Dr. Shaoyu Zhao
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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shaoyu.zhao@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5937-5366
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Shaoyu Zhao is an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. He obtained his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2022. His research interests include advanced composite structures, molecular dynamics, mechanical metamaterials, graphene nanocomposites, etc. He has published over 40 journal papers with more than 2000 Google Scholar citations and an h-index of 26.
Dr Zhao is an Early Career Editorial Board Member of Engineering Structures (JCR Q1), International Journal of Structural Integrity (JCR Q1), International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials (JCR Q2), and Materials (JCR Q1).
Awards:
Best paper award, The First International Conference on Engineering Structures (ICES2024)
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2025), Australian Research Council
Supervisor projects
- Multiscale modelling of high-performance mechanical metallic metamaterial composites for aerospace applications
- 27 Nov 2024
- Damage monitoring and assessment of very large floating structures
- 16 Sep 2024
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
-Advanced composite structures
-Mechanical metamaterials
-Metaconcrete structures
-Functionally graded structures
-Molecular dynamics simulations
-Graphene/Carbon nanotube nanocomposites
Undergraduate teaching:
MIET1076 - Mechanical Vibrations
