1. Name: Luh-Maan Chang

2. Present Academic Rank:

• Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, in Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University
• Date of Rank: July 1, 1992

3. Previous Academic Ranks and Dates:

• Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, in Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University, (January 1986 - June 1992)
• Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, (August 1983 - December 1985)

4. Education Record:

• B.S.C.E. National Cheng Kung University, July 1971
• M.S., Arch. E., The University of Texas at Austin, May 1980
• Ph.D., C.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 1983

5. Experience Record:

1. Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Sabbatical, January 2001-June 2001
2. Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, July 1992 to present
3. Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Sabbatical, July 1993 - August 1994
4. Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, January 1986 to June 1992
5. Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, The University of Florida, August 1983 to December 1985
6. Laboratory Instructor, Coordinator, and Teaching Assistant for the course "Properties and Behavior of Engineering Materials," The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1979 to Spring 1983
7. Teaching Assistant for the course "Engineering Economics and Construction Management," The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1978 to Summer 1979
8. Construction Engineer, Electronics Industry Research Institute, The 1^st Integrated Circuit Demonstration Plant Construction, Taiwan, 1975-1977
9. Project Engineer, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Industrial Research Park Planning and Construction, Taiwan, 1974-1975
10. Resident Engineer, Chou-Fu Construction Company, Residential Construction, Taiwan, 1972-1974

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6. Teaching Assignments:

 

 

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7a. New Courses Developed:

1. Project Management and Construction Productivity, CE 697A, graduate course, two times taught, Fall 1986 and Fall 1987, 16 and 17 students respectively.
2. Construction Plans and Estimates, sophomore course, two times taught, Spring 1987 and Fall 1987, 44 and 41 students respectively.
3. Construction Project Management, senior course, one time taught, Spring 1988, 18 students.
4. Construction Business Management, graduate and senior course, three times taught, Spring 1998, 20 students; Fall 1998, 27 students; Fall 2000, 23 students.
5. High-Tech Construction, graduate and senior course, one time taught, Spring 2003, 21 students.

7b. Courses Redesigned:

1. Cost Engineering, junior course, two times taught, Spring & Fall '86, 29 and 66 students respectively.
2. Construction Planning and Scheduling, junior course, two times taught, Fall 1988 and Spring 1989, 50 and 46 students respectively.
3. Construction Project Control Systems, graduate course, two times taught, Fall 1989 and Fall 1990, 17 and 22 students respectively.
4. Construction Company Management, graduate course, one time taught, Spring 1992, 16 students.
5. Construction Productivity Improvement, CE 620, Graduate Course, Fall 1994, 23 students; Spring 1999, 14 students.
6. Engineering Materials, CE 333, Junior Course, Spring 1995, 15 students, Spring 1996, 43 students and Spring 1997, 58 students.
7. Engineering Economics, History, Ethics and Case Study, CE 394, Junior Course, 87 students.  Responsible for redesigning the Engineering Economics portion of the course, Fall 2000.
8. Construction Business Management, CE 521, Junior and Graduate course, 64 students, Fall 2001.
9. Construction Planning & Scheduling, CE 321, Junior course, 20 students, Fall 2002; 51 students, Spring 2003.

8a. Research Activities:

1. "Craftsman Questionnaire at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station," Principal Investigator (December 1982-June 1983) 1.2 months.
2. "Development of Personal Computer Research in Construction," Principal Investigator (October 1983-January 1984) 1.0 month.
3. "AGC University Construction Curriculum Survey," Principal Investigator (October 1983-October 1984) 3.0 months.
4. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida," Principal Investigator (December 1983-December 1984) 1.0 mo.
5. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase II," Principal Investigator (December 1985-February 1986) 3.0 months.
6. "Alumni Status Study," Principal Investigator (January 1985-June 1986) 1.0 month.
7. "Construction Industry of Emerging Innovative Building Technologies," Co-Principal Investigator (October 1986-April 1987) 1.0 month.
8. "Expert Systems/Computer Estimating of Concrete Construction," Co-Principal Investigator (July-August 1987) 2.0 months.
9. "An Investigation of Surface Coating on Exposed Concrete," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1987-May 1989) 2.0 months.
10. "Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation and Automated Data System," Co-Principal Investigator (April-December 1988) 3.0 months.
11. "Development of Quality Assurance Specifications for Bridge Painting Contracts," Principal Investigator (May 1989-December 1991) 6.0 months.
12. "Evaluation of Construction Productivity Measurement Manuals," Co-Principal Investigator (April 1988-March 1989) 1.0 month.
13. "Validity of MicroCYCLONE in Productivity," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1988-June 1989) 0.5 months.
14. "Expert Systems/Computer Estimating of Concrete Construction," (July-August 1987) 2.0 months.
15. "Parametric Construction Scheduling," Co-Principal Investigator (January 1986-May 1989) 1.0 month.
16. "Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Construction Productivity," Co-Principal Investigator (July 1989-May 1990) 0.5 months.
17. "Mathematical Model For Time-Cost Trade Off," Co-Principal Investigator (June 1989-May 1992) 2.0 months.
18. "Emerging Technologies For Electrical and Instrumentation Construction," (January 1990-June 1992) 3.0 months.
19. "Intelligent Building," Co-Principal Investigator, (May 1991-January 1992) 2.0 months.
20. "Underground City and Space Construction," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1991-July 1992), 1.0 month.
21. "Paperless Construction Automation," Principal Investigator (July 1992-June 1994), 3.0 months.
22. "Auto ID Systems in Construction," Co-Principal Investigator, (July 1993 - June 1994), 2.0 months.
23. "The Automated Building Construction Technologies," Co-Principal Investigator, (January 1993 - December 1994), 3.0 months.
24. "Quality Acceptance Sampling Theories and Applications," Co-Principal Investigator, (July 1992 - December 1994), 4.0 months.
25. "Real Time Decision Mechanism for In-Place Evaluations of Concrete Strength," (January 1995 - December 1994), 1.0 month.
26. "Steel Bridge Painting Protection Policy," July 2, 1996 - December 1998, 6 months.
27. "Build-Operate-Transfer Project Delivery System," July 1997, 1 month.
28. "Optical Imaging Method for Bridge Painting Maintenance and Inspection," January 1998 - August 1999, 2 months. 
29. "Financial Model for BOT Infrastructure Projects," June 1998, one month.
30. "Engineering Productivity Measurement," (July 1998 - December, 2001), 6 months.
31. "Decision Schemes for Improving Bridge Deck Expansion Joints", June 1998-December 1999, 4 months.
32. "XML, E-Commerce and E-Construction", January 2000-April, 2000, 1 month.
33. “Intelligent Image Processing for Bridge Maintenance and Inspection,” January 2001-June 2001, 3 months.
34. “Implementation of Steel Bridge Protection Policy,” May 2000-May 2002, 2 months.

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8b. Research Funds Obtained:

1. "Using Precast Concrete Panels for Pavement Construction," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, August 2002-Feburary 2004, $40,000.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
2. "Implementation of Steel Bridge Protection Policy," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1, 2000 to April 30, 2002, $80,713, Sole Principal Investigator.
3. "Engineering Productivity Measurement," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, (CII), July 1, 1998-August 31, 2001, $115,000, CII finances additional $15,000 for travel, Sole Principal Investigator.
4. "Evaluation and Policy for Bridge Deck Expansion Joints," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, June 1, 1998-December 31, 1999, $65,129.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
5. "Optical Imaging Method for Bridge Painting, Maintenance and Inspection", sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, January 1998 to August 1999, $59,921.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
6. "Steel Bridge Protection Policy," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998, $100,000. Co-principal Investigator with Professor John Fricker, Civil Engineering School, Purdue University
7. "Real Time In-Place Evaluation of Concrete Strength," sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technologies, January 1, 1995 to June 1996, $23,669.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
8. "Demand and Supply Investigation for Construction Automation," sponsored by Architectural Research Institute, Department of Interior, Taiwan, March 1, 1994 to December 1994, NT$1,500,000.00 (Approximate $56,000), Co-Principal Investigator with Professor Ming-Teh Wang, and Professor Sy-Jye Guo, National Taiwan University, and Professor Ting-Ya Hsieh, National Central University of Taiwan, Taiwan.
9. "Development of Transfer and Promotion Plans for Automated Construction Equipment in High-Rise Building," sponsored by Architectural Research Institute, Department of Interior, Taiwan, August 1993 to June 1994, NT $2,100,000 (Approximate US $77,800, Co-Principal Investigator with Mr. Fa-Hsiung Chen, Senior Vice President, New Asia Construction and Development Corp., Taiwan.
10. "Automatic Identification Systems for Construction Engineering," sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994, NT $269,000 (approximate US $10,000), Co-Principal Investigator with Professor Ming-Teh Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
11. "Implementation of the Developed Quality Acceptance System for Steel Bridge Painting Construction," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, July 1992-December 1994, $60,862, Sole Principal Investigator.
12. "Emerging Construction Technologies, - Phase II," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, January 1991-June 1992, $60,000, Co-Principal Investigator, with David Johnson, North Carolina State University.
13. "Emerging Construction Technologies, - Phase I," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, January 1990-June 1992, $60,000, Co-Principal Investigator with David Johnston, North Carolina State University.
14. "Development of Quality Assurance Specifications for Bridge Painting Contracts," sponsored by Indiana Department of Highway and Federal Highway Administration, July 1989-June 1992, $74,577.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
15. "Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation and Automated Data System," sponsored by Construction Engineering Research Lab, The U.S. Corps of Engineers, April-December 1988, $34,489.08, Sole Principal Investigator.
16. "An Investigation of Surface Coating on Exposed Concrete," sponsored by Indiana Highway Department, September 1987-May 15, 1989, $36,555.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
17. "Construction Industry Study of Emerging Innovative Building Technologies," sponsored by Construction Engineering Research Lab. The U. S. Corps of Engineers, October 1986-April 1987, $38,882.00, with Donn Hancher and Miroslaw Skibniewski, Co-Principal Investigator.
18. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase II," sponsored by Building Construction Industry Advisor Committee, State of Florida, February 1985, $23,172,00, Sole Investigator.
19. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase I," sponsored by Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, State of Florida, December 1983, $5,000.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
20. "Development of Personal Computer Research in Construction," Division of Supporting Research, University of Florida, October 1983, $6,010.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
21. "Craftsman Questionnaire Study at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station - Unit 2 Project," sponsored by NMPNS, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, December 1982, $3,000,00, Sole Principal Investigator.

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9. Extension Activities:

1. Advisor, High Education Committee, Associated General Contractors, updating University Construction Curriculum Recommendation, 1984.
2. Member, Construction Education & Training Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Determination of Scope & Direction of Research, October 1985-November 1991.
3. Member, Technology Survey Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Preparation of Research Proposals and Determination of Scope of Research, October 1988-August 1993.
4. Reviewer, ASCE Construction Journal, many papers, 1987 -.
5. Member, Congress Organizing Committee, Vice Chairperson of Technical Program, to plan, to decide, and to arrange technical programs for 1991 ASCE Construction Congress, 1989-1991.
6. Editor, Proceedings, Construction Congress 1991, 1990-1991.
7. Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Review of Proposal for the Division of Mechanics and Structural System, January 1992-present.
8. Adviser, Taiwan Department of Transportation and Communications, Review of Safety on Taipei's Rapid Transit Systems, September 1993 to August 1994.
9. Adviser, National Automation Committee, The Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Government, Review the Scope and budget of National Industrial Automation Program, November 1993 to June 1994.
10. Reviewer, National Science Council, Taiwan, Review of Research Proposals and Finished Reports for the Engineering Division, Nov. 1993-Aug. 1994.
11. Reviewer, Journal of Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, Taiwan, October 1993 - August 1994.
12. Reviewer, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Review of Proposals for Construction Automation, August 1994 and July 1996.
13. Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Thesis Oral Defense Committee, Two Master Degree Students.
14. Examiner, Department of Construction Engineering and Technology, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Thesis and Dissertation Oral Defense, Four Master Students and Three Ph.D. Students, Oct. 1993 - July 1996.
15. Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Engineering Management, 1995-
16. Reviewer, Journal of Construction Management & Economics, University of Reading, UK, 1995-
17. Reviewer, Journal of Automation in Construction, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 1995-
18. Advisor, Kaoshiung Mass Rapid Transit Department, Kaoshiung City, Taiwan, May 1996 - July 1996, July 1998, July 2000.
19. Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure System, 1995 -
20. Member, Organizing Committee, CIB 1996 Beijing International Conference, October 1996.
21. Reviewer, the 5^th ASCE Construction Congress Proceedings, April 1997.
22. Reviewer, Review of Research Proposals, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, April 1997.
23. Advisor, High Speed Rail Bureau, Ministry of Transportation & Communications, Taiwan, December 1996 - January 1997, June - July 1997, December 1998, June-August 2000, and July-August 2001.
24. Member, Organizing Committee, CIB Working Commission 89 International Conference, Queensland, Australia, On Building Education & Research. July 1998.
25. Reviewer, China Civil Engineering Journal, Fascicule of Construction Engineering and Management, May 2002-present.

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10a. Journal Papers:

1. Tucker, Richard L., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Burnes, Ned H., "Realistic Tolerances for Double Tee Construction," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 108, No. C04, December 1982, pp. 563-576.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John, "Evaluation of Craftsman Questionnaire," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 111, No. 4, December 1985, pp. 426-437.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Inferential Statistics for Craftsman Questionnaire," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 112, No. 4, December 1986, pp. 492-499.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John D., Craftsman Questionnaire Sampling, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 112, No. 4, December 1986, pp. 543-556.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Suggestions to Increase DBE Contractors' Participation," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 113, No. 4, October 1987, pp. 371-388.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, Hancher, Donn E., Napier, Thomas R., and Kapolneck, Robert G., "Methods to Identify and Assess New Building Technology," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 114, No. 3, September 1988, pp. 408-425.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Method to Deal with DBE Issues," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 115, No. 3, July 1989, pp. 305-319.
8. Hancher, Donn E., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Killen, Patrick, A., "Impact of the D.B.E. Program on Indiana Highway Construction," Transportation Research Record 1186, October 1989, pp. 66-73.
9. Lutz, James, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Evaluation of New Building Technology," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 116, No. 2, June 1990, pp. 281-299.
10. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chao, Li-Chung, "Data Communication Through Local Area Network," Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, Vol. 33, No. 6, June 1991, pp. 29-37.
11. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Measuring Construction Productivity," Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, Vol. 33, No. 10, October 1991, pp. 19-25.
12. Orczyk, Joe, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Parametric Regression Model for Project Scheduling," Project Management Institute Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 4, December 1991, pp. 44-47.
13. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chao, Li-Chung, "Trend In Local Area Network Utilization," Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1992, pp. 27-39.
14. Tamaki, Kinya, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Status Report: Intelligent Office Building Market In Japan," Journal of Intelligent Buildings, Intelligent Building Institute, Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1992, pp. 1-11.
15. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Laboratory Evaluation of Generic Concrete Sealer/Coating Systems for Use in the Highway Environment," Transportation Research Record, No. 1335, August 1992, pp. 1-9.
16. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hung, Li-Chih, "Feasibility of Applying ISDN to Intelligent Buildings," Journal of Intelligent Building, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 1993, pp. 8-17.
17. Smutzer, Richard K., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Field Tests of Resistance to Chloride Ion Penetration on Sealed Concrete Pavement," Transportation Research Record No. 1382, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, October, 1993, pp. 38-45.
18. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, "Developing Acceptance Sampling Plans for Quality Construction," Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 246-253.
19. Hsie, Machine, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Attribute Double Sampling System for Steel Bridge Painting Construction," Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 126-133.
20. Chang, Luh-Maan, Nicholas J. Carino, and Cheng-Ben Wang, "The Process of Evaluating the In-Place Strength of Concrete," Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10, No. 4, November, 1998, pp. 229-237.
21. Chang, Luh-Maan and Carino, Nicholas J., "Analyzing In-Place Concrete Tests by Computer," Concrete International, Vol. 20, No. 12, American Institute of Concrete, December, 1998, pp. 34-39.
22. Chang, Luh-Maan, Georgy, Maged and AbdelRazig, Yassir A., "Warranting the Quality of Steel Bridge Coatings." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 5, September/October, 2000, pp. 374-380.
23. AbdelRazig, Yassir A. and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Intelligent Model For Construction Facilities Surface Assessment," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 6, November/December 2000, pp.422-432.
24. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chen, Po-Han, "BOT Financial Model: Taiwan High Speed Rail Case," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 127 No. 3, May/June 2001. pp.214-222
25. Zayed, Tarek M., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Prototype Model For Build Operate Transfer(BOT) Risk Assessment," Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 7-16.
26. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lee, Yao-Jong, “Evaluation of the Performance of Bridge Deck Expansion Joints,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 1, February 2002, pp. 3-9.
27. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, Jon D., “A Statewide Performance Function for Steel Bridge Protection Programs,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
28. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, Jon D., “Life Cycle Cost Based Maintenance Plan for Steel Bridge Protection Systems,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
29. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, John D., "LCCA Using Deterministic and Stochastic Methods: Conflicting Results," accepted by Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
30. Chen, Po-Han, and Chang, Luh-Maan, “ Intelligent Steel Bridge Coating Assessment Using Neuro-Fuzzy Recognition Approach,” accepted by Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, to be published.
31. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chen, Po-Han , “ Feasibility Analysis of Taiwan High Speed Rail Project ,” accepted by Journal of Construction Procurment, to be published.
32. Chen, Po-Han, Chang, Yuh-Chin, Chang, Luh-Maan, and Doerschuk, Peter C., "Application of Multi-Resolution Pattern Classification to Steel Bridge Coating Assessment," Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 4, October 1, 2002, pp. 244-251.
33. Chen, Po-Han, and Chang, Luh-Maan, “Artificial Intelligence Application to Bridge Painting,” Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science Publisher, June 2003, pp. 431-445.
34. Georgy, Maged E., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Zhang, Lei, “Engineering Performance in the U.S. Industrial Sector,” Accepted by Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, to be published in 2004.
    

 

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10b. Proceedings: (Refereed papers)

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Napier, Thomas R., "Evaluation of Innovation Building Technology for Construction Project Management," 1988 Proceedings of 20th Annual Seminar/Symposium, Project Management Institute, September 1988, San Francisco, USA, pp. 436-441.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan and Ariffin, Ismail, "Evaluation of Construction Productiv-ity Measurement Manuals," 1990 Proceedings on Value in Building Econom-cs and Contract Management, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 6, March 1990, pp. 96-106.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Napier, Thomas, "Selection of Innovative Building Technology," 1990 Proceedings on Value in Building Economics and Contract Management, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 5, March 1990, pp. 49-58.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Technological Trend in Electrical and Instrumentation Construction," Proceedings of 1993 CIB W-65 International Symposium on Organization and Management of Construction - The Way Forward, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Trinidad, West Indies, Vol. 2, September 1993, pp. 1205-1210.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Quality Acceptance Sampling Methods," Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, International Association for Civil Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis, Paris, France, July 1995, pp 783-788.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Cheng, Tao-ming, "Construction Quality Control through Voice Recognition Technology," Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Automation & Robotics in Construction, International Associates for Automation & Robotics in Construction, Tokyo Japan, June 11-13, 1996, pp. 421-429.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Northern Climate Weathering Tests on Sealed Concrete," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 12-16, 1996, pp. 141-152.
8. Chang, L. M., "Collaborative Construction Research in the United States," Proceedings of the CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research, Brisbane, Australia, 8-10 July 1998, pp. 50-59.
9. Chang, L. M., and Abdelrazig, Y. A., “Using Images Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks for Coating Quality Assessment”, Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Vancouver, Canada, May 30 – June 3, 1999,  pp. 2429-2440.
10. Mao, Chi-Kuo and Chang, Luh-Maan, "BOT Financing in Public Infrastructure Projects," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 20-22, 2000, Orlando, Florida, pp. 868-877.
11. Chandra, Fiona and Chang, Luh-Maan, "The Impact of Foreign Currency on BOT Projects," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 20-22, 2000, Orlando, Florida, pp. 878-888.
12. Georgy, Maged E., Chang, Luh-Maan and Walsh, Kenneth D., "Engineering Performance in Industrial Construction," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, Febrary 20-22, Orlando, Florida, pp. 917-927.
13. Chang, Luh-Maan, Chen, Po-Han, and AbdelRazig, Yassir, "Intelligient Diagnosis on Bridge Painting Defects Using Image Processing Techniques," Computational Methods for Smart Structures and Materials II. The book presents the edited proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Methods for Smart Structures and Materials, edited by C.A. Brebbia and A. Samartin, ISBN: 1-85312-816-3, ISSN: 1462-6055, WIT Press, Southampton, United Kingdom, June 2000, pp. 95-104.
14. Chang, Luh-Maan, Chen, Po-Han, and AbdelRazig, Yassir, "Bridge Painting Defects Recognition Using Sampling Plans and Image Processing Techniques," the Proceedings of CIT 2000 -The CIB-W78, IABE, EG-SEA-AI. International Conference on Construction Information Technology, Edited by Gudni Gudnason, Icelandic Building Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 178-189.
15. Georgy, Maged E., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Neurofuzzy Platform for Assessment of Design Engineering Performance, " The Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Decision Making, Institute National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, France, Vol. 2, November 20-22, 2000, Lyon France, pp. 1161-1169.
16. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Zhang, Lei, "Generic Algorithms for Accessing Engineering Performance," Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST 989, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 23-25, pp. 185-190.
17. Chen, Po-Han and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Performance of Artificial Intelligence Approach on Bridge Coating Assessment," Proceeding of the 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction. National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST 989, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 23-25, 2002, pp. 331-336.
18. Lee, Yao-Jong and Chang, Luh-Maan, “Rehabilitation Decision Analysis and Life-Cycle Costing of Infrastructure System,” the Proceedings of 2003 ASCE Construction Research Congress, Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003, CD Format, pp. 1-11.
19. Lee, Yao-Hong, and Chang, Luh-Maan, “Economic Model for Predicting Deterioration of Bridge Deck Expansion Joints,” Preceding of the 9th International Bridge Management Conference, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, pp. 255-265, Orlando, Florida, April 28-30, 2003.

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10c. Commissioned Publications:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Brown, Brisbane, H., Jr., AGC University Construction Curricula Survey, Construction Education Services, Associated General Contractors (AGC), December 1984. The 35-page publication was sent to around 200 Universities which have Construction Programs. Both academic deans of all construction programs and the program Chairpersons/Heads/Leaders got the publication. In addition, the publication was sent to AGC Full Construction Education Committee, all AGC Chapters, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and American Council for Construction Education (AACE).
2. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Brown, Brisbane H., "AGC Construction Curricula Survey and Analysis," Constructors, The Associated General Contractors of America, February 1985, pp. 95-99.

10d. Journal Paper Discussion:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lutz, James D., Discussion on "Civil Engineer's Role in Site-Selection Studies," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 115, No. 4, October 1989, pp. 449-451.
2. Zayed, Tarek M, and Chang, Luh-Maan, Discussion on “State-wide Performance Function for Steel Bridge Protection Systems,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineering; To Be Published.

 

 

10e. Transaction Papers:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John, "Craftsman Questionnaire Sampling for Construction Productivity," 1984 Transactions of the American Association of Cost Engineers, pp. H2.1-H2.4.
2. Russell, Jeffrey S. and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Methods for Construction Productivity Measurement," 1987 Transaction of the American Association of Cost Engineers, July 1987, pp. K1.1-K1.10.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Analytical Techniques to Improve Construction Productivity," 1988 Transaction of the American Association of Cost Engineers, in July 1988, pp. H2.1-H2.8.
4. Napier, Thomas R., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Cost Assessment of Emerging Construction Technologies," 1988 Transaction of the American Association of Cost Engineers, in July 1988, pp. C4.1-C4.5.
5. Orczyk, Joe, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Parametric Project Scheduling of Milestones," 1990 Transaction of American Association of Cost Engineers, Boston, Mass., June 1990, pp. M4.1-4.11.

10f. Proceedings:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, Editor, Proceedings of Construction Congress '91 - Preparing For Construction In The 21st Century, American Society of Civil Engineers, August 1991, 800 pages.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, "Realistic Specifications for Steel Bridge Painting," Proceedings of 1992 Materials Engineering Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, August 1992, pp. 299-310.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Construction Education in the United States," Proceedings of the Conference on the Trend in Transportation Engineering and Construction Research, Civil Engineering Department, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, October 1993, pp. 185-192.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Yukio Kurematsu, "Japanese Automated Building Construction Systems," Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 1, Taiwan, Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, October, 1993, pp. 46-55.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Tao-Ming Cheng, "The Application of Voice Recognition in Bridge Painting Quality Control," Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, Taiwan, October, 1993, pp. 93-101.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, "Intelligent Inspection System for Steel Bridge Painting Quality," Proceedings for International Workshop on Civil Infrastructural Systems-Application of Intelligent Systems and Advance Materials on Bridge Systems, National Taiwan University, January 1994, pp. 151-167.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Total Quality Management," The Proceedings for the Second National Expressway Technologies Workshop, Volume II, National Expressway Engineering Bureau, Ministry of Transportations and Communications, Taiwan, February 1994, written in Chinese, pp. 671-685.
8. Chang, Luh-Maan, Cheng, Tao-Ming, and Hsie, Machine, "Automated Construction Data Collection Through Voice and Handwriting Technology," Proceedings for the Third International Conference on Automation Technology, Volume 6, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, July 1994, pp. 291-295.
9. Chang, Luh-Maan, Guo, Sy-Jye, and Kurematsu, Yukio, "Computer Integrated Construction in Japan." Proceedings for the Third International Conference on Automation Technology, Volume 6, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, July 1994, pp. 297-304.
10. Hung, Li-Chih, Chang, Luh-Maan, and Wang, Ming-Teh, "Sharing Telecommunication Systems in Intelligent Buildings," Proceeding for the Third International Conference on Automation Technology, Volume 6, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, July 1994, pp. 327-332.
11. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Kurematsu, Yukio, "The Developed Automated Building Construction Technologies," Proceedings of the 15th Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, Infrastructure Construction Session, Association of China Engineering, December 8 - 20, 1994, pp. 533 - 547.
12. Chang, Luh-M, "Design Quality & Improvement," Proceedings of the 15th Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, Infrastructure Construction Session, Association of China Engineering, December 8 - 20, 1994, pp. 83 - 94, written in Chinese.
13. Hsie, Machine, Chang, Luh-Maan, and Wang, Ming-Teh, "Construction Quality Control through Pen-Based Computers," Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISAAC), Warsaw, Poland, May 30-June 1, 1995, pp. 383-390.
14. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Current Development of Construction Automation in the United States, Proceedings of Construction Automation Conference, Bureau of Construction, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Taiwan, pp. 1-23.
15. Chang, Luh-M., and Wang, Ming T., "Construction Automation in the United States," Proceedings for the Fourth International Conference on Automation Technology, Volume 2, Mechanical Industry Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan, July 8-10, 1996, pp. 69-75.
16. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Tener, Robert K., "Modernization of Construction Education in the United States," Proceeding for CIB 1996 Beijing International Conference on Construction Modernization & Education, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Beijing, China, November 1996, p. 1-8, in Compact Diskette.
17. Chang, Luh-Maan, Chen, Po-Han and Abdelrazig, Yassir, "Automatic Assessment of Defects on Infrastructure Construction," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Automation Technology, Volume I, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Chinese Institute of Automation Engineers, Taipei, Taiwan, May 9-11, 2000, pp. 9-16.
18. Chen, Po-Han, Chang, Yuh-Chin, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Steel Bridge Rust Identification Using Multi-Resolution Pattern Classification," Proceedings of the 17th IAARC/CIB/IFAC/IFR International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, September 18-20, 2000 pp. 47-52.
19. Weng, Ray C., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chen, Larry, "XML Application in AEC Industry, Proceedings of the 17th IAARC/CIB/IFAC/IFG International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, International Association for Automation and Robotics and Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, September 18-20, 2000, pp. 751-756.
20. Chen, Po-Han, and Chang, Luh Maan, "Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Threshholding to Bridge Painting Defect Recognition," Proceedings of the 17th IAARC/CIB/IFAC/IFG International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, International Association for Automation and Robotics and Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, September 18-20, 2000, pp. 1105-1110.

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11a. Other Publications:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John D., Craftsman Questionnaire Study at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Project, Report to NMPNS, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, June 1983.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan, Evaluation and Improvement of Craftsman Questionnaire Survey for Construction Productivity Measurement, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, December 1983.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, et al., Study of Renovation of the Women's Gym for Use by the Athletic Association for Women's Athletics, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, Technical Publication No. 34, September 1984.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Productivity Measurement Through the Labor Time Estimate," Transactions of the 16th Annual Cost Engineering Symposium, American Association of Cost Engineers, February 1985.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Rahman, Hamzah A., Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, Technical Publication No. 38, April 1985.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, Brown, Brisbane, H., Jr., and Markus, Ali, Alumni Questionnaire Survey & Results, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, Technical Publication No. 39, August 1985.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Criticism of Construction Productivity Measurement Methods," Proceeding of 11th Modern Engineering Technology Seminar, November 1986.
8. Chang, Luh-Maan, Santarone, Ted, Wetherington, Leon, and Rahman, Hamzah A., Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase II, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, Technical Publication No. 41, June 1986.
9. Hancher, Donn E., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Skibniewski, Miroslaw J., Construction Industry Study of Emerging Building Technologies, Final Report to Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, The U.S. Army, June 1, 1987.
10. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lukey, Mark, Development of an Automated Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation System - Part II, Final Report to Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, The U.S. Army, January 1989.
11. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lutz, James, Development of an Automation Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation - Part I, Final Report to Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, The U.S. Army, March 1989.
12. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Garner, Peter S., An Investigation of Surface Coatings on Exposed Concrete, A report to Indiana Department of Highways, Joint Highway Research Project (JHRP-89/5), School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, May 1989.
13. Chang, Luh-Maan, and DeVoe, Darin, Emerging Construction Technologies - Phase I, A report to TSTF of Construction Industry Institute, February 1991.
14. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, Development of Quality Assurance Specification for Bridge Painting Contract, A report to Federal Highway Administration, HRP 89-1-27, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, June 1992.
15. Chang, Luh-Maan, and DeVoe, Darin, Emerging Construction Technologies - Phase II, A report to Construction Industry Institute, June 1992.
16. Chang, Luh-Maan, and DeVoe, Darin, Emerging Technologies For Electrical and Instrumental Construction, Construction Industry Institute, Source Document 78, October 1992, 286 pages.
17. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, "Implementation of the Developed Quality Acceptance System for Steel Bridge Painting Construction," A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, JHRP-94-10, December 1994.
18. Chen, Fa-Hsiung, and Chang, Luh-Maan, Development of Transfer and Promotion Plans for Automated Construction Equipment in High-Rise Building, A report to Architectural Research Institute, Taiwan, June, 1994.
19. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Wang, Ming-Teh, Automatic Identification Systems for Construction Engineering, A report to the National Science Council, Taiwan, December 1994.
20. Chang, Luh-Maan, Guo, Sy-Jye, Hsieh, Ting-Ya, and Wang, Ming-Teh, Demand and Supply Investigation for Construction Automation, A Report to Architectural Research Institute, Taiwan, June 1995.
21. Chang, Luh M. and Wang, Cheng-Bin, Real Time Evaluation of In-Place Strength of High-Performance Concrete, A report to National Institute of Standards & Technology, June 1996.
22. Chang, Luh M., Zayed, Tarek, and Fricker, Jon, Steel Bridge Protection Policy, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1999.
23. Chang, Luh M., and Chung, Seunghyun, The Evaluation of Bridge Coating systems for INDOT Steel Bridges, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1999.
24. Chang, Luh M., and Georgy, Maged, Metalization of Steel Bridges: Research & Practice, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1999.
25. Chang, Luh M., and Zayed Tarek, Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Maintenance Plan, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1999.
26. Chang, Luh M., and Georgy, Maged, Proposed Warranty Clauses for INDOT Steel Bridge Painting Components, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1999.
27. Chang, Luh M., Abdelrazig, Yassir, Optimal Imaging Method for Bridge Painting Maintenance and Inspection, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, September, 1999.
28. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lee, Yao-Jung, Evaluation and Policy for Bridge Deck Expansion Joints, A report to Indiana Department of Transportation, October 2000.
29. Chang, Luh-Maan, Georgy, Maged, and Zhang Lei, Engineering Productivity Measurement, A report to Construction Industry Institute, November 2001.

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11b. Editing of Proceedings:

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, Editor, Preparing For Construction In The 21st Century, Proceedings of 1991 Construction Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, August 1991, 800 pages.

12a. Presentations:

1. "University Construction Curriculum," A presentation at the Associated General Contractors Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1984.
2. "Craftsman Questionnaire Sampling for Construction Productivity Improvement," A presentation in 28th Annual Symposium, American Association of Cost Engineers, Montreal, Canada, July 1984.
3. "AGC University Construction Curricula Survey," A presentation in AGC Mid-Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 1984.
4. "Productivity Measurement Through the Labor Time Estimate," A presentation in the 16th Cost Engineering Symposium, Orlando, Florida, February 1985.
5. "Criticism of Construction Productivity Measurement Methods," in 11th Modern Engineering Technology Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, November 1986.
6. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation in Construction Engineering and Technology Department, Taiwan, Institute of Technology, November 1986.
7. "Evaluation of Innovative Building Technology for Construction Project Management," A presentation to the 20th Annual Seminar/Symposium, Project Management Institute, San Francisco, California, September 1988
8. "Analytical Techniques to Improve Construction Productivity," A presentation to the 10th International Cost Engineering Congress, New York, July 1988.
9. "Cost Assessment of Emerging Construction Technologies," A presentation to the 32nd Annual Cost Engineering Meeting, New York, July 1988.
10. "Standard Construction Productivity Manuals," Civil Engineering Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 8, 1990.
11. "An Investigation of Concrete Coating Systems in Indiana," A presentation to the 70th Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1991.
12. "Concrete Surface Coating Systems," A presentation to Purdue University Bridge Conference, January 1991.
13. "Assuring Highway Bridge Painting Quality," A presentation to Purdue University Bridge Conference, January 1991.
14. "Field Tests of Resistance to Chloride Ion Penetration on Sealed Concrete Pavement," 71st Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 1992.
15. "Advanced Construction Technologies," A presentation in Civil Engineering Department Seminar, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Taiwan, May 9, 1992.
16. "Comparison of Construction Education between R.O.C. and U.S.A.," Symposium on Construction Management, The Institute of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, May 13, 1992.
17. "Construction Quality Assurance and Management," Symposium on Construction Management, The Institute of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, May 13, 1992.
18. "Construction Productivity System and Analysis," Symposium on Construction Management, The Institute of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, May 14, 1992.
19. "Advanced Construction Engineering Technologies," Symposium on Construction Management, The Institute of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, May 15, 1992.
20. "Total Quality Management and Intelligent Buildings," Workshop on Construction Quality Management and Integration, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, August 18, 1992.
21. "Construction Graduate Programs in the United States," A presentation in Civil Engineering Department Seminar, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 31, 1992.
22. "Project and Total Quality Management," A presentation to Provisional Engineering Office of High Speed Rail, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taipei, Taiwan, January 4, 1993.
23. "Total Quality Management," A presentation to workshop on Trend in Transportation Engineering and Construction Research, sponsored by Taiwan Department of Education, National Cheng-Kung University, Taipei, Taiwan, October 13, 1993.
24. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to the Workshop on Trend in Transportation Engineering and Construction Research, Sponsored by the Department of Education, National Cheng-Kung University, Taipei, Taiwan, October 14, 1993.
25. "Japanese Automated Building Construction Systems," A presentation to the conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, Taipei, Taiwan, October 15, 1993.
26. "The Application of Voice Recognition in Bridge Painting Quality Control," A presentation to the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, Taipei, Taiwan, October 15, 1993.
27. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Civil Engineering Department, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin Chu, November 10, 1993.
28. "Intelligent Building and Automated Construction," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Civil Engineering Department, Chung-Hua Polytechnic Institute, Hsin Chu, November 11, 1993.
29. "Designing for Construction," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Civil Engineering Department, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, November 25, 1993.
30. "Designing for Construction," A presentation to departmental seminar, Civil Engineering Department, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, December 27, 1993.
31. "Intelligent Inspection System for Steel Bridge Painting Quality," A presentation to International Workshop on Civil Infrastructural Systems - Application of Intelligent Systems and Advanced Materials on Bridge Systems, The U. S. National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research and Taiwan National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, January 11, 1994.
32. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to workshop on construction education, preparatory office, National Kaoshiung Polytechnic Institute, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, March 16, 1994.
33. "Automated Construction Technologies for High-Rise Buildings," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Kaoshiung Institute of Technology, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, April 29, 1994.
34. "Advanced Construction Technologies for Steel Structure," A presentation to the top managers, China Steel Structure Co., Kaoshiung, Taiwan, May 16, 1994.
35. "Robotics and Japanese Automated Building Construction Technologies," A presentation to the workshop on Robotics and Japanese Automated Building Construction Technologies, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 7, 1994. Co-speaker with Professor Mirek Skibniewski.
36. "Automated Construction Data Collection Through Voice and Handwriting Technology," A presentation to the Third International Conference on Automation Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, July 8, 1994.
37. "Design Quality & Improvement," A presentation to the 15th Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, Association of China Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, December 13, 1994.
38. "The Developed Automated Building Construction Technologies," A presentation to the 15th Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, Association of China Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, December 16, 1994.
39. "Total Quality Management," A presentation to Public Construction Supervisory Board, The Executive Yuan, R.O.C., Taipei, Taiwan, December 17, 1994.
40. "Total Quality Management in Construction," A presentation to Ph.D. Seminar in the Construction Area, University of Illinois at Champaign, January 25, 1995.
41. "Total Quality Management," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Institute of Technology and Organization of Building Production, Warsaw University of Technology, May 26, 1995.
42. "Construction Quality Control Through Pen-Based Computers," A presentation to the 12th International Symposium on Automation & Robotics in Construction, Warsaw, Poland, May 30, 1995.
43. "Current Development of Construction Automation in the United States," A presentation to the Construction Automation Conference, Bureau of Construction Ministry of Interior Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, June 30, 1995.
44. "Quality Acceptance Sampling Methods," A presentation to the 7th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Paris, France, July 11, 1995.
45. "Total Quality Management," A presentation to departmental seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, National Taiwan University, December 20, 1995.
46. "Organization Development and Individual Improvement Through TQM," A presentation to Taiwan Provision Professional Engineers Association, December 22, 1995.
47. "Total Quality Management," A presentation to the Board of Trustees, Taipei Professional Engineers Association, Taipei, Taiwan, December 23, 1995.
48. "Automated Building Construction Systems," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Department of Construction Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 7, 1996.
49. "Automated Building Construction Systems & Risk," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Department of Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering Faculty, Technical University of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, March 8, 1996.
50. "Total Quality Improvement & Management for Public Construction Works," A presentation to the workshop for Kaoshiung Mass Transit department, Kaoshiung City, Taiwan, May 18, 1996.
51. "Construction Automation in the United States," A presentation to the 4th International Conference on Automation Technology, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, July 9, 1996.
52. "Northern Climate Weathering Tests on Sealed Concrete," A presentation to the 5th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 14, 1996.
53. "Modernization of Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to the CIB 1996 Beijing Conference on Construction Modernization and Education, Beijing, China, October 23, 1996.
54. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to the departmental seminar, Civil Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 25, 1996.
55. "Project Management & Scheduling," A presentation to all the top managers in the High Speed Rail Bureau, Ministry of Transportation & Communications, Taiwan, January 6, 1997.
56. "Construction Education in the United States," A presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong Institute of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, March 13, 1997.
57. "Automated Building Construction system, A presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong Institute of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, March 14, 1997.
58. "The Application of BOT Approach in Taiwan High Speed Rail Project," A presentation to 1997 Chinese-American Academic and Professional Conference, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1997.
59. "Delivery of Taiwan High Speed Rail Project through BOT Approach", A presentation to Richard Tucker's Project Management Class, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, November 17, 1997.
60. "Fundamentals of BOT", A presentation to Bureau of Taiwan High Speed Rail, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taipei, Taiwan, December 30, 1997.
61. "Fundamentals of BOT," A presentation to Kaoshing Mass Transit Department, Kaoshiung Municipal Government, Taiwan, June 18, 1998.
62. "Collaborative Construction Research in the United States," A presentation to the CIB W89 1998 Conference on Building Education and Research, Brisbane, Australia, July 8, 1998.
63. “Total Quality and Project Management,” a presentation to Department Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Hsing Hua University, Beijing, China, September 28, 1999.
64. “Using Images Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks for Coating Quality Assessment”, a presentation to 1999 CIB W78 Workshop on IT in Construction, June 2, 1999.
65. “The Japanese Automated Building Construction Systems”, a presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsing Chu, Taiwan, November 22, 1999
66. “The BOT Fundamentals and Taiwan High Speed Rail Project”, A presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, November 23, 1999
67. “Intelligent Imaging Processing on Infrastructure Assessment”, a presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, November 24, 1999.
68. "Intelligent Image Processing Approach for Highway Steel Bridge Coating Quality Assessment." Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting Washington D.C., session 335, January 12, 2000, co-presenter, Yassir AbdelRazig.
69. "BOT Financing in Public Infrastructure Projects," A presentation to the Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineering, March 10, 2000.
70. "Automatic Assessment of Defects on Infrastructure Construction,” Keynote Speaker for the 6th International Conference on Automation Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, May 10, 2000.
71. "The Current Development of Construction Automation," A presentation to Departmental Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 12, 2000.
72. "Practices of Design/Build in the United States," A public presentation sponsored by R.O.C. Taiwan Society of Construction Management and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, May 11, 2000.
73. "The Practices of Design/Build in the United States", A presentation to Bureau of Taiwan High Speed Rail, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1, 2000.
74. "Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Threshholding to Bridge Painting Defect Recognition," A presentation to the 17th ISARC International Symposium, September 20, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan.
75. "Engineering Performance and Assessment in Industrial Construction," A presentation to top managers, China Engineering Consultants Incorporated, Taipei, Taiwan, September 20, 2000.
76. "BOT Application Principle and Construction Management Trend," A public speech sponsored by Society of Construction Management, September 21, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan.
77. "A Neurofuzzy Platform for Assessment of Design Engineering Performance," A presentation to the 2nd International Conference on Decision Making, Lyon, France, November 21, 2000.
78. "BOT Fundamentals and Financing," A presentation to Construction Area Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Champaign, February 7, 2001.
79. "Intelligent Image Processing," A presentation to department seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Taiwan National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, February 21, 2001.
80. "TQM Fundamentals," A presentation to Construction Area Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, March 21, 2001.
81. "BOT Fundamentals," A presentation to Construction Area Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, April 18, 2001.
82. "BOT Application Principles and Construction Management, "A public speech sponsored by Kaoshiung Professional Engineers Association, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, May 4, 2001.
83. "Engineering Performance Measurements Through Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Algorithms, "A presentation to Construction Area Seminar, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, May 30, 2001.
84. "BOT Financial Model: Taiwan High Speed Rail Case, "A presentation to Construction Area Seminar, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2001.
85. "High Tech Plant Construction, "A presentation to Engineering College Seminar, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, August 2, 2001.
86. "Delivery of Taiwan High Speek Rail Project Through BOT Approach," A presentation to departmental seminar, Department of Land Management and Development, Chang-Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 7, 2002.
87. "Using Image pattern Recognition and Neural Network for Coating Quality Assessment," A presentation to Graduate School Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 8, 2002.
88. "Automatic Assessment of Defects on Infrastructure Construction," A presentation to Graduate School Seminar, Department of Surveying Engineering, National Cheng-King University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 11, 2002.
89. "Japanese Automated Building Construction Systems," A presentation to Graduate School Seminar, Department of Architectural Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 12, 2002.
90. "Principles of Construction Management for BOT Projects," A presentation to Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, March 12, 2002.
91. “Integrated Project Management,” A presentation to International Forum of Revolutionary 4D Navigation Software Technology in Integrated and Lifecycle Management, Sponsored by National Taiwan University, Taiwan Construction Research Institute, and Virtual Step Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, May 28, 2002.
92. “Intelligent Image Processing,” A presentation to Graduate School Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 31, 2002.
93. “Integrating Project Management Through 4D CAD,” A presentation to Graduate School Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 31, 2002. Co-presented with Mr. Yee-Sue Chiou, Virtual Step Inc.
94. “Applying Neuro-Fuzzy Theory to Image Processing,” A presentation to Faculty Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Shanghai, China, June 5, 2002.
95. “Construction Management Education in the United States,” A presentation to graduate and faculty Seminar, Department of Construction and Real Estate, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, June 10, 2002.
96. “4D and IT Trend in Construction,” A presentation to the 5th Annual Multimedia CAE Conference, Multimedia and Information Committee, China Ministry of Construction, Wurumuqui, Xinjiang, China, July 24, 2002.
97. “Generic Algorithms for Accessing Engineering Performance,” A presentation to the 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics, in Construction, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 23, 2002.
98. “Performance of Artificial Intelligence Approach on Bridge Coating Assessment, Proceeding of the 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 24, 2002.
99. “Economic Model for Predicting Deterioration of Bridge Deck Expansion Joints,” A presentation to the 9th International Bridge Management Conference, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Orlando, Florida, April 28, 2003.
    

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12b. Organizing Conference:

1. Member of Organizing Committee for the ASCE 1991 Construction Congress, Boston, April 1991.
2. Member of Organizing Committee for the 1993 Conference on Trend in Transportation Engineering and Construction Research, Sponsored by Taiwan Department of Education, Taiwan, Taiwan, October 1993.
3. Member of organizing committee for CIB 1996 Beijing International Conference on Construction Modernization & Education, October 1996.
4. Member of Organizing Committee for CIB Working Commission ‘89 International Conference on Construction Research and Education, Queensland, Australia, July, 1998.
5. Member of Organizing Committee for Automation 2000, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2000

12c. Short Course Attended:

1. "Software/Hardware and Application of Microprocessors," Short Course, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, June 2-6, 1986.
2. "Television As An Instructional Medium," A short course for engineering faculty at Purdue University, June 7-11, 1993.
3. "Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position," A special short course through satellite video conference, featuring Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Continuing Engineering Education, Purdue University, June 28 - July 1, 1993.
4. "Applied Management Principles Program, " A short course collaboratively sponsored by Krannert Graduate School of Management and School of Science, Purdue University, May 13-June, 1998.
5. "Cleanroom Design-Build, " A short course, College of Engineering & Applied Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, March 12-16, 2001.
6. "Fundamental of Project Management, " BE&K Project Academy, BE&K Construction Company, May 2-11, 2001, (only attended May 6-7 Sessions).

12d. Workshops Attended:

1. "Training and Educating Project Managers - Effective Project Manager Development Techniques," 1983 Workshop sponsored by Project Management Institute, Houston, Texas, October 15-16, 1983.
2. "Enhancing Construction Through State-of-the-Art Research," Workshop sponsored by National Science Foundation, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, February 20-21, 1984.
3. "Construction Automation: Computer-Integrated Construction," Workshop sponsored by National Science Foundation, Department of Civil Engineering, The Lehigh University, April 18-19, 1987.
4. "North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Workshop," Workshop sponsored by School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, May 5-7, 1987.
5. "Facilitating Technology Advancement in the U.S. Construction Industry," Workshop sponsored by Construction Industry Institute and Department of Defense, Austin, Texas, October 28-29, 1987.
6. "Motorola/Purdue University Challenge Week - Total Quality Management," Workshop sponsored by Motorola Inc., and Purdue University, Shamburg, Illinois, June 1992.
7. "Quality - Global Competitiveness Toward the 21st Century," Workshop sponsored by Lafayette section of the American Society for Quality Control, March 21, 1996.
8. “Diversity Forum”, Workshop sponsored by Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, September 19-21, 1999.
9. "Gender Forum", Workshop sponsored by Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, March 7-9, 2000.
10. "Fundamentals of Project Management, "BE&K Project Academy, BE&K Construction company, May 2-11, 2001 (only attended May 6-7 sessions).
11. "Building for Advanced Technology Workshop," National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, January 14-16, 2003.
    

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12e. Involvement in Graduate Research

a. Major Professor for Student Theses (completed) 

 

b. Chairperson for Non-thesis Graduate Committee (completed)

  

 

 

c. Serving on Thesis Graduate Committee (completed)

   

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13. 1991 University Administration and Committee Assignment:

1. Self-Study Committee, for Re-accreditation, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, 1985.
2. External and Internal Award Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1986-1988.
3. Academic Personnel Grievance Committee, Purdue University, 1986.
4. Civil Engineering Special Activities Committee, Purdue University, 1987-1988.
5. Senior Design Committee, Purdue University, 1987.
6. Self-Study Committee, for ABET, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1989.
7. Chairperson, Special Activities Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1989-1990.
8. Chairperson, Internal Awards Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1989-1990 and 1994 - 1995.
9. Curriculum Study Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1990-1991.
10. Captain, United Way Campaign, School of Civil Engineering, 1992-1993, 2000.
11. Graduate Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1994 - 1996.
12. Seminar Committee, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1997-.
13. Financial Information Focus Groups, Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, 1997.
14. Teaching Evaluation Committee, School of civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1999-.
15. Chairperson, International Educational Programs Committee, Purdue University, June 2000-.

14. Registration and Licenses:

1. Engineer-in-Training, Texas, 1981.

15. Professional and Scientific Society Activities:

1. Member, ASCE Committee on Microcomputer Applications in Construction, 1984 - 1990.
2. Member, ASCE Committee on Estimating, Cost, and Schedule Control, 1984-1987.
3. Invited Member, CII Task Force on Construction Education and Training, 1986-1988.
4. Member, ASCE Construction Research Council, 1983-.
5. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1983 - .
6. Member, American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE), 1984 - 1991.
7. Member, Project Management Institute (PMI), 1983-1991.
8. Invited Member, CII Task Force on Technology Survey, 1988 - 1992.
9. Member, ASCE Construction Congress Organization Committee, 1989-1991.
10. Advisory Member, Intelligent Building Institute, 1990 - 1994.
11. Member, International Association of Automation and Robotics in Construction, 1995-present.
12. Member, American Society for Quality Control, 1995-1997.
13. Member, Engineering Productivity Measurement Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, 1998-.

16. Awards and Honors:

1. Captain: Rugby Football Team, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1969
2. Captain: Men's Basket Ball Team, Miao-Li Yuan, Taiwan, National Tournament, 1970
3. President, Student Chapter, Associate General Contractors, University of Texas at Austin, 1981.
4. Sigma Lambda Chi: The Building Construction Honorary, 1985
5. Award of Excellence: Based on research and teaching, Halliburton Education Foundation, 1985.
6. Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honorary, 1986
7. Outstanding Professor: Based on teaching, the Beta Tau Construction Honorary, 1992 Academic Year.
8. Chi Epsilon, Purdue University Chapter, The National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1995.

17. Community Activities:

1. Volunteer, Lafayette Volunteers Bureau, Nursing Home Visitor, Spring 1986.
2. Supervisor, Beta Tau Student Association, Surveyed Purdue North Golf Course, Fall 1986.
3. Volunteer, Pan American Games, Indianapolis, IN, Summer 1987.
4. Instructor, Minority Introduction To Engineering Program, Purdue University, 1986 and 1987.
5. Treasurer, Lafayette Lions Club, 1988-1990.
6. Volunteer, Special Olympics of Tippecanoe County, 1990 - 1992, 1999-.
7. Volunteer, Delegation Host Captain, International Special Olympics Game, Minneapolis, MN, July 1991.
8. Volunteer, Home Hospital Annual Fair, City of Lafayette, IN, 1988 - 1996.
9. Volunteer, Script Translator, Special Olympics International, 1995 and 2001.
10. Volunteer, US Liaison for 1997 Winter Special Olympics Games, Chinese Taipei Special Olympics, January 1997.
11. Volunteer, US Liaison for 1999 International Special Olympics Game, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 1998-July 1999.
12. Instructor, EIT review session on Engineering Economics, Purdue Society of Professional Engineers, March 29, 2001, and October 3, 2001.
13. Instructor, EIT review session on Engineering Economics, Purdue Society of Professional Engineers, March 29, 2001, and October 3, 2001.
14. Advisor, Construction Engineering for the 21st Century Student Association, 1999-present.
15. Speaker, "Three Gorges Dam Construction Project," A presentation to Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association, Morton Community Center, West Lafayette, Indiana, March 27, 2002.
16. Speaker, "Great Wall of China," A presentation to Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association, Morton Community Center, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 15, 2002.