Biography

Dr.Xiaowei Luo is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. Previously, he severed as a Post-doctoral position in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and his M.S degree in Construction Management from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China in 2006. His main research interests include Building Information Modeling, Construction Safety Management, Information Technology in Construction, Wireless Sensor Technologies and Green Building. His current research projects focus on the development and deployment of information and sensing technologies to advance construction safety and efficiency as well as improve the quality and sustainability of construction projects. Dr. Luo has authored and coauthored numbers of highly cited journal publications, conference articles and book chapters in the aforementioned topics. In addition, he has received several grants from various agencies including NSFC and RGC.