Chair of Structural Mechanics Email Yong.Lu@ed.ac.uk Telephone +44(0)131 6519052 Location 3.20 William Rankine Building, 3.17 William Rankine Building Engineering Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Institutes Infrastructure and Environment Research Publications Academic Qualifications PhD, National Technical University of Athens Post-Graduate Diploma for Teaching in Higher Education, NIE Singapore BEng, Tongji University MSc, Southeast University Professional Qualifications and Memberships Associate Editor, International Journal of Protective Structures Member, Intl Society for Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Eng CEng Chartered Engineer (Registered with the Engineering Council) Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 447: Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE) ASCE Technical Committee: Structural Identification of Constructed Systems ACI Committee 370: Design for Blast and Impact Specialities Damage diagnosis, strengthening and retrofitting of structures Dynamic testing, condition assessment and health monitoring of structures Numerical modelling of concrete and cementitious composites for complex and high rate loading Performance and reliability of structures under seismic/dynamic loading Structures under shock/impact/blast loading Further Information Special Issue on Concrete Structures Subjected to Shock and Blast Loading, Structural Engineering and Mechanics - An International Journal (Guest Editor: Y. Lu) Defence Technology Prize 2006 by the Ministry of Defence, Singapore PhD studentship opportunities in computational modelling of brittle/composite materials for high impulsive loading; integrated structural health monitoring. Enquiry: yong.Lu@ed.ac.uk. Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2004 by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore