PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications 

• Asare, K. A. B., Liu, R., Anumba, C. J., and Issa, R. R. A. (2024). "Real-world prototyping and evaluation of digital twins for predictive facility maintenance." Journal of Building Engineering, p.110890.

• Liu, Q., and Liu, R. (2025). "Virtual reality for indoor emergency evacuation studies: Design, development, and implementation review." Safety Science 181, 106678.

• Zhu, M., Wang, Y., Liu, R., and Fan, L. (2024). "Stackelberg game-based method towards carbon-economy equilibrium for the prefabricated construction supply planning: A case study from China." Sustainable Cities and Society, 106, 105356.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Ragan, E. (2024). "An immersive virtual reality experimental study of occupants’ behavioral compliance during indoor evacuations." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 107, 104420.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Liu, Q. (2024). "Why individuals do not use emergency exit doors during evacuations: A virtual reality and eye-tracking experimental study." Advanced Engineering Informatics, 60, 102396.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Liu, Q. (2023). "How individuals sense environments during indoor emergency wayfinding: an eye-tracking investigation." Journal of Building Engineering, 79, 107854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107854

• Asare, K. A. B., Liu, R., and Anumba, C. J. (2023). "Building information modelling for airport facility management: the case of a US airport." Infrastructure Asset Management, 11(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.22.00019

• Huang, X., Xu, Y., Liu, R., Wang, S., Wang, S., Zhang, M., Kang, Y., and Zhang, Z. (2022). "Exploring the spatial disparity of home‐dwelling time patterns in the USA during the COVID‐19 pandemic via Bayesian inference." Transactions in GIS, 26(4), 1939-1961.

• Asare, K. A. B., Liu, R., and Anumba, C. J. (2022). "Building information modeling to support facilities management of large capital projects: a critical review." Facilities, 40(3/4), 176-197.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Hon, C. K. H. (2021). "Walkability evaluation of building circulation based on user preference." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(10), 2904-2924.

• Asare, K. A. B., Issa, R. R. A., Liu, R., and Anumba, C. (2021). "BIM for facilities management: Potential legal issues and opportunities." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000502.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Zhang, Y. (2021). "Why do people make risky decisions during a fire evacuation? Study on the effect of smoke level, individual risk preference, and neighbor behavior." Safety Science, 140, 105245.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., and Zhang, Y. (2021). "Do people follow neighbors? An immersive virtual reality experimental study of social influence on individual risky decisions during evacuations." Automation in Construction, 126, 103644.

• Yuan, F., Li, M., Liu, R., Zhai, W., and Qi, B. (2021). "Social media for enhanced understanding of disaster resilience during Hurricane Florence." International Journal of Information Management, 57, 102289.

• Zhu, M., Dai, J., Liu, R., Xu, J., and Alwisy, A. (2021). "Two-period based carbon-economy equilibrium strategy for modular construction supply planning." Journal of Cleaner Production, 125674.

• He, X., Liu, R., and Anumba, C. J. (2021). "Data-driven insights on the knowledge gaps of conceptual cost estimation modeling." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147(2), 04020165.

• Yuan, F., Liu, R., Mao, L., and Li, M. (2021). "Internet of people enabled framework for evaluating performance loss and resilience of urban critical infrastructures." Safety Science, 134, 105079.

• Stride, M., Hon, C., Liu, R., and Xia, B. (2020). "The use of building information modelling by quantity surveyors in facilities management roles." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, DOI: 10.1108/ECAM-11-2019-0660.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2020). "Mining social media data for rapid damage assessment during Hurricane Matthew: a feasibility study." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 34(3), 05020001.

• Fu, M., Liu, R., Qi, B., and Issa, R. R. (2020). "Generating straight skeleton-based navigation networks with Industry Foundation Classes for indoor way-finding." Automation in Construction, 112, 103057.

• Chen, T., Fu, M., Liu, R., Xu, X., Zhou, S., and Liu, B. (2019). "How do project management competencies change within the project management career model in large Chinese construction companies?" International Journal of Project Management, 37(3), 485–500.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2018). "Feasibility study of using crowdsourcing to identify critical affected areas for rapid damage assessment: Hurricane Matthew case study." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 758–767.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2018). "Crowdsourcing for forensic disaster investigations: Hurricane Harvey case study." Natural Hazards, 93(3), 1529–1546.

• Liu, X., Wang, X., Wright, G., Cheng, J., Li, X., and Liu, R. (2017). "A state-of-the-art review on the integration of building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS)." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 6(2), 53.

• Liu, R., Du, J., and Issa, R. R. (2016). "BIM cloud score: building information model and modeling performance benchmarking." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(4), 04016109.

• Palomera-Arias, R., and Liu, R. (2016). "BIM laboratory exercises for an MEP systems course in a construction science and management program." Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), 21(13), 188–203.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2015). "Survey: common knowledge in BIM for facility maintenance." Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 30(3), 04015033.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2014). "Design for maintenance accessibility using BIM tools." Facilities, 32(3/4), 153–159.

• Du, J., Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2014). "BIM cloud score: benchmarking BIM performance." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(11), 04014054.

• Liu, R., Du, J., and Issa, R. R. (2014). "Cloud-based immersive game for human egress data collection: a framework." Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), 19(20), 336–349.

Selected Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Note: The asterisk symbol (*) identifies a graduate student as author or co-author of the publication.

• Jin, C., and Liu, R. (2024). "An evaluation of capabilities, benefits, and challenges of developing digital twin models for sustainable development." Proc., AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing 2024, USA.

• Liu, D., and Liu, R. (2024). "Enhancing communication transparency and teaming in human-autonomy systems: Integrating large language models for on-site construction operations." Proc., AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing 2024, USA.

• Liu, D., Liu, R., Freeman, A., and Preston, R. (2024). "Developing building information relational database (BIRD) as a knowledge-management system prototype for general contractors." Proc., AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing 2024, USA.

• Asare, K. A. B., Liu, R., Anumba, C. J., and Issa, R. R. A. (2024). "Facilities Management Professionals’ Perceptions of Digital Twins as Intelligent Realities." Proc., Construction Research Congress 2024, 1191-1200.

• He, X., Liu, R., and Anumba, C. J. (2022). "Theoretical architecture for Data-Quality-Aware analytical applications in the construction firms." Proc., Construction Research Congress 2022, 335-343.

• He, X., Liu, R., Issa, R. R. A., and Anumba, C. J. (2021). "A Data Tracking Tool to Improve Cost Management Reporting for Large Capital Projects." Proc., Computing in Civil Engineering 2021, 638-646.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2019). "Identifying damage-related social media data during Hurricane Matthew: a machine learning approach." Proc., Computing in Civil Engineering 2019, Atlanta, GA, US. 

• Fu, M., and Liu, R. (2019). "Automatic generation of path networks for evacuation using building information modeling." Proc., Computing in Civil Engineering 2019, Atlanta, GA, US.

• Zhang, J., Chen, Y., Liu, R., and Debs, L. (2019). "Cartesian points visualization in game simulation for analyzing geometric representations of AEC objects in IFC." Proc., International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Banff, AB, Canada.

• Fu, M., and Liu, R. (2018). "Real-time fire emergency evacuation management system (RFEEM) based on BIM and indoor localization technology." Proc., 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Tampere, Finland.

• Park, H., Liu, R., and Zhang, J. (2018). "Ontology modeling for construction safety knowledge management." Proc., 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Tampere, Finland.

• Hu, X., Liu, R., Wang, G., and Tan, D. (2018). "BIM-RFID technology for quality management in China wind power construction project." Proc., 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Tampere, Finland.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2018). "Integration of social media and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for rapid damage assessment in Hurricane Matthew." Proc., 2018 Construction Research Congress, New Orleans, LA, US.

• Fu, M., and Liu, R. (2018). "Virtual reality and augmented reality use in assisting project schedule control: a review." Proc., 2018 Construction Research Congress, New Orleans, LA, US.

• Yuan, F., Liu, R., and Mejri, O. (2017). "An information system for critical infrastructure damage assessment supporting forensic analysis: a case study in Fort McMurray." Proc., International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, New York, NY, US.

• Yuan, F., and Liu, R. (2017). "A real-time emergency evacuation management system (REEMS) using indoor localization technology." Proc., International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2017, Seattle, WA, US.

• Liu, B., Wang, M., Zhang, Y., Liu, R., and Wang, A. (2017). "Review and prospect of BIM policy in China." Proc., IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing, China.

• Liu, R., and Zettersten, G. (2016). "Facility sustainment management system automated population from building information models." Proc., Construction Research Congress 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Liu, R. (2015). "Building information modeling supported project life cycle information management." Proc., The 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Infrastructure (ICCEASI), Hong Kong, China (Invited paper).

• Du, J., and Liu, R. (2015). "A statistical analysis of the influences of educational and attitudinal factors on the academic performance in a construction materials and testing class." Proc., 51st ASC Annual International Conference, College Station, Texas, US.

• Liu, R., Gajbhiye, A., and Palomera-Arias, R. (2015). "Using real life examples of building construction for student projects to improve their understanding and concept of BIM implementation." Proc., 9th BIM Academic Symposium & Job Task Analysis Review, NIBS, Washington, DC, US.

• Palomera-Arias, R., and Liu, R. (2015). "Developing BIM laboratory exercises for an MEP systems course in a construction science and management program." Proc., 9th BIM Academic Symposium & Job Task Analysis Review, NIBS, Washington, DC, US.

• Liu, R., and Palomera-Arias, R. (2015). "Term project design for undergraduate building information modeling education." Proc., 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, US.

• Palomera-Arias, R., and Liu, R. (2015). "Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in construction management: a literature review of existing MEP textbooks." Proc., 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, US.

• Liu, R., Du, J., and Issa, R. (2014). "Cloud-based immersive game for human egress data collection: a framework." Proc., 2014 International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Construction, Shenyang, China (Best Paper Award).

• Liu, R., Du, J., and Issa, R. (2014). "Human library for emergency evaluation in BIM-based serious game environment." Proc., ASCE ICCCBE 2014 conference, Orlando, FL, US.

• Du, J., Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2014). "Cloud-based interactive probabilistic simulation for the AEC industry." Proc., ASCE ICCCBE 2014 conference, Orlando, FL, US.

• Du, J., and Liu, R. (2014). "On the edge of human computation: interactive parametric estimating paradigm." Proc., ASCE ICCCBE 2014 conference, Orlando, FL, US.

• Liu, R., and Hatipkarasulu, Y. (2014). "Introducing building information modeling course into a newly developed construction program with various student backgrounds." Proc., ASEE 2014 conference, Indianapolis, IN, US.

• Liu, R., and Hatipkarasulu, Y. (2014). "Use of online assessment and collaboration tools for sustainable building practice course." Proc., ASEE 2014 conference, Indianapolis, IN, US.

• Pierce, H., Hatipkarasulu, Y., Gunhan, S., and Liu, R. (2014). "Fatal fall accidents in small building construction projects." Proc., ASEE 2014 conference, Indianapolis, IN, US.

• Du, J., Hatipkarasulu, Y., and Liu, R. (2014). "Interactive probability risk analysis for construction engineering and management." Proc., ASEE 2014 conference, Indianapolis, IN, US.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2013). "Issues in BIM for facility management from industrial practitioners’ perspectives." Proc., ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, US.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2013). "BIM for facility management: design for maintainability with BIM tools." Proc., 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, Montreal, Canada.

• Giel, B., Issa, R. R., Liu, R., and Zhang, L. (2013). "Tool for automatically tracking object changes in BIM to assist construction managers in coordinating and managing trades." Proc., ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, US.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2012). "3D visualization of sub-surface pipelines in connection with the building utilities: integrating GIS and BIM for facility management." Proc., ASCE TCCIT International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Clearwater Beach, FL, US.

• Liu, R., and Issa, R. R. (2012). "Automatically updating CMMS with BIM database." Proc., ASCE TCCIT International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Clearwater Beach, FL, US.

• Giel, B., Issa, R. R., and Liu, R. (2012). "Perceptions of organizational BIM maturity variables within the US AECO industry." Proc., The CIB W78 2012: 29th International Conference on the Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, Beirut, Lebanon.

• Liu, R., Issa, R. R. A., and Olbina, S. (2010). "Factors affecting adoption of building information modeling in AEC industry." Proc., The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), Nottingham, UK. 

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