Short Biography
I am a Carnegie Bosch Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with Prof. Pingbo Tang from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Prof. Cleotilde Gonzalez from Department of Social & Decision Sciences. Prior to joing CMU, I was a member of iLab at The University of Hong Kong. Currently, I am doing research on human-AI collaboration for improving urban subway flood responses.
Education
- Ph.D., 2020 - 2024, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong.
- M.Eng., 2017 - 2020, Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University.
- B.Mgt. (Minor), 2015 - 2017, Department of Construction Management, Tianjin University.
- B.Eng., 2013 - 2017, Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University.
Research Interests
- Human-AI collaboration
- Civil infrastracture resilience
- Construction informatics
Research Projects
- 04/2024 – 04/2026, Co-I, Public Sector Trial Scheme (PSTS) - Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), e-TranStar 2.0: i-Core-enabled smart just-in-time MiC transportation planning. (ITT/400/24LP, HK$3,733,290, 24 months).
- 06/2023 – 06/2026, Co-I, University Research Committee (URC) Seed Fund for Collaborative Research 2022/23, Next generation e-inspection system for modular integrated construction (MiC): A blockchain-enhanced transfer learning approach. (2207101428, HK$ 997,760, 36 months).
- 04/2023 - 04/2026, Collaborator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2022/2023, Generative DfX in high-rise modular building: An expert-augmented cascade graph learning and optimisation approach. (C7080-22GF, HK$5,310,000, 36 months).
- 01/2023 – 12/2028, Participant, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics Shenzhen Research Institutes (SZRI) Theme-based Research Fund, Metaverse Design, Diffusion, and Impact: The New Frontier of Digital Economy. (RMB4,982,354, around US$722,080, 60 months).
- 07/2021 - 07/2023, Co-I, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C), High-definition 3D point cloud and dynamic semantics enabled lean quality assurance system for prefabricated housing products. (SGDX20201103093600002, HK$800,000 of 1.26M, 24 months).
- 01/2021 - 12/2022, Participant, Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), “BIM Square”: Blockchain and i-Core-enabled Multi-stakeholder Building Information Modelling Platform for Construction Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Hong Kong. (ITP/029/20LP, HK$10.36m, 24 months).
- 04/2019 - 02/2022, Participant, The Government Policy Innovation and Co-Ordination Office (PICO) Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme, Boosting Construction Waste Material Sharing in the Guangdong- Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area. (S2018.A8.010.18S, HK$2,902,000.00, 36 months).
- 07/2017 - 12/2020, Participant, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Safety Evaluation System of Subway and Underground Pipeline Gallery Construction. (No, 2017YFC0805402, ￥3,000,000, 42 months).
- 01/2016 - 12/2019, Participant, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Study on the Long-term Deformation of Soft Clay and the Mechanism of Soil Structure Interaction under the Coupling of Dynamic Stress Field and Seepage Field. (No, 51578371, ￥610,000, 48 months).
Awards & Honors
- Bronze Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2024
- BIM AUTOMATION ARENA Honourable Mention Recognition by Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM)
- First-class Scholarships for Graduate Students
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Tianjin University
- Student Award of Excellence of Tianjin University
- Tianjin University & Zhoukou Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
- Outstanding volunteering of Tianjin University
- Second-class prize of mathematics competition in Tianjin
Service
Reviewer
Scientific Reports; Applied Intelligence; Automation in Construction; Journal of Industrial Information Integration; Alexandria Engineering Journal; Cogent Social Sciences; Heliyon; Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, etc.