Sheryl Boyle, Carleton University

Research

automated construction design for manufacturing & assembly modular housing prefabricated housing robotics

Latest funding

Manufacturing to Deliver Housing at Scale
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,820
New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,088,852
New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,406,890

All 5 grants and awards

Manufacturing to Deliver Housing at Scale

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Boyle, Sheryl CS

Keywords: automated construction; design for manufacturing & assembly; modular housing; prefabricated housing; robotics

$49,820

New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnerships Grants Training Initiatives

Keywords: architectural heritage; digital technologies; rehabilitation; conservation theory; building information modelling; integrated project delivery

$1,088,852

New paradigm / new tools for architectural heritage in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: architectural heritage; digital technologies; rehabilitation; conservation theory; building information modelling; integrated project delivery

$1,406,890

Cultural diversity and material imagination in Canadian architecture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Fai, Stephen

Keywords: digitial humanities; building information modelling (BIM); multi-culturalism; ethno-cultural; heritage conservation; materials and method of construction; architectural heritage; tangible heritage; intangible heritage

$192,700

Memory, material and meaning: exploring opportunities for research on environments at the cultural-ecological interface

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Doubleday, Nancy C.

Keywords: buildings; clothing; furnishings; environment; landscape; culture; ecology; adaptation; climate change; resilience; heritage conservation

$79,250

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: automated construction Dear Professor Boyle, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on automated construction connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Manufacturing to Deliver Housing at Scale" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]