LUH-MAAN CHANG
February 2002

1. Education:

• National Cheng Kung University, BS, Civil Engineering, 1971
• The University of Texas at Austin, MS, Construction Engineering and Project Management, 1980
• The University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Construction Engineering and Project Management, 1983

2. Professional Experiences:

• Purdue University Associate Professor 1992 - present
• Purdue University Assistant Professor 1986 - 1992
• The U. of Florida Assistant Professor 1983 - 1985
• The U. of Texas @ Austin Laboratory Instructor 1979 - 1983
• The U. of Texas @ Austin Teaching Assistant 1978 - 1979
• Electronics Industry Research Institute Construction Engineer 1975 - 1977
• Industrial Technology Research Institute Project Engineer 1974 - 1975
• Chou Fu Construction Co. Resident Engineer 1972 - 1974

3. Teaching:

Professor Chang has taught the following courses in recent years: Construction Planning and Scheduling, Project Control Systems, Construction Productivity Improvement, Project Management, Cost Engineering, Construction Company Management, Construction Plans and Estimates, Engineering Materials, and Construction Business Management.

4. Current Research Interests:

Research interests include Engineering Productivity Measurement & Improvement, Intelligent Image Processing, Quality Management, and Construction Financing.

5. Publications:

Professor Chang has authored or co-authored more than 75 papers in journals, transactions, and proceedings in the area of Construction Engineering and Management. Sample publications are as follows:

1.  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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4.  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.

5.  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.

6.  Zayed, Tarek M., and Chang, Luh-Maan, “ Prototype Model for Build-Operate-Transfer Risk Assessment,” Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 7-16.
    

Special Expertise To Render Consulting/Advisory Service:

1. Engineering Productivity Measurement Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Development of Engineering Productivity System, January 1998-2001

2.  Mayer, Brown, and Platt Law firm, China Three Gorge Dam Construction Law Suits, October 1999-May 2000.

3. Bureau of Taiwan High Speed Rail, Department of Transportation and Communications; Advisory developing Master Schedule Plan; December 1996-January 1997; Advising in preparing BOT Request-for-Proposal documents June-July 1997; Reviewing Financial Terms, December 1998; Framing Oversight Systems, June-August 2000; Evaluating Construction Progress, July-August 2001.

4. Kaoshiung Mass Rapid Transit Department, Kaoshiung Municipal Government, Taiwan, Reinforcing KMRT capacity on Project Management and Development of Better Strategies for Construction Quality Management, May 1996 to July, 1996; Evaluation of Engineering Proposals, July 1998: BOT Contract negotiation, July 2000.

5. Department of Transportation and Communications, The Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Evaluation of Safety on Taipei's Mass Rapid Transit Systems, Sept. 1993 to Aug. 1994.

6. National Automation Committee, The Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Evaluation of the Scope and Budget for National Industrial Automation Program, November 1993 to June 1994.

7. Technology Survey Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Investigation of Emerging Construction Technologies, 1988-1993.

8. Education and Training Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Determination of the Scope and Direction of Research, 1985-1988.

9. High Education Committee, Associated General Contractors of America, Updating University Curriculum Recommendation, 1983-1984.