Biography
Xi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University (Profile). Her research focuses on the intersection of robotics, humans, and infrastructure to create a much safer, productive, and comfortable construction and built environment. Xi’s research interests include human-robot interaction, multi-robot coordination, robot and infrastructure intelligence, and human factors interacting with intelligent agents. Before joining Texas A&M, Xi obtained my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, working with professors Carol Menassa and Vineet Kamat.
- Human-robot interaction
- Multi-robot coordination
- Process-level digital twin
- Robot and infrastructure intelligence
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Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2022
University of Michigan
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M.S. in Robotics, 2022
University of Michigan
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M.S.E. in Construction Engineering and Management, 2018
University of Michigan
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B.S. in Construction Management, 2017
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Experience
- Multi-Robot Coordination in Construction
- Process-Level Construction Process Supervision
- Additive Manufacturing for Construction Applications
- Interactive and Immersive Digital Twin for Human-Robot Collaborative Construction
- Integrating Building Information Model (BIM) into Construction Robotics
- Robot Construction Task Learning from Demonstration
- Human-Centric Indoor Monitoring and Control
- Delivered lectures in weekly online lab sessions
- Developed and administed lab projects (project delivery , construction cost estimation, dispute resolution, project scheduling, resource planning) and weekly quizzes materials
- General Administrations
- Human Mental Workload and Performance in Different Indoor Enviornments
- Advancing Caregivers' Skills and Comfort Level in Ambulatory Ontology Settings
- Promoting Independent Mobility for People with Physical Disabilities with Crowdsourcing Mechanism and SLAM
- Life Cycle Assessments for Interdependencies in Community Resilience
