Papers
16
Total Citations
2,012
H-Index
12
About
Behrokh Khoshnevis is a pioneering engineer and professor at the University of Southern California whose groundbreaking work has fundamentally reshaped thinking about automated construction and large-scale additive manufacturing. He is best known as the inventor of **Contour Crafting (CC)**, a digitally controlled, layered fabrication process capable of constructing entire building structures directly from computer models — eliminating costly traditional formwork and dramatically accelerating construction timelines. His seminal 2003 paper on this technology has garnered over 1,100 citations, establishing him as a leading voice in construction robotics worldwide. Khoshnevis has extended Contour Crafting's applications far beyond Earth, pioneering its adaptation for extraterrestrial infrastructure, including lunar and planetary habitat development using in-situ resources — work that has attracted significant NASA interest and collaboration. His more recent research integrates computer vision, deep learning, and BIM software platforms to enable real-time quality monitoring and intelligent control of robotic construction systems, reflecting his commitment to building end-to-end automated construction pipelines. With a body of work spanning construction automation, space habitat engineering, and intelligent manufacturing, Khoshnevis has collectively amassed well over 1,900 citations across his most influential papers, inspiring a generation of researchers at the intersection of robotics, civil engineering, and space exploration.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Automated construction by contour crafting—related robotics and information technologies1,122 citations · 2003
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- 4Optimal machine operation planning for construction by Contour Crafting141 citations · 2012
- 5Lunar Contour Crafting - A Novel Technique for ISRU-Based Habitat Development124 citations · 2005
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- 7Robotic Construction by Contour Crafting: The Case of Lunar Construction51 citations · 2012
- 8An Innovative Construction Process-Contour Crafting (CC)43 citations · 2005
- 9Centralized sensing and control of multiple mobile robots35 citations · 1998
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