Qipei Mei, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Email: qipei.mei@ualberta.ca
Research Interests
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Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering
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Crowdsensing-based Civil Infrastructure Monitoring
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Data Analysis/Computer Vision for Civil Infrastructure Systems
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Novel Technologies for Sustainable Smart Civil Infrastructure
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Finite Element Analysis for Complex Structural Problems
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
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Finalist, The University of Alberta Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, 2020
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Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, University of Alberta, 2020
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Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship, Alberta Innovates, 2018-2020
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NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2018-2020
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President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction, University of Alberta, 2018-2020
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People's Choice Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Graduate Poster Contest, 2019
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Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2017
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Myer Horowitz Graduate Students' Association Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2014
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National Scholarship, Ministry of Education in China, 2009-2010
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Outstanding Winner/SIAM Award, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), COMAP, 2010
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Outstanding Graduate Award, China Civil Engineering Society, 2011