The Home
Page of Erik Backus
Welcome to
the Backus home on the Web. Hopefully this little corner of the Internet will
be seen by a few of you. I have included a few links things I like to do, and
find interest in. Feel free to surf around.
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Professional Links: |
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Clarkson University - My Undergraduate
School and Where I Teach Now |
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University of
Missouri - Rolla/Missouri S&T - My Graduate School |
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George Mason
University - Where I was PM/Engineering Planner and Taught |
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US Army
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Ongoing Projects and Research Efforts: |
955th Engineer
Company - The Company I Commanded |
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Clarkson CEM Consulting Group: A Service/Group I Manage |
Fort Leonard
Wood - Where I served for 7 years |
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Sustainable Holistic Planning
Systems in Non-Urban Contexts: A research |
Joint Base
Myer - Henderson Hall - Where I served as Chief Engineer |
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group I am
leading |
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Clarkson Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone Design: The process |
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results of the students that I teach |
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Fun Organizations: |
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Omega Lamda Tau - My Greek Org. |
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Realm of Utopian
Dreams - A Multi User Domain (MUD) that I helped run |
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Interests: |
Convenient Links: |
Articles I’ve Written: |
Sola Deo - A
Lutheran Explanation of Reformation Solas |
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Recruiting
Construction Leaders and Managers for the Future - A technical article on the future of
construction leadership |
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Field Force and Facility Engineer Training - An article on the key elements of Facility
Engineer Training |
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True Sustainability:
A Rubric for Evaluating Infrastructure Rating Systems and Resiliency - An Article on Rating Systems and
Resiliency |
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Decision-Guided Energy Framework for Optimal Power, Heating, and Cooling
Capacity Investment - A
Co-written paper on Energy Investment |
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APPA Facilities Informatics Maturity Matrix
Technical Report - A technical report where I am
the primary author |
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Podcasts and Interviews: |
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Code Talkers: Informatics Moving Forward
- An article on the work above and the overall effort regarding Facility
Informatics |
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Getting the Most out of APPA’s FPI Survey and Report
Tool—And a Preview of What’s to Come – An article regarding the applications of my research in facility informatics |
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Presentations/Videos: |
Technology, Trends, and How to Not be Swept Away
– A popular literature article on the impact on technology in construction. |
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Tearing
Down the Great Wall of Data: the Promise of Facilities Informatics |
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Feel Free to drop in any time.