Currently seeking graduate students:
Graduate students (Spring/Summer/Fall 08) with strong background in the following areas: Construction Management/Engineering, or Computer Science, or Architecture/CAD/3D Graphics/GIS, or Civil/Transportation Engineering. Ideal candidate should have quantitative skills and graduate level education. Scholarship is available depending on the qualifications.
To apply please send CV, transcripts, and GRE (might be waived in exceptional cases)/TOFEL (if applicable) reports.
Send to: Zhigang Shen
W145 NH
Lincoln NE 68588-0500
or
email: zshen3@unl.edu
Taught at University of Wisconsin-Stout as an assistant professor before the current position at UNL. Had 7 years' professional experiences in both the U.S. and China, as architect, estimator, assistant project manager, and project engineer, on some of the world-class commercial building projects. Past employers included Catalfumo Construction, Ecclestone Homes, Weitz Company, John Portman & Associates, and Tianchen Chemical Engineering Co.
Shen Z. & Issa R., (2006), "A Case Study of Construction Estimate Using IFCs Data Model", Proceedings of the 13th Rinker International Conference, Orlando, Florida, October.
Shen, Z., Issa, R., O'Brien, W., and Flood, I. (2005), "A Trade Construction Knowledge Module to Enable use of Design Component Data in Project Management", Proceedings of ASCE the 2005 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Cancun, Mexico, July.
Shen, Z., Issa, R., O'Brien, W., and Flood, I. (2003). "A Model for Integrating Construction Design and Schedule Data", Proceedings of the 4th joint International Symposium on Information Technology In Civil Engineering, Nashville, Tennessee, November.
Shen, Z., Issa, R., O'Brien, W., and Flood, I. (2003). "A proposed design component and schedule data integration model for construction", Proceedings of the 10th European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering Workshop, Delft, The Netherlands, July 3-4, 66-75.
Book Chapter:
O'Brien, W., Issa R., Shen, Z., and Xie, H. (2004), "Configurable environments: a vision for future project information technologies" in Kazi, S. (ed.) Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-technical Perspective, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA 17033, USA, 339-358.
