Selected Publications
2026
Chen, J., Lu, W., Lu, J. et al. (2026). The impacts of inputting data on visual-language models (VLM) in automated solid waste recognition. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 231, 108905.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2026.108905
Chen, J., Fu, Y., Lu, W. (2026). Integrating large language model and augmented reality for human-robot collaborative construction waste sorting. Cleaner Materials, 20, 100386.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clema.2026.100386
Zhong, J., Chen, J. *, Lu, W. (2026). Few-shot defect contextualization using dual-branch vision foundation models for indoor defect detection and reconstruction. Automation in Construction, 187, 106921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106921
Ji, X., Chen, J. *, Fu, Y., Chan, I., & Dong, Z. (2026). Text-prompted generative data augmentation and semi-supervised learning for indoor defect detection using quadruped robots. Expert Systems with Applications, 312, 131545.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.131545
Huang, Z., Lu, W., Chen, J. *, & Xie, Y. (2026). Large-scale building dilapidation assessment for high-density cities: An urban visual intelligence approach. Cities, 168, 106435.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106435
2025
Chen, J., Lu, W., Ji, X., & Fu, Y. (2025). Improving interoperability in robot digital twinning for facility management: An industry foundation class-represented RoboAvatar approach. Computers in Industry, 173, 104384.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2025.104384
Chen, J., Liu, D., Lu, W., Laovisutthichai, V., Dong, Z., & Liu, Y. (2025). Robotics and artificial intelligence in defect detection. Integrated Perspectives in Offsite Construction.
Fauth, J., Wu, L., Chen, J., Lu, W., & Brilakis, I. (2025). Streamlining the Building Permit Process with Modular Integrated Construction (MiC): A SWOT Analysis from Hong Kong. ABC2: Journal of Architecture, Building, Construction, and Cities, 2025(02), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.66408/abc2.2025.22
Yang, B., Lu, W., Chen, J., Yuan, L., & Bao, Z. (2025). Dynamics of street views and socio-economic conditions in profiling illegal dumping ‘black spots’: An LLM-enabled study in Hong Kong. Waste Management, 207, 115137.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115137
Liu, H., Liu, D., & Chen, J. (2025). Natural language-extracted and BIM-referenced knowledge base for construction quality inspection via augmented reality. Automation in Construction, 179, 106500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106500
Fu, Y., Lu, W., & Chen, J. (2025). A virtual reality-based ergonomic assessment approach for human-robot collaboration workstation design in modular construction manufacturing. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 64, 103054.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2024.103054
Peng, Z., Zhang, Y., Lu, W., Chen, J., Wu, L., & Xu, J. (2025). Generative Design for Excellence (DfX) for a Smart Built Environment: From rule-based imitation to data-driven exploration. In Routledge Handbook of Smart Built Environment (pp. 35-45). Routledge.
Liu, D., Dai, Q., Tang, X., Zhang, R., Lu, T., & Chen, J. (2025). An Improved Random Forest–Based Operation Duration Prediction of Long-Distance Tunnel Construction Considering Geological Uncertainty. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 39(2), 04024060.
https://doi.org/10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-6041
Peng, Z., Lu, W., An, H., Xia, X., Zhang, Y., Xue, F., & Chen, J. (2025). Vision language model (VLM)-enabled street view analytics: a systematic literature review. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-07-2025-1133
2024
2023
Chen, J., Chan, I., & Brilakis, I. (2024). Shifting research from defect detection to defect modeling in computer vision-based structural health monitoring. Automation in Construction, 164, 105481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105481
Dong, Z., Lu, W., & Chen, J. (2024). Neural rendering-based semantic point cloud retrieval for indoor construction progress monitoring. Automation in Construction, 164, 105448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105448
Chen, J., Lu, W., Pan, Y., & Fu, Y. (2024). Building “RoboAvatar”: Industry Foundation Classes–Based Digital Representation of Robots in the Built Environment. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 38(4), 04024013. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-5723
Chen, J., Lu, W., & Liu, D. (2024). Built environment defect mapping, modeling, and management (D3M): A BIM-based integrated framework. Journal of Intelligent Construction. https://doi.org/10.26599/JIC.2024.9180008
Fu, Y., Chen, J., & Lu, W. (2024). Human-robot collaboration for modular construction manufacturing: Review of academic research. Automation in Construction, 158, 105196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105196
Lin, X., Chen, J., Lu, W., & Guo, H. (2024). An edge-weighted graph triumvirate to represent modular building layouts. Automation in Construction, 157, 105140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105140
Chen, J., Fu, Y., Lu, W., & Pan, Y. (2023). Augmented reality-enabled human-robot collaboration to balance construction waste sorting efficiency and occupational safety and health. Journal of Environmental Management, 348, 119341.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119341
Wang, M., Hu, D., Chen, J., & Li, S. (2023). Underground infrastructure detection and localization using deep learning enabled radargram inversion and vision based mapping. Automation in Construction, 154, 105004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105004
Liu, D., Sun, C., Chen, J., & Liu, L. (2023). Multisensory and BIM-Integrated Digital Twin to Improve Urban Excavation Safety. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 37(5), 04023025.
https://doi.org/10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-5354
Lu, W., Chen, J., Fu, Y., Pan, Y., & Ghansah, F. A. (2023). Digital twin-enabled human-robot collaborative teaming towards sustainable and healthy built environments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137412, published online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137412
Chen, J., Lu, W., Fu, Y., & Dong, Z. (2023). "Automated facility inspection using robotics and BIM: A knowledge-driven approach." Advanced Engineering Informatics, 55, 101838.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2022.101838
Chen, J., Lu, W., Lou, J. (2023). "Automatic concrete defect detection and reconstruction by aligning aerial images onto semantic-rich building information model." Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
http://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12928
Chen, J., & Liu, D. (2023). Using computer vision to monitor ice condition in water supply infrastructure: A study of salient image features. Journal of Hydroinformatics, Manuscript accepted.
Liu, D., Sun, C., Chen, J., & Liu, L. (2023). Multisensory and BIM-Integrated Digital Twin to Improve Urban Excavation Safety. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Manuscript accepted.
2022
Qi, Z., Liu, D., Zhang, J., & Chen, J. (2022). Micro-concrete crack detection of underwater structures based on convolutional neural network. Machine Vision and Applications, 33 (5), 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00138-022-01327-5
Chen, J., Lu, W., & Dong, Z. (2022). Monocular Vision–Enabled 3D Truck Reconstruction: A Novel Optimization Approach Based on Parametric Modeling and Graphics Rendering. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 36(5), 04022027. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0001041
Ghansah, F. A., Chen, J., & Lu, W. (2022). Developing a user perception model for smart living: A partial least squares structural equation modelling approach. Building and Environment, 109399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109399
Hu, D., Chen, J., & Li, S. (2022). Reconstructing unseen spaces in collapsed structures for search and rescue via deep learning based radargram inversion. Automation in Construction, 140, 104380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104380
Chen, S., Bao, Z., Chen, J., Yang, L., & Lou, V. (2022). Sustainable built environment for facilitating public health of older adults: Evidence from Hong Kong. Sustainable Development, published online.
https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2303
Lu, Weisheng, and Junjie Chen. "Computer vision for solid waste sorting: A critical review of academic research". Waste Management, 142 (2022): 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.02.009
Zhiming Dong, Junjie Chen, and Weisheng Lu, Computer vision to recognize construction waste compositions: A novel boundary-aware transformer (BAT) model, Journal of Environmental Management 305 (2022) 114405.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114405
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106013
Lu, Weisheng, Junjie Chen, and Fan Xue. "Using computer vision to recognize composition of construction waste mixtures: A semantic segmentation approach." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 178 (2022): 106022.
2021
Chen, Junjie, Shuai Li, and Weisheng Lu. "Align to locate: Registering photogrammetric point clouds to BIM for robust indoor localization." Building and Environment (2021): 108675.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108675
Chen, Junjie, Shuai Li, Weisheng Lu, Donghai Liu, Dongjie Hu, and Maohong Tang. "Markerless Augmented Reality for Facility Management: Automated Spatial Registration based on Style Transfer Generative Network." In 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction 2021, Dubai, UAE.
Chen, Junjie, and Donghai Liu. "Detecting, extracting and classifying foreign objects in inter-basin channels to ensure water supply safety." Journal of Hydroinformatics (2021).
https://doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2021.118
Chen, Junjie, et al. "Indoor camera pose estimation via style‐transfer 3D models." Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (2021).
Chen, Junjie, Weisheng Lu, and Fan Xue. "“Looking beneath the surface”: A visual-physical feature hybrid approach for unattended gauging of construction waste composition." Journal of Environmental Management 286 (2021): 112233.
Liu, Donghai, et al. "Roller-Integrated Compaction Assessment of Earth-Rock Dam Materials Considering Operation Modes." Geotechnical Testing Journal 44.6 (2021).
Liu, Donghai, et al. "Integrating Building Information Model and Augmented Reality for Drone-Based Building Inspection." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 35.2 (2021): 04020073.
Chen, Junjie, and Donghai Liu. "Bottom-up image detection of water channel slope damages based on superpixel segmentation and support vector machine." Advanced Engineering Informatics 47 (2021): 101205.
2020
Liu, Donghai, et al. "Real-Time Optimization of Precast Concrete Component Transportation and Storage." Advances in Civil Engineering 2020 (2020).
Chen, Junjie, et al. "AiRobSim: simulating a multisensor aerial robot for urban search and rescue operation and training." Sensors 20.18 (2020): 5223.
2019 and before
Hu, Da, et al. "Detecting, locating, and characterizing voids in disaster rubble for search and rescue." Advanced Engineering Informatics 42 (2019): 100974.
Chen, Junjie, et al. "Registering georeferenced photos to a building information model to extract structures of interest." Advanced Engineering Informatics 42 (2019): 100937.
Liu, Donghai, et al. "Dynamic BIM-augmented UAV safety inspection for water diversion project." Computers in Industry 108 (2019): 163-177.
Liu, Donghai, Junjie Chen, and Shuai Li. "Collaborative operation and real-time control of roller fleet for asphalt pavement compaction." Automation in Construction 98 (2019): 16-29.
Liu, Donghai, et al. "An integrated visualization framework to support whole-process management of water pipeline safety." Automation in Construction 89 (2018): 24-37.