football Tailgates, Bowling Social, Christmas Social, and others to be announced.

GEORGIA

Southern Polytechnic State University
1100 S Marietta Parkway, Suite H-338
Marietta, GA 30060-7896
Website: www.spsu.edu/cnst

Host Regional Chapter: South Atlantic Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor Pavan Meadati, Ph.D.
Phone: 678-915-3715
Email: pmeadati@spsu.edu
Student Chapter President: Nancy Lovell
Email: nlovell@spsu.edu

Southern Polytechnic State University's (SPSU) Construction Management (CM) Department offers undergraduate, graduate and certificate degrees. Within each program, students may choose to specialize in one of three tracks: general construction, specialty (MEP), or development. SPSU CM students receive training in core construction management skills including reading and interpreting plans and specifications, estimating, scheduling, project management, value engineering, construction law, construction finance and feasibility to name a few.

The SPSU CMAA chapter is an active and vibrant chapter that coordinates student member activities with the CMAA South Atlantic Chapter (SAC). Each month, professional members of CMAA SAC lecture on their topic of expertise at student campus meetings. In addition, each month, student members are invited to attend the CMAA SAC professional breakfasts to expand their horizons and their contacts with industry. The SPSU CMAA chapter promotes and encourages its student members to become CMIT certified and works with CMAA SAC members to seek internships for its student members.

ILLINOIS

Illinois Institute of Technology
Construction Engineering and Management Program
Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering
3201 South Dearborn Street
Alumni Memorial Hall, Room 229
Chicago, IL 60616
Website: www.iit.edu/~cmaa

Host Regional Chapter: Chicago Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Professor and CE&M Director David Arditi, Ph.D.
Phone: 312-567-3546
Email: Arditi@iit.edu
Student Chapter President: Tagir Nigamatzyonov
Email: tnigamat@iit.edu

IIT's comprehensive program in Construction Engineering and Management provides students with the knowledge and background that is essential to making decisions at site, company, industry, and sector levels. Students learn how to plan projects, estimate and control costs, make economic decisions, administer contracts, organize construction sites, manage construction equipment, analyze productivity, optimize site activities, and solve legal problems. Each student's program is individually planned around his or her interests, and students are encouraged to complement their construction engineering and management courses with relevant courses in computer science, business administration, management science, and law. The Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering offers degree programs in Construction Engineering and Management at the master's (Master of Science and Professional Master's) and doctoral (Ph.D.) levels.

The Burton and Erma Lewis Construction Engineering and Management Laboratory is used for undergraduate instruction and graduate research. It has been upgraded by a substantial grant from the Lewis/Khrebiel fund and features four advanced work stations each equipped with an electromagnetic digitizer. Several personal computers, multi-media systems, printers, plotters and a scanner are also part of the lab. Graduate students in the Construction Engineering and Management Program use the latest programming tools in their research work in computer-aided engineering and design. The lab's extensive software library contains state-of-the-art programs in project management, scheduling, accounting, equipment management, public contracting, cost estimating and quantity take-off, and drafting. In addition, the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering offers modern laboratory and computer facilities for research and instruction.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
College of Applied Sciences & Arts
1365 Douglas Drive, Mailcode 6614
Carbondale, IL 62901-6614
Website: www.siu.edu

Host Regional Chapter: Chicago Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor J. Kevin Roth
Phone: 618-453-7219
Email: jkroth@siu.edu
Student Chapter President: Alex Johnston
Email: alesj331@siu.edu

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
205 North Mathews Avenue
3129b Newmark Engineering Lab
Urbana, IL 61801-2352
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: Chicago Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Liang Y. Liu
Phone: 217-333-6951
Email: LLiu1@illinois.edu
Student Chapter President: David Sievers
Email: sievers3@illinois.edu

Construction engineers manage and direct construction operations. Labor, materials, and equipment are analyzed for each job to determine the proper quantity of each, ensuring availability at the appropriate time and place. Construction engineers are experts in many areas because they deal with the different aspects of civil engineering.

In the Construction program, students learn about the capabilities of people, materials, and machinery, and they translate the details of design specifications into an operation such as drilling deep into the ground for a foundation or placing the cable over the saddle at the top of a suspension bridge tower. Of particular value to the construction engineer in the decision-making process is the use of information technology tools in planning, scheduling, fiscal control, inventory, estimating, and production rate forecasting. The Construction program offers various levels of degrees in Construction Engineering and Management from a B.S. to M.S. to a Ph.D.

The CMAA student chapter at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was first established in Summer 2008 with the following main objectives:

Encourage the development of a professional consciousness among construction engineering and management students
Afford an opportunity for them to become more acquainted with construction management practice in the united states
Help students gain realistic vision about their future professional career and the challenges they would face as construction managers
Practice working together effectively, to promote a spirit of congeniality among construction management students
Provide professional contact with the construction and project management professionals at CMAA
Increase the visibility of construction management group at UIUC among the professionals in the CM/PM areas
Serve as a contact for obtaining professional industry speakers at seminars and conferences either sponsored by the CMAA or the chapter
Offer an educational resource through the technical and academic seminars and conferences hold through the CMAA chapter as well as the national and regional CMAA chapters

MAINE

University of Southern Maine
Department of Technology
37 College Avenue
Gorham, ME 04038
Website: http://www.usm.main.edu/tech/programs/const_magt.html

Host Regional Chapter: New England Chapter
Faculty Advisor: David Early
Phone: 207-780-5440
Email: dearly@usm.maine.edu
Student Chapter President: Jamison Schwartz
Email: jpschwartz@alliedcook.com

MASSACHUSETTS

Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: New England Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor E. Scott Sumner, CCM
Phone: 617-989-4259
Email: sumnere@wit.edu
Student Chapter President: Taliah Rashada
Email: rashadat@wit.edu

The Construction Management Club is a student run and supported organization at Wentworth Institute of Technology. The club receives outside support from the professional chapters of the Construction Management Association of America, the Associated General Contractors of America, and Associated Builders and Constructors. The club’s activities include a series of events such as site visits, a mentorship program, guest speakers, and other industry related activities. The Construction Management Club has received awards such as National CMAA Student Chapter of the Year in 2004 and Wentworth’s Outstanding Student Organization of the Year in 2006.

The club has been growing in size and in events and mostly sustains itself through fundraisers outside of the Wentworth budget allocation, leaving membership dues free. An example of the club’s biggest fundraiser is the OSHA Training session. The club has an AGC representative come to the campus twice a year to certify about 50 students at a time through the ten-hour OSHA training. By having this fundraiser, the club raises money, but also gives its students an important tool for the industry. Once a student completes their OSHA session, they are given an edge over other graduates in a CM program. Other types of fundraisers include selling sweatshirts, t-shirts, and decals.

The 2008-2009 school year was full of events. These events included attending the national CMAA conference in San Francisco, visiting the CAT dealership, guest speakers, site visits to Museum of Fine Arts, Logan-Mass port Parking Garage, and Fenway Park, getting involved in Building Boston Together, and the Graduating Senior Appreciation reception.

Mentorship is one of the club’s most successful and important programs. Once a student is a sophomore, junior, or senior they are eligible to have a mentor in the construction field. Local Boston. These mentors and mentees meet at a breakfast every few weeks for a semester or longer. The mentors show the students their offices and bring students to the job sites. This program is important because it gives students someone to ask questions about their profession and experience at a company. Most often the mentor and student stay in contact, forming a great network and friend. Construction professionals volunteer their time to be a mentor to students.

Another significant activity for club members is the ASC competition. Every year the club sends six students to compete in the Commercial Building competition. In 2008 the team came in first place in regionals and second place at nationals.

NEW YORK

New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan
1855 Broadway, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Website: www.nyit.edu

Host Regional Chapter: Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Associate Dean Frank Mruk
Phone: 212-261-1676
Email: fmruk@nyit.edu
Student Chapter President: Josh Perotti
Email: Jperotti@nyit.edu

The student chapter of CMAA at New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan Campus, was created to prepare students with first hand experiences and advice from the professional world as well as a means to network with the leaders in the industry. The chapter also serves to advance NYIT’s role in the construction management field.

The Student Chapter fulfills these goals by:
•Hosting guest speakers and informational seminars
•Visiting working construction sites and offices and
•Engaging in community outreach activities

We are at a time in history where the rate of change has increased exponentially. This is especially evident in our chosen field of Design and Construction. Having a Student Chapter of the CMAA at the Manhattan Campus is an excellent way of getting a handle on this change. It offers networking opportunities and exposure to professionals of the highest caliber to students while they are still immersed in their education. There is no better way to partner and prepare for the future. The NYIT-Manhattan Student Chapter is very pleased to see this new level of engagement.

New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury
Northern Boulevard, P.O. Box 8000
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Website: www.nyit.edu

New York University, Schack Institute of Real Estate
11 West 42nd Street, Room 509
New York, NY 10036
Website: www.scps.nyu.edu/areas-of-study/real-estate/graduate-programs/ms-construction-management/

Host Regional Chapter: Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Clinical Associate Professor John Eschemuller
Phone: 212-992-3355
Email: je33@nyu.edu
Student Chapter President: Martin Coffeen
Email: MGC317@nyu.edu

Polytechnic Institute of New York University
6 Metro Tech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Professor Lawrence Chiarelli
Phone: 718-260-4040
Email: lchiarel@poly.edu
Student Chapter President: Robert Welkinson
Email: welks520@gmail.com

Pratt Institute
144 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: Metropolitan New York/New Jersey Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Department Chair Harriet Markis
Phone: 212-647-7524
Email: pratt.cmstudentchapter@gmail.com
Student Chapter President: Robert Avitabile
Email: pratt.cmstudentchapter@gmail.com

OHIO

Kent State University
College of Technology
209A Van Deusen Hall
Kent, OH 44242
Website: www.kent.edu/tech

Host Regional Chapter: Ohio Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor Joe Karpinski
Phone: 330-672-3080
Email: jkarpins@kent.edu
Student Chapter President: Shawn Samek
Email: ssamek@kent.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Drexel University
3001 Market Street, Suite 173
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: Mid Atlantic Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Clinical Professor Stanley Jackson, CCM, CDT, LEED AP, Ph.D. Candidate
Phone: 215-895-5966
Email: slj28@drexel.edu
Student Chapter President: Jaime Burnett
Email: jb665@drexel.edu

Temple University
1801 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: Mid Atlantic Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Philip Udo-Inyang
Phone: 215-204-7831
Email: udoinyan@temple.edu
Student Chapter President: TBD

TEXAS

Texas A&M University, College Station
Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture
3137 TAMU, Langford Building A, Room 422
College Station, TX 77843
Website:

Host Regional Chapter: South Central Texas Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Julian Kang, Ph.D.
Phone: 979-845-1017
Email: cosc@archmail.tamu.edu
Student Chapter President: Jolene D’sa
Email: jolenedsa@gmail.com

VIRGINIA

Virginia Tech
200 Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Website: www.cmaa.org.vt.edu

Host Regional Chapter: National Capital Chapter
Faculty Advisor: Vecellio Professor of CE&M Jesus de la Garza, Ph.D.
Phone: 540-231-5789
Email: chema@vt.edu
Student Chapter President: Brent Brown
Email: btbrown@vt.edu

The newly formed Myers-Lawson School of Construction is a unique collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. The principle units of the school include the Department of Building Construction and the Vecellio Construction Engineering and Management program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The Student Chapter’s objectives include:

Create an identity for CM students at Virginia Tech
Expose students to professional aspects of CM by interacting with CMAA Chapters and the Industry
Develop students’ leadership and professional skills
Engage in community outreach activities