Dr. Shi is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Construction Management at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Before joining UNL in 2008, he was a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Director of the Center for Work Zone Safety and Mobility. Dr. Shi served on the faculty in the Department of Building and Construction at City University of Hong Kong from 1995 to 1999. His research areas include green buildings, highway work zone safety and mobility, modeling and simulation of construction operations, project planning and scheduling, construction delay analysis, productivity analysis and improvement, artificial neural networks, enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise-wide data warehousing and data mining, and computer applications. Dr. Shi is a registered professional engineer in Hong Kong, and a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). Currently, he serves as a Council Member in the ASCE Research Council and CMAA Chicago Chapter. Prof. Shi has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical articles. He is a principal investigator of many funded research projects from various sources including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with a total funding amount exceeding $2 millions. Dr. Shi has been invited to deliver more than a dozen public lectures and seminars. He received more than 10 fellowships and honors.

• Professional Engineer, Hong Kong
• Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member, Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)

• Highway Work Zone Safety Audit Guidelines Development and Training, funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), $1,032,618 ($750,000 from FHWA and $282,618 matching from the three recipients.) September 2006-September 2010.
  
• An Automated Roadway Pavement Marker Placement System, funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), $564,575 ($451,660 from FHWA and $112,915 matching from the two companies.) November2007-October 2009.
  
• Construction Enterprise Resource Planning (Construct-ERP), funded by the national Science Foundation (NSF) US$ 113,941. 2000-2002.
  
• Nighttime Construction: Evaluation of Worker Safety Issues, funded by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), $100,000. 2002-2003.
  

• Yang, Lei, and J. Shi (2008). "An Experimental Study of Lift Surface Treatments on the Longtan RCC Dam," accepted by Concrete International.
• Shi, J., D. Lee, and E. Kuruku (2008). "Task-based modeling method for business process automation," International Journal of Automation in Construction, 17(5). 633-640.
• S.X. Zeng, J. Shi, b, G.X. Lou (2007). "A synergetic model for implementing an integrated management system: an empirical study in China," Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 15, Issue 18. 1760-1767.
• Zhang, H., Tam, C.M, Li, H, Shi, J.J (2006). "Particle swarm optimization-supported simulation for construction operations," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Volume 132, Issue 12. 1267-1274.
• Rujirayanyong, T and J. Shi (2006). "Project-Oriented Data Warehouse for Construction," International Journal of Automation in Construction, 15(6). 800-807.
• Lee and J. Shi (2006). "A construction business automation system (CBAS)," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(1). 88-96.
• Arditi, D., M. Ayrancioglu, and J. Shi (2005). "Worker safety issues in night-time highway construction," Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 12(5), 487-501.
• Jiang, G. and J. Shi (2005). "Exact algorithm for solving project scheduling problems under multiple resource constraints," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 131(9), 986-992.
• Zeng, S.X., P. Tian, and J Shi (2005). "Implementing integration of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 for Construction," Managerial Auditing Journal, 20(4), 394-407.
• Shi, J. H. Li, and H Zhang (2005). "Two resource rules for modeling human decisions in simulation," International Journal of Project Management, 23(2), 97-107.
• Arditi, D., M.A. Ayrancioglu, and J. Shi (2004). "Effectiveness of safety vests in nighttime highway construction," ASCE, Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130(6). 725-732.
• Shi, J. (2004) "Clustering technique for evaluating and validating neural network performance," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering,16(2). Discussion by M. Marzouk and O. Moselhi. Closure by J. Shi. 183-184.
• Shi, J. and D. Halpin (2003). "Enterprise resource planning for construction business management," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(2). 214-221.
• Shi, J. (2003). "Simulation self-diagnosis," Automation in Construction, an International Research Journal. Elsevier Science. 12(4), July 2003, Pages 419-430.
• Zhang, H, C.M. Tam, and J. Shi (2003). "Application of fuzzy logic to simulation for construction operations," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 17(1). 38-45.
• Zhang, H, C.M. Tam, and J. Shi (2002). "Simulation-based methodology for project scheduling," Construction Management and Economics. 20 (7), 667-678.
• Shi, J. (2002). "Three white-box methods for verifying and validating a construction simulation," Construction Management and Economics, 20(6). 483-491.
• Zhang, H, J. Shi, and C.M. Tam (2002). "Application of simulation related techniques to construction operations," Engineering, Construction, and Architectural Management, 9(5/6). 433-445.
• Zhang, H. and J. Shi (2002). "Iconic animation for activity-based construction simulation," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 16(3). 157-164.
• Shi, J. (2002). "Clustering technique for evaluating and validating neural network performance," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering,16(2). 152-155.
• Zhang H., J. Shi, C.M. Tam (2002). "Visual modeling and simulation for construction operations," Journal of Automation in Construction, 11(1). 47-57.
• Shi, J., S.O. Cheung and D. Arditi (2001). "A construction delay computation method," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 127(1). 60-65.
• Cheung, S.O., J. Shi and B. Hu (2001). "Data Transformation for Neural Networks," International Journal of Computer-Integrated Design and Construction (CIDAC). 3(2). 97-104.
• Zhang, H, C M Tan, and J J Shi (2001). "Activity-object oriented simulation on a visual environment," Journal of Computer-Integrated Design and Construction (CIDAC). 3(2). 88-96.
• Zhang, H., C.M. Tam, and J Shi (2001). "Resource allocation heuristic in construction simulation," Construction Management and Economics, 19(5). 643-651.
• Cheung, S.O., J. Shi and B. Hu (2001). "Effect of data transformation on neural network prediction," Asia Pacific Building and Construction Management Journal, vol. 6. 25-29.
• Shi, J. (2000). "Reducing prediction error by transforming input data for neural networks," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 14(2). 109-116.
• Shi, J. and Z. Deng (2000). "Object-oriented resource-based planning and control method," International Journal of Project Management, 18(3). 179-188.
• Shi, J. (1999). "Activity-based construction (ABC) modeling and simulation method," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 125(5). 354-360.
• Shi, J. (1999) "Mathematical models for optimizing aggregate production plant," ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 125(1). 53-60.
• Shi, J. (1999). "A neural network based system for analyzing earth-moving operations," Construction Management and Economics, 17(4). 463-471.