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Biography

I am a postdoctoral scholar at McGill University with a doctoral degree from EPFL. My research aims to advance infrastructure sustainability and resilience through: (1) the characterization, modeling, and design of high-performance cementitious materials and structures; and (2) the investigation of deterioration, assessment, and intervention of existing structures, supported by emerging technologies—particularly novel monitoring and sensing methods.

Research interests

• High-performance cementitious materials and structures, especially ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)
• Fatigue and fracture mechanism
• Monitoring, assessment, and maintenance of structures
• Design optimization and robotic construction

Education

• 07/2024 ~ Present McGill University Postdoctoral scholar

• 03/2020 ~ 05/2024 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Ph.D. in Civil engineering

• 09/2012 ~ 06/2016 Hunan University, China M.Eng. in Structural engineering

• 09/2012 ~ 06/2016 Hohai University, China B.Eng. in Structural engineering

• Doctoral supervisors: Prof. Eugen Brühwiler (primary), Alain Nussbaumer, Emmanuel Denarié

• Master supervisor: Prof. Xudong Shao, Postdoctoral supervisor: Prof. Yi Shao

Funding & Awards

• Canadian Mitacs Postdoc Fellowship (No. IT39607)

   Funded by Canada Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (Mitacs), 09.2024 ~ 08.2026
  

• Best Innovation Award in Infrastructure Rehabilitation (1st out of 20 engineering applications)

   Third International Interactive Symposium on UHPC, Wilmington, USA, 2023
  

• Outstanding Graduate of Hunan Province (top 2%), Hunan Province, China, 2019

• National Scholarship (top 2% for curriculum study), Ministry of Education, China, 2014 & 2017

Professional activities

• Associate member of American Concrete Institue (ACI) 10/2024 ~ present

   ****Serving as an associate member for ACI 239 (Ultra-High-Performance Concrete).
  

• Drafting member of American Concrete Institue (ACI) 10/2024 ~ present

   ****Serving as a drafting member for ACI 239C (Structural Design Guidance on UHPC).
  

• Journal reviewer

   ****Serving as a journal reviewer for *Engineering Structures*, *Cement and Concrete Research*, *Cement and Concrete Composites*,     
  
   *International Journal of Fatigue*. 
  

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