Biography
Peng Sun received his doctoral degree from Rice University, his master’s degree in earthquake/civil engineering and his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Southeast University in China.
His research interests include unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for smart cities applications, infrastructural/structural sensing using photogrammetry and computer vision, cyber-physical-social system-enabled sensing frameworks for urban planning, structural health monitoring for large-scale infrastructures, thin-film-based full-field strain sensors using smart materials, and computer vision sensing systems with edge-computing for connected communities. His research has been supported by the FDEP Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, the Florida Department of Transportation, industry sponsors and other sources. Sun currently supervises three doctoral students and one master’s student.
His research interests include unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for smart cities applications, infrastructural/structural sensing using photogrammetry and computer vision, cyber-physical-social system-enabled sensing frameworks for urban planning, structural health monitoring for large-scale infrastructures, thin-film-based full-field strain sensors using smart materials, and computer vision sensing systems with edge-computing for connected communities. His research has been supported by the FDEP Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, the Florida Department of Transportation, industry sponsors and other sources. Sun currently supervises three doctoral students and one master’s student.
Recent Publications
- Hassan, S. Z., Sun, P.*, Gokgoz, M., Chen, J., & Gustitus-Graham, S. (2023). “UAV-based Approach for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Monitoring and Water Ponding Issue Detection using Sensor Fusion.” Journal of Hydroinformatics, 25(6), 2107-2127.
- Goodspeed R, Admassu K, Bahrami V, Bills T, Egelhaaf J, Gallagher K, Lynch J, Masoud N, Shurn T, Sun P, Wang Y. (2023) “Improving Transit in Small Cities through Collaborative and Data-driven Scenario Planning.” Case Studies on Transport Policy. 2023 Jan 20:100957.
- Sun, P., Hou, R, & Lynch, J. P. (2022) “Automated human use mapping of social infrastructure by deep learning methods applied to smart city camera systems.” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 36 (4), 04022011, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000998.
- Li, Y., Sun, P., Deng, Y., & Li, A. (2021) Wind effect analysis of a high-rise ancient wooden tower with a particular architectural profile via wind tunnel test.” International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-20.
- Chen, X., Zhang, Z., Li, A., Hu, L., Liu, X., Fan, Z., Sun., P. (2021) “Field measurement-based wind-induced response analysis of multi-tower building with tuned mass damper.” Wind and Structures, 32 (2).
Education
- Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, Rice University
- M.S. in Structural/Earthquake Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Specialties
- UAV-based remote sensing for smart city applications
- Structural evaluation and inspection using robotics and computer vision
- Multi-vision photogrammetry for experimental mechanics and structural dynamics
- Structural health monitoring for large-scale infrastructures
- Cyber-physical-social system enabled sensing frameworks for urban planning
- Thin-film-based full-field strain sensors using smart materials