Faculty

Dr. Yi ZHOU is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Science and Technology Beijing. He received his Ph.D. degree from Tongji University, China in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Limin SUN. He was awarded a "Hong Kong Scholar" postdoctoral fellowship and worked together with Prof Yong XIA at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently, he serves as a council member of Institute of Diagnosis Treatment and Maintenance for Engineering–Architectural Society of China (IDTME-ASC) and a research fellow of National Observation and Research Station of Material Corrosion and Structural Safety of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Guangdong.

Dr. ZHOU's research interests include condition monitoring and intelligent operation & maintenance for engineering structures. He has been the principal investigators of many national-level research projects sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research and Development Program. He has published dozens of academic papers, authored one monograph, and has been granted nearly 10 invention patents. The results of his research projects have been applied in the health monitoring practice of multiple large-scale bridges. In 2021, he was awarded the First Prize of the 12th Beijing Municipal Young College Teachers' Basic Teaching Skills Competition.

Education

(1) 2008~2015, PhD, Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, China

(2) 2004~2008, Bachelor, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China

Positions

(1) 2020.07 to now: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing

(2) 2018.12 ~ 2020.12: “Hong Kong Scholar” Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

(3) 2016.01 ~ 2020.06: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing

Research Interests

Condition Monitoring and Intelligent Operation & Maintenance for Engineering Structures

Key Projects

(1) Research on Key Technologies for Green and Intelligent Operation and Maintenance of Supertall Buildings (2022-2025, MOST-National Key R&D Program of China, Grant No. 2022YFC3801204, PI)

(2) Effects of Bridge Operational and Environmental Action on Modal Frequency Variation Based on SHM (2017-2019, NSFC-Youth Program, Grant No. 51608034, PI)

(3) Study on Temperature Behavior of Bridges in Real-time through the Integration of Field Monitoring with Advanced Computational Technique (2018-2020, The Society of Hong Kong Scholars and The China National Postdoctoral Council, Grant No. XJ2018062, PI)

(4) Theory and Method for Intelligent Identification of Structural Service Characteristics (2022-2026, NSFC-Major Program, Grant No. 52192662, Co-I)

(5) Operational Condition Evaluation of Sea-crossing Cluster Facilities and Intelligent Maintenance Technology and Equipment (2020-2023, MOST-National Key R&D Program of China, Grant No. 2019YFB1600702, Co-I)

(6) Study of Bridge Condition Evaluation Based on Periodic Variation of Structural Performance Indices (2016-2018, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant No. 2016M600925, PI)

Representative Paper Publications

(1) Yi Zhou; Yong Xia; Zhen Sun; Yozo Fujino; Analytical formulation of the temperature induced deformation of multispan suspension bridges, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2022, 29(6): e2937

(2) Zhou, Yi; Xia, Yong; Fujino, Yozo; Analytical formulas of beam deflection due to vertical temperature difference, Engineering Structures, 2021, 240, 112366

(3) Zhou, Yi; Xia, Yong; Fujino, Yozo; Yamaguchi, Kazunori; Analytical formulas of thermal deformation of suspension bridges, Engineering Structures, 2021, 238, 112228

(4) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; Fu, Zhenhui; Jiang, Zhen; Ren, Pengjie; General formulas for estimating temperature-induced mid-span vertical displacement of cable-stayed bridges, Engineering Structures, 2020, 221, 111012

(5) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; Insights into temperature effects on structural deformation of a cable-stayed bridge based on structural health monitoring, Structural Health Monitoring-An International Journal, 2019, 18(3): 778-791

(6) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; Effects of environmental and operational actions on the modal frequency variations of a sea-crossing bridge: A periodicity perspective, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2019, 131: 505-523

(7) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; A comprehensive study of the thermal response of a long-span cable-stayed bridge: From monitoring phenomena to underlying mechanisms, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2019, 124: 330-348

(8) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; Effects of high winds on a long-span sea-crossing bridge based on structural health monitoring, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 2018, 174: 260-268

(9) Zhou, Yi; Sun, Limin; Xie, Mowen; Wind characteristics at a long-span sea-crossing bridge site based on monitoring data, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, 2020, 39(3): 453-469

(10) Sun, Limin; Zhou, Yi; Min, Zhihua; Experimental study on the effect of temperature on modal frequencies of bridges, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2018, 18(12): 1850155

Patents

(1) Zhou Yi. Method for identifying anomalies of cable systems based on thermal deformations. 2023, ZL202010675400.8.

(2) Zhou Yi. Method for calculating influence lines of a prismatic continuous beam with equal spans. 2022, ZL202011189123.6.

(3) Zhou Y. Method for calculating temperature-dependent mid-span vertical displacement of girder bridge. 2023, 17/098475. (US Patent)

(4) Zhou Yi, Sun Limin, et al. Estimation method for the mid-span deflection of cable-stayed bridges caused by temperature changes. 2021, ZL201810990833.5.

(5) Zhou Yi. Method for determining the cable sag and tower-top horizontal displacement of a suspension bridge with temperature variation. 2021, ZL201911299463.1.

(6) Zhou Yi, Xia Yong. Method for estimating the cable sag and mid-span elevation of the main cable of a suspension bridge with temperature variation. 2020, ZL201910233676.8.

Published Books

Zhou, Yi. Analysis of Operational and Environmental Actions on Cable-stayed Bridges Based on Structural Health Monitoring Big Data. China Communications Press, Beijing, 2018.

Teaching Subjects

4270042 ─ Structural Mechanics I (Undergraduate) 

Teaching Grants

(1) Construction Program of Innovative Teaching and Research Studio for Young College Teachers in Beijing (2022-2024, The Beijing Municipal Education Union, PI)

(2) Research on Accurate Teaching Mode of Structural Mechanics Course Based on Knowledge Graph (2023-2025, USTB, JG2022M02, PI)

(3) Teaching Reform of Structural Mechanics Course by Combining Structural Model Design Challenge Contest (2018-2020, USTB, JG2018M04, PI)