Founder and Platform Lead
Dr Daguang Han initiated and led the Academy's early platform construction, including institutional planning, research-centre formation, partner engagement, and applied project delivery.
Smart cities, sustainable infrastructure, digital built environment
Leadership
SCSDA was initiated and led by Dr Daguang Han during its platform-construction period, with responsibilities across strategic planning, research-centre development, collaboration, and applied project delivery.
Founding Leadership
Dr Daguang Han's role in building SCSDA.
SCSDA was initiated and led by Dr Daguang Han during the Academy's platform-construction period. His role covered institutional planning, research-centre development, international academic links, enterprise engagement, and the delivery of applied research projects.
During this period, Dr Han served as founder, founding president, board chair, and executive lead for the Academy's early research platform.
Leadership Structure
Founder, expert committee, research centres, and project collaboration.
The Academy's platform was developed through founding leadership, expert engagement, research-centre coordination, project delivery, and collaboration with academic and enterprise partners.
Expert Committee
The historical SCSDA structure included an expert committee with professors, advisors, and specially appointed experts connected to the Academy's research directions.
Research-Centre Leadership
Centre-level academic and technical leads supported research streams such as BIM and digital twins, MEMS sensing, smart infrastructure, sustainable materials, and monitoring systems.
Project Leads and Collaboration Partners
Project leaders, enterprise partners, and research collaborators contributed to non-confidential applied R&D, training, demonstrators, and engineering validation work.
Founding Leadership Scope
Strategic, academic, and industry-facing responsibilities.
Dr Han's leadership is presented as platform-building work: agenda setting, centre formation, partner development, project formation, expert engagement, institutional reporting, and public communication.
Strategic Platform Development
Setting the Academy's research agenda across smart cities, digital built environments, sensing, infrastructure intelligence, and sustainable development.
Research-Centre Formation
Coordinating the formation of research centres and laboratories with academic and enterprise partners during the platform-construction period.
Enterprise and Industry Engagement
Building non-confidential applied research collaborations, project proposals, implementation guides, and engineering validation work.
International Academic Links
Connecting European research expertise with Chongqing-based applied research, engineering education, and public knowledge exchange.
Externally Supported Project Delivery
Leading the organisation, coordination, and reporting of the Academy's platform-construction work during 2019-2023.
Public Profile Links
External academic profiles.
Selected academic profile links for Dr Han are provided for publication records, institutional affiliation, and external academic reference.
Current academic affiliationAssociate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University
