Assistant Professor (Infrastructure Project Management)
Dr. X. Li

BEng, Chongqing University, China
MEng, Chongqing University, China
Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

 

M.ASCE, FHEA, National Registered Construction Engineer (Class 1)

CI³ Lab: https://cicubelab.civil.hku.hk/

 

Office: HW 6-07
Phone: +852 2859 2673
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: shell.x.li@hku.hk

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 1116 Introduction to Urban Development
• ENGG 1320 Engineers in the Modern World
• CIVL 4101 Capstone Design Project
• CIVL 4102 Final Year Project
• CIVL 6009 Building Planning and Control
• CIVL 6015 Construction Financial Management
• CIVL 6059 Special topic in Infrastructure Project Management: Industrialized Construction
• CIVL 6060 Operation and Maintenance of Building and Civil Engineering Works
• CIVL 7009 MSc Dissertation
• CIVL 8025 Artificial Intelligence for Construction Engineering and Management
• ARIN 7600 Artificial Intelligence Project

 

Research Interests

• Construction industrialization & informatics
• Smart work packaging methodology
• Advanced AI & robotics in industrialized construction
• Advanced construction project management

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• PI, General Research Fund, HK Research Grant Council
  • Inspection work package on chain: dynamic planning and accountable collaboration, HKD 786,000, 36 months, No.15219422 (01/2023-12/2025)
• PI, Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Work package dynamic optimization and intelligent collaboration in industrialized construction, RMB 300,000, 36 months, No.72201228 (01/2023-12/2025)
• PI: HK/ Germany Joint Research Scheme, HK Research Grant Council
  • Mass customization methodology for high-rise modular buildings: adaptive platform, interactive configurator, and decentralized process, HKD 85,800, G-HKU502/22 (01/2023-12/2024)
• PI, Environment and Conservation Fund, HK ECF Committee
  • CarbonGuard: A Blockchain-enabled IoT-BIM Platform for Automated Estimation, Reliable Monitoring, and Proactive Reduction of Carbon Emissions in Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), HKD 500,000, No.116/2023 (09/2024-08/2026)
• PI, Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (TCFS)
  • HRC-MAPROS: Human-robot collaboration-oriented MiC adaptive production robotics system, HKD 3 million + CNY 2 million, GHP/321/22SZ (11/2024-10/2026)

 

Professional Activities

• Professional experience in HK (HKU&PolyU), Shenzhen (Qianhai), and Overseas (UK Cambridge & Australia Curtin U)
• Professional membership in The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), The Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM), The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and Fellow in The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF)
• Professional services include being an outstanding reviewer (Automation in Construction), the leadership (President of the CIB student chapter & CIOB student center), organizing committee, and guest editor in a few conferences and journals.
• Professional awards in outstanding/best papers of CRIOCM, ASCE, CIB, CIOB (HK), IEEE ICaMaL, and research awards from SYLFF.
• Professional prize in the Geneva Invention 2024-Gold Medal for the project “Hybrid pose adjustment (HyPA) robot for MiC assembly” and International 2nd Prize of CIC Innovation Award 2022 for the project: “MiC adaptive production robotics system (MARPROS).”
• Professional honors: 2024 Top 1% Scholar Worldwide by Citations, 2024 Top 2% Scientists Worldwide.

 

Representative Publications

• Li, X.*, Zeng, J., Chen, C., Li, T., & Ma, J. (2024). Decentralized adaptive work package learning for personalized and privacy-preserving occupational health and safety monitoring in construction. Automation in Construction, 165, 105556.
• Li, X., Zeng, J., Chen, C.*, Chi, H. L., & Shen, G. Q. (2023). Smart work package learning for decentralized fatigue monitoring through facial images. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 1–19.
• Li, X., Wu, C.*, Yang, Z., Guo, Y., & Jiang, R. (2023). Knowledge graph-enabled adaptive work packaging approach in modular construction. Knowledge-Based Systems, 110115.
• Li, X*., Lu, W.S., Xue, F., Wu, L., Zhao, R., Lou, J.F., and Xu, J.Y.(2022). Blockchain-enabled IoT-BIM platform for supply chain management in modular construction, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(2), 04021195.
• Li, X., Wu, C.*, Xue, F., Yang, Z., Lou, J., & Lu, W.(2022) Ontology-based mapping approach for automatic work packaging in modular construction, Automation in Construction, 134, 104083.
• Li, X., Wu, L., Zhao, R., Xue, F*., Lu, W.S. Two-layer blockchain-based supervision model for off-site modular housing production (2021), Computers in Industry, 128, 103437.
• Li, X., Chi, H. L., Lu, W., Xue, F., Zeng, J*., & Li, C. Z. (2021). Federated transfer learning-enabled smart work packaging for preserving personal image information of construction workers. Automation in Construction, 128, 103738.
• Li, X., Chi, H. L*., Wu, P, & Shen, G.Q.,(2020). Smart work packaging-enabled constraint-free crane path re-planning for the on-site assembly process of prefabrication housing production. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 43, 101008.
• Li, X., Shen, G. Q., Wu, P*., Xue, F., Chi, H. L., & Li, C. Z. (2019). Developing a conceptual framework of smart work packaging for constraints management in prefabrication housing production. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 42, 100938.
• Li, X., Wu, C*., Wu, P, Xiang, L, Shen, G.Q., Vick, S, & Li, CZ. (2019). Smart work packaging-enabled constraints modeling for the on-site assembly process of prefabrication housing production, Journal of Cleaner Production, 239, 117991.