Dr. Yuhong Wang

Keynote lecture title: Effects of the intrinsic properties of asphalt binder on its macroscopic engineering 

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Dr. Yuhong Wang is a professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and was a registered professional engineer (PE) in Kentucky, USA. Dr. Wang received his academic and professional trainings in both construction management and pavement engineering. Therefore, his teaching and research experiences have covered a variety of topics in these two broad disciplines. Under construction management, Dr. Wang is experienced in both building and roadway construction. His research projects and outcomes involve different topics related to project management. In recent years, his research interests in construction management are more focused on suitability issues of infrastructures. Example topics include carbon emissions in infrastructure construction and operation, life-cycle cost analysis, life-cycle assessment, life-cycle social impact analysis, and the interactions of infrastructures with environment, human society, and biodiversity. His most recent research endeavors are “nature-based solutions”—trying to incorporate nature-inspired and nature-friendly engineering solutions to traditional infrastructure construction and operation.