Personal statement
Dr Zhen Chen, known as George, is the Lecturer in Construction Management, Academic Leader of Digital Construction Research Unit, Course Director for MSc Advanced Construction Technologies and BIM, and Convener of the Departmental Research Ethics Committee in Architecture Department at Strathclyde. Through his academic and professional services at companies, organisations and universities worldwide, he has developed specialty interests and expertise in architectural engineering, construction engineering and management, and facilities management with regard to the dependable built environment. He has engaged in more than 80 funded research projects, and has more than 200 authored publications with over 100 plenary lectures and presentations at national and international events. He was the management committee member of COST Action on the effective design and delivery of megaprojects in the European Union, and serves on technical committees at ADS, ASCE, BSI, CEN, CIBSE, ISO, and TRB. He is the Specialty Chief Editor in Construction Management at Frontiers in Built Environment.
Professional activities
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2022
- Webinar: Reliable Megaproject Sustainability
- Speaker
- 17/11/2021
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 15/5/2021
- Member of the Program Committee, The 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering
- Participant
- 20/4/2021
- The principles of facilities management and reflective justifications
- Speaker
- 12/2/2021
- Grant Reviewer for EPSRC
- Consultant
- 2021
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Projects
- Research collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
- Chen, Zhen (Principal Investigator)
- 10-Jan-2021
- BS 8536:2022 Design, manufacture and construction for operability. Code of practice
- Chen, Zhen (Principal Investigator)
- New British standard development.
- 19-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- EN 15221-9 Facility Management - Principles and processes
- Chen, Zhen (Principal Investigator)
- New European standard development.
- 02-Jan-2020
- COST Action CA19134 Distributed Knowledge Graphs
- Chen, Zhen (CoPI)
- 23-Jan-2020 - 22-Jan-2024
- An International Survey on the Reduction of Coronavirus Transmission in Real Estate
- Chen, Zhen (Principal Investigator)
- 20-Jan-2020
- PhD project by Alaeddin Ali Ahmed Etakali
- Chen, Zhen (Principal Investigator)
- Primary Supervisor
Overseas PhD scholarship provided by the Libyan Government - 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
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