Dr. Yuguo Yu

Dr Yuguo Yu holds BE, ME, and PhD in Civil Engineering. He has research experience in broad areas, with expertise focused on sustainable concrete technology, virtual computational mechanics, as well as machine learning aided analysis & design. To date, he has generated many high-quality research outputs with industrial tractions (Australian Innovation Patent granted in 2019), where all of his journal papers are published on JCR Q1 platforms. Dr Yuguo Yu’s publications and other research outputs can be viewed in Google Scholar.

With the active research outputs, Dr Yuguo Yu has made original contributions to Civil Engineering, which can be summarised as follows:

• Pioneer a physics-based model for aging assessment of sustainable cementitious materials
• Develop a high-fidelity corrosion prediction method for aging reinforced structures
• Establish machine learning aided physics-based method for virtual structural health monitoring

Current focused research interests:

• Low-carbon concrete analysis and design
• Circular economy in construction materials using underexploited natural resources
• Computational mechanics and material science
• Machine learning in structural analysis and design

Selected awards & distinction:

• Best Early-Career Researcher Paper Award (2021) at the 5th Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Sydney
• Best Research Presentation Winner Award of Research Day (2016) at UNSW, Canberra
• Best Student Paper Award (2015) at the 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane
• Distinguished Master Thesis Award (2013) at South China University of Technology

PhD in Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia

ME in Structural Engineering, South China University of Technology, China

BE in Civil Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, China

• Experience in construction industry on designing prefabricated FRP members for aging structural retrofitting
• Experience in industrial project working with Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia for assessing corrosion
• Member of International Structural Engineering and Construction Society & Concrete Institute of Australia
• Regular journal reviewer invited for Construction and Building Materials; Applied Mathematical Modelling; Engineering Structures; International Journal of Mechanical Sciences; Renewable Energy; and many more
• Core organisation committee member for the 5th Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, leading paper review process and program development