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- Qualifications:PhD, DIC, MEng, FHEA
- Position:Lecturer in Structural Engineering
- Department:School of Engineering
- Telephone:+441179656261
- Email:Jialiang.Yu@uwe.ac.uk
About me
I am a Lecturer in Structural Engineering in the School of Engineering at UWE Bristol. I obtained my MEng in Civil Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and my PhD in Structural Engineering from Imperial College London. Prior to joining UWE Bristol, I worked as a Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and later as a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.
My research combines computational modelling, nonlinear structural analysis and experimentation to improve structural performance, safety and efficiency. I am particularly interested in structural optimisation, stability and composite structures. Increasingly, I am exploring how data-driven methods such as machine learning and AI-assisted workflows can accelerate simulation, improve parameter calibration, and support rapid design decision-making while remaining grounded in mechanics and experimental evidence. I collaborate with industry to translate these advances into design-oriented tools and guidance.
Area of expertise
- Steel and Composite structures
- Nonlinear mechanics and stabilities
- Structural optimisation and computational mechanics
- Automated finite element modelling
- Data-driven performance prediction
- Fire performance of structures
- Experimental structural behaviour
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