top of page

Welcome to Automated & Intelligent Construction (AICon) Lab

AICon Lab aims to advance fundamental knowledge and develop innovative technologies in human-centric sensing, artificial intelligence, and robotics (particularly human-robot collaboration) to enhance and promote construction automation and robotics, and smart civil infrastructure and building management. The long-term goal is to integrate innovative technologies, civil engineering domain knowledge, and human factors in support of constructing and managing next-generation building and civil infrastructure.

Cai.jpg

Jiannan Cai, PhD

Assistant Professor

​

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management

​

The University of Texas at San Antonio

​

Email: jiannan.cai@utsa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering, Concentration in Computational Engineering)                                                           Purdue University, 2020

  • M.S., Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)     Tongji University, 2016

  • B.S., Civil Engineering (Minor in Mathematics)       Tongji University, 2013

Research Interests

  • Construction Automation and Robotics

  • Human-Robot Collaboration

  • Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence

  • Sensing and Data Analytics

  • Human-centered Cyber-Physical Systems

Teaching

  • CSM 2143 Construction Material and Testing

  • CSM 4023 Construction Estimating II

  • CSM 5033 Construction Cost Estimating

©2022 by Jiannan Cai

bottom of page