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Education Background
2005.08 – 2009.07, B.S. in Construction Management, Tsinghua University, China
2005.08 – 2009.07, B.A. in Economics, Tsinghua University, China
2009.08 – 2011.12, M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, U.S.
2012.1 – 2012.12, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, U.S.
2009.08 – 2014.05, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, U.S.
Work Experience
2017.7 – Present Director, Institute of Sustainable Urbanization, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
2017.1 – Present Assistant Dean, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
2016.12 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University
2014.7 – 2016.12 Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University
Teaching Courses
Undergraduate courses: Engineering Estimation, Cornerstone Course (1), Sustainable Urbanization in an International Comparative Perspective
Graduate course: Research Methodology in Construction Management
Honors and Awards
2022-23 Highly Cited Chinese Researcher, Elsevier
2023 Youth Science and Technology Award, China Association for Public Safety
2022 Young Scholar Award, Tsinghua University
2021 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Beijing Municipal Government
2020 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Guangdong Provincial Government
2018 Innovators Under 35 in China, MIT Technology Review
2017 First Prize of Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award, Beijing Municipal Education Commission
2017 30 Under 30, Forbes China
Research Interests
Urban and infrastructure resilience, IT in construction
Professional Service
Professional Engineer, Registered in California
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
LEED AP (BD+C), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Associate Editor, Advanced Engineering Informatics
Associate Editor, Journal of Management in Engineering
Editorial Board Member, Automation in Construction
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Research Projects
1. Data Ontology for Climate Resilience of Urban Transportation, Funded by National Natural Science Foundation, 2024.6-2026.5
2. Investigating Crowd Evacuation Behaviors through the Lens of Multi-dimensional Social Interactions and with Crowdsourced Virtual Reality Experiments, Funded by National Natural Science Foundation, 2024.1-2027.12
3. Big Data based Analysis and Prediction of Urban Human Mobility Patterns during Extreme Weather Events, Funded by National Natural Science Foundation, 2020.1-2023.12
4. Research on Individual Evacuation Behaviors during Emergencies in Large Public Buildings Based on Cognitive Process Modeling and Virtual Evacuation Experiments, Funded by National Natural Science Foundation, 2017.1-2019.12
Representative Academic Achievements
1.Xia, X., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Li, N.* (2024). "How the Strength of Social Relationship Affects Pedestrian Evacuation Behavior: A Multi-participant Fire Evacuation Experiment in a Virtual Metro Station." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 167, 104805.
2.Wang, R., Wang, Y., Li, N. * (2024). "Revealing Disaster Dynamics and Disparities in Urban Facility Accessibility using an Improved Utilization-based Metric." Cities, 144, 104636.
3.Zhang, X., Li, N.* (2024). "An Activity Space-based Gravity Model for Intracity Human Mobility Flows." Sustainable Cities and Society, 101, 105073.
4.Chen, J., Shi, Y., Li, N.* (2023). "The Role of Selective Attention in Emergency Wayfinding: An Eye Tracking-integrated Virtual Reality Experiment." Safety Science, 168, 106320.
5.Wang, R., Wang, Q., Li, N.* (2023). "Percolation Transitions in Urban Mobility Networks in America's 50 Largest Cities." Sustainable Cities and Society, 91, 104435.
6.Magoua, J.J., Li, N.* (2023). "The Human Factor in the Disaster Resilience Modeling of Critical Infrastructure Systems." Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 232, 109073.
7.Yang, Y., Ng, S.T., Li, N.*, Xu, X., Xu, P., Xu, F.J. (2023). "Adapting HLA-based Co-simulation for Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience Management." Automation in Construction, 150, 104860.
8.Magoua, J.J., Wang, F., Li, N.* (2023). "Incorporating the Human Factor in Modeling the Operational Resilience of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems." Automation in Construction, 149, 104789.
9.Lin, J., Li, N.*, Rao, L.L.*, Lovreglio, R. (2023). "Individual Wayfinding Decisions under Stress in Indoor Emergency Situations: A Theoretical Framework and Meta-Analysis." Safety Science, 160, 106063.
10.Chen, J., Li, N.*, Shi, Y., Du, J. (2023). "Cross-Cultural Assessment of the Effect of Spatial Information on Firefighters’ Wayfinding Performance: A Virtual Reality-based Study." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 84, 103486.
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