Academic Activities

Organized and Hosted

11th National Conference on Structural Vibration Control and Health Monitoring

Group members Heng Zhang and Yejun Li attended the conference and presented “Uncertainty quantification of natural vibration characteristics and global parameter sensitivity analysis of vertically hybrid structures” and “Structural reliability analysis using the hybrid perturbation–Galerkin method”, respectively.

12th International Symposium on Structural Engineering (ISSE-12)

Professor Bin Huang co-edited the proceedings with Professor Hongping Zhu of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Jiping Ru, Director of the Building Environment and Civil Engineering Program at the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The proceedings include research contributions from the group.

Conference Participation

Research seminar

Research seminar on structural damage detection

Professor Bin Huang delivered a research presentation at the Interdisciplinary Forum on Structural Damage Detection Driven by Multisource Data at Chang’an University.

Research seminar

Stochastic finite element methods and stochastic model updating

Professor Bin Huang delivered an invited research seminar entitled “Stochastic finite element methods and stochastic model updating” at the Engineering Research Academic Forum of the College of Engineering, Shantou University.

Research visit by three faculty members from Uzbekistan

Visiting faculty members Fozilov Odiljon, Ortikov Ibrokhim and Ravshanbek Mavlonov from Uzbekistan

From 1 November to 1 December 2018, the group hosted three visiting faculty members from Uzbekistan: Fozilov Odiljon, Ortikov Ibrokhim and Ravshanbek Mavlonov. Discussions focused on the mechanical behavior of prestressed concrete and experimental research in structural dynamics.

Professor Gangbing Song visits and presents research on structural vibration control

Gangbing Song, Moores Professor, University of Houston, United States

On 15 July 2018, Professor Gangbing Song of the University of Houston visited by invitation and delivered a presentation entitled “Vibration control using a single-sided tuned mass damper under earthquake excitation”. The visit also included discussions on vibration control using dampers.

Professor Gangbing Song visits for research discussions on vibration mitigation

Gangbing Song, Moores Professor, University of Houston, United States

Professor Gangbing Song of the University of Houston visited by invitation on 23–25 November 2017 and delivered an academic presentation. Discussions addressed applications of shape-memory alloy springs to vibration mitigation. The visit also included a tour of the laboratory and a vibration-mitigation experiment on a steel frame with spring braces.

Professor Hanbin Ge of Meijo University visits by invitation

Hanbin Ge, Professor; Meijo University, Japan

In 2011, Professor Hanbin Ge of the Department of Civil Engineering at Meijo University, Japan, a member of the Engineering Academy of Japan, visited by invitation. He delivered a lecture entitled “Advances in seismic design and vibration-control design of steel bridges in Japan” in Room 108 of the Architecture Building.

Professor P. D. Spanos of Rice University delivers an academic lecture

Pol D. Spanos, Professor; Rice University, United States; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering

On 20 May 2010, Professor P. D. Spanos of Rice University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, delivered an academic lecture at Wuhan University of Technology.