"Our team represents a symphony of multidisciplinary expertise spanning the globe, composed of distinguished professors and trailblazing researchers. United in purpose, we are poised to address the most intricate and formidable challenges facing infrastructure systems in response to the growing demand for more resilient, intelligent and sustainable urban systems. Together, we are the vanguard of solutions for tomorrow's world."
Members Based in China
(SEU, Other Universities and Industries )
Prof. Zhishen Wu, Center Director, Southeast University, China
Homepage: https://iiuse.seu.edu.cn/iiuse_en/2022/0702/c41563a413405/page.htm
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MX5JjZUAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: zswu@seu.edu.cn
Professor Zhishen Wu is currently the President of Henan University of Technology in Zhengzhou, China and holds the position of Distinguished National Chair Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering (IIUSE) at Southeast University, in Nanjing, China. He served as the president of the International Society for Intelligent Infrastructure Structural Health Monitoring (ISHMII), 2017-2023 and presently serves as the founding President of the International Society for Basalt Fiber and Composites (ISBFC); Director of the International Building Fiber Enhanced Composites (IIFC) (former Vice President); Director of China civil engineering society; China chemical fiber industry association basalt fiber branch honorary President (former President); China society of composite materials civil engineering composite material branch, vice President of China silica society glass fiber branch, vice President of China instrument institute equipment structure health monitoring and early warning branch, China institute of vibration engineering structure vibration control professional committee Vice President, Vice President of the 7th Council of Concrete and Prestressed Concrete Branch of China Society of Civil Engineering and other more than 20 important positions such as scholars, directors and directors of relevant international and international academic organizations at home and abroad. He also served as as the president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, and International Society of Building Fiber Enhanced Composite Materials. He serves as the chief editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems (IJSMSS) and Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. He also serves as the Associate editor and editorial board member of 10 SCI journals including CACIE and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).
Research fields include structural engineering, fiber composite materials, advanced sensing technology, intelligent materials / structure and intelligent infrastructure, urban safety and energy conservation engineering, etc., published more than 500 high-level journal papers, Elsevier (Elsevier) China highly cited scholars (Most Cited Chinese Researchers) list, in the global top 2% of scientists in the civil field, the top; 12 books; more than 100 invention patents at home and abroad; the international structural health monitoring award, and international soil Wood engineering FRP society (IIFC) medal highest academic award, international advanced materials association medal (IAAM Medal) each, as the first domestic won the second prize of national science and technology progress, national technological invention, provincial or 6 first prize, 4 academic awards in Japan; editor more than 20 domestic and foreign standards, hosting more than 30 major research and engineering projects.
Prof. Xin Wang, Co-Director, SEU
Homepage: https://iiuse.seu.edu.cn/iiuse_en/2022/0702/c41563a413427/page.htm
E-mail：xinwang@seu.edu.cn
Prof. Xin Wang is a distinguished figure in the field of civil engineering. He serves as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University. Additionally, he holds esteemed positions such as Vice President of the Institute of Urban Engineering Science and Technology at the same university and Deputy Director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Basalt Fiber Production and Application Technology. An alumnus of Southeast University, where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's, Prof. Wang furthered his education by obtaining a PhD from Ibaraki University, Japan.
His extensive contributions to academia include his role as vice chairman and director of multiple prestigious academic organizations, including the International Civil Engineering FRP Society (IIFC) and China Fiber Enhanced Composites (FRP) and Engineering Application Professional Committee. A specialist in fiber reinforced composite material (FRP), Prof. Wang's research is particularly focused on improving structural performance and longevity. His prolific academic record boasts more than 100 published papers, with a significant number in high-impact journals. Moreover, his research findings have been implemented in notable infrastructure projects, including the construction of lighthouses in the South China Sea and the reinforcement of coastal expressways in Jiangsu province.
Outside the confines of his research, Prof. Wang has been instrumental in drafting 10 national and industry standards. With 27 invention patents to his name (of which 12 have been authorized), he has received numerous accolades such as the Outstanding Young Scholar of Construction Engineering and several Science and Technology awards. Furthermore, his leadership in the global community is evident from his role as the co-chair of key international conferences like FRPRCS-12 and APFIS-2015, as well as his contributions to domestic meetings and conferences.
Dr. Chunfeng Wan, Senior Associate Director of the Joint SEU-Leeds Lab and Managing Director for IIUSE Research Projects In Resilience and Seismic Area
ORCID: 0000-0002-4236-6428
Email: wan@seu.edu.cn
Dr. Chunfeng Wan is currently an Associate Professor at Southeast University, China. He got a Bachelor's degree at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 1997, Master degree at Tongji University in 2004. He got another Master degree in 2006 and Ph.D degree in 2009 at Keio University, Japan. From July 1997 to August 2001, he worked at the Estate Investment Department of Wuxi Branch of Agricultural Bank of China. From November 2008 to March 2009, he was an Assistant Research Fellow at the Global Center of Excellence (Global COE) at Keio University, Japan. His research interests include structural health monitoring, AI-based schemes for damage detection and signal processing, system identification, and smart operation and maintenance for civil engineering structures. He is now a Council member of the Vibration Engineering Society of Jiangsu Province, China. He is an Academic Editor of the Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering and Co-guest Editor of the Journal of Applied Science. He is the deputy director of the structural health monitoring division of the Key Laboratory of concrete and prestressed concrete structure of the Ministry of Education, China. He was elected as the Vebleo Fellow. He got two First Class Prizes of Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Jiangsu Province.
Professor Bin Xu
Homepage: https://faculty.hqu.edu.cn/XB/en/index.htm
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3Uy6TvYAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: binxu@hqu.edu.cn
Professor Xu’s research has been focused on structural dynamics, structural health monitoring, data-driven nonlinear behaviour identification for damage prognosis (DP) and post-event performance evaluation, advanced distributed sensing technologies including optical fiber sensors, nondestructive test (NDT) and imaging approach for inaccessible defect detection of concrete-steel composite/hybrid structures such as concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs) with piezoelectric materials, multi-physics simulation with spectral element method (SEM), multi-scale modelling, simulation and experimental studies on the static and dynamic behaviour of concrete materials and large-scale and composite structures, the development of novel hybrid and composite supporting structures for on-shore and off-shore wind turbines, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in large-scale civil and infrastructural engineering.
As of Jan 2024, he has published 154 peer-reviewed journal papers, 133 refereed conference papers and 7 edited books and proceedings. He has been invited to make keynote presentations at a number of international conferences and has organized several international workshops and conferences as chair or co-chair of organizing committee. He also serves as Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Disaster Advances, Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers Research of Architecture and Engineering, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Modern Engineering Research, Executive Editor of Annals of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Materials: Structural Materials. He has also served as Guest Editor or editorial board member of international journals and has been listed in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2022 (Career) by Stanford University (Oct., 2023). He has received Best Paper Awards at various international conferences, the Technical Innovation Award by Fujian Province, Ethics Role Model Award, Excellent Faculty Award, Lectureship Award, Best Teacher Award as a professor.
Dr. Xu has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research in civil and structural engineering and has been the supervisor of over 80 Post-doc, Ph.D. and Master students and 4 international visiting students from USA. All of his PhD students are working at universities as faculty members. Dr. Xu has been the PI and Co-PI of 15 competitive government funded research projects including a China-European Commission international collaborative research project, an international collaborative research project between National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Science Foundation (NSF) of US, and a number of NSFC research projects. He is also the recipient of Grant-in-aid of 7 talent programs sponsored by China Ministry of Education (CMoE) and other government agencies. Dr. Xu’s group has a long history of working with industry and end users including China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCES), China Railway 15th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Second Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (SHEC) and has obtained research funds from over 10 industries.
Prof. Ying Lei
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6020-6428
Email: ylei@xmu.edu.cn
Prof. Ying Lei is currently a chair professor of civil engineering at the school of architecture and civil engineering, Xiamen University. He received his doctor’s degree from Vienna University of Technologyin1994.In1999-2005, He was a visiting scholar and researcher/lecturer at the department of civil and environmental engineering, University of California, Irvine, Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles, respectively.
Prof. Lei’s research interests include structural health monitoring, structural system identification and damage detection, structural control and stochastic structural dynamics, etc.. He is the authors of over 300academic papers and has gained the National Natural Science award by the Chinese Council and the award by the Chinese National Education Ministry, “World’s 2% Top Scientists” released by Stanford University, etc. Currently, he is serving as a councilmember of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, council member of Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering, vice director of the random vibration professional committee, standing committee member of structural vibration control and health monitoring professional committee,of the Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering, etc.
Prof. Kang GAO
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kang-Gao-3
Homepage: https://civil.seu.edu.cn/gk/list.htm
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-1715
Email: gaokang@seu.edu.cn
Dr. Kang Gao is the recipient of the prestigious Excellent Young Scientist academic appointment at Southeast University in China. He has also been awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship based at Cardiff University in the UK. Dr. Gao earned his B.E. (2012) from Sichuan University, China, his M.E. (2015) from Tongji University (ranked among the top civil engineering programs in China and the world), and his Ph.D. (2018) from UNSW in Sydney. He has an excellent publication record, with over 50 papers in leading international journals. This includes 40 JCR-Q1 papers, 3 of which are ESI highly cited. His work has been cited over 1,300 times, resulting in an h-index of 19. Dr. Gao's research expertise focuses on infrastructure intelligent operation, maintenance and health monitoring, intelligent metamaterial and porous structure design, deep learning algorithms and device development, and the Internet of Things and intelligent sensors. He has conducted systematic and practical studies, solving key problems in the analysis and optimization of advanced composite structures from the micro to macro scale. His work has been recognized and positively commented on by leading experts, including an American Academy of Engineering member and a highly cited global professor. Dr. Gao has received funding from prestigious sources such as the Natural Science Foundation, Fundamental Research Funds, and the Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars. He has participated in 4 ARC Discovery projects and 1 ESPRC project. In addition to his research, Dr. Gao serves on the editorial board of the prestigious "Engineering Structures" journal as an early career researcher, and has acted as a guest editor for "Thin-Walled Structures." He has also been an invited reviewer for numerous top journals in his field.
Dr. Wael Altabey, Senior Research Associate
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6-EgYRQAAAAJ&hl=en
Homepage: https://iiuse.seu.edu.cn/iiuse_en/2023/1113/c41433a472038/page.htm
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3618-1187
Email: wael.altabey@gmail.com
Dr. Wael A. Altabey is a research associate professor since 2018 at International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering (IIUSE), Southeast University, Nanjing, China, and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Basalt Fiber Production and Application Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship for two years (2016-2018), Before that he was an Associate professor at department of Mechanical Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Since 2016 his researches have focused on the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based schemes for structural health monitoring (SHM) and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for damage classification, detection, diagnosis, prediction, and dynamic response analysis in composite, and steel Structures (such as aircraft, wind turbines, pipes, bridges and industrial machines) at National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Basalt Fiber Production and Application Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. This is the only national R&D platform awarded by the National Development and Reform Commission in this industry with more than 30 national authorized patents. The center's international and national awards indicators have reached international and local leading levels and filling many technical gaps in China.
He participated in several research activities, which achieved from NSFC and private sectors. He listed in Stanford List of World's Top 2% Scientists from 2020, until now. He serves on various technical committees in several international conferences and workshops, guest editor of special Issues in several international scientific journals and on the editorial board of several international scientific journals in the field of artificial intelligence, mechanical, materials, and civil engineering. He a peer reviewer of more than 150 international scientific journals. He is an author and co-author of more than 110 high impact journal papers, 50 scientific conference papers and 30 chapters, 10 academic and research books, patent, and delivered over 40 invited talks. His research interests: Smart and Nanomaterials; Composite Structures; Structural Health Monitoring (SHM); Artificial Intelligence (AI); Non-Destructive Testing (NDT); Digital Twins Model of Structural Behavior, System Identification; Damage Detection: Vibration-Based Techniques; Fiber Optical Sensing Technique, Structural Control; Structural Resilience and Reliability, Hysteretic Systems, Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/ NEMS), and Energy Harvesting Model for Self-Powered Sensors.
Dr. Huang Huang
Research Associate, International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering, Southeast University.
Research Fellow, Department of Urban & Civil Engineering/ ERC for Disaster Prevention and Security, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan.
Associate Professor, School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Henan University of Technology, China.
Email: hhly9527@gmail.com
Dr. Huang’s research interests comprise of advanced sensor technologies, advanced non-destructive testing techniques, and the R&D and application of smart materials and structures. His expertise extends to monitoring network systems using wireless and ETDR sensing methods, as well as early damage identification and health assessment and prediction for civil transportation structures like bridges, tunnels, buildings, and slopes. He also applies his research to structural systems such as aircraft, wind power generation, and pipelines.
Dr. Huang holds positions as a board member of the Japan Optical Fiber Sensing Association (PHOSC), an editorial board member of the American Concrete Institute Structural Health Monitoring Committee (ACI Committee 444), and a member of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) and the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). He has published over 20 SCI journal articles, holds more than 10 invention patents, contributed to one Chinese book ("Advanced Technologies and Theories in Structural Health Monitoring"), and participated in the creation of two industry and local standards ("T/CECS 505-2018 Fiber Grating Structural Vibration Detection and Monitoring Standard" and "DB32∕T 2880-2016 Design, Construction, and Maintenance Specification for Fiber Sensing Bridge and Tunnel Structural Health Monitoring Systems"). He has served as a principal investigator on several key Japanese research projects and collaborated on numerous industry-academic cooperative projects.
Dr. Ahmed Silik, Research Associate, IIUSE, Southeast University
ORCID : 0000-0002-3427-817X
Email: silikth@gmail.com
Ahmed Ishag Hassan Silik is a recent doctoral recipient from Southeast University, Nanjing, China and currently works as a research associate at IIUSE as part of Professor Zhishen Wu’s group. Before that he was a lecturer at the department of civil engineering, Nyala University, Nyala, Sudan and worked as a consultant Civil Engineer in Sudan. He is a Fellow of the Sudanese Engineering Council. His main research interests are focused on the utilization of wavelet transform and AI-based techniques for structural health monitoring, damage identification and big data analysis in civil structural engineering. He has been actively involved in several research topics and activities in the area of SHM related to damage prediction and assessment of structures and bridges, including a collaborative project with colleagues at Saitama University, Japan. He has also been involved an NSFC project on dynamic response assessment and modeling of hysteretic systems. He has published several peer reviewed journal manuscripts and attended several scientific conferences.
Dr. Tianyu Wang, Research Associate
Tianyu Wang completed his Ph.D. at the School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Noori in 2022. His Ph.D. thesis is about using the deep learning methods, instead of finite element methods, for the dynamic response prediction of structural systems especially for bridge.s Therefore, Tianyu has a continued research interest in structural health monitoring, nonlinear structural system identification, structural nonlinear dynamic analysis, and vehicle-bridge coupling vibration. He is familiar with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms (Python and Matlab programming) and structural dynamics (theories and applications). His research helps to develop a low-cost surrogate model for the safety assessment of structural systems under various dynamic excitations. Tianyu is currently an assistant professor at the School of Urban Construction and Safety Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai. His current research focuses on the hysteresis systems, building information modeling (BIM) and structural safety assessment using structural monitoring data. Dr. Wang works closely with IIUSE.
Dr. Tianran Han
https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Tianran-Han/148201268/citing-authors
Email: htr@seu.edu.cn
Tianran Han is currently an Assistant Professor in School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University (SEU) and a member of the research team at the International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering (IIUSE). He obtained his Ph.D and B.Eng from Southeast University, and MSc from National University of Singapore. He was a research scholar in UC Berkeley and an engineer working on novel offshore platforms in Singapore.
His research interests include: Intelligent operation and maintenance of underground infrastructures. Smart sensing technologies to collect multi-scale deformational information of shield tunnels; large-deformation control technologies. Full-scale testing and field applications were conducted.
Dr. Yihua Zeng
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-8526
Email: yihua.zeng@foxmail.com
Dr. Zeng is an Associate Research Fellow at School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University. He received his Ph.D. (2017) in civil engineering from Ghent University, Belgium, after he achieved his B.E. (2010) and M.E. (2013) in civil engineering from Southeast University. His research expertise is mainly focused on performance evaluation and improvement of concrete and precast concrete structures under various hazards like earthquake, fire, impact explosion and/or human errors, using conventional structural analysis methods and also emerging advanced techniques like machine learning. Dr. Zeng’s research interests also include damage inspection and health monitoring of existing urban lifeline infrastructures such as bridges, water supply and drainage pipelines. He is working as the principal investigator for several national and provincial projects and has published around 20 papers in peer-reviewed reputed international journals.
Dr. Naiwei Lu, Senior Affiliate Research Associate
Naiwei Lu is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Changsha University of Science & Technology (CSUST). He got his PhD (205) and Ms (20) in civil engineering at CSUST. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Southeast University in Nanjing, China and Lebniz University Hannover, Germany. He has acquired 2 research projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China and 3 research projects from Hunan National Science Foundation. He is now one of Huxiang Young Talents, PhD supervisor at CSUST, and a committee member of Data-driven Infrastructure Engineering of ISHMII. He has published more than 00 journal papers, where 25 papers are SCI and 8 papers are EI indexed. He has been an editor for 5 books, 3 books published in English and 2 are in Chinese. His main research interests are in reliability and safety of long-span bridges. Dr. Naiwei Lu’s research areas include: Bridge structural health monitoring and digital twin modeling, Intelligent algorithms for bridge structural reliability evaluation, Data-driven method structural damage identification, Bridge cable corrosion fatigue damage assessment and Extreme value extrapolation of vehicle load effects.
Dr. Weixing Hong
Weixing Hong is the President of Nanjing Zhixing Information Technology Co., Ltd., the Executive Dean of Jiangsu Advanced Transportation Institute, and a Senior Engineer. He also serves in several leadership roles, including as the Chairman of the Enterprise Committee of the ISHMII International Structural Health Monitoring Association, a member of the ISO TC204 World Intelligent Transportation International Standard Expert Group, a member of the Autonomous Driving Working Committee of the China Highway Society, and a member of the Information Technology Working Committee of the Jiangsu Comprehensive Transportation Society.
Nanjing Zhixing Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Advanced Transportation Institute are high-tech enterprises that integrate industry, academia, and research. Leveraging core technologies like the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, and AI, and drawing on their expertise in traffic analysis and management, these organizations are committed to combining "Intelligent+" technology with transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance. They provide equipment and platform services centered on intelligent transportation sensing and industry application algorithms.
Dr. Roshan Kumar, Senior Affiliate Research Associate
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YPSXm1wAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: roshan.iit123@gmail.com; roshan.iit123@henu.edu.cn
Dr. Roshan Kumar is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic and Information Technology at Miami College, Henan University in Henan, China. Previously, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Zhejiang University, China from 2017 to 2018. Dr. Kumar obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India in 2015. His research focuses on structural health monitoring using advanced signal and image processing methods, structural analysis, machine learning for structural and material identification, earthquake warning system, landslide warning system, and vibration control. Dr. Kumar's expertise spans various application domains, including concrete, steel, and masonry structures like bridges, buildings, pipelines, historical buildings, monuments, and sites. His research has been acknowledged through publications in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions, IEEE Letters, Springer, and Elsevier, as well as presentations at international conferences and contributions to book chapters. Furthermore, Dr. Kumar holds some patents in his name, showcasing his innovative work in the field. He is an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers and serves as an Editor for SCIE and Scopus indexed journals. He also contributes as a reviewer for numerous prestigious academic journals.
Mr. Changyuan Liu, PhD Candidate
Mr. Changyuan Liu is a Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering at Southeast University, China. He is currently completing his doctoral research work in the supervision of Prof. Xin Wang and Prof. Mohammad N. Noori. His research project is focused on the study of the flexural behavior and intelligent monitoring of RC beams strengthened with prestressed FRP plates. As part of his work he has developed an innovative large strain sensor for performance assessment and SHM of FRP plates. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his scholastic achievements including: Lv Zhitao Science & Technology Scholarship of Southeast University, in 2020-21; Huchang Cup, The Second National Composite Materials Innovation Competition Award, 2nd Place, in 2018; National Innovation Design Competition Award for University Students, 1st Place, 2017; Excellent Student Award, Southeast University, 2017; Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang Provincial Higher Education Institutions, 2016; National Scholarship, 2015; The 10th Zhou Peiyuan National Mechanical Competition for College Students in Zhejiang Distinct, 2nd Place, 2015, and a few other prestigious awards.
Mr. Xinquan Chang, PhD Candidate
Xinquan Chang is a second year PhD candidate in the School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing, China. His doctoral research is supervised by Professors Zhishen Wu (SEU) and Mohammad Noori (Co-advisor). His research project is focused on fiber-reinforced composite materials for application in reinforced concrete structures. As part of his research he has carried out finite element analysis of prestressed FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer) laminates for strengthening Reinforced Concrete beams, the pioneering development and experimental study of anchoring devices for prestressed BFRP (Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer) laminates, and a comprehensive investigation of fundamental mechanical performance in multiaxial BFRP corrugated plates. In addition, he has pioneered an innovative work on the development of basalt fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy composite materials and has developed a novel tunnel lining composite material by the enhancement of the mechanical properties exhibited by fiber-reinforced composite materials. He has also carried out research on the thermomechanical coupling properties of concrete materials at the mesoscale. In addition, he has conducted a research project on enhancing the seismic performance of aluminum alloy components. Xinquan has published five journal papers and has submitted five Chinese patents. His research work has been part of National key research and development programs, Jiangsu provincial science and technology projects, National natural science foundation projects, and Beijing municipal natural science foundation projects. He has also served as the project leader for the Jiangsu Provincial Graduate Student Research and Innovation Project, as well as the National Undergraduate Innovation Program.
Ms. Zhang Shirui, Executive Administrative Assistant of IRI Center
Email: seuzy2013@qq.com
Ms. Shirui Zhang, who currently serves as the Executive Administrative Assistant of International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering at Southeast University, will be acting as the Executive Admirative Assistant of IRI Center and will work closely with the Technical and Operational Managing Director to assist with and coordinate all operational and logistical matters of IRI.
Ms. Zhang received her BA in Japanese Language at Southeast University in 2012. She was an exchange student at Aichi University of Technology, Japan in 2010-11. She worked as an Administrative Assistant at the International Students’ Office, Southeast University from 2012 to 2014. Subsequently, she received her Master’s Degree in Japanese Language and Literature at Southeast University in 2016. After spending one year from 2015 to 2016 at Aichi University of Technology, Japan, as an exchange graduate student, she joined the International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering，Southeast University，as the Executive Administrative Assistant and has been working in that role since 2016.
Mr. Nabeel Farhan, PhD Candidate
Nabeel Farhan is a PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering at Southeast University in China. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Thamar University in Yemen and his Master's degree in Civil Engineering from Southeast University. His main research interests include structural dynamics published several conference papers on the topic of the Assessment of energy redistribution of structural collapse under seismic loads using wavelet transforms. He is currently working on a few journal manuscripts on the hysteresis effect in structural collapse as well as progressive damage detection via deep learning schemes.
Mr. Jiayu Lu, MS Student
Jiayu Lu is an MS student in Civil Engineering at Southeast University in China and is completing his research project in the area of modelling of hysteresis restoring forces using deep learning, for application in nonlinear dynamic response analysis of hysteretic systems. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Structural Engineering, College of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Hainan University.
Members Based in UK
(Leeds and Other Universities)
Prof. Vasilis Sarhosis, Director, Leeds University
Homepage: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engineering/staff/1798/professor-vasilis-sarhosis
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0AvOnBsAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: V.Sarhosis@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Vasilis Sarhosis is the distinguished Chair in Resilient Structures and Infrastructure at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds. With an illustrious academic background, he boasts both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Civil Engineering from the same institution. Before venturing into academia, he marked his presence in the industry as a consultant Civil Engineer in the UK.
Professor Sarhosis has been recognised for his professional prowess and contributions, being a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineering (FICE), Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (FIMEchE), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK. Adding to his international accolades, he is a visiting Professor at Southeast University, Nanjing, China, and a coveted CDRI Fellow. His research stands at the intersection of theory and practice. He has a profound interest in understanding the long-term behaviour of masonry infrastructure exposed to natural and man-made hazards. Alongside a dedicated team, Professor Sarhosis pioneers "blue skies" research and "near-to-market" development. The core aim of his research is to devise state-of-the-art technologies that can rejuvenate old and deteriorating masonry infrastructure, ensuring its longevity.
Besides his academic commitments, he plays an active role in various scientific and technical committees. He chairs the National Scientific Committee on Structural Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage (ISCARSAH) in the UK and is an Executive Committee Member of ICOMOS. His recent recognitions include the International Partnership Award by the University of Leeds in 2021.
In addition to his research and teachings, Professor Sarhosis has contributed to the academic community as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation and as a Special Issue Guest Editor for various reputed journals.
Prof. Muhammed Basheer, Former Director
Professor P.A. Muhammed Basheer, has been the Chair in Structural Engineering at the University of Leeds, boasts an illustrious career spanning over 30 years in civil engineering. After obtaining his initial degree from the University of Kerala in 1981, he ventured briefly into the construction industry before embracing academia at Calicut Regional Engineering College. His journey saw him ascend academic ranks at Queen’s University Belfast, from a PhD student to professor of structural materials. In 2014, he transferred to the University of Leeds to assume a significant chair position in structural engineering.
Prof. Basheer’s expertise extends to being an external examiner at numerous universities worldwide, including Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College London, and Monash University, among others. As a dedicated member of several technical committees and research groups, he's contributed immensely to materials used in Civil Engineering. Recognized by multiple engineering institutions, his accomplishments also include editorship roles in esteemed journals and participation in international conference panels.
His research focuses on improving the durability of concrete, incorporating innovative testing techniques, and utilizing industrial by-products. With a funding surplus of £10 million, he has mentored numerous researchers, leading to over 400 publications. His groundbreaking work has earned him numerous accolades, including the ACI/James Instruments Award, Young Scientist Award, and lifetime achievement awards from various institutions.
Dr. Dimitrios Loverdos, Leeds University
Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dimitrios-Loverdos
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitriosloverdos/
Email: D.Loverdos@leeds.ac.uk
Dimitrios Loverdos is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. He obtained his MEng degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds in 2019. He pursued further studies, achieving a PhD degree from the University of Leeds in 2023. His current research endeavours are primarily focused on exploring innovative methodologies for visual inspection and assessment of masonry structures.
Dimitrios expertise lies in the domain of remote sensing and health monitoring of masonry structures, employing advanced techniques such as photogrammetry, computer vision, and deep learning. His expertise underscores a commitment to leveraging these technologies to unravel new dimensions in structural integrity assessment and maintenance strategies.
At the forefront of resilient structures and infrastructure research, Dimitrios work aligns with the School of Civil Engineering's ethos of pioneering advancements in the field. His contributions in this arena signify his dedication to enhancing structural safety and longevity through cutting-edge technological applications.
Members Based in Other Countries
(USA, Australia, Ireland, Macau, Japan, etc.)
Prof. Mohammad Noori, Director, coordinating research programs and global partnerships
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-5194
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cYcej44AAAAJ&hl=en
Email: mnoori@calpoly.edu
Prof. Mohammad Noori is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University Poly, a Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a recipient of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship. Professor Noori initiated and led the team effort for planning and implementing the Leeds-SEU IRI Lab. Noori has also been a Visiting Professor at Leeds since 2002. As a Director of IRI Center, Noori oversees the research programs and global partnerships and, closely working with Dr. Noroozinejad, all operational and organizational aspects of IRI. Noori's work in modelling the complex hysteretic behavior of structural systems, including pinching phenomenon, widely cited as the Bouc-Wen-Baber-Noori model (BWBN), is an original contribution that has been utilized in nonlinear random vibrations and has been incorporated in OpenSees seismic analysis program and in ABAQUS finite element software. His work in non-zero mean, non-Gaussian response analysis, and the first passage of hysteretic systems are also original contributions in the field. Over the past 27 years, he has also carried out extensive work in seismic isolation (resulting in 2 US Patents), and the application of artificial intelligence methods for structural health monitoring, which have been widely cited. He has authored over 350 refereed papers, including over 190 journal articles, authored or edited 21 scientific books, has edited 25 conference proceedings and special journal volumes and has published 40 book chapters in archival volumes. Noori is the founding Executive Editor of an international journal and has served as the associate editor or member of the editorial boards of 15 other journals and is a member of numerous academic and industry advisory boards and scientific review panels. Noori was a founding director or co-founder of three industry-university research centers including one of 6 co-founders of the National Institute of Aerospace, representing 6 major universities, in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center via a 15-year, $379 million contract acquired by the founding team. Noori served as the Higgins Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as Reynolds Professor and Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University and as the dean of engineering at Cal Poly. He has also served as the Chair of the national committee of mechanical engineering department heads. He was a member of several US-Japan delegations, appointed by the US NSF and Japan Ministry of Education, from 1995 to 2001, that developed three US-Japan Cooperative Research Programs in Earthquake Mitigation and Utilization of Smart Materials for Seismic Isolation. He also directed the Sensors Program at the National Science Foundation in 2014. Noori serves as the Chief Technical Advisor for several scientific organizations and industries and had the honor of being invited by President Clinton’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure, as a national expert, to present a testimony in 1996. Noori is also an inducted member of 6 national scientific honorary societies.
Professor Ka Veng Yuen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4595-971X
Email: kvyuen@um.edu.mo
Prof. Yuen is a Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). He also serves as a Council Member of the Escola Superior das Forças de Segurança de Macau (ESFSM) and is a Member of Board of Trustees of the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of the Macau SAR Government. Prof. Yuen’s research interests include Bayesian inference, model selection, model updating, structural health monitoring, structural reliability, and structural vibration control. His paper “Model selection using response measurements: Bayesian probabilistic approach” (coauthored with J.L. Beck) is one of the top 10 most cited papers among all papers published in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (established since 1983) of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Furthermore, his single-author book “Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and civil engineering” (published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010) has attracted great attention to Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and has become a classical reading in this research field. In 2012, he was elected in the National Science and Technology Award Panel Expert Bank and the National Science and Technology Programs Expert Bank of the Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China. His major awards include: Young Investigator Award, International Chinese Association on Computational Mechanics; QIAN Weichang programme scholar, K.C. Wong Education Foundation; and Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary member. According to WOS, he is among the top 5 scholars in Bayesian research for Engineering.
Dr. Ehsan Noroozinejad, Technical and Operational Managing Director
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SgtZXzYAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: ehsan.noroozinejad@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr. Ehsan Noroozinejad is a Senior Researcher at the Urban Transformations Research Centre, where he specializes in Resilient Construction and Infrastructure. With a wealth of experience, Dr. Noroozinejad previously held a prestigious position at UBC Smart Structures in Canada before joining the UTRC. His expertise extends beyond borders as he serves as an Adjunct Research Associate Professor at Southeast University in China, showcasing his global impact. As the director of the Resilient Structures Research Group, Dr. Noroozinejad has spearheaded groundbreaking advancements in the field of structural engineering alongside an esteemed team of international researchers. His notable contributions are exemplified by his role as the Founder and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering. Additionally, he holds esteemed positions as an Associate Editor for several distinguished journals and serves as the Engineering Editor for ASCE Natural Hazards Review. Dr. Noroozinejad's prolific and influential academic career is underscored by the publication of over 150 high-impact journal papers, 7 books in collaboration with esteemed publishers, and various patents. He is also a co-founding Editor of the Data-Centric Engineering Book Series published by De Gruyter. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including smart materials and structures, resilience-based design, artificial intelligence, modular construction, and digital twins in construction. Dr. Noroozinejad's exceptional contributions have been recognized through numerous national and international awards, notably including the prestigious 2022 ASCE Associate Editor Award, which commends his exemplary service in enhancing ASCE's publication activities.
Dr. Noroozinejad brings an extensive and rich background in overseeing sophisticated research initiatives, fostering collaboration within multidisciplinary research collectives, and engaging with a broad spectrum of scholarly institutions. He will collaborate intimately with Prof. Noori to strategize and advance the expansion of the Leeds-SEU IRI Lab, meticulously cultivating relationships with prospective partner institutions and integrating new affiliate universities into our esteemed network.
Prof. Giuseppe Carlo Marano
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-2956
Email: giuseppe.marano@polito.it
Structural engineer, internationally recognized for his research and expertise in the field of structural optimization in new or existing buildings or bridges and in identification and characterization of bridges and structures and seismic protection. His international experience is quite large, as he has been Visiting assistant professor at Cambridge (2002), associate professor in 2011 at Politecnico di Bari, visiting Professor at Loughborough University (2012) and at Hunan University (China) in 2014. He has been research fellow at the SIBERC (Sustainable and Innovative Bridge Engineering Research Center) at the Fuzhou University (China) since 2014; at the same university he had been full Professor in Structural Design from 2015 to 2018. From 2018, he is full professor in structural Design at Politecnico di Torino.
Dr. Marco Domaneschi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6077-8338
Email: marco.domaneschi@polito.it
Marco Domaneschi is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering of Politecnico di Torino, where he teaches courses on smart infrastructures, earthquake engineering, and structural design. Formerly, he was a research associate and appointed professor of structural engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He is a professional structural engineer for special structures and serves as an R&D consultant in industrial manufacturing and mechanical engineering. He received his PhD from the University of Pavia (2006) and was a visiting researcher at several global universities (US, China, E). He currently serves as an associate editor and editorial board member for several international journals such as the Journal of Vibration and Control, Bridge Engineering ICE-UK, Advances in Engineering Software, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering. He is also a member of several research associations such as the International Society of Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII) and the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS). He is also a reviewer for more than 40 international journals. He has been a speaker, sessions chair, editorial board member, and organizer in several international conferences. He received numerous awards for best presentations at conferences, and for research papers and activities. He supports/supported the coordination of several research projects and has/had scientific responsibility in numerous research projects. He has authored over 70 journal articles and 130 international conference papers. His research interests and activities include structural control and health monitoring, resilience, sustainability and robustness of structures and communities, earthquake engineering and seismic risk, special structures, small- and large-scale simulations, emergency evacuation, and structural collapse analysis. He is included from 2020 in the Stanford’s list of the top 2% most-cited scientists published by Elsevier, and member of the Teaching Board of the National Doctoral Programs.
Dr. Sin-Chi Kuok, Senior Affiliate Research Associate
ORCID: 0000-0001-7363-6761
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WSLkeDkAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: sckuok [at] um.edu.mo
Sin-Chi Kuok is an Assistant Professor in the State Key Laboratory on Internet of Things for Smart City and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Macau. In 2015, she received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Macau. Thereafter, she joined Cornell University as a Visiting Scientist. In 2018, she was appointed as a UM Macau Fellow. During 2018 to 2021, she worked at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge as a Visiting Scholar. Her research interest focuses on Bayesian intelligent cyberphysical data-centric analysis. The implementations cover structural health monitoring, optimal sensing network configuration, system identification, model updating, model class selection and vibration control. She has published over 30 SCI journal papers.
Dr. Raffaele Cucuzza
Webpage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raffaele-Cucuzza
Email: raffaele.cucuzza@polito.it
Raffaele Cucuzza is a researcher fellow at the School of Civil Engineering (DISEG), Politecnico of Turin, Italy. He holds a Master's and Ph.D. degree from the same Institute cum laude. He was a member of the Academic Senate and an Associate Editor member of the expert Editorial Panel of the ICE journal Bridge Engineering and Frontiers in Built Environment Journal. Member and coordinator of the research group Artiste (Artificial Intelligence in Structural Engineering) of the Politecnico of Turin. He finished an abroad period at the National University of Athene (NTUA) where experienced Optimization strategies for Civil Engineering problems. He is a Scientific Advisor to engineering companies by which the applicability of Generative Design and Parametric Analysis, applied to solve practical design problems, is challenged. Especially, he is also the founder and main partner of the engineering society Morfos Engineering s.r.l. specialized in the field of structure and infrastructure rehabilitation and design. His research mainly focuses on the size, shape, and topological Optimization of structures and infrastructures aimed to minimize the structural weight, overall construction complexity, and environmental impact. Specifically, in the last years, new optimization strategies and innovative problem statements considering trade-offs between manufacturing, design, construction, sustainability goals, maintenance, and durability of structures have been proposed.
Dr. Ramin Ghiasi, Senior Affiliate Research Associate
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vWSKP_YAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-4920
Email: rghiasi.s@gmail.com
Ramin Ghiasi received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Sistan & Baluchestan (USB) in 2019 which was focused on Structural Health Monitoring, Data Mining, Big data, and Artificial Intelligence. After that, he joined International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering (IIUSE) at Southeast University (China) as an adjunct research assistant professor and did research in the domains of sustainable infrastructure and hysteresis modelling from 2019 to 2022. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral researcher on Railway track monitoring, Di-Rail Project, at University College Dublin (UCD). This project brings the latest advances in machine learning from computer science into structural health monitoring and railway engineering to develop an innovative solution for railway infrastructure assessment and maintenance. He has published over 27 papers in peer-reviewed journals in addition to 23 international conference papers and 5 book chapters. He has been recognized by several scientific journals as a reliable referee with over 50 reviewed papers. He is also contributing to the process of knowledge sharing through his role as Review Editor and Guest Editor of a number of journals and publications.
Dr. Zhenghao Ding, Senior Affiliate Research Associate
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-7672
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=kBFiEh0AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
Email: zhenghao.ding@polyu.edu.hk
Dr. Zhenghao Ding has been a JSPS fellow at Kyoto University since October 2023. He received his Ph.D. in 2020 under the supervision of Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow Prof. Hong Hao at Curtin University, which is home for Australia's largest center for infrastructural monitoring and protection (CIMP). In 2022, Curtin's civil and structural engineering ranked number one in Australia. From December in 2020 to April in 2023, he works as a postdoctoral fellow at Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s civil engineering school which is ranked number four globally among civil engineering programs. In May 2023 he joined the State Key Laboratory on Internet of Things for Smart Cities at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau as a research fellow. Dr. Ding’s research expertise include system identification of nonlinear systems, and has also developed a novel intelligent inspection technique for engineering applications by developing advanced evolutionary algorithms and deep learning methods. This work has been implemented for intelligent inspection of engineering structures and the evaluation of the risk level of structures at an early stage, thereby reducing catastrophic accidents. He has published 27 SCI papers in highly ranked international journals. Dr. Ding is a member of the Youth Editorial Board of the Frontiers in the Built Environment.
Dr. Erica Magagnini
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MstVgegAAAAJ&hl=it
Homepage: https://www.univpm.it/Entra/Professors/Engineering_1/docname/idsel/912/docname/ERICA%20MAGAGNINI
E-mail: e.magagnini@staff.univpm.it
Dr. Erica Magagnini is an Assistant Professor at Polytechnic University of Marche in Italy. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Marche in 2012 and 2015, respectively. In 2019, she obtained her Ph.D. in "Civil, Environmental and Building Engineering and Architecture" from the PhD School in Engineering Science at Polytechnic University of Marche, where she had secured the top position in the competitive admissions process.
Since 2019, Dr. Magagnini has conducted research activities at Polytechnic University of Marche. Her research interests span a range of topics, including: assessing and mitigating the vulnerability of existing masonry buildings to earthquake damage; using non-destructive dynamic testing methods to evaluate civil structures; leveraging bio-composites to strengthen reinforced concrete beam-column joints in seismic areas; investigating damage in reinforced concrete structures; and developing innovative techniques for strengthening RC and masonry structural elements through externally bonded reinforcement, near surface mounting, and fiber reinforced mortar methods.
As a specialist in fiber reinforced composite materials (FRP), Dr. Magagnini's research is focused on improving the structural performance and longevity of existing structures. Her impressive academic record includes numerous published papers in high-impact journals, and her research findings have been implemented in notable structural rehabilitation projects, such as the restoration of industrial complexes and churches damaged by the 2016-17 central Italy earthquakes.
Dr. Magagnini's involvement in the global academic community is also noteworthy. She serves on the organizing and scientific committees of several international conferences, and she actively contributes to domestic meetings and conferences. Additionally, she holds leadership positions, including serving as a councilmember of the Italian Association for Structural Concrete (AICAP) and the Fédération Internationale du béton (FIB). Beyond her research and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Magagnini also serves as the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Curved and Layered Structures, a Special Issue Guest Editor for the Buildings journal, and an Editorial Board member for several other international journals, such as Advances in Computational Structures, Frattura e Integrità Strutturale, TEM Journal - Technology, Education, Management, Informatics, and SAR Journal – Science and Research Journal.
Dr. Hamed Fathnejat – Postdoctoral Fellow
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SfBQxVcAAAAJ
Email: hfathnejat@bcamath.org , hamedfathnejat@gmail.com
Dr. Fahnejad received his PhD in structural engineering from Yazd University in 2022. He graduated with a B.Sc. in civil engineering from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in 2012 and went on to earn an M.Sc. in structural engineering from the Kerman Graduate University of Advanced Technology in 2014, where he was awarded a "Talented Student" qualification and ranked 1st in his M.Sc. program. He has worked in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) and has applied advanced Artificial Intelligence methods in this field. His work in this area has resulted in several published papers and presentations, including his PhD thesis, "Damage detection of skeletal structures using deep learning-based feature extraction methods". In 2022, he joined the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics in Bilbao, Spain, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He is dedicated to advancing the field of SHM for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) and continues to conduct research in this area by leveraging deep generative models, enhancing the development of digital twins and solving class-imbalanced problems. With over a decade of experience, he has contributed extensively to the field through academic publications, practical implementations in civil engineering projects, and collaborative industry research, notably on intelligent damage detection in concrete water facilities.
Dr. Sina Kourehli
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cChEQL8AAAAJ&hl=en
E-mail: ss.kourehli@azaruniv.ac.ir
Seyed Sina Kourehli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (ASMU), Tabriz, Iran. He has collaborated with numerous Consulting Engineers Companies as the supervisor and senior engineer of seismic retrofitting projects. His research interest focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for Structural Health monitoring. He has proposed effective methods for damage identification and quantification in engineering structures by considering a limited number of installed sensors. He has published over 50 SCI journal papers and a book chapter. He has been recognized by several scientific journals as a reliable referee with over 100 reviewed papers. He is also contributing to the process of knowledge sharing through his role as a Guest Editor of a number of journals and publications. Dr. Kourehli has also contributed to the literature in the challenging area of dynamic analysis and response prediction of systems with complex hysteretic behavior and utilizing AI based methods to tackle this problem.
A/Prof. Peyman Narjabadifam
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4694-4256
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=IOlkbhUAAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peyman-narjabadifam-b0b691101
Email: narjabadifam.peyman@gmail.com/ubonab.ac.ir & narjabadi@tabrizu.ac.ir
Peyman Narjabadifam (PN) is an associate professor of Structural Earthquake Engineering (SEE) at the University of Bonab. He received his Ph.D. in structural engineering in 2011, from the University of Tabriz, as a class valedictorian and by taking the advantage of a prestigious scholarship awarded by the ministry of science of Iran (MSRT) for advanced doctoral research in Italy (University of Basilicata). Peyman’s research is focused on Structural Resilience Enhancement using Advanced Materials, Aseismic Base Isolation, Practical Structural Control, Earthquake-Resistant Design, Anti-Seismic Retrofit, and Earthquake Disaster Prevention by both Pre-Event Mitigation Activities and Planning for Post-Event Recovery. He has also developed and taught advanced level courses in Structural Analysis, Dynamics of Structures, Earthquake Engineering, Structural Control, Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Anti-Seismic Retrofit, and Experimental techniques in Seismic Engineering. He has a passion in helping humanity overcome the continuing challenge of sustainable seismic resilience. He is responsible for the earthquake research center of the University of Bonab. He is also the head of the laboratory of structural earthquake engineering at the University of Bonab and he established this laboratory in 2016 by designing a shaking table facility through a successful collaboration with industry. He holds a US Patent (US Patent No. US11,313,145 B2) and a Chinese Patent, (Patent Number:115573478) for a novel seismic isolation system named Shape memory alloy (SMA)-based Superelasticity-assisted Slider (SSS) which has the potential to open a new horizon in both structural and earthquake engineering. These patents are some of his major accomplishments. Peyman has authored 34 journal papers, over 25 conference papers and 8 book chapters. He is also in charge of research administration at his university, a high-ranking responsibility, directly appointed by the president, and a formal appointment by the Ministry of Science of Iran (MSRT). Another example of his synergistic activities is serving in several editorial roles (Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Assistant Editor, and Editorial Board Member) in esteemed scientific journals. He is also an academic advising member elected by an MSRT Committee for anti-seismic retrofit of scientific laboratories. He received an exceptional talent award in 2007, outstanding teacher award in 2011, and outstanding researcher award in 2020, a few examples of his major awards.
Prof. P. Sumathi
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9556-6431
Webpage: https://www.iitr.ac.in/~EE/psumifee
Email: p.sumathi@ee.iitr.ac.in
Prof. P. Sumathi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in Uttarakhand, India. She has been associated with IIT Roorkee since May 2011. Prior to this, she served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Telecommunication & ICT, School of Engineering and Technology, AIT Bangkok from August to December 2018. She also held an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Information and Communication Technology at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gujarat, India from November 2009 to August 2011. Additionally, she is a Visiting Adjunct Research Professor at HAUT China. Prof. Sumathi received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2009. She has over 20 years of pedagogical experience and is a Senior Member and reviewer of IEEE. She has published 31 peer-reviewed journal papers. Her research interests span a wide range of areas, including instrumentation and control, sensor design and interfacing, capacitance and resistance sensing, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), signal and image processing, sliding DFT, AI techniques for ADAS, phase/frequency locking schemes, sliding spectrum-based synchronization techniques, parameter estimation, and implementation in system-on-chip devices and FPGAs. She has developed FPGA-based systems for ultrasonic range finding, vibration measurement, capacitance and resistance measurement, and flexible-link manipulator control. She has also worked on seismic signal attribute extraction for building damage detection using time-frequency representation. Currently, she is focused on developing vision-based advanced driver assistance systems.
Prof. Sumathi has served as the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at IIT Roorkee from September 2020 to October 2023