Education Background

• 2016.08 - 2020.05    University of California Berkeley，Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., Advisor: Khalid M. Mosalam

• 2015.08 - 2016.05    University of California Berkeley，Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master, Advisor: Khalid M. Mosalam

• 2014.09 - 2015.05    Shanghai Jiaotong University, Computer Science

• 2010.09 - 2014.06    Tongji University, Building Engineering, Bachelor, Advisor: Yiyi Chen

Working Expereince

• 2024.01 - Now      Tongji University, Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, Associate Professor

• 2023.11 - 2023.12   Tongji University, Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, Researcher 

• 2020.06 - 2023.10    University of California Berkeley，Civil and Environmental Engineering，Postdoctoral Researcher, Advisor: Khalid M. Mosalam

Research Direction

• AI-aided Structural Health Monitoring

• Generative AI and Intelligent Design

• Multimodality-based Large Language Model for Intelligent Disaster Prevention

• Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Digital Twin and Model Updating

• Computer Vision and Deep Learning

Honors & Awards

• 2021 Best Journal Paper Award of《Computer-Aided in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering》

• 2022 Best Journal Paper Award (Runner-up) of《Engineering Structures》

Representative Publications

• Gao, Y., & Mosalam, K. M. (2018). Deep transfer learning for image‐based structural damage recognition. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 33(9), 748-768.

• Gao, Y., Kong, B., & Mosalam, K. M. (2019). Deep leaf‐bootstrapping generative adversarial network for structural image data augmentation. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34(9), 755-773.

• Gao, Y., & Mosalam, K. M. (2020). PEER Hub ImageNet: A large-scale multiattribute benchmark data set of structural images. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(10), 04020198.

• Gao, Y., Mosalam, K. M., Chen, Y., Wang, W., & Chen, Y. (2021). Auto-regressive integrated moving-average machine learning for damage identification of steel frames. Applied Sciences, 11(13), 6084.

• Gao, Y., Zhai, P., & Mosalam, K. M. (2021). Balanced semisupervised generative adversarial network for damage assessment from low‐data imbalanced‐class regime. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 36(9), 1094-1113.

• Gao, Y., & Mosalam, K. M. (2022). Deep learning visual interpretation of structural damage images. Journal of Building Engineering, 60, 105144.

• Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Mosalam, K. M., Gao, Y., & Huang, S. L. (2022). Deep semantic segmentation for visual understanding on construction sites. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 37(2), 145-162.

• Gao, Y., Yang, J., Qian, H., & Mosalam, K. M. (2023). Multiattribute multitask transformer framework for vision‐based structural health monitoring. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 38(17), 2358-2377.

• Mosalam, K., Muin, S., & Gao, Y. (2019). NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING. NED University Journal of Research.

• Yang, X., Gao, Y., Fang, C., Zheng, Y., & Wang, W. (2022). Deep learning‐based bolt loosening detection for wind turbine towers. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 29(6), e2943.

• Zheng, Y., Gao, Y., Lu, S., & Mosalam, K. M. (2022). Multistage semisupervised active learning framework for crack identification, segmentation, and measurement of bridges. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 37(9), 1089-1108.

• Fan, Y., Lu, W., Yuan, M., & Gao, Y. (2023). A Modified Full-Scale Experimental Method on the Seismic Performance of Complex Façade System. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 1-21.

• Fang, C., Ping, Y., Gao, Y., Zheng, Y., & Chen, Y. (2022). Machine learning-aided multi-objective optimization of structures with hybrid braces–Framework and case study. Engineering Structures, 269, 114808.

• Gu, Z., Lu, W., & Gao, Y. (2022). Asymmetrical friction damper to improve seismic behavior of tension-only braces: An experimental and analytical study. Engineering Structures, 256, 114029.

• Gu, Z., Lu, W., Fan, Y., & Gao, Y. (2023). An uncoupled damping system for tension-only braced structures: experimental and numerical analysis. Engineering Structures, 281, 115777.

• Gu, Z., Lu, W., Fan, Y., & Gao, Y. (2023). Automated simplified structural modeling method for megatall buildings based on genetic algorithm. Journal of Building Engineering, 77, 107485.

Academic Jobs

Reviewer for more than 10 SCI-indexed journals, such as Computer-Aided in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering，Automation in Construction与Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics and so on.