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1 Zhenhua Zhu Ph.D. Candidate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Address: 103 East Architecture Building th Street Atlanta, GA Tel: zhzhu@gatech.edu RESEARCH INTERESTS Spatial and visual sensing for civil infrastructure development and maintenance, including: automated as-built infrastructure built information modeling; rapid infrastructure conditioning assessment; intelligent infrastructure facility management; and BIM applications in architecture, engineering and construction. EDUCATION BACKGROUND Present Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation by July, 2010), USA Advisor: Ioannis Brilakis Dissertation: Automated Concrete Column Damage Detection for Rapid Building Safety Evaluation Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering, USA Advisor: Ioannis Brilakis GPA: 7.818/9.0 (A = 8.0) M.E. in Computer Science and Technology Thesis: Research and Application of the Dexterous Hand Grasp with Force Feedback in Virtual Environments Advisor: Shuming Gao GPA: 85.52/ B.E. in Civil Engineering GPA: 83.79/100.0 (3.60/4.0) HONORS AND AWARDS 1. Best Paper Award, ASCE Construction Research Congress, Conference Travel Grant, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, the University of Michigan, 2008 (for ICCCBE-XII conference in China) 3. International Student Fellowship, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the, Second-place Award of Excellent Student Scholarship (top 8%), Zhejiang University First-place Award of Excellent Student Scholarship (top 5%), Zhejiang University 2003

2 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Present Research Assistant Colleague of Architecture Teaching Assistant Colleague of Architecture Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor Co-Advisor for Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Lab Monitor in the Construction Engineering Laboratory Construction Engineering and Management Program Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Assistant The State Key Lab of CAD&CG TEACHING Spring 2010 Spring 2009 Winter 2008 CEE 8813E Spatial and Visual Sensing for Civil Infrastructure Development (Role: Instructor) BC 4600 Project Management II (Role: Teaching Assistant) CEE 638 Sensing for Civil Infrastructure Development (Role: Guest Lecturer) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Programmer (Part-time) AU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD Intern BAOSHAN IRON&STEEL CO. LTD Intern HANGXIAO STEEL STRUCTURE CORPORATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1. Reviewer ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 2. Reviewer ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 2

3 PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles 1. Zhu, Z., German, S., and Brilakis, I. (2009). Detection of Large-Scale Concrete Columns for Automated Bridge Inspection. Journal of Automation in Construction, Elsevier (in review). 2. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009). Parameter Optimization for Automated Concrete Detection in Image Data. Journal of Automation in Construction, Elsevier (in review). 3. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009). Concrete Column Recognition in Images and Videos. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (accepted). 4. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009). Machine Vision based Concrete Surface Quality Assessment. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers (in print). 5. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009). Comparison of Civil Infrastructure Optical-based Spatial Data Acquisition Techniques. Invited paper from article at the 2007 ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Workshop, Special Issue in IT Support for Advanced Infrastructure Systems, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 23(3): Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2008). Surface Defects Detection for Architectural Concrete Quality Assessment using Visual Sensing. Special Issue in Sensors in Construction and Infrastructure Management, Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 13: Yang, W., Gao, S., Wan, H., Zhu, Z. and Luo, Y. (2006). Physically-based Haptic Display of Rigid Body Collisions with Virtual Hand Interaction. Chinese Journal of Computers, 2006, 29(12): Yang, W., Gao, S., Wan, H., Zhu, Z., and Luo, Y. (2005). Force Generation and Feedback for Physical-Based Virtual Hand Grasp. Chinese Journal of Computers, 2005, 28(6): Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings 1. Zhu, Z., Ndiour, I., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2010). Robust Concrete Column Detection in Videos. Proc. of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, June 25 27, 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia (abstract accepted). 2. Zhu, Z., German, S., Brilakis, I., and DesRoches, R. (2010). Visual Recognition and Assessment of Concrete Crack Properties. Proc. of the International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, June 30 July , Nottingham, UK (in review). 3. Zhu, Z., and Brilakis, I. (2010). Intelligent Learning and Detection of Concrete Regions in Construction Site Images. Proc. of the 6 th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), 9-11 June 2010, University Park, PA (in review). 3

4 4. Zhu, Z., German, S., and Brilakis, I. (2010). Large-scale Column Detection for Bridge Inspection. ASCE Construction Research Congress, 8-11 May 2010, Alberta, Canada (accepted). 5. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009). Automated Detection of Concrete Columns from Visual Data. Proc. of the ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 2009, Austin, TX, pp Zhu, Z., Brilakis, I. and Parra-Montesinos, G. (2009). Real Time Concrete Damage Visual Assessment for First Responders. ASCE Construction Research Congress, 5-7 April 2009, Seattle, WA, pp (Best Paper Award). 7. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2008). Automated Air Pockets Size Determination for Architectural Concrete Inspection. Proc. of 12th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE-XII) (CD-ROM), Oct. 2008, Beijing, China. 8. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2008). Defects Detection & Assessment in Concrete Surfaces. Proc. of Joint US-European Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2-4 July 2008, Plymouth, UK, pp Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2007). Comparison of Civil Infrastructure Optical-based Spatial Data Acquisition Techniques. Proc. of ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering, July 2007, Pittsburgh, PA, pp Suwwanakarn, S., Zhu, Z., and Brilakis, I. (2007). Automated Air Pockets Detection for Architectural Concrete Inspection. ASCE Construction Research Congress, 6-8 May 2007, Freeport, Bahamas 11. Zhu, Z., Gao, S., Wan, H., and Yang, W. (2006). Trajectory-based Grasp Interaction for Virtual Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (IEEE Computer Graphics International), Vol. 4035/2006, pp Zhu, Z., Gao, S., Wan, H., Yang, W., and Luo, Y. (2004). Grasp Identification and Multi-finger Haptic Feedback for Virtual Assembly. Proc. of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 28 Sept. 2 Oct., Salt Lake City, Utah, pp Peer-reviewed Posters 1. Zhu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2009), Automated Column Detection for Real-time Visual Damage Assessment of Concrete Structures. CRC 2009 Research Poster Session, April 4 th 2009, Seattle, WA. 2. Tubbs, R., Zhu, Z., and Brilakis, I. (2008), Real Time Damage Assessment for First Responders, Step 1: Shape Matching. Summer Research Opportunities Conference, July 31 st 2008, Ann Arbor, MI. Thesis 1. Zhu, Z. (2006), Research and Application of the Dexterous Hand Grasp with Force Feedback in Virtual Environments M.E. Thesis, Zhejiang University 4

5 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY 1. Volunteer for 2009 Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) Expo. CERTIFICATE 2. Computer Software Engineer Ministry of Information and Industry, China (No ) LANGUAGES 1. Chinese: First language 2. English: Good 5