CV

Education

• B.S. in Geomatics Engineering, Wuhan University, 2010
• M.S. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, 2012
• Ph.D in Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, 2018 (expected)

Work experience

• May 2017 - Nov 2017: Research Intern
  • Mitsubish Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)
  • Duties included:
    • 3D perception from point clouds.
    • Efficient manifold learning for large datasets.
    • T-Spline based 3D modeling.
• Jan 2015 - April 2017: Research Intern
  • Ledcor Group: Construction and Building Contractors
  • Duties included:
    • Develop systems for heterogeneous site information management.
    • Develop automated planning system for earthwork projects.
    • BIM modeling for bidding and construction management.
  • Supervisor: Rod Wales (Vice Preisident Operations at Ledcor)
• April 2014 - Dec 2015: Research Intern
  • The City of Edmonton
  • Duties included:
    • Develop and evaluate an underground navigation system for tunnel boring machine (TBM) control.
    • Develop excavator pose estimation systems and error evaluation methods for safe excavation.
  • Supervisor:
• April 2014 - Dec 2015: Research Assistant
  • Wuhan Tianjihang Information Technologies Inc., Ltd.
  • Duties included:
    • Develop 3D reconstruction/SLAM algorithms for panoramic images.
    • Infrastructure damage detection from images.
    • Real-time interpolation and vasiualization of currents.
    • Develop a photogrammetry software based on Nvidia stereo glasses.
  • Supervisor: Fei Deng (Professor at Wuhan University)

Skills

• Computer Vision
  • Caffe
  • OpenCV
  • ROS
  • PCL
  • MeshLab
  • CGAL
• Programming Languages
  • C/C++
  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • SQL

Publications

Automated Generation of Work Breakdown Structure and Project Network Model for Earthworks Project Planning: A Flow Network-Based Optimization Approach

Duanshun Li and Ming Lu (2016). "Automated Generation of Work Breakdown Structure and Project Network Model for Earthworks Project Planning A Flow Network-Based Optimization Approach." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 143(1): 04016086.

Integrating geometric models, site images and GIS based on Google Earth and Keyhole Markup Language

Duanshun Li and Ming Lu (2018). "Integrating geometric models, site images and GIS based on Google Earth and Keyhole Markup Language." Automation in Construction. 89(2018):317-331.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, CIVE 406 (Construction Estimation, Planning and Control), 2014 Fall
• Teaching Assistant, CIVE 406 (Construction Estimation, Planning and Control), 2015 Fall
• Teaching Assistant, CIVE 601 (Project Management), 2015 Winter