Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy – Structural Engineering (1999)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

The University of New South Wales, Australia.

Bachelor of Engineering – Civil Engineering with First Class Honours (1994)

School of Civil Engineering,

The University of New South Wales, Australia.

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (2005)

Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor (Tenure): (2007-present)

Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), China.

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer: (2003-2006)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.

{Acting Director: Research Programs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, UTS: 2006}

Senior Research Associate: (2002-2003)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW).

{Acting Manager: Heavy Structures Testing Laboratory, UNSW: 2003}

Postdoctoral Fellow: (1999-2001)

Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), China.

Postgraduate (PhD) Student and Tutor: (1995-1998)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW (supervisor Prof. M.A. Bradford).

Graduate Engineer: (1994)

Woolacotts Consulting Engineers, Sydney, Australia.

Visiting Appointments

Visiting Professor: (2011-2014)

Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

Prizes, Awards and Fellowships

Warren Medal, Civil College of Engineers Australia. (2011)

Overseas Academic Short-Term Exchange Co-operation Project, Tsinghua University, China. (2011)

International Co-operation and Exchange Fellowship, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China. (2011)

Fellow, Engineers Australia. (2011)

Distinguished Young Researcher Award, International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC). (2010)

CICE 2008 Best Paper Award, The Fourth International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2008, 22-24 July 2008, Zurich, Switzerland.

President’s Award for Excellent Services to the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC). (2008)

Howard Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK. (2004)

Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. (1999)

Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship. (1995)

Professional Affiliations

Fellow

Engineers Australia and Chartered Australian Professional Engineer

Member

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)

International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib)

Asian Concrete Federation (ACF)

International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)