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Paul Crovella
Instructor, Sustainable Construction Management

219 Baker Laboratory
SUNY-ESF
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210

Telephone: (315) 470-6839
Fax: (315) 470-6879
Email: plcrovella@esf.edu

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Education:

Ph.D. (in progress) State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry
M. Eng., Cornell University, 1990
B. Sc. with Distinction, Cornell University, 1989

Areas of Study:

Sustainable Construction
Residential Construction
Historic Preservation
Optimum Value Engineering

Teaching:

WPE 342 – Light Construction
WPE 332 - Mechanical and Electrical Equipment
ERE 596 - Environmental Performance Measures for Buildings

ERE 496 - Sustainable Energy Systems for Buildings

ERE 496 - Building Information Modeling for Construction Managers

Selected Publications:

Crovella, P L. and K.G. Gebremedhin. 1990. Analyses of light frame wood truss tension joint stiffness. Forest Products Journal, April 1990, 41-47.

Gebremedhin, K. G. and P. L. Crovella. 1990. Load distribution in metal plate connectors of tension joints in wood trusses. Transactions of the ASAE 34(1):281-7.

Crovella, P. L. and K. G. Gebremedhin. 1988. Improving wood truss design by optimizing metal plate connectors. ASAE Paper no. 88-45117. St. Joseph, MI. 19pp.

Gebremedhin, K. G. and P.L. Crovella. 1990. Analysis of light frame wood truss joints using an elastic foundation model. Proceedings of the International Timber Engineering Conference. Tokyo, Japan. 709-15.