Dr. Kaiwen Chen
Assistant Professor
Contact
- 282 Hardaway Hall
- phone (205) 348-4682
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Environmental Design and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2020
- M.Sc., Management in Science and Technology, Southeast University, 2016
- B.S., Construction Project Management, Southeast University, 2013
Dr. Kaiwen Chen works at the direction of Architecture/Construction Engineering. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research primarily looked into the application of drone robotics, sensor technologies, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate the diagnostics and performance simulation of a building envelope system.
Her research focus is on innovations and informatics in the AECO field. Topics of interest include: drones and sensors, 2D image processing, 3D point cloud processing, infrared data analysis, high-performance computing, cloud computing, data modeling, image-based diagnostics, building performance simulation, and building energy modeling.
She has been serving for the US Department of Energy (DOE) research project on building envelope diagnostics and modeling through aerial intelligence, as well as the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) research project studying drone-assisted pavement inspection and maintenance.
Affiliated Areas
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications
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Chen K., Reichard G., Akanmu A., Development of an Information System for Automated Building Façade Inspection based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2022.
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He T., Chen K., Jazizadeh F. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based As-built Documentation of Buildings – Qualitative and Quantitative Review of Important Parameters, Automation in Construction, 2023
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Rakha T., EI Masri Y., Chen K., Panagoulia E., Wilde P. Building envelope anomaly characterization and simulation using drone time-lapse thermography, Energy and Buildings: 111754
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Chen K., Reichard G., Akanmu A., Xu X. Geo-Registrations of UAV-Captured Close-Range Building Façade Images on GIS-Based Façade Model, Automation in Construction 122: 103503
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Chen K., Reichard G., Akanmu A. Automated Detection of Building Façade Cracks from UAV-Captured Images Using Deep Learning Techniques, Journal of Building Engineering 43: 102913
Awards and Honors
- 2024 Runner-Up for 5th Annual ASCE VIMS Datathon Competition
- 2020 Virginia Tech Outstanding Dissertation
- 2019 ASCE i3CE Best Paper Award