Professor Yong Lu

Chair of Structural Mechanics

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
Prof Yong Lu

  • PhD, National Technical University of Athens
  • Post-Graduate Diploma for Teaching in Higher Education, NIE Singapore
  • BEng, Tongji University
  • MSc, Southeast University

  • Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE)
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng, Registered with the Engineering Council)
  • Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (M.EASA)
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  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Protective Structures
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Engineering - ASCE
  • Member of Editorial Boards: International Journal of Impact Engineering; Advances in Structural Engineering; Structural Engineering and Mechanics; Advances in Concrete Construction; etc
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  • Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 447: Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
  • ASCE Technical Committee: Structural Identification of Constructed Systems (past)
  • ACI Committee 370: Design for Blast and Impact (past)
  • ASCE Technical Committee on Methods of Monitoring
  • ASCE/SEI Standards Committee on Seismic Rehabilitation
  • Board member, UK Association for Computational Mechanics

  • Structures and concrete materials against extreme dynamic loading: earthquake, shock and impact
  • Resilience of civil infrastructure; time dependent structural performance and reliability 
  • Dynamic testing, condition assessment and health monitoring of structures
  • Computational modelling of concrete and cementitious composites for complex and high rate loading
  • Damage diagnosis, strengthening and retrofitting of structures

  • Defence Technology Prize 2006 by the Ministry of Defence, Singapore
  • Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2004 by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore
  • PhD studentship opportunities in computational modelling of brittle/composite materials for dynamic loading; low-carbon concrete materials and structures; integrated structural health monitoring. Enquiry: yong.Lu@ed.ac.uk.