Professor HaiJiang Li

Trained as a Civil Engineer (BSc, Hydraulic and Hydroelectric Engineering, 1996, ShanDong University), then MSc in CAD & CAE in Civil Engineering (1999, Dalian University of Technology) and PhD in High Performance Computing (HPC) in Engineering Design and Analysis (Computational Mechanics 2003, Dalian University of Technology), Prof. Haijiang Li started his academic career in China in 2003 and became an Associate Professor (certified by China Ministry of Transportation) in 2004.

Dr. Li joined Cardiff University directly from China as a Lecturer in 2006, starting a new academic career from scratch in the United Kingdom; in 2018, Dr. Li became a Chair Professor in BIM for Smart Engineering.

Professional memberships

• Fellow of BCS - British Computer Society
• Fellow of HEA - UK Higher Education Academy
• Member of EPSRC Associate Peer Review College
• Member of IAENG - International Association of Engineers

Speaking engagements

• “Understanding BIM Comprehensively - Practices and Research Vision” - Dalian University of Technology - China State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, 2017, The Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and Mechanics (keynote)*
• China Communications Construction Company Ltd. BIM event, Feb, 2017, ‘Global BIM research’ (keynote)
• Creative Construction Conference Primosten, Croatia, June, 2017, ‘innovative computing’ (keynote)
• International Transportation Conventions, ‘Computing innovations for smart decision making’, June, 2017, Beijing (keynote)
• "Future BIM", 2016 International BIM Forum, Cardiff, 2016  (keynote)*
• “Cardiff University BIM research and industry practices” – 2016 BIM development forum for China Communications Construction Group (keynote)*
• “UK BIM policy making and standardization” – 2016 BIM development forum for China State Construction Group, Beijing (keynote)*
• “BIM and its application for Resilient Community” - China State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard Prevention and Geo-environment Protection, 2016, Chengdu University of Technology (SKLGP), Chengdu (keynote)*
• “BIM research and development in EU” - The 2016 BIM Forum for Frontiers for Engineering Management - Huazhong University of Science and Technology (keynote)*

2016 China travel –

• The fourth harbour design institute of China Communications Construction, Guangzhou
• Dalian Developing Zone Government Agency
• Dalian new airport development zone Government Agency
• Dalian University of Technology
• Sanchuan Construction Group, Dalian
• Guangzhou the Fourth Harbour construction bureau
• Shanghai - Fudan University
• Shanghai Software Centre (Shanghai Academy of Science)
• Shanghai LubanSoft Ltd.

• “Current and future BIM research”, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, digital lab, April, 2015.
• The 10th Conference on Urban Development and Planning in China, Guangzhou July 22-23, 2015 (keynote)*
• 2015 International Symposium of Climate Change and Adapted Sustainable Planning and Development, October, 2015, Cardiff UK (keynote)*
• “BIM technical issues for water transportation infrastructure”, 2015 BIM development forum for CCC, water transportation planning and design institute (keynote) *
• “BIM and smart harbour management”, 2015 Tianjin harbour Government Agency & China Communications Construction Group, Beijing
• “BIM and its application in water transportation infrastructure”, 2015 BIM development forum for Tianjin - the first harbour design consultancy (keynote) *
• “HPC supported large scale computing for Energy saving”, EU workshop for smart building energy management, Cardiff, July 2014
• “See as you operate - Real time Sport Facility energy management”, international workshop - sport facilities: a challenge for energy efficiency, 2013, Bilbao, Spain
• “Large Scale Engineering Computing Supported Fine Granularity Full Scale Building/District/Urban Planning”, International workshop on future city planning and design, March, 2014, Cardiff (keynote)*
• “HPC supported large scale computing for Energy saving”, EU workshop for smart building energy management, Cardiff, July 2014

2010 China Travel -

• Tsinghua University
• Chinese Academy of Science
• China academy of building design
• Beijing Shijia real estate evaluation ltd
• Building Design consultancy, the Ministry of Steel industry
• Dalian University of Technology
• Dalian Maritime University
• Xi’an Jiaotong University
• the institute of ancient Chinese building conservation
• Xi’an construction commission
• Shandong University
• Shandong Provincial Academy of Building Research
• Shandong Provincial Academy of Hydraulic Research
• China State Construction Group

• Parallelization for Large Scale Scientific Computing, China National Program on Key Basic Research (973 Program), Dalian, 2003

Committees and reviewing

• Secretary and Committee Member of EG-ICE: the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering
• Standards Committee Technical Executive - BuildingSMART international
• External PhD Examiner for University Twente, The Netherlands
• EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) Peer Reviewer
• NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada), Peer Reviewer

• Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Construction Innovation
• Associate Editor for the Jounral of Automation in Construction

• Editorial Board Member for the journal of Visualization in Engineering (EI)
• Editorial Board Member for the journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (SCI)
• Editorial Board Member for the journal of Automation in Construction (SCI)
• Guest Editor (special issue) of Advanced Engineering Informatics - Going beyond BIM, 2015
• Guest Editor (special issue) of The Scientific World Journal, Recent Advances on BIM, 2014
• Guest Editor Journal of Information Technology in Construction - BIM Cloud-Based Technology in AEC area, 2014
• Guest Editor (special issue) of Advanced Engineering Informatics - Cloud Computing, 2012
• Guest Editor (special issue) of Natural Language Processing and Information Systems, LNCS, 2010

Journal Reviewer  

• Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (5-Year IF: 7.445);
• Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (IF: 5.625);
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF: 4.708)
• Journal of Cleaner Production  (5-Year IF: 4.167);
• Energy and Buildings (5-Year IF: 3.617);
• Building and Environment (IF: 3.598);
• Automation in Construction (5-Year IF: 2.414);
• Computers & Industrial Engineering (5-Year IF:2.412);
• Advanced Engineering Informatics (5-Year IF: 2.1);
• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (5-Year IF: 2.037);
• Computer in Industry (5-Year IF: 1.95);
• Habitat International (5-Year IF: 1.95);
• IEEE Access, The Multidisciplinary Open Access Journal (IF: 1.27)
• Computers & Electrical Engineering  (5-Year IF: 1.1)
• Energy Efficiency (IF: 1.06);
• Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (IF: 0.553);
• Semantic Web Journal (to be included in SCI)
• Journal of Information Technology in Construction;
• The Scientific World Journal;
• Visualization in Engineering;
• The International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science;
• International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment
• Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal

Reviewer and Scientific Committee for international conferences

• Scientific Committee member of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing |  April 9-11, 2019 | Manchester, UK
• 2019 CIB W78 CIB Information Technology for Construction Conference, UK, Northumbria University NEWCASTLE,
• 2019 EG-ICE workshop in KU Leuven, 2019, Leuven, Belgium
• 34th International symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, June 28 – July 1, 2017, TAIPEI, Taiwan, ISARC 2017
• CIB W78 Conference 2016, Conference on Information Technology in Construction, Brisbane, Australia
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2016, Poland
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2015, the Netherlands
• CIB W78 2015, Conference on Information Technology in Construction, Brisbane, the Netherlands
• ICCCBE 2014, the International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2014, Florida, USA
• CIB W078 2014 (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction), 2014, Florida, USA
• ConVR 2014, the 14th International Conference on Applications of Virtual Reality in Construction, UAE
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2014,Cardiff
• IWCCE 2013 - ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, USA
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2013, Vienna, Austria
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2012, Germany
• Workshop of European Group of Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2011, Twente University, The Netherlands
• Organizing Committee: NLDB2010 - 15th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information system, Cardiff UK, 2010;
• IDETC/CIE 2009: Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering, USA 2009;
• Session chair for IEEE - International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Cardiff, 2009

Conference Chairs -

• The 2016 International advanced BIM symposium, June, 2016, Cardiff, UK
• The 21st Workshop of EG-ICE: European Group of Intelligent Computing in  Engineering, 2014, Cardiff, UK
• EU workshop for smart building energy management (SportE2), Cardiff, July 2014

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Welcome to my BIM Hub for Training & Education (internal only at the moment...)

Cardiff is providing a fantastic MSc Programme for BIM for Smart Engineering, if you are excited about BIM, DO NOT miss the opportunity, come to join us.

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Prof. Haijiang Li has been playing the leading role for promoting BIM teaching & training in Cardiff since 2006.

MSc Programme Director for BIM for Smart Engineering
Module Leader for two BIM core modules:

• BIM Computing and Information Processing (ENT516)
• Building and Infrastructure Information Modelling (ENT768)
• Building and Infrastructure Information Modelling (EN4308)

Other modules involved:

• Integrated Building/Infrastructure Design (ENT510 & EN4102)
• Engineering Case Study (ENT725)
• Dissertation (Civil, Structural, Geo-environmental, Water) (ENT509)

BIM has been enabling a revolutionary way of working for the worldwide construction industry since it was first coined in 2003 in USA. It now triggers a worldwide tipping point to completely transform the oldest while still with the lowest productivity construction industry. At present, there are urgent demands for BIM graduates at all levels from UK & worldwide AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry. Students are becoming more and more interested in BIM and increasingly asking for more BIM related teaching modules.

Prof. Li created the new BIM teaching thread in Engineering School starting from 2006. Beginning from EN2208 - Computing in AEC and EN4102 - Integrated Building Design, gradually BIM contents were expanded into 7 main modules in Engineering School. Strategic links have been built with Arup, Atkins, Mott Macdonald, BRE and other industry partners to bring BIM industry practices into Cardiff BIM teaching and training.

In 2012, Prof. Li won the award of Engineering School Strategic Fund for teaching and built up a first-class BIM and VR (Virtual Reality) computing research laboratory, which has been fully utilized to support school wide BIM teaching and research. The BIM teaching has also been opened to the students from School of City Planning and Architecture School, and the BIM module (ENT768 & EN4308) has become one of the most popular modules and the student number has increased significantly  from 30 to 120 in 2019. Many students commented the module as one of the best modules they got in Cardiff and UK; “I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Dr HaiJiang Li for making this module the most interesting of my studies throughout my time at the university.” (Mr. Komodromos Sotiris).

Since 2006 till now (2019), more than 40 Year-3 project students and 30+ MSc students working on BIM topics (supervised by Prof. Li), and several hundreds to thousands of BEng / MEng / MSc students have acquired BIM knowledge and graduated from Cardiff. In 2015, Prof. Li was awarded with an EU Erasmus project (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, BIM4VET as PI). The project enables Cardiff to lead Pan-European BIM curriculum development and quality control activities, which are extremely strategic. In 2016, Prof. Li secured the second phase of ENGIN Strategic Funding to further upgrade the BIM and VR lab, new exciting equipment have been purchased and currently function well for teaching and research tasks.

In 2018, the new MSc programme - BIM for Smart Engineering has opened to welcome MSc students all over the world who are interested in BIM, and the programme has put Cardiff into the front tier for BIM training and education in UK and worldwide.

RESEARCH FOCUS

Current decision-making approach used in AEC/O (Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Operation) is historically divided by ‘domains’, e.g. (city) planner, policy maker, architect, engineers, construction manager, asset / facility manager etc.; and by ‘stages’, e.g. plan, design, construction and operation, it hence inherently lacks ‘holistic and life cycle approach’ to enable comprehensive and systematic decisions.

Prof. Haijiang Li has been working on smart engineering computing supported applications in the areas of buildings, infrastructure and cities, e.g. civil and hydraulic engineering – water and environment issues; structural engineering, onsite construction and project management; infrastructure – road, bridge, maritime and dam – structural design & analysis; building services and facility (asset) management – smart energy in buildings, district and cities; water distribution and urban water management, sustainability, resilience and disaster management for cities and the built environment. These experiences enable him to develop an inter-disciplinary oriented research towards a new generation smart engineering computing platform, underpinned by High Performance Computing (HPC & Cloud Computing), inter-linked domain knowledge (Ontology Modelling), Artificial Intelligence algorithms and BIM (Building Information Modelling) based standardization across sectors throughout project life cycle, to support large scale engineering data / information / knowledge processing, smart engineering optimization and holistic decision making to help to achieve sustainable and resilient built environment

PROJECT LIST

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Current PhDs (14) 

1. Infrastructure-BIM: A Contractor’s perspective of Infrastructure Information Modelling, BRADLEY Alex Writing up
2. BIM4H&E: Using BIM to enhance construction safety GAO Shang Current, 03/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
3. Governance and assessment framework for BIM based highway asset management, LAMB Simon Current, 03/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
4. Zero carbon housing in Iraq SHALLAL Balsam Alwan Current, 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2019
5. Govern-BIM: BIM execution governance across lifecycle and supply chains, GOONETILLAKE Jaliya Current, 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2019
6. BIM based Collective Decision Support for Value for money evaluation in PPP, REN Guoqian Current, 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2019
7. Resilient and sustainable urban infrastructures CERE Giulia Current, 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2020
8. Large scale real time data processing and knowledge mining for life cycle design, construction and operation, ARTHUR Steven Current, 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2020
9. BIMDataNet – Data governance network for life cycle BIM execution, Mohamed Binesmael Current, 01/07/2017 - 31/12/2020
10. BIMBox - Governance Framework Supporting Multi-facet Project and Organization Quality Assurance RAWDIN Alan Current, 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
11. Knowledge mining through deep learning in support of conceptual structural design, BIE Sisi Current, 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
12. BIM Supported Smart Manufacturing for Construction Digitalization, SU Tengxiang Current, 01/10/2017- 30/09/2021
13. Life cycle BIM data security ALSHAMMARI Kaznah Current, 03/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
14. Holistic design based on knowledge processing and surrogate modelling, KHUDHAIR Ali Current, 03/01/2018 - 31/12/2021

Past projects

Graduated PhDs (16) & MSc- (27)

1. Digital building - From conceptual design through to life-long management DIBLEY Michael, Awarded, 2007-2011
2. A Comparative Study of Operating Theatre Management Systems, AL OJAIMI Abdulkarim, Awarded, 2009-2012
3. Managing Innovation in Public Research and Development Organisations Using A Combined Delphi And Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach MEESAPAWONG Pawadee, Awarded, 2009-2013
4. A Consensus-based Framework for The Sustainable Urban Planning Development of The City of Riyadh ALI Alqahtany, Awarded, 2011-2015
5. End User Oriented BIM Enabled Multi-Functional Virtual Environment Supporting Building Emergency Planning and Evacuation WANG Bin, Awarded, 2011-2015 (BIM Leader in Mott Macdonald Cardiff) 
6. BIM-Based Smart Compliance Checking to Enhance Environmental Sustainability KASIM Tala, Awarded, 2011-2014 (Lecturer in Aston University, UK)
7. A Strategic Decision-Making Framework for Organisational BIM Implementation CHEN keyu, Awarded, 2011-2015
8. BIM based holistic approach for multi-objective integrated design using ontology HOU Shangjie, Awarded, 2011-2015 (BIM team leader in Vanke, China)
9. A Proposed Framework for Resilience to Biological Disasters; The Case of Mers-COV Threat in Transient Mass Gathering Event ALSHEHRI Saud Awarded, 2012-2016
10. BIM based combined optimization and reasoning for smart building and district energy management JAYAN Bejay Awarded, 2012-2016
11. The Development of Urban Sustainability Assessment Framework for Iraqi cities AMEEN Raed, awarded, 2013-17
12. Ontological representations for integrated smart cities modelling & data analytics HOWELL Shaun awarded, 2013-17
13. HPC / Cloud computing based engineering optimization YANG Chunfeng (visiting PhD from Dalian University of Technology)
14. Dynamic Cloud computing platform development for engineering optimization LI Zhaojun (visiting PhD from Dalian University of Technology)
15. BIM supported Sustainable Structure Design, ZHANG Jisong (CSC PhD from Dalian Maritime University), 2014-2018 (Lecturer in Dalian Jiaotong University, China) 
16. Knowledge mining for holistic design decision making by leveraging information models for crowd behaviour analysis, BOJE Calin Awarded, 2014-2018 (BIM researcher in LIST - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)

Graduated MSc

1. Wireless Pocket PC applications for onsite construction ABDUL MATEEN KHAN SAFDAR Awarded 2007 MSc
2. A Web-based EnergyPlus Application, LIU Zhi Awarded 2009 MSc
3. Building Information Modelling and Building Energy Analysis,NA Qing Awarded 2009 MSc
4. Building Information Modelling (BIM) based Structural Conceptual Design of a Bridge, Atul Ravi Dongargaonkar Awarded 2010 MSc
5. 3D Collaborative Conceptual Design, DONG Haichuan Awarded 2010 MSc
6. Building information modelling based energy simulation, SUNIL KUMAR MANNI Awarded 2010 MSc
7. Building Information Modelling Based On Energy Analysis, ZHAO Bo Awarded 2010 MSc
8. Building Information Modelling for Sustainable Design, LUO Chengshi Awarded 2011 MSc
9. Research on BIM – Building Information Modelling and its application in AEC, ZHANG Renfei Awarded 2011 MSc
10. BIM-based Design Workflow LIN Yeli Awarded 2011 MSc
11. An investigation into the costs and benefits of BIM adoption for UK structural engineering practices, KNIGHT Scott Awarded 2012 MSc
12. Optimisation and Control Strategies in HVAC System Operations, JAYAN Bejay Awarded 2012 MSc
13. BIM based Multi-objective Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis, DU Xiang Awarded 2012 MSc
14. A New Methodology For BIM Adoption Starting With Local Council Projects, Isaac Bamfield Awarded, 2012 MSc
15. The Investigation of BIM-based Design Workflow in ArchiCAD, SUN Yanhui Awarded, 2012 MSc
16. Building Information Modelling Based Energy Analysis, GAN Lu Awarded, 2013 MSc
17. A Bridge Information Modelling (BrIM) Framework for Design and Construction, ZOU Yang Awarded, 2013 MSc
    (Lecturer in University of Auckland)
18. The role of BIM in AEC industry MUHAMMAD UMARU Awarded, 2014 MSc
19. BIM Research by Application of Big Data Analytics, LI Xiao Awarded, 2014 MSc
20. BIM- based Timber Passivhaus conceptual Design GAO Zishu Awarded, 2014 MSc
21. The Legal, Contractual and Insurance implications of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the UK AEC sector Parveer Singh Awarded,  2015 MSc
22. An optimization model for integrated multi-objectives district energy in cities, APANOMERITAKI EVANGELIA Awarded
    2016 MSc
23. Ontology based river catchment management DILIP M DHARNA Awarded, 2016 MSc
24. A research on the development of BIM maturity assessment models tools NIKOLAS CHATZIIOAKEIMIDIS Awarded, 2016 MSc
25. BIM for bridge maintenance DING Rui Awarded,2017 MSc
26. Unity3D-based Asset Information Model for Bridge Handover FAN Yuxiang Awarded, 2017 MSc
27. Increase of interoperability between Revit and IES VE through MVD development GEORGIOS TSIOULOS Awarded, 2017 MSc