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Automation and Intelligent Construction (AutoIC) Lab​

The AutoIC Lab develops and leverages advanced technologies to support construction engineering and management, construction automation, and sustainable infrastructure, including building information modeling (BIM), natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and Construction Robotics.

Director/Founder:

Dr. Jiansong Zhang, Ph.D., zhan3062@purdue.edu
Associate Professor of Construction Management Technology

Research Assistants:

Oscar Wong Chong, Ph.D. Student, owongcho@purdue.edu

Xiaorui Xue, Ph.D. Student, xue39@purdue.edu

Candice Sexton, Ph.D. Student, sexton21@purdue.edu

Hang Li, Ph.D. Student, li4016@purdue.edu

Fan Yang, Ph.D. Student, yang2051@purdue.edu

Fan (Aria) Yang, Ph.D. Student, yang2352@purdue.edu

Hosam Hegazy, Visiting Scholar, hegazyh@purdue.edu

Sankhya Gowda, Undergraduate Student

Lilianne Nalukea Drexler ​Brush, Undergraduate Student

Former Members:

(Undergraduate - U, Graduate Master - GM, Graduate Ph.D. - GP, PostDoc - P, Visiting Scholar - V)

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(2021-U) Christopher Mark Lacny (鶹Ʒ - Ph.D. Student)

(2021-GP) Ran Ren, Ph.D. (United Integrated Services Co., Ltd - BIM Manager)

(2021-GP) Jin Wu, Ph.D. (Google LLC - Software Engineer)

(2021-GP & P) Temitope Akanbi, Ph.D. (The University of Toledo - Assistant Professor)

(2021-V) Lingyan Cao, Ph.D. (SHDC - Senior Research Scientist)

(2020-V) Rui He, Ph.D. (Chang'an University - Assistant Professor)

(2019-P) Yuting Chen, Ph.D. (The University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Assistant Professor)

(2019-V) Vincent Gan, Ph.D. (National University of Singapore - Assistant Professor)

(2019-V) Kaiqin Yu, Ph.D. (Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College - Associate Professor)

(2016-V) Yantao Yu, Ph.D. (Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Assistant Professor)

Patents:

Ph.D. Dissertations:

  • Li, H. (2024). Ph.D. Dissertation, December, 2024, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Wong Chong, O. (2022).  Ph.D. Dissertation, December, 2022, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Xue, X. (2022). Ph.D. Dissertation, August, 2022, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Ren, R. (2021).  Ph.D. Dissertation, October, 2021, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Wu, J. (2021).  Ph.D. Dissertation, July, 2021, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Akanbi, T. (2021).  Ph.D. Dissertation, May, 2021, 鶹Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN.

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Funded Research Projects:

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  • Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Jin Wei-Kocsis)
  •  Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Bradley Duerstock)
  •  Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Jin Wei-Kocsis)
  • , Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Robert Proctor)
  •  Senior Personnel (Principal Investigator Dr. Nora El-Gohary)​
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  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4836: Best Practices for Implementing Driving Simulators in INDOT Driver Training, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Soowon Chang)
  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4920: Three-dimensional Visibility and Legibility Zone and Human Information Processing of Arrow Boards on Truck-Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Trucks, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4838: Automated Personalized Ergonomic Risk Report Generation System, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4523: Applied Ergonomics, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  • INDOT JTRP SPR-4651: Synthesis Study on Employing Snow Plow Driving Simulators in Training, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Luciana Debs)
  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4630: Implementation Exploration of Autonomous Vehicles: Impacts of Autonomous Truck-Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) on INDOT Work Zone Safety, Mobility, and Crews’ Perception/Behavior/Productivity, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  • INDOT JTRP SPR-4628: Exploration of Color Patterns for Improving Work Zone Safety and Perception, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  • Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant: Semi-Automated Information Extraction from Heterogenous Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Textual Data and Mapping the Extracted Information with Building Information Models, Principal Investigator
  • Purdue Research Foundation Research Grant: Interoperable Building Information Modeling Information Completeness Checking, Principal Investigator
  • Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4421: Life Cycle Integration of Infrastructure Information Modeling, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yunfeng Chen)
  •  Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Yi Jiang)
  • Developing Robots to Support Automated Construction of Buildings, Principal Investigator
    Robotics Systems for Autonomous Construction, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Byung-Cheol Min)
    Preliminary Study of Police Officers’ Performance Measurements, Principal Investigator
  •  , Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Jun-Seok Oh)
  •  Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Upul Attanayake)
  • , Georgeau Construction Research Center, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Wuwei Shen)

Lab Information

Campus/Location
West Lafayette
Building Location
WTHR 309
Contact
Jiansong Zhang