2005.08 – 2009.07, B.S. in Construction Management, Tsinghua University, China
2005.08 – 2009.07, B.A. in Economics, Tsinghua University, China
2009.08 – 2011.12, M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, U.S.
2012.1 – 2012.12, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, U.S.
2009.08 – 2014.05, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, U.S.
2014.7 – 2016.12 : Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University
2016.12 – Present: Associate Professor, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University
2017.7 – Present: Director, Institute of Sustainable Urbanization, Tsinghua University
1. Sustainable Urbanization in an International Comparative Perspective
2. Research Methodology in Construction Management
1. IT for Construction
2. Resilience of the Built Environment
3. Informatics of the Built Environment
1. The Fundamental Theories and Key Technologies for the Safety and Protection of Smart City Infrastructure Systems from a Resilience Perspective, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2018-2021.
2. Research on Individual Evacuation Behaviors during Emergencies in Large Public Buildings Based on Cognitive Process Modeling and Virtual Evacuation Experiments, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2017-2019.
3. Investigation of Behavioral Pattern of Individual Evacuees during Building Emergency Egress, Ministry of Education of China (MoE), 2016-2018.
4. Research on the Analysis and Improvement of Urban Resilience from a System of Systems Perspective, Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program, 2015-2017
1. Professional Engineer, Registered in California
2. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3. LEED AP (BD+C), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
4. Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
5. Editorial Board Member, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Smart Infrastructure and Construction
6. Journal Reviewer, Automation in Construction, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Management in Engineering, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Sensors, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Energy Research and Social Science.
7. Member of Board of Directors, the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)
8. Committee Member, ASCE Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT), Data Sensing and Analysis (DSA) committee, Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation (VIMS) Committee, and Education (EDU) committee
Journal Papers:
1. Mao, Q., Li, N.* (2018). "Assessment of the Impact of Interdependencies on the Resilience of Networked Critical Infrastructure Systems." Natural Hazards, Accepted.
2. Zhao, C., Li, N., Fang, D.* (2018). "Criticality assessment of urban interdependent lifeline systems using a biased PageRank algorithm and a multilayer weighted directed network model." International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Accepted.
3. Lin, J., Ma, G., Li, N.* (2018). "Longitudinal Assessment of the Behavior-Changing Effect of App-Based Eco-Feedback in Residential Buildings." Energy and Buildings, 159, 486-494.
4. Li, N., Chan, D.*, Mao, Q., Hsu, K., Fu, Z. (2018). "Urban Sustainability Education: Challenges and Pedagogical Experiments." Habitat International, 71, 70-80.
5. Lim, H.W., Li, N., Fang, D.*, Wu, C. (2018). "Impact of Safety Climate on Types of Safety Motivation and Safety Performance: Multigroup Invariance Analysis", ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 34(3), 04018002.
6. Feng, K., Wang, S., Li, N., Wu, C.*, Xiong, W. (2018). "Balancing Public and Private Interests through Optimization of Concession Agreement Design for User-Pay PPP Projects", Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 24(2), 116–129.
7. Wu, C., Li, N., Fang, D.* (2017). "Leadership Improvement and Its Impact on Workplace Safety in Construction Projects: A Conceptual Model and Action Research." International Journal of Project Management, 35(8), 1495-1511.
8. Zou, H., Li, N.* (2017). "An Emotional Response Based Approach for Assessing the Sense of Presence of Subjects in Virtual Building Evacuation Studies." ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 31(5), 04017028.
9. Zhang, P., Li, N., Fang, D.* (2017). "A Supervisor-Focused Behavior-Based Safety Method for the Construction Industry: A Case Study in HK." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(7), 05017009.
10. Ma, G., Lin, J., Li, N.*, Zhou, J. (2017). "Cross-Cultural Assessment of the Effectiveness of Eco-Feedback in Building Energy Conservation." Energy and Buildings, 134, 329-338.
11. Li, N., Fang, D.*, Sun, Y. (2016). "Cognitive Psychological Approach for Risk Assessment in Construction Projects." ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 32(2), 04015037.
12. Li, T.H.Y.*, Ng, S.T.T, Skitmore, M., Li, N. (2016). "Investigating Stakeholder Concerns during Public Participation." Municipal Engineer, 169(4), 199-219.
Conference Papers:
1. Mao, Q., Li, N., Pena-Mora, F. (2018). "Quality Function Deployment based Conceptual Framework for Designing Resilient Urban Infrastructure System of Systems.", Proc. the 25th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, June 10-13, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2. Wei, F., Koc, E., Soibelman, L., Li, N. (2018). "Disaster Economics and Networked Transportation Infrastructures: Status Quo and a Multi-Disciplinary Framework to Estimate Economic Losses." Proc. the 25th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, June 10-13, Lausanne, Switzerland.
3. Gan, V.J.L., Li, N., Tse, K.T., Chan, C.M., Lo, I.M.C., Cheng, J.C.P. (2017). "Developing a BIM-Based Methodology Framework for Sustainability Analysis of Low Carbon High-Rise Buildings." Proc. the 7th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2017), Oct 28-31, Chengdu, China (Best Paper Award of ICCEPM 2017).
4. Mao, Q., Li, N. (2017). "Resilience Assessment of Interdependent Critical Infrastructure Systems." Proc. Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (LC3), Vol. 1 (CIB W78), July 4-12, Heraklion, Greece.
5. Lin, J., Ma, G., Li, N., Zhou, J. (2017). "Assessment of Utilizing Mobile App in Delivering Eco-Feedback Information for Building Energy Conservation." Proc., the 34th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2017), June 28-July 1, Taipei, Taiwan.
6. Li, N., Chan, D., Hsu, K., Fu, Z., Mao, Q. (2017). "ICT-Enabled Cross-Cultural Education in Sustainable Urbanization." Proc., 2017 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (IWCCE 2017), June 25-27, 2017, Seattle, WA, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
7. Lin, J., Li, N., Ma, G., Zhou, J. (2016). "The Impact of Eco-Feedback on Energy Consumption Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Study." Proc., the 33th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2016), July 18-21, Auburn, AL.
8. Zou, H., Li, N. (2016). "Immersive Virtual Environments for Investigating Building Emergency Evacuation Behaviors: A Feasibility Study." Proc., the 33rd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2016), July 18-21, Auburn, AL.
9. Koc, E., Soibelman, L., Li, N. (2016). "Towards Identification of Sea Level Rise Related Risks on Interdependent Coastal Infrastructure Networks." Proc., the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2016), July 6-8, Osaka, Japan.
10. Zhang, P., Li, N., Fang, D. (2016). "Agent-Based Modeling Approach for Understanding the Impact of Interactions Between Construction Workers on Their Safety Related Behaviors." Proc., the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2016), July 6-8, Osaka, Japan.
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