Dr. Rui ZHANG is an associate professor of the Department of Bridge Engineering, School of Civil Engineering at the Southwest Jiaotong University. He obtained a PhD degree in civil engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT).

His research is in the area of structural concrete and earthqauke engineering, especially application of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCC), such as, Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) and Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) in bridge engineering for improving structural performance. Besides, his current research focuses on the 3D concrete printing technology.

Eduecation

• 2011.10-2015.03    Tokyo Institute of Technology    PhD    (Supervisor: Prof. Junichiro Niwa)

• 2009.10-2011.09    Tokyo Institute of Technology    MSc    (Supervisor: Prof. Kazuhiko Kawashima)

• 2005.09-2009.06    Southwest Jiaotong University   Bachelor.

Career

• 2015.10-now          Southwest Jiaotong University    Lecturer, Associate Professor

• 2013.08-2013.11    Chiyoda Corporation

• 2010.01-2013.12    Centre of Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Expertise

• FEM

• Construction materials

• Structural experiment

Currently, Dr. Zhang is teaching "Design Principle of Reinforced Concrete", "Civil Engineering Experiements and Measurements" and "Information Technology of Civil Engineering Transportation" in Mandarin, and "Civil Engineering Materials II: Cement and Concrete" and "Individual Research Project" in English.