Prof. Zhiqiang Zhang

Southeast University, China

Biography: Zhiqiang Zhang , born in June 1969, is a professor, PhD supervisor, Deputy Director of the Department of Construction Engineering of Southeast University, Deputy Dean of the Civil and Municipal Design Institute of Southeast University, Deputy Director of the Earthquake Resistance and Mitigation Center of Construction Engineering, Director of the Jiangsu Earthquake Engineering Society, Member of the Seismic Isolation and Mitigation Work Department of China Survey and Design Association. Prof. Zhang’s research focuses are structural dynamics, vibration control and structural seismic design and analysis, seismic resistance and reduction (isolation) of existing buildings, comfort control of large-span and high-flexible structures, and structural health monitoring of buildings.

Prof. Zhang has published more than 30 papers and 1 monograph in domestic core journals and international conferences. He is a reviewer of Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Building Structures, Journal of Vibration and Shock, Journal of Vibration Engineering, Journal of Tongji University, Building Structure and Industrial Architecture.

He has chaired one general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one sub-project of the Science and Technology Support Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, one project of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology, two projects of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Construction, and participated in more than ten projects of National Natural Science Foundation and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

He has won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Progress Award, the first and second prizes of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, the special prize of China Railway Construction Corporation, the second prize of National Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Industry Construction Engineering Standard Design Award, and second prize of Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Architectural Structure Design of The Ministry of Education. He is the Editor-in-chief of the local standard of Jiangsu Province "Existing Building Structure Energy Dissipation and Seismic Reinforcement Regulations" (DB32/T 3752-2020), and participated in the compilation of the first domestic construction industry standard "Building Energy Dissipation Dampers" (JG/T 209-2007) ), the first domestic atlas of energy dissipation and vibration reduction structure "Atlas of Energy Dissipation and Vibration Reduction of Building Structures" and the first domestic floor comfort standard "Technical Standards for Vibration Comfort of Building Floor Structures" (JGJ/T 441-2019).

Title: Seismic Performance Study of High-Performance Viscous Fluid Damper Series Products

Prof. Xin Ren

Nanjing Tech University, China

Biography: Dr. Xin Ren is a Full Professor at the Centre of Innovative Structures, Deputy Director of the Department of Intelligent Construction and Management, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University. He graduated with a Ph.D. from RMIT University, Australia in 2017. He is Vebleo Fellow; Winner of Jiangsu Outstanding Youth Fund in China; Excellent young teacher of "Qing Lan Project" in Jiangsu Province; Top-notch talents of middle-aged and young people in Nanjing. Member of the International Negative Poisson's Ratio Materials and Structure Academic Committee (the only one in mainland China); Member of the Royal Society of Victoria, Australia; Reviewer of the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Member of the Youth Working Committee of the Jiangsu Mechanics Society; Vice president of the Young Teachers Association of Nanjing Tech University. Published more than 50 journal papers, including four "ESI Highly Cited" papers, with a total cited number of more than 1,850 times (Google Scholar: H-index is 21). Acted as Editorial Board or Youth Editorial Board for the following international journals: Defence Technology (JCR-Q1); Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (JCR-Q2); Chinese Journal of Applied Mechanics. Acted as Guest Editor for the following international journals: Engineering Structures (JCR-Q1), Buildings (JCR-Q1) and Applied Sciences (JCR-Q2). Mainly engaged in the research of structural engineering, new materials and new structures, mechanical metamaterials, composite materials, etc.

Title: Basic Research on Mechanical Metamaterials and Their Applications in Civil Engineering

Prof. Chaofeng Zeng

Hunan University of Science and Technology, China

Biography: ChaofengZeng, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral), Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Civil Engineering Discipline Leader (Xiangjiang Scholar) of Hunan University of Science and Technology (HUST), currently Director of Analytical Testing Center and Deputy Director of State-owned Assets and Laboratory Management Department of HUST. He has been engaged in the research of underground engineering disaster prevention and mitigation. He has presided over 12 national and provincial projects, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Facial/Youth Project, Hunan Provincial Excellent Youth Project, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Grant/Facial Project. He has published 47 SCI/EI papers in high level journals such as Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, etc. He has been awarded the second prize of Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award (ranked 1), and has disclosed 20 patents; He has co-edited and published one book of translation, two industry and local standards; he has been selected as one of the 100 outstanding postdoctoral fellows in China, one of the best young people in Hunan Province, one of the first batch of innovative talents in Hunan Province, one of the young talents under the Hibiscus Program of Hunan Province, one of the young backbone teachers in Hunan Province, and one of the good young people in Hunan Province.

He is also a member of the Soft Soil Engineering Committee of the Chinese Society of Civil Engineering, a member of the Youth Committee of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, a member of the Youth Committee of Environmental Geotechnical Engineering of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, the editor-in-chief of the special issue of Water, a member of the youth editorial board of Int J Min Sci Techno, and a reviewer of 64 domestic and international journals. He has been invited to be the expert of scientific research projects, talent programs, scientific and technological awards and dissertation evaluation of the National Funding Committee, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong Science and Technology Department, the Zhejiang Science and Technology Department and other organizations.

His main research interests are: (1) geotechnical and urban underground engineering disaster evaluation and prevention and control technology; (2) conservation, environmentally friendly pit support system and its design theory; (3) groundwater control, seepage theory, groundwater recharge and subsidence control technology; (4) defective piles and permeable piles bearing and deformation calculation theory.

Title: Deep Excavation and Dewatering in China

Assoc. Prof. Sudharshan N. Raman

School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia

Biography: Dr. Sudharshan N. Raman was trained as a Civil Engineer, where he specialises in the area of Structures and Materials, with research interests in concrete engineering, structural resilience, and circular economy in construction. At present, he is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering of Monash University Malaysia; where he also co-founded and jointly leads Monash University Faculty of Engineering’s multi-campus interdisciplinary Research Node, the Monash Construction Circularity Node (Monash-ConCerN). Dr. Raman completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne, Australia, with a focus in structural engineering and infrastructure protective technology. He has thus far led five external research grants from the Government of Malaysia; and has supervised ten (10) PhD and four (4) Master (by research) candidates to completion. Dr. Raman was the President of the Malaysian Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (Malaysia Chapter – ACI) for the 2018-2020 Session. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), UK; a Professional Technologist with Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT); a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); a Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI); a Senior Member of RILEM, the Vice-President III of the Concrete Society of Malaysia (CSM); and a Committee Member of the Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). Dr. Raman is also an Adjunct Member of the Centre of Innovative Construction Technology (CICT) in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Over the years, Dr. Raman has built his reputation as a researcher in concrete structures and materials, and infrastructure protective technologies. He has served as a Reviewer for prestigious journals in Civil & Structural Engineering, and the Built Environment; and currently sits on the Editorial Boards of three international journals. Dr. Raman has also been involved with numerous consultancy projects in structural engineering and infrastructure resilience, within the public and private sectors, both locally and internationally.

Dr. Raman is also active in standards development activities, both locally and internationally. At present, he is serving in the following Technical Committees (TC) and Working Groups (WG) responsible for the drafting and development of Malaysian Standards under the Department of Standards, Malaysia (DSM) of the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

Research Area: Structural resilience, Concrete engineering and technology, Sustainable infrastructure, Structural repair/rehabilitation

Website: https://www.monash.edu.my/engineering/about-us/all-staff/civil-engineering/sudharshan-raman

Title: Addressing Sustainability in Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Construction