Welcome to apply for master's degree in Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering and Protection Engineering

Education Experiences

• 2017–2021 Civil Engineering，Ph.D., Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• 2013–2017 Civil Engineering，B.Eng., Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Working Experiences

• 2023–present Assistant Researcher, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• 2022–2023 JSPS Foreign Research Fellow, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

• 2021–2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/ City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Research Interests

• Structure and foundation interaction

• Ground motion and signal processing

• Structural random vibration and control

• Biomimetic structures and metamaterials

Grant Support (PI)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project

• Shanghai Leading Talents (Overseas) Young Talents Project

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Foreign Researcher Project

Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Papers of the National Structural Engineering Academic Conference, 2023

• Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of Tongji University, 2022

• Outstanding Graduates of Shanghai General Colleges and Universities, 2021

• Dean’s Award of Tongji University School of Civil Engineering, 2020

• Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship, 2019

• Outstanding Papers of the National Structural Engineering Academic Conference, 2018

• National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, 2017 to 2020

• First Prize for Outstanding Innovative Practice Achievements in Civil Engineering Majors in National Universities and Colleges, 2017

Academic Services

• Associate editor, Engineering reports, Wiley

• Academic editorial board member of 2 SCI journals

• Guest editor of 1 SCI journal

• Editorial board member/youth editorial board member of 2 international journals

• Reviewer for more than 30 international journals

Publications

• Zhipeng Zhao, Yuanchen Tang, Na Hong, Qingjun Chen, Yongfeng Du. Interaction-performance-driven design of negative-stiffness friction pendulum systems for aboveground structure–connected underground structure–soil system with ground motion effects. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024

• Zhipeng Zhao, Xiuyan Hu, Ruifu Zhang, Ming Xie, Songhe Liu. Advantages and design of inerters for isolated storage tanks incorporating soil conditions. Thin-Walled Structures, 2024, 195, 111356

• Zhipeng Zhao, Xiuyan Hu, Cong Liao, Na Hong, Yuanchen Tang. Serviceability-oriented analytical design of isolated liquid damper for the wind-induced vibration control of high-rise buildings. Smart Structures and Systems, 2024, 33(1), 27-39

• Zhipeng Zhao, Xiuyan Hu, Qingjun Chen, Kai Yang, Cong Liao, Ruifu Zhang. Negative stiffness-enhanced seismic damping technology for an over-track complex with concrete-encased steel columns. Journal of Building Engineering, 2023, 73, 106722

• Zhipeng Zhao, Yanchao Wang, Qingjun Chen, Hongfu Qiang, Na Hong. Enhanced seismic isolation and energy dissipation approach for the aboveground negative-stiffness-based isolated structure with an underground structure. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023, 134, 105019.

• Zhipeng Zhao, Qingjun Chen, Xiuyan Hu, Ruifu Zhang. Enhanced energy dissipation benefit of negative stiffness amplifying dampers. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023, 240, 107934

• Zhipeng Zhao, Xiuyan Hu, Qingjun Chen, Yanchao Wang, Na Hong, Ruifu Zhang. Friction pendulum-strengthened tuned liquid damper (FPTLD) for earthquake resilience of isolated structures. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023, 108084

• Zhipeng Zhao, Xiuyan Hu, Ruifu Zhang, Qingjun Chen. Analytical optimization of the tuned viscous mass damper under impulsive excitations. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022, 228, 107472.

• Zhipeng Zhao, Yanchao Wang, Xiuyan Hu, Dagen Weng. Seismic performance upgrading of containment structures using a negative-stiffness amplification system. Engineering Structures, 2022, 262, 114394

• Zhipeng Zhao, Qingjun Chen, Ruifu Zhang, Xiaosong Ren, Xiuyan Hu.  Variable friction-tuned viscous mass damper and power-flow-based control. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 2021, 29(3), e2890

• Zhipeng Zhao, Qingjun Chen, Ruifu Zhang, Chao Pan, Yiyao Jiang. Energy dissipation mechanism of inerter systems. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2020, 184, 105845

• Zhipeng Zhao, Ruifu Zhang, Chao Pan, Qingjun Chen, Yiyao Jiang. Input energy reduction principle of structures with generic tuned mass damper inerter. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 2020, 28 (1), e2644.

• Zhipeng Zhao, Qingjun Chen, Ruifu Zhang, Yiyao Jiang, Chao Pan. A negative stiffness inerter system (NSIS) for earthquake protection purposes. Smart Structures and Systems, 2020, 26(4), 481-493.

• Zhipeng Zhao, Ruifu Zhang, Yiyao Jiang, Chao Pan. A tuned liquid inerter system for vibration control. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019, 164, 105171.

• Zhipeng Zhao, Ruifu Zhang, Zheng Lu. A particle inerter system for structural seismic response mitigation. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2019, 356 (14), 7669-7688.

• Qingjun Chen, Zhipeng Zhao, Ruifu Zhang, Chao Pan. Impact of soil–structure interaction on structures with inerter system. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2018, 433 (27), 1-15.

• Qingjun Chen, Zhipeng Zhao, Yuying Xia, Chao Pan. Comfort based floor design employing tuned inerter mass system. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019, 458 (13), 143-157.

• Qingjun Chen, Zhipeng Zhao*, Ruifu Zhang. An inerter-system chain and energy-based optimal control of adjacent single-degree-of-freedom structures. Smart Structures and Systems, 2021, 28(2), 245-259.

• Xiuyan Hu, Zhipeng Zhao*, Kai Yang, Wang Liao, Qingjun Chen. Novel triple friction pendulum-tuned liquid damper for the wind-induced vibration control of airport control towers. Thin-Walled Structures, 2023, 182 (Part B), 110337

• Xiuyan Hu, Zhipeng Zhao*, Eduardo Barredo, Kaoshan Dai, Yuanchen Tang, Na Hong, Nonlinear viscous damping-based negative stiffness isolation systemwith for over-track complex structures. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2024.

• Ruifu Zhang, Zhipeng Zhao, Chao Pan, K. Ikago, Songtao Xue. Damping enhancement principle of inerter system, Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 2020, 27(5), e2523.

• Ruifu Zhang, Zhipeng Zhao, Kaoshan Dai. Seismic response mitigation of a wind turbine tower using a tuned parallel inerter mass system. Engineering Structures, 2019, 180, 29-39.

• Yanchao Wang, Qingjun Chen, Zhipeng Zhao*, Zhiming He. A resilient column with angular friction damper for seismic performance upgrading of underground structures. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2021, 116, 104085

• Yanchao Wang, Qingjun Chen, Zhipeng Zhao*, Hongfu Qiang, Bin Liu, Xinfeng Wang. Multi-location seismic isolation approach and design for underground structures employing the negative-stiffness amplification system. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022, 122, 104395

• For more academic papers, please refer to: ResearchGate、Google Scholar、ORCiD

Patents

• A variable friction isolation bearing. China: ZL201610328234.8

• An acceleration type eddy current inerter energy dissipator. China: ZL201611173734.5

• A series acceleration inerter energy dissipater. China: ZL201611170600.8

• A nonlinear hybrid rotational energy-dissipating damper. China: ZL201610926045.0

• Double-tuned inerter system. China: ZL201811179969.4

• Shear wall system with hysteretic inerter. China: ZL201811273809.6

• Tuned inerter system using collision friction damping energy dissipation. China: ZL201811178748.5

• Tuned liquid inerter system. China: ZL201811290310.6

• Inerter damping layer system. China: ZL201811367122.9

• Negative stiffness adaptive energy storage impact-resistant column. China: ZL202011435030.7

• Self-resetting enhanced isolation column and its underground space structure system. China: ZL202011578294.8

Software

• Dynamic analysis software for multi-degree-of-freedom inertial damping structures. Certificate number: 2448361

• Collision energy-consuming inertia system parameter optimization and analysis software. Certificate number: 3455306

• SAP2000-OpenSEES structural model conversion tool software. Certificate number: 2435985

• Optimization analysis software of inertia system considering soil-structure interaction. Certificate number: 3455294

• Anti-explosion performance evaluation software for structural frame columns of typical underground civil air defense projects. Certificate number: 12504822

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