GUIRONG (GRACE) YAN

             

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Director of Wind Hazard Mitigation (WHM) Laboratory

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO, 65409

Tel: +1 (573) 341 6280

Email: yang@mst.edu

 

 

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP AVAILABLE (Go to the end of the page for more details)

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, 2006        

M.S., Structural Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China, 2002                        

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri   University of Science and Technology

 

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

 

      School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia

 

      School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

 

      Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering, Washington     University in St. Louis

 

Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Polytechnic University of  Turin, Italy

 

GRANTS AND PAST RESEARCH WORK

Project Title:

Damage and Instability Detection of Civil Large-scale Space Structures under Operational and Multi-hazard Environments based on Change in Macro-geometrical Patterns/Shapes

Budget:

$314,262

Agency:

National Science Foundation, Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering program, project No.: 1405023

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Jul. 2014-Jun. 2016

 

Project Title:

Experimental Validation of Novel Embedded Diagnostics Wireless Structural Monitoring Systems

Budget

$42,540

Agency:

National Science Foundation, NEES program. Subaward through Stanford University

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Sept. 2013-June. 2015

 

Project Title:

Involving Hispanic Undergraduate Students into Earthquake Engineering Research

Budget:

$4,000

Agency:

National Science Foundation, NEES program. Subaward through Purdue University

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Nov. 2013-Jun. 2014

 

Project Title:

Understanding multi-scale reinforcement of carbon fibre composites

Budget:

AU$381,000

Agency:

Australian Research Council Discovery Project

Researchers:

PI: Liyong Tong; PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015

 

Project Title:

Highly efficient model updating for structural condition assessment of large-scale bridges

Budget:

$45,000

Agency:

USDOT through University Transportation Center

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Jan. 2013-Jul. 2014

 

Project Title:

Innovative Condition Assessment of Bulk Storage Structures Using Comprehensive Monitoring Approaches

Budget:

$5,000

Agency:

University Research Institute (UTEP)

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013

 

Project Title:

Australian-Chinese Research Collaboration on Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection for Steel-concrete Composite Structures Using Fibre Optical Sensing

Budget:

AU$17,000

Agency:

International Research Initiatives Scheme (UWS)

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Jul. 2010-Jul. 2011

 

Project Title:

Wireless Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage

Budget:

AU$90,000

Agency:

Internal Research Funds (UWS)

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Aug. 2010-Aug. 2012

 

Project Title:

Damage Identification Methods of Non-linear Structures and Their Applications on Detecting Damage Caused by Earthquake

Budget:

US$35,000

Agency:

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Jan. 2008-Dec. 2010

 

Project Title:

Damage Detection Methods for Civil Engineering Structures under Strong Earthquake

Budget

US$5,000

Agency:

Post-doc Science Foundation of China

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Sept. 2007-Sept. 2008

 

Project Title:

Structural Damage Detection Methods and Condition Assessment Theory Based on Strong-motion Records

Budget:

US$15,000

Agency:

Post-doc Starting Foundation of China

Researchers:

PI: Guirong Yan

Year(s):

Nov. 2006-Nov. 2008

 

TEACHING

CE/ArchE 3210 Structural Design in Metals, Fall 2014 (52 students)

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at UTEP

CE 3343 Structural Analysis I, Fall 2012 (45 students, Course Evaluation: 4.9/5)

CE 3343 Structural Analysis I, Spring 2013 (48 students. Course Evaluation: 4.7/5)

CE 3343 Structural Analysis I, Fall 2013 (25 students. Course Evaluation: 4.7/5)

CE 3343 Structural Analysis I, Spring 2014 (22 students, Course Evaluation: 4.8/5 )

 

Graduate Courses Taught at UTEP

CE 5318 Bridge Engineering, Fall 2013 (19 students. Course Evaluation: 5/5)

CE 5305 Advanced Structural Analysis, Spring 2014 (19 students, Course Evaluation: 4.5/5 )

 

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

Related to Wind Hazard Mitigation and Fluid Dynamics

[1] Ming Zhao and Guirong Yan (2013), “Numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of two circular cylinders of different diameters at low Reynolds number”, Physics of Fluids, 25(8), p083601.

[2] Ming Zhao, Kalyani Kaja, Yang Xiang and Guirong Yan (2013), “Vortex-induced Vibration (VIV) of a circular cylinder in combined steady and oscillatory flow Article”, Ocean Engineering, 73: 83-95.

[3] Ruoqiang Feng, Guirong Yan and Jinming Ge (2012), “Effects of high modes on the wind-induced response of super high-rise buildings,” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 11(3): 427-434.

[4] Ruo-qiang Feng, Jihong Ye, Guirong Yan, Qing-xiang Li and Bin Yao (2013),  “Wind-induced torsion vibration of the super high-rise building of Shenzhen Energy Center,” The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 22(10): 802-815.

 

Related to Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Assessment

[5]  Guirong Yan, Peng Chen, Huangda Hu and Jiarui Yi (2014), “Fast Damage Detection of cable-stayed bridges using an Improved Edge-detection Method,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 12/2014; DOI: 10.1177/1045389X14551431. (Impact Factor:2.172. Print ISSN: 1045-389X, Online ISSN: 1530-8138)

[6] Guirong Yan, Xuelin Peng and Hong Hao (2014), “Dynamic Characteristics of Submarine Pipelines and Experimental Validation of a Bedding Condition Assessment Approach based on Mode Shape Curvatures”, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering. 15 (1): 1-13. (ISSN (Print) 1328-7982)

[7] Cecilia Surace, Guirong Yan, Richard Archibald, Rishu Saxena and Ruoqiang Feng (2014), “Structural Damage Detection using the Polynomial Annihilation Edge Detection Method”, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering. 15 (1): 37-49. (ISSN (Print) 1328-7982)

[8] Linren Zhou, Guirong Yan, Wei Wang and Jinping Ou (2013), “Review of Benchmark Studies and Guidelines for Structural Health Monitoring,” Advances in Structural Engineering, 16(7): 1187-1206.

[9] Linren Zhou, Guirong Yan and Jinping Ou (2013),“Response Surface Method based on  Radial Basis Functions for Modeling large-scale structures in model updating,” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 28(3): 210-226.

[10] Guirong Yan, Alessandro De Stefano, Emiliano Matta and Ruoqiang Feng (2012), “A Novel  Approach to Detecting Breathing-fatigue Cracks based on Dynamic Characteristics,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332 (2), 407-422.

[11] Guirong Yan, Alessandro De Stefano and Ge Ou (2012), “A General Nonlinear System Identification Method Based upon the Time-varying Trend of the Instantaneous Vibration Frequency and Amplitude,” Advances in Structural Engineering, 15(5), 781-792.

[12] Lanhui Guo, Ran Li, Sumei Zhang and Guirong Yan (2012), “Hysteretic Analysis of Steel    Plate Shear Walls (SPSWs) and A modified Strip Model for SPSWs,” Advances in Structural Engineering, 15(10):1751-1764.

[13] Guirong Yan, Shirley Dyke and Ayhan Irfanoglu (2011), “Experimental Validation of a Damage Detection Approach on a Full-Scale Highway Sign Support Truss,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, (28), 195-211.

 

[14]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou, Alessandro De Stefano (2010), “Structural Damage Detection Using Residual Forces Based on Wavelet Transform,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, (24): 224-239.

[15] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2010), “Damage Detection for Beam Structures Using an Angle-between-String-and-Horizon Flexibility Matrix,” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 36(5): 643-667.

[16]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2009), “Damage Detection for Truss or Frame Structures Using an Axial Strain Flexibility,” Smart Structures and Systems, an Int. Journal, 5(3): 291-316.

[17]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan and Jinping Ou (2008), “Challenges in applying the vibration-based damage detection to civil structures (in Chinese),” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 40(4): 505-513.

[18]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou (2007), “Damage Detection in Ambient Vibration Using Proportional Flexibility Matrix with Incomplete Measured DOFs,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 14(2): 186-196.

[19]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2007), “Application of genetic algorithm on structural finite element model updating (in Chinese),” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 39(2): 181-186.

[20]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2007), “Review on Structural Damage Detection Based on Vibration Data (in Chinese),” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 27(3): 95-103.

[21]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou and B.F. Spencer (2006), “Proportional Flexibility Matrix of Structures (in Chinese),” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 38(8): 1237-1242.

[22]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou and Bill F. Spencer (2005), “Damage Localization in Ambient Vibration by Constructing Proportional Flexibility Matrix,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 284(1-2): 455-466.

[23]  Zhongdong Duan, B.F. Spencer, Guirong Yan and Jinping Ou (2004), “An Improved    Optimal Elemental Method for Finite Element Model Updating,” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 3(1): 67-74.

 

Related to Resilient Civil Space Structures in Multi-hazard Environments

[24] Ruoqiang Feng, Jihong Ye, Guirong Yan and Jinming Ge (2013), “Dynamic nonlinearity and nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom model for cable net glazing,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 139(10): 1446-1459. (ISSN: 0733-9399 eISSN: 1943-7889)

 

Related to Wireless Sensor Networks

[25] Gregory Hackmann, Weijun Guo, Guirong Yan, Zhuoxiong Sun, Chenyang Lu and Shirley Dyke (2014), “Cyber-Physical Codesign of Distributed Structural Health Monitoring with Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS). 25(1): 53-72. (ISSN: 1045-9219)

[26] ZhuoxiongSun, Sriram Krishnan, Greg Hackmann, Guirong Yan, Shirley J. Dyke, Chenyang Lu and Ayhan Irfanoglu (2014), “Damage detection on a full-scale highway sign structure with a distributed wireless sensor network,” Smart Structures and Systems, An International Journal (accepted). (ISSN: 1738-1584).

[27] Guirong Yan and Shirley Dyke (2010), “Structural Damage Detection Robust Against Time Synchronization Errors”, Smart Materials and Structures. 19 (6) (2010) 065001.

[28] Guirong Yan, Weijun Guo, Shirley Dyke, Gregory Hackmann and Chenyang Lu (2010), “Experimental Validation of a Multi-level Damage Localization Technique with Distributed Computation”, Smart Structures and Systems, 6(5), 561-578.

 

Publications in Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)

[41] Guirong Yan, Scott Jemison, Qiuhua Duan and Ruoqiang Feng (2015), “Detection of pretension loss of cable-net structures”, the ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September, 2015, Colorado Springs, CO.

[40] Guirong Yan, Qiuhua Duan, and Ruoqiang Feng Chen Fang (2015), “Identification of Overall Buckling of Members in Space Grid structures”, The 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Infrastructure, July, 2015, Kowloon, Hong Kong

[39] Guirong Yan, Qiuhua Duan, Ruoqiang Feng and Chen Fang (2015), “Identification of Nodal Snap-through Instability in civil space Structures”, the ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September, 2015, Colorado Springs, CO.

[38] Guirong Yan, Kai Zhao, Chen Fang and Ruoqiang Feng (2014), “Identification of Breathing Fatigue Cracks in Nonlinear Structures”, 2014 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 8-10, 2014, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

[37] Guirong Yan, Kai Zhao, Ruoqiang Feng and Jiarui Yi (2014), “Identification of Fatigue Cracks through Separating Dynamic Responses ”, The SPIE Smart Structures/ NDE, March, 2014, San Diego, CA, USA

[36] Guirong Yan, Jianxin Yu, Ruoqiang Feng and Carlos Ferregut (2013), “Damage Location of Civil Large-scale Space Structures based on Average Axial-strain Mode Shapes”, the 9th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, September, 2013, Stanford, CA .

[35] Peng Chen, Guangda Hu, Soheil Nazarian and Guirong Yan (2013), “Structural Damage Detection based on an Improved Edge-detection Technique”, the ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, September 16-18, 2013, Snowbird, Utah, USA

[34] Cesar Carrasco, Chen Fang, Ruoqiang Feng and Guirong Yan (2013), “Detection of Instability for Civil Large-scale Space Structures”, the 9th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, September, 2013, Stanford, CA.

[33] Z. Sun, S. Krishnan, G. Hackmann, G. R. Yan, S. Dyke, C. Lu and A. Irfanoglu, "Damage Detection on a Full-Scale Highway Sign Structure with a Distributed Wireless Sensor Network," International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS'12), July 2012.

[32] Z. S. Liu, L. Y. Tong and G. R. Yan (2012), “A novel system identification approach for bilinear systems”, Australian Structural Engineering Conference, 11-13 July, Perth, Australia.

[31] Z. S. Liu, L. Y. Tong, G. R. Yan and K. Kaja (2012), “A multi-level damage localization approach for effectively using energy in wireless sensor networks: an experimental validation”, Australian Structural Engineering Conference, 11-13 July, Perth, Australia.

[30] Guirong Yan Xuelin Peng, Hong Hao, (2011), “Localization of Free-spanning Damage   Using Mode Shape Curvature”, DAMAS2011, Oxford University, England. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 305 (1).

[29] Krishnan S.S., Sun Z., Irfanoglu A., Dyke S.J.,and Yan G. (2011), "Evaluating the performance of distributed approaches for modal identification", Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011. Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 7981 Article Number: 79814M DOI: 10.1117/12.882143. San Diego, California, USA

[28] G.R. Yan, Z.S. Liu, and Z.D. Duan(2010), “Structural damage detection using dynamic residue based on wavelet transform”, International Symposium on Structural Engineering, 18-20 December 2010, Guangzhou, China.

[27] G.R. Yan, Z.S. Liu, and Z.D. Duan(2010), “Dynamic residue based on wavelet transform for Damage localization”, Civionics Research Centre Annual Conference, UWS, 25-26 November 2010.

[26] G.R. Yan, Z.S. Liu, Z.D. Duan (2010), “A novel damage indicator based on wavelet transform for damage localization”, Proceedings in Handling Exceptions in Structural Engineering: Structural Systems, Accidental Scenarios, Design Complexity, July 2010, Rome Italy.

[25] G. Wang, Z.S. Liu, Guirong Yan (2010), “A New Damage Feature based on Wavelet Packet Transform for Damage Detection under Ambient Vibration,” ACMSM21, December 7-10, Melbourne, Australia.

[24] Guirong Yan, Z.S. Liu, A.D. Stefano (2010), “A Novel Nonlinear System Identification Based upon Hilbert Transform,” ACMSM21, December 7-10, Melbourne, Australia. (book chapter)

[23] Guirong Yan, Shirley Dyke (2010), “Structural Damage Localization for Truss Structures Robust against Time Synchronization Errors in a Wireless Sensor Network,” Fifth European Workshop in Structural Health Monitoring, June 29-July 2, Stockholm, Italy.

[22] Gregory Hackmann, Weijun Guo, Guirong Yan, Chenyang Lu, Shirley Dyke (2010), "Cyber-Physical Codesign of Distributed Structural Health Monitoring With Wireless Sensor Networks", First International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, April 13-14, Stockholm, Sweden.

[21] Guirong Yan and Shirley J. Dyke (2009), “A Multi-level Damage Localization Strategy with Distributed Computation for Effectively Using Energy in WSN,” The 7th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, September  9-11, 2009, Stanford, CA.

[20] Guirong Yan, Weijun Guo, Shirley J. Dyke, Gregory Hackmann and Chenyang Lu (2009), “Novel solutions to critical issues on the application of WSNs in SHM,” The 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, June 24-27, 2009, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 

[19] Nestor E. Castaneda, Guirong Yan and Shirley Dyke (2009), "Evaluation of the performance of a distributed structural health monitoring algorithm for wireless sensing," The 7th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, September 9-11, 2009, Stanford, CA.

[18] Guirong Yan, Shirley J. Dyke, Wei Song, Gregory Hackmann and Chenyang Lu (2009), “Structural Damage Localization with Tolerance to Large Time Synchronization Errors in WSNs,” American Control Conference, June 10-12, 2009, St. Louis, MO, USA.

[17] Gregory Hackmann, Fei Sun, Nestor Castaneda, Guirong Yan, Chenyang Lu, Shirley Dyke (2009), “Towards Robust Decentralized Structural Damage Localization Using Wireless Sensor Networks,” NSF CPS Forum, April 13, 2009, San Fransisco, CA, USA.

[16] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan, Jinping Ou (2006), “Damage detection of truss structures,” The 3rd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost, Pp 679-681, Jul. 16-19, 2006, Porto-Portugal.

[15] Duan, ZD, Yan, GR (2005), An Angle-between-String-and-Horizon Flexibility for structural damage detection, 2nd International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, Vols 1 and 2, ED, Ou, JP; Li, H; Duan, ZD, Nov. 16-18, 2005

[14] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan (2005), “Damage Localization Based on the Residual Wavelet Force,” The 2nd Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Nov. 16-18, 2005, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

[13] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan, Jinping Ou (2005), “An Axial Strain Flexibility for Damage Detection of Truss Structure,” International Workshop on Smart Materials and Structures, October 13-14, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[12] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2005), “Damage Detection Based on Wavelet Transform Function (In Chinese),” 2005 Doctoral Forum of China, August 2005, Nanjing, China.

[11] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan, Jinping Ou (2005), “Structural Damage Detection by Wavelet Transform and Probabilistic Neural Network,” SPIE’s Smart Structures & Materials and  Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring & Diagnostics Symposium, March 6-10, 2005, San Diego, CA.

[10] Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan, Jinping Ou (2004), “A Novel Damage Index Using Wavelet Packet Components Energies,” The 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 19-20, 2004, Nanjing, China.

[9]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou (2004), “Structural Damage Localization based on Rotational Flexibility Matrix,” The Third International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, ED, Liu, WQ; Yuan, FG; Chang, PC, October 19-20, 2004, Nanjing, China.

[8]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan, Jinping Ou (2004), “Structural Damage Detection Based on the Correlation Analysis between the Wavelet Packet Component Energies,” The Eighth International Symposium on Structural Engineering for Young Exports, August 20-23, 2004, Xi’an, China.

[7]  Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou and B.F. Spencer (2004), “Construction of Proportinal Flexibility Matrix at Sensor Locations in Ambient Vibration for Damage Localization,” The Second International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, July 5-7, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa.

[6]  Z.D. Duan, G.R. Yan, and J.P. Ou (2004), “A wavelet packet transform and probabilistic neural network approach for structural damage detection.” Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Developments in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, A.A. Balkema Publishers, (ed. A.J. Deeks & H. Hao), Vol.2, 1197-1202, Perth, Australia, December 1-3, 2004.

[5]  Z.D. Duan, G.R. Yan, and J.P. Ou (2004), “Structural damage detection in ambient vibration using wavelet packet transform and probabilistic neural network.” Structural Health Monitoring, ISIS 2004 Workshop, 477-488, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 22-23, 2004.

[4]  Z.D. Duan, G.R. Yan, and J.P. Ou, “Structural damage location based on rotational flexibility matrix.” The third China-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, October 14-15, 2004.

[3]  Z.D. Duan, G.R. Yan, J.P. Ou, and B.F. Spencer (2003), “Damage localization in ambient vibration  by constructing proportional flexibility matrix.” China-U.S.A. Workshop on Protection of Urban Infrastructure and Public Buildings against Earthquakes and Manmade Disasters, Beijing, February 2003.

[2]  Z.D. Duan, G.R. Yan, J.P. Ou, and B.F. Spencer (2003), Damage localization by constructing proportional flexibility matrix, The first workshop on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Structures, Tokyo, JAPAN, TOKYO. November 13-15, 2003., ED, Wu, ZS; Abe, M. (1-2), 561-565.

[1]  Guirong Yan, Zhongdong Duan and Jinping Ou (2003), “Structural Model Updating Using Genetic Algorithms (in Chinese),” The 8th national vibration theory and application symposium, 2003, Shanghai, China.

 

HONERS AND AWARDS

UTEP Outstanding Research Performance Award, 2014

NSF Fellow for ENHANCE (NSF-National Science Foundation), 2013

TRB faculty Mentor (TRB-Transportation Research Board), 2013

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

American Society of Civil Engineering

American Society of Engineering Education

Engineers Australia (2010-2012)

Australian Network on Structural Health Monitoring (2010-2012)

 

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP AVAILABLE

Prof. Yan is looking for three highly motivated Ph.D. students in Civil Engineering (emphasis on Structural Engineering). Financial support will be provided. Starting in Spring 2016 is preferred, but Summer 2016 or Fall 2016 will also be considered. The application deadline for international graduate student is November 15, 2015 for the spring semester of 2016. For more details, please contact Prof. Yan (yang@mst.edu) with your resume and transcript.