Rate My Professor Xiangyu Wang

Professor Xiangyu Wang holds the position of Full Professor in the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University, where he serves as the Woodside Chair Professor for Oil, Gas, and LNG Construction and Project Management. He obtained his Ph.D. from Purdue University. Appointed at Curtin University in 2011, Professor Wang has directed the Construction Technology & Innovation Laboratory (ConTIL) and co-directed the Australasian Joint Research Laboratory for Building Information Modelling (BIM). His career includes leadership in research alliances such as CATRINA, supported by industry partners Woodside and Shell, focusing on advancing technologies for the energy, mining, and construction industries.

Professor Wang's research interests encompass civil engineering, building information modeling, smart cities, smart construction, automation and robotics, 3D-printed concrete, sustainable utilization of waste materials in construction, machine learning applications in construction materials, electromagnetic wave absorption in concrete, and defect monitoring in additive manufacturing. He has authored over 340 publications, accumulating more than 44,000 citations with an h-index of 117. Notable publications include 'A Comparative Review of Building Information Modelling Implementation in Building and Civil Engineering' (2015), 'Mutual awareness in collaborative design: An Augmented Reality Interface' (2014), 'Integration of E-learning 2.0 with Web 2.0' (2012), 'Ensemble learning-based strength prediction and model interpretability analysis of engineered cementitious composites' (2025), and 'Enhancing Electromagnetic Wave Absorption in 3D-Printed Concrete with Superabsorbent Polymers for High Performance' (2025). His contributions have earned him recognition as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering (2022), Member of the European Union Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Fellow of the International Academy of Advanced Materials, Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Additionally, he received the Runner-Up Award of Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards (2012) and an International Scholar Visiting Fellowship (South Korea, 2010).