Rajinderpal Bhatti Bsc, Pgce He, Msc, Ph

Biography

Chair of Civil Engineering within the Department of Engineering Science. Professor Chen has a strong research profile in various areas of civil engineering, including structural health monitoring, innovative and smart infrastructure, stochastic deterioration modelling, structural reliability and integrity, and advanced numerical modelling. He is the author/co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. Professor Chen leads a research group in Innovative and smart structures in close collaboration with many leading industrial partners including TWI, EA, and HR Wallingford. He managed successfully over 10 research projects as the principal investigator, including projects funded by UK research council and RAEng. He developed novel methodologies for vibration based structural damage identification, stochastic modelling of asset deterioration with time, performance assessment of corroding reinforced concrete structures, and time-dependent reliability analysis and optimised maintenance strategy. Professor Chen is very actively involved in professional body activities. He frequently served as a member of editorial boards, guest editor for special issues, organiser of mini-symposiums, chair for international conference sessions, peer reviewer for journals, speaker for invited presentations, and organiser for workshops. Professor Chen is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a chartered civil engineer with 10 years' experience in the UK civil engineering industry. Professor Chen received both his BEng in civil engineering and MEng in structural engineering from Hefei University of Technology, China. After studying at Imperial College London, he gained PhD in structural engineering from the University of Glasgow, UK. He was a senior consulting civil engineer with UK construction industry Southern Testing, responsible for analyses and designs of civil engineering structures. In 2007, Professor Chen joined the University of Greenwich as a senior lecturer in infrastructure engineering, and then appointed professor of civil engineering in 2015.

Research Interest

received both his BEng in civil engineering and MEng in structural engineering from Hefei University of Technology, China. After studying at Imperial College London, he gained PhD in structural engineering from the University of Glasgow, UK. He was a senior consulting civil engineer with UK construction industry Southern Testing, responsible for analyses and designs of civil engineering structures. In 2007, Professor Chen joined the University of Greenwich as a senior lecturer in infrastructure engineering, and then appointed professor of civil engineering in 2015.