PhD, Professor

E-Mail：lj_jia@tongji.edu.cn

Address: Room B513, Civil Eng. Bldg,  Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.

Education and Working Experience

• 2003–2007 Tongji Univ.，Civil Eng.，Bachelor

• 2007–2010 Tongji Univ.，Struct. Eng.，Master

• 2008–2009 Kumamoto Univ，Struct. Eng.，Exchange Master Student

• 2010–2013 The Univ. of Tokyo，Struct. Eng.，PhD

• 2013–2015 Meijo Univ.，Adv. Res. Center for Natural Disaser Risk Reduction，Post-doctor

• 2015–2018 Tongji Univ.，Dept. of Disaster Mitigation for Structures，Assistant Professor

• 2018–2023 Tongji Univ.，Dept. of Disaster Mitigation for Structures，Associate Professor

• 2023–Now Tongji Univ.，Dept. of Disaster Mitigation for Structures，Professor

Research Field

• Metallic Meta-Material (e.g., Negative Poisson's Ratio Meta-Steel)

• Steel Structures and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures

• Multi-Scale Study of Metal Fracture

• Seismic Dampers and Isolators

• Low-Damage Structural Systems with Brittle Materials

• AI-Aided Structural Design

Prizes

• Tso Kung Hsieh Award for best paper published in the journal of Structures & Buildings (2018), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), London, United Kindom
  

• Distinguished Paper Award (2018), 10th China Earthquake Engineering Conference, Shanghai, China

• CIDECT President’s Award for Research (2010), 13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS13), Hongkong, China

• Excellent Graduate Student Award (2010), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• China Scholarship Council Scholarship (2010), Chinese Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

• Japan Student Services Organization Scholarship (2008), Japanese Ministry of Education, Tokyo, Japan

• Excellent Graduate Student Award (2007), Shanghai Government, Shanghai, China

• 2nd Prize in Lightness of Steel Bridge Competition in ASCE Southeast Student Conference (2007), American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Nashville, USA

• 3rd Prize in Geowall Competition in ASCE Southeast Student Conference (2007), American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Nashville, USA

• Excellent Thesis Award (2007), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• First Prize of 1st Student Innovation Training Program (2007), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Funded Grants 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), No. 51508401, Effect of manufacturing methods on post-buckling fracture mechanisms of steel CHS using a micro-mechanics based fracture model, 2016-2018, PI

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 0500219213, Shear performance of steel-ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) stud connectors, 2015-2016, Co-PI

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 0500219248, Fundermental research on steel-UHPC composite structures using prefabricated stud connectors, 2017-2018, Co-PI

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Research on control accuracy and dynamic characteristics of hydraulic joint robot, 2018-2019, Co-PI

• Science Foundation for the Youth Tallents of Tongji University, No. 0200219163, Fracture mechanism of steel tubular members under large plastic cyclic loading, 2016-2018, PI

• Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 0200219261, Structural seismic reduction and anti-blast performance of sandwich plates with negative Poisson's ratio, 2018, PI

• China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization (CECS) standard editoring for Green building materials evaluation-steel members in steel buildings, 2017-2018, PI

• Research Funds for Youth Scholars of Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, Post-buckling fracture mechanism of steel bracings, 2015-2018, PI

Memberships

• Structural Engineers, (Editorial Editor of the Journal)

• 2016 Seminar of Structural Engineering Young Researchers studied in Japan, Jul. 3-4, 2016, Nanjing, China. (Session Chairman)

• 15th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Oct. 11-13, 2017, Xi'An, China. (Session Chairman)

• International Workshop on Performance-Based Seismic Design of Structures: Resilience, Robustness, Oct. 12-15, 2017, Shanghai, China. (Organizing Committee)

• 5th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering Young Scholars across the Taiwan Strait, Nov. 17-19, 2017, Shanghai, China. (Organizing Committee)

• 15th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Oct. 11-13, 2017, Xi'An, China. (Scientific Committee)

• 5th Symposium on Aseismic and Seismic Reduction of Engineering Structures, Nov. 17-19, 2017, Shanghai, China. (Organizing Committee)

• 3rd National Conference on Young Scholars of Infrastructure Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, Jun. 8-10, 2018, Dalian, China. (Scientific Committee of Young Scholars)

• 5th Young Scholar Salon of Structural Engineering in the Yangtze River Delta Region, Jun. 15-16, 2018, Nanjing, China. (Session Chairman)

• The 1st National Conference on New Civil Construction Materials and New Structural Systems, 2018, Xi’an, China. (Session Chairman)

• 10th China Earthquake Engineering Conference, Aug. 22-25, 2018, Shanghai, China. (Organizing Committee)

Monograph

• L-J Jia; HB Ge. Ultra-Low Cycle Fatigue Failure of Metal Structures under Strong Earthquakes. Springer, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-13-2660-8.
  

Journal Publication

• L-J Jia; Y Dong; HB Ge; K Kondo; P Xiang (2019). Experimental study on high-performance buckling-restrained braces with perforated core plates. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 19(1), 1940004. 

• L-J Jia; HB Ge; P Xiang; Y Liu (2018). Seismic performance of fish-bone shaped buckling-restrained braces with controlled damage process. Engineering Structures, 169:141-153.

• L-J Jia; R-W Li, P Xiang; D-Y Zhou; Y Dong (2018). Resilient steel frames installed with self-centering dual-steel buckling-restrained brace. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 149:95-104.

• P Xiang; M Shi; L-J Jia; M Wu; CL Wang (2018). Constitutive model of aluminum under variable-amplitude cyclic loading and its application to buckling-restrained braces. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), 30(3):04017304.

• L.J. Jia; P Xiang; M Wu; A Nishitani (2018). Swing story–lateral force resisting system connected with dampers: novel seismic vibration control system for building structures. Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 144(2):04017159.

• Y Liu; L-J Jia; HB Ge; T Kato; T Ikai (2017). Ductile-fatigue transition fracture mode of welded T-joints under quasi-static cyclic large plastic strain loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 176(5):38-60.

• L-J Jia; HB Ge; R Maruyama; K Shinohara (2017). Development of a novel high-performance all-steel fish-bone shaped buckling-restrained brace. Engineering Structures, 138:105-119.

• J Wang; J Guo; L-J Jia; S Chen; Y Dong (2017). Push-out tests of demountable headed stud shear connectors in steel-UHPC composite structures. Composite Structures, 170:69-79.

• K Ke; Y Chen; L-J Jia (2017). Damage-control evaluation of high-strength steel frames with energy dissipation bays. Structures & Buildings, 170(9):677-692.

• Y Chen; L Pan; L-J Jia (2017). Post-buckling ductile fracture analysis of panel zones in welded steel beam-to-column connections. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 132:117-129.

• L-J Jia; T Ikai; HB Ge; S Hada (2017). Seismic performance of compact beam–column connections with welding defects in steel bridge piers. Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE),22(4):04016137.

• L-J Jia; T Ikai; K Shinohara; HB Ge (2016). Ductile crack initiation and propagation of structural steels under cyclic combined shear and normal stress loading. Construction and Building Materials, 112:69-83.

• L-J Jia; HB Ge; K Shinohara; H Kato (2016). Experimental and numerical study on ductile fracture of structural steels under combined shear and tension. Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 21(5):04016008.

• L-J Jia; T Ikai; K Shinohara; L Kang; HB Ge; T Kato (2016). Ductile cracking simulation procedure for welded joints under monotonic tension. Structural Engineering & Mechanics, 60(1):51-69.

• L-J Jia; H Kuwamura (2015). Ductile fracture model for structural steel under cyclic large strain loading. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 106:110-121.

• Z Zhou; L-J Jia (2015). Damage index for crack initiation of structural steel under cyclic loading. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 114:1-7. 

• L-J Jia; HB Ge; T Suzuki; X Luo (2015). Experimental study on cracking of thick-walled welded beam-column connections with incomplete penetration in steel bridge piers. Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 20(4):04014072. 

• HB Ge; L-J Jia; L Kang; T Suzuki (2014). Experimental study on seismic performance of partial penetration welded steel beam-column connections with different fillet radii. Steel & Composite Structures, 17(6):851-865. 

• L-J Jia (2014). Integration algorithm for a modified Yoshida-Uemori model to simulate cyclic plasticity in extremely large plastic strain ranges up to fracture. Computers & Structures, 145:36-46. 

• L-J Jia; H Kuwamura (2014). Prediction of cyclic behaviors of mild steel at large plastic strain using coupon test results. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 140(2):441-454. 

• L-J Jia; H Kuwamura (2014). Ductile fracture simulation of structural steels under monotonic tension. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 140(5):472-482. 

• L-J Jia; T Koyama; H Kuwamura (2014). Experimental and numerical study of postbuckling ductile fracture of heat-treated SHS stub columns. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 140(7):165-180. 

• L-J Jia; HB Ge; T Suzuki (2014). Effect of post weld treatment on cracking behaviors of beam-column connections in steel bridge piers. Steel & Composite Structures, 17(5):685-704. 

• L-J Jia; Y Chen (2014). Evaluation of elastic in-plane flexural rigidity of unstiffened multiplanar CHS X-joints. International Journal of Steel Structures, 14(1):23-30.

• L-J Jia; T Koyama; H Kuwamura (2013). Prediction of cyclic large plasticity for prestrained structural steel using only tensile coupon tests. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 7(4):466-476.

Invited Lectures

• A new negative poisson’s ratio configuration and experimental study on its mechanical properties. The 1st National Conference on New Civil Construction Materials and New Structural Systems, 2018, Xi’an, China.

• Development of shear buckling-restrained braces. 4th Huixian International Forum on Earthquake Engineering for Young Researchers, 2018, Shanghai, China.

• Development of high-performance metallic dampers using mesoscopic ductile fracture model. 3rd National Conference on Young Scholars of Infrastructure Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, Jun. 8-10, 2018, Dalian, China.

• Proposals of new metallic dampers based on ductile fracture mechanics. Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2017, Xi’an, China.

• Mesoscopic ductile fracture mechanics and its applications. Changan Univsersity, 2017, Xi’an, China.

Welcome to Graduate (Master & PhD) Studies at Tongji! Competent candidates can apply for Chinese Government scholarships. For details, please send a CV to the email: lj_jia@tongji.edu.cn, or send messages through Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lj_Jia