Yung-tsang Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr Yung-Tsang Chen is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Davis in 2010 for a dissertation in “Performance of Structures with Supplemental Brace-Damper Systems.” He also holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He received Travel Awards by the US National Science Foundation and UC Davis, and was a recipient of the 2007 Summer Graduate Student Researcher Award by UC Davis. He also received the HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2011 by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. His research interests include bridge engineering, earthquake engineering, and structural control. He has published in the journals of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Engineering Structures, and Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE.
Research Interest
Structural Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Structural Control, Structural Health Monitoring
Publications
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Chen, Y.T. and Chai, Y.H. (2011) Performance of bridge approach slabs under void formation - experiment and simulation. HKIE Transactions, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 10-17. (award-winning paper)
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Chung, L.L., Chen*, Y.T., Sun, C.H., Lien, K.H., and Wu, L.W. (2012) Applicability investigation of code-defined procedures on seismic performance assessment of typical school buildings in Taiwan. Engineering Structures, Vol. 36, pp. 147-159.
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Chen, Y.T. and Chai, Y.H. (2012) Closure to “Experimental study on the performance of approach slabs under deteriorating soil washout conditions.†Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE.
