Sarah F. A. M. Rodovalho

Academic

Formal education and working languages.

Slow-changing formal record — degrees, working languages, and the photos that anchor them. Verifiable professional credentials and industry honors live on credentials and awards.

01 · Education

Education

  • PhD in Information Systems Engineering & Management · Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, PA · 2026 – 2030 · In progress

    Research focus: data analytics and AI applied to infrastructure delivery, building on the Master's research thread on carbon-neutral construction.

  • M.Sc. in Sustainable Design & Construction Management · Thomas Jefferson University, PA · 2021 – 2023

    Sarah Rodovalho standing next to an interactive whiteboard displaying her M.Sc. thesis title slide: 'The Design of a Holistic Community Chemotherapy Infusion Center in Philadelphia · Thesis in Master of Science in Sustainable Design · Sarah Rodovalho · Advisor: Robert Fryer · Thomas Jefferson University · Spring 2023'.
    Thesis defense, Spring 2023 — same research presented at ARCC 2025 (see research ).
    Sarah Rodovalho in cap and gown walking on stage at the Thomas Jefferson University commencement ceremony, between two academic officials in regalia; the podium displays 'Jefferson · Thomas Jefferson University · Home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College' and an American flag stands behind the stage.
    Thomas Jefferson University commencement, Spring 2023 — dual M.Sc. in Construction Management and Sustainable Design conferred.

  • MBA in Real Estate & Construction Business Management · Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil · 2012 – 2016

  • Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning · Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Brazil · 2004 – 2009

    Stage group portrait of about seventeen members of the XVIII Brazilian Architects Congress organizing support team, taken on stage with a red curtain backdrop on 2006-10-14. The team wears matching orange organizing t-shirts; Sarah Rodovalho, then an undergraduate architecture student at UEG, kneels at the center front in a white t-shirt.
    XVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Arquitetos, 2006 — organizing support team during undergrad. Sarah at center, white t-shirt.
    Studio class portrait of Sarah Rodovalho's UEG Architecture and Urban Planning graduating cohort — about twenty graduates coordinated in black tops and jeans against a white seamless backdrop, posed with arms raised, peace signs, and casual smiles in the Brazilian 'foto da turma' graduating-class tradition.
    Graduating-class portrait — UEG Architecture & Urban Planning cohort, 2009.

02 · Languages

Working languages

  • Portuguese — native or bilingual
  • English — full professional