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Apr 11, 2025 :tada: Thrilled to share that I have been selected for the Farris Family Innovation Award, which will support my research for the next three years. I sincerely appreciate the generosity of the Farris family in fostering faculty development and advancing scholarly work.
Apr 05, 2025 :newspaper: Excited to share our latest work on Can large language models support construction management tasks and education. Grateful to work with Professors Yanyu Wang, Suat Günhan, Yimin Zhu, Charles Berryman on this!
Mar 12, 2025 :microphone: I’ll be speaking at Electro Expo 2025 on “Empowering Industrial Knowledge-Intensive Tasks Through Conversational AI and Cognitive Modeling” from 1:00–1:50 PM. See you there!
Mar 06, 2025 🏗️ Excited to share our paper on Generative AI in AEC workflows — big thanks to collaborators Yael Netser, Joonsun Hwang, Professors Pingbo Tang & Beibei Li, and the CMU Block Center for Technology and Society!
Dec 04, 2024 :tada: Thrilled to share that our proposal, “Empowering Community Resilience: AI-Driven Analysis of Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability to Disasters Through a Spatial Justice Lens,” with Professor Taraneh Meshkani, has been selected for the Kent State University Cross-Disciplinary Integration Grant (CDIG)!
Sep 24, 2024 :memo: Call for Papers: I’m co-editing a special Issue of “Generative Artificial Intelligence with Digital Twin in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction” on Electronics (CiteScore 5.3).
Sep 23, 2024 :microphone: I’ll be speaking on “How AI Transforms Our Roles in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry?” at CMGT Speaker Series (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM)!
Aug 15, 2024 :tada: I’ve officially joined Kent State University (R1 institution) as an Assistant Professor in Construction Management!
Jul 09, 2024 :round_pushpin:Join us for “Empowering Civil Engineering with Generative AI” workshop on July 28, 3:00 - 5:00 PM at i3CE 2024!
May 12, 2024 :star2: Honored to receive the Outstanding TA Award from CMU CEE!(So grateful for the support from the students, colleagues, and especially Dr. Fakhreddine, the instructor in this course.)
May 06, 2024 :mortar_board: Selected as the 2024 DSAEC PhD Fellow Looking forward to seeing everyone in Omaha, Nebraska!
Nov 16, 2023 :memo: A journal paper accepted by Building and Environment
Feb 07, 2023 :rocket: Co-developed online AIAA course released !
Apr 20, 2022 First place competition winner in the inaugural AIS Science on Display Student Competition :trophy:
Feb 07, 2022 Awarded Smith Graduate Fellowship (Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Smith!)