Pardis Pishdad is an assistant professor in the School of Building Construction and a faculty advisor for the ABC Student Chapter at Georgia Tech. Her current research centers on innovative integrated A/E/C/FM solutions for infrastructure and built environment. She specializes in the evolving project delivery contracting strategies such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) approach, and trust-building in construction contracting. Her research interests also include Lean, Building Information Modeling, and sustainable design and construction delivery practices. Following Harvard Business School model, Pishdad aspires to adapt case study methodology into the project/construction management education as it is proven to be effective both in teaching and exploratory qualitative research.