Higher education practice
Advance HE
Fellowship application in preparation, drawing on teaching, supervision, assessment and curriculum work across three universities in Europe and Asia.
Professional service
UK-aligned academic and professional engagement
Membership and professional development are presented accurately as current, in preparation, or working towards.
Engineering profession
Institution of Civil Engineers
Working towards CEng MICE through professional-review preparation and evidence consolidation.
Engineering societies
ASCE, IEEE, CIGRE, ASTM and IStructE
Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (M.ASCE), with the ASCE United Kingdom Section and the Structural Engineering Institute, since 2026. Member of IEEE since 2026, and of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society technical committees on Construction Robotics and on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. Member of CIGRE (UK National Committee) since 2026. Member of ASTM International since 2026. Affiliate of the Institution of Structural Engineers (Affiliate Scheme) since 2026.
Editorial service
Special issues
Lead Guest Editor of the Future Cities (Emerald) special issue “Renewing Ageing Infrastructure for Safe, Resilient and Liveable Future Cities: Digital twins, intelligent strengthening and plug-in upgrades in a changing climate”, approved in October 2026. Submissions open on 1 November 2026 and close on 28 February 2027. Call for papers. Guest Editor of the Applied Sciences (MDPI) special issue on digital advancements in civil engineering and construction.
Assessment and networks
Innovate UK and DTNet+
Selected as an Innovate UK Expert Assessor in October 2026. Member of the DTNet+ network, the UKRI-funded digital twin research network.
In progress
Applications under way
Institution of Civil Engineers: Fellowship application in preparation. Energy Institute: application for Member submitted in October 2026 and under review. BSI: application submitted to join BSI standards committees (October 2026).
Digital engineering practice
CICES and ISO 19650 aligned development
Professional development in civil engineering surveying, remote sensing, BIM and information management for UK digital engineering practice.
Expert panels
Technical and expert committees
Expert, BIM technology application committee of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Urban-Rural Development expert advisory panel (2018–2021). Member of the technical committee and the quality committee of the National Industrial Building and Structure Quality and Safety Supervision and Inspection Centre (appointed 2013).
Standards leadership
China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization
Vice chair of the standards digitalisation committee (CECS), working on how engineering standards themselves become digital, machine-readable and auditable.
Professional service
Engineering and academic societies
Council member of the intelligent construction branch of the China Highway and Transportation Society, with wider engagement in digital construction, infrastructure monitoring and built-environment research communities.
Status Accuracy. Advance HE fellowship, CEng MICE, ICE Fellowship and Energy Institute membership are in progress, and are described here as such rather than as completed qualifications.
Talks
Selected public academic talks and teaching contributions
Forty external talks and lectures are archived for 2018-2023, delivered in seven countries. A selection is listed below.
40archived external talks and lectures, 2018–2023
7countries
6continuing-education courses for practising engineers
Upcoming
Invited seminar, Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (OPSIS)
Seminar and discussion at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment. Title to be announced.
International conferences and invited lectures
A selection from the archived record. Each entry is a talk that was given, at a named venue.
Geometric digital twins generated from terrestrial laser scanning data
International conference presentation on reality capture, BIM integration and infrastructure digital twins.
Deep learning-based damage detection using imagery
European structural-health-monitoring conference presentation on computer vision for civil infrastructure assessment.
Digital twin methods for transport infrastructure assessment
Bridge service-performance assessment and enhancement based on digital twin theory
Invited lecture. Slides were prepared in four versions across English and Chinese for the conference programme.
Digital construction methods: industry exchange forum
Research exchange lecture, School of Civil and Building Engineering
Two conference papers on reality capture and structural assessment
Conference presentations on digital construction and sustainable engineering
University seminars and a research-institute delegation lecture series
Invited lecture on reality capture and structural performance
Visiting professor lecture (UK) and external expert lecture (Germany)
Plenary presentation, Digitalisation and BIM Conference
Teaching practising engineers
Continuing professional development delivered to working engineers rather than to students — in English and in Chinese.
Six taught hours in English for international engineers
The earliest documented evidence of my teaching in English to a professional audience. Course slides are archived.
Six or more CPD courses for practising engineers
Including a full-day training course for a bridge engineering association, two BIM courses for a municipal construction commission’s professional development programme, and transport-sector management training.
Guest lecture, Smart and Sustainable Cities; conference paper on reinforcement learning for maintenance planning
Topics I am available to speak on
Current lecture and seminar topics, distinct from the record above.
Digital twins for infrastructure resilience
Sensing, model updating and maintenance planning, for academic and professional audiences.
AI-driven structural health monitoring
Data-informed structural assessment, anomaly detection, and how an engineer should read the output.
Human-robot collaboration in construction automation
Construction robotics, digital workflows and research testbeds.
ISO 19650-aligned BIM and GIS workflows
Information management, machine-readable codes and cross-border digital engineering collaboration.
Recognition
A Grand Prize, two First Prizes, two German research awards, and a national individual award
Three national science and technology prizes, two research awards from Germany, and an individual national award for research work. Issuing bodies, award levels, project titles and my position in each team are given as they appear on the certificates.
Science and technology prizes
Award for Scientific and Technological Innovation, China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development of Science and Technology
For Key Technologies and Applications for Structural Safety Diagnostics and Smart Disaster Prevention in Civil Infrastructure. Fifth of fifteen named contributors.
Science and Technology Award, China Highway and Transportation Society
For Key Technologies for Refined Diagnosis and Prevention of Fatigue Damage in Long-Span Bridges under Multi-Factor Coupling. The Grand Prize sits above the First Prize; the certificate is issued to me by name.
Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
For Key Technologies and Engineering Application for Performance Enhancement of Existing Building Structures. Fourth named contributor. The strengthening and retrofit line it recognised still runs through the current research agenda.
Individual research awards
Awarded to a named researcher rather than to a project team.
Outstanding Scientific Researcher Award, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, People’s Republic of China
Outstanding Scientific Researcher Award, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Awarded during doctoral research at the university where I took my Dr.-Ing.
Best Exhibition Award, World Congress of Surveying
For Research on Deformation Performance of Concrete Structures by 3D Laser Scanning — the earliest public recognition of the reality-capture line that later became the most-cited part of my work.
Excellence Award for Outstanding Young Researchers, China Metallurgical Group (MCC)
Young Talent Award for Science and Technology Innovation, China Metallurgical Group (MCC)
For Algorithm Research on Reinforced-Concrete Surface Cracks Based on 3D Laser Scanning.
Teaching
Research-led digital engineering education
English-medium teaching, project-based learning, postgraduate supervision, guest teaching in the UK, and an Advance HE fellowship application in preparation.
English-medium practice
FHEA application in preparation
Currently completing an FHEA application using evidence from English-medium teaching, project supervision, assessment and feedback practice, and research-led digital engineering education.
English-medium teaching
Former Associate Professor at OsloMet
Taught and supervised postgraduate digital construction and BIM-related work in an international academic setting.
UK engagement
Loughborough guest teaching
Guest lecturer in a Smart and Sustainable Cities module, connecting digital engineering research with UK classroom expectations.
Teaching Areas
BIM Technology and Applications
Information modelling, interoperability, digital delivery, and project-based learning for built-environment students.
Digital Twins for Smart Infrastructure
Digital twin concepts, sensing integration, data analytics, model updating and predictive maintenance for civil infrastructure.
Structural Health Monitoring
Sensor systems, data acquisition, signal processing, anomaly detection and interpretation for engineering evidence.
Reality Capture, Point Clouds and Digital Construction
3D laser scanning, point-cloud processing, BIM integration and engineering-quality workflows.
Supervision
Co-supervision of five doctoral researchers and supervision of 22 master's students (13 completed) across digital twins, BIM, structural health monitoring, sensing, reality capture, and intelligent construction.
Teaching approach
Project-based learning, reproducible digital workflows, research-to-practice assignments, and feedback cycles that help students translate technical methods into engineering judgement.