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Ryan E. Smith

Engineering · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1996

Publications

55

Citations

585

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record appears to blend several distinct research areas, including offsite and modular construction using mass timber and prefabrication methods, building information modeling (BIM) and architectural design technology, and separate unrelated topics such as cobalt-catalyzed chemistry and water resource management. The most consistent and substantial body of work concerns prefabricated and modular building construction, particularly the use of mass timber products, evaluated through case studies and industry surveys. Given the mix of unrelated subjects across chemistry, medicine, archaeology, and engineering, this bibliographic record may represent contributions from multiple individuals sharing the same name rather than a single coherent research program.

Mass timber and modular constructionOffsite and prefabricated building methodsArchitectural design and building systemsConstruction industry performance analysisBIM and computational design in architecture

Publication output was concentrated around 2017-2018 with a notable peak, declined to near zero between 2019 and 2023, and shows a slight recent uptick in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
2017: 13 publications13172018: 6 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication2122232024: 1 publication242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Architectural Education×3
  • Architectural Engineering and Design Management×2
  • Technology|Architecture + Design×2
  • Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit Proceedings×2
  • Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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