Georg Reichard is assistant professor of building construction and a core faculty member of the recently founded Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech.

He was previously employed at Graz University of Technology in Austria, where he taught and researched at the Department of Structural Analysis from 1996 to 2004.In his current research, he focuses on building performance, systems integration, integrated control strategies and smart building materials - using modeling and simulation to improve buildings, their systems and the involved processes.

Reichard holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Graz University of Technology.

• Are Green Buildings just Houses Painted Green? An Austrian-American (Sustain)ability Test, (September 2006)