- Tel:
- Email: hzhou@scut.edu.cn
- Office Location: Transportation Building
- Research Direction: Structural Engineering
Profile
Hao Zhou received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) from Tongji University in July 2018. From December 2016 to December 2017, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). From August 2018 to December 2021, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Postdoctoral Research Station of Civil Engineering, South China University of Technology, and was promoted to Associate Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) in September 2020.
Since December 2021, he has been with the School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, South China University of Technology, where he is currently an Associate Professor, serving as Director of Academic Affairs of the School and Deputy Director of the MEM Education Center. He is a core member of the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building and Urban Science.
He teaches core undergraduate and graduate courses including Principles of Concrete Structures, Hydraulic Reinforced Concrete Structures, Plasticity and Damage Mechanics, Nonlinear Mechanics and Structural Analysis, and Advanced Theory of Reinforced Concrete Structures.
His research interests focus on analysis and computation of concrete structures, multi-hazard behavior and performance of structures, and stochastic mechanics and structural reliability. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals in structural engineering and engineering mechanics. He has served as Principal Investigator for seven national and provincial research projects and received the First Prize of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (2020).
He is a member of the Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering and a member and council member of the Guangdong Association of Young Scientists. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) as well as the Natural Science Foundations of Guangdong Province and Beijing Municipality.
Education
Sep 2013 – Jul 2018
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Tongji University, China
Advisor: Prof. Jie Li (Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Dec 2016 – Dec 2017
Visiting Scholar in Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA
Advisor: Prof. Billie F. Spencer, Jr. (Foreign Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering)
Admission Information
Work Experience
Social Position
Research Field
Research Directions:
Concrete Structures
Energy Infrastructure Structures
Structural Analysis and Computation
Structural Reliability
Research Interests:
Analysis and computation of concrete structures
Multi-hazard behavior and performance of structures
Stochastic mechanics and structural reliability
Open Course
Undergraduate Courses:
Principles of Concrete Structures
Hydraulic Reinforced Concrete Structures
Concrete Structure Design
Concrete and Masonry Structure Design
Frontier Forum of Hydraulic Science and Engineering
Course Design of Single-Story Industrial Buildings
Course Design of Hybrid Structures
Course Design of Hydraulic Reinforced Concrete Structures
Master's Courses:
Plasticity and Damage Mechanics
Nonlinear Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Doctoral Course:
Advanced Theory of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Research Project
Thesis
- Hao Zhou, Xiu-Quan Tian, Jian-Ying Wu,Stochastic characterization of post-fire concrete: Quantifying residual mechanical variability via extensive uniaxial compression testing,Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE,2026
- Wu, Jian-Ying, Xia, Qing, Zhou, Hao, Huang, Yuli ,A unified intrinsic theory of evolution for fatigue fracture via bulk–crack decomposition,International Journal of Solids and Structures,2026
- Yu-Shuang Wang, Hao Zhou, Nan Hu, Hamid Beiraghi,Modeling fire-induced progressive collapse of reinforced concrete structures with explicit cooling-phase effects,Journal of Building Engineering,2026
- Li, Jin-Yang;Li, Yijie;Song, Yupeng;Zhou, Hao;Wang, Luhao,Reliability analysis of a high-rise benchmark building with novel self-powered active mass damper under random wind excitations,Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing,2025
- Zhou, Hao;Tian, Xiu-Quan;Wang, Yu-Shuang;Lin, Hai-Lin;Chen, Hong-Hao,Experimental Investigation of Damage and Failure Modes in Stirrupless Reinforced Concrete Beams under Varied Thermal-Mechanical Loadings,Journal of Structural Engineering,2024
- Wang, Yu-Shuang;Yu, Xian-Bin;Zhou, Hao,An energy-based chemo-thermo-mechanical damage model for early-age concrete,Engineering Fracture Mechanics,2024
- Zhou, Hao;Tian, Xiuquan;Wu, Jianying,Cracking and thermal resistance in concrete: Coupled thermo-mechanics and phase-field modeling,Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics,2024
- Liu, Wei;Xiao, Chang;Zhou, Hao;Wang, Chenyan,Experimental investigation of liquid-tank interaction effects on full containment LNG storage tanks through shaking table tests,Thin-Walled Structures,2024
- 吴建营;莫盛特;周浩,基于统一相场理论的早龄期混凝土损伤与破坏分析:化-热-湿-力多场耦合与多重变形竞争,力学学报,2024
- He, Jingran;Gao, Ruofan;Zhou, Hao,A nonparametric seismic reliability analysis method based on Bayesian compressive sensing-Stochastic harmonic function method and probability density evolution method,Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing,2023
- Zhang, Ding-Yuan;Wu, Jian-Ying;Zhou, Hao;Gong, Mo-Song,A benchmark shaking table test on the seismic responses of an extra-large LNG storage tank,EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS,2023
- Li, Jin-Yang;Lu, Jubin;Zhou, Hao,Reliability analysis of structures with inerter-based isolation layer under stochastic seismic excitations,Reliability Engineering & System Safety,2023
- Wang, Yu-Shuang;Zhou, Hao;Wu, Jian-Ying,Hybrid fire collapse simulation of reinforced concrete structures under localized fires,Engineering Structures,2023
- Wang, Yu-Shuang;Mo, Lin-Hao;Xie, San-Xiu;Wang, Chun-Ying;Yu, Xian-Bin;Zhou, Hao,Early-age cracking in mass concrete: Modeling and case study of an extra-large exhibition pool,Journal of Building Engineering,2023
- Wu, Jian-Ying*;Chen, Wan-Xin;Zhou, Hao,A length scale insensitive phase-field model for fully coupled thermo-mechanical fracture in concrete at high temperatures,International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics,2022
- Zhang DingYuan;Wu JianYing;Zhou Hao;Gong MoSong,A benchmark shaking table test on the seismic responses of an extra‐large LNG storage tank,Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics,2022
- Jiang, Zhong-ming;Feng, De-Cheng;Zhou, Hao;Tao, Wei-Feng,A recursive dimension-reduction method for high-dimensional reliability analysis with rare failure event,Reliability Engineering & System Safety,2021
- Wu, Jian-Ying*;Huang, Yuli;Zhou, Hao;Nguyen, Vinh Phu,Three-dimensional phase-field modeling of mode I plus II/III failure in solids,Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,2021
- Jiang Zhong ming;Feng De Cheng;Zhou Hao;Tao Wei Feng,A recursive dimension-reduction method for high-dimensional reliability analysis with rare failure event,Reliability Engineering & System Safety,2021
- Wu, Jian-Ying;Vinh Phu Nguyen;Zhou, Hao;Huang, Yuli,A variationally consistent phase-field anisotropic damage model for fracture,Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,2020
- Zhou, Hao;Li, Jie,Physical synthesis method for global reliability analysis of engineering structures,Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing,2020
- Beiraghi, Hamid;Zhou, Hao,Dual-steel frame consisting of moment-resisting frame and shape memory alloy braces subjected to near-field earthquakes,Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings,2020
- Huang, Tiancan;Zhou, Hao;Beiraghi, Hamid,Collapse Simulation and Response Assessment of a Large Cooling Tower Subjected to Strong Earthquake Ground Motions,CMES-COMPUTER MODELING IN ENGINEERING & SCIENCES,2020
- Zhou, Hao;Li, Jie,Energy-based collapse assessment of concrete structures subjected to random damage evolutions,Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics,2020
- Tiancan Huang;Hao Zhou;Hamid Beiraghi,Collapse Simulation and Response Assessment of a Large Cooling Tower Subjected to Strong Earthquake Ground Motions,Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences,2020
- Zhou, Hao;Li, Jie;Spencer, Billie F., Jr.,Multiscale Random Fields-Based Damage Modeling and Analysis of Concrete Structures,Journal of Engineering Mechanics,2019
- Zhou, Hao, Li, Jie,Comparison study of two criteria for identification of structural dynamic stability,Science China Technological Sciences,2019
- Li, Jie, Zhou, Hao, Ding, Yanqiong,Stochastic seismic collapse and reliability assessment of high‐rise reinforced concrete structures,The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings,2018
- Zhou, Hao, Li, Jie,Effective energy criterion for collapse of deteriorating structural systems,Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE,2017
- Zhou, Hao, Li, Jie, Ren, Xiaodan,Multiscale stochastic structural analysis toward reliability assessment for large complex reinforced concrete structures,International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering,2016
- 周浩, 李杰,基于不同本构模型的混凝土结构地震倒塌对比分析,建筑结构学报,2016