Horst Complex

dr.ir. R.S. de Graaf (Robin)

Associate Lecturer
ET-CEM-IPD
Horst Complex Z226
r.s.degraaf@utwente.nl
+31534894883
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Robin de Graaf is Associate Lecturer at the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. His teaching, research and projects focus on the design management of construction projects in general, and on Systems Engineering and Value Management in particular. Robin has an MSc in Civil Engineering & Management and a PhD in Strategic Urban Planning.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Design
    • Systems Engineering
    • Application
    • Transitions
    • Case Study
    • Higher Education
    • Relationships

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Product

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My research is aimed at the implementation of Collaborative Design Management methods, tools and techniques in organisations in the civil engineering industry.

Collaborative Design Management is a way of management that is focused on collaboration and ensures that the right information is delivered to the designers at the right moment, and in the right from.

Adequate Collaborative Design Management ensures that all involved stakeholders know what to do, when, how, and why. This will result in lower Total Costs of Ownership, faster design processes and higher quality.

In my research I focus on the integration of disciplines, departments and stages during the design process. Collaborative Design Management methods that have my specific interests are Systems Engineering and Value Management.

Publications

2025

Case Study Thirteen - The CBL Continuum: A Tool for CBL Implementation (2025)In A Practical Guide to Understanding and Implementing Challenge-Based Learning (pp. 266-279). Palgrave Macmillan. Imanbayeva, A., de Graaf, R. S. & Poortman, C. L.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67011-4

2023

Level of sub-contracting design responsibilities in design and construct civil engineering bridge projects (2023)Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment, 3(3), 192-205. de Graaf, R. S., Pater, R. & Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.1108/FEBE-12-2022-0045ChallengeUp: A Digital Tool For Facilitating The Transition Towards Challenge-based Learning In Existing Higher Education Courses (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 1st National Challenge-based Learning Conference, CBL 2023. de Graaf, R. S., Imanbayeva, A. & Loohuis, R.Challenge-based Learning in Courses: The Implementation Continuum (2023)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023. Imanbayeva, A., de Graaf, R. S. & Poortman, C. L.https://doi.org/10.21427/X1HC-PZ30

2022

Measuring product-level circularity performance: An economic value-based metric with the indicator of residual value (2022)Resources, conservation and recycling, 186. Article 106541. Jiang, L., Bhochhibhoya, S., Slot, N. & de Graaf, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106541

2021

Exploring the relationship between the level of circularity and the life cycle costs of a one-family house (2021)Resources, conservation and recycling, 164. Article 105149. Braakman, L., Bhochhibhoya, S. & de Graaf, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105149

2020

Reusing e-waste in civil engineering projects: Lessons learned from implementing circularity (2020)[Contribution to conference › Paper] CROW Infradagen 2020. Bašić, M., van den Berg, M. & de Graaf, R. S.

Other contributions

Workgroup Training and Education in Systems Engineering

Special Interest Group on Value Management (DACE)

Workgroup Certification and Training in Value Management (DACE)

Research profiles

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room Z226
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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