Publications

Journal Papers

• Behavioral, data-driven, agent-based evacuation simulation for building safety design using machine learning and discrete choice models.
  Zhu, R., Becerik-Gerber, B., Lin, J., & Li, N.
  Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 [paper]

• The impact of security countermeasures on human behavior during active shooter incidents.
  Zhu, R., Lucas, G.M., Becerik-Gerber, B., Southers, E.G., & Landicho, E.
  Scientific reports, 2022 [paper]

• Ten questions concerning human-building interaction research for improving the quality of life.
  Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G.M., Aryal, A., Awada, M., Bergés, M., Billington, S.L., Boric-Lubecke, O., Ghahramani, A., Heydarian, A., Jazizadeh, F., Liu, R., Zhu, R., Marks, F., Roll, S., Seyedrezaei, M., Taylor, J.E., Höelscher, C., Khan, A., Langevin, J., Mauriello, M.L., Murnane, E., Noh, H., Pritoni, M., Schaumann, D., & Zhao, J.
  Building and Environment, 2022 [paper]

• The field of human building interaction for convergent research and innovation for intelligent built environments.
  Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G.M., Aryal, A., Awada, M., Bergés, M., Billington, S.L., Boric-Lubecke, O., Ghahramani, A., Heydarian, A., Höelscher, C., Jazizadeh, F., Khan, A., Langevin, J., Liu, R., Marks, F., Mauriello, M.L., Murnane, E., Noh, H., Pritoni, M., Roll, S., Schaumann, D., Seyedrezaei, M., Taylor, J.E., Zhao, J. & Zhu, R.
  Scientific reports, 2022 [paper]

• An integrated emotional and physiological assessment for VR-based active shooter incident experiments.
  Awada, M., Zhu, R., Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G.M., & Southers, E.G.
  Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2021 [paper]

• Building preparedness in response to active shooter incidents: Results of focus group interviews.
  Zhu, R., Lucas, G.M., Becerik-Gerber, B., & Southers, E.G.
  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020 [paper]

• Human-building-emergency interactions and their impact on emergency response performance: A review of the state of the art.
  Zhu, R., Lin, J., Becerik-Gerber, B., & Li, N.
  Safety Science, 2020 [paper]

• Influence of architectural visual access on emergency wayfinding: A cross-cultural study in China, United Kingdom and United States.
  Zhu, R., Lin, J., Becerik-Gerber, B., & Li, N.
  Fire Safety Journal, 2020 [paper]

• How occupants respond to building emergencies: A systematic review of behavioral characteristics and behavioral theories.
  Lin, J., Zhu, R., Li, N., & Becerik-Gerber, B.
  Safety Science, 2020 [paper]

• Do people follow the crowd in building emergency evacuation? A cross-cultural immersive virtual reality-based study.
  Lin, J., Zhu, R., Li, N., & Becerik-Gerber, B.
  Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2020 [paper]

• A hybrid BN-HFACS model for predicting safety performance in construction projects.
  Xia, N., Zou, P.X., Liu, X., Wang, X., & Zhu, R.
  Safety Science, 2018 [paper]

Conference Proceedings

• Modeling the impact of visual access and crowd flow on emergency wayfinding: From empirical investigations to simulations.
  Zhu, R., Becerik-Gerber, B., Lin, J., & Li, N.
  ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2021 [paper]

• Information and representation requirements for virtual environments to study human-building interactions in active shooter incidents.
  Zhu, R., Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G.M., Southers, E.G., & Pynadath, D.V.
  ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2019 [paper]

• Virtual reality-based studies of human emergency behavior in built environments: A systematic review.
  Zhu, R., Lin, J., Becerik-Gerber, B., & Li, N.
  International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, 2018 [paper]