Professor Wei Gao
Associate Dean
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
- AI and machine learning in structural analysis and design
- Stochastic structural analysis and safety assessment in CAD/CAE
- Computational uncertainty/stochastic mechanics
- Composite materials and structures
- Stability and reliability analysis
- Structural optimization and metamaterial design
- Vibration and control
- Vehicle-infrastructure interaction dynamics
- Engineered cementitious composite materials
Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Grants
- W Gao, D Ruan, Z Luo; Experiment-numerical-virtual generative design of nondeterministic impacts; ARC Discovery (DP240102559); 2024-2026
- W Gao, X Tan; Developmet of computational tool for data-driven structural safety assessment and service life prediction, ARC Linkage-ARC Research Hub (IH210100048) sub-project; 2022-2027
- W Gao, CW Yang; Circular economy-oriented analysis and design for energy-saving materials and structures; ARC Linkage-ARC Research Hub (IH200100010) sub-project; 2021-2026
- Z Luo, W Gao, P Walker, M Wang; Topological design of mechanical meta-structures; ARC Discovery (DP210101353); 2021-2023
- W Gao, D Wu, YX Zhang, GY Li, YM Chen; Performance assessment and optimal design for nano and composite structures; ARC Linkage-ARC Research Hub (IH150100006) sub-project; 2017-2022
- W Gao, Y-L Pi, S Tangaramvong; Unified nondeterministic dynamic safety assessment of softening structures; ARC Discovery (DP160103919); 2016-2018
- W Gao, Y-L Pi, F Tin-Loi; Stochastic geometrically nonlinear elasto-plastic buckling and behaviour of curved grid-like structures; ARC Discovery (DP140101887); 2014-2016
- CM Song, W Gao, Y-L Pi; A high-performance stochastic scaled boundary finite-element framework for safety assessment of structures susceptible to fracture; ARC Discovery (DP130102934); 2013-2015
- CM Song, W Gao, W Becker; Non-deterministic fracture analysis of structures by extending the scaled boundary finite-element method; ARC Discovery (DP1094451); 2010-2012
- N Zhang, W Gao; Quantitative analysis of dynamic performance of vehicles with uncertain system parameters and road inputs; ARC Discovery (DP0988429); 2009-2011
Research Projects for Future PhD Students
- AI and machine learning based structural analysis and design
- Integrated stochastic CAD/CAE framework
- Smart, sustainable and resilient structural design
- Data-driven structural reliability assessment and service-life prediction
- Stochastic static/dynamic elasto-plastic nonlinear analysis of large/complex structures
- Robust safety/ reliability-based design of composite structures
- Vehicle-bridge and train-rail-sleeper--foundation-tunnel coupled system
- Durability and safety of nano-enhanced building materials
Editorial Boards
- Modelling | An International Journal (Editor-in-Chief)
- Engineering Structures (Associate Editor)
- Applied Mathematical Modelling (Subject Editor)
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Editorial Advisory Board Member)
- Nanotechnology Reviews (Editorial Advisory Board Member)
- Machines (Editorial Advisory Board Member)
- Composites Part B Engineering (Editorial Board Member, 2013-2019)
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 4123
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Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Level 6, Room CE608
Kensington Campus
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