Cheng Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Technology

Introduction

Cheng Zhang’s overall research interest lies in the field of automation, artificial intelligence, and data analytics techniques for improving infrastructure system resilience in the face of extreme events (e.g., crisis, turnarounds or natural hazards).

Research Overview

Zhang’s overall research interest lies in the field of automation, artificial intelligence, and data analytics techniques for improving infrastructure system resilience in the face of extreme events (e.g., crisis, turnarounds, or natural hazards)

Select Publications

• Yuan, F., Fan, C., Farahmand, H., Coleman, N., Esmalian, A., Lee, C. C. B., … & Mostafavi, A. (2022). Smart flood resilience: harnessing community-scale big data for predictive flood risk monitoring, rapid impact assessment, and situational awareness. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability.
• Paradkar, A. S., Zhang, C., Yuan, F., & Mostafavi, A. (2022). Examining the consistency between geo-coordinates and content-mentioned locations in tweets for disaster situational awareness: A Hurricane Harvey study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 73, 102878.
• Zhang, C., Yang, Y., & Mostafavi, A. (2021). Revealing Unfairness in social media contributors’ attention to vulnerable urban areas during disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 58, 102160.

Teaching Focus

His teaching interest covers the fundamental topics in the construction engineering and management domain.