Faculty Directory

Cui, Qingbin

Cui, Qingbin

Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
1157 Glenn. L. Martin Hall

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Purdue University
  • MS, Tianjin University
  • BE, Tianjin University

TEACHING

  • ENCE 422 Project Cost Accounting and Economics
  • ENCE602 Project Procurement Management
  • ENCE688Y Research Methods

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Public-Private Partnership
  • Smart Construction
  • Data Analytics
  • Infrastructure Management
  • Energy and Sustainability

RECENT PROJECTS

STUDENT ADVISING (PhD)

Deepak Sharma, 2012

 

Design of Availability Payment Mechanism for Public Private Partnerships

Associate Professor at the California State University, Fullerton

Robert Young, 2013

Variation on the Normative Feedback model for Energy Efficiency Behavior in the Context of Military Family Housing

Lt. Col, Assistant Professor at the United States Air Force Academy

Shu-Chien (Mark) Hsu, 2013

A Complexity-based Approach to Team Selection ( co-chair with Mirek Skibniewski)

Associate Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Xinyuan Zhu, 2014

Offtake Strategy Design for Wind Energy Projects under Uncertainty

Senior Strategist at Boeing Company

Morteza Farajian, 2015

Structured Finance in Public Private Partnership Projects

Executive Director of Build America Bureau at USDOT

Soumajit  Ghosh, 2016

IT Project in Non-Profit Universities: A Project Governance Perspective

North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

Clara M Cheung2017

The antecedents of safety leadership

Lecture (Assistant Professor) at University of Manchester, UK

Xiaoyu Liu, 2017

The Trouble with Voluntary Carbon Trading for Buildings Exposed to Hurricane Risk

Senior Risk Analyst, Capital One

Qinyi Ding, 2018

Using Social Media to Evaluate Public Acceptance of Infrastructure Projects

Senior Data Engineer at Amazon Web Services

Yujie Lu2018

Occupant Behavior in Building Energy Management: Behavioral Characterization, Intervention and Forecasting

Professor at Tongji University

Paul Hichey, 2023

A Study of Gender Diversity in US AEC Industry Leadership

Entrepreneur/StealthEnomics

AbdolMajid Erfani, 2023

Data-Driven Risk Modeling for Infrastructure Projects Using AI

Assistant Professor at Michigan Tech

Cheryl Marek, 2023

Fire Risk Management in Shipbuilding Procurement

 

Kunqi Zhang

Success and Failure of P3 Projects: Performance, Drivers, and Dynamics

Expected 2024

Yu Wang

NLP application to Contract Engineering

Expected 2024

     

Man Liang

Digital Twins for Asset Management

Expected 2025

Nour Alkhalouf

Value for Money Assessment Principles and Standards

Expected 2025

Moyassar Mohammed

Crowd Intelligence for BIL Implementation

Expected 2026

Zahra Halimi

TBD

Expected 2026

Qadri Shaheen

TBD

Expected 2027

Dongyang Zhen

TBD

Expected 2027

  • Erfani, A. Ma, Z., Cui, Q. * , and Baecher, G. (2023). Ex-post Project Risk Assessment: Method and Empirical Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 149 (2)

  • Erfani, A. Hickey, P., and Cui, Q. *  (2023) Likeability vs Competence Dilemma: A Text Mining Approach Using Linkedin Data. Journal of Management in Engineering.  
  • Hickey, P., Erfani, A. and Cui, Q. * (2022) Use of LinkedIn Data and Machine Learning to Analyze Gender Differences in Construction Career Paths. Journal of Management in Engineering. 38(6)
  • Erfani, A. and Cui, Q. * (2022). Predictive Risk Modeling for Major Transportation Projects Using Historical Data. Automation in Construction. Vol139, 104301.
  • Zhang, K., Erfani, A., Beydoun, O., and Cui, Q. * (2022) Procurement Benchmarks for Major Transportation Projects.  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.  2676 (11), 363-376
  • Erfani, A., Cui, Q., and Cavanaugh, I. (2021). An Empirical Analysis of Risk Similarity among Major Transportation Projects Using Natural Language Processing, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 147(12). 
  • Zhang, K. and Cui, Q.* (2021) Public-Private Partnership and Social Equity: An Empirical Study of the DBE Program. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies. 2675(12), 811-819.
  • Erfani, A., Zhang, K., and Cui, Q.* (2021). “TAB Bid Irregularity: A New Model and Its Application”. Journal of Management in Engineering. 37(5): 04021055.
  • Li, L., Bensi, M., Cui, Q., Baecher, G. B., & Huang, Y. (2021). Social media crowdsourcing for rapid damage assessment following a sudden-onset natural hazard event. International Journal of Information Management, 60, 102378.
  • Yang, D., Zhu, J., Cui, Q., He, Q., and Zheng, X. (2021) “The Diffusion Mechanism of Megaproject Citizenship Behavior: The Role of Institutional Isomorphism”. Sustainability, 13(15), 8123. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158123
  • Li, L., Erfani, A., Wang, Y., and Cui, Q. (2021) Anatomy into the battle of supporting or opposing reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter: a temporal and spatial analysis.  PLOS ONE. 16(7). e0254359. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254359.
  • Shen, M., Li, X., Lu, Y., Cui, Q., and Wei, Y. (2021) Personality-based Normative Feedback Intervention for Energy Conservation. Energy Economics, 104 (2021) 105654.
  • Cheung, C. M., Zhang, R.P., Cui, Q., and Hsu, S.C. (2021). “Antecedents of Safety Leadership in the Construction Industry: Why Do Job Characteristics and Personal Resources Matter?”. Safety Science. 133, 104979
  • Wang, B., Cui, Q.*, and Zhang, S. (2021). “Non-compete Provision Design for Transportation PPP Projects”. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 147(2): 04020159
  • Diao, C., Liang, R., Sharma, D., and Cui, Q.*(2020). “Legal Risk Detection using Twitter Data”. ASCE. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction. 12(1)
  • Hickey, P. and Cui, Q.*(2020). “Gender Inequality in US Construction Industry Leaders”. ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(5)
  • Sang, L., Xia, D., Ni, G., Cui, Q., Wang, J., and Wang, W. (2020). “Influence mechanism of job satisfaction and positive affect on knowledge sharing among project members: Moderator role of organizational commitment”. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 27(1), 245-269
  • Yang, D., Cui, Q. ,He, Q. and  Hsu, S. (2020). “Non-economic motivations for organizational citizenship behavior in construction megaprojects”. International Journal of Project Management. 38(1), 64-74
  • Cui, P., Schito, G., and Cui, Q.* (2020). “VOC Emissions from Asphalt Pavement and Health Risks to Construction Workers”. Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol244, 118757
  • Wang, Y., Zhang, K. and Cui, Q.* (2020). “Bond Index Approach to the Evaluation of Transportation P3 Market in the US”. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies.2674(6) 399-409
  • Shen, M., Lu, Y., Wei, K. H., & Cui, Q. (2020). Prediction of household electricity consumption and effectiveness of concerted intervention strategies based on occupant behaviour and personality traits. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 127, 109839
  • Shen, M., Lu, Y., Wei, K. H., & Cui, Q. (2020). Eco-Feedback delivering methods and psychological attributes shaping household energy consumption: Evidence from intervention program in Hangzhou, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol265