1. Name: Luh-Maan Chang

2. Present Academic Rank:

• Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, in Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University
• Date of Rank: July 1, 1992

3. Previous Academic Ranks and Dates:

• Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, in Construction Engineering and Management, Purdue University, (January 1986 - June 1992)
• Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, University of Florida, (August 1983 - December 1985)

4. Education Record:

• B.S.C.E. National Cheng Kung University, July 1971
• M.S., Arch. E., The University of Texas at Austin, May 1980
• Ph.D., C.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 1983

5. Experience Record:

1. Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Sabbatical, January 2001-June 2001
2. Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, July 1992 to present
3. Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Sabbatical, July 1993 - August 1994
4. Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, January 1986 to June 1992
5. Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, The University of Florida, August 1983 to December 1985
6. Laboratory Instructor, Coordinator, and Teaching Assistant for the course "Properties and Behavior of Engineering Materials," The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1979 to Spring 1983
7. Teaching Assistant for the course "Engineering Economics and Construction Management," The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1978 to Summer 1979
8. Construction Engineer, Electronics Industry Research Institute, The 1^st Integrated Circuit Demonstration Plant Construction, Taiwan, 1975-1977
9. Project Engineer, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Industrial Research Park Planning and Construction, Taiwan, 1974-1975
10. Resident Engineer, Chou-Fu Construction Company, Residential Construction, Taiwan, 1972-1974

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6. Teaching Assignments:

 

 

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7a. New Courses Developed:

1. Project Management and Construction Productivity, CE 697A, graduate course, two times taught, Fall 1986 and Fall 1987, 16 and 17 students respectively.
2. Construction Plans and Estimates, sophomore course, two times taught, Spring 1987 and Fall 1987, 44 and 41 students respectively.
3. Construction Project Management, senior course, one time taught, Spring 1988, 18 students.
4. Construction Business Management, graduate and senior course, three times taught, Spring 1998, 20 students; Fall 1998, 27 students; Fall 2000, 23 students.
5. High-Tech Construction, graduate and senior course, one time taught, Spring 2003, 21 students.

7b. Courses Redesigned:

1. Cost Engineering, junior course, two times taught, Spring & Fall '86, 29 and 66 students respectively.
2. Construction Planning and Scheduling, junior course, two times taught, Fall 1988 and Spring 1989, 50 and 46 students respectively.
3. Construction Project Control Systems, graduate course, two times taught, Fall 1989 and Fall 1990, 17 and 22 students respectively.
4. Construction Company Management, graduate course, one time taught, Spring 1992, 16 students.
5. Construction Productivity Improvement, CE 620, Graduate Course, Fall 1994, 23 students; Spring 1999, 14 students.
6. Engineering Materials, CE 333, Junior Course, Spring 1995, 15 students, Spring 1996, 43 students and Spring 1997, 58 students.
7. Engineering Economics, History, Ethics and Case Study, CE 394, Junior Course, 87 students.  Responsible for redesigning the Engineering Economics portion of the course, Fall 2000.
8. Construction Business Management, CE 521, Junior and Graduate course, 64 students, Fall 2001.
9. Construction Planning & Scheduling, CE 321, Junior course, 20 students, Fall 2002; 51 students, Spring 2003.

8a. Research Activities:

1. "Craftsman Questionnaire at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station," Principal Investigator (December 1982-June 1983) 1.2 months.
2. "Development of Personal Computer Research in Construction," Principal Investigator (October 1983-January 1984) 1.0 month.
3. "AGC University Construction Curriculum Survey," Principal Investigator (October 1983-October 1984) 3.0 months.
4. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida," Principal Investigator (December 1983-December 1984) 1.0 mo.
5. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase II," Principal Investigator (December 1985-February 1986) 3.0 months.
6. "Alumni Status Study," Principal Investigator (January 1985-June 1986) 1.0 month.
7. "Construction Industry of Emerging Innovative Building Technologies," Co-Principal Investigator (October 1986-April 1987) 1.0 month.
8. "Expert Systems/Computer Estimating of Concrete Construction," Co-Principal Investigator (July-August 1987) 2.0 months.
9. "An Investigation of Surface Coating on Exposed Concrete," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1987-May 1989) 2.0 months.
10. "Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation and Automated Data System," Co-Principal Investigator (April-December 1988) 3.0 months.
11. "Development of Quality Assurance Specifications for Bridge Painting Contracts," Principal Investigator (May 1989-December 1991) 6.0 months.
12. "Evaluation of Construction Productivity Measurement Manuals," Co-Principal Investigator (April 1988-March 1989) 1.0 month.
13. "Validity of MicroCYCLONE in Productivity," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1988-June 1989) 0.5 months.
14. "Expert Systems/Computer Estimating of Concrete Construction," (July-August 1987) 2.0 months.
15. "Parametric Construction Scheduling," Co-Principal Investigator (January 1986-May 1989) 1.0 month.
16. "Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Construction Productivity," Co-Principal Investigator (July 1989-May 1990) 0.5 months.
17. "Mathematical Model For Time-Cost Trade Off," Co-Principal Investigator (June 1989-May 1992) 2.0 months.
18. "Emerging Technologies For Electrical and Instrumentation Construction," (January 1990-June 1992) 3.0 months.
19. "Intelligent Building," Co-Principal Investigator, (May 1991-January 1992) 2.0 months.
20. "Underground City and Space Construction," Co-Principal Investigator (September 1991-July 1992), 1.0 month.
21. "Paperless Construction Automation," Principal Investigator (July 1992-June 1994), 3.0 months.
22. "Auto ID Systems in Construction," Co-Principal Investigator, (July 1993 - June 1994), 2.0 months.
23. "The Automated Building Construction Technologies," Co-Principal Investigator, (January 1993 - December 1994), 3.0 months.
24. "Quality Acceptance Sampling Theories and Applications," Co-Principal Investigator, (July 1992 - December 1994), 4.0 months.
25. "Real Time Decision Mechanism for In-Place Evaluations of Concrete Strength," (January 1995 - December 1994), 1.0 month.
26. "Steel Bridge Painting Protection Policy," July 2, 1996 - December 1998, 6 months.
27. "Build-Operate-Transfer Project Delivery System," July 1997, 1 month.
28. "Optical Imaging Method for Bridge Painting Maintenance and Inspection," January 1998 - August 1999, 2 months. 
29. "Financial Model for BOT Infrastructure Projects," June 1998, one month.
30. "Engineering Productivity Measurement," (July 1998 - December, 2001), 6 months.
31. "Decision Schemes for Improving Bridge Deck Expansion Joints", June 1998-December 1999, 4 months.
32. "XML, E-Commerce and E-Construction", January 2000-April, 2000, 1 month.
33. “Intelligent Image Processing for Bridge Maintenance and Inspection,” January 2001-June 2001, 3 months.
34. “Implementation of Steel Bridge Protection Policy,” May 2000-May 2002, 2 months.

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8b. Research Funds Obtained:

1. "Using Precast Concrete Panels for Pavement Construction," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, August 2002-Feburary 2004, $40,000.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
2. "Implementation of Steel Bridge Protection Policy," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, May 1, 2000 to April 30, 2002, $80,713, Sole Principal Investigator.
3. "Engineering Productivity Measurement," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, (CII), July 1, 1998-August 31, 2001, $115,000, CII finances additional $15,000 for travel, Sole Principal Investigator.
4. "Evaluation and Policy for Bridge Deck Expansion Joints," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, June 1, 1998-December 31, 1999, $65,129.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
5. "Optical Imaging Method for Bridge Painting, Maintenance and Inspection", sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, January 1998 to August 1999, $59,921.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
6. "Steel Bridge Protection Policy," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998, $100,000. Co-principal Investigator with Professor John Fricker, Civil Engineering School, Purdue University
7. "Real Time In-Place Evaluation of Concrete Strength," sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technologies, January 1, 1995 to June 1996, $23,669.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
8. "Demand and Supply Investigation for Construction Automation," sponsored by Architectural Research Institute, Department of Interior, Taiwan, March 1, 1994 to December 1994, NT$1,500,000.00 (Approximate $56,000), Co-Principal Investigator with Professor Ming-Teh Wang, and Professor Sy-Jye Guo, National Taiwan University, and Professor Ting-Ya Hsieh, National Central University of Taiwan, Taiwan.
9. "Development of Transfer and Promotion Plans for Automated Construction Equipment in High-Rise Building," sponsored by Architectural Research Institute, Department of Interior, Taiwan, August 1993 to June 1994, NT $2,100,000 (Approximate US $77,800, Co-Principal Investigator with Mr. Fa-Hsiung Chen, Senior Vice President, New Asia Construction and Development Corp., Taiwan.
10. "Automatic Identification Systems for Construction Engineering," sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994, NT $269,000 (approximate US $10,000), Co-Principal Investigator with Professor Ming-Teh Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
11. "Implementation of the Developed Quality Acceptance System for Steel Bridge Painting Construction," sponsored by Indiana Department of Transportation, July 1992-December 1994, $60,862, Sole Principal Investigator.
12. "Emerging Construction Technologies, - Phase II," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, January 1991-June 1992, $60,000, Co-Principal Investigator, with David Johnson, North Carolina State University.
13. "Emerging Construction Technologies, - Phase I," sponsored by Construction Industry Institute, January 1990-June 1992, $60,000, Co-Principal Investigator with David Johnston, North Carolina State University.
14. "Development of Quality Assurance Specifications for Bridge Painting Contracts," sponsored by Indiana Department of Highway and Federal Highway Administration, July 1989-June 1992, $74,577.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
15. "Building Technology Forecast and Evaluation and Automated Data System," sponsored by Construction Engineering Research Lab, The U.S. Corps of Engineers, April-December 1988, $34,489.08, Sole Principal Investigator.
16. "An Investigation of Surface Coating on Exposed Concrete," sponsored by Indiana Highway Department, September 1987-May 15, 1989, $36,555.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
17. "Construction Industry Study of Emerging Innovative Building Technologies," sponsored by Construction Engineering Research Lab. The U. S. Corps of Engineers, October 1986-April 1987, $38,882.00, with Donn Hancher and Miroslaw Skibniewski, Co-Principal Investigator.
18. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase II," sponsored by Building Construction Industry Advisor Committee, State of Florida, February 1985, $23,172,00, Sole Investigator.
19. "Increasing Minority Participation in the Construction Industry in Florida - Phase I," sponsored by Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, State of Florida, December 1983, $5,000.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
20. "Development of Personal Computer Research in Construction," Division of Supporting Research, University of Florida, October 1983, $6,010.00, Sole Principal Investigator.
21. "Craftsman Questionnaire Study at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station - Unit 2 Project," sponsored by NMPNS, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, December 1982, $3,000,00, Sole Principal Investigator.

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9. Extension Activities:

1. Advisor, High Education Committee, Associated General Contractors, updating University Construction Curriculum Recommendation, 1984.
2. Member, Construction Education & Training Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Determination of Scope & Direction of Research, October 1985-November 1991.
3. Member, Technology Survey Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Preparation of Research Proposals and Determination of Scope of Research, October 1988-August 1993.
4. Reviewer, ASCE Construction Journal, many papers, 1987 -.
5. Member, Congress Organizing Committee, Vice Chairperson of Technical Program, to plan, to decide, and to arrange technical programs for 1991 ASCE Construction Congress, 1989-1991.
6. Editor, Proceedings, Construction Congress 1991, 1990-1991.
7. Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Review of Proposal for the Division of Mechanics and Structural System, January 1992-present.
8. Adviser, Taiwan Department of Transportation and Communications, Review of Safety on Taipei's Rapid Transit Systems, September 1993 to August 1994.
9. Adviser, National Automation Committee, The Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Government, Review the Scope and budget of National Industrial Automation Program, November 1993 to June 1994.
10. Reviewer, National Science Council, Taiwan, Review of Research Proposals and Finished Reports for the Engineering Division, Nov. 1993-Aug. 1994.
11. Reviewer, Journal of Chinese Society of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers, Taiwan, October 1993 - August 1994.
12. Reviewer, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Review of Proposals for Construction Automation, August 1994 and July 1996.
13. Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Thesis Oral Defense Committee, Two Master Degree Students.
14. Examiner, Department of Construction Engineering and Technology, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Thesis and Dissertation Oral Defense, Four Master Students and Three Ph.D. Students, Oct. 1993 - July 1996.
15. Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Engineering Management, 1995-
16. Reviewer, Journal of Construction Management & Economics, University of Reading, UK, 1995-
17. Reviewer, Journal of Automation in Construction, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 1995-
18. Advisor, Kaoshiung Mass Rapid Transit Department, Kaoshiung City, Taiwan, May 1996 - July 1996, July 1998, July 2000.
19. Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure System, 1995 -
20. Member, Organizing Committee, CIB 1996 Beijing International Conference, October 1996.
21. Reviewer, the 5^th ASCE Construction Congress Proceedings, April 1997.
22. Reviewer, Review of Research Proposals, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, April 1997.
23. Advisor, High Speed Rail Bureau, Ministry of Transportation & Communications, Taiwan, December 1996 - January 1997, June - July 1997, December 1998, June-August 2000, and July-August 2001.
24. Member, Organizing Committee, CIB Working Commission 89 International Conference, Queensland, Australia, On Building Education & Research. July 1998.
25. Reviewer, China Civil Engineering Journal, Fascicule of Construction Engineering and Management, May 2002-present.

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10a. Journal Papers:

1. Tucker, Richard L., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Burnes, Ned H., "Realistic Tolerances for Double Tee Construction," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 108, No. C04, December 1982, pp. 563-576.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John, "Evaluation of Craftsman Questionnaire," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 111, No. 4, December 1985, pp. 426-437.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Inferential Statistics for Craftsman Questionnaire," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 112, No. 4, December 1986, pp. 492-499.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Borcherding, John D., Craftsman Questionnaire Sampling, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 112, No. 4, December 1986, pp. 543-556.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Suggestions to Increase DBE Contractors' Participation," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 113, No. 4, October 1987, pp. 371-388.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, Hancher, Donn E., Napier, Thomas R., and Kapolneck, Robert G., "Methods to Identify and Assess New Building Technology," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 114, No. 3, September 1988, pp. 408-425.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Method to Deal with DBE Issues," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 115, No. 3, July 1989, pp. 305-319.
8. Hancher, Donn E., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Killen, Patrick, A., "Impact of the D.B.E. Program on Indiana Highway Construction," Transportation Research Record 1186, October 1989, pp. 66-73.
9. Lutz, James, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Evaluation of New Building Technology," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 116, No. 2, June 1990, pp. 281-299.
10. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chao, Li-Chung, "Data Communication Through Local Area Network," Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, Vol. 33, No. 6, June 1991, pp. 29-37.
11. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Measuring Construction Productivity," Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, Vol. 33, No. 10, October 1991, pp. 19-25.
12. Orczyk, Joe, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Parametric Regression Model for Project Scheduling," Project Management Institute Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 4, December 1991, pp. 44-47.
13. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chao, Li-Chung, "Trend In Local Area Network Utilization," Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1992, pp. 27-39.
14. Tamaki, Kinya, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Status Report: Intelligent Office Building Market In Japan," Journal of Intelligent Buildings, Intelligent Building Institute, Vol. 2, No. 2, February 1992, pp. 1-11.
15. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Laboratory Evaluation of Generic Concrete Sealer/Coating Systems for Use in the Highway Environment," Transportation Research Record, No. 1335, August 1992, pp. 1-9.
16. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hung, Li-Chih, "Feasibility of Applying ISDN to Intelligent Buildings," Journal of Intelligent Building, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 1993, pp. 8-17.
17. Smutzer, Richard K., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Field Tests of Resistance to Chloride Ion Penetration on Sealed Concrete Pavement," Transportation Research Record No. 1382, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, October, 1993, pp. 38-45.
18. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Hsie, Machine, "Developing Acceptance Sampling Plans for Quality Construction," Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 246-253.
19. Hsie, Machine, and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Attribute Double Sampling System for Steel Bridge Painting Construction," Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 126-133.
20. Chang, Luh-Maan, Nicholas J. Carino, and Cheng-Ben Wang, "The Process of Evaluating the In-Place Strength of Concrete," Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10, No. 4, November, 1998, pp. 229-237.
21. Chang, Luh-Maan and Carino, Nicholas J., "Analyzing In-Place Concrete Tests by Computer," Concrete International, Vol. 20, No. 12, American Institute of Concrete, December, 1998, pp. 34-39.
22. Chang, Luh-Maan, Georgy, Maged and AbdelRazig, Yassir A., "Warranting the Quality of Steel Bridge Coatings." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 5, September/October, 2000, pp. 374-380.
23. AbdelRazig, Yassir A. and Chang, Luh-Maan, "Intelligent Model For Construction Facilities Surface Assessment," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 6, November/December 2000, pp.422-432.
24. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chen, Po-Han, "BOT Financial Model: Taiwan High Speed Rail Case," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 127 No. 3, May/June 2001. pp.214-222
25. Zayed, Tarek M., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Prototype Model For Build Operate Transfer(BOT) Risk Assessment," Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 7-16.
26. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Lee, Yao-Jong, “Evaluation of the Performance of Bridge Deck Expansion Joints,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 1, February 2002, pp. 3-9.
27. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, Jon D., “A Statewide Performance Function for Steel Bridge Protection Programs,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
28. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, Jon D., “Life Cycle Cost Based Maintenance Plan for Steel Bridge Protection Systems,” accepted by Journal of Performance of Construction Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
29. Zayed, Tarek M., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Fricker, John D., "LCCA Using Deterministic and Stochastic Methods: Conflicting Results," accepted by Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers. To be published in May, 2002.
30. Chen, Po-Han, and Chang, Luh-Maan, “ Intelligent Steel Bridge Coating Assessment Using Neuro-Fuzzy Recognition Approach,” accepted by Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, to be published.
31. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Chen, Po-Han , “ Feasibility Analysis of Taiwan High Speed Rail Project ,” accepted by Journal of Construction Procurment, to be published.
32. Chen, Po-Han, Chang, Yuh-Chin, Chang, Luh-Maan, and Doerschuk, Peter C., "Application of Multi-Resolution Pattern Classification to Steel Bridge Coating Assessment," Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 16, No. 4, October 1, 2002, pp. 244-251.
33. Chen, Po-Han, and Chang, Luh-Maan, “Artificial Intelligence Application to Bridge Painting,” Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science Publisher, June 2003, pp. 431-445.
34. Georgy, Maged E., Chang, Luh-Maan, and Zhang, Lei, “Engineering Performance in the U.S. Industrial Sector,” Accepted by Journal of American Association of Cost Engineers, to be published in 2004.
    

 

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10b. Proceedings: (Refereed papers)

1. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Napier, Thomas R., "Evaluation of Innovation Building Technology for Construction Project Management," 1988 Proceedings of 20th Annual Seminar/Symposium, Project Management Institute, September 1988, San Francisco, USA, pp. 436-441.
2. Chang, Luh-Maan and Ariffin, Ismail, "Evaluation of Construction Productiv-ity Measurement Manuals," 1990 Proceedings on Value in Building Econom-cs and Contract Management, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 6, March 1990, pp. 96-106.
3. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Napier, Thomas, "Selection of Innovative Building Technology," 1990 Proceedings on Value in Building Economics and Contract Management, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 5, March 1990, pp. 49-58.
4. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Technological Trend in Electrical and Instrumentation Construction," Proceedings of 1993 CIB W-65 International Symposium on Organization and Management of Construction - The Way Forward, International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Trinidad, West Indies, Vol. 2, September 1993, pp. 1205-1210.
5. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Quality Acceptance Sampling Methods," Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, International Association for Civil Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis, Paris, France, July 1995, pp 783-788.
6. Chang, Luh-Maan, and Cheng, Tao-ming, "Construction Quality Control through Voice Recognition Technology," Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Automation & Robotics in Construction, International Associates for Automation & Robotics in Construction, Tokyo Japan, June 11-13, 1996, pp. 421-429.
7. Chang, Luh-Maan, "Northern Climate Weathering Tests on Sealed Concrete," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 12-16, 1996, pp. 141-152.
8. Chang, L. M., "Collaborative Construction Research in the United States," Proceedings of the CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research, Brisbane, Australia, 8-10 July 1998, pp. 50-59.
9. Chang, L. M., and Abdelrazig, Y. A., “Using Images Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks for Coating Quality Assessment”, Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Vancouver, Canada, May 30 – June 3, 1999,  pp. 2429-2440.
10. Mao, Chi-Kuo and Chang, Luh-Maan, "BOT Financing in Public Infrastructure Projects," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 20-22, 2000, Orlando, Florida, pp. 868-877.
11. Chandra, Fiona and Chang, Luh-Maan, "The Impact of Foreign Currency on BOT Projects," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 20-22, 2000, Orlando, Florida, pp. 878-888.
12. Georgy, Maged E., Chang, Luh-Maan and Walsh, Kenneth D., "Engineering Performance in Industrial Construction," Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, American Society of Civil Engineers, Febrary 20-22, Orlando, Florida, pp. 917-927.
13. Chang, Luh-Maan, Chen, Po-Han, and AbdelRazig, Yassir, "Intelligient Diagnosis on Bridge Painting Defects Using Image Processing Techniques," Computational Methods for Smart Structures and Materials II. The book presents the edited proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Methods for Smart Structures and Materials, edited by C.A. Brebbia and A. Samartin, ISBN: 1-85312-816-3, ISSN: 1462-6055, WIT Press, Southampton, United Kingdom, June 2000, pp. 95-104.
14. Chang, Luh-Maan, Chen, Po-Han, and AbdelRazig, Yassir, "Bridge Painting Defects Recognition Using Sampling Plans and Image Processing Techniques," the Proceedings of CIT 2000 -The CIB-W78, IABE, EG-SEA-AI. International Conference on Construction Information Technology, Edited by Gudni Gudnason, Icelandic Building Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 178-189.
15. Georgy, Maged E., and Chang, Luh-Maan, "A Neurofuzzy Platform for Assessment of Design Engineering Performance,