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Zhe Zhang

PHD CANDIDATE

Investigating the relationship between situation awareness and safety behaviour: A psychophysiological and virtual reality approach

27 November 2023
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Qualifications

    My interest in the construction drives me to pursue a Bachelor of Engineering with major of Engineering Management in China. I went to the University of Canterbury in master level study to further my studies in construction management. Inspired by Dr. Brian Guo's enthusiasm and expertise in construction management, I am currently pursuing my PhD research in construction safety at the University of Canterbury.

    My current research interest is in virtual reality (VR)-based situation awareness (SA) for construction safety. The overall goal of the PhD project is to design a digital technology enabled situation-aware construction worksite, based on a domain-specific SA framework, to improve SA at both individual and team levels, and promote safety behaviours.

    I enjoy playing Soccer and playing Rubik's Cube in my daily life. 

    Research Title:  Immersive virtual reality based situation awareness analysis for construction safety

    Main Supervisor:

    Dr Brian Guo, University of Canterbury

    Co-supervisor: 

    Dr Alice Chang-Richards, University of Auckland

    Dr Zhenan Feng, Massey University

    Publications:

    Zhang, Z., Guo, B. H. W., Chang-Richards, A., Jin, R., & Han, Y. (2021). Digitalisation-based Situation Awareness for Construction Safety Management – A Critical Review [Conference Paper]. 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2021, Dubai, UAE. https://www.iaarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ISARC-Proceedings-2021.pdf

    Zhang, Z., Guo, B. H. W., Chang-Richards, A., Feng, Z., Jin, R., Zou, Y., & Goh, Y. M. (2023). Digital technology enhanced situation awareness for construction safety: Systematic review and future research directions. Safety science, 167, 106280. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106280

    Zhang, Z., Guo, B. H. W., Zuo, Y., Ma, B., Chang-Richards, A., Feng, Z., & Zou, Y. (2023). CSS-ONTO: Construction safety situation ontology International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2023), Bangkok, Thailand. https://civil.eng.chula.ac.th/iccbei2023/Proceedings/ICCBEI2023-Prodeedings-completed.pdf

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