Tommy TafazzoliRESEARCHER · EDUCATOR · ENGINEER

PEOPLE · PRACTICE · ACADEMIC LIFE

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Teaching, student research, S.A.F.E. Lab activity, university service, and professional engagement across Georgia Southern and Washington State.

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S.A.F.E. LAB · RESEARCH COMMUNICATION

Research in visual form.

A coordinated visual series presents the lab's mission, research pipeline, wearable platforms, funded work, and pathway from measurement to safer construction decisions.

S.A.F.E. Lab poster showing a construction worker wearing physiological sensors and the Measure, Understand, Act research philosophy.
Wearable safety researchThe S.A.F.E. Lab mission connects physiological and movement signals with worker-centered construction-safety decisions.
S.A.F.E. Lab overview poster with six sections covering research areas, Hexoskin and Shimmer platforms, data methods, ongoing research, funded projects, and scholarly output.
S.A.F.E. Lab at a glanceAn overview of research areas, wearable measurement platforms, funded projects, analytical methods, and scholarly output.
Construction fatigue monitoring poster illustrating the safety challenge, study approach, wearable and self-report measurements, work context, and planned research value.
Construction fatigue monitoringA research concept combining wearable signals, worker self-reports, and jobsite context to study changing fatigue states.
S.A.F.E. Lab roadmap poster progressing from a reproducible sensing workflow to vigilance forecasting and field validation on construction jobsites.
From lab to jobsiteA staged roadmap for developing reproducible sensing workflows, testing short-horizon vigilance forecasting, and translating evidence to field settings.
S.A.F.E. Lab research framework poster showing six stages: context, sensing, reference, analytics, evaluation, and translation, with governing research principles.
From signals to safer decisionsThe lab's six-stage framework moves from context and sensing through reference measures, analytics, independent evaluation, and practical translation.
Smart garments and construction safety poster describing wearable monitoring, technology adoption, usability, data quality, trust, and related scholarship.
Smart garments and safetyPublished research examines smart-garment usability, data quality, trust, and the conditions required for responsible field adoption.
Stay Sharp, Stay Safe project poster showing the project focus, workforce need, toolkit priorities, and field-oriented delivery plan.
Stay Sharp, Stay SafeThe Job-Site Safety Institute-funded project develops a bilingual, low-burden fatigue-reset toolkit for residential construction.
Wearable sensing platforms poster featuring Hexoskin and Shimmer equipment and a five-step analytical pathway from signal acquisition to pattern evaluation.
Wearable sensing platformsHexoskin and Shimmer support multimodal measurement of physiological and movement-related signals for construction-focused human-performance research.
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LEARNING & MENTORING

Students at the center.

Georgia Southern Preconstruction students and Tafazzoli gathered for a team photograph.
Learning through competitionGeorgia Southern’s 2025 ASC Preconstruction team with faculty coach Tommy Tafazzoli.
WSU Heavy Civil students and faculty gathered with the first-place competition trophy.
WSU Heavy Civil teamWashington State University’s Heavy Civil team, coached by Tafazzoli, earned first place at the 2022 ASC Regions 6 & 7 competition.Related publication or coverage ↗
Georgia Southern Commercial competition team and coaches standing together at the event.
Commercial team · 2024Georgia Southern’s 2024 ASC Commercial team. Tafazzoli contributed as co-coach.
Iffat Haq and Tommy Tafazzoli beside a research poster on short breaks, fatigue prediction, and wearable sensing.
Student research in construction safetyIffat Haq and Tommy Tafazzoli at Georgia Southern’s student research symposium, presenting fatigue-management research.

SERVICE & EXCHANGE

Part of a wider academic community.

Two faculty members at a Georgia Southern recruitment table with program materials.
Welcoming future studentsTafazzoli and a colleague at Eagle Preview, Spring 2024.
Tafazzoli standing behind a Georgia Southern program information table.
A conversation about the programTafazzoli representing Civil Engineering & Construction at Eagle Preview, Spring 2025.
Tafazzoli presenting to a seated audience in a municipal meeting room.
Research for municipal practicePresenting stormwater-runoff research to City of Seattle decision makers.
Graduates and attendees gathered for a Georgia Southern commencement ceremony.
University representationGeorgia Southern commencement: supporting the university community and celebrating graduates.

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT

Connecting with the field.

Tafazzoli participating in a conference panel with other speakers.
Professional exchangePlenary participation at a construction-sustainability conference in Los Angeles, as documented in the honors portfolio.
Tafazzoli wearing a hard hat and high-visibility vest at a construction site.
Industry in the fieldA construction-site visit documented in the Kiewit faculty internship materials.
Tafazzoli standing beside the Kiewit Bridge & Marine District sign.
Kiewit faculty internshipAt Kiewit’s Bridge & Marine District office during the faculty internship.
Tafazzoli in a high-visibility vest beside a Redmond road sign.
Sound Transit projectField visit to a Sound Transit project in the Seattle area, documented in the internship materials.
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