Professor Xiaodong JI visiting RESSLab
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Professor Xiaodong JI from Tsinghua University in China is visiting RESSLab in the context of the GREAT project.
Dr. Xiaodong JI is an associate professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University. He received his B.E. and Ph.D. of Civil Engineering with distinction from Tsinghua University in 2002 and 2007. Prior to his appointment at Tsinghua University in November 2009, he was a JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University in Japan. Currently, he serves as Assistant Dean of School of Civil Engineering and Vice Director of the Institute of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, Tsinghua University. Dr. Ji’s research focuses on development of high-performance structural components and innovative systems for enhanced seismic performance and resiliency of building structures. He is also engaged in developing advanced dynamic testing methods and structural monitoring technologies, with the scope of achieving realistic simulation and observation for seismic behavior of structural systems. He has extensive experience with large-scale tests of structural components and full-scale shaking table tests of building structures. He has published over 100 referred journal papers and conference papers. Dr. Ji’s research outcomes have been applied in a number of projects of super-tall buildings and large-scale infrastructures in China. He has served as the committee members for drafting several design codes, specifications and guidelines. He has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize) and the Best Teaching Award of Tsinghua University. Professor JI will be staying in RESSLab till August 31st 2016.