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Zhenhua Zhu

Zhenhua Zhu

Mortenson Company Assistant Professor
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Dr. Zhu received his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2002 and Master’s degree in Computer Science and Technology in 2006. Both are from Zhejiang University, China. In 2011, he obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and then worked in Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, as Assistant Professor from 2011 to 2016 and Associate Professor from 2016 to 2019. Dr. Zhu is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada. His research interests include visual sensing and anaylsis in construction, digital modeling, construction automation and robotics. He is the recipient of the 2013 ASCE Collingwood Prize and the Best Paper Award at the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Department

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Master of Engineering 2006, Zhejiang University
  • BS 2002, Zhejiang University

  • Data sensing and analysis
  • Digital modeling
  • Construction automation and robotics

  • 2024 International Consortium of Construction Engineering and Management, Appreciation Award
  • 2024 ASCE Construction Institute and Construction Research Congress Joint Conference, Best Overall Paper
  • 2024 ASCE Construction Institute and Construction Research Congress Joint Conference, Best Paper Award in the Track of Automation in Construction
  • 2022 Conference on Transforming Construction with Reality Capture Technologies: The Digital Reality of Tomorrow, Best Academic Paper
  • 2022 ASCE VIMS/IAARC Datathon Competition, First Place
  • 2022 ASCE DSA Inaugural Best Data Awards, Third Place
  • 2019 Mortenson Company, Mortenson Company Assistant Professorship
  • 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers, Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • 2013 American Society of Civil Engineering, Collingwood Prize
  • 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers, Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers, Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management,
  • 2011 Georgia Institute of Technology, Doctoral Student Professional Development Fund
  • 2011 Georgia Institute of Technology, Graduate Conference Fund
  • 2009 ASCE Construction Research Congress, Best Paper Award
  • 2008 University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Travel Award
  • 2006 University of Michigan, International Student Fellowship
  • 2004 Zhejiang University, Second Place Excellent Student Award (Top 8%),
  • 2003 Zhejiang University, First Place Excellent Student Award (Top 5%)
  • 2000 Zhejiang University, Second Place Excellent Student Award (Top 8%)
  • 1999 Zhejiang University, First Place Excellent Student Award (Top 5%)
  • 1999 Civil Engineering Education Foundation, Zhejiang University, Huixin Excellent Student Scholarship
  • 1998 Civil Engineering Education Foundation, Zhejiang University, Dongnan Excellent Student Scholarship
  • 1997 China-Japan Friendship Shao-Type Foundation, Shao-Type Excellent Student Scholarship

  • Lu, L., Dai, F., & Zhu, Z. (2024). An Investigation on Accurate Road User Location Estimation in Aerial Images Collected by Drones. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 516–526).
  • Wang, X., Veeramani, D., Dai, F., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Eye Gaze and Hand Gesture-Driven Human-Robot Interaction in Construction. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 991–1000).
  • Xu, L., Liu, H., Xiao, B., Luo, X., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Synthetic Simulated Data for Construction Automation: A Review. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 527–536).
  • Xu, L., Veeramani, D., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Towards Automated Physics-Based Modeling: Fusion of Construction Equipment Data for Efficient Simulation. In ISARC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (pp. 872–879).
  • Han, W., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Vision-Based Turn Signal Recognition for Automated Flagging. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 1019–1028).
  • Xu, L., Liu, H., Xiao, B., Luo, X., Zhu, Z., & others, (2024). A systematic review and evaluation of synthetic simulated data generation strategies for deep learning applications in construction. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, 102699.
  • Xu, L., Veeramani, D., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Automated physics-based modeling of construction equipment through data fusion. Automation in Construction, 168, 105880.
  • Wang, X., Veeramani, D., Dai, F., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Context-aware hand gesture interaction for human--robot collaboration in construction. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Lu, L., Dutta, S., Zhu, Z., & Dai, F. (2024). Leveraging Traffic Scenes to Estimate Three Mutually Orthogonal Vanishing Points in Support of Automated Vision-based Traffic Data Collection. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 100111.
  • Han, W., & Zhu, Z. (2024). Vehicle Turn-Signal Detection for Automated Flagging Systems. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 38(4), 04024020.

  • CIV ENGR 392 - Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 465 - Data Sensing and Analysis in Construction (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 392 - Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 760 - Research Methods in Construction Engineering Management (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 392 - Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 392 - Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 669 - Special Topics in Construction Engineering and Management (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Summer 2023)