Smart Infrastructure TEchnologies (SITE)Research Group

Team

Qipei (Gavin) Mei, PhD, PEng

Qipei (Gavin) Mei, PhD, PEng

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Alberta

qipei.mei@ualberta.ca

Research Interests

In general, my research aims at increasing the sustainability and intelligence of the design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure and buildings. It consists of three major components:

  • Application of AI technologies to automate building and infrastructure design.

  • Application of sensors and intelligent robotics to improve the safety and productivity of construction operations.

  • Infrastructure and building condition assessment using the Internet of Things with public participation.

Education

  • PhD, Structural Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2020

  • ​MSc, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States, 2018

  • ​MSc, Structural Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2014 ​

  • BEng, Civil Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 2011

Employment

  • 2021.01-Present, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

  • 2017.05-2020.12, Graduate Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

  • 2016.06-2017.04, Research Assistant/EIT (full time), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  • 2014.11-2016.06, Structural Engineer, SPS Technology, Ottawa, Canada

  • 2012.09-2014.09, Graduate Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta

Awards and Honours

  • SEI Young Professional Scholarship, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025

  • Best Paper Award, Modular and Offsite Construction Summit, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2022

  • Finalist, The University of Alberta Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, 2020​​

  • Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, University of Alberta, 2020

  • Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship, Alberta Innovates, 2018-2020

  • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2018-2020

  • President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction, University of Alberta, 2018-2020

  • People's Choice Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Graduate Poster Contest, 2019​

  • Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, ​University of Alberta, 2017

  • Myer Horowitz Graduate Students' Association Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2014

  • National Scholarship, Ministry of Education in China, 2009-2010

  • Outstanding Winner/SIAM Award, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), 2010

  • Outstanding Graduate Award, China Civil Engineering Society, 2011