Qian Huang (Jenny) E-mail: qhuang@siu.edu Phone: 618-453-1254 Fax: 618-453-1129

Address: Quigley Hall 130A, Mail code: 4337, 875 S Normal Ave, Carbondale, IL, 62901

Dr. Huang joined School of Architecture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) as a tenure-track

assistant professor in August 2015. She got promoted to Associate Professor in May, 2020. Her research area is construction management.

PhD, Building Construction Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, US, August, 2009 – May, 2013

Advisers: Professor Robert F. Cox (Department Head) and Professor Mark Shaurette

MA, International Law, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, August, 2005 - May, 2007

Adviser: Professor Hongfeng He

BA, Law, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, August 2000 - May, 2004

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Research Areas:

(1) International Construction Law and Contract

(2) Construction Safety Training

(3) Big Data Analytics on Smart Building

(4) Information Technology (wireless sensor network and machine learning) Based Building Monitoring and Management

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

1. Hongfeng He, Qian Huang, “Questions and Doubts on the 25th Item of Copyright Law”, China Intellectual Property, May, 2006.

2. Hongfeng He, Qian Huang, “Intensive Study of Anti-Commercial Bribe Ordinances in American Government Procurement Law”,

Journal of China Government Procurement, May, 2006.

3. Hongfeng He, Qian Huang, “The Role and Characteristics of Government Procurement Agency”, Journal of Law and Economics,

August, 2006.

4. B. Hubbard, Q. Huang, P. Caskey, Y. Wang, “Safety awareness educational topics for the construction of power transmission

systems with smart grid technologies”, Construction Economics and Building, volume 13, issue 3, pp. 114-127, 2013.

5. Qian Huang, Chen Mao,"Occupancy estimation in smart buildings using hybrid CO₂/light wireless sensor network", Journal of

Applied Sciences and Arts, 2017.

6. Qian Huang, "Occupancy-driven energy efficient buildings using audio processing with background sound cancellation", Buildings,

volume 8, no.6, June 2018.

7. Qian Huang, “Review: energy-efficient smart building driven by emerging sensing, communication, and machine learning technologies”,

Engineering Letters, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 320-332, 2018.

8. Qian Huang, Kane Rodriguez, "A software framework for heterogeneous wireless sensor network towards environmental monitoring,"

Applied Sciences, accepted, 2019.

9. Qian Huang, Kane Rodriguez, Nicholas Whetstone, Steven Habel, "Rapid Internet of Things (IoT) prototype for accurate people counting

torwards energy efficient buildings", Journal of Information Technology in Construction, vol. 24, pp. 1-13, 2019.

10. Qian Huang, Kyle Kieffer, "An intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) sensor system for building environmental monitoring," Journal of Mobile Multimedia,

vol. 15, pp. 29-50, 2019.

11. Qian Huang, Kangli Hao, "Development of CNN-based visual recognition air conditioner for smart buildings", Journal of Information

Technology in Construction, vol. 25, pp. 361-373, 2020. [PDF]

12. Qian Huang, Chenghung Hsieh, Jiaen Hsieh, Chunchen Liu, "Memory-efficient AI algorithm for infant sleeping death syndrome detection in smart buildings", AI, vol. 2, pp. 705-719, 2021. [PDF]

1. [Book Chapter] Qian Huang, Chao Lu, Kang Chen, "Smart building application and information system hardware co-design", Elsevier, Book Series

"Intelligent Data-Centric Systems", March, 2017. [PDF]

16. Qian Huang, Kangli Hao, "Development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to avoid potential baby sleep hazards in smart buildings", ASCE

Construction Research Congress (CRC), oral presentation, 2020. [PDF]

15. Qian Huang, "High-precision quality inspection for screws using artificial intelligence technology", accepted, CIB W78 (International Council for

Research and Innovation in Building and Construction), 2019. [PDF]

14. Yunfeng Chen, Dylan John, Robert Cox, Qian Huang, “Non-USA professionals’ perception of key BIM maturity indicators”, accepted, Construction Research

Progress (CRC), pp. 21-31, 2018. [PDF]

13. Dylan John, Yunfeng Chen, Robort Cox, Qian Huang, "USA practtioners' perception of BIM maturity", Lean & Computing in Construction, 2017 [PDF].

12. Chen Mao, Qian Huang,Yunfeng Chen, "A compact and versatile wireless sensor prototype for affordable intelligent sensing and monitoring in smart

buildings" International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering (IWCCE), 2017, accepted. [PDF]

11. Haichang Gao, Kalok Man, Qilei Ren, Qian Huang, Vladimir Hahanov, Eugenia Litvinova, Svetlana Chumachenko, "FPGA implementation of VLC

communication technology", International Conference on Advanced Information Network and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2017. [PDF]

10. Chen Mao, Qian Huang, "Occupancy estimation in smart buildings using hybrid CO₂/light wireless sensor network", SIU ASA Multidisciplinary

Research Symposium, 2016. [PDF]

9. Qian Huang, Yuanzhi Zhang, Zhenhao Ge, Chao Lu, “Refining Wi-Fi based indoor localization with Li-Fi assisted model calibration in smart buildings”, International

Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2016. [PDF]

8. Qian Huang, Zhenhao Ge, Chao Lu, "Occupancy estimation in smart buildings using audio-processing techniques” International Conference on Computing in Civil and

Building Engineering, 2016. [PDF]

7. Ka Lok Man, Yong Yue, Chao Lu, Qian Huang, "System design, analysis and optimization of Li-Fi based energy harvesting embedded systems for

"Internet of Things" application", International Conference on Internet of Thing and Convergence, 2015. [PDF]

6. Qian Huang, Xiaohang Li, Mark Shaurette, "Bridging Li-Fi wireless communication and energy harvesting wireless sensor for next generation

building management", International High Performance Buildings Conference, 2014. [PDF]

5. Qian Huang, Bryan J. Hubbard, "Smart grid and electrical transmission construction course development“, International Conference on Construction

and Real Estate Management, 2012. [PDF]

4. Qian Huang, Robert F. Cox, Mark Shaurette, Juan Wang, “Intelligent building hazard detection using wireless sensor network and machine learning

techniques”, ASCE Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2012. [PDF]

3. Qian Huang, Chao Lu, Mark Shaurette, Robert F. Cox, “Environmental thermal energy scavenging powered wireless sensor network for building

monitoring”, International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2011. [PDF]

2. Qian Huang, Xiaohang Li, Mark Shaurette, Robert F. Cox, “A novel sensor network architecture for intelligent building environment monitoring and

management”, ASCE Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2011. [PDF]

1. Qian Huang, Chao Lu, Mark Shaurette, “Feasibility study of indoor light energy harvesting for intelligent building environment management”,

International High Performance Buildings Conference, 2010. [PDF]

Working Experiences:

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL (2015.8-Present)

OSHA construction safety authorized trainer (2016.4-Present)

Project Control Specialist, Purdue University Physical Facilities, West Lafayette, IN (2013.8-2015.8)

Project Control Intern, Purdue University’s Project Management & Construction Department, West Lafayette, IN (2012.5-2012.8) (2013.5-2013.8)

Responsibilities include creating, updating and maintaining critical path schedules for planning, design and construction. Creating schedule options, baselines, constraints,

resource assignments, layouts and filters – work with Project Manager to create project plan for new projects. Conduct update meetings with Project Managers and support

Project Managers with reports and/or assisting them with the use of P6 and P6 Web.

Government Administrator, Municipal Planning and Construction Commission, Tianjin Central Government, Tianjin, China (2007.7-2008.7)

Administration and supervision of construction projects of the entire city, including highway, rail stations, central parks, real estate, shopping malls, etc.

Intern, Government Procurement Center, Tianjin (2006.9-2006.12)

Assistant Attorney, SENYU Building Construction Legal & Consulting Firm, Tianjin, China (2006. 5-2006.9)

Volunteer in Education Support Service Group, Sinkiang, China (2004.9-2005. 7)

Intern, Golden Law Firm, Tianjin, China (2003.3 -2003.4)

Intern, the Second Intermediate Court, Tianjin (2002.6-2002.9)

Participated Projects:

[1] Tianjin Rail Station Reconstruction and Extension (2007)

[2] Tianjin Express way Construction (2007)

[3] Tianjin Hai River Bridge Construction (2007)

[4] US DOE Project about Smart Grid Education (2011-Present)

Selected Honors and Awards:

Research, Scholarly & Creative Activity Awards for SIU Women Assistant Professor (2018)

Purdue College of Technology Graduate Research Fellowship (2010)

Excellent Graduate Student Honor (Nankai University, 2007)

Leadership Scholarship of “Committee of One Hundred” (2007)

National First-Class Honor Fellowship (2005-2006)

Medal for national excellent education service volunteer (China central government,2005)

Excellent Award for extraordinary Social Activity, (Nankai University, 2005)

National Third-Class Honor Scholarship (2003-2004)

Shindengen Group Extraordinary Scholarship (2002-2003)

National Second-Class Honor Scholarship (2001-2003)

Advanced Mathematics Contest Recognition Award (2000-2001)

Nankai University Outstanding Freshmen Scholarship (2000)

Honor of Three-Merit Student (Nankai University, 2000-2001, 2002-2004)

Professional Association:

OSHA Construction Safety Certificate (30 hours Training)

China Certificated Attorney since 2007

Consultant of SENYU Building Construction Legal Consulting Firm since 2007

Mentee of “Committee of One Hundred”, United States [http://www.committee100.org/]

Vice President of graduate student union, Law School of Nankai University (2005-2007)

Teaching Taught at SIU:

* ARC 210 Building Construction Management: Introduction & Professional Practice

* ARC 310 Building Construction Management: Program Management

* ARC 410 Building Construction Management: Construction Safety Management

* ARC 411 Building Construction Management: Time, Value & Risk Management

* ARC 413 Building Construction Management: Budget & Cost Management

Journal/Conference Referees Service:

[1] Automation in Construction

[2] Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

[3] Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

[4] Construction Economics and Building

[5] International Journal of Construction Education and Research

[6] Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management

[7] High Performance Building Conferences

Technical Program Member

CIB World Building Congress (2019)

Training and Talks:

[1] Oracle Applications Users Groups, Primavera Session, Las Vegas, April, 2015.

[2] OSHA Construction Safety Training Course 510 and 500

Languages:

English (Fluent), Chinese (Native)