Eric Lou
Eric Lou is a Reader in Project Management at the Department of Engineering and currently serves as the Faculty Head of International for the Faculty of Science and Engineering - at Manchester Metropolitan University. He was previously the Director of Internationalisation and Lecturer in Project Management with the University of Manchester. Eric spent over a decade in the UK construction, higher education, information technology and environmental industries; and completed over £60 million in building refurbishment and new build projects before joining academia.
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.
Dr Lou obtained his degree in Computer Science (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), and MSc in IT Management in Construction with Distinction (University of Salford). He completed his PhD in E-Readiness in Construction from the University of Salford.
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 Researcher Links research grant with National University of Malaysia (UKM) looking into Heritage Refurbishment Assessment Schemes (HeRAS). This followed his successful completion of the British Council Newton Institutional Links research grant with Universiti Malaya (Malaysia) in the area of Sustainability-Led design by Building Information Modelling (SuLeD-BIM).
Address: Department of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
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.
Dr Lou obtained his degree in Computer Science (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), and MSc in IT Management in Construction with Distinction (University of Salford). He completed his PhD in E-Readiness in Construction from the University of Salford.
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 Researcher Links research grant with National University of Malaysia (UKM) looking into Heritage Refurbishment Assessment Schemes (HeRAS). This followed his successful completion of the British Council Newton Institutional Links research grant with Universiti Malaya (Malaysia) in the area of Sustainability-Led design by Building Information Modelling (SuLeD-BIM).
Address: Department of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
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