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Chi Tian

Chi Tian

Phone: 903.565.5516
Email: ctian@uttyler.edu
Building:   RBS 1006
Department: Construction Management

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2024

  • B.E. Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2018

Biography

Dr. Tian is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at the University of Texas of Tyler. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2024. During his Ph.D. studies, he worked as a research assistant on several research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). His research aims to enhance construction worker safety and productivity management by leveraging new technologies such as deep learning, computer vision, and connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).

Courses Taught

  • CMGT 2302 Introduction to Construction Management

  • CMGT 3305 Applied Construction Management Principle and Practice 

  • CMGT 3365 Mechanical Electrical and Plumb Systems 

  • CENG 4339 Civil Engineering Construction Management

Research Interests

  • Wearable sensors
  • Construction safety and productivity management
  • Computer vision applications in construction industry
  • Human factors in transportation and construction
  • CAV field testing

Selected Publications

For the latest list of publications, please visit their Google Scholar page.

  • Tian, C., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., & Feng, Y. (2024). Integrating Domain Knowledge with Deep Learning Model for Automated Worker Activity Classification in mobile work zone. Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), 29(13), 264-280.

  • Tian, C., Chen, Y., Feng, Y., & Zhang, J. (2024). Fine-Tuning Vision Transformer (ViT) to Classify Highway Construction Workers’ Activities. In Construction Research Congress 2024 (pp. 1140-1148).

  • Feng, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Tian, C., Ren, R., Han, T., & Proctor, R. W. (2024). Human-centred design of next generation transportation infrastructure with connected and automated vehicles: a system-of-systems perspective. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 25(3), 287-315.

  • Ren, R., Li, H., Han, T., Tian, C., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., ... & Feng, Y. (2023). Vehicle crash simulations for safety: Introduction of connected and automated vehicles on the roadways. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 186, 107021.

  • Tian, C., Kang, K., Zheng, Y., Song, K., & Debs, L. (2023). Feasibility of Low-Cost 3D Reconstruction of Small Infrastructure Assets: A Case Study of Fire Hydrants. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (pp. 352-360).

  • Guo, X., Tian, C., Chen, Y., & Zhang, J. (2022). Case study of building information modeling implementation in infrastructure projects. Transportation research record, 2676(2), 663-679.

  • Tian, C., Xiao, J., Chen, Y., Feng, Y., & Zhang, J. (2022). Implementation, Benefits, and Challenges of Autonomous Truck-Mounted Attenuator. In International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022 (pp. 120-128).