Publications

Journal Papers

Rashidi, A., Dai, F., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2013). “Automated selection of key frames for monocular videogrammetric surveying of civil infrastructure.” Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 270-282.

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2013). “3D modeling of site elements by analytically processing image data contained in site photos.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(7). Reston, VA: ASCE. (in press)

Dai, F., Rashidi, A., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2013). “Comparison of image-based and time-of-flight-based technologies for three-dimensional reconstruction of infrastructure.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(1), 69-79. Reston, VA: ASCE. pdf

Brilakis, I., Dai, F., and Radopoulou, S.C. (2012). “Achievements and challenges in recognizing and reconstructing civil infrastructure.” Invited paper from article at the 15th Workshop on Theoretic Foundations of Computer Vision, Dagstuhl Seminar 11261 on Outdoor and Large‐Scale Real‐World Scene Analysis, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7474, 151-176.

Dai, F., Dong, S., Kamat, V.R., and Lu, M. (2011). “Photogrammetry assisted measurement of interstory drift for rapid post-disaster building damage reconnaissance.” Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 30(3), 201-212. Springer, London, UK. pdf

Dai, F., Lu, M., and Kamat, V. R. (2011). “Analytical Approach to Augmenting Site Photos with 3D Graphics of Underground Infrastructure in Construction Engineering Applications.” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 25(1), 66-74. Reston, VA: ASCE. pdf

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2010). “Assessing the accuracy of applying photogrammetry to take geometric measurements on building products.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 136(2), 242-250. Reston, VA: ASCE. pdf

Lu, M, Lam, H. C. and Dai, F. (2008). “Resource-constrained critical path analysis based on discrete event simulation and particle swarm optimization.” Automation in Construction, 17(6), 670-681. pdf

Lu, M., Dai, F., and Chen, W. (2007). "Real-time decision support for planning concrete plant operations enabled by integrating vehicle tracking technology, simulation, and optimization algorithms." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34(8), 912-922. pdf

Ren, A.-Z., Dai, F., Peng, W.-B., and Xu, F. (2007). "Reuse mechanism of standard CAD drawing for short/medium span bridge." Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 24(3), 76-81. (in Chinese)

Peng, W.-B., Ren, A.-Z., Lu, J.-M., Dai, F., and Xu, F. (2006). "A Drawing Reuse Model for the Design of Short and Medium Span Bridges." Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, 23(6), 98-103. (in Chinese)

Dai, F., Ren, A.-Z., and Peng, W.-B. (2005). "Design and Development on Electronic Bridge Drawing Database Management System Based on Asp.NET and Ado.NET Technology." Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, 22(8), 126-129. (in Chinese)

Ren, A.-Z., Dai, F., and Gao, Z.-R.(2005).“Computer supported collaborative work in civil and building engineering." Building Structure, 35(3), 78-80. (in Chinese)

Conference Papers

Rashidi, A., Dai, F., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2012). “A novel approach for automated selection of key video frames for 3d reconstruction of civil infrastructure.” 2012 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Jun. 17-20, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. pdf

Radopoulou, S.C., Sun, M., Dai, F., Brilakis, I., and Savarese, S. (2012). “Testing of depth-encoded Hough voting for infrastructure object detection.” 2012 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Jun. 17-20, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. pdf

Dai, F., Rashidi, A., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2012). “Comparison of image-based and time-of-flight-based technologies for 3D reconstruction of infrastructure.” 2012 Construction Research Congress, ASCE. West Lafayette, IN, USA. pdf

Dai, F., Rashidi, A., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2011). “Generating the sparse point cloud of a civil infrastructure scene using a single video camera under practical constraints.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. S. Jain, R.R. Creasey, J. Himmelspach, K.P. White, and M. Fu, 3593-3604, IEEE. Phoenix, AZ, USA. pdf

Rashidi, A., Dai, F., Brilakis, I., and Vela, P. (2011). “Comparison of camera motion estimation methods for 3D reconstruction of infrastructure.” 2011 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Jun. 19-22, Miami, FL, USA. pdf

Dai, F., Dong, S., Kamat, V.R., and Lu, M. (2010). “Photogrammetry assisted rapid measurement of earthquake-induced building damage.” 10th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2010), Nov. 4-5, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. pdf

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2010). “Evaluation of photogrammetry for monitoring settlement of building adjacent to foundation jobsite.” International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering & The XVII EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (ICCCBE2010 & EG-ICE10), Jun. 30-Jul. 2, Nottingham, UK. pdf

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2009). “Analytical approach to augmenting site photos with 3D as-built bored pile models.” In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin, and R. G. Ingalls, 2691-2702. Austin, Texas: IEEE. pdf

Zhu, H.-H., Fu, J.-P., and Dai, F. (2009). "Application of BP neural network in the prediction of consolidation coefficient." Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, 2009. ACTEA '09. International Conference on 15-17 July 2009, 443-446. pdf

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2008). “Photo-Based 3D Modeling of Construction Resources for Visualization of Operations Simulation: Case of Modeling a Precast Facade.” In Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. S. J. Mason, R. Hill, L. Moench, and O. Rose, 2439-2446. Miami, Florida: IEEE. pdf

Dai, F., and Lu, M. (2008). “Photogrammetry-Based Three-Dimensional Modeling of Construction Resources: Error Definition and Measurement.” 12th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering & 2008 International Conference on Information Technology in Construction (ICCCBE-XII & INCITE 2008), October 16-18, 2008. Beijing, China.

Lu, J.-M., Dai, F., Ren, A.-Z, and Cui, Y.-N. (2008). "Bridges Drawing Database Management System in Support of Rapid Drawings Reuse." 12th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering & 2008 International Conference on Information Technology in Construction (ICCCBE-XII & INCITE 2008), October 16-18, 2008. Beijing, China.

Lu, M., Dai, F., and Lam, H.C. (2007). “Critical path scheduling under resource calendar constraints: float analysis and schedule optimization.” PMI College of Scheduling Conference, Vancouver, Canada, April, 2007.

Theses and Dissertations

Dai, F. (2010). "Applied Photogrammetry for 3D Modeling, Quantity Surveying, and Augmented Reality in Construction." Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

Dai, F. (2005). "Towards Standard CAD Drawing Management for Short/Medium Span Bridge." M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. (in Chinese)

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