I am a Ph.D. Student in Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. My research interests include:

Urban-scale 3D reconstruction for energy modeling
NeRF 3D reconstruction for building inspection
BIM-enabled VR environments for construction visualization
Prevention through Advanced Immersive Technologies Design (PtATD)

🔥 News

2026.01: 🎉 2026 ASPRS WGL Travel Scholarship
2025.11: 🎉 Best Paper Award at IEEE ICIR 2025
2025.08: Graduate Scholars Grant 2025 from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG)

📝 Publications

IEEE ICIR 2025

AI-Enhanced Rapid 3D Coastal Reconstruction with Immersive Visualization for Resilient Communities: A Conceptual Framework Study

Wei Wu et al. — Best Paper Award

ACM BuildSys 2026

Scan2UBEM: An AI-driven End-to-End Pipeline for Automated Urban Building Energy Modeling from 3D Scans

Wei Wu et al. — The 13th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, 2026 Banff, Alberta, Canada (Under Review)

Master Theses

Research on the Design Method and Application of Building Engineering Based on BIM Forward Design (Central South University, 2022). Link
Integrated IDD, BIM-enabled virtual reality (VR) environments for enhancing 3D visualization over building design and construction Control (National University of Singapore, 2022)

🎖 Honors and Awards

2026.01 2026 ASPRS WGL Travel Scholarship
2025.11 Best Paper Award — 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Reality
2025.08 Graduate Scholars Grant 2025 — Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG), funding support for doctoral research
2018.12 First-class Prize, Design Group — 2nd BIM Technology Application Competition in Hunan Province
2018.11 Second-class Prize, Medical BIM Application — 9th Innovation Cup BIM Application Competition
2018.11 Second-class Prize, Design Group — 7th National BIM Competition
2016.06 Second-class Prize — 2nd National BIM Graduation Design Competition

📖 Education

2024.08 - 2027.12 (expected), Ph.D. in Construction Management Technology, Purdue University
2021.08 - 2022.05, M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), National University of Singapore
2019.09 - 2022.06, M.Eng. in Engineering Management, Central South University

🔬 Research Experience

Urban-scale 3D Reconstruction for Energy Modeling — 3D models provide input parameters for energy modeling, enabling simulation of building energy performance and assessment of urban resilience, specifically for UBEM.
NeRF 3D Reconstruction for Enhanced Building Inspection — Developing innovative approaches in 3D reconstruction combined with advanced modeling technologies for improved building facade inspection.
Prevention through Advanced Immersive Technologies Design (PtATD) — Investigating how immersive technologies can enhance the design process and evaluation of design review performance in VR environment.
Digital Construction in Virtual Environment — Implementing multiplayer configuration in 3D VR environment with collaborative connections using Unity platform for AEC industries.
PPVC Enhanced Lifting Frame FEA Structural Analysis — Conducted FEA on PPVC Enhanced Lifting Frame, identified optimal frame beam section for lifting PPVC module with reduced weight.
Integrated IDD, BIM-enabled VR for 3D Visualization — CLP to enhance 3D visualization and communication in VR environment at construction site.

💻 Professional Skills