Prof. Jian-Guo Dai
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Prof. Dai is currently a full Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He graduated with his PhD degree from Hokkaido University, Japan. His research theme is "Emerging materials and structural systems for sustainable concrete infrastructures". He has received many academic awards for his research work, including the Best Basic Research Paper Award from ASCE, Journal of Composites for Construction, Distinguished Young Scholar Award from Association of FRP for Construction, China Civil Engineering Society, "Structural Excellence Award--Grand Award R&D Award” from Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and “Outstanding International Collaboration Award” from Japan Society of Civil Engineers. He is a contributor of more than 300 technical papers (including some 170 SCI journal papers), with more than 5400 citations and h-index = 42 at Web of Science. Prof Dai is the Committee Manager of ISO/TC71 SC6 "Non-traditional Reinforcing Materials for Concrete Structures" and Vice President of International Institution of FRP for Construction (IIFC). He is a Fellow of IIFC, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and Hong Kong Concrete Institute (HKCI). He is an Associate Editor of "Advanced Concrete Technology" and “Frontiers in Materials” and Vice Editor-in-Chief of "Journal of Asian Concrete Federation" and has served other journals (e.g., Advances in Structural Engineering, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Materials) as an Editor or Guest Editor, and more than 80 international journals as a referee. He was listed as World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford in “Civil Engineering” and “Materials Science” in 2021 and 2022.
Prof. Nazri bin Ali
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Nazri bin Ali gained his PhD studies (2003-2007) at the Cardiff University, United Kingdom which is among the best civil engineering school in the world and obtained master and bachelor degree at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is attached with the Department of Geotechnics and Transportation where he has taught core courses such as Geotechnic 1, Geotechnic 2, Soil Mechanic and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory at undergraduate levels. He has been appointed to hold few posts in the faculty since his service at UTM. Among them, he was the Space Coordinator, FKA from 2010 until 2012. He was then again appointed as the Head of Postgraduate Studies, FKA (later change to Postgraduate Manager in Oct 2012) from Apr 2012 until now. He has involved in 19 research projects amounted more than RM 1 million associated with geotechnical engineering fields and lead 9 of them. Besides obtaining grants from the UTM such as GUP, he also participate in research teams from other universities such as UNIMAP and UMP of which the grants were funded by MOSTI through ERGS and FRGS.
Assoc. Prof. Mijia Yang
North Dakota State University, USA
Speech Title: Interpretation of impedance data in hydration of cementitious materials through the distribution of relaxation time model
Dr. Yang has practiced teaching and research broadly in structural engineering. He has taught Steel Design, Dynamic of Structures, and several others for the last 5 years. His research concentrates on impact and blast protection with advanced engineering materials, multi-scale modeling of composite and concrete materials, smart health monitoring in Civil Infrastructure, and self-healing concrete. His representative work included developing a systematic design method for impact barriers, a unified fatigue criterion for uniaxial Polyurethane E-Glass composite laminates, damage detection through guided wave, and a creep design methodology for Epoxy bonded anchor systems. Dr. Yang has participated in several state and national projects during his career, including “Effect of intermediate diaphragms on prestressed concrete bridge girders for over-height truck impacts” and “Testing of window connections specially designed for blast loading”. Dr. Yang also won several national and international awards, including the Philip E. Rollhaus, Jr. Roadway Safety Essay Contest held by Quixote in 2005, the faculty research award at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007, the ASCE travel award in 2005, and the ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Reviewer award in 2012. Dr. Yang is currently serving as the associate editor of Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, and has more than 100 publications, including journal papers, conference papers, and reports in the field of composites, structural testing and characterization.
Assoc. Prof. Hazem Samih mohamed
Southwest Petroleum University, China
Speech Title: Case Studies on Rehabilitation of the Offshore Tubular Joints with Unidirectional CFRP Laminates
Assoc. Prof. Hazem Samih Mohamed (HS Mohamed), Egyptian, focuses on steel structures and offshore structures. He completed his Ph. D. degree at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Afterward, he was selected as a distinguished young Assoc. professor at the School of Civil Engineering Geomatics of Southwest Petroleum University. He had conducted several research works on the Fatigue assessment of offshore platforms, bearing capacity of the corroded offshore platforms, and rehabilitation of the corroded/uncorroded offshore platforms using CFRP laminates. He has published several peer-reviewed scientific papers in well-recognized top journals, such as Construction and Building Material; Marine structures; Ocean Engineering; Thin-walled Structures; Journal of Constructional Steel Research; and Engineering Failure Analysis.
Assoc. Prof. Hong Lin
China University of Petroleum, China
Speech Title: Numerical investigation on the failure modes of the offshore jacket platform under ship collision and the application of honeycomb reinforcement
Hong LIN, PhD, the Associate Professor in College of pipeline and civil engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China). She has been doing researches in the broad field of structural engineering, her expertise are: Structural response and damage analysis, Fire & explosion dynamics, Numerical simulation, Safety evaluation and reliability analysis. Up to now, she has conducted more than 10 research projects as the leader, including 3 natiqonal projects supported by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China), including “Assessment of disaster resistance ability and risk evolution of offshore oil platforms under accidental events”, “Study on the evolution of seismic damage scenarios and limit state of offshore platforms”, et al. Currently, she is serving as the Youth Editorial Board Member of Journal of China University of Petroleum (Ed. of Natural Sciences), Chinese Journal of Applied Mechanics, and Journal of China Offshore Platform. So far, she has published more than 30 articles in high-ranked international journals, such as Process Safety and Environmental Protection; Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries; Journal of marine science and engineering; Petroleum Exploration and Development; and Journal of Constructional Steel Research. In 2021, she won the award of National Xu Zhilun Outstanding Mechanics Teacher.
