Eric Lou

Biography

Eric joined MACE as a Lecturer in Project Management and is now the Director of Internationalisation. He spent a decade in construction, higher education, information technology and environmental industries; and completed over £60 million in building refurbishment and new build projects before joining academia.

Dr Lou is the Programme Director for Project Management (PM-PDP) (MSc) Asia Pacific and Deputy Programme Director for Nuclear Technology Management (N-PDP) (MSc) at the University of Manchester. Eric is the Admissions Tutor for the Management of Projects Postgraduate (MSc) Programmes which generates up to £7 million per academic cycle.

His research interest encompasses the trichotomy of people-process-technology in the areas of project management, sustainability and environmental planning, corporate responsibility, BIM and IT management within the built environment industry. Eric’s current research takes him into the remit of 3D scanning, spectral imaging and heritage management.

Dr Lou obtained his degree in Computer Science (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), and MSc in IT Management in Construction with Distinction (University of Salford). He then completed his part time PhD in E-Readiness in Construction at the University of Salford. Dr Lou is also registered in the IEMA Specialist Register of Environmental Auditors.

Eric''s work has earned admiration among peers in the industry - Winner of Business Innovation and Highly Commended SME of the Year in the UK North West Regional Construction Awards (NWRCA); National Finalist for Innovation in the Constructing Excellence National Awards; and Finalist in 6 categories in the NWRCA. Individually, he was the Business Leader of Tomorrow nominee in the national TSB-KTP Awards and the NWRCA Young Achiever of the Year finalist.

Dr Lou was recently awarded the British Council Newton Fund Researcher Links research grant with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) investigating Heritage Refurbishment Assessment Schemes (HeRAS) [www.herasnuof.com")] . This followed his success in the British Council Newton Fund Institutional Links research grant with Universiti Malaya (UM) researching Sustainability-Led design by Building Information Modelling (SuLeD-BIM) [www.suled.net")]

You can follow his work at:

t: @EricLouUoM

b: EricLouUoM.wordpress.com

e: eric.lou@manchester.ac.uk

w: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/eric.lou/

w: uk.linkedin.com/in/ericlou/

External positions

External Examiner, The University of Salford

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