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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 supervisor: 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.
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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