Dr. Lei Hou
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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lei.hou@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-5503-414X
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Associate Professor Dr. Hou is a leading expert in digital technologies within the Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University. With a specialisation spanning Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Digital Twins (DT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), his work focuses on practical, cutting-edge applications aimed at improving construction productivity, efficiency, and safety. His leadership in several prestigious, high-impact projects funded by organisations such as CSIRO, ARC, DSTG, positions RMIT as a pioneer in the digital and smart construction space. He also plays a key role in fostering industry partnerships and training the next generation of engineers.
Supervisor projects
- Enhancing The Sustainability Of Modular Housing Through Bim-Ai Integration And Condition Monitoring Dashboards In Australia
- 13 Aug 2025
- Smart Construction Using BIM in Structural Engineering: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Construction Techniques
- 2 May 2025
- Integrating BIM with System Dynamics for Simulating Building Life-cycle Environmental Impact
- 3 Dec 2024
- Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis for Building Green Retrofit
- 15 Jan 2024
- Robotic Intelligence for Construction Waste Sorting
- 30 Jan 2023
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)-based asset management and maintenance planning
- 27 Jan 2023
- Automatic Identification of Onsite Resources Using Sensing Technologies
- 29 Nov 2022
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)-based asset management and maintenance planning
- 4 Oct 2022
- BIM enabled decision-making toolkit for optimised green design and construction
- 28 Jun 2022
- Mitigating Earthquake Pounding of Adjacent Buildings
- 31 Aug 2021
- Life cycle analysis of BIM based approach for optimized delivery of infrastructure development projects in Australia
- 17 Mar 2021
- Enhancing Occupational Safety through Vision-based Integrative Technologies in the Construction and Building Industry
- 16 Jan 2020
- Enhancing Construction Workforce Safety through Formulating an Augmented Reality Digital Twin System
- 26 Jul 2019
Teaching interests
OENG1191_Building Information Modelling
OENG1117_Risk and Project Management
Research interests
Building Information Modelling (BIM), Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Digital Twins (DT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Construction Safety, Productivity, Workforce Training, UAV/UGV, Construction Robots and Applications
