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Postdoc at McGill University
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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 investigation of material behavior, design theory, and modular construction of advanced cementitious materials, and their application in novel structural systems; and (2) the predictive maintenance and strengthening of existing structures through novel monitoring techniques, fatigue and fracture mechanisms, and high-performance materials.
07/2024 ~ Present McGill University Postdoctoral scholar
03/2020 ~ 05/2024 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Ph.D. in Civil engineering
09/2016 ~ 06/2019 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), Prof. Alain Nussbaumer, Prof. Emmanuel Denarié
Master supervisor: Prof. Xudong Shao
Postdoctoral host: Prof. Yi Shao
Canada FRQNT Postdoc Fellowship (No. 2010268, CAD 90,000, https://doi.org/10.69777/2010268)
Funded by Fonds de recherche du Québec, 21% success rate, 06.2026 ~ 05.2028.
Canada Mitacs Postdoc Fellowship (No. IT39607, CAD 30,000)
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.
Featured Paper Award, Engineering Structures Journal, 2026.
Outstanding Graduate of Hunan Province (top 2%), Hunan Province, China, 2019
National Scholarship (top 2% for curriculum study), Ministry of Education, China, 2014 & 2017.
Associate member of ACI 239 10/2024 ~ present
****Serve as an associate member for ACI 239 (Ultra-High-Performance Concrete).
Associate member of ACI 239C 10/2024 ~ 10/2025
****Participate in the preparation of ACI 239C Structural Design Guidance on UHPC.
Journal reviewer
****Serve as a journal reviewer for *Engineering Structures*, *Cement and Concrete Research*, *Cement and Concrete Composites*, *International Journal of Fatigue*.
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