Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003.
M. S. Structural Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1991.
B.S. Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China, 1989.
ACCREDITATION:
Registered Professional Civil Engineer (State of Ohio, registration number 72048)
Member of International Society of Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)
Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Member of American Society for Testing and Materials International
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
January 2007 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
August 2005 - December 2006: Structural Engineer, Matrix Engineering Corp.
June 2003 - July 2005: Structural Engineer, Progressive Engineering Inc.
January 2000 - May 2003: Graduate Research Assistant, Civil and Materials Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago.
September 1998 - December 1999: Visiting Researcher, Smart Sensors and NDT Laboratory, Civil and Materials Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago.
September 1997 - August 1998: Visiting Researcher, Smart Sensors and NDT Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Structural health monitoring
nondestructive testing
fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials for new structures as well as the rehabilitation and maintenance of the existing structures, numerical and experimental modeling
PUBLICATIONS
Zhao, M., Dong, Y., Zhao, Y., Tennant, A., and Ansari, F, “Monitoring Bond in FRP Retrofitted Concrete Structures,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, SAGE Publications, 2007 (in press).
Dong, Y., Ansari, F., Zhao, M., Tennant, A, “Fiber Optic Method for Determination of Slip at FRP to concrete Interfaces,” ASCE, 16th Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 16-18, 2003.
Tennant, A., Zhao, Y., Liang, Y., Dong, Y. and Ansari, F. “Application of Fiber Optic Sensors for Bridge Health Monitoring,” in the Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics of Bridge Infrastructure at Uni. of California at San Diego, March 6-9, 2003.
Dong, Y., Zhao, M., and Ansari, F., “Failure Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Beams Repaired with CFRP Composites,” in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure (ICCI’02), June 10–12, 2002, San Francisco, California, pp 51-65.
Dong, Y., Luke, A., Vitillo, N., and Ansari, F., “Use of the Maturity Method during Highway Bridge Construction”, ACI Concrete International, Vol. 24, No.2, February 2002, pp.61-66.
Dong, Y., Li, Q., and Ansari, F., “ Shear Lag Model for Embedded Interferometric Optical Fiber Sensors,” ASCE, in Condition Monitoring of Materials and Structures, F. Ansari, Ed., ASCE Press, Reston, VA, May 2000, pp. 57 – 72.
Dong, Y., and Zhang, Y., “Formulations for Nonlinear Buckling Analysis of Plates and Shells”, China Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 1997 (in Chinese)
Dong, Y., and Zhang, Y., “The Deformation Capability and Load-Carrying Capability of Plate Elements under Uniform Compression”, Steel Construction, China Steel Construction Society, Vol. 11, No. 2, June 1997 (in Chinese)
Zhang, Y., and Dong, Y., “Buckling Behavior of Steel Plates under Cyclic Loading”, The 5th International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Nagoya, Japan, July 1997
Zhang, Y., and Dong, Y., “Ductility and Ultimate Strength of Plate Elements under Axial Compression”, The 5th International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Nagoya, Japan, July 1997
Zhang, Y., and Dong, Y., “Nonlinear Local Buckling of Sections under Uni-Axial Cyclic Loading”, Proceedings of 4th Structural Steel Conference, Singapore, Oct. 1995
Zhang, Y., and Dong, Y., “FEM for Nonlinear Buckling Analysis of Plates and Sections under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading”, Proceedings of 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Queensland, Australia, July 1995
Dong, Y., and Zhang, Y., “FEM for Nonlinear Buckling Analysis of Plate Elements under Uni-Axial Cyclic Loading”, Journal of Harbin University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1995 (in Chinese)
