Paul Shepherd's Publications


Conference Papers
A full list of my conference papers can be found below in reverse chronological order. The full-text is available by clicking on the icon to the left, where available.


Sept 2024	People-Led Digitalization: Lessons Learned from Two Concrete Shell Research Projects	Paul Shepherd & Boroto Hwabamungu	IASS Symposium 2024 - Redefining the Art of Structural Design	Zurich, Switzerland.
Sept 2024	Structural Analysis of Concrete Shells Using Deep Learning Methods	Maxime Pollet, Paul Shepherd, Will Hawkins & Eduardo Costa	IASS Symposium 2024 - Redefining the Art of Structural Design	Zurich, Switzerland.
July 2024	Enablers of Stakeholder Involvement in the Digitalisation of the UK Healthcare Sector: An Activity Theory Perspective	Boroto Hwabamungu & Paul Shepherd	16th International Conference on e-Health	Budapest, Hungary.
July 2024	Materials for Aerial Additive Manufacturing	Richard Ball, Barrie Dams, Binling Chen & Paul Shepherd	2nd International Conference on Innovation in Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete Technology	London, UK.
Sept 2023	Aerial Additive Manufacturing in Construction using Multiple Autonomous Drones	Barrie Dams, Paul Shepherd & Richard Ball	42nd Annual Cement & Concrete Science Conference	London, UK.
Nov 2022	Automating Concrete Construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia	Eduardo Costa, Paul Shepherd, Rodrigo Velasco & Roland Hudson	SIGraDi 2022	UPC, Peru. pp254-259
Sept 2022	Digital Design of Automatically Wound Shear Reinforcement for Non-prismatic Concrete Beams	Anna Perepechay, Saverio Spadea, Eduardo Costa & Paul Shepherd	14th fib PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering	Rome, Italy. pp201-208 ISBN:978-2-940643-17-2
Aug 2021	Topology Optimisation of Gridshell Structures using a Density-based Approach	Yongpeng He, Paul Shepherd & Jie Wang	IASS Symposium 2020/21 - Inspiring the Next Generation	Surrey, UK. pp2557-2567 doi:10.15126/900337
Aug 2021	A Path Towards Off-site Automated Fabrication of Segmented Concrete Shells as Building Floors	Robin Oval, Eduardo Costa, Diana Thomas-McEwen, Mishael Nuh, John Orr & Paul Shepherd	IASS Symposium 2020/21 - Inspiring the Next Generation	Surrey, UK. pp26-36 doi:10.15126/900337
Aug 2021	Fabrication-aware Parametric Design of Segmented Concrete Shells	Eduardo Costa, Robin Oval, Paul Shepherd & John Orr	IASS Symposium 2020/21 - Inspiring the Next Generation	Surrey, UK. pp1879-1888 doi:10.15126/900337
Aug 2021	Structure and Fabrication-driven Conceptual Design of Space-frame Structures	Antiopi Koronaki, Paul Shepherd & Mark Evernden	IASS Symposium 2020/21 - Inspiring the Next Generation	Surrey, UK. pp958-965 doi:10.15126/900337
Aug 2021	A Discrete Topology Optimisation Method with Feature Size Control for Partial Double-layer Gridshell Design	Yongpeng He, Paul Shepherd & Jie Wang	IASS Symposium 2020/21 - Inspiring the Next Generation	Surrey, UK. pp2430-2442 doi:10.15126/900337
June 2021	Concurrent topology and geometry optimization of truss structures with global stability constraints	Alem Weldeyesus, Jacek Gondzio, Linwei He, Matthew Gilbert, Paul Shepherd, & Andrew Tyas	14^th World Congress of Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization	Colorado, USA
Apr 2021	Novel Cementitious Materials for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing	Barrie Dams, Yiwei Hei, Paul Shepherd & Richard Ball	CoMS 2020/21	Bled, Slovenia
Nov 2020	Automating Concrete Construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia	Eduardo Costa, Paul Shepherd, Rodrigo Velasco & Roland Hudson	SIGraDi 2020	Medellin, Colombia. doi:10.5151/sigradi2020-35
Oct 2020	Automated Framework for the Optimisation of Spatial Layouts for Concrete Structures Reinforced with Robotic Filament Winding	Robin Oval, Eduardo Costa, Diana Thomas-Mcewen, Saverio Spadea, John Orr & Paul Shepherd	ISARC 2020	Kitakyushu, Japan. doi:10.22260/ISARC2020/0214
Sept 2020	Improvement of the Ladybug-tools Microclimate Workflow: A Verification Study	Yasser Ibrahim, Tristan Kershaw & Paul Shepherd	Building Simulation and Optimization 2020	Loughborough, UK
Sept 2020	A methodology For Modelling Microclimate. A Ladybug-tools and ENVI-met Verification Study	Yasser Ibrahim, Tristan Kershaw & Paul Shepherd	PLEA 2020 - Planning Post Carbon Cities, Vol2, pp1035	A Coruna, Spain. doi:10.17979/spudc.9788497497947
Jul 2020	Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams	Eduardo Costa, Paul Shepherd, John Orr, Tim Ibell & Robin Oval	Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication	Eindhoven, Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84
Oct 2019	A Building of Unlimited Height	Mats Ander, Jens Olsson, Paul Shepherd, Robert Stuart-Smith & Chris Williams	IASS Symposium 2019 - Form & Force	Barcelona, Spain
Oct 2019	Rationalization of Layout Optimization Result by Updating Discretization of the Design Domain	Qingpeng Li, Paul Shepherd, Matthew Gilbert & Linwei He	IASS Symposium 2019 - Form & Force	Barcelona, Spain
Sept 2019	Cement-fibre composites for additive building manufacturing	Barrie Dams, Nattanon Amornrattanasereegul, Paul Shepherd & Richard Ball	Proceedings of the 39^th IOMMM Cement and Concrete Science Conference	Bath, UK Paper 6, ISBN 978-0-86197-201-2
Sept 2018	Fibrous cementitious material development for additive building manufacturing	Barrie Dams, Korntawat Lumlerdwit, Paul Shepherd & Richard Ball	Proceedings of the 38^th IOMMM Cement and Concrete Science Conference	Coventry, UK Paper 21, ISBN 978-1-84600-088-1
Sept 2018	The use of Virtual Work for the Formfinding of Fabric, Shell and Gridshell Structures	Emil Adiels, Mats Ander, Erica Horteborn, Jens Olsson, Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Alexander Sehlstrom, Paul Shepherd & Chris Williams	Advances in Architectural Geometry 2018	Gothenburg, Sweden
July 2018	Verification of Eurocode Design Models on the Calculation of Strengths and Deflections in Cold-formed Steel Beams	Jun Ye, Seyed Mojtabaei, Iman Hajirasouliha, Paul Shepherd & Kypros Pilakoutas	ICTWS 2018 - 8th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures	Lisbon, Portugal
July 2018	Computational Grid Generation on the Design of Free-form Shells with Complex Boundary Conditions	Jun Ye, Tierui Li, Paul Shepherd & Boqing Gao	ICTWS 2018 - 8th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures	Lisbon, Portugal
July 2018	Geometry Optimization of Space Frame Structures for Joint Modularity	Antiopi Koronaki, Paul Shepherd & Mark Evernden	IASS Symposium 2018 - Creativity in Structural Design	Boston, USA
July 2018	Prototyping and Load Testing of Thin-shell Concrete Floors	Will Hawkins, John Orr, Paul Shepherd, Tim Ibell & Ian Benford	IASS Symposium 2018 - Creativity in Structural Design	Boston, USA
July 2018	Inventory-constrained Structural Design: New Objectives and Optimization Techniques	Aurimas Bukauskas, Paul Shepherd, Pete Walker, Bhavna Sharma & Julie Bregulla	IASS Symposium 2018 - Creativity in Structural Design	Boston, USA
July 2018	A New Conceptual Design Optimization Tool for Frame Structures	Linwei He, Matthew Gilbert, Paul Shepherd, Jun Ye, Antiopi Koronaki, Helen Fairclough, Buick Davison, Andy Tyas, Jacek Gondzio, Alemseged Weldeyesus	IASS Symposium 2018 - Creativity in Structural Design	Boston, USA
Sept 2017	Shell Design Considerations for 3D Printing with Drones	Paul Shepherd & Chris Williams	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Thin-shell Textile-reinforced Concrete Floors for Sustainable Buildings	Will Hawkins, John Orr, Paul Shepherd, Tim Ibell & Julie Bregulla	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Prestressed Gridshell Structures	Mats Ander, Alexander Sehlstrom, Paul Shepherd & Chris Williams	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Layout Optimization of Space Frame Structures	Antiopi Koronaki, Paul Shepherd & Mark Evernden	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Form-Fitting Strategies for Diversity-Tolerant Design	Aurimas Bukauskas, Paul Shepherd, Peter Walker, Bhavna Sharma & Julie Bregulla	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Computational Layout Design Optimization of Frame Structures	Jun Ye, Paul Shepherd, Linwei He, Matthew Gilbert, Buick Davison, Jacek Gondzio, Alem Weldeyesus & Helen Fairclough	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Cases of Lightweight Structures in Polar Environments	Jessica Fernandoy-Bak, Julian Christ, Paul Shepherd & Holger Koss	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	A Grid Generation Procedure for the Design of Single-layer Free-form Structures	Jun Ye, Boqing Gao, Paul Shepherd, Jurgen Becque & Iman Hajirasouliha	IASS Symposium 2017 - Interfaces	Hamburg, Germany
Sept 2017	Aerial additive building manufacturing of 3D printed cementitious structures	Barrie Dams, Yuanhui Wu, Paul Shepherd & Richard Ball	37th Cement & Concrete Science 2017	London, UK
April 2017	Developing an innovative lightweight concrete flooring system for sustainable buildings	Will Hawkins, John Orr, Tim Ibell & Paul Shepherd	IABSE 2017	Bath, UK. doi:10.2749/222137817821233233
April 2017	Computational Form-Fitting with Non-Standard Structural Elements	Aurimas Bukauskas, Paul Shepherd, Pete Walker, Bhavna Sharma & Julie Bregulla	IABSE 2017	Bath, UK. doi:10.2749/222137817821232946
Sept 2016	Using the Arup BIM Maturity Measure to Demonstrate BIM Implementation in Practice	Ammar Azzouz, Alexander Copping, Paul Shepherd & Andrew Duncan	ARCOM 2016	Manchester, UK ISBN 978-0-9955463-0-1
Aug 2016	Fabric Formed Concrete: Physical modelling for assessment of digital form finding methods	Will Hawkins, John Orr, Paul Shepherd & Tim Ibell	11th FIB Symposium	Tokyo, Japan
July 2016	Fast, Accurate and Sparse, Automatic Facade Reconstruction From Unstructured Ground Laser-scans	Kwamina Edum-Fotwe, Paul Shepherd, Matthew Brown, Dan Harper & Richard Dinnis	SIGGRAPH 2016	Anaheim, USA. doi:10.1145/2945078.2945123
July 2016	Quick, Unconstrained, Approximate L-Shape Method	Kwamina Edum-Fotwe, Paul Shepherd, Matthew Brown, Dan Harper & Richard Dinnis	SIGGRAPH 2016	Anaheim, USA. doi:10.1145/2945078.2945163
June 2016	The Emergence Of Building Information Modelling Assessment Methods (BIM-AMs)	Ammar Azzouz, Paul Shepherd & Alexander Copping	Integrated Design Conference	Bath, UK
Sept 2015	Multi-objective Optimisation of Building Geometry for Energy Consumption and View Quality	Zack Xuereb Conti, Paul Shepherd & Paul Richens	eCAADe 2015	Vienna, Austria
Aug 2015	Rapid Processing of 3D Colour Point Clouds for 3D Printing	Paul Shepherd & John Tredinnick	IASS Symposium 2015 - Future Visions	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aug 2015	On the Benefits of a Parametric Approach to Stadium Design	Paul Shepherd	IASS Symposium 2015 - Future Visions	Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 2015	SmartBuildingAnalyser: A parametric early-stage analysis tool for multi-objective building design	James Ramsden, Trevor Keeling, Paul Shepherd, Andy Shea & Shrikant Sharma	CIBSE Technical Symposium 2015	London, UK
May 2014	Designing with Discrete Geometry	Katrin Jonas, Alan Penn & Paul Shepherd	CAADRIA 2014 - Rethinking Comprehensive Design	Kyoto, Japan
March 2014	Modelling and Optimisation of Holistic Building Performance	James Ramsden, Paul Shepherd, Shrikant Sharma, Andy Shea & Simon Wright	COLEB 2014	Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 2013	From Generic to Specific: Prototyping a Computational Growth Model	Katrin Jonas, Pablo Kobayashi & Paul Shepherd	Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2013	Berlin, Germany ISBN 978-3-89462-243-5
Sept 2013	Topology Optimisation of Algorithmically Generated Space Frames	Paul Shepherd & Will Pearson	IASS Symposium 2013 - Beyond the limits of Man	Wroclaw, Poland ISBN 978-83-7493-787-0
Apr 2013	HeritageVista: Informative, Personalised and Engaging Visitor Experiences	Elliot Matthew, John Tredinnick, Eamon O'Neill, Paul Richens & Paul Shepherd	Blended Interaction: Envisioning Future Collaborative Interactive Spaces Workshop at ACM CHI	Paris, France ISBN 978-1-4503-1899-0
Sept 2012	Thinking Topologically at Early Stage Parametric Design	John Harding, Sam Joyce, Paul Shepherd & Chris Williams	Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012	Paris, France ISBN 978-3709112502
June 2012	Intuitive Interactive Form Finding of Optimised Fabric-Cast Concrete	Andreas Bak, Paul Shepherd & Paul Richens	2nd International Conference on Flexible Formwork	Bath, UK ISBN 978-0861971862
Oct 2011	Performance Based Interactive Analysis	Odysseas Georgiou, Paul Richens & Paul Shepherd	Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2011	Berlin, Germany. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23435-4_14
Sept 2011	The Benefits of Subdivision Surfaces for Complex Geometry	Paul Shepherd	7th International Seminar of the IASS Structural Morphology Group	London, UK
Sept 2011	Subdivision Surfaces for Integrated Design, Analysis and Optimisation	Paul Shepherd & Paul Richens	IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011 - Taller, Longer, Lighter	London, UK ISBN 978-0-7079-7122-3
Sept 2011	Structural Form Finding using Zero-Length Springs with Dynamic Mass	John Harding & Paul Shepherd	IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011 - Taller, Longer, Lighter	London, UK ISBN 978-0-7079-7122-3
Sept 2011	Geometry Optimisation for Adaptable Lightweight Structures in Remote Areas	Jessica Fernandoy, Paul Shepherd & Paul Richens	IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011 - Taller, Longer, Lighter	London, UK ISBN 978-0-7079-7122-3
Sept 2011	Computation and geometry in structural design and analysis	Roel van De Straat, Paul Shepherd & Pete Winslow	IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011 - Taller, Longer, Lighter	London, UK ISBN 978-0-7079-7122-3
Nov 2010	Inclusive Data Visualisation: A Multidisciplinary Approach	Hua Dong, Gordon Barr, Elizabeth Blackburn, Melissa Grant, Paul Piwek, Paul Shepherd, Nick Collins	The 3rd International Conference for Universal Design	Hamamatsu, Japan
Nov 2009	Digital Architectonics - A Framework for Facade Optimisation	Paul Shepherd	facade2009 - Facade Technologies	Detmold, Germany ISBN 978-3-939349-09-9
Sept 2009	Subdivision Surface Modelling for Architecture	Paul Shepherd Paul Richens	IASS Symposium 2009 - Evolution and Trends in Design, Analysis and Construction of Shell and Spatial Structures	Valencia, Spain. doi:10251/7066/
Sept 2009	Digital Architectonics in Practice	Paul Shepherd	27th eCAADe Conference - Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design	Istanbul, Turkey ISBN 978-0-9541183-8-9
Dec 2007	Parametric Definition of Lansdowne Road Stadium	Paul Shepherd Roly Hudson	IASS Symposium 2007 - Structural Architecture	Venice, Italy
Oct 2007	Shaping Stadia	David Hines Paul Shepherd	Shape To Fabrication 2	London Metropolitan University, UK
March 2006	Linking Geometry to Fabrication	Paul Shepherd	IABSE British Group's 3rd Annual Young Engineers Conference	The Building Centre, London
Nov 2005	Modelling of Fire Tests into the Effect of Axial Restraint on Steel Columns	Paul Shepherd	NAFEMS Simulation vs. Test Seminar	EMPower Conference Centre, Nottingham
June 2005	Application of Large-scale Layout Optimization Techniques in Structural Engineering Practice	Matthew Gilbert Wael Darwich Andy Tyas Paul Shepherd	6th World Congress of Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ISBN 978-85-285-0070-7
April 2005	Textiles, Composites and Other-Things in Construction	Shrikant Sharma Paul Shepherd	Engineering Textiles Workshop	University of Nottingham, UK
May 1998	The Effect of Axial Restraint on the Fire Resistance of Steel Columns	Faris Ali Paul Shepherd Michael Randall Ian Simms David O'Connor Ian Burgess	Second World Conference on Constructional Steel Design	San Sebastian, Spain ISBN 978-00-8042-997-1
Sept 1997	The Performance in Fire of Restrained Steel Columns in Multi-Storey Construction	P.G. Shepherd I.W. Burgess R.J. Plank D.J. O'Connor	The Fourth International Kerensky Conference on Structures in the New Millennium	Hong Kong ISBN 978-90-5410-898-3

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