GUIRONG (GRACE) YAN |
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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 |
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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.
[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.