Yujie Lu

Yujie Lu obtained his B.E. in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Construction Management from Tongji University, China in 2006 and 2012. His doctoral thesis was awarded the best dissertation award of Tongji University under the supervision of Dr.Jingbo Jiang and Dr.Yun Le and Dr. Qingbin Cui. During the graduate study, he also worked as a project consultant in the construction and project management job sites, such as China 2010 Shanghai EXPO construction, and won the 2011 IPMA international project excellent award as a project team member. By the support of Dr. Qingbin Cui, he joined the the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland in 2009 as a research assistant and then a postdoctoral associate to work for a variety of projects and funding agencies, including Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Industrial Partnership, and Glodon Inc. He took the position at the Department of Building, National University of Maryland in the end of 2013.

Education

PhD (2012) School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China.

BE (2006) School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China.

Visiting Student (2010.6) Department of Building & Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong

Visiting Ph.D. (2009-2011) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, US

Employment

Dept. of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2013.12-present)

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, USA (2009.9-2013.12)

Postdoctoral Researcher (2012.3 – 2013.12)
Faculty Research Assistant (2009.9 – 2012.3)
Dept. of Construction Management & Real Estate, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2006. 9 – 2009.8)

Research Assistant
Shanghai Kerui Construction Project Management Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China (2007.9 – 2009.8)

Project Consultant

Research Expertise

Sustainability, climate change and energy efficiency in the built environment
Engineering economic analysis and infrastructure project finance
Project management with focus on: complexity, organization design and information system
Project front-end planning, risk management, flexibility design, project control and large-scale projects