Chair of Structural Mechanics Email Yong.Lu@ed.ac.uk 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 AthensPost-Graduate Diploma for Teaching in Higher Education, NIE SingaporeBEng, Tongji UniversityMSc, Southeast University Professional Qualifications and Memberships 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) Associate Editor, International Journal of Protective StructuresAssociate Editor, Journal of Structural Engineering - ASCEMember of Editorial Boards: International Journal of Impact Engineering; Advances in Structural Engineering; Structural Engineering and Mechanics; Advances in Concrete Construction; etc Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 447: Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete StructuresASCE Technical Committee: Structural Identification of Constructed Systems (past)ACI Committee 370: Design for Blast and Impact (past)ASCE Technical Committee on Methods of MonitoringASCE/SEI Standards Committee on Seismic RehabilitationBoard member, UK Association for Computational Mechanics Specialities Structures and concrete materials against extreme dynamic loading: earthquake, shock and impactResilience of civil infrastructure; time dependent structural performance and reliability Dynamic testing, condition assessment and health monitoring of structuresComputational modelling of concrete and cementitious composites for complex and high rate loadingDamage diagnosis, strengthening and retrofitting of structures Further Information Defence Technology Prize 2006 by the Ministry of Defence, SingaporePrestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2004 by the Institution of Engineers, SingaporePhD 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.
