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
Assistant Professor in Construction Management Technology
Research Assistant:
Ran Ren, Ph.D. Student, ren153@purdue.edu
Jin Wu, Ph.D. Student, wu1275@purdue.edu
Temitope Akanbi, Ph.D. Student, takanbi@purdue.edu
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
Lingyan Cao, Visiting Ph.D. Student, cao335@purdue.edu
Christopher Mark Lacny, Undergraduate Student, clacny@purdue.edu
Noah Reardon, Undergraduate Student, nreardon1@hawk.iit.edu
Former Members (Undergraduate - U, Graduate - G, PostDoc - P, Visiting Scholar - V):
(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 - Research Assistant Professor)
List of Publications
Ph.D. Openings:
Spring/Fall 2021
Datasets:
Funded Research Projects:
National Science Foundation (NSF) PFI-RP: Automating Building Code Compliance Checking and Modular Construction Through Interoperable Building Information Modeling Technology, Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER/Collaborative Research: Science-Based Exploration of Invariant Signatures of Architecture/Engineering/Construction Objects to Enable Interoperability of Building Information Modeling, Principal Investigator
Project Website: https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/autoic-lab/nsf-eager/collaborative-researchscience-based-exploration-of-invariant-signatures-of
National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Phase I (RAISE): Civil Infrastructure Systems Open Knowledge Network (CIS-OKN), Senior Personnel (Principal Investigator Dr. Nora El-Gohary)
Indiana Department of Transportation Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) SPR-4523: Applied Ergonomics, 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)
Acquisition of a Research Robot Consisting of a Robot Manipulator and a Mobile Base, 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
Paths to ADA-Compliance: The Performance and Cost Efficiency of Measurement Technologies that Support ADA-Mandated, Self-Evaluations of Pedestrian Rights of Way, Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Jun-Seok Oh)
Enhancing Non-Motorized Mobility Within Construction Zones, Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Upul Attanayake)
A Holistic Framework to Support Compliance Checking in the Construction Domain, Georgeau Construction Research Center, Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator Dr. Wuwei Shen)
Research Outcome Video Snapshots:
Crane Simulation
Game Visualization of AEC Object Formation in BIM - Cone Frustum Shape
Contact:
Dr. Jiansong Zhang
(765) 494-1574
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/profile/zhan3062