Fifteen SCE faculty members are holding important positions in international academic institutions or organizations, as listed below.


SCE faculty members in international academic institutions/organizations

Name

Institution/Organization

Position

Miao Changwen

International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)

Chairman of China branch

Wu Zhishen

International Society for Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII);

International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC);

International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems (IJSMSS)

President;

Member (Former Vice President);

Chief Editor

Liu Jiaping

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Vice-Chairman of China branch

Xu Zhaodong

International Society for Disaster Prevention

President

Li Jianchun

Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resource; Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering; Tunneling and Underground Space Technology

Chief Editor; Deputy Chief Editor; Editorial Board Member

Liu Zhao

Concrete Structure Committee of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Member of board

Fu Dafeng

ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Editorial Board Member

Guo Tong

ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering;

ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Deputy Chief Editor

Li Dezhi

ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering

Guest Editor

Zhang Jian

International Society for Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)

Member of board

Wang Hao

Technical Committee of Structural Engineering; World Transportation Conference; The University of Notre Dame

Chairman; Visiting Researcher

Ding Youliang

Technical Committee of the World Transportation Conference

Chairman

Zhuang Yan

ICE Geotechnical Research

Editorial Board Member

Li Xia

European Journal of Environmental and Civil

Engineering; ICE Geotechnical Research

Deputy Chief Editor; Editorial Board Member

Dai Guoliang

Marine Engineering Geology Technical Committee of International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG); International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction

Member of board

Pan Jinlong

Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures

IA-FraMCoS Member

Chen Yao

Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science;

Frontiers in Built Environment

Editorial Board Member; Associate Editor

Wang Chunlin

The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings

Editorial Board Member

Wang Xin

International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)

Member of board

Deng Wen

Marine and Petroleum Geology;

Results in Geophysical Sciences;

Sustainable Marine Structure

Associate Editor; Associate Editor; Editorial Board Member

Gong Fengqiang

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology;

Journal of Central South University

Early Career Editorial Board Member

He Lei

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Editorial Board Member

Feng Decheng

ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

Associate Editor

Feng Dongming

ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering

Early Career Editorial Board Member

Gao Kang

Engineering Structures

Assistant Editor (Social Media)

Xie Tianyu

Case studies in Construction Materials;

Engineering Structures

Editor in Chief; Early Career Board Member

Chen Ming

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Early Career Editorial Board Member

Tan Chaoqun

Results in Engineering

Early Career Editorial Board Member

Zhu Qian

Weather and Climate Extremes

Editorial Board Member


International Conferences

SCE invites professors, researchers and engineers from universities, research institutes and the industry to deliver a series of international conferences, symposiums, seminars and workshops. Since 2019, due to COVID-19, SCE just hosted 3 international academic conferences covering Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering.

Summary of international conferences organized by SCE

Time

Conference

Field

2019.09.05

2019.09.08

The 8th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures

Structural Engineering

2019.07.07

2019.07.09

2019 Southeast Symposium on Recent Developments in Geotechnics

Geotechnical Engineering

2019.07.07

2019.07.10

The 3rd International Forum on Civil Engineering for Young Scholars

Structural Engineering


8th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures

3rd International Forum of Civil Engineering for Young Scholars


To promote academic communication among scholars, SCE’s faculty members have been actively participating in international conferences. From 2019 to 2022, SCE's faculty members produced 315 participations of overseas conferences.


Distribution of international conferences attended by SCE’s faculty members



Annual number of participations of overseas conferences


Selected conferences attended by SCE's faculty members

Number

Faculty

Conference Title

Year/Location

1

Cai Jianguo

2019 International Workshop on Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures

2019.3

Salerno, Italy

2

Cai Jianguo

International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference

2019.8

Anaheim, CA, USA

3

Cai Jianguo

International Seminar of Crossover Architectures in the 21st Century

2019.5

Semyung University, Korea

4

Cai Jianguo

(one of organizer)

3rd International workshop on Origami Engineering

2020.1

China

5

Jinlong Pan

The fib Symposium 2020

2020.11

Shanghai, China

6

Jianan Qi

The 3rd ACF/HNU International Conference on UHPC Materials and Structures

2020.10

Nanjing, China

7

Wenming Zhang

The Transportation Research Congress

2021.11

Hangzhou, China

8

Ruiyang Zhang

Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference

2021.5

New York, USA

9

Tianyou Tao

The 8th International Conference on Vibration Engineering

2021.7

Shanghai, China

10

Kang Gao

The First International Conference on Sustainable Structures

2022.12

Nanjing, China

11

Decheng Feng

Ninth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis

2022.7

Shanghai, China

12

Jinlong Pan

7th International Conference on Advanced Composite Structures

2022.11

Nanjing, China



Staff Exchange Programs

In recent years, due to COVID-19, only 7 SCE faculty members managed to go abroad for further study. Most of whom attended world-class universities or research institutes, such as Max Planck Institute, Meijo University, University of California, Davis, University of Arizona, National University of Singapore, University of Washington and University of California, Los Angeles. After COVID, SCE will resume to greatly promote international exchanges and cooperation, and to expand its international influence.


Distribution of SCE faculty members who went abroad


Number of SCE faculty members who went abroad

Overseas Visitors

In the past four years, SCE has invited 43 scholars (including online activities) from well-known overseas universities and institutes to conduct seminars, forums, symposiums and academic exchanges.


Number of overseas visitors


Up  to now, SCE has hired 35 visiting professors. Among them are 23  professors from well-known overseas universities, one member of the  American Academy of Sciences, one member of the Academy of Engineering,  one member of the Academy of Science and Art, and one member of the  Chinese Academy of Engineering. Their research fields include Structural  Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,  Engineering Management, Engineering Mechanics, and Water Engineering.  The geographical distribution of visiting professors is shown below.

Geographical distribution of SCE guest professors


Summary of SCE guest professors

Name

Country/Region

University

Luc Taerwe

Belgium

Ghent University

Phillip Yen

USA

Federal Highway Administration, USA

Jiehao Chen

Taiwan

National Central University

Roberto T. Leon

USA

Virginia Tech

SeungDeog Kim

Korea

Semyung University

Vijay Kumar Dhir

USA

University of California, Los Angeles

Zdenek P. Bazant

USA

Northwestern University

Yongbin Yang

Taiwan

National Yunlin University

Ikumasa Yoshida

Japan

Tokyo City University

Jay Yang

Australia

The Queensland University of Technology

Dan. M. Frangopol

USA

Lehigh University

J. Y. Richard Liew

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Yingshan Helang

Japan

The University of Tokyo

Sato Tadanobu

Japan

Kyoto University

David Hui

USA

University of New Orleans

Changming Xue

USA

Lehigh University

Iida Yasukyung

Japan

Kyoto University

Chan Siu-lai

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Yozo Fujino

Japan

Yokohama National University

Alison Flatau

USA

University of Maryland

Jerome P. Lynch

USA

University of Michigan

Masayoshi Nakashima

Japan

Kyoto University

Tsung-Chung Kao

Taiwan

UIUC

Ahsan Kareem

USA

University of Notre Dame

Hojjat Adeli

USA

Ohio State University

Chad T. Jafvert

USA

Purdue University

Ming L. Wang

USA

Northeastern University

Kenneth L. Carper

USA

Washington State University

Lennart Elfgren

Sweden

Luleå University of Technology

B. F. Spencer. Jr.

USA

UIUC

Eddie Hui

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Willie Tan

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Youlin Xu

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Endi Zhai

USA

China Three Gorges Corporation

Chris Zevenbergen

The Netherlands

Technische Universiteit Delft