Institute of Industrialized Buildings and Intelligent Construction of Nanchang University

The Institute of Industrialized Buildings and Intelligent Construction of Nanchang University was established in 2019 within the Nanchang University School of Infrastructure Engineering. The institute’s faculty currently comprises 2 professors, 8 associate professors, and 5 lecturers, including 4 doctoral supervisors and 6 master’s supervisors.

Focusing on prefabricated buildings and prefabricated bridges, the institute conducts research on structural mechanical performance, design theories and methods, and intelligent construction technologies. In the area of structural damage detection, it develops intelligent inspection methods and associated technical equipment. The institute’s principal research directions are:

1. Design Theory and Construction Technologies for Prefabricated Building Structures
Investigations cover progressive-collapse resistance, design theories and methods, and intelligent construction technologies for prefabricated concrete structures, prefabricated steel structures, and hybrid prefabricated systems.

2. Theories, Methods, and Key Technologies for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Civil Engineering Structures
Guided by the four-tier seismic performance objectives — “no damage under minor and moderate earthquakes; repairable or replaceable under major earthquakes; no collapse under extremely large earthquakes” — the institute researches the seismic behavior and rapid post-earthquake functional recovery of prefabricated building structures to achieve efficient enhancements in seismic resilience.

3. Design and Intelligent Construction of Prefabricated Bridges
Research focuses on anchorage nodes and shear connector configurations for prefabricated concrete bridges, their mechanical behaviour and load-transfer mechanisms, design methods, and intelligent construction technologies.

4. Intelligent Structural Damage Detection Technologies and Robotics
Targeting damage such as concrete cracking, steel cracking and corrosion, and facade delamination (e.g., hollowing and detachment), the institute develops machine-vision–based intelligent inspection methods and high-mobility, high-efficiency autonomous inspection robots for data acquisition.