Charles "Chuck" Eastman
1940 - 2020
On Monday, November 9, 2020, Charles Eastman, the “Father of Building Information Modeling” and beloved professor, passed away peacefully at his home.
He was known industry-wide as an originator of computer-aided design (CAD) and building information modeling (BIM). He joined Georgia Tech in 1996, and through professorships in the School of Architecture and the School of Interactive Computing, he put Georgia Tech at the forefront of computing-aided architecture and design. He founded the Georgia Tech Digital Building Lab and directed the Ph.D. in Architecture program from 2000-2008.
Professor Eastman’s legacy is seen in our Architecture programs and in his students who are now leaders in industry and universities around the world. As an influential professor, he mentored hundreds of students at Georgia Tech, UCLA, and Carnegie Mellon.