Jinying XU

Jinying XU

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow Fellow
Future Roads Fellowship Programme
University of Cambridge, UK

About me

I am currently a FUTUREROADS-COFUND Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow (for short, Future Roads Fellow) working at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, starting from September 2022. The Future Roads Fellow Programme and the Digital Roads of the Future Initiative are two co-supported research programmes focusing on digital revolution of our vital road network. My research project is “Data science and advanced technologies for sustainability-orientated decision-making” where I aim to develop a decision-making platform on top of an interoperable, consistent and unified data architecture with a set of data protocols and integrated advanced data collection, storage, analysis, and visualisation technologies for sustainable future roads highway.

Before joining Cambridge, I worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow from May 2021 to August 2022 at Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). I was a member of iLab and the research team leader of iLab’s 10 million HKD Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) project “BIM Square”: Blockchain and i-Core-enabled Multi-stakeholder Building Information Modelling Platform for Construction Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Hong Kong.

I received my Bachelor’s degree of Enginnering and Bachelor’s degree of Law (second degree) in Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, China, and Master’s degree of Management in Tongji University in Shanghai, China under the supervision of Prof. Yun Le. I finished my PhD in April 2021, also at HKU. My PhD primary supervisor is Prof. Wilson W.S. Lu and co-supervisor is Dr Ling Hin Li.

Research Interests

Data Science, Sustainable Infrastructure, Smart Construction, Organization Technology Transformation, Digital Transformation, Context-awareness, Building Information Modelling, Cognitive Facility Management, Sensing Technologies, Construction Project Management, Construction Waste Management

Research Projects

  • FUTUREROADS-COFUND Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship.“Data science and advanced technologies for sustainability-orientated decision-making/i>.€75,400, 36 months.(Primary Investigator).
  • HKU Seed Fund for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme.“Smart Construction Objects”: A New Paradigm Towards Construction 4.0. HK$ 982,240, 48 months.(Co-Investigator).
  • Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF). “BIM Square”: Blockchain and i-Core-enabled Multi-stakeholder Building Information Modelling Platform for Construction Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Hong Kong. HK$10,360,714.25, 24 months. (Co-Investigator).
  • The Government Policy Innovation and Co-Ordination Office (PICO) Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme. Boosting Construction Waste Material Sharing in the Guangdong- Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area. HK$2,902,000.00, 36 months. (Key Participant).
  • The Government Policy Innovation and Co-Ordination Office (PICO) Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme. Finding the Needles in a Haystack”: Identification of the Illegal Dumping of Construction Waste Using Big Data. HK$ 447,350.00, 18 months. (Key Participant).
  • Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF). Trail: RFID-Enabled Building Information Modelling (BIM) Platform for Prefabrication Housing Production in Hong Kong. HK$2,990,000.00, 18 months. (Participant).
  • Hong Kong RGC General Research Grant (GRF). The causal effects of green building certification on construction waste minimisation: triangulating ‘big data’ with ‘thick data’. HK$535,000.00, 45 months. (Participant).
  • Hong Kong RGC General Research Grant (GRF). Exploring the effects of building information modeling on project-based organisations: A social network approach. HK$500,000.00, 36 months. (Key Participant).
  • Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC). Evaluation on the environment-resources carrying capacity in megacities and policy instruments with the big data background.CNY800,000.00, 48 months.(Participant).
  • Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Research of theories, methods and application innovation of mega infrastructure project management. CNY15,000,000.00, 60 months. (Participant).

Editorship

  • Journal of Management in Engineering (Reviewer);
  • Automation in Construction (Reviewer);
  • Building Research & Information (Reviewer);
  • Journal of Building Engineering (Reviewer);
  • PLOS One (Reviewer);
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Reviewer);
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (Reviewer);
  • Frontiers in Built Environment (Reviewer);
  • Developments in the Built Environment (Reviewer);
  • International Journal of Construction Management (Reviewer);
  • Building (Reviewer Board);
  • Sustainability(Reviewer);
  • Heliyon (Reviewer).

Honors and Awards

  • 2022, Best Paper Award, Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE
  • 2021, Research Institute Silver Award, Hong Kong Construction Industry Council Construction Digitalisation Awards, CIC;
  • 2021, Professional Research Award, buildingSMART Internation Awards Programme, bSI;
  • 2021, Merit Paper Award, The 26th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, CRIOCM;
  • 2020, Outstanding Paper Award, The 25th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, CRIOCM;
  • 2019, Excellent Paper Award, The 24th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, CRIOCM;
  • 2019, 4th Prize, The 11th Innovation Competition in Construction Engineering and Management (ICCEM), Tsinghua University and Gammon Construction Ltd.;
  • 2017, Research Postgraduate Scholarship, Hong Kong, China;
  • 2017, Outstanding Student, Tongji University, Shanghai, China;
  • 2016, National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Ministry of Education, China;
  • 2014, Outstanding Graduate, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;
  • 2014, Third Prize People’s Scholarship, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;
  • 2013, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China;
  • 2013, Third prize, “Challenge Cup” National Science and Technology College of Extra-Curricular Academic Competition Works, Student Association of China;
  • 2013, First Prize, Undergraduate Training Programs for Creativity & Entrepreneurship, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;
  • 2013, Third Prize of National English Contest for College Students (NECCS), China;
  • Successful Participant, The Mathematical Contest in Modeling, COMAP, USA;
  • 2012, National Encouragement Scholarship, Bureau of Education, Heilongjiang, China;
  • 2012, Student Grant of CASC, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;
  • 2012, Outstanding Student, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;
  • 2011, Outstanding Student, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

Services

  • 2017-2021, Vice President, CIB-HKU Student Chapter, HKU;
  • 2010-2013, Vice President, Student Union at School of Economics and Management, HIT.

Membership

  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);
  • Member, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).