Previous to his affiliation with ASU, he taught at The University of Alabama for 4 years. His academic research work aims at reducing the uncertainty and variability in the capital delivery process with a combination of novel sensing and information technologies, innovative performance assessment metrics, and advanced monitoring and controls with a holistic systems re-engineering approach. Dr. Grau has an intense record of collaboration with CII, among others: PI for RT346, RT316, RT291, and AC2; member of the Professional Development Committee since 2012; or researcher for RT240.