A design computation Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Institute of Technology, he has worked in the development of design tools and software specification for the United States General Services Administration and for the implementation of BIM tools for the purpose of laboratory design. His current work focuses in the development of automation of ventilation systems performance estimation for early stages of laboratory design.His research interest concentrates in the development of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies. Mr. Sheward is particularly interested in the development of design performance evaluation tools for early stages of design.