Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., is a civil engineering professor at the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Du’s research focuses on human-robot collaboration and mixed reality exploring robotics design to enhance training on how we interact with robots. His work aims to develop AI, augmented reality, and virtual reality systems to improve workforce development and safety on construction sites and in healthcare as well as in the ocean and in space.
His research has garnered millions in funding from prestigious organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Du has published over 200 peer reviewed papers featured in highly regarded academic journals and conferences. He serves as director at the Informatics, Cobots and Intelligent Construction Lab and chair of the Visualization, Information Modeling and Simulation Committee under the American Society of Civil Engineers.