Ph.D., Professor

Address: Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University.
       1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China

Tel: 021-65985374

E-mail: yingzhou@tongji.edu.cn

Prof. Ying ZHOU is Chair of Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, and Vice Director of International Joint Research Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering (ILEE).

Prof. ZHOU received her doctoral degree from Tongji University in 2006, joined Tongji University then and is mainly engaged in the research of seismic design and energy dissipation of high-rise buildings. In recent years, Prof. ZHOU hosted more than 20 national, ministerial and provincial scientific research projects, including the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Natural Science Foundation, and the National 973 Program, and a number of industry research projects. The research results have won 3 international academic awards, 4 provincial and ministerial awards. Prof. ZHOU has authored over 100 academic papers, including more than 50 peer-reviewed SCI journal papers, over 10 national invention patents, 4 software works, and 4 academic books (Method and Technology for Shaking Table Model Test of Building Structures, Theoretical Method and Engineering Practice of Damping Walls, etc.). Because of her achievements in earthquake engineering, Prof. ZHOU is awarded the Young Scholarship of Chang Jiang Scholars Program of Ministry of Education of China, and the Excellent Young Scientist Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Prof. ZHOU serves as Secretary-General of Earthquake Resiliency Council, Seismological Society of China, Standing Director of Committee of Council on High-rise Building and Habitat Environment of Architectural Society of China (CHHE-ASC), Deputy Secretary-General of Disaster Prevention and Resilience for Urban and Rural Engineering, China Association for Disaster Prevention (DPRURE). Prof. ZHOU also serves as the Editor of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SDEE), Field Editor of Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (JAABE), and Editor of Journal of Building Structures.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1.Seismic design and energy dissipation of high-rise buildings

2.Earthquake resilient structures

3.Method and technology of dynamic tests

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

• Demonstrative English Teaching Course of Shanghai: Seismic Design of Building Structures

RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROJECTS (SELECTED):

1.Excellent Young Scientist Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Seismic design of high-rise buildings

2.The 13th Five-Year Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Research on the disaster resistant performance and design theory for high performance structural system

3.The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on the three-dimensional isolation system based on the characteristics of stiffness adaptation

4.The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on key problems about seismic performance of new type of super-tall buildings with energy-dissipating outriggers

5.The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Stress mechanism and design theory for super-tall structures with combined control outriggers under multiple hazards

6.The Young Scholars Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Performance-based seismic design method for high-rise steel frame-concrete core tube hybrid structures

7.The Young Scholars 973 Program: Load transfer rules of track-subgrade system under high-speed train loads

8.ILEE China-New Zealand International Cooperation Project: Shake-table testing of a low-damage concrete wall building

9.Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan: Research on the intelligent structural detection technology of public building assembles

10.Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan: Urban disaster prevention mechanism and dynamic model

11.Young Academic Research Leader of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality: Research on the seismic design and vibration control of high-rise over-track buildings

12.Key Projects of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: Research on the performance-based seismic design method for new type of energy dissipation high-rise buildings with outrigger trusses

13.State Key Laboratory Program: Research on the seismic performance of resilient shear walls with high-performance material

14.State Key Laboratory Program: Research on the failure mechanism and process control of bottom frame-shear wall structures under strong earthquake

15.Industry research Project: Research on the performance of high-rise isolated structures in high-intensity seismic regions

16.Industry research Project: Research on the shaking table test for the reserved structures above metro depots

17.Industry research Project: Research on the structural monitoring of buildings around Huapeng Road Station, Shanghai Metro Line 13 (Phase II)

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED):

1.Theoretical Method and Engineering Practice of Damping Walls [M]. Science Press. 2018. (in Chinese)

2.Method and Technology for Shaking Table Model Test of Building Structures [M]. Science Press. 2016 Second Edition. (in Chinese)

3.Analytical and numerical investigation of a quasi-zero stiffness vertical isolation system [J]. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2019. In press.

4.Loading protocols for qualification testing of BRBs considering global performance requirements [J]. Engineering Structures, 2019, 189: 440-457.

5.A new analytical model for viscous wall dampers and its experimental validation [J]. Engineering Structures, 2018, 163: 224-240.

6.An improved defining parameter for long-period ground motions with application of a super-tall building [J]. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2018, 113: 462-472.

7.Seismic performance of a damping outrigger system for tall buildings [J]. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2017, 24(1): e1864.

8.Experimental study and numerical simulation on a new type of viscoelastic damper with strong nonlinear characteristics [J]. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2017, 24(4): e1897.

9.A mechanical tension-resistant device for lead rubber bearings [J]. Engineering Structures, 2017, 152: 238-250.

10.Shaking table tests and numerical studies on the effect of viscous dampers on an isolated RC building by friction pendulum bearings [J]. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 100: 330-344.

11.An inter‐story drift‐based parameter analysis of the optimal location of outriggers in tall buildings [J]. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2016, 25(5): 215-231.

12.Analysis of a high‐rise steel structure with viscous damped outriggers [J]. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2014, 23(13): 963-979.

13.Structural system identification based on computer vision [J]. China Civil Engineering Journal, 2018, 51(11): 17-23. (in Chinese)

14.Study on shaking table test of a steel structure with additional viscoelastic dampers [J]. Journal of Building Structures, 2014, 35(7): 1-10. (in Chinese)

15.State-of-the-art on rocking and self-centering structures [J]. Journal of Building Structures, 2011, 32(9): 1-10. (in Chinese)

NATIONAL INVENTION PATENTS (SELECTED):

1.New type of energy-dissipating shear wall foot. CN201710479119.

2.A composite isolation device based on magnetic and oil damping materials. CN201610552327.

3.A composite isolation device based on particle damping and memory alloy materials. CN201610551571.

4.A composite isolation device based on air spring and particle damping materials. CN201610551859.

5.Intelligent electromagnetic control isolation bearing. CN201510526542

6.A composite material energy-dissipating shear wall. CN201410250159.

7.Two-stage hybrid energy-dissipating device. CN201410198848.

8.A new type of energy-dissipating high-rise structural system with outrigger trusses. CN201310077051.

9.New type of hybrid energy-dissipating bracing. CN201310076664.

10.Shear wall structure with energy-dissipating horizontal gap. CN201210236717.

RESEARCH AWARDS (SELECTED):

1.Shanghai Science and Technology Award - 2nd Prize: Performance-based seismic design theory and key technologies for complex high-rise buildings

2.China Award for Science and Technology in Construction - 1st Prize: Seismic design of highly efficient structural system and key technologies of construction for complex high-rise buildings

3.Beijing Science and Technology Award - 2nd Prize: Highly efficient structural system and key technologies for large-scale complex high-rise buildings

4.Shanghai Technology Innovation Award - 2nd Prize: Development and application of new type of highly efficient wind-resistant and earthquake-resistant damper

5.Best Paper of the Year: The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings

6.Best Paper Award: 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering