Dr. Siang (Sunny) Zhou
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary area: Structural Engineering
Office: EASCB 1.202 K
Phone: (956) 665-4074
E-mail: siang.zhou@utrgv.edu
Websites:
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Google Scholar Profile
About
Dr. Zhou joined the Department of Civil Engineering as an Assistant Professor in September 2023, where she started her research laboratory that study topics broadly related to design, performance, and monitoring of infrastructure, spanning across bridges, railroads, and buildings. Dr. Zhou’s research focuses on improving design efficiency and structural resilience of infrastructure; related work involves evaluating performance of structural systems under various load conditions through large-scale testing and numerical simulations, as well as health monitoring of existing structures. She is especially excited about research that make significant, practical, and expeditious impact on achieving safer and more economical design, retrofit, and construction.
Research Interests
- Infrastructure design and analysis
- Large-scale testing
- Bridge engineering
- Structural resilience
Teaching
- Structural Steel Design
- Mechanics of Materials
Professional Service
- National Academies Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on ‘Railroad Operating Technologies’ AR030 (2023-present).
- Reviewer for ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering (2023-present), ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (2022-present), and Transportation Research Record (2022-present).
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2023
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2023
- B.S., Civil (Constructional) Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2015