Education

• 2018 - 2022    University of Queensland, Department of Civil Engineering, Ph.D. (Advisor: Prof. Chien-Ming Wang)

• 2016 - 2017    Cornell University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master

                                (Advisor: Prof. Christopher J. Earls)

• 2010 - 2014     National Taiwan University, Department of Civil Engineering, Bachelor

Working Experience

• 2025 - Now     Tongji University, Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, Associate Professor

• 2024 - 2025    Tongji University, Department of Disaster Mitigation for Structures, Researcher

• 2022 - 2024    Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering, Postdoc (Advisor: Prof. Wenhui Duan)

• 2021 - 2022    University of Queensland, Department of Civil Engineering, Senior Research Assistant

• 2015 - 2016    CCDI Group, Structural Engineer

Research Interest

• Dynamic response and stability of structure (e.g. seismic impact on railway and highway bridges)

• Artificial intelligence strategy for structure determination

• Signal processing method and Time-series data analysis

• Computational mechanics for advanced materials design, e.g., 3D printing

Honors & Awards

• 2025 - Now   Australian Research Council (ARC), ARC Research Hub for Infrastructure Net Zero, AU$5 million, participant

• 2016 - 2023    Australian Research Council (ARC), ARC Research Hub for Nanoscience-based Construction Material Manufacturing, AU$5 million, participant

• 2022                Department of Home Affairs, Global Talent Program, recipient

• 2019 - 2022   Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Three MOST Add-on Grants for International Cooperation, including Theoretical Exploration of “Suppression/Vibration Reduction” for Resonance in High-Speed Rail Vehicle-Bridge Interaction and Investigation of the Vehicle-Bridge Coupled Resonance Phenomenon in High-Speed Rail “Connected Trains.”, participant

Selective Publications

• DS Yang* & CM Wang (2022). Bridge damage detection using reconstructed mode shape by improved vehicle scanning method. Engineering Structures, 263, 114373.

• DS Yang* & CM Wang (2022). Modal properties identification of damped bridge using improved vehicle scanning method. Engineering Structures, 256, 114060.

• H Xu, XY Chen, J Chen, LK shi, DS Yang*, et. al. (2025). Review of vehicle scanning method for bridges from 2004 to 2024. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 253003.

• DS Yang* and CM Wang (2019). Dynamic response and stability of an inclined Euler beam under a moving vertical concentrated load. Engineering Structures, 186, 243-254.

• H. Xu, Y.H. Liu, J. Chen, D.S. Yang*, Y.B. Yang (2024). Novel formula for determining bridge damping ratio from two wheels of a scanning vehicle by wavelet transform. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 208, 111026.

• DS Yang*, Q Zhang, H Xu, W Duan, K Sagoe-Crentsil (2023). Disk model effect for road surface roughness using convolution method. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 23, 2340033.

• H. Xu, Y.H. Liu, M. Yang, D.S. Yang*, Y.B. Yang (2023), Mode shape construction for bridges from contact responses of a two-axle test vehicle by wavelet transform. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 195, 110304.

• DS Yang*, CM Wang & JD Yau (2021). Moving internal node element method for dynamic analysis of beam structure under moving vehicle. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 511, 116348.

• DS Yang*, CM Wang & JD Yau (2020). Dynamic stability and response of inclined beams under moving mass and follower force. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 20(14), 2043004.

• DS Yang, DX Xue, H. Xu*, W Duan (2024). Low-cycle fatigue design for reinforced high-strength concrete under high compressive stress. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 20, e03078.

Academic Jobs

• Reviewer for more than 10 SCI-indexed journals, such as Engineering Structures、Acta Mechanica Sinica、Applied Mathematical Modelling、Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence、International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics、Ocean Engineering等