2025/12/02 Dr. Jiang's research project funded by Morgan State 2025-2026 IDC mini-grant.
2025/09/25 WXII 12 News interviewed Dr. Jiang.
2025/08/07 Dr. Jiang presented at the "BIM in Modern Architecture" webinar.
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Design of An Affordable Research and Teaching Platform to Foster Industrialized Construction Skills in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics , PI, $15,000
Smart Farming for Specialty Crops: Using AI, Robotics, and Bio Inoculants to Tackle Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, Co-PI with Harmandeep Sharma, PI, $1,341,284
AI-WeedSight: Advancing Precision and Sustainable Weed Management with Robotics and Drone Imaging, Co-PI with Harmandeep Sharma, PI, $105,514
Fostering Undergraduate Students’ Research Skills in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Robotics at UNC System Institutions, Co-PI with WCU and ECU, $35,000
Enhancing Low-Income, Manufactured Housing Community Quality in Guilford County, North Carolina, by Applying Artificial Intelligence-Based Built Environment Characterization, PI, $25,000
Examining the Influence of Social Network on Public’s Reactions toward Corporate Social Advocacy Using Survey Studies and AI Technology of Natural Language Processing, Co-PI with Xueying Zhang, PI, $25,000
Digitalizing Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in Disadvantaged Communities Using Reality Capture, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Twin, PI, $25,000
Mixed-Reality Collaborating Platform on Identifying and Observing Spatial Inequality at Urban-Campus Negative Spaces, Co-PI with Shuva Chowdhury, PI, $25,000
Using iPad and 3D Simulation Technologies for Engaged Student Learning in CM 214/224 Surveying/Lab, PI, $1,500
Drone / Robotics
Computer Vision / Photogrammetry / LiDAR
Edge AI / Machine Learning / Deep Learning
AR / VR and As-built CAD / BIM
Drone / Robotics
Machine Learning / Deep Learning
AR / VR and As-is CAD / BIM
System Dynamics / Multi-agent Simulation
Satellite / Aerial Imagery / LiDAR
GIS+BIM Integration
Machine Learning / Deep Learning
Engineering Reliability / System Dynamics
Han, S., Jiang, Y., Huang, Y., Bai, Y., Wang, M., and Spool-White A. (2023). “Scan2Drawing: Use of Deep Learning to As-Built Model Landscape Architecture.” ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149 (5), DOI: 10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-13077.
Jiang, Y., Han, S., and Bai, Y. (2022). “Scan4Façade: Automated As-Is Façade Modeling of Historic High-Rise Buildings Using Drones and AI.” ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, 28(4), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000564. Best Paper Award
Han, S., Jiang, Y., and Bai, Y. (2022). “Fast-PGMED: Fast and Dense Elevation Determination for Earthwork Using Drone and Deep Learning.” ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(4), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002256. Editor’s Choice
Jiang, Y., Han, S., and Bai, Y. (2021). “Building and Infrastructure Defect Detection and Visualization Using Drone and Deep Learning Technologies." ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 35(6), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001652.
Jiang, Y., Bai, Y., and Han, S. (2020). “Determining Ground Elevations Covered by Vegetation on Construction Sites Using Drone-Based Orthoimage and Convolutional Neural Network.” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 34(6), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000930.
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
N.C. A&T and CoST Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2024-25
N.C. A&T and CoST Rookie Researcher of the Year Award 2024
ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering Best Paper Award 2022
ASCE CI & CRC Joint Conference Best Paper Per CRC Track, Track 3: Computer Applications, Information Modeling, and Simulation 2024
AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase Pitch Competition 1st Place in 2024
CoST SciTech Week Innovation Challenge 1st Place in 2023, 3rd Place in 2024 & 1 of 5 finalists in 2025
N.C. A&T Provost’s Faculty Fellow 2023 & 2024
N.C. A&T Apple iPad Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 2023
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