Biography

Prof. Songye ZHU is currently a full professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Meanwhile, he is serving as Interim Director of the Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch), Associate Director of State Key Laboratory of Climate Resilience for Coastal Cities, and Associate Director of Otto Poon Research Institute for Climate-resilient Infrastructure. His major research interests lie in the fields of smart and resilient structures, structural control and monitoring, and renewable energy. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and holds nine patents. His research has received numerous international awards from different professional societies and publishers. He is serving as Editor of Advances in Structural Engineering, and Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, and International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. He is also the Past President of American Society of Civil Engineers – Hong Kong Section.